The Mistress and the Car Retrieve your horsemeat gabbagool, you’ll want something to nosh on while you listen to this week’s episode with David J. Roth from Defector, The Distraction, and It’s Christmastown podcasts, joining Matt and Vince to talk about Mad Men season three episode eleven, “The Gypsy and the Hobo.” In America, horses are our friend…

Send us a text What you'll hear: the terrible truth (I don't really care) 1:50 my history with learning about astrology 3:15 Why I can enjoy it fine, but I don't love it 6:50 the point of witchcraft to me 9:15 Do yourself a favor and read this article by Rosa Lyster entitled: Astrology is Fake but Scorpios are Extremely True 10:00 why Manflesh is K…

What’s Blue to You? Lock up your old dog tags and divorce papers before you listen to the latest episode. Comedian and co-host of the Roundball Rock podcast, Sean Keane, returns to the podcast to talk to Matt & Vince about Mad Men season three episode 10, “The Color Blue.” In the office, Don smiles for once. What is it that makes him smile? The lov…

Send us a text For today's aural offering I've brought aerialist and filmmaker Sasha Galitzki back to talk about her new film Embers, creating art out of tragedy, and advice to new filmmakers. What you'll hear: Listen to Sasha and I's first conversation about Wild Aerial here: Episode 97: Making Art in the Extreme with Sasha Galitzki Life 1.5 years…

How Do You Say “On the DL” in Italian? Wake up, Conrad Hilton is calling and he wants to hear this week’s episode of the podcast right now. TV writer, comedian, and host of the TV, I Say podcast Ashley Ray returns to talk to Matt & Vince about Mad Men season three episode nine, “Wee Small Hours.” Don’s not sleeping because he’s up all night trying …

Send us a text Based on a true story. Or many. What you'll hear: Aerial Serpent: Circus for Life has a private room and a private bathroom available! 1:00 The Parable of the Stump 1:56 How the post office is also a stump 8:40 The stump, and the post office, are excellent metaphors for gremlins. Resistance to them isn't based in reality, they are co…

Roman Ball-a-day Get your suitcase because we’re headed to Italy. On the plane, you can listen to this week’s episode of the podcast with co-host of the Hollywood Crime Scene podcast, and returning guest, Rachel Fisher joining Matt & Vince to discuss Mad Men season 3 episode eight, “Souvenir.” Betty and Don go to Rome so they can hang out with Conn…

Send us a text Today's episode is inspired by a conversation I had with a current student in The Audacity Project about getting someone else to design their website for them. What you'll hear: Janelle Peters has open slots for therapy (Wyoming and Colorado) AND mental health coaching (worldwide!), I cannot recommend their genius enough. They have S…

Peggy Gets Ducked Stop staring at the sun for long enough to listen to this week’s episode of the podcast with comedian, co-host of the What a Time to be Alive and Lie Cheat and Steal podcasts, Kath Barbadoro joining Matt and Vince to talk about Mad Men season three episode seven, “Seven Twenty Three.” Everyone wants Don to sign a contract. Connie …

Send us a text What you'll hear: Tiny story about why you should listen to the people that you serve, der 1:00 Why I'm excited to suck in front of people tonight 3:00 Episode 143: Your 5 non-negotiables- finding balance during crunch time 4:08 Purchase or download Andrew Simonet's How to Make Your Life as an Artist 7:00 What is a task...really? 7:2…

Guy Carried Out of an Advertising Agency Everyone get in the conference room, the podcast has a new org chart. Producer Brent is at the top, directly beneath him are hosts Matt & Vince, and right below them is this week’s guest, host of Dopey podcast, Dave Manheim, who is here to talk about Mad Men season three episode six, “Guy Walks into an Adver…

Send us a text An episode by request from a listener who asked: Podcast topic request for a friend: backing out/canceling contracts. When is it worth it? Can you do it without burning a bridge? What you'll hear: an honest question- "what do you need?" and a little story about me being asked this question 1:00 Go follow Janelle they are wonderful. T…

