How Long Gone

One-on-one pod recorded live and uncut from Glendale. Chris and Jason talk about hard desserts, cannabis spittoons, putting some Chet Baker vinyl on the Crosley turntable, a wine-related upsell at a recent dinner at Motherwolf, TJ fucked up a Baraghani recipe, Russian sauna hats, ugly shoes made out of recycled dildos, what to do when your bird is missing, holes and soles sounds phonographic, liki...

Ruby McCollister is an actress living in New York. We chat about the body being a Jenga tower, Khloe and Tristan are having a love rat baby, our dinner tonight being a “zaddy’s row,” TJ stole bread from Ralph's, Bluetooth problems, Chris can tell when someone has had sex with a man just by looking at them, we rebrand “open relationships,” King’s Road Cafe and Toast, Rachel Zoe’s Urth Cafe iced tea...

Ryland Blackinton is a musician from Los Angeles. He and Chris go way back in the music biz, are current gym bros, and he's a Burbank sympathizer just like TJ. He fits right in on HLG as we chat about being defensive about our exercise, a San Vicente Bungalow podcast dinner, when the Baby Phats are painted on, we argue the desert is too hot to raise horses, some of our favorite Chris Brown songs,...

One-on-one pod today. Chris and Jason talk about hitting bottom, TJ went to a house party last night, G-Wagon is just a Jeep Wrangler, Chris’ Vegas cab driver was nearly killed by a child, Morrissey show report, the parallels between bottle service hierarchy and the Southwest Airlines boarding procedure, Shawn Mendes is going thu it, this town will chew you up and spit you out, Wimbledon finals, R...

Sophie Allison aka Soccer Mommy is a musician from Nashville. Her newest record Sometimes, Never is out now. We speculate how much Coolsculpting costs, free the Bodega stabber, TJ’s oiled up in Palm Springs, Billionaire retreats, gonna hit Kara Swisher with a 2 piece, secretly eating a meal on the phone, Snapchat is only for pot dealers, Chipotle gives you free food if you’re a band on tour, Morri...

Scott Campbell is one of the most famous tattoo artists alive. He sold his cannabis brand a while back and is now exploring the future of tattoos and NFTs. He’s lived a lot of life in New York and now calls Los Angeles his home. We chat bout some drama at Wimbledon, Chris watched the Machine Gun Kelly documentary, you can’t beef with Slipknot, Scott made a lot of money-drawing skulls and selling w...

One-on-one today recorded live and uncut from Glendale. Chris and Jason talk about no-show socks, we don’t have enough self-confidence to invest in a full-length mirror, Chris has never used a drill, frankly American doesn’t deserve a birthday party this year, donate money and shut the fuck up, we ate dinner at Jar per John Early’s recommendation, I had to yell at a fellow patron there, Travis Bar...

John Early is a comedian, actor, and writer, currently living in Los Angeles. His new show “Would It Kill You To Laugh” with Kate Berlant is out now on Peacock. We chat about a Tom Of Finland activation we attended, valet at the gym, it's a trance music summer, Barbie movie tea, bartending at Cafe Gitane, John’s youth pastor vibe, nobody is actually interested in storytelling, Vita Coco shaming, h...

Brynn Wallner needs no introduction if you’re a fan of the show, this marks her third appearance on How Long Gone. We chat about Ghislaine’s sentence, Alec and Woody Versuz, we get gifted a new gym membership, an upcoming Tom Of Finland dinner to celebrate the end of Pride, Chris tried the Hailey Bieber smoothie, Brynn left her boyfriend at home to go goblin mode in Cape Cod, her sorority was a ho...

One-on-one pod today recorded live and uncut from Glendale CA. Chris and Jason chat about what happens when your car costs more than your house, essential shopping items, never buy the kitchen a round of beers, finishing up FX’s The Bear, bonding with the cleaning person, we workshop some decorative ideas for what hotels can do when you accidentally leave your drugs out, Chris is laptop shopping,...

Hovvdy (pronounced Howdy) is a band from Texas. We chat with Charlie and Will about Twitter becoming more of a blog, Netflix’s Snowflake Mountain, TJ’s new workout plan, a Waco TX scene report, sneaky pancakes, why they moved out of Austin, taking too much Adderall at a young age, popping an oxy and watching Transformers in the theater, Chris may be pleasuring himself to our Shopify push notificat...

Gert Jonkers is the editor of Fantastic Man, and co-founder of The Gentlewoman, and Butt. We chat about hitting the premiere for FX’s The Bear, new Beyoncë dropped, pagan rituals in The Netherlands, Americans are loud, how we all think an EIC should be dressing, in defense of tank tops, its okay that LA is so casual, the lifespan of a magazine cover, not diluting the brand, his journalistic rules...

