The US Podcast

Anything for Selenaaaaas! The new Netflix series just wrapped it's second and (final?) season of the show. The Ustlers and special guest speaker Jazmin Aguilar have some thoughts! Jazmin's debut short film "The Letter" is now available to stream on HBO MAX.

We're back for another one. Thank you to our brown lord and savior David Yesterdays!

BLACK LIVES MATTER. THEN, TODAY AND ALWAYS. https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/ THE END OF LEVEL TWO! Thank you for joining us. It was hella fun. Leave us some comments about any future guests or topics you'd wanna see in SZN 3.

Our Endgame is over. On December 14th, the last two episodes of our Level Two season took place at Border X Brewery in Bell,  CA as a fundraiser for Border Angels and we got to interview EIGHT unique musical acts. Here are the last four: Welfair, The Altons, Mind Monogram, The Tracks.

Our Endgame has arrived. On December 14th, the last two episodes of our Level Two season took place at Border X Brewery in Bell,  CA as a fundraiser for Border Angels and we got to interview EIGHT unique musical acts. Here are the first four: ihateyouALX, Better Than Sex, Lucy's, Apollo 1.

We finally did it. We finally got to sit down and talk IN DEPTH about the future brown cult classic LATIN KINGZ (2003). Written and directed by Daniel Zirilli. What can we say, you sick bastards? Don't call this movie stupid even tho it might be true! ENJOY THE REVIEW FUCKERS

We finally got him kids. After so many months of shouting his name into the Us Podcast ether, Mister Victor Valley the Third finally sits down with US to discuss all things music managing, changing career paths mid way thru school, and the long road to success in his management company Counter Culture Group.  And for all you brown hopeful artists / bands listening, wait till the end of this interview for Victor's phone number and the first ten to call Vic get INSTANT representation! Go watch! We are not liable for any losses, don't sue us, just watch our shit, please, Jesus, season's almost over ENJOY.

In this episode, Angel and Chris discuss their unfiltered opinions on the current state of the show, episodes that never manifested, missing out on Tropicalia, and the possibilities of a series finale. Podcasting comes with it's ups AND down kids!

With all the buzz around Kanye West's new gospel album Jesus Is King, Chris and Angel sit down to discuss their personal views on Christianity, Kanye's artistic integrity, and whether they liked the album or not. But come on, I bet this is Jesus loving Chris's #1 Kanye album now. Look how excited he is getting to write Jesus Is King over and over and over again. Hahaha this foo loves God.

Veronica Rosa and Piano Black (PB) are both lovers and the collective brain power behind Introverted Funk: a band with a unique new electronic sound. Angel and Chris sit down with these two to discuss balancing love life, music, and who they were before they came as one. FOLLOW INTROVERTED FUNK: www.instagram.com/introvertedfunk/

Multi-instrumentalist and good pal BOYO welcomes the Ustlers into his private man cave to watch and review Rob Zombie's HALLOWEEN (2007) and David Gordon Green's HALLOWEEN (2018) just like WE FUCKIN SAID WE WOULD! BOOM! YOU CANT TELL US NOTHING! EVEN WHEN WE LOSE WE WIN BITCHHHH!!! FOLLOW BOYO: www.instagram.com/hello_boyo_/

Today we're taking a big BROWN massive STEAMY shit on the new Sylvester Stallone soap opera RAMBO: LAST BLOOD... literally. FOLLOW OUR BOI JUSTIN www.instagram.com/counterjustin

Newly opened in Bell, California, Border X is a brewery, a sanctuary for arts in the community, and a music venue. Whenever a shiny new business pops up in SELA or other low come cities, the same question arises... Is this Gentrification or Gente-fication? Find out and watch the EP u lazy bastards I'm not gonna tell you hahahahahah. FOLLOW BORDER X, TELL EM WE SENT YA! www.instagram.com/borderxbell/ KEEP UP WITH CARLOS AND SHNEAKY www.instagram.com/canovas_carlos_ www.instagram.com/officialshneaky

This is a meaty roundtable interview if there ever was one. We're talking to superstars Emilio Garcia-Sanchez (on Netflix's THE SOCIETY) and Nisalda Gonzalez (God's Waiting Room, Shameless) about life after shooting the we are mitú series INSTANT CRUSH, who they were before, and the importance of crushing old head Hollywood boundaries for what leading actors can and SHOULD look like. FOLLOW NISALDA AND STREAM HER MUSIC www.instagram.com/nisaldago FOLLOW EMILIO AND WATCH THE SOCIETY www.instagram.com/emilio.gs

Our legendary guest Chrisol HYPNOTIZES us with stories of her athletic upbringing and how she carries that ethic to her stage performance, how the Ustlers even crossed paths with her, and concluded with an epic arm wrestling match between WOMAN and BOY. FOLLOW CHRISOL AND STREAM HER MUSIC www.instagram.com/chrisol_ www.chrisolmusic.com

There aren't any great brown creative roundtables out there, so we made our own. We discuss / talk about screenwriting Latinx lists, brown creatives AND execs.