Don’s Hot for Teacher Get the overnight bag, Betty’s in labor. While she goes through the terrifying, awe-inspiring experience of giving birth, you can sit in a special waiting room for dudes and listen to a new episode of your favorite podcast. Producer of the pod, comedian, co-host of the Oh Hell Yeah podcast, AL West Champion Seattle Mariners su…

Send us a text Firstly, putting this here so it's easy to find COME HANG WITH ME AND KRISTINA IN MEXICO! What you'll hear: a brief and brilliant follow up tip on last week's episode from wise sister Shannon! 1:00 Introducing my very dear friend Kristina Cañizares of Fit & Bendy 2:00 Immediately go into a rando tangent on sleep paralysis lol 3:45 Ho…

Living the Jai A-life Stop trying to make jai alai happen and listen to this week’s episode of the pod with returning guest, Letterboxd lover, and journalist from Semafor, Dave Weigel, joining Matt & Vince for a chat about Mad Men season three episode four, “The Arrangements.” RIP big Gene. The writers may have forgotten about your dementia, but we…

Send us a text This episode is by request from my friend Kim who asked, "job postings that exist through a paywall. Are they worth it? Is it bullshit?" What you'll hear: me talking about my life for a long ass time 1:41 Reminders that Aerial Serpent: Circus for Life still have 10 spaces left in Mexico this coming January with me and Kristina Nekyia…

Roger’s Old Kentucky Racism Put that shoe polish away and listen to the latest episode with comedian and author of First Time, Long Time, Amy Silverberg, joining Matt & Vince to talk about Mad Men season three episode three, “My Old Kentucky Home.” If you’re watching the show along with the podcast, you may have noticed there’s a new disclaimer bef…

Send us a text This episode is by request from my friend Susannah who asked about tarot readings: how it's done, etc. Let's talk about it! What you'll hear: I never learned tarot from anyone else but I have learned A LOT from my other magical teachers, including: Denise Litchfield Ikeoma Divine Andrea St. Amand (she has a book coming out this month…

Love Among the Goons If you don’t like what’s being said, put on this week’s episode of the podcast. We have host of the Finding My Audience podcast and comedian Allen Strickland Williams, whose album, Ran Through, is available now, joining Matt & Vince to talk about Mad Men season three episode two, “Love Among the Ruins.” Limey Lane is settling i…

Send us a text 150 episodes baby!!! Hell yeah! Thank you for being here! What you'll hear: The Audacity Project, Cycle 29 is enrolling this week only! Until Friday September 12th at 11:59pm EST Celebrating my 1st $100/month patron! Amazing! It only happened because it was available- gotta be a lesson in there somewhere 4:30 Episode 42: Morning Page…

Sound the Gay Alarm, MYAM is Back Please don’t cut our dicks off and boil them in hog fat for taking a break between seasons. MYAM is back with Dave Schilling, author of Horror’s New Wave: 15 Years of Blumhouse, to help Matt and Vince kick off season three with episode one, “Out of Town.” The Sterling Cooper offices are experiencing a British Invas…

Send us a text What you'll hear: Woo corner is coming out in the next couple of days, hop on into the sandbox! This will also be the best place to learn about when The Audacity Project opens to the public next week. Request #1: "Guilt about landing a contract and not enjoying/liking it" -Anya 2:45 Why I think not liking an opportunity is pretty exc…

Send us a text What you'll hear: Why I chose to reclaim the word "Audacity" The Instagram post I am referencing at 0:55 is here: https://www.instagram.com/p/DN0lgTY2uCc/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== My friend Luke Haynes, follow him cause he's awesome. 1:44 Being surrounded by legendary talent was actually pretty useful in bein…

MAD YOURSELF A MAN IS COMING BACK NEXT WEEK! A week from today it will be out on Patreon and will released on the free feed a week after that. So get all your episodes one week early by joining the patreon NOW! ------- We are serving cunt on the Frotcast and we cannot. Even. Stop! This week we serve up our listeners a cunt named Brian Abrams, a guy…

