The Popko Project

Episode 96 of The Popko Project podcast features ALYXX, a hard rock independent solo artist based out of New York. Brought to you by Keller’s Garden Center/Keller’s Lawn Care And Landscaping Services LLC, located in Exeter PA near Blue Ribbon Dairy, The V-Spot Bar in Scranton, Ionic Development, and MerchBooth.com. In this episode, we get […]

Episode 95 of The Popko Project podcast features DJ Hersh! Brought to you by Keller’s Garden Center/Keller’s Lawn Care And Landscaping Services LLC located in Exeter PA near Blue Ribbon Dairy, The V-Spot Bar in Scranton, and Ionic Development. In this episode we talk to Hersh about how he got into DJ-ing, some of his […]

Episode 94 of The Popko Project podcast features the Garden Goombas! Brought to you by Keller’s Garden Center/Keller’s Lawn Care And Landscaping Services LLC, located in Exeter PA near Blue Ribbon Dairy, The V-Spot Bar in Scranton and Ionic Development. The Garden Goombas are back to talk about what they’ve been up to over the […]

Episode 93 of The Popko Project podcast features Art Alexakis of the band Everclear. Brought to you by Keller’s Garden Center/Keller’s Lawn Care And Landscaping Services LLC , located in Exeter PA near Blue Ribbon Dairy, The V-Spot Bar in Scranton and Ionic Development. Everclear is celebrating 30 years as a band! They’ve recently just […]

Episode 92 of The Popko Project podcast features the Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania based Brendan Brisk Band. Brought to you by Keller’s Garden Center /Keller’s Lawn Care And Landscaping Services LLC, located in Exeter PA near Blue Ribbon Dairy, The V-Spot Bar in Scranton and Ionic Development. In this episode we find out who the Brendan Brisk […]

Episode 91 of The Popko Project podcast features Rick and Matt of the cover band (and original music artists), Nowhere Slow. Brought to you by Keller’s Garden Center/Keller’s Lawn Care And Landscaping Services LLC , located in Exeter PA near Blue Ribbon Dairy, The V-Spot Bar in Scranton and Ionic Development. In this episode, we […]

Episode 90 of The Popko Project podcast features modern pop rock artist, Kulick. Brought to you by Keller’s Garden Center/Keller’s Lawn Care And Landscaping Services LLC , located in Exeter PA near Blue Ribbon Dairy, The V-Spot Bar in Scranton and Ionic Development. Once signed to RCA Records, Kulick has released albums on Enci Records […]

Episode 89 of The Popko Project podcast features Cold Kingdom from Minneapolis. Brought to you by Keller’s Garden Center/Keller’s Lawn Care And Landscaping Services LLC, located in Exeter PA near Blue Ribbon Dairy, The V-Spot Bar in Scranton and Ionic Development. If you’re a fan of Breaking Benjamin, Halestorm, Evanescence, Lacey Sturm, Flyleaf, and others […]

This episode of the podcast is brought to you by Keller’s Garden Center/Keller’s Lawn Care And Landscaping Services LLC located in Exeter PA near Blue Ribbon Dairy and Ionic Development. In this episode I’m joined by Scooter Ward of the band Cold. We talk about their most recent tour which just wrapped up a couple […]

This episode of the podcast is brought to you by Keller’s Garden Center/Keller’s Lawn Care And Landscaping Services LLC located in Exeter PA near Blue Ribbon Dairy and Ionic Development. In this episode I’m joined by members of the band Stay Loud, a punk rock band from Northeastern, Pennsylvania. We talk about their upcoming album, […]

This episode of the podcast is brought to you by Keller’s Garden Center/Keller’s Lawn Care And Landscaping Services LLC located in Exeter PA near Blue Ribbon Dairy and Ionic Development. In this episode I’m joined by Eric Abyss from the heavy metal band, Traverse the Abyss from Scranton, Pennsylvania. We talk about their upcoming EP […]

This episode of the podcast is brought to you by Keller’s Garden Center/Keller’s Lawn Care And Landscaping Services LLC located in Exeter PA near Blue Ribbon Dairy and Ionic Development. In this episode I’m joined by Sam O’Connell of the band Noxen who recently released a new full length album titled, Rattlesnake, available on all […]