"Welcome Back" cuz it's like WELCOME for new people and BACK for the returners." -Angel Salinas  We're catching up with all you new #Ustlers and old.  Filmed by  Oscar Muñoz Edited by Chris Carmona Logo Design by Samüel Cortez  Theme Song by PB of Introverted Funk This is our second season. The Us Podcast: LEVEL TWO

We're halfway thru 2019! Today the foos are smack dab in the center of Bell, CA talking about music, movies, and experiences that have inspired them in the last 6 months, for better or WORSE. THE US PODCAST, SEASON TWO AIRS SEPTEMBER 2019. For now enjoy these monthly mini-sodes leading up to the season premiere.  Leave us some comments! Want some more of Us? Follow! http://instagram.com/uspodcast http://instagram.com/thechriscarmona http://instagram.com/angelisalinas_

The foos are talking to some very cool lay-deez in this one. Get to know Juliana and Melly, arguably, the closest female versions of Angel and Chris. Topics include: astrology, crying, impactful celebrity deaths, how they all met, and of course, some horoscope reading. Follow the girls http://instagram.com/eilujnaiboc http://instagram.com/mellycorz THE US PODCAST, SEASON TWO AIRS SEPTEMBER 2019. For now enjoy these monthly mini-sodes leading up to the season premiere.  Leave us some comments! Want some more of Us? Follow! http://instagram.com/uspodcast http://instagram.com/thechriscarmona http://instagram.com/angelisalinas_

Chris and Angel take down the latest "brown" movie in theaters, EL CHICANO directed by Latinx savior Joe Carnahan.  Follow Us: http://instagram.com/uspodcast http://instagram.com/thechriscarmona http://instagram.com/angelisalinas_

Hey y'all this is Angel writing the description right now. It's currently 6:50pm on 4/20 and I am stoned as fuck and about to clock into work. Oops. Chris was like, "write something funny like I always do" and I was like oh no this is a lot of pressure so I'm just gonna write this really dumb high stream of consciousness description and he's probably gonna hate it but guess what? OH WELL. Cuz I'm the one writing THIS one! Anyways, the boys are back in town and get high and talk about how the fucking GOVERNMENT should let foos smoke weed if they want and leave us ALOOOONE. Anyways, I gotta go walk around and stuff so ENJOY THE SHOW, FOOS. -Angel

Betcha didn't expect THIS V Day surprise! This audio is pulled from a special visual episode, sponsored by Mitú, where Angel and Chris discuss their separate experiences of spending Valentine's Day alone, with another person, and how to still enjoy the day even if you're single! It's funny, personal, and heartbreaking all at the same time.  Big love to Annie Leal, Justin Jimenez, Kathryn Boyd-Batstone, Sarah Koteles, Francisco Serna, and all the homies at Mitú for making this possible. If you wanna watch the first ever Us Podcast video! Click the link here:  Follow Us: http://instagram.com/uspodcast http://instagram.com/thechriscarmona http://instagram.com/angelisalinas_

Angel and Chris discuss their top 10 favorite movies of 2018 as the year wraps up. Plus - Angel tears through his top 10 WORST movies of the year!

In the FIRST ever Quesorama (an annual mixer / kickback with live music and quesadillas) Angel and Chris conclude their first season in front of a LIVE audience. They discuss the impact the podcast has had their lives, brown excellence, their plans for the future, and finally putting to rest the debate of Drake's involvement in the murder of XXXTentacion. … And it's actually the third year of Quesorama, hosted by our manager Jonathan Justin Jimenez. Big shouts to him and the Urban Badlands team for putting this incredible event together. That's it folks! Merry Christmas, happy holidays, and a happy new year!

The Infinity War of the season. Angel, Chris, and their intern Justin Jimenez trekked out to San Fransisco, CA on Oct 26th for the Young Love concert at the Regency Ballroom. In this episode, we hear from Temporex, Omar (FUCKIN) Apollo, and unfortunately Bane's World. Enjoy! Follow us on Instagram: @uspodcast

The Infinity War of the season. Angel, Chris, and their intern Justin Jimenez trekked out to San Fransisco, CA on Oct 26th for the Young Love concert at the Regency Ballroom. In this episode, we hear from BOYO, Aolani, and Michael Seyer. Enjoy! Follow us on Instagram: @uspodcast

In this episode we discuss... Does anybody even read these shits? Fuck it, we're near the end of the season. I'm proud of the work we've done, it's late, and I'm tired AF. Goodnight and fuck you. Follow us on Instagram: @uspodcast

Angel and Chris sit down with Salvador Chacón, Kevin Nelson, and Ted Stavros; the stars of Chris' first feature film "Bad Labor" aaaaand it's every bit of fun as you'd imagine it would be. #SickTight #ChrisStillCondonesBullying Follow the boys of Bad Labor: @chaconsal, @imkevinnelson, @teddystavros Follow us on Instagram: @uspodcast

