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CUZ I HAVE TO...when living your dream is the only option - with JULIE SLATER and JASON FRIDAY.

CUZ I HAVE TO...when living your dream is the only option - with JULIE SLATER and JASON FRIDAY.

By Julie Slater and Jason Friday

Are you living your DREAMS? CUZ I HAVE TO delves into the lives of people daring to pursue their passions. Hosts Julie Slater and Jason Friday chat with each other and others who are making their dreams come true. Julie is a radio DJ on 88.5 The SoCal Sound in Los Angeles - Jason joins her every Friday for FRIDAY ON A FRIDAY. They're both musicians, too. Jason is in Rival Tides and The Active Set. Expect to find some humor along with deep conversations on how you can discover your truest path, how others did it, and a little push to keep living your dreams, CUZ YOU HAVE TO!
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074 - CRAIG HAMMILL - SECRET MOVIE CLUB - MOVIES, MOVIES, AND OH YEAH, MORE MOVIES

CUZ I HAVE TO...when living your dream is the only option - with JULIE SLATER and JASON FRIDAY.Mar 22, 2022

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179 - TRANSPLANT SURGEON - BONNIE LONZE, MD, PhD...FROM HER FAV ORGAN...TO RESEARCH...TO NEVER SQUASHING A BUG

179 - TRANSPLANT SURGEON - BONNIE LONZE, MD, PhD...FROM HER FAV ORGAN...TO RESEARCH...TO NEVER SQUASHING A BUG

Cohosts Julie Slater and Jason Friday chat with transplant surgeon Bonnie E. Lonze MD, PhD...her background: an Associate Professor of Surgery and the Transplant Institute Vice Chair for Research at the NYU Langone Health....she received both her Doctor of Medicine and Doctor of Philosophy degrees from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine...Bonnie trained in general surgery and abdominal transplant surgery at the Johns Hopkins Hospital, and since 2016 has worked as an abdominal transplant surgeon at NYU Langone Health in New York...In additional to clinical practice, Dr. Lonze conducts research including clinical trials focused on donor-recipient compatibility and matching. 


We chat with Bonnie about, duh, TV shows (lol) and then how she chose her line of work and expertise...we dive into kidney transplant surgery and why it's one of the most successful transplants...why the kidney is one of her favorite organs...the importance of being an organ donor and letting people know you are up for this...how far cancer treatment and chemo have come...Jason shares stories about his late Mom...Bonnie's involvement with xenotransplants...the use of pigs and transplants...the use of AI in the medical world...the stability of the kidney over other organs...how long organ wait lists are nowadays...other countries where it is legal to sell organs for transplants...the legacy of leaving your organ/organs for others...


IT’S 5 O’CLOCK SOMEWHERE...find out whether Bonnie is more likely to bungee jump, sky dive, parasail, or squash a bug...her level of "hot girl" shoes...the most surprising thing to her about NYC...where Bonnie plans to retire...her like or dislike of bacon after having done research on pigs...and the biggest thing that drives her passions.


Follow @cuzihavetopodcast on Instagram for all the latest news. Email us: cuzihavetopodcast@gmail.com. Thanks for tuning in! Keep on living those dreams, friends, CUZ YOU HAVE TO!!

- jULIE AND jASON


Mar 26, 202458:57
178 - JULIE SLATER AND JASON FRIDAY RETURN WITH UPDATES ON THEIR LIFE AND PAST GUESTS

178 - JULIE SLATER AND JASON FRIDAY RETURN WITH UPDATES ON THEIR LIFE AND PAST GUESTS

Hosts Julie Slater and Jason Friday return to chit chat amongst themselves (it's been 7 weeks since it's just been them solo on the pod)...hear a quick review of the past guests...where J&J have recently traveled...the music show/house party they are playing this Saturday (see the pod's instagram below for show details)...and a career update teaser from Julie.


Follow @cuzihavetopodcast on Instagram for all the latest news. Email us: cuzihavetopodcast@gmail.com.  Find other episodes or leave us a voice message for the show on the anchor website. Thanks for tuning in! Keep on living those dreams, friends, CUZ YOU HAVE TO!!

- jULIE AND jASON

Mar 19, 202413:46
177 – STACY MORITZ – HOW A CARRER IN NURSING LEAD TO RUNNING SECRET AARDVARK HOT SAUCE IN PORTLAND

177 – STACY MORITZ – HOW A CARRER IN NURSING LEAD TO RUNNING SECRET AARDVARK HOT SAUCE IN PORTLAND

Hosts Julie Slater and Jason Friday chat with Stacy Moritz – cofounder of Secret Aardvark hot sauce, based in Portland…another in-person pod with Stacy joining J&J in Los Angeles via Portland to Japan…Stacy just got back from a hot sauce trade show in Tokyo (like literally, just got off the plane from it)…the story behind the big blue aardvark mascot…how/where Aardvark got it’s start…the incredible story of her late husband Scott (who died from pancreatic cancer in 2009 at age 43) and how Stacy kept the company going…the not so glamorous side of owning a business (getting UPC codes, printing labels, etc.)…Stacy’s former job as a nurse and how becoming a government contractor helped her hone her business skills…the joy of a great PNL (profit and loss statement)…growing from farmer’s markets to retail…the stress of putting out her own hot sauces and wondering if they were “Scott worthy”…how green tomatoes made it into a new sauce…how Stacy started working with Taco Bell (Secret Aardvark Nacho Fries coming soon!)…and how Stacy gives a minimum of 3% gross profit back to the community each year…

 

IT’S 5 O’CLOCK SOMEWHERE….find out if Stacy carries hot sauce with her at all times…what bands she thinks match her Secret Aardvark style…Stacy’s favorite thing about Japan…what super power she would choose…and what Stacy thinks her late husband Scott would think about where she has taken Secret Aardvark company…


Follow @cuzihavetopodcast on Instagram for all the latest news. Email us: cuzihavetopodcast@gmail.com.  Find other episodes or leave us a voice message for the show on the anchor website. Thanks for tuning in! Keep on living those dreams, friends, CUZ YOU HAVE TO!!

- jULIE AND jASON

Mar 12, 202448:11
176 - WRITER SHELLY GOLDSTEIN POPS ON TO TALK ALL THINGS OSCAR'S

176 - WRITER SHELLY GOLDSTEIN POPS ON TO TALK ALL THINGS OSCAR'S

The Oscar's are THIS SUNDAY...this week Hosts Julie Slater and Jason Friday have an Academy Award chat via London with Shelly Goldstein - writer-performer-rock & roll historian-lyricist-comedian-singer who has written for every genre of TV, film and stage in the US and UK...(she was previously on Episode 136 last May)...


Shelly splits her time between LA and London...on today’s pod, she announces why she and her husband (Brendon Foley) are in London right now - a new show he created called Sherlock and Daughter was greenlit and starts filming soon…we also take some time to dish on the year’s Academy Awards…who we think is gonna win, who we wish would win, and why in the world was that one nominated in the first place?



IT’S 5 O’CLOCK SOMEWHERE…find out Shelly’s favorite movie of all time…who she would cast as her leading man in a film…the first thing she has to do/have when she lands in London…the last song that made her emotional…and Shelly gives us her acceptance speech for the day when she wins an Oscar. 


Follow @cuzihavetopodcast on Instagram for all the latest news. Email us: cuzihavetopodcast@gmail.com.  Find other episodes or leave us a voice message for the show on the anchor website. Thanks for tuning in! Keep on living those dreams, friends, CUZ YOU HAVE TO!!

- jULIE AND jASON

Mar 05, 202452:43
175 - BOBBY LOGAN - WRITER, DIRECTOR, COMEDIAN...FROM WRITING FOR HUGE COMEDIANS TO HIS CULT-FAVORITE FILM "REPOSSESSED" TO TEACHING COMEDY AND FILM

175 - BOBBY LOGAN - WRITER, DIRECTOR, COMEDIAN...FROM WRITING FOR HUGE COMEDIANS TO HIS CULT-FAVORITE FILM "REPOSSESSED" TO TEACHING COMEDY AND FILM

Hosts Julie Slater and Jason Friday head to Winchester, CA, for another IN-PERSON POD - chatting with writer/director/ producer/comedian/teacher: Bobby Logan…he’s written for Sam Kinison (??), Joan Rivers, Gary Shandling, Rodney Dangerfield…some of his films: “Repossessed” (with Linda Blair and Leslie Neilson), “Up Your Alley,” “Meatballs 4,” “Yard Sale”…he’s also now a teacher of comedy and film…


Bobby talks about his troubled childhood and how it lead him into comedy…how he started shooting Super 8 films when he was a kid and how casting his friends and later charging them $1 to see the film - helped him finance the next project….being roommates with the late Sam Kinison (sp??)…he reviews some of Sam’s jokes…how he and Gary worked together, but had a bitter ending when Gary got his big break…


Bobby’s HUGE break with getting Linda Blair and Leslie Neilson (this story is INSANE) to commit to Bobby’s script for the comedy take on “The Exorcist” called “RePossessed” - during Leslie’s height of fame after “Airplane” and “Naked Gun”…how Bobby feels fortunate for his career and living his dreams…more about Murray “the unknown comic”…and the good ole Leslie Nielsen fart machine...

Hear Bobby’s new gig, teaching kids and adults with comedy and film, and his advice on making it in Hollywood.


How Bobby was the matchmaker for Julie and Jason meeting…hear the full story of their love connection…who knew?


IT’S 5 O’CLOCK SOMEWHERE…find out what film Bobby loves that he wishes he directed and what he’d do different with it…what he’d eat for the rest of his life if he had to choose: tofu, avocado, pickles, or broccoli (he’s a fussy eater, btw)…favorite George Carlin line…his choice between dream scenarios: hanging out with Walk Disney while Disneyland was being created…hang out with a huge band during their album recording…or hang with Vin Scully during a favorite Dodgers season…and what he hopes to instill in his students for their future…


Follow @cuzihavetopodcast on Instagram for all the latest news. Email us: cuzihavetopodcast@gmail.com.  Find other episodes or leave us a voice message for the show on the anchor website. Thanks for tuning in! Keep on living those dreams, friends, CUZ YOU HAVE TO!!

- jULIE AND jASON

Feb 27, 202446:38
174 - OLIVIA BARTON - SINGER/SONGWRITER...FROM A VIRAL SONG ON TIK TOK TO HER NEW EP "BIG SAD"

174 - OLIVIA BARTON - SINGER/SONGWRITER...FROM A VIRAL SONG ON TIK TOK TO HER NEW EP "BIG SAD"

Hosts Julie Slater and Jason Friday chat with singer/songwriter OLIVIA BARTON…she has a new EP out called Big Sad and J&J just saw her perform live at the Troubadour in Los Angeles…she also did a session on 88.5 The SoCal Sound - watch her performance here…we talk to Olivia about a song she co-wrote with her partner Carook called “If I Were a Fish”….how it feels to “go viral” - making the song into a picture book…how it is living with (Carook) another singer/songwriter…the story of a special teacher really seeing Olivia when she was young...her days at the Berkley College of Music...how it feels to have people singing your songs...and more.