Send us a text This episode is by request from Nicole who asked "Can you do an episode about the seriousness of art? I can't help feeling like a lot of art is pretentious." What you'll hear: Little updates from my own life The Audacity Project, Cycle 29 is enrolling very soon! You can hop on the waitlist here: https://www.rachelstricklandcreative.c…

Send us a text What you'll hear: Some updates from me on wheelchair recovery, floods in my living room, and why I still think my life is an embarrassment of riches 1:00 Salty content warning 4:00 A previous episode for further listening- Episode 30: The Trap of the Independent Woman Why hyper-independence isn't gendered, although it is experienced …

Send us a text Supporting materials: This is a companion episode to Episode 145- One month as a wheelchair user- what I learned The insights shared here were generously given to me by Erin Ball of Inter Complementary Journeys- you can follow Erin and Maxime here Episode 33: Is it imposter syndrome, or is it misogyny? (or racism, or transphobia, or …

Send us a text What you'll hear: Episode 141: Blame the Snake this is how I ended up in a wheelchair for a month First thing I learned: everything you do will take 2-4x longer than you're used to 2:30 How to request an SSR (special service request) at the airport 4:15 My dear friend Alec Stoddard sent me this useful reading of the Air Carrier Acces…

This week on the frotcast, Matt and Brendan are replaced with David J Roth and Jeb Lund, talking about Epstein's special relationship with Trump and the sequel to Happy Gilmore. Listen to the full episode by joining the Patreon. Our Sponsors: * Check out Uncommon Goods: https://uncommongoods.com/podyourself Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.…

Send us a text What you'll hear: No idea what the snake bite story is? You can hear it here: Episode 141: Blame the Snake What this episode is really about...when you invest a community with yourself, magic happens. 4:45 One of your greatest superpowers is your attention and where you place it 7:00 How receiving attention relates to havingness leve…

Send us a text This episode is by request from my friend Fallon, who asks, "How do you find the balance between the art consuming you and the other important things/people in your life? Do you let it overtake you for the month(s) before, and then have a break after? Are you able to find breaks in between? If so, how??" What you'll hear: shitty soun…

Send us a text What you'll hear: My girl Cris asked me to talk about this post on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DDehqMypsT_/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link Mindless media consumption is "nothing box" and is by nature, easy passive pleasure 4:00 Both this and addictive behaviors are driven by dopamine 5:42 We tend to judge ourselves for the…

This week we welcome comedienne Jessica Sele to the show to discuss bidet usage. But first, we kick things off talking about steamy hot cat sex. We bring up dogs briefly as well, but let’s face it, we know what our audience wants to hear about. Speaking of which, we all watched Trainwreck: Poop Cruise which kinda felt like it was made for us but un…

Send us a text This episode is all about me. What you'll hear: I was bitten by a copperhead snake on the 4th of July, so here's the story of how that happened, and what transpired afterwards. Why they wait a certain time before they'll administer antivenom after a venomous snake bite 7:50 The coolest solution to peeing in bed ever 12:00 Just in tim…

Send us a text Today's episode is by request from my friend Vix, who asks: "As someone who has been creating their own one-woman show, how do you show your work-in-progress if you’ve only got one act or partial act? I’m specifically referring to residencies that ask for works to be shown as part of their program (ex. “one night performance open to …

This week we had journalist Dave Weigel on the frotcast to talk about Zohran Mamdani winning the democratic nomination for mayor of New York City. You can listen to the full episode by subscribing to the Patreon. Our Sponsors: * Check out Uncommon Goods: https://uncommongoods.com/podyourself Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Priva…

Send us a text What you'll hear: The Monstrous Feminine lives! Congratulations to Georgia Schrubbe and the cast of fantastic dancers (and myself) for a triumphant evening Annabel Woodman Photography: see a couple stills from the show here Me waxing on about how incredible it was to perform this show 3:30 Charleston Artist Salon: Sunday July 6th, 5-…

Meditations on a Finale As is customary for the last episode of a season, we brought in the closer and honorary Pod Yourself a Third Chair. From Defector, The Distraction, and It’s Christmastown podcasts, David J. Roth joins Matt and Vince for the Mad Men season two finale, “Meditations in an Emergency.” We know they’re not going to get blown up by…

