And Now We Drink

Matt Slayer welcomes Dani Sinclair back to And Now We Drink for a gloriously chaotic, sleep-deprived, and brutally funny catch-up that swerves from industry burnout to dating disasters,  dungeons, sensory overload, and the general collapse of modern society. Dani opens up about feeling “overworked and under f***ed,” reflecting on her first year in  entertainment, the pressure to say yes early on,...

Matt Slayer sits down with newcomer Dallas Rea for a vodka-fueled, wildly off-the-rails conversation about life four months into the industry. Dallas opens up about making the jump from swinging and hotwifing with her husband to getting paid for what they already enjoyed, and she and Matt dig into the realities behind the fantasy: travel costs, testing, wardrobe stress, marketing, social media, ag...

Matt Slayer sits down with Tiffani Time for a wildly meandering, hilariously unfiltered episode that moves from hiking shoes and road trip snacks to international travel,  industry realities. . Tiffani shares how her love of hiking evolved into a lifestyle-driven YouTube presence, why filming her adventures helps preserve memories from places like Iceland, Patagonia, Scotland, France, and the Dolo...

Matt Slayer sits down in person with  performer, director, and producer Michael Vegas for a wide-ranging, booze-fueled conversation that moves from near-death revelations to the realities of making movies in the modern creator economy. Michael opens up about the motorcycle accident that ended his path toward firefighting, reshaped his worldview, and eventually led him through nursing school and in...

Matt Slayer sits down with Blake Lovely for a wildly unfiltered round of frosty margaritas, industry talk, and the kind of conversational detours that define And Now We Drink. What starts with nerd banter about lasers, Lord of the Rings, and questionable childhood movie obsessions quickly spirals into a candid, funny, and surprisingly thoughtful deep dive into life in adult entertainment, social m...

On this episode of And Now We Drink, Matt Slayer sits down with longtime  industry writer, reviewer, and newly minted XRCO Hall of Famer Tod Hunter for a sprawling, funny, and deeply inside-baseball conversation over bourbon. Tod brings decades of perspective from AVN, XRCO,  sets, awards rooms, and the shifting landscape of  media, offering candid thoughts on what awards still mean, how performer...

Matt Slayer welcomes Codi Vore back to And Now We Drink for margaritas, mayhem, and a wide-ranging conversation that swings from hilarious to brutally honest. The episode opens in the wake of recent “male podcaster” controversy, with Matt and Codi unpacking cancel culture, internet pile-ons, performative outrage, and the difference between accountability and punishment without nuance. From there,...

Matt Slayer welcomes Codi Vore back to And Now We Drink for margaritas, mayhem, and a wide-ranging conversation that swings from hilarious to brutally honest. The episode opens in the wake of recent “male podcaster” controversy, with Matt and Codi unpacking cancel culture, internet pile-ons, performative outrage, and the difference between accountability and punishment without nuance. From there,...

Matt Slayer welcomes Codi Vore back to And Now We Drink for margaritas, mayhem, and a wide-ranging conversation that swings from hilarious to brutally honest. The episode opens in the wake of recent “male podcaster” controversy, with Matt and Codi unpacking cancel culture, internet pile-ons, performative outrage, and the difference between accountability and punishment without nuance. From there,...

On this episode of And Now We Drink, Matt Slayer sits down with industry veteran, actor, producer, radio host, and horror filmmaker James Bartholet for a wild, tangent-filled conversation that moves from old-school talk radio to modern  industry realities, award-show culture, and the glory of grindhouse cinema. James reflects on his decades in broadcasting, what he learned from the talk radio era,...

Matt Slayer sits down with Canadian comedian Simon King for a fast, filthy, and surprisingly thoughtful ride through comedy, chaos, politics, and the weird machinery of modern life. What starts with jokes about OF, The Hub, comedy specials, AI-written eulogies, and s***ide hotline telethons quickly turns into a sharp, darkly funny conversation about what it means to be a working comic in a world r...

Matt Slayer sits down with Canadian comedian Simon King for a fast, filthy, and surprisingly thoughtful ride through comedy, chaos, politics, and the weird machinery of modern life. What starts with jokes about OF, The Hub, comedy specials, AI-written eulogies, and s***ide hotline telethons quickly turns into a sharp, darkly funny conversation about what it means to be a working comic in a world r...

Matt Slayer sits down with Canadian comedian Simon King for a fast, filthy, and surprisingly thoughtful ride through comedy, chaos, politics, and the weird machinery of modern life. What starts with jokes about OF, The Hub, comedy specials, AI-written eulogies, and s***ide hotline telethons quickly turns into a sharp, darkly funny conversation about what it means to be a working comic in a world r...