IT'S 5 O'CLOCK SOMEWHERE: find out what this self-described "cryer" last cried about...her biggest peeve from customers during her old days of restaurant work...something that she likes to do besides music...her fav Nashville hot chicken spot (OMG)...and what she would tell her future self.


Follow @cuzihavetopodcast on Instagram for all the latest news. Email us: cuzihavetopodcast@gmail.com.  Find other episodes or leave us a voice message for the show on the anchor website. Thanks for tuning in! Keep on living those dreams, friends, CUZ YOU HAVE TO!!

- jULIE AND jASON

Feb 20, 202445:02
173 - MOA - BASS PLAYER FOR OLIVIA ROGRIGO - SINGER/SONGWRITER FROM SWEDEN

173 - MOA - BASS PLAYER FOR OLIVIA ROGRIGO - SINGER/SONGWRITER FROM SWEDEN

Hosts Julie Slater and Jason Friday chat with MOA - bass player for Olivia Rodrigo’s band, she’s also a singer/ songwriter in other bands and writes music for visual media…“I came to LA with two suitcases and one dream from a small town in the Swedish south…it was the scariest but best thing I’ve ever done” - Moa...On the pod, find out how Moa and Jason first met each other…how it felt playing at the Grammys TWICE…Moa’s old band Thrill Warriors (in Sweden) and Dead Heroine (not to be confused with The Dead Heroines) and the band Moa in LA…opening for Jason’s band Rival Tides…Moa was 21 when she moved to the states from a small town in Sweden…she went to the Musician’s Institute in LA…the different venues she has played from the House of Blues to the Greek Theatre in LA…and Madison Square Garden - for the second time coming up on her birthday…her days in a Kiss cover band…Moa’s days at Guitar Center and how that lead her to the world of sync - writing music for tv/film/commercials - and how that gives her a steady paycheck…her time playing with the band Bay Ledges and how that lead to her playing bass for Olivia Rodrigo…how Moa met her husband and how he is going to go on the next Olivia tour with Moa as a guitar tech…how teaching helped her leave her day job to work on music more…the big moments in her career when her family comes to shows - like soon in Germany…and much more.


IT'S 5 O'CLOCK SOMEWHERE...five quick questions to get to know MOA even more: Other than touring with Oliva Rodrigo, find out what artist or band (living or dead) Moa would dream to tour with...being from Sweden, what she thinks of IKEA Swedish meatballs...her favorite food spot in LA...her choice in vacation: museums in Europe, Hawaii beach spot...horse back riding in Montana, or a cozy lodge in the Swiss Alps...and what she hopes her songwriting brings to others....


Follow @cuzihavetopodcast on Instagram for all the latest news. Email us: cuzihavetopodcast@gmail.com.  Find other episodes or leave us a voice message for the show on the anchor website. Thanks for tuning in! Keep on living those dreams, friends, CUZ YOU HAVE TO!!

- jULIE AND jASON

Feb 13, 202455:57
172 - JAIME ANDREWS RETURNS - HER NEW MEMOIR "THE BRINK" - HER FIRST BOOK SIGNING, A POSSIBLE SERIES, AND ANOTHER SCREENPLAY

172 - JAIME ANDREWS RETURNS - HER NEW MEMOIR "THE BRINK" - HER FIRST BOOK SIGNING, A POSSIBLE SERIES, AND ANOTHER SCREENPLAY

Hosts Julie Slater and Jason Friday welcome back Jaime Andrews - actress, writer, producer...her new memoir "The Brink" is out now - also available in audiobook form with her narrating…in the past, why she wouldn’t do a “poop” movie…why now is the time for the Brink to come out (written in Jaime’s 20s)…where Jaime thinks about taking this book - and making it into a series…the broadway show Cats and why cat a-holes were taken out…the difficulty in pronouncing words, like Nasa…how it felt for Jaime to have her first book signing…the animals in her life…Julie calling Jaime a “maudlin brainiac”…how Jaime hopes her book may help other teens who are troubled…and how she’s helping at-risk kids and wants to help more..but she also realizes when she was young she wouldn’t have listened to anyone…what she’s most excited about - her next screenplay about a tragic event on Long Island…her stage show “Cookie and the Monster”…


IT'S 5 O'CLOCK SOMEWHERE...Jaime's now an official "cruiser" - which cruise location did she like the most...the one cool thing Jaime did in Atlanta in the past year...Jaime loves Indian food - how in the world she never orders samosas at an Indian restaurant...Jaime has lived in NY, LA, Atlanta…the city she would choose live in amongst: Alaska….Idaho….Texas…and finally, what she would tell her future self.


Follow @cuzihavetopodcast on Instagram for all the latest news. Email us: cuzihavetopodcast@gmail.com.  Find other episodes or leave us a voice message for the show on the anchor website. Thanks for tuning in! Keep on living those dreams, friends, CUZ YOU HAVE TO!!

- jULIE AND jASON

Feb 06, 202449:45
171 - JULIE SLATER AND JASON FRIDAY...RECOUPING FROM THE HOLIDAYS...GOING TO THE GYM...AND OTHER SMALL MIRACLES

171 - JULIE SLATER AND JASON FRIDAY...RECOUPING FROM THE HOLIDAYS...GOING TO THE GYM...AND OTHER SMALL MIRACLES

Hosts Julie Slater and Jason Friday check in on how the pod and their life have been going…past guests…recouping after travel and the holidays…being sad over the Detroit Lions epic loss this weekend…going to shows - Oliva Barton at the Troubadour…thebandfriday at the El Rey…and this Friday the LA band Livingmore at the Echo…missing Thom Yorke’s solos show there…Thom’s new band The Smile’s new record “Wall of Eyes”…former guest Jaime Andres and what she’s been up to lately - new memoir out called the Brink and cohosting a podcast with Daniel Baldwin…and oops, dinner’s here…until next time.


Follow @cuzihavetopodcast on Instagram for all the latest news. Email us: cuzihavetopodcast@gmail.com.  Find other episodes or leave us a voice message for the show on the anchor website. Thanks for tuning in! Keep on living those dreams, friends, CUZ YOU HAVE TO!!

- jULIE AND jASON

Jan 30, 202409:09
170 - ISAAC PAUL - FROM THE MOVIE BUSINESS IN LA TO ETSY TO FULL-TIME LEATHER CRAFTSMAN IN DENVER - PIGEON TREE.COM

170 - ISAAC PAUL - FROM THE MOVIE BUSINESS IN LA TO ETSY TO FULL-TIME LEATHER CRAFTSMAN IN DENVER - PIGEON TREE.COM

Hosts Julie Slater and Jason Friday chat with full-time leather-crafter Isaac Paul who is based in Denver, Colorado…His brand “Pigeon Tree” specializes in handcrafted custom made belts and indigo-dyed leather goods…Pigeon Tree is a true one-man operation; everything including the crafting of the goods, the photography and web design, and the customer interfacing is accomplished by Isaac under the roof of his home studio….we talk about the amazing (lol) weather in Denver and how fun it is to look on Zillow to escape…how he got his start (thanks to his family) in the movie industry but decided that wasn’t for him…Isaac’s Pay After Viewing business model he worked on for a year…his interest in “slow fashion” and how he got into belt making - the history of the his patented “double prong quick release buckle”…Isaac’s Etsy beginnings…more on how he got a patent…the story behind Isaac giving actor Jason Momoa (Aquaman, Dune, Game of Thrones, etc.) one of his belts and finding Jason wearing it in press photos…we chat about us all going together on our first cruise ever in December - Virgin Voyages…reminiscing when Isaac was working the band Lionhart and Julie played their song “Fire in the Sea” on the radio…what’s next for Isaac and Pigeon Tree….


IT’S 5 O’CLOCK SOMEWHERE: find out, besides people, the biggest thing Isaac misses about LA…who he saw first at Red Rock Ampitheatre in Denver…the one thing that surprised him (in a good way) about going on a cruise…one activity on his bucket list…and what kind of legacy he hopes to leave behind with his leather goods.


Follow @cuzihavetopodcast on Instagram for all the latest news. Email us: cuzihavetopodcast@gmail.com.  Find other episodes or leave us a voice message for the show on the anchor website. Thanks for tuning in! Keep on living those dreams, friends, CUZ YOU HAVE TO!!

- jULIE AND jASON

Jan 23, 202451:07
169 - TRISTAN DOLCE - AUDIO ENGINEER/PRODUCER TO MUSICIAN/SINGER-SONGWRITER WITH HIS DEBUT ALBUM "MEDIUM TRUE"

169 - TRISTAN DOLCE - AUDIO ENGINEER/PRODUCER TO MUSICIAN/SINGER-SONGWRITER WITH HIS DEBUT ALBUM "MEDIUM TRUE"

Hosts Julie Slater and Jason Friday chat with audio engineer/producer/musician/singer-songwriter Tristan Dolce...Julie and Tristan work together at 88.5 the SoCal Sound...Tristan engineers the SoCal Sound sessions at the station...he's also a singer/songwriter with a debut album out called Medium True...Tristan was backed by a full band, guitarist Max Knouse, drummer Christian Orozco, and bassist Anthony Beville, as well as nine other guest musicians and vocalists credited (including Trevor Dolce on vibraphone, Anthony Dolce on guitar, and Megan Dolce vocals)...Find out how the record came about, recording it at Big Egos Studio in Long Beach in ONE DAY, half-marathoning each month...song ideas coming to Tristan while running...making fun of bass players and drummers sometimes (lol)...the recording and songwriting process...song characters...and more.


IT'S 5 O'CLOCK SOMEWHERE: find out one pet peeve of Tristan's when recording...the one thing you can only find in his hometown (LBC)...the artist(s) living or dead that Tristan would love to work with...something on Tristan's bucket list...and Tristan's advice to his son about living his dreams...


Follow @cuzihavetopodcast on Instagram for all the latest news. Email us: cuzihavetopodcast@gmail.com.  Find other episodes or leave us a voice message for the show on the anchor website. Thanks for tuning in! Keep on living those dreams, friends, CUZ YOU HAVE TO!! - jULIE AND jASON

Jan 20, 202454:33
168 - JULIE SLATER AND JASON FRIDAY - POST-HOLIDAYS AND THEIR FIRST TIME ON A CRUISE SHIP - VIRGIN VOYAGES STYLE

168 - JULIE SLATER AND JASON FRIDAY - POST-HOLIDAYS AND THEIR FIRST TIME ON A CRUISE SHIP - VIRGIN VOYAGES STYLE

Hosts Julie Slater and Jason Friday return from their holidays in Detroit and their first cruise on Virgin Voyages through the Caribbean...find out how they liked being sailors and cruising through Roatan, Costa Maya, and Bimini...would they do it again?