Send us a text Thanks for all the responses to my birthday ask for what you want to learn/see from me! Here are some that I got through Instagram that I wanted to respond to. What you'll hear: The Yellow Wallpaper and Other Stories is going live on stage this Friday! Doors at 7:30, show at 8pm. "How do I not get hot with all this hair?" 2:45 Why I …

The Mounting Kings Matt & Vince are joined by comedian, co-host of the Oh Hell Yeah podcast, handsome devil, and producer of this podcast, Brent Flyberg. Listen as we discuss Mad Men season two episode twelve, “The Mountain King” Fellas, is your nag wife always hounding you about your philanderous lifestyle? Have you tried bailing to Long Beach and…

Send us a text Thanks to Vanessa for requesting part II! What you'll hear: The Yellow Wallpaper and Other Stories is live on stage June 20th in downtown Charleston! You can get tickets here and please do: https://www.eventcreate.com/e/yellowwallpaper Episode 12: Cringey stories from yesteryear part I can be found here A story about being asked to s…

Chile Relleno in Palm Springs and Tony Curtis in the Bathroom Pack your bags. For this week’s episode of the pod we’re going to California with the Senior Culture Editor at GQ and co-author of Quantum Criminals: Ramblers, Wild Gamblers, and Other Sole Survivors from the Songs of Steely Dan. Alex Pappademas joins Matt & Vince to talk about Mad Men s…

Send us a text What you'll hear: I reference Episode 133: How to be pissed off- a podcast about being angry 1:00 Kasia Urbaniak's Unbound: A Woman's Guide to Power 2:00 "We cannot afford to forget the love that lives inside of rage." When you get tired, stop fighting against- fight FOR 3:00 Why low-work June (and December) isn't super optional for …

Betty’s Dad is Strokin’ and Gropin’ Say wazzzzzup to this week’s guest. Joining Matt & Vince is the funniest female comedian in the world, Alison Stevenson, to discuss Mad Men season two episode 10, “The Inheritance.” You likely remember the Budweiser ad that inspired millions to ask “what’s up?” in a merged, while drawn-out, fashion, but do you re…

Send us a text What you'll hear: This episode is in response to a question I got from my internet friend and patron Bethaney, who asks: How did you meet your husband and do you feel that your relationship has affected your art? In what ways do you feel a spouse/partner can influence our ability to create? And does a difficult partnership affect us …

The One Where Freddie “Faints” We know you’re drinking because your daughter has had a string of bad beaus, but we have a good man on this week’s episode, writer of Spaceman and the Hollyweird newsletter, Colby Day, joins Matt and Vince to talk about Mad Men season two episode nine, “Six Month Leave." According to Wikipedia, this is the episode in …

Send us a text What you'll hear: Alllll about how Creatrix 2.0 went 1st piece of advice: get a great house. The biggest changes I made from Creatrix 1.0 to Creatrix 2.0 2:00 2nd piece of advice: How to handle the financial risk and being ok if it didn't sell 4:30 3rd piece of advice: HAVE EXCELLENT SUPPORT! 5:50 Episode 82: Creating Creatrix and th…

This week we are pausing the Mad Men talk and rewinding to back when this was a Sopranos podcast. We have a special episode all about the life of actor James Gandolfini, where we talk to Jason Bailey who just released an amazing biography called Gandolfini: Jim, Tony, and the Life of a Legend. It's a joy of an episode. A true throwback. And we will…

Send us a text The episode that no one asked for but I recorded anyway. What you'll hear: If you want to be on the waitlist for the fall cycle of The Audacity Project, you can do that here! Exact dates TBD. 1:30 Anger is an expensive emotion, but no we can't just not experience it. 3:45 The NPR article I reference is here: https://www.npr.org/secti…

Don’s Trip Around the World and Out the Door Don’t come home. We don’t care what you do, as long as you listen to the latest MYAM with returning guest Bobby Bigwheel joining Matt and Vince to talk about Mad Men season two episode eight “A Night to Remember.” Don’s officially in the dog house. All his slutting around finally catches up to him when B…