On this episode of And Now We Drink, Matt Slayer sits down with Christy Love for a wide-ranging, unpredictable conversation that moves from bourbon and Bible study to corn, prison ministry, podcasting, and the meaning of forgiveness. Christy opens up about growing up with an alcoholic father who later became a pastor, her Korean mother’s deep faith, and the Pentecostal experience that shaped her o...

On this episode of And Now We Drink, Matt Slayer sits down with Christy Love for a wide-ranging, unpredictable conversation that moves from bourbon and Bible study to corn, prison ministry, podcasting, and the meaning of forgiveness. Christy opens up about growing up with an alcoholic father who later became a pastor, her Korean mother’s deep faith, and the Pentecostal experience that shaped her o...

On this episode of And Now We Drink, Matt Slayer sits down with Christy Love for a wide-ranging, unpredictable conversation that moves from bourbon and Bible study to corn, prison ministry, podcasting, and the meaning of forgiveness. Christy opens up about growing up with an alcoholic father who later became a pastor, her Korean mother’s deep faith, and the Pentecostal experience that shaped her o...

Matt Slayer welcomes award-winning performer Derek Kage back for a rare third appearance on And Now We Drink, and the result is exactly the kind of unfiltered, hilarious, and unexpectedly thoughtful chaos listeners come for. Over dirty martinis, Matt and Derek bounce from Amazon’s ever-expanding empire and digital surge pricing to the strange convenience of modern isolation, grocery delivery, and...

Matt Slayer welcomes award-winning performer Derek Kage back for a rare third appearance on And Now We Drink, and the result is exactly the kind of unfiltered, hilarious, and unexpectedly thoughtful chaos listeners come for. Over dirty martinis, Matt and Derek bounce from Amazon’s ever-expanding empire and digital surge pricing to the strange convenience of modern isolation, grocery delivery, and...

Matt Slayer welcomes award-winning performer Derek Kage back for a rare third appearance on And Now We Drink, and the result is exactly the kind of unfiltered, hilarious, and unexpectedly thoughtful chaos listeners come for. Over dirty martinis, Matt and Derek bounce from Amazon’s ever-expanding empire and digital surge pricing to the strange convenience of modern isolation, grocery delivery, and...

Matt Slayer welcomes back legal courtesan, creator, educator, and chaos magnet Alice Little for a wildly funny yet surprisingly policy-heavy episode of And Now We Drink. What starts with gin-and-tonic mishaps, parody brainstorming, and farm animal updates quickly spirals into a wide-ranging conversation about SW, personal freedom, privacy, and the strange realities of entertainment. Alice discusse...

Matt Slayer welcomes back legal courtesan, creator, educator, and chaos magnet Alice Little for a wildly funny yet surprisingly policy-heavy episode of And Now We Drink. What starts with gin-and-tonic mishaps, parody brainstorming, and farm animal updates quickly spirals into a wide-ranging conversation about SW, personal freedom, privacy, and the strange realities of entertainment. Alice discusse...

Matt Slayer welcomes back legal courtesan, creator, educator, and chaos magnet Alice Little for a wildly funny yet surprisingly policy-heavy episode of And Now We Drink. What starts with gin-and-tonic mishaps, parody brainstorming, and farm animal updates quickly spirals into a wide-ranging conversation about SW, personal freedom, privacy, and the strange realities of entertainment. Alice discusse...

Matt Slayer welcomes comedian Che Durena back to the bar for a conversation that starts filthy and stays that way. Che gets weirdly honest about his ritualistic relationship with content — the tab-hoarding, the specific routines, the whole unhinged process he's built around it — before comparing notes with Matt on their wildly different approaches to chasing dopamine. Che makes the case for modera...

Matt Slayer welcomes comedian Che Durena back to the bar for a conversation that starts filthy and stays that way. Che gets weirdly honest about his ritualistic relationship with content — the tab-hoarding, the specific routines, the whole unhinged process he's built around it — before comparing notes with Matt on their wildly different approaches to chasing dopamine. Che makes the case for modera...

Matt Slayer welcomes performer, podcast host, and certified chaos catalyst Myra Moans for a day-drinking episode that starts with Hennessy, key lime pie, and scheduling mishaps—and somehow spirals into hit-and-runs, Roth IRAs, blind superheroes, caffeine withdrawals, and the ethics of celebratory hookups. Myra opens up about life in Los Angeles, her beloved beat-up car Donna, the realities of stre...