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The Corner BlitzThe Corner BlitzHe's Gonna Lead Us — Brookhaven High track and head football coach Darien Dorsey, with Panthers Jaden Allen, Philip Tobias, Jeremy Bibbs, Fabian Washington and Coderro McDaniel, live at the Fit Life Sports Plex in McCombOn this week's Corner Blitz, we talk to a man ascending — Ole Brook's championship track/field coach Darien Dorsey, who was recently named the head coach of Panther football. On the show with their coach is a handful of Brookhaven student-athletes who take orders from Dorsey in both sports: Jaden Allen (SO), Philip Tobias (SO), Jeremy Bibbs  (JR), Fabian Washington (JR) and Coderro McDaniel (SO). Bradley Creels returns from high in the sky, and he, Benji Embry and Adam Northam also talk about late-season high school coaching changes, recouping NIL money from dudes who never play a snap and Bret...2025-04-241h 34Commanders Report by Chat SportsCommanders Report by Chat SportsMel Kiper Jr.’s FINAL Commanders Mock Draft | Washington Takes POLARIZING Edge Rusher In Round 1Washington Commanders draft rumors coverage continues on here at the Commanders Report where today, host and Chat Sports NFL Draft Analyst Jack Sperry reacts to ESPN NFL Draft Analyst Mel Kiper Jr.’s final NFL mock draft of the draft season, where he projects the picks for the Washington Commanders in the first 2 rounds of the 2025 NFL Draft. On Mel’s final mock, he has Commanders GM Adam Peters and Head Coach Dan Quinn selecting edge rusher Shemar Stewart in Round 1, followed by cornerback Darien Porter in Round 2. Jack reacts to the picks and shares his full,in-depth scouting repo...2025-04-1017 minWatch Your Love BloomWatch Your Love Bloom9) We Ran a Half-Marathon in DC!On September 15th, we ran 13.1 miles through the streets of Washington, D.C.!  “Why on earth would anybody do that?” you may ask.  Well, we did it for several reasons: 1) because the memories; 2) because we can; 3) because why not?  In this episode, we actually changed things up a little.  We started with vlog-style footage of a date night.  We answered some questions from “We’re Not Really Strangers” while driving to our new favorite pizza spot.  You’ll see that we thoroughly enjoyed some impeccable pizza, then transitioned into the main episode about our half-marathon experience.     Question of the...2024-09-2437 min\'Y esto no es todo\''Y esto no es todo'Panamá, EE. UU. y el Tapón del Darién. Kamala Harris como candidata. Lamine Yamal en EspañaHablamos en Ciudad de Panamá con Caitlyn Yates de la Universidad de British Columbia, en Washington con el corresponsal de "Reforma" de México, José Díaz Briseño, y en Barcelona con Santiago Giménez, delegado del diario "As"2024-07-1118 min\'Y esto no es todo\''Y esto no es todo'Biden y Netanyahu. El Tapón del Darién. Un histórico trasplante del riñón en BostonHablamos en Washington con la analista Dori Toribio; en la misma ciudad con el subdirector para las Américas de Human Rights Watch, Juan Pappier, y en Cali con el nefrólogo Jaime Manuel Restrepo de la Fundación Valle del Lili2024-04-0515 minEn Este País RadioEn Este País RadioLaura Dib - Directora del Programa para Venezuela de la Oficina de Washington para Asuntos Latinoamericanos (WOLA)Tenemos una conversación con Laura Dib (@lauradib), directora del programa para Venezuela de la Oficina de Washington para Asuntos Latinoamericanos (WOLA). Nos habla sobre el paso de venezolanos por el Darién y la situación de derechos humanos de los migrantes que se dirigen a Estados Unidos. 2024-02-1313 minHuevos Revueltos con PolíticaHuevos Revueltos con PolíticaHuevos Revueltos: el control del Clan del Golfo en el DariénEl Clan del Golfo no solo está librando una cruenta guerra contra el ELN en Chocó, que obligó a que esa guerrilla esta semana decretara un paro armado. También, esa banda criminal es casi que la autoridad migratoria en el Urabá antioqueño y chocoano, para el paso de medio millón de migrantes de Suramérica, Asia y África por la temida selva del Darién. En un informe que presenta Human Rights Watch queda detallada la crisis humanitaria, los pocos alivios que entregan los gobiernos y la forma en que el Clan controla la zona. En el episodio d...2023-11-0909 minLa Silla: On The RecordLa Silla: On The RecordHuevos Revueltos: el control del Clan del Golfo en el DariénEl Clan del Golfo no solo está librando una cruenta guerra contra el ELN en Chocó, que obligó a que esa guerrilla esta semana decretara un paro armado. También, esa banda criminal es casi que la autoridad migratoria en el Urabá antioqueño y chocoano, para el paso de medio millón de migrantes de Suramérica, Asia y África por la temida selva del Darién. En un informe que presenta Human Rights Watch queda detallada la crisis humanitaria, los pocos alivios que entregan los gobiernos y la forma en que el Clan controla la zona. En el episodio d...2023-11-0909 minThe DailyThe DailyCrossing the Darién GapWith mountains, intense mud, fast-running rivers and thick rainforest, the Darién Gap, a stretch of land between South and Central America, is among the most forbidding terrains in the world.Over the past few years, however, the number of attempted crossings has skyrocketed. From 2010 to 2020, an average of 11,000 migrants made the journey each year. In 2022, almost 250,000 made the trip.What is pushing them to risk crossing the Darién Gap, and what happens along the way?Guest: Julie Turkewitz, the Andes bureau chief for The New York Times.Background reading: T...2023-01-2038 minThe Player Development PodThe Player Development PodRelationships Matter - Tony Washington Jr.Season 2 of The Player Development Pod continues to highlight those doing the work in this space. This week we are honored to have Tony Washington Jr join the show. DISCLAIMER: At the time of this recording Tony was the Director of Player Development for Oregon. He has since accepted an on the field role as a Defensive Assistant. Even though he has made the transition, this episode is dripping with greatness. Tony is another professional making an impact at his alma mater where he was a football student-athlete. (The other two we interviewed were Darien...2022-10-0447 minFood For Worms PodcastFood For Worms PodcastEpisode 73 | The Biracial Kiss of Bill ShatnerHi.  So we are going on break for the remainder of August! Exciting! And maybe a little sad. But we’re due for a breather and we’ve gotta take some time to recalibrate. We’ll be back in September with the new hotness, a slew of updates and new additions to the madness.   With all that said, this week Sam and Darien talk about the recent loss of the legendary Nichelle Nichols, Star Trek, its message of hope, and platforms taking the time to address the shittiness of their predecessors.  We’re staving off  the crushing weight of re...2022-08-0953 minFood For Worms PodcastFood For Worms PodcastEpisode 72 | Werewolf HoroscopeWe’re back on our bullshit at the Food for Worms Podcast and this week we’ve dragged our favorite Norine down into the pits with us.  This week we discuss Darien getting checked for mansplaining, and dive into our astrological signs.  Do we think ours align? