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"Pocketing" is the latest dating trend, where people keep their partners hidden off of social media...and it keeps happening to Slacker!
...and Slacker thinks it's a great idea! Could you go to a concert without your phone?
...but Slacker is worried that it's actually an app for losers!
Would you let your in-laws join you on your honeymoon? Slacker says he would!
Full show - Monday | Animal encounter | News or Nope - Pedro Pascal, Eric Dane, and peeing in the shower | Erica hasn't been able to sleep and it's Slacker's fault | OPP - Hands to yourself when we meet my parents | Slacker's Court - Is it too early for this holiday? | Erica called her fiancé WHAT!? | Big screen or little screen? | Occasional Diddy Dirt | Stupid stories @theslackershow @ericasheaaa @thackiswack @radioerin
Erica hasn't been able to sleep for three nights and she says it's all Slacker's fault....
Are you Team Erica or Team Erin on this one? Or staying neutral like Judge Slacker and Bailiff Hack?
Full show - FrYiday | Superstitions | News or Nope - Pixar bloopers, Donna Kelce, and turning into your dad | Feel Good Friday - Defibrillators, crane operators, and lost wallets | Let's learn | Now even Slacker thinks there's too much eating in the studio | T'd Off with T. Hack - Cards | Did Taylor Swift ruin another sport? | Stupid stories @theslackershow @ericasheaaa @thackiswack @radioerin
T. Hack has already been outspoken about Erica and Erin's in-studio eating habits. After Erin's latest antics, even Slacker is joining his side!
Slacker thinks AI is a great starting point, but Erica says AI is banned at her wedding!
Slacker's dad used to take all 4 boys to the construction site...and hope a hammer didn't hit them! What's your bad dad or "don't tell mom!" story?
Slacker and Erin were both at the Coldplay concert at Mile High last night, and they got to witness two fans get on stage and steal the show. Social media is going crazy over the mom and her son singing along at the piano with Chris Martin. What do you think?
We're not sure if T. Hack will ever get his question out, but Slacker and Erica are giving him LOTS of answers!
Slacker thinks ranch dressing should be outlawed, and that's the hill he'll die on! What's your unpopular opinion?
...and Slacker and Erica can't believe it!
Full show - FrYiday | Best smell ever | News or Nope - McDonald's ice cream and Poppi | Feel Good Friday | Hillbilly hookup | There's a thief at Slacker's favorite place | Table manners that gross men out | Slacker and T. Hack are very triggered by this thing that women do | The show's AI photos caused an uproar | Stupid stories @theslackershow @ericasheaaa @thackiswack @radioerin
Full show - Thursday | GMD - Does visiting family count as a vacation? | News or Nope - Paige DeSorbo and Ellen Pompeo | Erica is trying to be less of a helicopter-dog-mom | House rules | Slacker is getting T. Hack banned from Beau Jo's | Erica is taking the next big step in her relationship | When's the last time Erin drank water? | Occasional Diddy Dirt | Stupid stories @theslackershow @ericasheaaa @thackiswack @radioerin
Slacker loves lavender and Erin loves the smell of gasoline. What's your favorite smell?
Why is everyone yelling?
AI created images of the show as Pixar, fantasy, comic, and 70's characters...and Slacker is not happy with the AI!
Slacker was the victim of a robbery where he least expected it!
Full show - Wednesday | Negative shout outs | News or Nope - Marty McFly's missing guitar and The All-American Rejects' OnlyFans page | A listener called out Erica via DM | OPP - Unsure influencer | Erica wants to go wedding dress shopping and Slacker thinks it's dumb | Should Slacker have done something? | T'd Off with T. Hack - The neighbors' cement truck | Erica's dog is an angsty teenager | Erin has the receipts of Slacker's 2025 predictions | Stupid stories @theslackershow @ericasheaaa @thackiswack @radioerin
There was Beau Jo's pizza at the station today, and it has started quite the controversy...
We made some predictions last year about what the year 2025 would bring. Did we get any right?
We discuss the art of 'short-timing' at work.
T. Hack is T'd Off about the construction going on in his neighborhood, and Slacker quickly puts him in his place.
Slacker witnessed something very strange at a gas station, and he's wondering if he should have stepped in...
