I'll Call You Right Back Podcast

This week, I sit down with Matt Spahr . Matt is a spray can artist from Pittsburgh, whose been an OG in the game for many years. He is respected by many of the great artists we have in our city. Matt grew up in a world of skateboarding, music, and painting. As most of us do, Matt started doing small drawings and paintings as a young kid. He eventually fell in love with skateboarding and that playe...

This week, I sit down with the man of the hour. Dean Bog is a fantastic filmmaker originally from New Jersey, but who currently calls Pittsburgh home. Over the last couple years, Dean has been creating YouTube videos that touch on all different topics. Recently, Dean focused his work on the neighborhoods of Pittsburgh. Each week, Dean releases a 15 minute video that encapsulates the heart and soul...

This week, I had the pleasure of speaking with the voice of Pittsburgh, Mr. Rick Sebak . If Pittsburgh had a Mt. Rushmore of influential people from our city, Rick would absolutely be on it. I was so happy to sit back and listen to Rick navigate me through his earlier years, attending school, working with PBS and WQED , 'Nebby' and the Rick-starter, the importance of Kennywood Park , and so many m...

This week, I sit down with Alex Robba . Alex is a professional wedding cake artist and his work is absolutely fantastic. Alex has a very elegant style that centers around floral and abstract embellishments of all varieties. As I was looking at his photos, I noticed a lot of flowers. Once I looked a little harder and started reading, I saw that all these beautiful flowers were hand made out of suga...

This week I talk about Christmas, the last week of preparing, movies, and my plans for 2020. Thanks so much for always listening and supporting. See yinz next year! - CHECK IT OUT WWW.ILLCALLYOURIGHTBACK.COM - PLEASE TAKE A SECOND AND RATE AND REVIEW THIS PODCAST ON ITUNES! IT REALLY HELPS A INDEPENDENT PODCAST LIKE I'LL CALL YOU RIGHT BACK SO MUCH. THANKS IN ADVANCE - THIS PODCAST IS PROUDLY SPON...

This week, I sit down with Dan Grguras who is the creator of Baxter & The Bear . I first spotted his work at the I Made It Market last year. Dan creates alternate film and tv posters using a style he's developed over the last several years. He searches all over to find significant items from movies and tv and manipulates them into a single image that encapsulates the entire film or show (as you se...

This week, I sit down with Kate Colussy to talk about her shop in the Southside of the city called Highway Robbery Vintage . Kate opened her store in 2011 and has been killing it ever since. Highway Robbery is a vintage shop that specializes in affordable and unique vintage items for men and women. When I worked in the Southside, I would pop into her shop and check out all the cool stuff she had....

This week, I sit down with Chef Ryan Peters . From a young age, Ryan always knew he wanted to cook. We talk about everything from his first job scrubbing dishes, to working as a banquet chef in a high end resort, to working his way up to interning at The French Laundry under Chef Thomas Keller . Ryan has done some really cool stuff. Now Ryan spends his time perfecting all things pasta, hustling la...

This week, I sit down with Brandon Grbach, the owner and creator of Steel City . If you're from Pittsburgh, there is a 100% chance you've seen some of his work running through the streets of our city. Brandon knew he wanted to become an entrepreneur for a long time. After having a couple of other business ventures fall apart, he started to take over the city with Steel City. It's quickly becoming...

This week, I sit down with Beedie to talk about his brand new project. Beedie has been making music for many years. When I think of Beedie, I think of Timebomb , Blasfome , custom Beedie lighters, Shadow Lounge, and the Varsity Squad. Right around 2010, Pittsburgh had a serious boom of insane talent pumping through the city and Beedie was one of the front runners. I saw him playing shows every wee...

THIS IS PART 2 - This week, I sit down with Chad Uddstrom . Chad is a hockey player from Pittsburgh turned world traveler and blogger. After studying abroad, Chad became obsessed with all things that had to do with Latin American culture. From the people to the landscapes, Chad began to submerse himself in that world. Traveling all over, Chad has seen and experienced so many incredible things and...

THIS IS A SPECIAL 2 EPISODE WEEK! - This week, I sit down with Chad Uddstrom . Chad is a hockey player from Pittsburgh turned world traveler and blogger. After studying abroad, Chad became obsessed with all things that had to do with Latin American culture. From the people to the landscapes, Chad began to submerse himself in that world. Traveling all over, Chad has seen and experienced so many inc...