Follow @cuzihavetopodcast on Instagram for all the latest news.  We'd love to hear from you - email us at cuzihavetopodcast@gmail.com.  Find other episodes or leave us a voice message for the show on the anchor website. Thanks for tuning in! Keep on living those dreams, friends, CUZ YOU HAVE TO!! - jULIE AND jASON

Jan 09, 202442:32
167 - YEAR END REPLAY - BEN BRIDWELL FROM BAND OF HORSES (REPLAY OF PART TWO: EP. 118 FROM 1.24.23)

167 - YEAR END REPLAY - BEN BRIDWELL FROM BAND OF HORSES (REPLAY OF PART TWO: EP. 118 FROM 1.24.23)

PART TWO...It's that time of year where we replay our MOST LISTENED TO PODCAST OF THE YEAR...Hosts Julie Slater and Jason Friday chat with BEN BRIDWELL FROM BAND OF HORSES (Part Two: Originally Episode 118 from 1/24/23).

Hosts Julie Slater and Jason Friday continue (Part Two) their conversation with Ben Bridwell from Band of Horses...His new lady in his life after a painful divorce...a Civil Wars reenactment...the pains of showering for the pod (lol)...our mutual friend Eric Gorfain (from The Section Quartet)...Ben busting Julie and Jason for looking like they aren't in the same room...Josh Tillman...live shows that rock our worlds...how difficult divorce is in South Carolina...and we dig into IT'S 5 O'CLOCK somewhere - where we ask Ben five quick unusual questions to get to know him better.


Follow @cuzihavetopodcast on Instagram for all the latest news.  We'd love to hear from you - email us at cuzihavetopodcast@gmail.com.  Find other episodes or leave us a voice message for the show on the anchor website. Thanks for tuning in! Keep on living those dreams, friends, CUZ YOU HAVE TO!! - jULIE AND jASON

Jan 02, 202444:05
166 - YEAR END REPLAY - BEN BRIDWELL FROM BAND OF HORSES (REPLAY OF EP. 117 FROM 1.17.23)

166 - YEAR END REPLAY - BEN BRIDWELL FROM BAND OF HORSES (REPLAY OF EP. 117 FROM 1.17.23)

It's that time of year where we replay our MOST LISTENED TO PODCAST OF THE YEAR...Hosts Julie Slater and Jason Friday chat with BEN BRIDWELL FROM BAND OF HORSES (Originally Episode 117 from 1/17/23). It's not an interview, it's a sit down fireside chat...sans the fire...from Ben taking over the hosting duties by asking Julie and Jason questions...to how Ben got his start in music in Seattle...a painful divorce...raising four little ladies (and a lady dog)...coming off of tour to make his new rental his real home...finding his voice with his kids...his truest passions...South Carolina...having the courage to take a real break from the band to be there for his kids...and more. 


Follow @cuzihavetopodcast on Instagram for all the latest news.  We'd love to hear from you - email us at cuzihavetopodcast@gmail.com.  Find other episodes or leave us a voice message for the show on the anchor website. Thanks for tuning in! Keep on living those dreams, friends, CUZ YOU HAVE TO!! - jULIE AND jASON

Dec 26, 202350:07
165 - 2023 MUSICAL POD GUEST REVIEW - JULIE SLATER AND JASON FRIDAY ON 88.5 THE SOCAL SOUND
Dec 19, 202301:02:27
164 - TALIA SCHLANGER - FORMER NPR WORLD CAFE HOST LEAVES IT ALL TO PURSUE MUSIC - NEW ALBUM COMING IN FEB. 2024

164 - TALIA SCHLANGER - FORMER NPR WORLD CAFE HOST LEAVES IT ALL TO PURSUE MUSIC - NEW ALBUM COMING IN FEB. 2024

Hosts Julie Slater and Jason Friday chat with singer/songwriter Talia Schlanger...after landing the coveted Host spot for Npr's World Cafe, Talia left it all to pursue her dreams of music...her new record "Grace for the Going" comes out in February 2024...we talk to her about how exciting it was landing the World Cafe Host spot (replacing the retiring David Dye who did it for decades) - and then making that big decision to leap without a net and leave that job (and the states) to head back home to Canada to work on her music.


Follow @cuzihavetopodcast on Instagram for all the latest news. We'd love to hear from you - email us at: cuzihavetopodcast@gmail.com.  Find other episodes or leave us a voice message for the show on the anchor website. Thanks for tuning in! Keep on living those dreams, friends, CUZ YOU HAVE TO!! - jULIE AND jASON

Dec 12, 202346:15
163 - JULIE SLATER AND JASON FRIDAY...LA FITNESS, ROATAN, CANDLE EMERGENCIES, AND 2023 PODCAST STATS.

163 - JULIE SLATER AND JASON FRIDAY...LA FITNESS, ROATAN, CANDLE EMERGENCIES, AND 2023 PODCAST STATS.

Hosts Julie Slater and Jason Friday check in on the past couple of weeks…they have huge news: they joined a gym, watch out 2024!! How buying a gym membership can feel like buying a car (thanks LA Fitness manager)…how J&J are headed to Roatán on a cruise and how the heck do you pronounce that anyway…former guest Congo Lindais back in the Congo for 3 months…saying yes to something even when you’re scared…Julie’s “candle emergency”…they talk about a recipe on the internets: a candle made out of butter that’s placed inside of a huge loaf of bread…Christmas shopping…all the facebook groups for Virgin Voyages…all the events that happen on the ship…upcoming guest next week: Talia Schlanger – former host of NPR’s World Café and now a singer/songwriter/ musician with a new album coming out in Feb. 2024…how Talia left that cool World Café gig to live her dreams CUZ SHE HAD TO…our Spotify Wrapped stats: 85% of our listeners discovered us in 2023…people listen to the pod mostly in the U.S., Australia, Germany, and the Philippines…most shared pod #140 Jim and Sam – LA folk husband/wife duo…our streams are up 165%...we created 1.5K minutes of pod content…our #1 pod in 2023 was #117 – Ben Bridwell from Band of Horses…Our #2 pod was Dean Sharp – the House Whisperer!


Follow @cuzihavetopodcast on Instagram for all the latest news. We'd love to hear from you - email us at: cuzihavetopodcast@gmail.com.  Find other episodes or leave us a voice message for the show on the anchor website. Thanks for tuning in! Keep on living those dreams, friends, CUZ YOU HAVE TO!! - jULIE AND jASON


Dec 05, 202321:34
162 - FIRE CAPTAIN NATE...THE RISK, THE SACRIFICE, AND REWARD OF SAVING PEOPLE'S LIVES FOR A LIVING

162 - FIRE CAPTAIN NATE...THE RISK, THE SACRIFICE, AND REWARD OF SAVING PEOPLE'S LIVES FOR A LIVING

Hosts Julie Slater and Jason Friday chat with City of San Diego Fire Captain Nate (aka Nate Dawg) about what it's like to risk your life and sacrifice your schedule for 18 years (and going) to save others for a living CUZ YOU HAVE TO...when he first knew he wanted to be a firefighter - how making a difference mattered to him...his comparison of a sports team philosophy and doing a job like being a cop or fireman...the endurance and strength of his job...the grueling on/off schedule of firefighting...the mental health issues firefighters face and the help that is there for them...how his wife and family support what he does...on the flip side - how firefighting also gives him a lot of time with his family (on his time off)...juggling life...risk vs. reward when going into dangerous situations...


IT'S 5 O'CLOCK SOMEWHERE...find out Nate's answer to: besides people or pets - what three items he would grab from his house to save from a fire...what's his "walk-up"/theme song...Nate spends time in Montana as well, his favorite food there....One thing Nate can't do that he wishes he could...and the biggest thing he's learned about himself being a firefighter.


Follow @cuzihavetopodcast on Instagram for all the latest news. We'd love to hear from you - email us at: cuzihavetopodcast@gmail.com.  Find other episodes or leave us a voice message for the show on the anchor website. Thanks for tuning in! Keep on living those dreams, friends, CUZ YOU HAVE TO!! - jULIE AND jASON

Nov 28, 202342:17
161 - CONGO LINDA RETURNS...LINDA JAMES' FIRST TRIP BACK TO THE CONGO SINCE THE PANDEMIC AND GETTING HER MASTERS' IN PUBLIC HEALTH

161 - CONGO LINDA RETURNS...LINDA JAMES' FIRST TRIP BACK TO THE CONGO SINCE THE PANDEMIC AND GETTING HER MASTERS' IN PUBLIC HEALTH

Hosts Julie Slater and Jason Friday bring back return guest Congo Linda (aka Linda James) (her first appearance on the pod here - Episode 045 from 08/31/21) after her first return trip to the Congo for work - after having to leave the Congo in a rush due to the pandemic...she now has her Masters in Public Health and a full-time gig that has her living in the states, but doing some stints in the Congo, which may be the perfect schedule for her...we review her timeline of leaving Los Angeles for the Congo 2014, heading to London for some classes in Jan. 2020 and then not being able to return to the Congo due to the pandemic, wrapping up her Master's in 2021...how if you can make it in the Congo, you can pretty much make it anywhere...a little history of the Congolese languages...the pains of freelance work vs. full-time work with benefits (and the ease of that)...how it felt when she landed in Congo again after being gone for those years...the mindset it takes to live in the Congo...side note, people who text asking if they can call you (btw, just CALL!!)...Linda's work with Malaria and Hepatitis B research as well as others...the dangers of living in the Congo - with diseases and violence...how foreigners can be targeted there and being smart of how and where you travel...P.S. the word we were searching for was MISSIONARY doctor.


IT’S 5 O’CLOCK SOMEWHERE...find out what’s been the best Congo meal Linda has had...when returning to LA, is there one food spot or place she have to hit??...Linda is well-educated and street smart - is there one thing she feels ridiculously uneducated about?...what she's most grateful for...and, finally, what is her big picture goal for the work she does...


Follow @cuzihavetopodcast on Instagram for all the latest news. We'd love to hear from you - email us at: cuzihavetopodcast@gmail.com.  Find other episodes or leave us a voice message for the show on the anchor website. Thanks for tuning in! Keep on living those dreams, friends, CUZ YOU HAVE TO!! - jULIE AND jASON

Nov 21, 202335:20
160 - JULIE SLATER AND JASON FRIDAY - TO CONTINUE THE POD OR NOT...AND HOW WAS JASON'S RIVAL TIDES SHOW LAST WEEKEND?

160 - JULIE SLATER AND JASON FRIDAY - TO CONTINUE THE POD OR NOT...AND HOW WAS JASON'S RIVAL TIDES SHOW LAST WEEKEND?

Hosts Julie Slater and Jason Friday chat with each other about the past week - Jason had a Rival Tides show at Boomtown Brewery downtown...holiday candle making...a free cruise to the Caribbean...we chat about the RT show - sound issues, a sexual predator...also should we keep the podcast going???!!!?asking listeners to reach out about the pod and what you think about it...the new Blink 182 album (Jason digs it)...and other musings.



Follow @cuzihavetopodcast on Instagram for all the latest news.  We'd love to hear from you - email us at: cuzihavetopodcast@gmail.com.  Find other episodes or leave us a voice message for the show on the anchor website. Thanks for tuning in! Keep on living those dreams, friends, CUZ YOU HAVE TO!! - jULIE AND jASON

Nov 14, 202320:17
159 - GUIDO - OUR FOOD TOUR GUIDE IN FLORENCE, ITALY - WHY HE LEFT COMPUTERS/I.T. FOR FOOD AND WINE (DUH!)