Perry Farrell is a lifelong musician most notably from Jane’s Addiction, Porno For Pyro’s, and the founder of Lollapalooza. We chat about the new Drake album, Chris is on holiday in Palm Springs, TJ went to Benny Blanco’s for dinner, getting a nice tomahawk for father’s day, sleeping pills, set up a garden on the roof, we brainstorm ideas for his funky man cave, Perry has a Christmas tree in his l...

Bob Lefsetz is a music-biz veteran and the undisputed king of email newsletters. We chat about Joe Budden mispronouncing the word “ableist,” we got Biologique facials, building a fanbase the old-fashioned way, the benefits of being a one-man-band, starting his newsletter in 1986 as snail mail, when Politics and streaming TV replaced music, Chris and Bob argue about whether or not to call people on...

Kurt Vile is a musician from Philadelphia, his new record Watch My Moves is out now. We chat about beard without the mustache, the yassification of Nascar, the Barbie movie, Hollywood Handbook being mean to Kurt, when it comes to airplane food you can do a lot worse than almonds, being a real analog guy, how to be grateful but also not care about anyone, a Zoom studio session with pop music’s Kesh...

Julia Hobbs is a fashion editor from London. We chat about Chris seeing the guy from Alkaline Trio at the gym, a simmering cauldron, do we give Lizzo a pass? London is a great driving town, Julia loves Oxnard, CA, Majorcan hotel buffets, what to wear in Ibiza, hiring a car vs. renting one, killing bugs with your Top Shop shoes, where we’ll take her out in LA, when a car sounds like a horse, famous...

One-on-one pod recorded live and uncut from New York City just hours before our show at Tribeca Festival. We chat about when we used to like being hungover, a Manhattan walk of shame, making a res at Sadelle’s 6 months in advance, the harvest will be harmed, Equinox scene report in NY, Puma ankle socks, hitting BJ Novak’s afterparty, explosive walking, a dinner in LA with Andy Baraghani, and TJ ha...

Alexander Shulan runs the fine art gallery LOMEX in New York City. We chat about Chris seeing a person shower with a mask on, The Chrisley’s caught a case, what we think a bottom should be ordering on Uber Eats, the art business is notoriously dirty, people are trying to make actual art non-fungible, what factors go into pricing a work of art, questions you might ask someone to find out if they co...

Otegha Uwagba is writer from London. Her newest book We Need To Talk About Money is a Sunday Times bestseller and an Observer book of the year. We chat about TJ’s Ionpack DJ set, computers and phones don’t work in Florida, writers have unemployed vibes, Dixie Cups are racist, Chris has a tough time keeping his towel on, an article about how writers shouldn’t talk, women’s shoe sizes oscillate wild...

We talk about our elaborate Pride plans, Chris hates Lyft, buffalo cauliflower hangover, Chris made me feel like I was on Hulu’s Fire Island, Balenciaga plain lays, Bitchin’ Sauce, candles that smell like the female orgasm, Gwen and Kourt’s noses have been broken so many times they have superhuman smelling, they know Chris down at Spencer Gifts, talking Top Gun with Bret Ellis, performative crying...

Andy Baraghani is a chef from the Bay Area, currently living in New York. His new book The Cook You Want To Be is out now. We chat about the Marines Pride campaign, our show at Tribeca Film Festival, chain-smoking Parliaments in a dark corner, reorganizing the furniture in hotel rooms, never show how much the champagne costs, going on Good Morning America, Chris wanting an appliance-free kitchen,...

Spoon is a band from Austin, Tx, their new album Lucifer On The Sofa is out now. We chat about taking big swings, TJ saw Top Gun: Maverick, getting high in parking structures, The Elden Ring is the Infinite Jest of gaming, the Ps5 is tough to find, TJ booked Spoon to play 15 years ago, Rick Rubin’s polar bear, if Matador is making them do Tik Toks, old music is getting more streams than new, Spoon...

One-on-one episode recorded live and uncut from Glendale, Chris & Jason chat about insufferable digital nomads, eating at a chili parlour, crying while watching Dating On The Spectrum, insider trading is a victimless crime, in defense of nepotism, how to be a celebrity at dress normal, Lawry's Prime Rib, we do 30 minutes on a $700 omakase dinner at Nozawa Bar, the street art flash mobs of 2009's F...

Our friend and host of the podcast Are We On Air? had us on as a guest recently to talk about How Long Gone, and the music that shaped us growing up. It's a fun listen with tons of music so we decided to add it to the feed. Here's Arman's intro for the episode: Turn on, tune in, drop out! CHRIS BLACK and JASON STEWART join Arman for a little tête-à-tête that will feel like time is slipping like sa...

Sloane Crosley is a writer living in New York. Her new book Cult Classic is out June 7th. We chat about the new Sky Ferreira, an update on TJ’s water fast, Sloane does not work out, Ana De Armas, getting her house broken into, her crypto investments, Criterion dick, writing with ugly fonts as a litmus test, learning to play tennis on a slanted street, do fucked up people workout more, drinking mar...