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The AVA Movement Podcast

The AVA Movement Podcast

By The AVA Movement

Estabilished in 2006, the AVA Movement is the world's biggest community for fans of Angels & Airwaves, To The Stars and Tom DeLonge. Launched on the day of the band's return to the stage after 7 years, in August 2019, this is the first podcast entirely dedicated to DeLonge's stellar endeavors. Sometimes we also bring you exclusive, in-depth interviews with Tom DeLonge and To The Stars collaborators. Send us your voicemails to get involved in the discussion: theavamovementpodcast@gmail.com Join us on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and YouTube: @TheAVAMovement Cover photo by: Samer Ghani
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"Best of AVA" Poll - Fan Favorites

The AVA Movement PodcastApr 04, 2020

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Interview: Author A.J. Hartley (To The Stars’ Trinity, Sekret Machines, Cathedrals of Glass)

Interview: Author A.J. Hartley (To The Stars’ Trinity, Sekret Machines, Cathedrals of Glass)

The AVA Movement's Joe Thueson is joined by A.J. Hartley, New York Times bestselling novelist and author of many books from Tom DeLonge's To The Stars Inc. For this interview, we focused on: • TRINITY, the upcoming novel dealing with the UAP subject, out June 11; • Past, present and future of the SEKRET MACHINES franchise; • Working with Tom DeLonge and To The Stars, music, and more. Thanks for watching! - - - - - This conversation is part of the AVA Movement's "Interviews" series, where we have in-depth conversations with people from the Angels & Airwaves and To The Stars... universe to hear about their experience bringing all your favorite multi-platformal art projects to life. This interview, as well as all the other interviews we released in the past, are available on the AVA Movement Podcast too, which you can find on all major podcast platforms as well as on our YouTube channel. - - - - - Host: Joe Thueson Guest: A.J. Hartley Executive producers: Gianmarco Petrucci, Adam Barnard, Joe Thueson - - - - - Make sure you follow us everywhere for AVA/TTS news and exclusive content and media: Facebook: www.facebook.com/ TheAVAMovement Instagram: www.instagram.com/TheAVAMovement X: www.x.com/TheAVAMovement #ToTheStars #AngelsAndAirwaves #TheAVAMovement
May 24, 202458:37
Interview: Blink-182's "One More Time" Co-Producer Aaron Rubin

Interview: Blink-182's "One More Time" Co-Producer Aaron Rubin

The AVA Movement's Joe Thueson is joined by longtime AVA Producer and current Blink 182 Co-Producer, Engineer, and Co-Writer Aaron Rubin. They take a deep dive into the new album, “One More Time” and discuss some of the Angels and Airwaves projects that are still in the works.

Dec 16, 202301:11:41
Interview: Stan Spry - Tom DeLonge's "Monsters Of California" Producer

Interview: Stan Spry - Tom DeLonge's "Monsters Of California" Producer

The AVA Movement's Joe Thueson is joined by film and television producer (and To The Stars board member) Stan Spry to discuss To The Stars' first full length feature film and Tom DeLonge's directorial debut "Monsters Of California." Thank you to Stan Spry for taking time out of his busy schedule to sit down with us!

Dec 10, 202347:50
Interview: "Lifeforms" Track-by-Track Breakdown with Angels & Airwaves Producer Aaron Rubin

Interview: "Lifeforms" Track-by-Track Breakdown with Angels & Airwaves Producer Aaron Rubin

AVA Movement Podcast co-host Joe Thueson sits down with AVA Engineer/Producer Aaron Rubin to go track-by-track on AVA's new LP "Lifeforms." Special thanks to Aaron for spending nearly 2 hours with us and sharing his insight into the production process. Let's do this again for the next album.


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Intro Host: Adam Barnard

Interview Host: Joe Thueson

Executive Producers: Gianmarco Petrucci, Adam Barnard, Joe Thueson

Producer: Adam Barnard


Intro music: 'Do It For Me Now' by Sam Ray http://SamRayMusic.com


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Make sure you follow the AVA Movement everywhere for Angels & Airwaves / To The Stars news and exclusive content and media:


Facebook: http://facebook.com/TheAVAMovement

Instagram: http://instagram.com/TheAVAMovement

Twitter: http://twitter.com/TheAVAMovement

Oct 27, 202101:51:09
"Unidentified" Season 2 Discussion

"Unidentified" Season 2 Discussion

On this episode of The AVA Movement Podcast, our host Adam Barnard is once again joined by Joe Thueson to discuss Season 2 of "Unidentified: Inside America's UFO Investigation" – To The Stars' ongoing UFO documentary series (currently airing on The History Channel).