159 - GUIDO - OUR FOOD TOUR GUIDE IN FLORENCE, ITALY - WHY HE LEFT COMPUTERS/I.T. FOR FOOD AND WINE (DUH!)

Hosts Julie Slater and Jason Friday chat with Guido (who didn't want to use his last name) - who was Julie and Jason's food tour guide while they were in Florence, Italy in September 2023...Born in Florence, here he explains why he left the computer world of I.T. (the stresses of that kind of work) to become a guide for people to discover some favorite food and wine gems in Florence...how he got a license to become a food tour guide - learning the history and art of the city...the importance of a great quality extra virgin olive oil...Guido also gives a recommendation for one of his favorite spots in Florence to eat one of his fav meals Ribollita: (https://www.trattoriadatito.com/)...how he works as much as possible during the high season and then takes a bunch of time off...how he loves to share the culture of Florence...


IT'S FIVE O'CLOCK SOMEWHERE: find out Guido's favorite city (outside of Florence) to visit in Italy...what part of the the U.S. he would choose to live if he had to (although he's prolly never leaving Florence)...what instrument he plays and what kind of music he listens to...his favorite dish to make...spoiler alerts, he eats a lot of pasta...


Laura and Bill join the AFTERPOD where we talk about our guest after they leave the cobblestone street in Florence...


Here is a link for the food tour we went on in Florence, Italy with Guido through Viator. Highly recommend!


Follow @cuzihavetopodcast on Instagram for all the latest news.  We'd love to hear from you - email us at: cuzihavetopodcast@gmail.com.  Find other episodes or leave us a voice message for the show on the anchor website. Thanks for tuning in! Keep on living those dreams, friends, CUZ YOU HAVE TO!! - jULIE AND jASON

Nov 07, 202321:31
SEASON FOUR TRAILER - JULIE SLATER AND JASON FRIDAY

SEASON FOUR TRAILER - JULIE SLATER AND JASON FRIDAY

Hosts Julie Slater and Jason Friday introduce you to Season FOUR of CUZ I HAVE TO PODCAST...when living your dreams is the only option. Each week we talk to guests (and each other) about living your dreams - from death doulas to chefs to hpynotists to rock stars. Tune in to get inspired to LIVE YOUR DREAMS.


Follow @cuzihavetopodcast on Instagram for all the latest news.  We'd love to hear from you - email us at: cuzihavetopodcast@gmail.com.  Find other episodes or leave us a voice message for the show on the anchor website. Thanks for tuning in! Keep on living those dreams, friends, CUZ YOU HAVE TO!! - jULIE AND jASON



Nov 02, 202300:55
158 - OUR ITALY TRIP - JULIE SLATER AND JASON FRIDAY ALONG WITH LAURA AND BILL

158 - OUR ITALY TRIP - JULIE SLATER AND JASON FRIDAY ALONG WITH LAURA AND BILL

Hosts Julie Slater and Jason Friday let you explore their trip to Italy with Julie's sister and brother-in-law, Laura and Bill...they recorded themselves along the way from Milan to Venice to Florence to Positano (Capri, too) to Rome...hear their take on their Italian meals, Airbnbs, and the people they met along the way.

Follow @cuzihavetopodcast on Instagram for all the latest news.  We'd love to hear from you - email us at cuzihavetopodcast@gmail.com.  Find other episodes or leave us a voice message for the show on the anchor website. Thanks for tuning in! Keep on living those dreams, friends, CUZ YOU HAVE TO!! - jULIE AND jASON

Oct 31, 202341:30
157 - JULIE SLATER AND JASON FRIDAY - MARKING 3 YEARS OF DOING THE PODCAST

157 - JULIE SLATER AND JASON FRIDAY - MARKING 3 YEARS OF DOING THE PODCAST

Hosts Julie Slater and Jason Friday celebrate the three year anniversary of the pod...Episode 1 aired technically on 10/24/2020...they listen back to the very beginning of the pod...share thoughts on the 75+ guests that come through the CUZ I HAVE TO pod doors...and how you JUST HAVE TO DO IT in life and live your dreams CUZ YOU HAVE TO!!


Follow @cuzihavetopodcast on Instagram for all the latest news.  We'd love to hear from you - email us at cuzihavetopodcast@gmail.com.  Find other episodes or leave us a voice message for the show on the anchor website. Thanks for tuning in! Keep on living those dreams, friends, CUZ YOU HAVE TO!! - jULIE AND jASON

Oct 24, 202322:02
156 - TRAVIS YORK (STRANGE GENT CANDLES) RETURNS...RE-BRANDING HIS STRANGE GENT CANDLES...WRITER AND ACTOR STRIKES...THE MEMORY RESPONSE FROM SCENTS AND MORE

156 - TRAVIS YORK (STRANGE GENT CANDLES) RETURNS...RE-BRANDING HIS STRANGE GENT CANDLES...WRITER AND ACTOR STRIKES...THE MEMORY RESPONSE FROM SCENTS AND MORE

Hosts Julie Slater and Jason Friday bring back Travis York from Strange Gent Candles (he was previously on Episode #043 on 8/17/2021)...he returns to talk about his candle brand re-launch - happening in person THIS THURSDAY 10/19 at Candle Delirium in West Hollywood, CA...the latest on his candles, scent making magic, and how a fragrance can bring you back to a very specific time in your life...also we chat about the writer's strike (now over) and the on-going actor's strike...pod listeners can get a 15% off discount for candles by entering code CUZIHAVETO at www.strangegentcandles.com....


IT'S 5 O'CLOCK SOMEWHERE...find out what scents Travis would you use for "Radiohead on a damp Sunday morning in October"...his favorite line from a song that often helps him through life...who Travis thinks would play him in the movie of his life and what’s the title of the film...he's lived in Brooklyn/San Antonio/and Hollywood, he gets to PICK ONE: a slice from New York, Texas bbq, or the best tacos you’ve ever had...and the biggest thing he is letting go of to move towards what’s next...

Follow @cuzihavetopodcast on Instagram for all the latest news.  We'd love to hear from you - email us at cuzihavetopodcast@gmail.com.  Find other episodes or leave us a voice message for the show on the anchor website. Thanks for tuning in! Keep on living those dreams, friends, CUZ YOU HAVE TO!! - jULIE AND jASON


Oct 17, 202356:48
155 - JANIS GAUDELLI - FROM TREND HUNTER TO SINGLE MOM BY CHOICE, WHAT SHE'S LEARNED RAISING A CHILD WITH SPECIAL NEEDS

155 - JANIS GAUDELLI - FROM TREND HUNTER TO SINGLE MOM BY CHOICE, WHAT SHE'S LEARNED RAISING A CHILD WITH SPECIAL NEEDS

Hosts Julie Slater and Jason Friday chat with Janis Gaudelli...by day, Janis is a trendhunter for a prestigious fragrance house in the bustling heart of NYC, where she explores the captivating world of fragrance. But her most cherished role is being a single mom by choice to an extraordinary 12-year-old boy, whose presence has transformed her in the most profound and beautiful ways. Together, she says, they’re crafting an extraordinary life filled with love, adventure, and endless possibilities...her side obsessions: sunsets, retro-candy, pink in any shade, peonies, makeup and the smell of the wild....Julie and Janis played softball together in LA...Janis created the blog that Julie and former guest Cherry wrote for the Daily Feels...


IT’S 5 O’CLOCK SOMEWHERE...find out one of Janis' biggest pet peeves....her favorite old fashioned candy...an artist or song that changed her life...one thing people often get wrong about her...what aspects of her son's personality she wishes she could spread to other humans...and her best parenting advice.


Follow @cuzihavetopodcast on Instagram for all the latest news.  We'd love to hear from you - email us at cuzihavetopodcast@gmail.com.  Find other episodes or leave us a voice message for the show on the anchor website. Thanks for tuning in! Keep on living those dreams, friends, CUZ YOU HAVE TO!! - jULIE AND jASON


Oct 10, 202301:07:00
154 - VICTOR VILLA FROM VILLA'S TACOS (LA)...FROM A POP-UP TACO STAND IN HIS GRANDMOTHER'S YARD TO TAKING OVER THE TACO UNIVERSE IN LA AND BEYOND

154 - VICTOR VILLA FROM VILLA'S TACOS (LA)...FROM A POP-UP TACO STAND IN HIS GRANDMOTHER'S YARD TO TAKING OVER THE TACO UNIVERSE IN LA AND BEYOND

Hosts Julie Slater and Jason Friday chat with (and share some tacos and beer with) Victor Villa of Villa's tacos in Los Angeles who went from a pop-up stand in his grandmother's yard to two store fronts and taking over the taco universe...Victor tells us about how a restaurant gets a “big Vermont” with Michelin…his lifelong philosophy on serving others and keeping the taste always the same…his family working at the restaurant…the history of his first taco pop-up…from his Grandmother’s front yard to a taco empire…Victor’s dream of the ability to share their great food with people…after the pod he announced a new location at Grand Central Market in Downtown LA…could Dodgers Stadium be next (one day, maybe)…who makes the eight salsas they offer…how one of his salsas made a grown man cry…how Victor wakes up with a smile on his face…his children and his fiancé…how people drive hours to taste Villa’s tacos…how Victor has always looked at the positive in life and with his tacos…how he has always been himself and that’s what he puts into his tacos…the family environment at Villa’s…people love the family atmosphere and the feeling of belonging somewhere…how restaurants and the people can become such an important part of your life…the power of food and the power of memories…Find Villa's Tacos here  and in Highland Park and soon Grand Central Market, downtown LA.   IT'S 5 O'CLOCK SOMEWHERE: find out what tacos Victor would eat, if he had to - either Taco Bell, Del Taco, or tacos from Jack in the Box…his favorite Dodger player, living or dead…Fav spot in LA to chill out…what other city he’d like to live in…and what he hopes to pass down to his family/kids/the next generation… Follow @cuzihavetopodcast on Instagram for all the latest news.  We'd love to hear from you - email us at cuzihavetopodcast@gmail.com.  Find other episodes or leave us a voice message for the show on the anchor website. Thanks for tuning in! Keep on living those dreams, friends, CUZ YOU HAVE TO!! - jULIE AND jASON


Oct 03, 202338:30
153 - JULIE SLATER AND JASON FRIDAY - HEAR THEIR PERFORMANCE AS SLATER/FRIDAY AT NO VACANCY FROM 06/12/23!
Sep 26, 202319:03
152- JULIE SLATER AND JASON FRIDAY - LIVING THEIR DREAMS THROUGH TRAVEL AS THEY PREP FOR ITALY..AND SOME AWESOME FUTURE GUESTS

152- JULIE SLATER AND JASON FRIDAY - LIVING THEIR DREAMS THROUGH TRAVEL AS THEY PREP FOR ITALY..AND SOME AWESOME FUTURE GUESTS

Hosts Julie Slater and Jason Friday pop in right before their long overdue trip to Italy...the pod is closing in on starting Season 4 (whaaaat?)...details about the future of the pod...Julie talks about this being the first trip she has planned like crazy for to Italy...Jason's first trip to Europe along with Julie's sister and husband...how this is a rescheduled trip from 2020 to Italy...seeing five cities in ten days...how the Airbnbs will be...journaling about the upcoming trip...the Italy/Europe boom post-COVID...Milan to Venice to Florence to Positano to Rome...paddle boarding off the Amalfi Coast in caves in Capri...pizza cooking class in Rome...The Vatican...food tour and leather market n Florence...celebrating birthdays of Julie, Bill, and Laura...and we tell you about three future guests...next week our No Vacancy show.


Follow @cuzihavetopodcast on Instagram for all the latest news.  We'd love to hear from you - email us at cuzihavetopodcast@gmail.com.  Find other episodes or leave us a voice message for the show on the anchor website. Thanks for tuning in! Keep on living those dreams, friends, CUZ YOU HAVE TO!! - jULIE AND jASON

Sep 19, 202317:45
151 - RAYE ZARAGOZA - SINGER/SONGWRITER WHO IS LEAVING LA FOR A YEAR TO BE IN THE U.S. TOUR OF PETER PAN...HOW ONE ENDING LEAD TO MANY NEW BEGINNINGS

151 - RAYE ZARAGOZA - SINGER/SONGWRITER WHO IS LEAVING LA FOR A YEAR TO BE IN THE U.S. TOUR OF PETER PAN...HOW ONE ENDING LEAD TO MANY NEW BEGINNINGS

Hosts Julie Slater and Jason Friday chat with LA singer/songwriter Raye Zaragoza who's about to embark on her first headling tour for her new album "Hold That Spirit" - right before she takes on the role of Tiger Lily on the U.S. touring Broadway musical Peter Pan...Raye has written political folk music that is informed by her identity as a woman of mixed Indigenous, Asian and Latina heritage. She writes the music for Netflix's Spirit Rangers, a show featuring an all Native American writers room and cast…she worked exclusively with women on her new album Hold that Spirit...how her father influenced her in the world of musical theatre...her first memories of music being important in her life...how music has helped her calm her anxieties...how pushing through a break-up helped open her up for all the things...what it felt like to sell most of her things and store the precious items in a storage room to head out on tour...how music saved her and opened up her soul...from loving Avril Lavigne to loving Joni Mitchell...going to the same school FAME is based off of...hanging out at Virgin Records listening to music...living in New York...her deep love for Long Beach, CA...her background in musical theatre...deciding if she could do both a record release tour and the musical...how Viola Davis' book helped her...chasing an EGOT...RAYE plays Hotel Cafe in LA this Thursday 09.14.23...



IT’S 5 O’CLOCK SOMEWHERE - Raye just packed up to leave for tour for a year, find out the one thing (besides people, her dog, and the weather) she wishes she could take with her...the best advice she's ever gotten...one song that has helped her get through tough times...which activity she would pick: the beach, camping in the woods, a cabin in the snow or the desert...and the best advice she would give her younger self about living her dreams CUZ SHE HAS TO.


Follow @cuzihavetopodcast on Instagram for all the latest news.  We'd love to hear from you - email us at cuzihavetopodcast@gmail.com.  Find other episodes or leave us a voice message for the show on the anchor website. Thanks for tuning in! Keep on living those dreams, friends, CUZ YOU HAVE TO!! - jULIE AND jASON


Sep 12, 202343:06
150 - CHRISTINE (AKA CHERRY) ESCRIBANO...FROM BEING AN AWARD-WINNING MARKETING/CREATIVE EXEC TO INTERIOR DESIGN, FURNITURE ART, AND VACATION HOME RENTALS

150 - CHRISTINE (AKA CHERRY) ESCRIBANO...FROM BEING AN AWARD-WINNING MARKETING/CREATIVE EXEC TO INTERIOR DESIGN, FURNITURE ART, AND VACATION HOME RENTALS

Hosts Julie Slater and Jason Friday chat with Christine (aka Cherry) Escribano who spent 27 years as an award-winning marketing and creative executive for NBC Universal to following her true passion of interior design and furniture art...Cherry is a MAXIMALIST who now focuses her craft on helping her clients live their story through their living space...from Steam punk glam to Victorian beach house to BOHO chic, as a mom, wife, and doggie-mom, she believes that every single member of your family should be considered and consulted when designing your home...Cherry and her huband John co-own Casa by cherry Designs in Westfield, New Jersey (not Florida or Australia, btw)...together (along with investors) they have four rental properties on the Jersey shore plus a brick and mortar furniture store...Cherry will also be on Beachfront Bargain Hunt Renovations "The Italian Job in Wildwood, NJ" on HGTV on Sept. 22, 2023...find Cherry at www.cherryhomedesigns.com and on instagram @cherryhomedesigns...and on the Joizee shore at any given moment. Also, the blog Cherry and Julie wrote for (shout out to Janis for this one) https://www.ourdailyfeels.com/


IT’S 5 O’CLOCK SOMEWHERE - find out what is the one thing Cherry thinks New Jersey has that you can't get anywhere else, The worst thing someone can suggest when designing their home...where Cherry would design a home anywhere in the world - with an unlimited budget...the song she thinks screams her personality...and how home design and furniture refurbishment helps tell her story.


Follow @cuzihavetopodcast on Instagram for all the latest news.  We'd love to hear from you - email us at cuzihavetopodcast@gmail.com.  Find other episodes or leave us a voice message for the show on the anchor website. Thanks for tuning in! Keep on living those dreams, friends, CUZ YOU HAVE TO!! - jULIE AND jASON


Sep 05, 202339:06
149 - JULIE SLATER AND JASON FRIDAY - NEARING EPISODE 150, PADDLE BOARDING & THE WONDERS OF STANDING UPRIGHT..AND THE DEEP MYSTERY OF THE WATERS

149 - JULIE SLATER AND JASON FRIDAY - NEARING EPISODE 150, PADDLE BOARDING & THE WONDERS OF STANDING UPRIGHT..AND THE DEEP MYSTERY OF THE WATERS

Hosts Julie Slater and Jason Friday check in with how the last couple of week have gone...paddle boarding in a lagoon vs. the marina after Hurricane Hilary...the art of balancing oneself when waves are crashing in...interviewing the artist Bully for 88.5 the SoCalSound...and more...



Follow @cuzihavetopodcast on Instagram for all the latest news.  We'd love to hear from you - email us at cuzihavetopodcast@gmail.com.  Find other episodes or leave us a voice message for the show on the anchor website. Thanks for tuning in! Keep on living those dreams, friends, CUZ YOU HAVE TO!! - jULIE AND jASON

Aug 29, 202316:34
148 - BREANA GROSZ - ALOHA, YA'LL! HER ONE YEAR MARK LIVING IN KANSAS CITY FROM HAWAII..."K.C.: THE BEST KEPT SECRET IN THE U.S."

148 - BREANA GROSZ - ALOHA, YA'LL! HER ONE YEAR MARK LIVING IN KANSAS CITY FROM HAWAII..."K.C.: THE BEST KEPT SECRET IN THE U.S."

Hosts Julie Slater & Jason Friday chat with return guest Breana Grosz who has spent a whole year in Kansas City after living in Hawaii for nine years...She was last one in Dec. 2020 (Episode 008) discussing why she moved from Los Angeles to Hawaii - and now we tackle why she chose her next move to K.C. (a place she had never been) and how it's going so far...the challenges Bre has faced and how nothing is permanent...how she loves to take those milestones in life (birthdays, anniversaries) to check in with herself on how things are going...how great it's been for her to travel the U.S. so much easier than from Hawaii...being closer to family in Detroit...Bre going from sun dresses and flipflops to winter clothes....going to see the Kansas City Chiefs right before they won the Superbowl....her advice to take advantage of whatever city you live in - do as the people do...renting vs. buying when you start in a new city...finding a spot that can "take care of you"...the K.C. BBQ scene - how different it is from Nashville and Texas ("saucy sauce")...how K.C. has an influential jazz scene (who knew?)...where she's working now - Country Club Plaza (100 years old)...Bre's feelings about the fires in Maui...sending love to everyone...shout out to Hawaii Community Foundation helping Maui heal (donate here)...the challenges she's faced in a new city...signing her deal for work and how long she'll stay in K.C....giving herself some grace about living in a new place....how she got the bug in Hawaii to do something different...dating someone now who Iives in Hawaii while she's in K.C. - long distance relationships...



IT'S 5 O'CLOCK SOMEWHERE: Find out Bre's favorite thing to eat in her new "hometown"...the one thing she's not good at that she wished she was....where she would move if she had to live outside of the U.S....what Hawaii vibes she is trying to spread in K.C....and the one word that would best describe her next year.



Follow @cuzihavetopodcast on Instagram for all the latest news.  We'd love to hear from you - email us at cuzihavetopodcast@gmail.com.  Find other episodes or leave us a voice message for the show on the anchor website. Thanks for tuning in! Keep on living those dreams, friends, CUZ YOU HAVE TO!! - jULIE AND jASON

Aug 22, 202329:01
147 - DANA SCHAEFFER - HOW THIS SELF-PROCLAIMED RADIO NERD/BAKER IS GOING TO SAVE "LITTLE FALLS DINER" IN NEW JERSEY

147 - DANA SCHAEFFER - HOW THIS SELF-PROCLAIMED RADIO NERD/BAKER IS GOING TO SAVE "LITTLE FALLS DINER" IN NEW JERSEY

Hosts Julie Slater and Jason Friday chat with Dana Schaeffer about how this self-proclaimed radio nerd/baker is going to save Little Falls Diner in New Jersey...Dana believes "that you can accomplish anything you put your mind to as long as you truly believe in it and never give up"...also her radio career - her first gig working for Scott and Todd in the Morning at WPLJ in NYC (#1 market in the country)...working for CBS radio...her stint in Los Angeles working for iHeart (KFI, KISS FM)...moving back home to work for ABC...growing up as a kid watching ABC 7 eyewitness news and baking with her grandmother...taking the communications path at school which got her into college radio...being a die-hard New Jersey girl...comparing NJ/NJ to LA (kindness vs. being nice)...how she comes back to LA all the time...wanting to be on-air/hosting...her old DJ life as "Dash"...the important role of producers...the history of diners in New Jersey (the diner capitol of the world, btw)...how she kept thinking she wanted to restore this diner while growing up...the Little Falls diner closed down in 1995 due to a fire - how the ownership has changed during the years...how her baking will help the diner...looking up the historical society, talking to the mayor, all about the possibility of saving the diner...how you can do anything even if you don't have the funds yourself...making sure the diner doesn't go to some commercial project/keeping it with the small group who they know and trust...her dream of making the diner a podcast studio after hours...Dana talking to the diner and telling it she's bringing it back...how she likes to rescue things and make them better (the diner and her rescued cat)...she's already been sourcing food places and coffee for the diner...how this diner fanatic doesn't even like coffee...disco fries - with gravy and cheese...Mel's Diner in LA...Dana's trip to Italy...Milan to Florence to Positano to Rome...manifesting her dreams and boyfriend...how you can do anything you want - anything is possible...




IT'S 5 O'CLOCK SOMEWHERE: Find out Dana's favorite diner food...one thing she could live off of In Italy/her least fav thing about Italy...which radio person or station turned her into the radio bug...the three bands she would choose if she could only listen to three bands for the rest of her life...and what she has learned about life from restoring the NJ diner...



Find Dana on instagram here, and help save Little Falls Diner here.



Follow @cuzihavetopodcast on Instagram for all the latest news.  We'd love to hear from you - email us at cuzihavetopodcast@gmail.com.  Find other episodes or leave us a voice message for the show on the anchor website. Thanks for tuning in! Keep on living those dreams, friends, CUZ YOU HAVE TO!! - jULIE AND jASON

Aug 15, 202356:27
146 - JULIE SLATER AND JASON FRIDAY...IDENTIFYING AS BAD-ASS PADDLE BOARDERS...FINDING YOUR IDENTITY...AND HEAR A SONG FROM OUR SLATER/FRIDAY CONCERT IN JUNE...

146 - JULIE SLATER AND JASON FRIDAY...IDENTIFYING AS BAD-ASS PADDLE BOARDERS...FINDING YOUR IDENTITY...AND HEAR A SONG FROM OUR SLATER/FRIDAY CONCERT IN JUNE...

Aug 08, 202327:16
145 - STEPHEN BOSIO - FROM FINANCE IN LOS ANGELES TO BISCUITS IN RURAL U.P. OF MICHIGAN...WHEN YOU CAN'T STOP YOUR HEART FROM WHAT IT WANTS

145 - STEPHEN BOSIO - FROM FINANCE IN LOS ANGELES TO BISCUITS IN RURAL U.P. OF MICHIGAN...WHEN YOU CAN'T STOP YOUR HEART FROM WHAT IT WANTS

Hosts Julie Slater & Jason Friday chat with Stephen Bosio - a single dad, corporate Los Angeles grind escapee, and brand spakin' new (U.P. of Michigan) restaurant owner. He recently returned to his home town in Tapiola, MI after living in and around the LA area where he spent 13 years working for a large finance company. After some life changes, he’s traded in his director of sales title for BISCUITS...



We chat with Stephen about his life change of moving to a small town (back to his hometown) from Los Angeles...how Julie originally met Stephen during her "beard years" when she ran a website beardoftheday.com...their experiences with beard competitions...whatever happened to this redheaded beard guy who won all the competitions...after our beard talk we talk about Stephen (lol)...we chat about where exactly is Tapiola, MI?? (way above the mitt, btw)...the history of Tapiola - predominantly Finnish people...Stephen's great grandfather's legacy...his original name Posio...his children now being the 5th generation of his family living in Tapiola...the official meaning of "yoopers"...what made Stephen pick this spot to open a restaurant and why...the history of the restaurant he's taking over...how he got into biscuit making during COVID while working in finance...his marriage fell apart...his wife (as he was about to get divorced) committed suicide...how he didn't have a reason to be in LA anymore...how the corporate world never felt like his thing...how he started checking out the restaurant site in Michigan...how Stephen couldn't get the idea of the restaurant out of his head...the ordeal of the restaurant deal...how his brother and Dad helped move the idea forward...how Wells Fargo left Michigan state...his Dad co-signing the loan...reconnecting with his family...leaving his finance job...the advantage of leaving Los Angeles - especially for his kids...how everything kept lining up to make his dream happen...his crazy trip from LA to Michigan and how the tires all needed to be replaced TWICE...finally closing on the restaurant...how his business plan won over the bank people...how it felt to finally have the keys to the restaurant and celebrate...how he's hoping to open in September...how the kickstarter campaign got people to hear about his venture...and then how a couple wrote him to give him $20,000 to go towards his efforts, even though he didn't make his kickstarter goal...how he also bought a boat...the overwhelm of everyone caring...how Stephen finally feels like he belongs (back home)...how therapy has helped him get through so much...how he doesn't have that heavy weight on him anymore...and how he can finally be himself and be happy.



IT'S 5 O'CLOCK SOMEWHERE: Find out if Stephen knows when National Biscuit Day is...pssst, it's May 29th...what song goes along with his biscuit making...besides the people and weather, what he'll miss the most about LA... Stephen loves pranks, what was one of his best ones he pulled off...and what advice he'd give to someoone (you) who wants to pick up and totally change their life? 



FIND BOSIO BISCUITS here: https://www.bosiobiscuit.com/ and instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bosiobiscuitco/ @bosicobiscuitco



Follow @cuzihavetopodcast on Instagram for all the latest news.  We'd love to hear from you - email us at cuzihavetopodcast@gmail.com.  Find other episodes or leave us a voice message for the show on the anchor website. Thanks for tuning in! Keep on living those dreams, friends, CUZ YOU HAVE TO!! - jULIE AND jASON


Aug 01, 202301:00:36
144 - SHERRIE LARYSE...AUTHOR/EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE TEACHER/SCIENTIFIC YOGI...HOW TO TAKE A DIFFICULT SITUATION AND TURN IT AROUND TO BENEFIT YOU (INCLUDING NOT BEING ABLE TO HAVE KIDS)

144 - SHERRIE LARYSE...AUTHOR/EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE TEACHER/SCIENTIFIC YOGI...HOW TO TAKE A DIFFICULT SITUATION AND TURN IT AROUND TO BENEFIT YOU (INCLUDING NOT BEING ABLE TO HAVE KIDS)

Hosts Julie Slater and Jason Friday talk with Author/Emotional Intelligence Teacher/Scientific Yogi: Sherrie Laryse...she is a huge advocate for living your dreams, even if they end up looking different from what the dream in the brochure looked like…Sherrie's dream was to become a mum, as she said (she’s Austrailian)…she spent seven years trying to become pregnant, when that didn’t work out, she used meditation and emotional intelligence techniques to find peace...Sherrie's journaling lead to a memoir "On Path"…which lead to her being on this podcast...


During IT’S 5 O’CLOCK SOMEWHERE - find out: if she's ever made fairy bread (white bread with butter and sprinkles - big in Australia)...which city in the U.S. she would choose to live in...why Aussies are always better than Kiwis...the type of animal she identifies with...and what she hopes her journey and transformation can bring to someone who is struggling...


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Jul 25, 202340:56
143 - JULIE SLATER AND JASON FRIDAY...SUMMER BREAK CONTINUES...THE REVIEWS OF JASON'S BAND'S (RIVAL TIDES') FIRST SHOW IN 3 1/2 YEARS...

143 - JULIE SLATER AND JASON FRIDAY...SUMMER BREAK CONTINUES...THE REVIEWS OF JASON'S BAND'S (RIVAL TIDES') FIRST SHOW IN 3 1/2 YEARS...

Hosts Julie Slater and Jason Friday continue a bit of a Summer break by checking in after Jason's band's (Rival Tides) first show in 3 1/2 years - at the Roxy on Friday...Jason says it was magical for him and all the bandmates...the crowd was amazing...the whole night was unexplainable...Julie and Jason play around a little more with their new pod equipment...Julie quizzes Jason about which one of his three bands he would choose to be in forever...they chat about the recent Slater/Friday gig and the magic there...and Julie talks about how if you have a dream - like becoming a paddle boarder - you've got to push yourself to just do it...also the joys of escaping 90 degree weather for the marina (thank you, Jolene!)...


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Jul 18, 202316:00
142 - JULIE SLATER AND JASON FRIDAY...A BREATHER IN JULY...NEW POD EQUIPMENT...A PLANKTON FLASHBACK...AND RIVAL TIDES PLAY THE ROXY THIS FRIDAY!
Jul 11, 202314:10
141 - JULIE SLATER AND JASON FRIDAY AND JZO JZEE - LIVE FROM THE DRUGBOAT/MARINA...HAPPY 4TH!

141 - JULIE SLATER AND JASON FRIDAY AND JZO JZEE - LIVE FROM THE DRUGBOAT/MARINA...HAPPY 4TH!

Hosts Julie Slater and Jason Friday (along with Jzo Jzee) do a quick 4th of July update live from the Drug Boat (aka D.B.) in the Marina.



Hear how we got new pod equipment coming soon...inspiring others...and more.



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Jul 04, 202308:43
140 - JIM AND SAM...LOS ANGELES FOLK (HUSBAND/WIFE) DUO...FROM 365 SHOWS IN A YEAR...A DOCUMENTARY...HAVING A KID...AND RECORDING A NEW ALBUM

140 - JIM AND SAM...LOS ANGELES FOLK (HUSBAND/WIFE) DUO...FROM 365 SHOWS IN A YEAR...A DOCUMENTARY...HAVING A KID...AND RECORDING A NEW ALBUM

Hosts Julie Slater and Jason Friday talk to Jim Hanft and Samantha Yonack also known as Jim and Sam - Los Angeles folk husband/wife duo...they "congregate around wistful harmonies, intimate lyrics, unshakable melodies and disarming comedic banter"…a few years ago they went out on a mission to play a show every day for a whole year…that became the documentary "After So Many Days"…the new album is "Good on the Other Side"…they have a kid now too…



We talk about how these new parents have any time away from their 2 1/2 year old...fighting faster...the transition of parenthood...how they got the idea to play a show every day/documentary...leaving for their 365 shows a year journey with just 20 shows booked...finding shows when a booked show fell through...approaching strangers to play for them...how only two or three people said no to them performing for them...not worrying about what other people think of you...changing people's lives with their tour...the unusual moments that felt special...how vape shops were some of the coolest spots for shows...what part manifesting plays in their life...if you want to do something and you commit to it/show up to it - the outcome doesn't matter because you'll get so much from it...having goals...not having the feeling of quitting...the learning experience of completing something...how things don't always end up looking like you thought...dreaming of playing shows with Coldplay...the desire to show up...Neil Young...not feeling satisfied from big things...how hunger is the most exciting part...issues with U2 (lol)...being a band (Jim and Sam) for 15 years...how they dealt with the pandemic and getting pregnant...touring with William Fitzsimmons (another CUZ I HAVE TO podcast guest)...the new album Good on the Other Side...the different stages of life that went into it....going through the tracks on the album...will they leave Los Angeles - they tell us about their song Leaving Los Angeles For Good This Time...thinking of leaving LA every day...wherever you go, there you are...what's next for the band...



IT'S 5 O'CLOCK SOMEWHERE...find out the one place they would move to (outside of Los Angeles) if money or people weren't a concern...while out on tour for a year, the most unusual food item they tried along the way…the one thing no one told them about having a kid…If the two of them were to work out the door right now and their theme song started playing (that’s not one of their own songs), what song is it…and with their documentary and also their music - overall - what message do they hope to give people about life…

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Jun 27, 202348:09
139 - JULIE SLATER AND JASON FRIDAY - NOTES FROM OUR GIG LAST WEEK...INTERVIEWING BOYGENIUS...AND JASON'S 40TH...

