Shut Up I Love It

We promised we would and HERE. WE. ARE. More dirt from behind the scenes of Kitchen Nightmares starring Chef Gordon Ramsay. The show's Director Jay Hunter returns to unveil the secrets/deleted scenes/scandalous details about the episodes called "Oceana" and "Amy's Baking Company." PREPARE: IT GETS GROSS. IT GETS REVEALING. IT GETS REAL. Download co-host Joe Cabello's graphic novel " Robot. Black B...

What's more American than memoirs? (Almost) nothing! That's why we invited Damiana Garcia back to our virtual studio, to discuss her MEMOIR called "How Did *This* Happen?" Fresh from performing a "self-check, mental and criminal," Damiana shares not one, not two, but three titillating and suspenseful excerpts from this soon-to-be bestseller. How many celebrities did Damiana have intimate relations...

Jay Hunter is a grand cinematic mind who directed over 50 episodes of KITCHEN NIGHTMARES starring Gordon Ramsay. Today, Jay shares his feelings for the show and spills some dirty (seriously, dirty) secrets about the behind-the-scene action, specifically regarding the famous episode "Burger Kitchen". Is Kitchen Nightmares fake like many other reality shows? Is Gordon Ramsay actually mean? And what...

The one and only lady reporter Damiana Garcia is back to discuss her habit of HOARDING -- of toilet paper, pantyhose and fancy expressions like "simulacrum" by her favorite Baudrillard (whose name she pronounces with a *very* French accent). Later, Damiana shares her experience of flirting with the dark web and defends her inner moral compass (which is more moral than anyone else's). Find Damiana ...

Today, we continue our conversation with Frater I.C.L. and Bryant Walker, the members of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. We dig deep into the topic of DEMONIC EVOCATIONS (and one invocation). Frater I.C.L. recalls a few stories from the field, including a broken heart, a bruised thigh, a whispering spirit and of course, the Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram. Speaking of the pentagram...

Just when you thought we couldn't surprise you any more, we brought you actual practicing ALCHEMISTS. Modern-day alchemy is such a secretive endeavor, one of our guests chose to use a pseudonym (you'll be able to tell who). Both Frater I.C.L. and the returning guest Bryant Walker are also members of The Hermetic Order Of the Golden Dawn, a secret society devoted to the study and practice of the oc...

The fabulous lady reporter/influencer/outlier Damiana Garcia comes back to defend the concept of masks... or the concept of taking masks off... or she just this opportunity to talk about her ongoing feud with her neighbor Briahna... we don't really know. If you figure it out by way of listening to this podcast, please email us. Did Damiana hire a Hollywood practical FX artist to build her a specia...

Welcome to the first episode of The Damiana Series! Joining us is the fabulous Damiana Garcia (RuPaul’s Drag Race finale red carpet, THE DAMIANA FILES), a hard-hitting lady reporter from the Rancho Palos Verdes local news affiliate. She's here to praise her idol, Carole Baskin of the TIGER KING fame on Netflix. Is Carole's life an example of a classic "survival story"? Does Damiana possess another...

Comedians Tracy Meyer and Howie Kremer come back with another TV show that they love and none of their friends watches: C.B. STRIKE, based on the best-selling novels by Robert Galbraith (aka J.K. Rowling) and starring Tom Burke as Cormoran Strike and, brilliantly, Holliday Grainger as Robin Ellacott. So, like, whodunit? How come there's little to none sexy time in the show? And most importantly, h...

We hope you love DEVS (the TV show with a rare promise of strong Russian characters) as much as we do. Writer/comedian Michael Lucid joins Sasha and Joe to share his love for Alex Garland's most recent masterpiece, starring Sonoya Mizuno, Nick Offerman and Karl Glusman. Things get trippy, things get deep. Then they get trippy again. Follow Michael on IG . Download Joe Cabello's graphic novel " Rob...

Oh boy, do we have a treat for you. Returning to the show is our friend/screenwriter/clown legend Chad Damiani. He joins Sasha and Joe in an epic discussion of ANGEL HAS FALLEN, a 2019 action thriller starring Gerard Butler, Morgan Freeman, Nick Nolte, Danny Huston and Piper Perabo. How many explosions can you have with a budget of $40 million? Can you trust Nick Nolte with young children? And fin...

Musician Bryant Walker has been a member of The Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn for 12 years. Now that's a secret society so we're very grateful to have Bry shed light on things like the Occult and Ceremonial Magic, Carl Jung, Aleister Crowley and other good stuff. Bry goes deep, recalling his occult experiences like invoking ancient Sumerian spirits and carving symbols (consensually!) on the sc...

Join us for an intimate edition of Shut Up I Love It. Sasha and writer/comedian Joe Cabello (FIVE @ 305, Beat It) sit down for a virtual hang to tackle 2 FAST 2 FURIOUS (2003), arguably the least liked movie in the franchise, starring Paul Walker, Tyrese Gibson and a very tanned Cole Hauser. What ever happened to the driver who got killed under the semi-truck (and nobody cared about it)? Does pass...

