A Fireside Chat

It's time to take back some of your digital life! That's right, it's time for a social media cleansing. In this week’s episode, i go through my Facebook and donate my friends to the internet salvation army.   I rant about Facebook games, stupid statuses, internet memes, those stupid family decals on cars and much, much more.   Please join me as we do some spring cleaning on the internet. Thanks fo...

On this week's show, I turn the mic on with no real direction and end up ranting about xmas lights, Kim Kardashian's bare ass, Big Bang Theory and make a case for why I should start a society of bitter 90's children like myself.  As an added bonus I end the show with the lost AFC intro, never heard until now. A really fun episode to record. Thanks for listening!

This week, i go to the park to record a podcast and end up ranting about old people diapers, creepy men at the park, and update you on the ongoing war between myself and my neighbors. Subscribe to our podcast in Itunes and leave a review. Thanks For Listening!

In part 2 of our conversation with Paranormal Investigator Mike Holzshu we talk about his experiences investigating the Trans Allegheny Lunatic Asylum, Salem Massachusetts, Lizzy Borden House and many other scary places. We also discuss how to cleanse spirits from your house, what it takes to be a liscensed investigator and so much more.  A very spooky and informative conversation. If you enjoy ou...

Mike Holzshu returns to the podcast to delve into the world of paranormal investigating.  First we start with a conversation about the local urban legends and haunted houses in the area and lead into a discussion of the incident discussed in and older episode The Halloween Spooktacular, where our friend seemed to become posessed.  We then talk about why he became a paranormal investigator and all...

This is the story of an ad I posted on Craigslist to interview interesting people. Alot of interesting and normal people responded. But so did this guy...

This week, we go back into the vault for an old episode with Tiffany Moore talking about her podcast Thoughts From The Top Of A Ferris Wheel.  We discuss podcasting and the awkwardness of hearing your own voice on a podcast.  Tiffany shares her amazing story of leaving everything she knows behind, moving to Florida and how she overcame the drug addiction that almost took her life. At the end of th...

I'm back from vacation and there is no shortage of things to rant about. We talk about the ridiculousness of the ice bucket challenge, break down the Ray Rice situation and the stupidity of Ravens fans,discuss the insanity of "wifebeaters", and I tell you a story about being harassed by a pair of eight year olds. Check it out and spread the link!

Chris Stock joins me this week to tell his amazing story of being diagnosed with stage 4 cancer at just 14 years old.  Chris talks about what it was like to receive that news at such a young age, how it changed his life and those around him and how he eventually beat it only to have it come back again years later and how he ended up losing part of his arm.  He talks about what it has been like adj...

This is an old episode from our first season. For a while on Wednesdays, i was doing a seperate  top 5 list podcast where i would count down and rant about what was on my mind. This episode is the top 5 things that were pissing me off that week. Hope you enjoy this trip back through time. Thanks for listening!

It's part 2 of my conversation with Stephanie Kong aka Stephthelyrcist. This week we discuss more of Stephanie's amazing struggles growing up and trying to fit in. Steph talks about some of the worst and best gigs she's ever played, trying out for American Idol, and how she believes she's had encounters with possible real life angels.  We then discuss her influences and how she manages to stay so...

This is part one of my nearly 4 hour conversation with Stephanie Kong aka Stephthelyricist. Stephanie met with me to talk just weeks before going to Nashville to perform for the heads of major record labels in hopes of landing a recording contract. Stephanie is 18 years old and a very talented and accomplished singer/songwriter.  She talks about her struggles growing up without any friends, what i...

In Part 2 of my conversation with Faye we discuss what it was like having one her parents practice mormonism and if she still practices it today. She debunks some common myths about the religion, then we discuss how she diagnosed herself with bipolar disorder, going to therapy and how being bipolar affects her writing. We wrap up with some talk about her influences and how she writes and we nerd o...