Angel loves Rogue One and ranks it number three in his Top 5 Star Wars movies. Chris hates it, and thinks it's generic AF, soulless and a lame addition to the Star Wars canon. Chris loves La La Land and considers it one of the greatest cinematic achievements from one of the best directors of our generation. Angel hates it, and thinks it's problematic and a poor representation of Los Angeles. Witness these two titans battle it out after seeing both movies back to back! Follow us on Instagram: @uspodcast

We're like the brown SNL baby! We got a live performance of Katzù Oso playing "Rose", "Coqueta", and "Pastel"; we got tour announcements; we got an intimate interview about self motivation, the musical Brown Renaissance we're having, sweet messages from fans in other parts of the country and many, many more! Follow Paul on Instagram: @katzuoso Follow Us on Instagram: @uspodcast

Political correctness has become such a huge part of our culture. Angel and Chris present their opposing thoughts on the topic. Also discussed: the use of the N-word as a Latinx creator, and the fact that Chris condones bullying. Follow us on Instagram: @uspodcast

We've been mentioning his name since episode one, and now we finally got him all to ourselves. Mr. Marvin Lemus (writer/director of the digital series Gentefied) sits down with US to discuss all things movies and being young and brown. We talk about cultural misrepresentation in mainstream media, the outdated "crabs in a barrel" mentality between Latinx directors, and being scammed out of $3,000 and creating a movie out of it.

In honor of the show's 10 episode milestone, Angel and Chris are answering questions by YOU, the fans! Discussed: making our parents proud, other career paths we would've taken if film didn't work out, addressing some backlash we've faced over immature comments (no more "hung" jokes from now on folks!) and many, MANY more! Follow us on IG: @uspodcast

The english translation of our title is "An Evening with Desmadre" but it just didn't have the same ring to it. Sowwy. For our 10th episode we chat it up with the brains behind Desmadre, a clothing brand based out in Bell, CA. Also discussed: childhood nostalgia, dabbling in psychedelics, and building a torta selling empire in high school. Follow Desmadre on IG: @desmadre___ (with three underscores) Follow Us on IG: @uspodcast

There's a LOT to unpack here. In this episode, Angel and Chris dive into their personal stances on dating life and what it's like being a single creative. Also discussed: Chris' progress in NoFap, locker room talk, why Angel would take a successful career over a meaningful romantic relationship, and being grateful to be alive... (you'll find out why.)

Folks, she does it all: she illustrates, plays keys in Katzù Oso, makes music of her own, somehow manages being famous on Instagram and LOTS MORE. In this episode we're coming atcha with a double dose of Valentina Zapata (aka Yungatita). We talk about her upbringing, how she balances a heavy work life with her personal life, and about the unity of brown creatives that goes even beyond the SELA region.  Follow Val on Instagram: @yungatita Follow us on Instagram: @uspodcast

PSA: From now on send all nice messages to Chris and reserve all constructive criticism / hate comments for Angel. In this episode, the boys are recapping all the overwhelming love they've gotten since first dropping the podcast. Also discussed: Angel moving out of SELA and dorming in CSUN, the importance of vocally supporting friends in the arts, and learning to appreciate all the curveballs life throws at you. Follow us on Instagram: @uspodcast

Grab your box of tissues, the boys are gettin' deep with this one. In this episode, Chris and Angel talk about mental health, self care, and the benefits of opening up. Also discussed in this episode: a deeper look into a life changing event in Chris' life this past year, Angel and his experiences with abrupt endings to friendships/relationships, and working to stay creative despite heartache.  Follow us on Instagram: @uspodcast

In this guest episode, Chris and Angel have a conversation with 18 year old filmmaker Leonissa Duarte (Leo for short). Discussed in this ep: being a Latinx woman of color in the film industry, directing her debut short "First Date" and having it premiere at The Chinese Theatres in Hollywood, and the reveal of an ambitious project the young filmmaker is tackling next! Follow Leo on Instagram: @uber.cool.man Follow us on Instagram too: @uspodcast

In this episode, Chris and Angel discuss their stance on going to college vs. not going to college (try to guess which numb nut didn't go to college). Also discussed: fortune vs. luck, Chris' first film festival experience as a director, and a lengthy discussion on Latin idols (or lack thereof). Follow us on Instagram: @uspodcast

In their first guest episode, Chris and Angel have a conversation with Jonathan Justin Jimenez, manager for such artists as The Altons and Quitapenas, and what work life entails with being a young modern music manager. Follow Justin on Instagram: @counterjustin Follow us on Instagram too: @uspodcast

In this episode, Chris and Angel go over what it means to be ambitious while living in a city full of unambitious folks. They also go over their creative differences in terms of how they approach the art of directing.

In their first episode, directors Angel Salinas and Chris Carmona take it ALL the way back to how they first got their start in film, how they met, and how they came to start a podcast together!