Mismo with Mick Torres & Ashley Argota Torres

Are acting classes actually worth it? Mick thinks yes. Ashley thinks… it’s complicated. Two working actors, one honest conversation about how to keep growing when the jobs aren’t there — and what Bali High taught them that no classroom ever could.

For five seasons, Mick's take was: skip school, get your headshots, get on set. Now, with more distance from USC's School of Theater - and a clearer view of what longevity in this industry actually requires - he's not so sure. In this episode, Mick and Ashley revisit the theater school debate: what it gave him, what it didn't, and why the tools for the long game often look useless...

Full episode on YouTube! Back in February, we told you 2026 was our year. This week, the honest update: it's been slow. Really slow. We get into what a slowdown actually looks like for two working actors who are also raising a kid, finishing a feature film, running a production company, and working day jobs. The existential "is it me or is it the industry?" question, Ashley's spi...

Sleep experiment, six weeks in: the receipts are wild. Mick went from 5.5 hours a night to 7+, and his bench is now five pounds off his lifetime PR — at 35. Ashley hit a 270 lb glute drive PR after Mick spent a year strategically bluffing her about what was possible (sorry babe). Nobody touched their nutrition. Apparently you can just… sleep more and get stronger. Also in this one: the bailed 170...

Watch the full episode here! A lot of you saw yourselves in the People Magazine article. This episode is for you. Mick and Ashley talk about what it took to write The Kindness of Strangers, what it was like to see Ashley's story in print, and what motherhood has felt like for Ashley as someone who didn't grow up with the kind of mom she's trying to be. Happy Mother's Day to all of...

Full episode available here! We are coming up on our 5 year wedding anniversary this summer, and 9 years of knowing each other. So wild. We wanted to touch on some of the ways we've seen each other grow. This episode is sappy. We're really proud of each other. You've been warned. :)Enjoy!xa&m

Watch the full episode here! Been doing a lot of solo parenting lately on both of our ends. Of course there are challenges, but we've gotten more and more confident along the way and have tried to shift our perspective. We feel so lucky that both Mick and Ashley will eventually come back from whatever work they're doing, and that we have an amazing tribe of family and friends who can help...

Watch the full episode here! Ashley had a work trip to Nashville and the last time she was there... well, there was a tornado, daylight savings time, and a full on pandemic. This trip was much more chill, but not without it's own chaos-- and we left Michael in California with Nana and Papa! Enjoy listening to the parenting logistics of taking a work trip and also how it felt for Mom and Dad to...

WATCH THE FULL EPISODE HERE! Checking in a surprisingly active fitness check in episode! We love a good demonstration LOL. Hear how we've been doing fitness-wise since our last talk and hear what sleep looks like for these two working parents with a 20 month old.

WATCH THE FULL EPISODE ON YOUTUBE! We all know the struggle between paying bills and fulfilling our creative dreams. In an ideal scenario, we get both. For a lot of us, we have to choose. Since we discussed that in an earlier episode of this season of Mismo, we've been hard at work trying to find a good balance between the two. While we aren't in a position to be all "Year of Yes&quot...

FULL EPISODE ON YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/cNKkwAR0AZY It's almost Valentines Day and we're talking about what it's really like to work with each other. Do we have disagreements? Of course! But at the end of the day, our marriage will always come first. And who doesn't want someone who has your back in a room full of people you don't know very well?!

WATCH THIS EPISODE: https://youtu.be/aMHjQdQckDM Happy New Year! Yes, we're still saying it two weeks into the year. We are back talking about our holiday break, or maybe lack thereof! Did anyone else work during the holidays?! We hope you had a good one and we're excited to be back with more Mismo. xM&A

FULL YOUTUBE VIDEO HERE! HAPPY 100TH EPISODE OF MISMO!! Tune in to listen to us talk about what we've learned over the last few years. We feel like sometimes our honesty can lend itself to pessimism or fear, so we wanted to touch on some good and positive moments we've had in our careers too. We are so excited to have reached this incredible milestone. We never imagined that we'd be re...

FULL EPISODE ON YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/111xCAPLOQw Did we leave a party to go home and watch the finale of Stranger Things? We absolutely did. Networking is hard. And weird. As two people who love to make genuine connections and hate the bullshit of small talk, we often struggle with going to Hollywood parties and enjoying ourselves. Here's a real look at what a night out looked like for us...

FULL YOUTUBE VIDEO: https://youtu.be/fy0FutL0_BM Ashley's postpartum fitness journey has been full of ups and downs. Here's a transparent look at where Ashley started, how Mick helped to get her where she is now, and her fitness goals going forward.

FULL EPISODE ON YOUTUBE: ⁠https://youtu.be/dX1v4W_sk50⁠ Side hustles. So many of us have them. We give an update on how we've been balancing our side hustles, career(s), and raising Michael. If you're in your own trenches of trying to balance it all, we see you and we believe in you!!

FULL EPISODE ON YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/dX1v4W_sk50 Hello? Is this thing on? After 3 long awaited years, we are back with Season 6 of Mismo. A lot has changed since our last episode-- we've made a movie, travelled a lot... oh, and we also had a kid. But there's a lot that has stayed... well, Mismo. We're still going after our dreams, and we feel like now more than ever we are dealing...

Mick and Ashley wrap up this season and look forward to the incredible things coming up for Mismo!

We talk to Katherine Powers about her journey from UCLA to working after graduating college to going into lockdown shortly after that!

Mick and Ashley recap 2021 and look ahead to the new year.

Mick and Ashley talk to Nick Bredosky about college, side hustles, and writing.

Mick and Ashley talk to Shelley Regner about her journey from college, to immediately filming Pitch Perfect, to making the move to Los Angeles and more!

Mick and Ashley talk to casting director Krisha Bullock about the "it" factor", self-tapes, casting for talent vs. casting for social media numbers, creating casts and sets that have good chemistry, and more!

Mick and Ashley talk about a phrase that former Mismo guest Natalie Lander taught them-- Lean into the pause!

Mick and Ashley talk to Sterling Sulieman about the life of a working actor.