JAG Cast

Our film, "The 7 Wonders of Jenkintown," is in the can! This week we engage in a brief retrospective and discuss some lessons learned. Then, we announce the YouTube premiere of the film this Sunday, January 30, 2022 at 7PM on the Jenkintown Arts Garage YouTube channel. We will be in the chat on Sunday; subscribe today so you don't miss it! Topics Discussed: - "The 7 Wonders of Jenkintown" Film

This week, we talk a little about filming our "7 Wonders of Jenkintown" movie without giving away too much, Steve yells at his computer and rants a little about stupid Philly mandates, and we finish up with yet another fourth wall breaking tangent about app prototyping. It's a tasting menu of PIC topics and tropes...LIVE from the 19046! Topics Discussed: - Fashion Design Class begins next week! -...

Our Casey Neistat film class has begun! This week, we talk about our initial experience in this online course, how it works, and our first film idea! Plus, a dog once ate Steve's cellphone, a toddler ate Chrissie's iPhone, and Chrissie is a leaf on the wind. All that and more...LIVE from the 19046! Topics Discussed: - Steve's Dad’s Birthday Bash - Canines and Toddlers Eating Cellphones - Casey’s F...

The new year starts with a bang as COVID gets a hit in our ongoing game of Pandemic Battleship! Plus, the PIC talk about the cringe-fest that was New Year's Rocking Eve, Chrissie's non-negotiable NYE traditions, and spend most of the episode trying to understand WTF happened in two of the Spider-Man movies. All that and some Omni-thingy...LIVE from the 19046! Topics Discussed: - Pandemic Battleshi...

Christmas is over and we all now exist in the no man's land between holidays, but fear not, the Partners in Crime are here with a brand new episode to get you through the doldrums! This week, we discuss our Christmas experiences and favorite gifts, briefly forget our zip code, and end with a special Amelia interview! All that and Chrissie singing her special soap song...LIVE from the 19046! Topics...

It's the final POD before Christmas! Chrissie and Steve are taking off next week, but they are leaving this holiday aural gift for your enjoyment. This week, Chrissie sits next to something disturbing and discusses her Christmas Village adventure with the cousins that includes sausages, grinches, and divorce ornaments! Then, the duo discuss their favorite Christmas movies and debate which is the G...

The Christmas season has officially begun and Chrissie has been busy decking the halls and filling her living room with trees covered in bizarre and embarrassing ornaments. Meanwhile, Steve has been busy writing an app, so he missed Santa in town square, but did get to explain to Chrissie that "property shrinkage" is not a thing in Swift. Finally, the Partners in Crime announce they are taking a f...

Back from stuffing ourselves with food over the long holiday weekend, Steve and Chrissie return to the Pod and share their Thanksgiving holiday experiences and dinner spreads. Steve goes on multiple tangents about Hallmark movies and Brandon Routh. The duo describe what it's like to see fireworks in the freezing cold at a bank and Amelia learns math as her epic Christmas countdown begins. All that...

The birthday trilogy is complete just in time for the holiday! Chrissie and Steve talk about the Feels Like Home recital that took place over the weekend, Chrissie wraps up birthday month talking about a surprisingly normal Mexican meal downtown at a place with "fascinating" bathrooms, then recalls giving birth on Thanksgiving, 15 years ago, before the duo discuss holiday plans and Chrissie tries...

This week Miss Chrissie goes on a birthday adventure with her middle child and a clown-car full of tweens. But, first, an interlude about *almost* giving birth in a bank. Steve adds an appropriate Nicolas Cage movie to the queue, Chrissie gets trapped in a parking garage, the most interesting gift-giver is revealed, and we end with a useful tip for your own restaurant adventures. It's birthday mon...

Miss Chrissie turned 43 and the weekend was jam packed with fun! But, before the fun times could begin, Chrissie had to do some adulting and take a trip into "Filthidelphia" while the city was literally on fire. Then, Chrissie and Amelia have fun controlling Steve's lights with a new HomePod mini and we try out Newbolds pizza for the first time and are impressed. Finally, Chrissie and Steve get ou...