139 - JULIE SLATER AND JASON FRIDAY - NOTES FROM OUR GIG LAST WEEK...INTERVIEWING BOYGENIUS...AND JASON'S 40TH...

Hosts Julie Slater & Jason Friday chat with each other about the last couple of weeks/big events: their first gig in 7 years together last week at No Vacancy, opening up for SYML...how Jason got locked out of Julie's interview with the supergroup (boygenius)...and Jason (finally) turning 40 this week!



Hear Julie and Jason pre-show, on their way to No Vacancy and then how they felt after the show...how Jason's name wasn't on a list to interview boygenius and how security wouldn't let him in and Julie had to do the interview solo...the complexities of interviewing guests/not knowing what you'll get as far as moods, etc...watch the interview here or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLVdNUVgqUI&t=4s...Julie and Jason's show was filmed and will soon be on the SoCal Sound website which is also here: https://www.thesocalsound.org/...and preparing for Jason's 40th (this Thurs. 6/22)...how he feels about the big 4-0...


Follow @cuzihavetopodcast on Instagram for all the latest news.  We'd love to hear from you - email us at cuzihavetopodcast@gmail.com.  Find other episodes or leave us a voice message for the show on the anchor website. Thanks for tuning in! Keep on living those dreams, friends, CUZ YOU HAVE TO!! - jULIE AND jASON

Jun 20, 202322:29
138 - ISAAC D - GOING FROM A LIFE OF DRUGS/BOOZE/BEING ARRESTED TO SEEKING OUT RECOVERY AND BUILDING A BETTER LIFE...

138 - ISAAC D - GOING FROM A LIFE OF DRUGS/BOOZE/BEING ARRESTED TO SEEKING OUT RECOVERY AND BUILDING A BETTER LIFE...

Hosts Julie Slater and Jason Friday talk to Jason's cuz - Isaac D - who believes a man's goal post should be every changing, and sometimes you have to climb the peak of the mountain to see the next peak in which you choose to climb. Isaac tells us about his experience with recovery and chasing a real life after what he calls "a lifetime of questionable choices"…We chat with Isaac about his difficult past with drugs and alcohol and jail time...how he was reluctant to come onto the pod...what made him change his mind to be ready to chat with us...we go through Isaac's journey with trouble with the police...being naked A LOT...one woman who "checked a box" for him that changed his life...finding simple goals of getting an I.D., a bike, etc. - slowly growing his life/expanding to where he is now and what's ahead for his future...



IT'S 5 O'CLOCK SOMEWHERE...find out (or not, depending on if he answers) what rap song would explain his life...what pro skateboarders has been the most impactful to him...post-recovery, does he have any new guilty pleasures/vices...his thoughts on people who do yoga...and what he hopes his experiences in the past have taught him about his future.

Follow @cuzihavetopodcast on Instagram for all the latest news.  We'd love to hear from you - email us at cuzihavetopodcast@gmail.com.  Find other episodes or leave us a voice message for the show on the anchor website. Thanks for tuning in! Keep on living those dreams, friends, CUZ YOU HAVE TO!! - jULIE AND jASON

Jun 13, 202353:32
137 - TYLER BOONE - FROM SINGER/SONGWRITER TO HIS OWN "HOMEGROWN BOONES BOURBON" TO BEER - EN ROUTE FROM LOS ANGELES TO NASHVILLE

137 - TYLER BOONE - FROM SINGER/SONGWRITER TO HIS OWN "HOMEGROWN BOONES BOURBON" TO BEER - EN ROUTE FROM LOS ANGELES TO NASHVILLE

Hosts Julie Slater and Jason Friday chat with Tyler Boone - singer/songwriter, who grew up in the low country of Charleston, South Carolina…we became fascinated with him because he also makes bourbon…Homegrown Boones Bourbon…which was named one of the top 6 bourbons in the world in Forbes magazine…he also has his own beer - Homegrown Boone’s beer...he’s been living in LA, but is about to desert us all for Nashville…because bourbon is calling…




We most importantly do a bourbon tasting of Homegrown Boones Bourbon (spoiler alert - it's delicious)...Tyler educates us with Bourbon 101, what makes a true bourbon - all the rules behind it and how it's made...Fireball's lawsuit - how you need to be as transparent about your booze - where it's made and how it's made...sourcing out your booze...the tasting notes on his bourbon...exactly how his bourbon is made...his bourbon is 117 proof...his bourbon retails on the East coast for $32-39, but around $50-60 on the West coast due to taxes...the deliciousness of an old fashioned...how the Universe aligned for him to do bourbon...how his old business partner(s) stole from him, but he kept going...Boone's Beer is coming this Summer...what exactly is a Boiler Maker...




How Tyler uses his own music for his bourbon commercial...and more about his music...how he loves blues/guitar playing...the new song "Running Sideways"...the joys of dating in Los Angeles...how people in LA just want to know what you DO...and how they can "work" with you...we chat a little about Ben Bridwell (a former pod guest!) from Band of Horses...what big bands Tyler has opened up for: Sheryl Crow, Avett Brothers, Christopher Cross, the Revivalists, and more...who stood out as a surprising cool person/band...how he never got to open for Buddy Guy and it bums him out...how he loves the people behind It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia - and how the show has it's own whiskey...Jason asks Tyler to sponsor our show/concert coming up June 12h at No Vacancy...how Tyler loves radio...the festival he owns called The Homegrown Holy City Fest in Charleston...Tyler also has a podcast - the Industry AF...based around his company the Artist Formula... IT'S 5 O'CLOCK SOMEWHERE...find out what celebrity living or dead that Tyler thinks embodies his bourbon brand feel...his dream tour -two bands or artists he'd love to tour the world with...he's about to leave LA for Nashville, what’s the biggest thing Tyler will miss about LA, besides family or friends…before he goes, what's his favorite Nashville hot chicken in LA...and between being a musician and deep diving into bourbon...what's his bigger picture of things in life/what does he hope these two world bring to this world. Follow @cuzihavetopodcast on Instagram for all the latest news.  We'd love to hear from you - email us at cuzihavetopodcast@gmail.com.  Find other episodes or leave us a voice message for the show on the anchor website. Thanks for tuning in! Keep on living those dreams, friends, CUZ YOU HAVE TO!! - jULIE AND jASON

Jun 06, 202301:00:47
136 - SHELLY GOLDSTEIN - WRITER/PERFORMER/LYRICIST/ COMEDIAN/SINGER...FROM WORKING WITH STEVE MARTIN AND STEPHEN COLBERT...TO YOKO ONO AND GARRY MARSHALL...

136 - SHELLY GOLDSTEIN - WRITER/PERFORMER/LYRICIST/ COMEDIAN/SINGER...FROM WORKING WITH STEVE MARTIN AND STEPHEN COLBERT...TO YOKO ONO AND GARRY MARSHALL...

Hosts Julie Slater and Jason Friday chat with Shelly Goldstein - a writer-performer-rock & roll historian-lyricist-comedian-singer who has written for every genre of TV, film and stage in the US and UK. Recent shows she's written include the Emmy winning PBS Musical special, Chicago Voices and Norman Lear's Sentinel Awards. She has written for such artists as Lily Tomlin, Steve Martin, Stephen Colbert, Sharon Stone, Jay Leno & Yoko Ono and more... Julie and Shelly know each other from her old radio station 100.3 The Sound in LA - an old classic rock station where Julie and Shelly met through a special group of listeners...Shelly is the winner of the New Yorker caption contest...how she started in musical comedy in Chicago...wrote her first play when she was 7...how all of this was just what she was doing - she never had to think about it...how she almost got a part in the very first touring group of Grease, but she was too young...how people know what they want to do - but sometimes messages from family or society tell you no...how AI is going to replace us all...how Shelly's parents were very supportive of her creative dreams...how her sister is completely different - a math genius/lawyer...how she went to school during a time when art/drama/band practice/choir wasn't taken for granted like it is now...books being removed from libraries... Shelly tells the story of hanging out at Second City, volunteering at theatres in Chicago...she was around SNL people, John Malcovich, Laurie Metcaff...how she went to Northwestern...her hometown of Evanston, IL...Julie's brother's restaurant there called Oceanique...how screenwriter Garry Marshall took her under his wing...her feminist comedy show called Broadside...which ran for two years...Gary saw it and told her she was ready to move to LA (when she was 20 years old) to start working at Paramount with him...how she lectures at Universities...putting on a show just so the head of a network could see her pilot and how she sold it to him... We talk about how everyone has a voice - WRITE...how there is one thing Shelly hasn't exactly done - stand up comedy...how she is inching towards that...and might do before the end of the year...the one thing Shelly wants to do in life - is to make you laugh...appreciating Ted Lasso...what she wrote for Sharon Stone...how smart and funny Sharon is...how she works on non televised scripts, including working with Jay Leno...how someone on a late night show was stealing her jokes from Facebook...how she wrote for Stephen Colbert - she said it was as close to heaven as it can be...Shelly only believes in being nice and easy to work with...how it was being a women comedy writer n the 80s and 90s...a documentary called The Girl in the Room - which hasn't been put out - about women writers...befriending another women writer...Beth Armogida...how things are getting better out there for women righters...the input a creator of a series gets in future episodes...the role of a showrunner on a series...how TV is more of a writer's medium than film...the joy of hearing a great actor read something you've written...how she likes collaboration - and how show business shouldn't be a narcissistic thing - even though it often is....and all about the Writer's Strike.... IT'S 5 O'CLOCK SOMEWHERE...find out one of her at-the-ready bar jokes...the game Marry, F, Kill...Robert Plant, Mick Jagger, Paul McCartney...if she could live in the world of one TV show, which would it be...the last two things she bought on Amazon...and what her epitaph will be.... Follow @cuzihavetopodcast on Instagram for all the latest news.  We'd love to hear from you - email us at cuzihavetopodcast@gmail.com.  Find other episodes or leave us a voice message for the show on the anchor website. Thanks for tuning in! Keep on living those dreams, friends, CUZ YOU HAVE TO!! - jULIE AND jASON
May 30, 202301:02:31
135 - JAIME ANDREWS - OUR POD "REGULAR" IS BACK - SIGNING AUTOGRAPHS AT GHOULS DAY OUT FEST IN LA...SIOUXSIE...PLUS A NEW MEMOIR COMING SOON...

135 - JAIME ANDREWS - OUR POD "REGULAR" IS BACK - SIGNING AUTOGRAPHS AT GHOULS DAY OUT FEST IN LA...SIOUXSIE...PLUS A NEW MEMOIR COMING SOON...

Hosts Julie Slater and Jason Friday welcome back pod regular guest Jaime Andrews...off the heels of writing/acting in/producing the film Division (streaming for purchase and rental now on Amazon, iTunes, and more)...she just appeared at Ghouls Day Out fest in Los Angeles (she was on the cover of My Chemical Romance's album "Life on the Murder Scene" nearly 20 years ago (album photo here)/this is a fan event for that album)...Jaime also has big news about getting her new memoir published...