00:00 Intro

01:19 Upcoming Angels & Airwaves Releases

06:58 "Unidentified" Season 2 Discussion

49:05 What to (hopefully) expect for Season 3

53:32 Outro


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Hosts: Adam Barnard, Joe Thueson

Executive Producer: Gianmarco Petrucci

Producer: Adam Barnard


Intro music: 'Do It For Me Now' by Sam Ray http://SamRayMusic.com

Outro music: 'Tunnels' by DannyFOB http://youtube.com/DannyFOB


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Make sure you follow the AVA Movement everywhere for Angels & Airwaves / To The Stars news and exclusive content and media: 

Facebook: http://facebook.com/TheAVAMovement 

Instagram: http://instagram.com/TheAVAMovement

Twitter: http://twitter.com/TheAVAMovement

Oct 04, 202055:05
"All That's Left Is Love" Music Video + Interview with Angela Cutrone

"All That's Left Is Love" Music Video + Interview with Angela Cutrone

On this episode, our host Adam Barnard is joined by Joe Thueson (who runs the To The Stars group on Facebook and was also previously on the podcast) to share their thoughts on the new album info Tom shared and the music video for "All That's Left Is Love".

For the second half of the show, Adam sat down with special guest and To The Stars employee Angela Cutrone, to talk about her journey with the company, getting to know Tom DeLonge and working with the TTS crew. 


Send your voicemail at the email address below to get involved in all future discussions: theavamovementpodcast@gmail.com



00:00 Intro

02:28 New Album Update

06:27 "All That's Left Is Love" Music Video Discussion

32:56 Introducing Angela Cutrone

35:26 Working at To The Stars

43:37 Music Talk

55:54 To The Stars Franchises

1:06:08 Interview Wrap Up

1:10:19 Outro



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Hosts: Adam Barnard, Joe Thueson

Guests: Angela Cutrone

Executive Producer: Gianmarco Petrucci

Producer: Adam Barnard 


Intro music: 'Do It For Me Now' by Sam Ray http://SamRayMusic.com

Outro music: 'Tunnels' by DannyFOB http://youtube.com/DannyFOB 

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Make sure you follow the AVA Movement everywhere for Angels & Airwaves / To The Stars news and exclusive content and media:


Facebook: http://facebook.com/TheAVAMovement

Instagram: http://instagram.com/TheAVAMovement

Twitter: http://twitter.com/TheAVAMovement

Jul 15, 202001:14:20
All That's Left Is Love

All That's Left Is Love

This new episode of the AVA Movement Podcast is entirely dedicated to Angels & Airwaves' new song "All That's Left Is Love" – written and released as the Covid-19 pandemic took full swing around the globe.  Adam and Stephen thoroughly discuss the song, production mix, and charity-driven release efforts, and then wrap up the episode by playing some of the voicemails we received from our listeners.


00:00 Intro

01:49 General Discussion

09:25 New Single Discussion

27:26 Voicemails

36:03 More New Single Discussion

37:10 New Album Release Schedule and Tour Speculation

42:12 Wrap Up


Hosts: Adam Barnard, Stephen Christie

Executive Producer: Gianmarco Petrucci

Producer: Adam Barnard 


Intro music: 'Do It For Me Now' by Sam Ray

Outro music: 'Tunnels' by DannyFOB

Apr 20, 202044:09
"Best of AVA" Poll - Fan Favorites

"Best of AVA" Poll - Fan Favorites

On this episode of the AVA Movement Podcast, Adam, Stephen and Jay examine and discuss the results of the ‘Best of AVA’ poll that we recently conducted on our social media pages, while reflecting on the Angels & Airwaves legacy up to the new era that we are entering. (As you will notice while listening - this was recorded before Coronavirus started spreading all over the world and 2020 was still going okay). Intro: 0:00 Best Album Discussion: 2:13 Top 3 Songs Discussion: 25:03 Voicemails: 50:39 Wrap Up: 1:00:58 Hosts: Adam Barnard, Stephen Christie, Jay Corey Fox Executive producer: Gianmarco Petrucci Producer: Adam Barnard Intro music: 'Do It For Me Now' by Sam Ray Outro music: 'Tunnels' by DannyFOB
Apr 04, 202001:02:47
Interview: "Behind The Camera, To The Stars..." - Matt Thompson

Interview: "Behind The Camera, To The Stars..." - Matt Thompson

Today, we are proud to have video director, filmmaker and entrepreneur Matt Thompson on the show! Born 1994 in Encinitas, CA, Thompson has written and directed several independent films, award-winning shorts, and commercials. He started collaborating with Tom DeLonge and To The Stars Inc. in 2018, and has since directed the music videos for ‘Rebel Girl’ and ‘Kiss & Tell’ and, amongst other things, worked on To The Stars Academy’s "Unidentified: Inside America's UFO Investigation" on the History Channel.

Sit back and listen to our host Adam Barnard chat with Matt about his artistic journey, from first picking up a camera all the way to working for Tom DeLonge directing Angels & Airwaves’ latest music videos and traveling the world documenting TTSA’s mission.


