Best Rob Castaneda Podcasts (2024)

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PPA - Christian Long pt 2 46:32

7d ago46:32

46:32

We recorded this a month ago but then I had to go to a bunch of midwestern noise shows and meet Jennifer in New Mexico to go to the Lightning Field. But now I'm back and I've edited part two in Jennifer's living room. Today we have part two of our talk with Jennifer's friend from her days at Uproxx, Christian. Today we mostly move away from his wri…

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PPA - Former jaded writer, Christian Long 43:10

21d ago43:10

43:10

We recorded this a month ago but then I had to go to a bunch of midwestern noise shows and meet Jennifer in New Mexico to go to the Lightning Field. But now I'm back and this is edited and... it's online as soon as I hit the purple or mauve button on the right side of my screen. Today we talked to Jennifer's friend from her days at Uproxx, Christia…

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PPA - Jazmin Castañeda Pt 2 41:09

3M ago41:09

41:09

Part two of our conversation with Jazmin, this time more focused on her own story and artwork. We learn about the origins of some of her recurring characters, her highly personal work with her father, and what it's like teaching art to elementary school kids these days. Be sure to check out Jazmin's work on her Instagram, but also please do stop by…

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PPA - A Fundraiser for Palestine w/ Jazmin Castañeda 29:40

3M ago29:40

29:40

We talk to artist Jazmin about her Fundraiser for Palestine set to take place at the Matilija Lending Library in El Monte, CA (near LA) on Saturday 4/27. We focus almost entirely on the fundraiser in this episode. Next week we'll have more about Jazmin's background as an artist and the usual bullshit about reality shows, Jennifer's weird life, etc.…

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PPA - Poet Anthony Thomas Lombardi Pt. 2 54:04

3M ago54:04

54:04

Part two of our conversation with Anthony Thomas Lombardi in which we delve more into how he got into poetry, rap music, God, and his involvement with different facets of the Free Palestine movement. For more on the latter, check out the Google Doc he references in the episode. For more on his poetry and Anthony in general, check out his Instagram.…

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PPA - Brooklyn Poet Anthony Thomas Lombardi 48:33

4M ago48:33

48:33

Today is the first part of our talk with an old friend of mine, the poet Anthony Lombardi. We've known each other for about 16 or 17 years (he takes poetic license to claim 20) but have lost touch several times, only for him to reemerge in a completely different stage of his life. Now he's a poet, sober, and thriving (if you ask me, not him). He re…

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PPA - Leslie Keffer Pt 2 46:32

5M ago46:32

46:32

The second half of our conversation with esteemed noise musician Leslie Keffer. In this part we talk about noise music (of course), touring, stained glass, and spend a good chunk talking about AI. Nothing anti-AI this time. Sorry. Same opening and closing tracks as last time since I've got a lot going on and didn't have time. But still be sure to c…

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PPA - Leslie Keffer (Noise Musician) 43:48

5M ago43:48

43:48

We finally had just enough of a break from all the horrible, complicated, and annoying things in our lives to sit down and talk to esteemed noise musician, and mutual friend of Arvo Zylo, Leslie Keffer. We talk about how she got into noise music, touring, and some about her process, but the Zoom's AI that Jennifer discovered probably gives a good o…

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PPA - Rob's old friend, a die-hard Disco Biscuits fan 1:06:46

6M ago1:06:46

1:06:46

Not really sure how to title this because we don't want to give his name considering the stuff we discuss. But this is one of my oldest friends, someone I used to travel around with to festivals and to see the Dead, but who has lived a much more interesting life than me. He notes that he's seen the Disco Biscuits live more times than there are days…

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2023 Xmas Exchange (with Jill & Josh) 1:36:19

7M ago1:36:19

1:36:19

After this year, I'm done tempting fate. We're calling this the Xmas Exchange now. I also don't remember how many we've done, so I'm done trying to figure that out. Anyway, we're back with Josh and Jill for our annual exchange of the best, worst, weirdest, funniest, and most interesting Christmas music and clips we could compile. This year Josh and…

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PPA - Bullshitting with Kelly of Indubitably 55:40

11M ago55:40

55:40

Just like evolution will inevitably lead to crabs, our conversations will inevitably lead to breast milk and cannibalism. We discussed cell steaks, again, but also veggie burgers, idiosyncratic small towns across America, the Pacific Northwest, and Brandon and I both got incredibly excited by the mention of the old Hentai theater in Portland. If yo…

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PPA - Kelly of the Indubitably Podcast 58:18

11M ago58:18

58:18

Hello, we're back. I moved and my cat got cancer, Brandon got a job, and Jennifer quit hers, so... here we are. Now. Instead of earlier. This week we had Kelly from the podcast Indubitably talk to us about debating and how she does it without crying. And who wins if someone does cry. Honestly, I think we were all sort of surprised how interesting w…

