Xage's Podcast

Alfy Bordallo is a photographer from California and Guam. Alfy shares his memories of growing up on Guam and the beauty of the trees and beaches. He speaks on rejecting his American background for feeling too “stateside” before realizing the value in having multiple perspectives. Alfy recalls the story of buying his first film camera on Craigslist and falling in love with the medium. He discusses...

Kris Papa is a student at USC and on the management team for 24kGoldn. Kris recounts moving from Chicago to LA and finding his footing in a new place away from home. He shares his experiences searching for the right people to work with and eventually directing the video for “I Go to USC”, which spawned the relationship of a lifetime. Kris details the journey of releasing “Valentino” with 24kGoldn...

Xage details the process of creating and producing The Xage Game, a charity livestream that also played as his Senior Year Capstone Project. He speaks candidly about how the idea came to be and what occurred to bring the final product to life. Xage expresses his feelings about his upcoming graduation and the effects of completing the formal education process. Xage also encourages everyone to sprea...

Karli Webster is a singer, songwriter, and artist from California. She shares what it was like for her to be a contestant on The Voice and the many things she learned from the experience. Karli describes the importance of open conversations about mental health and how she continues to practice positivity as often as possible. She details the value of being authentic, especially when building a bra...

Faiz Haque is a drummer, blogger, radio host, and taste maker. He discusses his love for rhythm, describing all other genres as sub-genres of jazz. He highlights the importance of being multifaceted by sharing the origin story of WorldWideWaves, his radio show/ blog/ artist spotlighting company. Faiz mentions being a quiet introverted person until experimenting with psychedelics and discovering “a...

Sally Boy is a singer, songwriter, and artist from Philadelphia. He discuss the culture shift of moving from the East Coast to the West Coast and the difficulty of finding the right people to be around. He details his experience going from a band to a solo act and the process of developing his own sound and style, highlighting the differences and the values between his very intentional visual aest...

Peter Husting is an artist manager, publicist and founder of Red Bloom Inc. Peter shares his thoughts on the era of online classes, encouraging incoming students to explore other options. Peter describes the differences between Promotion and Marketing and why he pursues one over the other. He highlights the value in building an artists ‘story’ and the intimacy of letting an artist speak for you an...

Paris Watson is a live entertainment specialist and songwriter, currently finishing her degree at USC. Paris describes the origin of her love for travel and the value it plays in both business and pleasure, as well as understanding the American people. She details her Marine father and hardworking mother’s habits of traveling while she was younger and the impacts it had on her relationships with o...

Brooke Finegold is a comedian from California and creator/ host of the standup series, The Unbirthday Show. Brooke shares the important lessons she learned in vulnerability during clown class at USC. She discusses the sexism in comedy, both as an industry and as a society, and the importance of having a female mentor. Brooke talks about the value of open minded early education in realizing the bia...

Angel “Ace” Correa is a guitarist and artist from Southern California. He advocates for animal protection, especially the ACT (Action for Cheetahs in Kenya), and explains why he named his one man band “Animals Over People.” Angel describes falling in love with guitar and falling down the rabbit hole of song creation, realizing that it was the best way for him to express himself. Angel and Xage dis...

Xage gives virtual podcasting a try by connecting with Cole Smithson to discuss recently starting “Wide Awake at 3AM” a guest based podcast about questioning everything and waking up to the injustices of our society (so get your tinfoil hats ready). As well as “4th and 32” a sports podcast about everything NFL and the athletes and people that make it. Cole and Xage discuss their reasons for starti...

Noah Ehler is a renowned Jazz and Pop Guitarist from California as well as a songwriter, producer, and film composer. Noah shares what it was like growing up in a house filled with Jazz and how that influenced his style and creativity. He details his experiences working with other musicians both as a leader and a companion and how he practices the art of knowing when to input. Plus, Noah describes...

Wiznat and Mutch join Xage once again to relive being “cool” in school and talk about the evolution of todays social cliques with the internet and social media. Wiznat shares a story of a movie recommendation gone wrong, Xage describes his recent trip to the Redwoods and, the boys read off this years XXL freshman list and make predictions on which artists will cypher together. Plus, a conversation...

Mutch and Shawoop join Xage, after months of being separated in different states, to chat about the current progress of AI and the possibility of AI created music. Banter continues with conversations about binaural beats and frequencies in music affecting the brain. The boys discuss the death of non-biased journalism and its impacts on the spread of misinformation. Plus, they dispute the modern di...

Cole Smithson is an old friend and a journalist with a passion for societal growth and equality. Cole talks about the injustices in our world and how everyone is drugged up just to stay sane, and he references hallucinogens as a tool to encourage self reflection and help tear down societal barriers. Cole and Xage dive into their thoughts on Karma and the benefits of maintaining a positive mindset...

Michael O’Neill is an old friend from Delaware and a fellow traveler. Mike and Xage swap stories from each other’s lives; of growing up in Delaware and getting into trouble. Mike shares his perspective on Christianity, moving from a Catholic school education to a public education. Mike mentions what it was like for his family after the premature passing of his father and the routine he found himse...

Danny Aguilera is a comedian born in California but, raised in Delaware. Danny shares his experience growing up in Delaware as a Mexican child, and the youngest of 5 children. Including what he was able to learn from his brother who suffered from addiction. Danny details who and what inspired him to get into comedy as well as why he believes it’s valuable to have few boundaries as a comedian. Dann...

Danny Aguilera is a comedian born in California but, raised in Delaware. Danny shares his experience growing up in Delaware as a Mexican child, and the youngest of 5 children. Including what he was able to learn from his brother who suffered from addiction. Danny details who and what inspired him to get into comedy as well as why he believes it’s valuable to have few boundaries as a comedian. Dann...

Cole Miller is a Delaware native and a California transplant with a passion for finance and the American economy. Cole describes being a middle child from a family of divorce and shares what he learned from his older brother going through recovery. Cole discusses the importance of deliberateness and how self reflection has helped him become more connected with his own life. He also expresses his q...

Hannah Gray is a hilarious human and an advocate for equal opportunity for all. Hannah shares her experiences growing up in both Belgium and Delaware, comparing the importance of community and the affect it had in her relationships. She details what it was like coming to terms with her bisexuality as well as the struggle of maintaining a happy life while dealing with mental illness. She discusses...

Hannah Gray is a hilarious human and an advocate for equal opportunity for all. Hannah shares her experiences growing up in both Belgium and Delaware, comparing the importance of community and the affect it had in her relationships. She details what it was like coming to terms with her bisexuality as well as the struggle of maintaining a happy life while dealing with mental illness. She discusses...

Hank Borders is an audio engineer and photographer born and raised in Delaware, currently living in New York. Hank describes his love for the technology and production side of his crafts and how his creativity has benefited from putting limitations on himself. Hanks creativity has grown immensely over the past few years and he has become inspired to release his own first solo album. Hank shares st...

Black Lives Matter. We stand together.

Wiznat and Kukulich join Xage to catch up on how life has been during quarantine; dropping out of routines, becoming nocturnal, and falling into OnlyFans traps. Conversation continues into the current state of the internet, what a simp is, and why simping is a major problem in our society today. Also, Wiznat and Xage compare their experiences being back in their hometown, reliving memories that ma...

Taylor Nguyen is an artist, mechanical engineer, and one of Xage’s best friends. Taylor opens up about his unique upbringing and the frequent bouncing from state to state, eventually landing him in Delaware. Taylor describes falling in love with art and engineering and how the overlap between the two assisted him achieving his goals. Taylor describes the importance of being part of a community as...