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

Hosts Julie Slater & Jason Friday update you on how their first hosted Thanksgiving went...how fun the entire weekend was with family (here in LA and Carlsbad, CA)...an abundance mantra ("The abundance I seek is also seeking me. I remove any barriers between us.")...congrats to Tim and Candace on their new baby...we round out some of the Spotify podcast numbers for CUZ I HAVE TO for 2021...esc...

Hosts Julie Slater & Jason Friday chat with Relaxation Expert, Author, and Yoga Instructor - Katie Brown. Based in Sydney, Australia, Katie’s been teaching yoga for more than two decades, is the Vice President of the IYTA (International Yoga Teachers’ Association) and has created and presents the IYTA’s Restorative Yoga Training. She's also a mum of three teenagers and a professional writer.&n...

Cohosts Julie Slater & Jason Friday give thanks to YOU - their wonderful listener - and to other amazing things in their life. They go over the numbers - THE CUZ I HAVE TO PODCAST has been heard in 44 states in the U.S. and 25 countries around the world! Yay!! Shoutouts to Julie's senseis: Jim Fortin, Dave Walsh, Sean Pratt. And giving thanks to good health, a great place to live, and a big sm...

Hosts Julie Slater & Jason Friday chat with Julie's sensei Jim Fortin.  Jim is the host of the The Jim Fortin Podcast. The international leading expert in subconscious self-transformation. For more than 20 years, he trained 1000s of people in sales influence, human effectiveness, and NeuroPersuasion®. Jim created programs such as the Transformational Coaching Program (TCP) and the Be Do H...

Hosts Julie Slater & Jason Friday catch you up on their lives for the past month: an ONLY CRIME update, Phoebe Bridgers shows, Julian Baker, the pain of being a Dodger/sports fan, Hallmark movie season and more ! Plus a big future guest announcement!  Follow @cuzihavetopodcast on Instagram for all the latest news.  We'd love to hear from you - email us at cuzihavetopodcast@gmail.com....

Hosts Julie Slater & Jason Friday talk with Annie Red Bird - Sanctuary Siren and Creative Conduit. Find out: what’s in a name? How she got hers…a way for her to anchor right on back deep into her heart – and hopefully she can help you do the same -“your heart knows”…she helps to create space within, outside…Annie uses flowers and trees and such – there’s a lot of magic that she uses as a tool...

Cohosts Julie Slater & Jason Friday celebrate their ONE YEAR POD-I-VERSARY! The CUZ I HAVE TO podcast first aired 10/27/20! HAPPY ONE YEAR! Julie & Jason review all the amazing guests they've had on in the past year who are living their dharma: Director/Writer/Rival Tides singer: Robyn August...Second-generation Sommelier and Restauranteur - 2021 Wine Enthusiast's 40 Under 40, from Chicago...

Hosts Julie Slater & Jason Friday chat with Kat Corbett. While Julie was on-air in Middays on 92.3 K-Rock in NYC - Kat was on-air in Middays on KROQ in Los Angeles. You can hear Kat on Sirius XM, as a voice artist, and stepping hard into being a writer.  In today's pod, find out: What it takes to be a creative: lunacy. The competition of voiceover work…that time Kat played Jason’s band Ri...

Hosts Julie Slater & Jason Friday chat with Amanda Hutchinson & brother Jake Simpson from family-owned Whalebone Winery in Paso Robles, California. Whalebone is one of Julie & Jason's favorite wineries overall - the people, the wine, the home-like atmosphere. We check in with Amanda & Jake as they head into a new chapter of the business, with Jake taking on a bigger role in the fam...

Hosts Julie Slater & Jason Friday dig into ARE YOU GOOD ENOUGH? Are you not pursuing something simply because you don't feel good enough? Julie says she doesn't play music because of it. Jason doesn't play piano. What if you let go of that story and just DID IT! We revisit Julie's love of Tom Petty...how she almost moved to Gainesville, FL...but instead moved to NYC...how amazing it. must be t...

Hosts Julie Slater & Jason Friday are back from vacation! They spent a week in Portland, Oregon & loved it. Julie wants to live there. Find out about their adventures - crows abound (Mary Lou gifting Julie a crow feather & how a crow reacted), heading to the coast: Cannon Beach, the Portland river cruise, recommendations for beer & a decent pinot...how easy Portland feels compared...

Hosts Julie Slater & Jason Friday are on vacation! Please enjoy this encore presentation from Episode 033 - MEGROB - SOLO TRAVELER. ((She's still traveling btw!)) Megan Roberts is on a journey cross country to find out what's out there and find out what's next. We talk about her solo trip to New Zealand/Australia and then traveling through St. Louis, Santa Fe, Sedona, Palm Springs, Joshua...