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PPA - Brandon Noel (Olney Magazine) Pt 2 57:08

1y ago57:08

57:08

Part two of our talk with Brandon Noel about his working class background, poetry, and Olney Magazine. Plus a little more about religion, but not much. We also talk about how reality TV is made. Olney recently released their fifth issue, which you can pick up on their website as a $5 PDF or the print version for $17.99. It's worth picking up just f…

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PPA - Brandon Noel (Olney Magazine) Pt 1 55:18

1y ago55:18

55:18

We brought Brandon Noel on to talk about his working class background, poetry, and Olney Magazine, but our Brandon and I can't stop fucking talking about religion. So, in this part Brandon Noel speaks primarily about how he founded his own church in his early 20s, his amusingly pedantic theory on the "existence" of God, and then we talk a little ab…

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PPA - Melissa Guevara (El Salvadoran Multi-Media Artist) (English/Spanish Version) 40:20

1y ago40:20

40:20

Hi, hello, sorry, yes, we're late again. I hope this edit makes sense because I'm still too busy to start from scratch. But this edit cuts out most of Ileana and leaves Melissa's answers intact for any bilingual listeners. I'm sure our reactions aren't going to really make sense. Sorry. If you skipped the last episode, here's a recap of the descrip…

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PPA - Melissa Guevara (El Salvadoran Multi-Media Artist) (English Version) 41:41

1y ago41:41

41:41

Good hello again and sorry again for the delay. Life is hard, but it goes on, whether I want it to or not. Today on the show we talk to a mutual friend of former guests Ileana and Ernesto Bautista, Melissa Guevara. Her and Ernesto's work have a lot of overlaps (death, experimental video, large conceptual pieces, focus on El Salvadoran history and i…

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PPA - Bullshitting with Christian Chiakulas 37:41

1y ago37:41

37:41

We talked to Christian about a month ago about this book, The Carpenter's Son: A Proletarian Reconstruction of the Jesus of Nazareth. Afterward we talked for another 45 minutes about a bunch of bullshit, as we generally do. So, we've started recording that, cause, why not. The episode starts off where the last left off, with Jennifer and Christian'…

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PPA - The Carpenter's Son w/ Christian Chiakulas 56:20

1+ y ago56:20

56:20

Happy Good Friday, if that's something I'm supposed to say. For our Easter special we've got Jennifer's friend, author Christian Chiakulas talking to us about the Jesus guy everyone's talking about right now. I'd offer a synopsis of his book, but the title The Carpenter's Son: A Proletarian Reconstruction of Jesus of Nazareth, seems to cover the ba…

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PPA - Ernesto Bautista (El Salvadoran Multimedia Artist) Pt. 2 58:16

1+ y ago58:16

58:16

Part 2 of our chat with El Salvadoran director, poet, musician, multimedia artist, etc. etc. etc., Ernesto Bautista. In this part he discusses his work with his old collective, organizing a soccer match between survivors of both sides in the El Salvadoran Civil War. He also digs a little deeper into the flourishing metal scene in El Salvador, inclu…

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PPA - Ernesto Bautista (El Salvadoran Multimedia Artist) Pt. 1 55:39

1+ y ago55:39

55:39

Today on the show we talk to filmmaker, poet, and multimedia artist Ernesto Bautista, who I almost certainly mispronounce the name of in my introduction despite Ileana sending me a WhatsApp message with the correct pronunciation. I still can't say her name either, though. As I mention in the intro and we discuss a little later on in the episode, Er…

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4th or 5th Cease & Desistmas Christmas Special 1:16:21

1+ y ago1:16:21

1:16:21

Another year, another collection of strange, terrible, funny, and sometimes lovely Christmas songs from all over the world and throughout the last 100 years of recorded sound. I (Rob) am joined as every other year by my buddies Jill and Josh. We had to record this at midnight because Jill is back in Tokyo, Josh has added somewhere between 3 and 10 …

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PPA - Christmas Underground 1:17:25

1+ y ago1:17:25

1:17:25

We were very excited to talk to the guy (forgot to ask his name) behind the blog christmasunderground.com, which is currently on its 10th year. People that know Brandon and I know we love Christmas music, though we tend toward Culturcide, The Frogs, and a guy impersonating Randy Newman performing "All I Want For Christmas Is You" on YouTube that go…

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PPA - AJ Dungo 1:12:54

1+ y ago1:12:54

1:12:54

First off, I had some internet issues, so the episode gets cut off at the end (like when we talked to Colin). Sorry! Second, I included some music cues to add context to a few points AJ and Brandon make (like when we talked to Laura and Tripp). Third, we talked to AJ. He's Brandon's friend going back to middle school when AJ'd tap on Brandon's wind…

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PPA - Julia Wright 1:11:12

1+ y ago1:11:12

1:11:12

Today we talked to Julia Wright, one of those practical effect weirdos that bloodies and bruises the actors in horror films and creates dead defecating dogs out of weaves and PVC pipe for short films. She's also Jennifer C Martin's sister. Brandon and Rob probe about why practical effects are better and seek out horror recommendations (she's got a …

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PPA - Sara Von Century 1:18:26

2y ago1:18:26

1:18:26

Sara Century's back on this podcast feed for the umpteenth time. This time we talked to her about the inherent queerness of horror, the lack of queerness of some modern LGBT horror, getting drunk in movie theaters, queerness and emotion in punk, and a bunch of other stuff. Sara knows everything, so there's a lot to talk about. Except comic books, c…

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PPA - Sound of Confusion 58:16

2y ago58:16

58:16

Jennifer's gone viral again for her hot takes on polyamory and Christianity. This time her wealthy grandmother caught wind of it and cut her out of the will and the rest of her life. So, we talk about that. Partly because I fucked up scheduling again and Sara Century thought we were recording the following week, partly because Jennifer's life is en…

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PPA - Platonic Polyamory's Mickey Reece's Platonic Polyamory 1:02:54

2y ago1:02:54

1:02:54

Mickey Reece made it this week! As a bunch of scum sucking freaks, we all felt a kindred spirit in the DIY, and even the more recent sellout arthouse horror films of Mickey Reece. If you're unfamiliar with Mickey Reece, just know that he is probably 30-something years old, but his IMDB features 37 film and only 9 of them are available publicly. Bec…

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PPA - Waiting for Mickey 42:18

2y ago42:18

42:18

I was listening to Desert Oracle recently and noticed he stopped using episode numbers and it occurred to me that if there's anything less pointless than naming these episodes, it's assigning them numbers. So, no more of that. This is a non-episode in which I fucked up scheduling our guest and he didn't show, so we talked about Tim Tebow and movies…

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PPA - E8 - Aupair Nightmares w/ Ileana 1:16:57

2y ago1:16:57

1:16:57

We talk to my old friend Ileana about her experience as a Mexican citizen working as an au pair in the United States for two years. It may shock you to learn that being a Mexican woman living in an American family's home while employed as a domestic worker is not great! Ileana discusses the long hours, low pay, the deceptive agencies that facilitat…

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PPA - E7 - Love, That's America w/ Laura Squirrel 1:05:45

2y ago1:05:45

1:05:45

Long delayed recording and now long delayed upload. Brandon and Jennifer were both somehow on vacation at the same time, then I was down for the count with intestinal issues, then Jennifer and I both had COVID, then I was down with intestinal issues again... and then they returned again after recording. But, here we are. As previously discussed her…

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PPA - E6 - Physics, Noise, & Legal Trouble with Tripp Nasty 1:12:29

2y ago1:12:29

1:12:29

Tripp Nasty takes us deep into the strange and scary world of Denver's alt music scene. Tripp discusses his history as a computer programmer(??) and future physicist(???) before recently going for his masters in accounting(????) all while developing a deep appreciation of sound and Moog's synthesizers. He also talks about landing in jail for two da…

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PPA - E5 - The Suspicious Mind of Robert Skvaria 1:12:25

2y ago1:12:25

1:12:25

The opening track is a bootleg recording of the Elvis impersonator fronted British Nirvana tribute act, Elvana. Enjoy. Today's guest is writer and conspiracy theorist aficionado Robert Skvaria. He helps us parse out the difference in approach between right-wing (bullshit) and left-wing (mostly true) conspiracies. We talk about Alex Jones, the CIA, …

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PPA - E4 - In the Mood for CinePunk Joshua Alvarez 1:17:59

2y ago1:17:59

1:17:59

This podcast is called Platonic Polyamory now. For this episode Jennifer wanted Josh to pick out a movie for us to watch and discuss, but Josh didn't want to so I lied and said he picked Chungking Express because I knew she'd love it. And she did. Anyway, we tried to do the whole movie podcast thing like Cinepunx does but none of us are motivated o…

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PPA - E3 - Walt Disney Presents "Colin" 1:18:24

2+ y ago1:18:24

1:18:24

We're joined by Jennifer's ex-boyfriend CA Pinkham. We mostly talk about 90s toys and Walt Disney. Follow Colin on twitter @EyePatchGuy And friend me on Pokemon Go 6838 4763 3649By Rob Marvin

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PPA - E2 - Your Music Sucks w/ Laura Squirrel 1:06:18

2+ y ago1:06:18

1:06:18

An Undressing Underground regular joins us this week to explain noise music to Jennifer and the Get Along Gang (and her fan fiction about it) to all of us. We also talk about Anal Cunt (Jennifer's new favorite band), Eric Clapton, obscure midwest noise acts we know personally, Jennifer's OnlyFans and the paupers that patronize it, Joyful Noise Reco…

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Platonic Polyamory - E1 - Cat Eyes 1:03:48

2+ y ago1:03:48

1:03:48

The first episode of our new series, Platonic Polyamory. Some guy named Josh that follows Jennifer on Twitter tells us about the Christian lore permeating throughout the Insane Clown Posse's music. We also discuss the ethics of talking during previews, places Jennifer and Brandon have had sex, annoying poly identities, stuff our exes are sending ea…

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RJS - E2 - Exodus, Leviticus, and Numbers 1:13:21

2+ y ago1:13:21

1:13:21

We discus Exodus, Leviticus, and Numbers. Also shortwave radio and some other stuff I can't remember. Don't forget to subscribe to Jennifer's newsletter, the Dirtbag Christian, and her baking themed Only Fans, Let's Have a Three Way.By Rob Marvin

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The Royal Jenstones - E1 - Genesis 1:18:33

2+ y ago1:18:33

1:18:33

New conversation. About the bible. Cause Jennifer's reading it. And writing about it. Read that here: https://dirtbagchristian.substack.comBy Rob Marvin

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Cease & Desistmas 2021 1:54:45

2+ y ago1:54:45

1:54:45

We're back for the nth semi-annual Cease & Desistmas. This year Jill plays some traditional carols, a Pakistani Christmas song, and some space bullshit while I play a handful of selections from a Christmas cassette zine from an obscure 70s collective in LA, and once again Josh dredges up the most horrific bullshit on the internet with a couple of s…

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Episode 21 - Alvin Lucier is Lying in a Box 1:42:16

2+ y ago1:42:16

1:42:16

Alvin Lucier died the day we recorded this. I explain his seminal piece... poorly. Then we listen to the first episode as played from Brandon's computer, picked up by his mic, and then recorded from my computer speakers with my mic. As always with this episode, taking the wrong lessons from avant garde greats. We're never gonna get that CIA seed mo…

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WAPIAR - E20 - EsperantNO/Ni podkastas en ĉambro 2:17:15

2+ y ago2:17:15

2:17:15

Ni tradukis la skripton en Esperanton kaj legis ĝin fonetike. Ĝi estis torturo. Absoluta fika torturo. Mi neniam volas fari ion tian denove. Ĝi igis min bedaŭri komenci ĉi tiun podkaston en la unua loko. Kia ab.By Rob Marvin

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WAPIAR - E19 - Yabba Dabba Dune 2:12:37

2+ y ago2:12:37

2:12:37

Talking about 9/11, Halloween, pooping in the woods, addiction, Princess Diana, the 90s Flinstones movies, cooking shows, polyamory, and whether this is the most nihilistic podcast there is. Don't forget to check out Jennifer's linktree: https://linktr.ee/jennifercmartin Also Brandon and I have a spooky and absurd radio play we put out digitally an…

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WAPIAR - E18 - Ladies & Gentlemen, The Smudge 1:26:05

2+ y ago1:26:05

1:26:05

Brandon, Jennifer, and Rob are joined by absurdly prolific noise/vaporwave/pluderphonics/rock/hiphop/blues/satire/neoclassical musician, poet, video game scorer, and recent documentary filmmaker, The Smudge. We brought him on to talk some shit, but mostly to score our 18th recital. I don't know what else to say. He likes french fries and Slavoj Žiž…

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WAPIAR - E17 - SORRY 1:23:05

3y ago1:23:05

1:23:05

I fucked up. I accidentally turned off the recording for Brandon and Jennifer for about 10 minutes toward the end while Brandon was still reading. To make up for it I spliced in their mics from another episode to compliment my bare recording of myself and also threw in some audio of me taking a lovely little walk through New Brunswick this past Mot…

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WAPIAR - E16 - Impossible Dog 1:21:38

3y ago1:21:38

1:21:38

Rob's turn.By Rob Marvin

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WAPIAR - E15 - Bullshit, mostly 1:23:57

3y ago1:23:57

1:23:57

Probably the most pointlessly avant garde episode yet. We talk about Afghanistan, then Jennifer recites the entire episode while Brandon plays music and I breathe and try to communicate with him over her, then we talk about Bukowski.By Rob Marvin

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WAPIAR - E14 - FUCK 1:37:27

3y ago1:37:27

1:37:27

Fuck.By Rob Marvin

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WAPIAR - E13 - Rat Race 1:17:40

3y ago1:17:40

1:17:40

We raced each other to see who could read our own parts first. Mostly we talked about cancel culture and capitalism. Brandon's got a cool mic. I talk over Jennifer a lot but try to give her room to speak.By Rob Marvin