Best Niko And Alex Podcasts (2024)

Friends. We. Are. BACK. I say that a lot. It remains true. Today, I'm happy to bring you my conversation with Ted Leo! We talk about Tolkien-punk, Alex Lifeson, the time Ted Leo had his front licene plates stolen and a beautiful story about getting pulled over by the cops and crying to Thin Lizzy. You can find Ted Leo on Twitter and Instagram, Patr…

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Crying at the memorial show with Dan Campbell 1:13:41

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Hey friends We're back! Some say it couldn't be done! And yet, here we are! We're back with new episodes, releasing on a semi-regular basis for as long as I can before I burn out! THRILLED to be joined by my guest on this episode, Dan Campbell of the Wonder Years and today with a new record with side project Aaron West and the Roaring Twenties! I t…

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Ep. 8: Reacting To CBR's Top 50 Strongest Anime Characters EVER 1:21:40

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In today's episode, we'll be reacting to CBR's DEFINITELY TRUE "Top 50 Strongest Anime Characters" list, analyzing and scratching our heads at some of the oddest ranking in human history!

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Oops, All Tears (feat your voice memos!) 13:17

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Hey everyone. Apologies, this episode took longer to get to you than i would have liked, i explain why in the intro. Basically, voice bad, record hard. But here it is, your oops all tears voice memo episode! We'll be back with NEW episodes in February! You can find me, Niko Stratis, on all social media platforms @ Niko Stratis. I tend to use Twitte…

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Ep. 7: Video Game Collaborations 37:06

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In this episode, we'll be talking about some of our favorite, and weirdest Video Game Collabs!

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Crying Reading Vogue Listening To Mereba with Shelli Nicole! 1:03:41

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Hey friends. Welcome back to Blue Eyes Crying By The chips, I’m your host, Niko Stratis. I’m a writer living in Toronto. I’m currently writing two books at once, one is called The Dad Rock That Made Me a Woman, forthcoming from the American Music Series at the University of Texas Press. The other is a novel called Girls of Summer, it’s a queer love…

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Crying At Riot Fest watching RIDE with Alicia Gaines (Ganser)! 1:14:30

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Hi friends I'm back, and I brought my friend Alicia Gaines with me to talk about Chicago, the science of crying, shoegaze, RIDE, what Alicia calls "walk into the ocean music" and so much more. Such a fun chat with one of my all time favourite people! You can follow Alicia on Twitter and Ganser on Twitter and Instagram Also, details on how YOU can s…

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Crying At The Grocery Store to Michael Martin Murphey with Daniel Lavery! 57:21

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My guest today is writer, editor, podcaster, hiker, apple enthusiast: Daniel Lavery! We talk about what makes a guide hiker, apples, David Letterman, crying and Michael Martin Murphey! You can find Daniel on Twitter HERE Also, details on how YOU can submit a cry story for our upcoming, end of the year cry jamobree! Simply send me an audio file (voi…

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Crying on a bike trip to John K Samson with Riley Macleod! 1:25:26

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My guest on the podcast this week is Riley Macleod, someone I’ve been looking for an opportunity to chat with into a microphone for a good long time. We talk about crying, we talk about religion and sobriety and video games and earnestness, and we talk about The Weakerthans and John Samson. You can find Riley on Twitter. You can read Aftermath.Site…

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Crying In The Grade School Classroom to Nine Ince Nails with Alex Steed 1:11:42

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Hey friends We're back! Today, my guest is my friend Alex Steed, host of the You Are Good podcast and a man of endless talents! We talk about trying out material on our doctors, we talk about Nine Inch Nails, we talk about the pain of showing people who you are and being rejected for it. A cavalcade of emotions! You can find Alex Steed on all socia…

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Let Me Tell You About a Cry I Had 19:31

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Hey friends, the episode I had planned for this week had some technical issues, so I'm instead here with a quick solo story about a cry I had this week, and some details on how YOU can submit a cry story for our upcoming, end of the year cry jamobree! Simply send me an audio file (voice note from your phone is FINE) at my email, nikodrewstratis@gma…

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Crying Walking Backwards in the Rain Listening to L.T.D with dani janae 32:53

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we are BACK baby. Once again, the peoples podcast about crying. The most popular podcast about crying. This time with my guest, one of my absolute favourite people and brilliant writer Dani Janae! Dani and I talk about learning to arrive at our emotions, processing why we cry to the songs that we love, and crying listening to L.T.D. You'll love it.…

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Crying At The Vineyard to Paul Simon with Jaya Saxena 1:07:55

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We took a week off, we are back on, it's Blue eyes Crying By The Chips with my guest, writer Jaya Saxena! We talk about names, we talk about crying, we talk about memories, we talk about crying, Jaya makes a good two genders joke. This one has it all! Find Jaya on Twitter, Bluesky and Instagram You can find me, Niko Stratis, on all social media pla…

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Ep. 6: Guess The Movie! | Poorly Describing Movie Plots 44:48

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Today, we both picked a bunch of movies and explained them badly, for a guessing game!

