What Ya Into?

Hey listener, today we're talking about one of my favorite things to collect, tattoos. Iann Robinson and Jaimie Filer from the podcast CREAM (Cinema Rules Everything Around Me) sit down with me to talk about the ups and downs of collecting tattoos since the 90s. Topics this week include: When old men go to cons. America hates being bothered. Jet Ski Money. B Movie talk. My SD card takes a dump. Th...

Hey listener, we're breaking new ground this week. Cody Hucker from The Bastard Sermon podcast is back on the show and he is talking with me about Quentin Tarantino films. Topics this week include: Cody is here to liven up the plugs. Lloyd Johnson is here to pet my dog and sit in silence for an hour. Irresponsible fathers: a gateway to things you shouldn't see at a young age (a reoccurring theme o...

Hey listener, get ready to get weird as John Funk is in the house to talk about his laundry list of hobbies. Funk is in my Top 10 Strangest People I know and he doesn't disappoint with this wild episode about his compulsion to keep learning new skills. Topics include: Cities to drink beer in. Weird sports are better for your health. Building your own Curling rink for less than 500 grand. Meeting i...

Hey Listener, break out your best Ben Sherman or Fred Perry shirt and put together a 2 Tone Ska/Northern Soul playlist because we're going on a scooter road trip with Snotty XYL! Snotty is a jack of all trades, a master of some, and he is in the basement to talk about his love of vintage scooters. This week's topics include: Your host wants to start a cult. Going from punk rocker to punk rocker da...

Hey listener, Steve Haldeman (aka Quad Almighty) is back and as usual he is annoying your host. Quad's hobby is arguing and he loves the fact that I'm a willing sparring partner. Topics include: The Culture War sucks, a reoccurring theme of the show. Ohio sports and sexy cryptid talk. That awkward moment when your guest calls out your guest from last episode. Today's main topic: Your Top 3 Discogr...

Hey listener, we are out of the basement and on stage for the first ever with What Ya Into? LIVE! Museum Project Director/WYI anthropologist Sarah Lima joins me as we talk about what it's like for museums to work with collectors. The 2nd half of the show focuses on Sarah's research of the first 26 episodes of WYI as she breaks down our hobbyists and collectors into subcategories. This week's topic...

Listener get ready to enter the world of Bobblehead collecting and sports hot takes. Mike Berlon steps into the basement to talk about his love of bobbleheads, booze, and baseball. This is one of the funniest episodes I've ever done as the train keeps going off the rails and into the woods. Topics this week include: Check Mike's show Craft Brewed Sports on Youtube with Scott and Drew. A boy's love...

The What Ya Into? Live Show is on Monday August 16th at Fretboard Brewing at 7 PM. Listener, it's time for another first on the show as Max Molleran is here to talk about his exotic animal collection. Topics include: Taking pictures of the woods. Kid Keeper. Bag of snake. Ant Keeping and going to prison. Buying an AR-15 and a python in the same day. Spider talk. Bird eaters. Ball python and shrimp...

Settle in Listener because I'm about to drop the needle on the first ever sequel episode of What Ya Into? Long time vinyl collector Luke Effler is in the basement this week to talk about his gigantic record collection. Topics this week include: A weird Police Academy tangent to start the show. Barnes and Noble's Summer Criterion collection sale. The willingness to explore everything, including stu...

Buckle your seatbelt, check your mirrors, and step on the gas as this week Karli Wood is in the basement to talk about her 69 Chevy Malibu. She grew up tinkering in the garage with her dad and always wanted to work on her own car with him. Topics this week include: Secret, undercover big ass tattoos by Nasty Nate. Creating a family bond over old cars. Car culture, gatekeeping, and being a woman. A...

It's a super spooky special episode of What Ya Into? as your host welcomes his first couple to the show, Zach and Ahlissa from Couple of Creeps (find it on Youtube). The show reaches a new level from the start as Zach and Ahlissa explain how horror "is literally our whole lives". Topics this week include: Discovering horror and becoming obsessed with it. Meeting the love of your life at Days of th...

Spark up the charcoal and pop some tops because April Jacques is in the basement to talk about her love of grilling. Topics this week include: Randomly seeing Black Label Society multiple times. Grandpa, the igniter of the grill, literally and metaphorically. If you're grillin', you're drinkin'. Charcoal. Smokey Joe Tailgating. Talking about Caesar and golf wedges. Grilling at Bonnaroo. Camping at...

Hey listener, put on your favorite luchadore mask and your finest sequined underwear because Iann Robinson has arrived in the Basement to talk about his pro wrestling collection. Topics this week include: Iann's podcasts, People Ruin Everything and C.R.E.A.M (Cinema Rules Everything Around Me). Yelling and taking off your shoes. Wrestling isn't fake, it's predetermined. Wrestling toys, it's own sp...