This episode of the podcast is brought to you by Keller’s Garden Center/Keller’s Lawn Care And Landscaping Services LLC located in Exeter PA near Blue Ribbon Dairy and Ionic Development. In this episode I’m joined by ROCK 107’s Hoover. Hoover is the program director and afternoon radio host on NEPA’s #1 classic rock station, Rock […]

Episode 83 is brought to you by Keller’s Garden Center/Keller’s Lawn Care And Landscaping Services LLC , located near Blue Ribbon in Exeter, PA and Ionic Development In episode 83 of The Popko Project Podcast I’m joined by Shaun M. Daney, business development officer at Benchmark Mortgage – NEPA. Shaun, along with Benchmark Mortgage, have […]

In episode 82 of The Popko Project podcast I’m joined by Will Perna of the band Variant Season. We talk about how the band got together including J.T. Thomas (Doubting Thoma$), Dan McDonald (Behind the Grey), and Mark Yanish (Graces Downfall, Doubting Thomas, Mr. Jones and Me), the meaning behind the name which, believe it […]

In episode 81 of The Popko Project podcast I’m joined by the band, Look Back Luna, a young rock band from Northeastern Pennsylvania. While the name of the band is new, they’ve been performing for years under the name 5-7-Zero. We talk about the reason for the name change and what it means for them […]

In episode 80 of The Popko Project podcast I’m joined by the band Paris Monster from Brooklyn, New York. Paris Monster will be bringing their talents to the River Street Jazz Cafe in Plains, PA this Friday, April 8th with local opener, Brendan Brisk Band. Tickets are available now at holdmyticket.com and if not sold […]

In episode 79 of The Popko Project podcast I’m joined by the gentlemen in the band Capital Theatre from New Zealand. We talk about the pros and cons of the internet, being a band in New Zealand and their upcoming trip to the US. We also touch on Will Smith vs Chris Rock, the untimely […]

In episode 78 of The Popko Project podcast I’m joined by Brian Vander Ark of the band The Verve Pipe. Yes, the band that gave us “The Freshmen”, and other great songs like “Cup of Tea”, “Colorful”, “Happiness Is”, “Never Let You Down”, and more! We talk about their recent visit to Montage Mountain where […]

In episode 77 of The Popko Project podcast I’m joined by Amanda Dittmar aka The Artist Sachiko. Amanda Dittmar at one point served as an intern and freelance photographer for the Weekender before joining the team full time as the creative director. We talk about some of the good ol’ days of the Weekender and […]

In episode 76 of The Popko Project Podcast I’m joined by Andrew Blank and Eric Novroski of the band So Much Hope, Buried. In addition to So Much Hope, Buried, Andrew is part of Send Request, Blankman94 and Fresh Steps. In addition to So Much Hope, Buried, Eric is part of the band Toothless and […]

In episode 75 of The Popko Project podcast I’m joined by Neil Trama, mid-day radio DJ on NEPA’s #1 classic rock station, Rock 107, AND host of The Beer Breakfast on NEPA’s ESPN Radio. We talk about how he got into radio, some of the fun things that happened back in the day that couldn’t/wouldn’t […]

In episode 74 of The Popko Project podcast I’m joined by Nick Fantauzzi of the band Stereo Jo. Stereo Jo is a 5 piece high energy rock band from the Northeastern, Pennsylvania region. We get into the history of the band including the name, their music which is available on all the streaming services, their […]

In episode 73 of The Popko Project Podcast I’m joined by Jaysen Yatko, owner of Wayne’s World Dallas (570) 674-1995, and Sam Ciravolo, manager at Wayne’s World and member of the band Spud. We talk about the very long history that Wayne’s World has in Northeastern, Pennsylvania and how Jaysen became the new owner in […]

In episode 72 of The Popko Project podcast I’m joined by Carmen Winters, real estate agent for Lewith & Freeman Real Estate. What led to his career in real estate? There were a few stops along the way (which we get into), but one could argue that the journey started as an intern at the […]