This week, I sit down with my wife to talk all about October. We love all things Halloween and we had a pretty great spooky season this year so I wanted to sit down with Antonette and talk about the cool shit we got to do this last month. Vacation, haunted houses, trick or treating, Halloween, scary movies, and so much more on this weeks episode. Follow Antonette on Instagram - MY WEBSITE IS LIVE....

This week, I sit down with The Steel City Medium , Leslie Gray. Leslie has had a special gift ever since she could remember. At a young age, Leslie would be able to get certain premonitions, feel certain emotions from animals, and communicate with spirits. Her first time communicating with the afterlife, was with two people who expired in the home she grew up in. The man, a butcher, was covered in...

This week, I talk to the extremely talented Zach Brown . Zach is one of the most interesting people I've had the pleasure to speak with. When I first saw Zach's art, all I could imagine was a silent person who paints by candle light while some creepy ass music plays in the background. Boy, was I wrong. Zach is an endless stream of information and energy. I sat there and listened to everything he s...

This week, I sit down with Kevin Drobish. Kevin is the Distance Education Pathology Instructor at Pittsburgh Institute of Mortuary Science (PIMS). Kevin grew up in Pittsburgh as a skate rat before moving away and working as a musician for some years. After a bad experience with a family member being poorly taken care after their passing, he decided to he wanted to start down the path to help the d...

October is here which means we got a month long run of episodes that fit the creepy, weird, and "spooky" feel of Halloween and we are starting it with an insane episode. - This week, I sit down with Bobby Cranmer  who is the little boy that is pictured on the cover of Amazon Best Seller 'The Demon of Brownsville Road.' - "The Cranmers seemed fated to own the house at 3406 Brownsville Road. As a yo...

This week, I sit down with Khama 'The Deathstar' Worthy. Khama is a fighter from Pittsburgh who's been on the road to the UFC for a very long time. I spoke with Khama a while back for Episode 3 of ICYRB and during that episode we spoke about his childhood, how he got into mixed martial arts, his martial arts academy, and his dream of fighting in the UFC. That conversation was February 1st, 2018. N...

This week, I sit down with Baby Coco . Coco is the originator of the #cocopose , the owner of Baby Coco Lash , and is currently fighting a war with Stage 3 Synovial Sarcoma . This woman right here is a fucking badass. I hit Coco up months ago about hearing her story and how she managed to stay as positive as she is during this fight. I didn't expect anything back because let's face it, who wants t...

This week, I sit down with Dave Rapach who is the owner of Levity  Float Studio. Levity is a space that provides a comfortable environment to get in touch with yourself in a much deeper way by "floating." Floating is such a loose term when I think about what my experience in a Sensory Deprivation Tank was. I've listened to people like Joe Rogan talk about the tanks for close to a decade and I've n...

This week, I had the honor of sitting down with two of the greatest people to ever grace the city of Pittsburgh. Mikey & Big Bob are two oddly shaped best friends that are the brains behind the 961 Kiss Morning Freakshow. Over the last 15 years, Mikey & Big Bob have brought so much laughter and joy to our city, in so many ways and I wanted to sit down with them and talk about where they came from....

This week, I had the honor of sitting down with two of the greatest people to ever grace the city of Pittsburgh. Mikey & Big Bob are two oddly shaped best friends that are the brains behind the 961 Kiss Morning Freakshow. Over the last 15 years, Mikey & Big Bob have brought so much laughter and joy to our city, in so many ways and I wanted to sit down with them and talk about where they came from....

Last week, I sat down with two of the greatest people to grace the city. Mikey & Big Bob were my "white whales" since I started this podcast and I finally made it happen. I seriously could not be happier with how this episode turned out. I'm trying to bring yinz some new content with this episode with the help of my friends Justin Boyd and Bryan Scagline so I wanted to push it one more week so I c...

This week, I sit down with Cody Baker  to talk about all things Creatives Drink  and how they came to be. A few weeks ago, Cody Baker organized a completely free music and art based show at Stage AE. There were signature drinks from different people around the city, great handmade pieces from other artists, and performances from some of the top people in the music scene in Pittsburgh. I went to CD...

This week, I sit down with  DJ Bamboo.  DJ Bamboo is a household name in the music scene around here. If you listen to anything out of our city then i'm sure you've heard his name. We talk about Pokémon, music, working at his families ice rink, hockey, being obsessed with golf, how he worked his way up in the DJ scene, and so much more. Thanks for listening and enjoy the episode! Follow DJ Bamboo...