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Crying After Work At The Duane Reade listening to Harry Nilsson with Maris Kreizman 56:14

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Hey friends. Today's episode is an all-timer! It's Maris Kreizman! Maris and I talk about crying playlists, musical theatre, a petition to make Whitney Houston the most famous person from New Jersey, Harry Nilsson and so much more! You can, and should, follow Maris on Twitter, or Bluesky and listen to her podcast You can find me, Niko Stratis, on a…

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Crying at the Sufjan Stevens show with your recent ex with Josh Gondelman 1:33:54

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Hi friends. So excited for you to hear this week's episode, with my guest, writer and comedian Josh Gondelman! We talk about the Roadrunners artistic period, personal yearbooks, and the song "Chicago" by Sufjan Stevens. You can find Josh on Twitter and Instagram, subscribe to Josh's newsletter That's Marvelous HERE You can find me, Niko Stratis, on…

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Crying In a 7/11 At Midnight Listening to Taylor Swift with Emily St. James 1:45:33

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Thrilled to be joined by the amazing and talented Emily St. James for our first long player of an episode, about amongst other things being the kind of billionaire leftists like, fictionmania, transition and Taylor Swift. This was such a fun conversation with Emily, and I really hope you love it. A real emotional journey that covers all the best em…

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Walking Down The Street Crying Listening To Springsteen with Rax King 1:02:04

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We are BACK! Episode 4, with my guest Rax King, one of my favourite writers, a great podcaster with her show Low Culture Boil and one of the funniest people on the internet. You can follow Rax on Twitter and Instagram , subscribe to her Patreon You can find me, Niko Stratis, on all social media platforms @ Niko Stratis. I tend to use Twitter the mo…

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Little Emo rockstar w Augusta Koch 1:26:27

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Today's guest is none other than the writer of "Crying In The Grocery Store", the theme song for this show Augusta Koch of Gladie! We talk about crying, we talk about posturing in music scenes and the difference in processing emotions after we got sober and Augusta tells me a story about crying to a song by a band a lot of people have assumed would…

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Podcast Cafe Dot Com with Sadie Dupuis 1:20:26

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Hi hi Welcome back for episode 2 of Blue Eyes Crying By The Chips, very thrilled to be here with my guest Sadie Dupuis of Speedy Ortiz, Sad13, her book of poetry Cry Perfume and more. We talk about crying, I propose at least one business idea. It's a good time. Speedy Ortiz has a new record out now, that you should buy. It's called Rabbit Rabbit an…

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International Cry Line with Elamin Abdelmahmoud 57:11

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OH hi Look, people have been asking me. Niko, when is V/A Club coming back? It's not. But we're using the feed for something new. It's a new show, by me, it's called Blue Eyes Crying By The Chips, it's about the beautiful songs that we love and the places we have cried listening to them. join us every Friday for season one of a show I already love …

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Ep. 5: Beyond The Spider Verse | Thoughts, Theories & Hype 52:31

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Today, we're talking about the best Spider-Man movies, and possibly the best Spider-Man Trilogy!...and what we want to see in the next and final Spider Verse film

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Ep. 4: Reading AWFUL Reviews On Our Favorite Movies 1:15:37

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In this episode, we decided to look at (in our opinion) awful reviews on movies we love

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Ep. 3: We Ranked The MCU! (Tier List) 1:13:17

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Today, we decided to Tier List the Marvel Cinematic Universe!

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Ep. 2: Our Favorite Overpowered Characters From Marvel & DC Comics! 37:58

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In today’s episode we will be talking about our favourite super strong comic book characters from DC and Marvel

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Ep. 1: 100+ Plays Q&A! 1:04:00

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What's up everyone! To celebrate 100+ Streams, we decided to answer some of your questions!

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Where We've Been, A New Beginning! Webbed Up! Episode #0 2:14

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We are back finally, full episodes coming soon

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WeebTalk Episode 4! Ranking JoJo antagonist from Worst To Best! (Excluding SBR Universe) 21:07

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So in this episode instead of ranking protagonist we rank antagonist Hope you enjoyed

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That Which We Call a Mandalorian... 59:54

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This week, Alex breaks down the history behind Star Wars' 'The Mandalorian' for those of us who might have watched the series but had little to no clue as to what was happening (Niko).

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WeebTalk Episode 3! Ranking JoJo Protagonists From Worst To Best! (Excluding SBR Universe) 17:33

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Today we will be ranking all Jojo’s excluding the SBR universe

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Like A Greased Pig Going Down The 405 1:07:47

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The gang here at Sciolist Propaganda talk New Years resolutions, hopes, and dreams as we welcome in 2021.

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Christmas Tournament Finale! 1:33:02

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The super serious Christmas Movie Competition comes to an end as we review our final movies, judge the semi-finalists, and determine which is our ultimate Christmas Movie!