Jaime is an actress/writer/producer...besides the film Division, she has put on the stage production about her life called Cookie and the Monster, you've seen her on TV including the shows World’s Dumbest, Good Girls Revolt, recently in an episode of Chicago Fire…and films, too, including: the Sylvester Stallone film Samaritan, Gerard Butler film Greenland…some Baby Genius films…and we love to mention that great Wirlpool commercial…as well as the zero out of five improv group with Julie in NYC called Scrambled Eggs. Find her on instagram @jmendrews and http://www.jaimeandrews.com/.


We chatted about what in the world Ghouls Day Out fest in LA is...how My Chemical Romance fans wanted to pay for her autograph and photos...the Taylor Swift of the Emo world...murder conspiracies around the album...Thousandth Bullet Theory...why other bands album cover people don't do this...how Jaime will probably charge us to stay with us...how her movie Division has been out for three months...how Jaime has been constantly working on other creative things...she talks about her new book about her time growing up - called the Brink...and how it's being published soon...her husband Curt designed Jaime's book cover and the movie poster for Division...book should be out in October...how she is already working on another book...the joys of sleeping and sitting with tea...how Jaime uses ya'll all the time since moving to Atlanta...she's also writing another true crime screenplay...and is God sending lightening bolts for Jaime to see her favorite bands? lol


It's 5 O'Clock Somewhere...find out (1) which thing terrifies Jaime more: cooking/cleaning, not being able to buy second-hand thrift designer clothes, eating/drinking cold things (2) what is one thing during this trip that made her laugh/roll her eyes because it was such an LA thing (3) her fav tragic/gut-wrenching song (4) the one vape flavor she'd stick with for the rest of her life (5) what she hopes her new memoir will do for those who read it (6) BONUS QUESTION: advice for her mama who is getting re-married in June.


(Jaime was on previous Episodes 006, 035, 097, 102.)


Follow @cuzihavetopodcast on Instagram for all the latest news.  We'd love to hear from you - email us at cuzihavetopodcast@gmail.com.  Find other episodes or leave us a voice message for the show on the anchor website. Thanks for tuning in! Keep on living those dreams, friends, CUZ YOU HAVE TO!! - jULIE AND jASON


May 23, 202328:45
134 - THE LOVE POD - WHAT DOES LOVE MEAN TO YOU....A WHOLE BUNCHA PEOPLE TELL US...AND CONGRATS JAKE AND LINDSEY ON YOUR WEDDING!

134 - THE LOVE POD - WHAT DOES LOVE MEAN TO YOU....A WHOLE BUNCHA PEOPLE TELL US...AND CONGRATS JAKE AND LINDSEY ON YOUR WEDDING!

Hosts Julie Slater and Jason Friday just got back from a family reunion/wedding on Julie's side - just outside of Detroit...Jake and Lindsey got married...which leads us to WHAT DOES LOVE MEAN TO YOU...a whole buncha people tell us....including the bride and groom.


Follow @cuzihavetopodcast on Instagram for all the latest news.  We'd love to hear from you - email us at cuzihavetopodcast@gmail.com.  Find other episodes or leave us a voice message for the show on the anchor website. Thanks for tuning in! Keep on living those dreams, friends, CUZ YOU HAVE TO!! - jULIE AND jASON

May 16, 202315:41
133 - JULIE SLATER AND JASON FRIDAY - ABOUT TO GO ON VACA...HEADING TO DETROIT...OFFICIATING A WEDDING...OUR FIRST GIG IN SEVEN YEARS

133 - JULIE SLATER AND JASON FRIDAY - ABOUT TO GO ON VACA...HEADING TO DETROIT...OFFICIATING A WEDDING...OUR FIRST GIG IN SEVEN YEARS

Hosts Julie Slater and Jason Friday check in - in between guests...they are pre-vacation - about to head to Detroit (Julie's hometown) for a huge family reunion/wedding (Julie's nephew Jake and his fiance' Lindsey) where Jason is officiating...how weddings cause meltdowns...Jason being a beacon of hope for the bride and groom...Jason's yelp rating with weddings...Jason's amazing producer, JSlater...recent guests MegRob the solo traveler and actress Erika Christensen...delivering happiness...finishing up Season 1 of Will Trent (staring Erika)...it's official - Julie and Jason are playing their first gig in 7 years - a SoCal Sound benefit show at No Vacancy in Hollywood June 12th...tickets at www.thesocalsound.org...they're opening for the artist known as SYML...SIX SONGS AND THE TRUTH SERIES...original songs with one cover...Jason's last gig was just an online live-stream show in 2021...his last in person was 2019...a couple people flying in for the show...they tease a future crime story....J & J went to their first Dodgers game...relearning all the new players...going back to Detroit in the summer for the first time since 2015...


Follow @cuzihavetopodcast on Instagram for all the latest news.  We'd love to hear from you - email us at cuzihavetopodcast@gmail.com.  Find other episodes or leave us a voice message for the show on the anchor website. Thanks for tuning in! Keep on living those dreams, friends, CUZ YOU HAVE TO!! - jULIE AND jASON

May 09, 202312:08
132 - ERIKA CHRISTENSEN - THE ACTRESS FROM THE FILMS TRAFFIC, SWIMFAN, HOW TO ROB A BANK...TV SHOWS PARENTHOOD AND WILL TRENT - CURRENTLY ON ABC/HULU

132 - ERIKA CHRISTENSEN - THE ACTRESS FROM THE FILMS TRAFFIC, SWIMFAN, HOW TO ROB A BANK...TV SHOWS PARENTHOOD AND WILL TRENT - CURRENTLY ON ABC/HULU

Hosts Julie Slater and Jason Friday chat with actress Erika Christensen. Jason grew up with Erika..and we all watched her grow up on film and television...from commercials for McDonald's, Volvo, and Payless...to staring in the Oscar-winning film Traffic at age 17...she's also appeared in the films Swimfan, The Banger Sisters, How to Rob a Bank (to name a few)...Erika also played Julia Braverman-Graham on one of Julie's all-time favorite shows Parenthood...you've seen her on Frasier, too (among other shows)...she currently stars in the ABC/Hulu show Will Trent which just got picked up for a second season...Season 1's finale is tonight....



We talk about Jason being the body double for Ryan Gosling when he was young...all the kids who became famous from Mickey Mouse Club...Erika's start in the b'ness doing commercials...how acting is Erika's truest passion - but she did have some competition when she was younger for wanting to pursue dancing and singing...She was 12 when she knew she wanted to act...her first film was Leave it to Beaver - and then her next film was Traffic...going to Oscar and Golden Globe parties...Erika talks about the biggest factor of acting - trusting yourself (even if you have to fake it)...how her parents supported her career...being 17 and getting Traffic (wtf!!)...how that movie made her feel like she was where she was supposed to be in life...whether she wants her two kids to pursue acting...how her five year old has already aged out of Hollywood for a part (lol)...being able to watch her own work - including her new show Will Trent...how she started to shadow the Director on Episode 11 of Will Trent - maybe she'll direct an episode or something else if it feels right...the short film she directed but didn't finish...identifying with things like "being a director," "being a runner," etc...how Erika blames any weird acting she sees herself doing on her character (ha)...learning everything she can about directing to see if it fits...how acting to her is "being a soldier" and a "good cog in the wheel"....Julie suggests Erika is an over-thinker...the safe space of the podcast...



Julie asks Erika about her experience on Julie's favorite show Parenthood...how it kind of worked out how long it was on (6 years) before it was canceled...how Parenthood was such a magical safe space and how cool everyone was on the set...plus, how the show sent her into a new chapter as well...



Erik's "cycling" "sports model" husband Cole Maness...his amazing beard...how they met...and how he thought he was texting his buddy when he was texting her...how she's not really a paddle boarder even though an interview online made it seem like she does it all the time...IDENTITY AGAIN...she doesn't IDENTIFY as a paddle boarder...her favorite scrunchie...how Erika keeps her guns going (her arms)...pull-ups/carrying the kids around/push-ups/rock climbing/bouldering...NOT identifying as a runner, but doing it anyway...using "ya'll" now that she has a home in Atlanta...what it feels like living in Atlanta (btw, she's all in about being FROM LOS ANGELES...although she is originally from Seattle)...does she IDENTIFY with humidity in the South...how people love Florida (gasp!)...



IT'S 5 O'CLOCK SOMEWHERE: find out which actor was one of the most interesting/surprising Erika has worked with...any roles she wishes she got...has she ever been in a heated discussion at a PTA meeting...a song she tunes into to feel the feels...and how she hopes to be remembered.



Follow @cuzihavetopodcast on Instagram for all the latest news.  We'd love to hear from you - email us at cuzihavetopodcast@gmail.com.  Find other episodes or leave us a voice message for the show on the anchor website. Thanks for tuning in! Keep on living those dreams, friends, CUZ YOU HAVE TO!! - jULIE AND jASON

May 02, 202358:22
131 - MEGROB THE SOLO TRAVELER RETURNS - WHAT SHE'S BEEN UP TO...A FOOT INJURY...AND FINALLY DECIDING FOR HERSELF IN 2024

131 - MEGROB THE SOLO TRAVELER RETURNS - WHAT SHE'S BEEN UP TO...A FOOT INJURY...AND FINALLY DECIDING FOR HERSELF IN 2024

Hosts Julie Slater and Jason Friday chat with MEGROB, our infamous Solo Traveler. She's been on the podcast twice - Episodes 033 and 080 - and now she's back nearly a year later to tell us how her solo traveling has been going for the past year...while she travels the U.S. she works remotely and holds down a full-time job...In the past year she's been to Michigan, Las Vegas (staying way too long), Coachella in California, Los Angeles, San Diego...Alaska where she broke her ankle (and how this side-lined her traveling)...a Mid-West tour in Nebraska, Minnesota, Chicago...how the injury and a foot surgery forced her to "rest" a bit...using Michigan as her home base...how her job is transitioning from one company to another and how that has added pressure to life...highlights from Coachella and her favorite artists (Blink 182, blackpink, boygenius, Bjork)...



MegRob talks about what's in store for her in 2024 - maybe settling in to one spot - Pacific Northwest keeps calling to her...being able to finally decide on her own what to do - after having been planning her travels around other people's events...



IT'S 5 O'CLOCK SOMEWHERE: find out MEGROB's best and least favorite thing about her recent Coachella trip...what she does to give herself a little treat to boost her spirits...what career she isn't pursuing, but sometimes wishes she could...what she would want endless amounts of...and what her final words would be for you.



And the AFTERPOD when Julie and Jason talk about their guest after the guest leaves the room...the dream of working remotely and living wherever you want...the ups and downs of remote work...having boundaries with work...


Follow @cuzihavetopodcast on Instagram for all the latest news.  We'd love to hear from you - email us at cuzihavetopodcast@gmail.com.  Find other episodes or leave us a voice message for the show on the anchor website. Thanks for tuning in! Keep on living those dreams, friends, CUZ YOU HAVE TO!! - jULIE AND jASON

Apr 25, 202328:30