This week was Halloween! Miss Chrissie used her +9000 luck to snag some last minute costumes. Her kids brought back an obscene amount of candy and we learn that at least one child has good taste in music. All that and more...LIVE from the 19046! Topics Discussed: - Refreshingly normal Halloween - Chrissie's superior costume luck - 14 pounds of candy! - Shocking! A teen with good taste in music! -...

This week, Miss Chrissie and Steve talk about one of the best movies of all time, Back to the Future! **Spoiler warning for a 36 year-old movie.**  Topics Discussed:  - BTTF plot summary - Why BTTF is a "Perfect" movie - The script - Why Marty is NOT a Slacker - Nature vs. Nurture - The Best McFly - Timeless SFX - An Earned Ending - Favorite Scenes Cover Photo by Sebastiano Piazzi on Uns...

This week we debut a new segment called "Jenkintown Spotlight" where we spotlight a local business or happening in Jenkintown that we think is cool and worth your attention. This week, we talk about the recently opened The Art of MBB gallery. Then we discuss Chrissie's first steps towards upping her adulting game by embracing budgeting using Steve's favorite budgeting software, YNAB .  Topics...

This week, Miss Chrissie and Steve review season 2 of Ted Lasso (**SPOILER WARNING**)! But, not before saying "Butler's Pantry" way too many times and there is a digression about Halloween socks. All that and more...LIVE from the 19046! Cover photo: Diego Muya (IG: @yadiemugo )

We missed last week because we had a Garage Jam! In this latest episode, Miss Chrissie and Steve discuss the latest Jam featuring KA.DAY.SHA, belly dancing, and more! Plus, Chrissie goes roller skating with 9 year-olds and survives. Steve games with Amelia and the “A Gods,” eats too much pizza, and learns that the cake was a lie! All that and more…LIVE from the 19046!

Miss Chrissie and Steve take Amelia to archery class to learn how to kill things with arrows! Chrissie doesn't know who the Avengers are and Steve rants about masks outside. Stay until the end to learn who is belly dancing at our upcoming Garage Jam Open Mic!

The kids are back in school and the drama has already started! Chrissie and Steve discuss the first week of school, Steve's "creepy meat" sandwiches, school lunches, and picky eaters. There is some minor COVID drama, Steve doesn't understand the obsession with sixth grade, Chrissie gets confused using Google Classroom, and a new season of JDA dance begins with a new teacher! We also preview JDA's...

Chrissie is back from vacation and school is back in session! Tune in to learn about Chrissie's beach adventure while Steve was dodging tornados back home. Apparently, Steve missed out on ice skating, old timey photos, two pools, boardwalk fun, sitcom episodes IRL, and a jewelry-free waterslide of doom! Meanwhile, Chrissie missed a mini-apocalypse complete with tornado alerts, torrential rains, fl...

Miss Chrissie recounts her 5-hour back-to-school shopping trip at the mall and there are multiple Wikipedia tangents as the dynamic duo unravel the mysteries of 2021 teen pop-culture.

This week Chrissie recounts her struggles with a sick child during COVID times and Steve gets triple vaxed and lives to tell the (anticlimactic) tale!

Miss Chrissie and Steve travel Havre de Grace, MD to visit a tiny lighthouse, eat expensive crab cakes, and celebrate Steve's birthday with the one and only E.JOSEPH!

It's almost Steve's birthday and it's been an eventful week! Steve photographs a concert for the first time in over a year, then says farewell to fellow Philly CocoaHead and legendary developer of the Slopes app, Curtis Herbert, over delicious cocktails downtown. But, that's not all! Chrissie and Steve review The Suicide Squad as well as indulge in some dunking on the puzzling semi-negative review...

Did you miss us? Miss Chrissie and Steve are back after a nasty storm knocked out power and Internet last week and a new storm front forces the cancellation of the Jam this week! Chrissie recounts her harrowing tale of rain, wind, and hale during last week's storm while Steve confuses Chrissie with words like NAS and UPS. The duo discusses their brief time at the amazing Gobletstock 7 with surpris...

Miss Chrissie learns an expensive lesson in oral hygiene this week and recounts her first experience with serious dental work! The duo then discuss camp: dance camp, day camp, karate camp, and even Camp Crystal Lake, but surprisingly, not computer camp. Plus, will Steve ever recover from Amelia's cold? All that and more...LIVE from the 19046!