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Christmas...At Night 1:00:43

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In part three of our Christmas movie competition, we pit Die Hard, White Christmas, Miracle on 34th Street, and Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer against each other. Enjoy!By Alex, Saffron, Niko

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A Very Baranski Christmas 1:00:30

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As our Christmas Movie Tournament continues, we focus this week on movies featuring a specific actress (hint: it's Christine Baranski). Also: Hanukkah!

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A Polar Coaster of Emotions 54:48

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In this week's episode, we discuss the Greek Orthodox tradition of Name Days, Christmas Shopping, and begin our Christmas movie tournament, reviewing the films Jack Frost, Christmas with the Kranks, Disney's Once Upon a Christmas, and Polar Express.By Alex, Saffron, Niko

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Podcast Trailer! 0:26

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A trailer of what to expect (or not) from us, Sciolist Propaganda!By Alex, Saffron, Niko

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Food Talk: Thanksgiving 2020 46:49

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In our inaugural episode, we recap each of our personal Thanksgivings and discuss what does and does not make it to the dinner table.By Alex, Saffron, Niko

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Bonus Episode: WTH?! Book Review: 'It' by Stephen King 0:17

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Hello! Our extended hiatus continues, but in the meantime, please enjoy this rare, non-movie-centric bonus episode containing our thoughts on Stephen King's classic clown horror novel 'It'. Theme music composed by Shady MonkBy Niko & Alex

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The Royal Tenenbaums (2001), AKA The Indictment of Wes Anderson 1:40:33

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[CW: This episode contains discussion of suicide, incest in the form of a romantic relationship between adopted siblings, as well as a brief mention of animal death. Stay informed and safe y'all!] Did you miss us? Yes, that's right, it's us, your estranged podcast fathers. We're back in your life because we really want to make amends with you and y…

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Mannequin (1987), AKA Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now 1:36:04

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Imagine you're in Edfu, Egypt. It's 2500 BC, and as you're walking along you see your average ancient Egyptian teen. Who comes to mind? If you said Kim Cattrall, you're probably one of the filmmakers of 1987's box office-topping horrorshow, Mannequin. Travel with us on a journey across the ages all the way to fake 80's Philadelphia as we bring life…

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Stick It (2006), AKA The Lesbian Communist Gymnastics Revolution 1:10:48

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Good golly: is that rad BMX boy a rad BMX GIRL? Lesbian Tuesdays or Sapphic Saturdays? We absolutely refuse to choose. Niko and Alex eat mat hard this week digging into the American classic: Stick It! You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll get docked for having your bra strap showing, you'll overthrow the oppressive gymnastics judging regime, you'll wond…

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Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), AKA Indiana Jones, Disaster Bisexual 1:28:05

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[CW: This episode contains extended discussion of a relationship between a legal adult and an underage teenager, as well as of a suggested relationship between a legal adult and otherwise younger child. No details are given beyond what is necessary to establish the discussion, and all instances are either referenced as having occurred previous to t…

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St. Elmo's Fire (1985), AKA St. Elmo's Hot F*cking Mess 1:53:13

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[CW: this episode contains extended discussion of drug abuse, alcohol abuse, and stalking. There is also a brief mention of suicidal ideation from 48:30 to 49:30] Niko and Alex are suffering eternally in a hell of their own design as they try to untangle the wicked web woven by Joel Schumacher in the 1985 Brat Pack "classic", St. Elmo's Fire! Stalk…

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Under the Cherry Moon (1986), AKA Prince's Secret Sex Cave 1:33:08

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The year: who knows! The place: France, probably? The problems: matic! It's our most off-the-rails episode yet as Niko and Alex, fresh from their respective viewings of Prince's 1986 directorial debut Under the Cherry Moon, struggle to make sense of what even just happened. Café bats, beachside sex dungeons, and more gender than you can shake a $50…

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Blue Crush (2002), AKA Girls Can't Surf Pipe 1:41:44

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The big surf recital is coming up, and Niko & Alex only have one week to find a sugar daddy- I mean, Billabong sponsor! Join us as we discuss crushing pipes, the importance of friendships outside of dating, and ask each other the all-important question: do you know who's protecting your backside? All this and more in our analysis of 2002's best com…

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Clueless (1995), AKA Twink Caplan Appreciation Life 1:26:31

6y ago1:26:31

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[CW: sexual assault mention: a scene is discussed where a character in the film attempts to sexually assault another character. The scene in question is discussed from 36:30 to 37:30, and briefly touched upon again from 1:21:00 to 1:22:00] The film is called Clueless, but we've never seen something so FULL of clues! Sure, Cher and Josh are endgame …

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Episode 0: What the Heck is What The Het?! 50:46

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Welcome to What The Het?!, the hot new podcast on the block starring Niko Rufino and Alex Keswick! Join us in our inaugural, introductory episode as we dish the hot goss on heteronormativity in films, discuss our own experiences with compulsory heterosexuality, & solve the mystery of Steve Job's ghost!…

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