Should Erica go wedding dress shopping by herself before she goes with her group of friends and family? Slacker doesn't thinks he should go at all!
Slacker got caught in the hailstorm at Red Rocks a few years ago, and Erin got puked on! What's your concert catastrophe story?
It's a race to the bottom! Who will come out on top of the Inaugural Slacker Show Spelling Bee!?
Slacker wants to know - who gets to decide if the elevator is going to wait for somebody else?
Rock Talk Studio: Reviewing Rock 'n' Roll Books and Documentaries
The last genre that truly changed everything? Author Rob Janicke's book Slacker tells how grunge didn't just change music—It changed people.*Want to win a free copy of the new book Buzz Me In: Inside The Record Plant Studio? It's easy, just send me an email to sign up. You can find a link to my email address below. *Reminder this is for US citizens only**Want the latest in Rock N Roll Book and Documentaries news sent to your inbox? Sign up for the Monthly BLAST!! the newsletter that comes out on the last Friday of the month that features book buzz and doc news, recently released titles, top 5 lists, and more. Just shoot me over an email at the address below and say Big Rick, send me over that Blast!!Support the showemail Big Rick at:info@rocktalkstudio.com
Full show - Thursday | GMD - Camp or not? | News or Nope - 16th Street Mall and attending concerts | Slacker's green shirt | Bizarre birth | Graduations and continuations | Erica has wedding decision fatigue | Do you introduce yourself on every phone call? | Daily Diddy Dirt | Stupid stories @theslackershow @ericasheaaa @thackiswack @radioerin
Slacker and T. Hack talk about their sons graduating from high school and preschool, respectively.
Slacker was looking for compliments and reassurance...and got neither!
Full show - Wednesday | Movies that wreck you | News or Nope - Lady Gaga and Kristen Stewart | "Hey, you look tired today!" | OPP - Not jealous hubby | The best time to shower | Should Slacker's daughter join student government? | Stop-uh! | Your romantic partner shouldn't be your best friend | Daily Diddy Dirt | Stupid stories @theslackershow @ericasheaaa @thackiswack @radioerin
The listeners have noticed something about the way Erica says certain words...but Slacker hasn't!
Slacker is worried that being in student government will put a target on his daughter's back for bullying, but Erica was in student government and loved it! What do you think?
Full show - Tuesday | Show and tell | News or Nope - Phil Collins and stolen Taco Bell art | Would you let someone else wear your wedding ring? | Weird food combo | Erica has a favor to ask Slacker | Erica's ColoraDO List - The final showdowns | Daily Diddy Dirt | Stupid stories @theslackershow @ericasheaaa @thackiswack @radioerin
Erica will let Erin try on her engagement ring...but not Slacker!
Erica really needs Slacker's help...but the odds of him helping are slim to none!
"Time spent traveling on trains, just staring out the window: I don't think that's lost time. That's when we have our best ideas." –Kim Krizan In this episode of Deviate, Rolf and Kiki introduce their interview with Kim Krizan by talking about their own personal love of the movie Before Sunrise, and how they first experienced it (0:30); Kim talks about her early travel experiences in Czechoslovakia as a teenager, and in England in her twenties (14:30); how the low-information technological moment of travel in the 1990s doesn't exist anymore in the 2020s (23:30); how Kim became involved with helping Richard Linklater write Before Sunrise, and their creative process in working together (34:00); Kim's ongoing relationship to the movie, 30 years after it came out (44:00); and an "Easter egg" segment featuring Kiki reading Melissa Fite Johnson's poem "Before Sunrise on the VCR" (55:30). Kim Krizan (@kimkrizan) is the Oscar-nominated cowriter of the Before Sunrise movies, and the author of Spy in the House of Anaïs Nin. Kristen “Kiki” Bush is an actress, known for Paterno, Liberal Arts, Suits, Law & Order: SVU, and onstage performances at Manhattan Theatre Club, The Public, and Lincoln Center. Notable Links: 2025 Screenwriting in Paris class, with Kim Krizan (creative writing class) Paris Writing Workshops (summer learning-vacation classes) Before Sunrise (1995 movie) Before Sunset (2004 movie) Ethan Hawke (American actor and director) Julie Delpy (French actress and director) Richard Linklater (American filmmaker) Kristen "Kiki" Bush in People, Places & Things (2022 play at the Studio Theatre) Thoughts on watching the Before trilogy, 25 years on, by Rolf Potts (essay) BritRail (train pass in the UK) London A-Z (street atlas) Siouxsie and the Banshees (British rock band) Wembley Stadium (London venue) Continuous partial attention (behavior) Slacker (1990 film) Dazed and Confused (1993 film) Anaïs Nin (French-American diarist and novelist) Eurail Pass (train pass to 33 European countries) The Game Camera (trailer for 2025 short film made by Kiki and Rolf) Uncle Vanya (play by Anton Chekhov) Robert Falls (former artistic director of Chicago's Goodman Theater) Melissa Fite Johnson (poet) The Deviate theme music comes from the title track of Cedar Van Tassel's 2017 album Lumber. Note: We don't host a “comments” section, but we're happy to hear your questions and insights via email, at deviate@rolfpotts.com.
