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

Hosts Julie Slater and Jason Friday announce a PAUSE on the podcast after 184 episodes. Their intention is take a Summer break and see where they stand...perhaps a Fall comeback. Stay tuned. They also teased leaving audio postcards from the Summer right here on the pod. "Thanks to all the amazing guests who have shared their passions with us. We're pushing pause to go pursue some of our d...

Hosts Julie Slater and Jason Friday chat with Claudia Azur...her biggest passion is body-mind coherence for women - which includes everything she loves in life, including movement…We are going to chat about her mission in this lifetime…where she's originally from - being French from the Ivory Coast in Africa…how that shaped her upbringing...her time in France before moving to Los Angeles with...

Hosts Julie Slater and Jason Friday update you on their lives...the 88.5 SoCal Sound pledge drive...Matt Pinfield joining the staff...Julie becoming Music Director...the stress of pledge drives...Jason's band Rival Tides playing the Troubadour...how you could win tickets to the show...listening to Dave Grohl's audiobook...and the audiobook Julie is listening to ultimately change the past b...

Hosts Julie Slater and Jason Friday bring back MEGROB for a four-peat- her fourth appearance on the pod...we find out where she's been this past year and what's next...this is also our infamous DRUNK PASSION POD...grab a drink and enjoy!

Cohosts Julie Slater and Jason Friday chat with baseball/music fanatic and writer Adrian Garro…Bay Area-bred, Los Angeles resident who doubles as an editorial producer and reporter for MLB.com and Editor for rockcellarmagazine.com ...also proud cat Dad to Kylo and Peach…and hubby to Sarah…Adrian talks about his crazy schedule going to baseball games and concerts…how his love for baseball overrides...

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 abdomina...

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 @cuzihavetopod...

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 incre...

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 an...

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…...

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 s...

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...

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 s...

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 reco...

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...

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 ba...

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...

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 W...

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 Se...

Hosts Julie Slater and Jason Friday not only host this podcast, but are also on the radio on 88.5 The SoCal Sound in Los Angeles...Julie does Middays (M-F 10a-2p PT) and every Friday, Jason joins Julie for Friday on a Friday from 1p-2p PT. This week they played back some of their music guests on the pod from 2023. Hear from former pod guests: Ben Bridwell of Band of Horses, Talia Schlanger, Jim an...

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 decad...

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’...

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 bei...

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 Co...

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...