Hosts Julie Slater & Jason Friday review the past couple of guests & what's been happening in their lives. What do NDAs have to do with the Waffle House...Rival Tides writing songs weekly with a different feel...Julie's sensei's Dave Walsh & Jim Fortin...How sports ruin men lol Dodger mania...and finally live advice for b'day girl MEGROB - the solo traveler (former pod guest Episode 03...

Hosts Julie Slater & Jason Friday interview Jason's cousin Hudson - who was 6 3/4 when we spoke with him. Happy 7th Birthday today (9/7/21), Hudson! He's our VERY FIRST "CUZ I HAVE TO 'JUNIORS'' Guest.  We talk about swimming, snorkeling, dinosaurs, Humuhumunukunukuapua`a, and how Hudson pushes himself to do things that are fun but scare him, how encouragement and a great support system c...

Hosts Julie Slater & Jason Friday chat with Linda James aka Congo Linda. Intent on making a "different difference" in the world, Linda left corporate America behind and moved to the Democratic Republic of Congo in the heart of Africa to do development work.  Her involvement in clinical research studies there inspired her to obtain a Masters in Public Health.  And so the pursuit of he...

Hosts Julie Slater & Jason Friday check-in about the past couple of weeks. Huge congrats to former guest Philippe Andre (from Episode 004)…He made the cover of Wine Enthusiast’s 40 under 40!! Wings over Camarillo air show & Julie’s obsession with fighter pilots (they’d love to book a fighter pilot for the pod!)… Top Gun 2 …living by the ocean vs. the trees… Karen Metal videos …Rival Tides...

Hosts Julie Slater & Jason Friday chat with Travis York - Strange Gent candle maker. How he went from acting to candle making. How his candles tell a story and bring you back in time. How a bad situation of "theft" pushed him to break out on his own. How his Southern Goth Girl candle brought two people together. What his favorite things are about Los Angeles, New York, and San Antonio. And mos...

Hosts Julie Slater & Jason Friday talk to Andre Gardner - 40+ year Radio Veteran, former 92.3 K-Rock NYC Program Director, former Howard Stern Button-Pusher (Pre-Ashok Bhalla), 102.9 MGK Classic Rock Afternoon Driver DJ, overall MUSICAN MANIAC/Beatle fanatic - & Host of Breakfast with the Beatles.  We hear stories of how at age 3 Andre fell for the Fab Four, then a few years later he...

Hosts Julie Slater & Jason Friday do a catch up for the past two weeks. Getting back out there during “these times.” Who doesn’t love being kissed on the lips by an acquaintance during a worldwide contagion? How cool the LA Art Show was (minus the people attending)…shoutout to artist Kevin Foote (amazing work)…HUGE news for the CUZ I HAVE TO theme song - we goin’ HOLLYWOOD!! The song will...

Hosts Julie Slater & Jason Friday chat it up with Ashok Bhalla. Ashok and Julie were co-working buddies at 92.3 K-Rock NYC…they reminisce on the good ole days…being on-air during what could be called the coolest time in rock radio...how 9-11 brought on a new opportunity for Ashok on the Howard Stern show…how the book "Alcohol Lied to Me" lead to Ashok quiting drinking booze COLD TURKEY and nev...

Hosts Julie Slater & Jason Friday riff on the past few weeks, past few guests, and the latest on life. How being yourself is best way to win in all areas of your life, what does NICE sound like?, how you shouldn't let the energy of things that are happening in your life affect the rest of your day, be nice to people even when things are going poorly, how the concert ticket site AXS sucks, snag...

Hosts Julie Slater & Jason Friday talk with Ashrita Tiwari. Ashrita is a Certified Personal Trainer and Hypnotherapist. She is a Personal Power Coach who helps female leaders and high performers step into alignment so that they can achieve more impact, success, and happiness than they ever thought possible. Ashrita does this through her personal power coaching that reprograms from the inside o...

Host Julie Slater & Jason Friday chat with celebrity make-up artist Patrick De Fontbrune. Born and raised in France, Patrick moved to the states straight out of school in the 80s. He started working in the beauty industry amidst the music video boom and hasn't stopped since.  We chat about Patrick's beauty philosophy and also what it's like to work with celebs (like Wanda Sykes, Naomi Cam...

Hosts Julie Slater & Jason Friday update you on the crazy past few weeks. Jason's band Rival Tides has a new ReMix out, how your career often feels like your identity (what happens when you leave that career for a bit), how their dog Rayla is doing, remembering names (getting better with your data), always learning new things, applying for things with no attachment to the outcome, Julie's old...

Hosts Julie Slater & Jason Friday welcome back Jaime Andrews (also Episode 006) - actress/writer/producer - after she WENT FOR IT and fulfilled a dream of producing the film ("Division") she wrote and stars in.  What lead her to take the leap? How did it feel mid-leap and now post-leap? What lessons did she learn? What advice does she have for others thinking of leaping?? Also - HAPPY BIR...