Erin went full woo woo over the weekend, and it may be even too far for Slacker! Also, Erica has a special ability???
Full show - FrYiday | BRI | News or Nope - Hilary Duff is back and the Taylor/Blake plot thickens | Feel Good Friday - My Brother's Pack | What you'll never be too old for | Erica says she would NEVER date Slacker | Is Taylor Swift a serial killer? | Daily Diddy Dirt | Can I hold it? | Erica's sockies | Stupid stories @theslackershow @ericasheaaa @thackiswack @radioerin
Erica swears that Slacker isn't her type...but why is he so similar to her fiancé?
"Time spent traveling on trains, just staring out the window: I don't think that's lost time. That's when we have our best ideas." –Kim Krizan In this episode of Deviate, Rolf and Kiki introduce their interview with Kim Krizan by talking about their own personal love of the movie Before Sunrise, and how they first experienced it (0:30); Kim talks about her early travel experiences in Czechoslovakia as a teenager, and in England in her twenties (14:30); how the low-information technological moment of travel in the 1990s doesn't exist anymore in the 2020s (23:30); how Kim became involved with helping Richard Linklater write Before Sunrise, and their creative process in working together (34:00); Kim's ongoing relationship to the movie, 30 years after it came out (44:00); and an "Easter egg" segment featuring Kiki reading Melissa Fite Johnson's poem "Before Sunrise on the VCR" (55:30). Kim Krizan (@kimkrizan) is the Oscar-nominated cowriter of the Before Sunrise movies, and the author of Spy in the House of Anaïs Nin. Kristen “Kiki” Bush is an actress, known for Paterno, Liberal Arts, Suits, Law & Order: SVU, and onstage performances at Manhattan Theatre Club, The Public, and Lincoln Center. Notable Links: 2025 Screenwriting in Paris class, with Kim Krizan (creative writing class) Paris Writing Workshops (summer learning-vacation classes) Before Sunrise (1995 movie) Before Sunset (2004 movie) Ethan Hawke (American actor and director) Julie Delpy (French actress and director) Richard Linklater (American filmmaker) Kristen "Kiki" Bush in People, Places & Things (2022 play at the Studio Theatre) Thoughts on watching the Before trilogy, 25 years on, by Rolf Potts (essay) BritRail (train pass in the UK) London A-Z (street atlas) Siouxsie and the Banshees (British rock band) Wembley Stadium (London venue) Continuous partial attention (behavior) Slacker (1990 film) Dazed and Confused (1993 film) Anaïs Nin (French-American diarist and novelist) Eurail Pass (train pass to 33 European countries) The Game Camera (trailer for 2025 short film made by Kiki and Rolf) Uncle Vanya (play by Anton Chekhov) Robert Falls (former artistic director of Chicago's Goodman Theater) Melissa Fite Johnson (poet) The Deviate theme music comes from the title track of Cedar Van Tassel's 2017 album Lumber. Note: We don't host a “comments” section, but we're happy to hear your questions and insights via email, at deviate@rolfpotts.com.
Slacker says you can't trust somebody who backs into their parking space. What's an immediate red flag for you?
Is Slacker a bad parent for trying to help his son get a summer job?
Slacker wasn't able to sleep last night after hearing a scary sound...and he blames T. Hack for it!