Everyone loves Larry David, the creator of SEINFELD and CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM, right? Not so fast. In this SHUT UP I HATE IT edition, pop-culture expert Burt Kearns refers to LD as a "baldheaded four-eyed prick," as he recalls being dissed by the man at a group dinner back in the 80s. Before you know it, a conspiracy theory is born: did Larry have something to do with Sonny Bono's fatal ski "accide...

What's up fam! Boy, do we have a special episode for you today. Sasha Feiler and Joe Cabello bring back Cinematographer Jay Hunter (AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON, SUPERSTORE) to discuss PSYCHEDELIC SUBSTANCES, from salvia to shrooms to DMT. How many shroom trips has Jay embarked on over the course of his youth? Who the hell are Self-Transforming Machine Elves? And what does a DMT trip have in common wit...

Our hearts go out to Italy, so we're releasing an episode we recorded just a few weeks ago, when we all were young and innocent. Actor/clown Tadamori “Tad” Yagi drops by to praise Roberto Benigni's 2002 film PINOCCIO -- and present his fascinating analysis of this cultural masterpiece. Does Pinoccio have "wood" for the Blue Fairy? Which character(s) in the film look like child molesters? And most...

Welcome to our least evergreen episode so far! The world is not what it was just a few weeks ago, but COVID-19 ain't stopping us from bringing you earfuls of goodies! This week, Steven and Sasha check in with Megan Baker to see how she's surviving this Pandemic/Quarantine/National Emergency business. Megan works at a doctor's office, so she's most likely to get coronavirus out of the three of us.....

Actor/performer Melissa Heiman works on "Team Al," as in Al Pacino -- she recently rehearsed with him for Amazon's hit TV show HUNTERS. We sit down to discuss obsessive-compulsive disorder, which is by no means a laughing matter and can be a debilitating illness. However, Melissa finds *some* aspects of *her* OCD beneficial -- especially during the current COVID-19 outbreak. Melissa shares her exp...

Jeff Thompson is an actor, writer, and magician and not only does he take us "behind the scenes" of MAGIC, but also demonstrates us a sick card trick... ya know, just to blow our minds. And, being a graduate of the Academy of Magical Arts and all, he sure does! He also tells us about his audition at The Magic Castle... very intense! Later, we recommend three films: the 2018 Glenn Close/Jonathan Pr...

Amanda Sitko is a TV Writer (BROCKMIRE) and a veteran performer at the Upright Citizens Brigade theater. She credits STRANGERS WITH CANDY as her major comedy influence and prefers those people who've seen it/loved it to those who haven't. The discussion opens up to all things High School... including growing up in Siberia, where comedy was almost as rare as women behind the wheel. CW: we also disc...

You can see comedian Peter Murphy on MTV, Hulu and Comedy Central but it's only on this podcast where you get to hear him talk about... CRICKET, as in the second most popular sport in the world. In fact, cricket has got between 2 and 3 billion fans, that's waaaaay more than baseball and its mere 500 million fans! After Peter tells us about playing cricket in his apartment, we look up sexy crickete...

Hope you have a killer Valentine's Day! Our guests Justin Michael Terry and Ryan Marsico of the legendary improv team Red Door see two things as greatly undervalued: DEATH, as in "the state of being dead," and IMPROV. We share our near-death experiences, we talk improv (CW: we also discuss creating characters who use derogatory terms), we cry, we die laughing, and finally, we answer the ultimate q...

Sean Kearney is Game Developer, Designer and Writer, as well as a former guest of the podcast. He's worked on a variety of games for companies such as Disney, EA, and Nexon. His credits include: WHERE'S MY WATER?, CORNY CRUSH (starring Shane Dawson) and dozens of games based on Disney Channel shows that you’ve probably never heard of, but your younger nieces and nephews likely enjoyed. We intervie...

As Terry Crews continues making the headlines in his online battle with Gabrielle Union, we've got TV writer Ashley Soto (VIDA, FAST AND FURIOUS: SPY RACERS) lead us in an intellectual dissection of Terry's 2003 vehicle WHITE CHICKS. This "comedy standard" (to quote Ashley) was directed by Keenen Ivory Wayans and stars Marlon Wayans and Shawn Wayans as a pair of FBI agents donning whiteface to pas...

Writer/producer Carlton Gillespie and Sasha go head-to-head as tensions rise in our most argumentative/political/historical/scientific/slam poetry episode so far. We're discussing N.E.R.D., the hip-hop/rock band fronted by the babyfaced Pharrell Williams, Chad Hugo and Shay Haley. Inevitably, that leads to a larger discussion of Biggie vs. Tupac. Carlton schools Sasha on the correct interpretation...