This week I"m joined by Faye Haymond who writes under the name of Donaya Haymond. She is a talented writer who at the age of 23 has already published 5 novels.  In part 1 of our conversation Faye tells us how she came up with the ideas for her books and how her characters are very different than those in other series. She also discusses what it was like being diagnosed with bipolar disorder and ho...

This is a repost of an episode from our first season, and it's one of the most important ones we've ever done. An anonymous friend joins me to talk about the struggles she encountered the night her boyfriend tried to kill himself, and the aftermath. She re-lives this evening in great detail and goes on to speak about how his life was spared and the emotional distress it caused her. This is also a...

It's part 2 of my conversation with Nick Romeo. Nick talks about the first band he started as a kid his love for animals and what he would like to see changed in our society. We then close out the conversation by talking about comic books star wars star trek and much much more. As I write this we are back in the Itunes store but please keep checking our social media pages and stitcher for new epis...

  Nick Romeo is an author, poet, musician, photographer, and so much more. He tells me what inspires him to create his art, how he balances being involved in 3 different bands, how he makes meaningful art out of everyday inanimate objects the perils of mastering an album, and much much more!
Check back next week for part 2 where we discuss performing live, changing the world, Nick's love for a par...

It's part one of a great two parter.  Ian Sharpley and Paul McGinty from McSoss join us to talk all things comics and pop culture.  In part 1, we discuss their origin story.  How they met, how they got into comics and the influence it's had on their lives.  We talk about what it takes to put their web comic together and the interesting dynamic they have on their podcast. Next week on Part 2, we di...

In part two of our conversation with Ian Sharpley and Paul McGinty from Mcsoss we discuss what the huge boom of comic book culture might mean and where they think comics will be in a few years. We also touch on Billy Bob Thornton and his failed music career, the best and worst of comic movies, why certain shows on the CW smell a little funky, and so much more!    Be sure to check out McSoss and su...

It's the Season 3 Premiere!  This week I tell you why a bad case of writers block made me step away for a few weeks.  Some fun work stories about my inability to eat my lunch without a fiasco, and we debut a new segment where i break down a wrestlers theme music and this week we start with The American Males tag team.   afiresidechat. Libsyn.com facebook.com/firesidechatpodcast @afiresidechat afir...

This was the fourth episode I ever recorded.  Lots of great stories and a fun trip back in time to 6 months ago.  I feel like i was such a young podcaster at that point.  Please enjoy and continue to spread the word!        On this episode, i explain to you why there was no show last week, tell you some stories about working in retail hell, tell you why i think babies are disrespectful assholes an...

It's Part Two of our Movies Roundtable.  This week i'm joined again by Tiffany Moore (@tiffanymthinks), Ian Sharpley (@soss), Dominic Yosi (@serebrius), Desiree Gonzales and Joe Saxman.  We count down our top 5 least favorite movies of all time.  Lots of suprises and great conversation ensue. Sorry for the audio problems on Part 1, once you get past the intro, the rest is fine. Thanks for all the...

Joe Saxman, Ian Sharpley (@thesoss), Dom Yosi (@serebrius), Tiffany Moore, and Desiree Gonzales join me and they each brought along a list of their top 5 guilty pleasure movies of all time.  We count them down 5 to 1 and have some great debate and conversation along the way.  Send me your guilty pleasures and which of our picks you agreed or disagreed with.  Thanks for listening!   Afiresidechat.l...

Joe Saxman and Ian Sharpley join me as we have an open conversation and try to make sense of the recent school stabbings here in PA.  We discuss bullying, cyberbullying, and offer some ideas on how to deal with the problem and make kids feel safer.  We are all trying to make sense out of this tragedy and hope that this podcast will spark conversation because conversation will hopefully lead to a s...

Tiffany Moore for the Moore Than You Can Chew Podcast stops by for a great conversation. We discuss her Podcast and her inspiration for it.  We talk about the postives and negatives of podcasting and the different challenges we've both encountered in promoting our podcast to the general public, the thrills and terrors of journaling and how much we've changed from our twenties to our thirties.  All...