Host: Adam Barnard

Guest: Matt Thompson

Executive Producer: Gianmarco Petrucci

Producer: Adam Barnard


Intro music: Paralyzed (Instrumental cover) by DannyFOB and Bailey182

Outro music: Tunnels (orchestral cover) by DannyFOB

Mar 10, 202001:03:39
Kiss & Tell Music Video - The New Regime - Voicemails

Kiss & Tell Music Video - The New Regime - Voicemails

In Episode 4 of the AVA Movement Podcast, our hosts Adam Barnard and Stephen Christie are joined by long-time Canadian AVA fan Jay Corey Fox to discuss the music video for Kiss & Tell, as well as the new songs from Ilan Rubin's band The New Regime, and more.  And as always, we play all the voice messages sent in by our listeners. Enjoy! Hosts: Adam Barnard, Stephen Christie Guest: Jay Corey Fox Executive producer: Gianmarco Petrucci Producer: Adam Barnard  Intro music: 'Do It For Me Now' by Sam Ray Outro music: 'Tunnels' by DannyFOB
Dec 22, 201957:60
North American Tour 2019

North American Tour 2019

In this episode of the AVA Movement Podcast, our hosts Adam Barnard and Stephen Christie reflect on the North American Tour that the band just wrapped up, the first in seven years. Two special guests, Joe Thueson and Lauren Scorzafava, were kind enough to join the discussion and tell us about their experience seeing the band live on this last tour. Finally, we play all the voice messages that were sent in by those of you who attended shows. This is our longest episode so far and most probably the most interesting! Make sure you don't miss it.


Many thanks to Meghan Cooper, Mike Damante, Hannah, Agatha, Jamie Moses, Comic Mischief and Eric Stead for sending us their voice messages and getting involved!


Hosts: Adam Barnard, Stephen Christie

Guests: Joe Thueson, Lauren Scorzafava

Executive producer: Gianmarco Petrucci

Producer: Adam Barnard


Intro music: 'Do It For Me Now' by Sam Ray

Outro music: 'Tunnels' by DannyFOB

Nov 06, 201958:23
Interview: "Producing AVA" - Aaron Rubin - Part 2

Interview: "Producing AVA" - Aaron Rubin - Part 2

This is Part 2 of our in-depth interview with Angels & Airwaves producer and engineer Aaron Rubin, who sat down with our host Adam Barnard to talk about the band's past and future music output from an exclusive, different perspective. Host: Adam Barnard Guest: Aaron Rubin Executive producer: Gianmarco Petrucci Producer: Adam Barnard Outro music: Heaven (Angels & Airwaves cover) by Brother & Wolf
Oct 30, 201934:29
Interview: "Producing AVA" - Aaron Rubin - Part 1

Interview: "Producing AVA" - Aaron Rubin - Part 1

The AVA Movement is proud to launch the brand-new "Interviews" series, in which we will be having in-depth conversations with people from the Angels & Airwaves and To The Stars... universe to hear about their experience bringing all your favorite multi-platformal art projects to life.  To kick off this series, our host Adam Barnard sat down with AVA producer, engineer and mixer Aaron Rubin to talk about the band's past and future music output from an exclusive, different perspective. A huge thank you goes to Aaron for supporting our new project and taking his time to sit down with us. There was so much material to cover that we split the interview into two parts! Enjoy Part 1 today, and stay tuned for Part 2 coming very soon. Host: Adam Barnard Guest: Aaron Rubin Executive producer: Gianmarco Petrucci Producer: Adam Barnard  Intro music: Paralyzed (Instrumental cover) by DannyFOB and Bailey182 Outro music: Tunnels (Orchestral cover) by DannyFOB
Oct 26, 201943:33
On The Road Again - Kiss & Tell - Fragments & Fictions

On The Road Again - Kiss & Tell - Fragments & Fictions

In this second episode of the podcast, our co-hosts Adam Barnard and Stephen Christie discuss the band's new single ‘Kiss & Tell’, briefly touch on the new tour (more of that in Episode 3...), and finally give an update on the AVA Movement’s completely original ‘Fragments & Fictions’ project. The episode wraps up with the premiere of a song from the F&F cover album: 'Heaven' by BBC Music Introducing band Brother & Wolf.


Many thanks to Joe Candela, Kai Schubert, Jay Corey, Felipe Deliberaes, Amber Kinion and Donaleigh Smith for sending us their voice messages and getting involved!


Hosts: Adam Barnard, Stephen Christie

Executive producer: Gianmarco Petrucci

Producer: Adam Barnard

Sep 26, 201948:10
New Beginnings - Rebel Girl

New Beginnings - Rebel Girl

In this first episode, Adam and Stephen introduce the AVA Movement Podcast and discuss the latest Angels & Airwaves single 'Rebel Girl' and its newly-released music video.

Hosts: Adam Barnard, Stephen Christie

Executive producer: Gianmarco Petrucci

Producer: Adam Barnard


Aug 28, 201949:53