Grab your brain bucket, your gloves, and your sticks because "Kentucky" Dave Wellerding aka Coach is in the basement to talk about his love of hockey and the Covington Street Hockey League. Topics this week include: A Louisville boy watches the Mighty Ducks and wants to hit the streets. Teammates. The best ideas happen at 3 AM in a bar. Giving people a thing to improve their physical, mental, and...

Listener, you know I try to keep it evergreen with the episodes, but I had to make an exception this week. Yesterday I had the chance to interview my dad, Rick Mansfield about his love of scuba diving and my wife Lauren thought it would be cool to post his episode for Father's Day, so here it is! Topics this week include: Riding bikes and dodging buffalo. Sea Hunt sparks a young boy's imagination....

Argh matey, are you ready to pilfer some roms? On this week's episode Ben comes aboard the USS WYI to talk about his illegal hobby/collection, retro gaming. While he does own a lot of classic video game systems, Ben has takien things to the next level by downloading old roms online and playing them via emulators which is gray zone of legality. Topics this week include: Growing up a gamer. Arcades:...

We're going into uncharted territory this week on What Ya Into? as Jas Hubbard stops by the Basement to talk about finding a new thing to get into when your hobby is taken away from you. Follow Jeremy Foster on Tik Tok: modernakald1066. How do you know when something you are doing is a hobby? Topics this week include: social media...it's still awful, but at least I'm not a woman so I don't have to...

This week's episode is the most combative in "What Ya Into? history so far. Steve "Quad Almighty" Haldeman drops into the basement with a tote full of t-shirts, a cooler of beer, and A LOT of opinions (a number of which your host doesn't agree with). Topics this week include: If you're on a stage, you will get dates. Band t-shirts the gateway drug of t-shirt collecting. "Cool Shirt, Dude!" equals...

If you're a snitch, don't even bother clicking the play button, because this week we dive head first into our first illegal hobby/collection, beer trading. I sit down with my buddy Luke and we talk about how he became a modern day scofflaw as he trades beer across the USA and the world. Topics this week include: Hop Slam; the unexpected craft beer gateway drug. Is there a brewery bubble? Beer shar...

Pop your mouth guard in listener because Lauren Strecker is here to talk about her love of skating. She loves skating the same way Bubba loved shrimp in Forrest Gump. Park Skating. Bowl Skating. Trail Skating. Roller Derby. Jam Skating. Street Skating. Topics this week include hockey figure skater. You can't buy a beer, but you can play roller derby. The Skate Park: being a grown ass woman in the...

This week on "What Ya Into" Anthony "Tank" Mansfield sits down with Allison Hibbard aka @nosilla_drabbih (and her folder of notes) from apictureisworthathousandishwords.com to talk about autograph collecting. Topics this week include: The Walking Dead, the gateway drug of Horror Hound. Can I get some more school instead of Summer vacation? Your host doesn't know who anyone is. People get really we...

There are no brakes on this beer fueled runaway train as Cody Hucker from The Bastard Sermon is in the basement and ready to chat about his love of watching stand up comedy. Topics include Cody will bug you until you start your own podcast. Martin Scorsese: The King of Toxic Masculinity movies. Irresponsible fathers open the gateways to cool stuff; a tale as old as time. Kinison, Dangerfield, and...

What Ya Into? hits double digits and that means we need to celebrate with a special show. Nick Glavan stops by the basement to talk about his latest collection, vinyl. Topics include hand me down record players. Of course we talk about how cool album artwork looks. Sean Moore's Garage of Deals. Tape decks are tough, bro. Metallica hazing. The podcast takes a weird goth turn when Nick talks about h...

Welcome to Episode 9. My brother from another mother, Justin 3000 Stewart is on the show to talk about collecting toys. Topics include Comic Con Hell. 80's full frontal nudity. Collecting Vaders. Walmart Toy Biz X-Men. The USS Flagg is a couch. We don't have a Nu Metal band. Simple Man is the best Lynyrd Skynyrd. Pops. Pro Wrestling toys. Toy Nerds are the worst. What is a collection and what is h...

Strap on your protective gear because this week is an adrenaline filled thrill ride. Danny Gamble of Higher Level Art, Wild Style Designs, and The All City Podcast drops into the basement to talk about his favorite hobby, riding motorcycles. Topics this week include getting back in the saddle. Learning to ride on a Death Machine. Moments of focus. Ugh Social Media. Flipping bikes to go to The Isle...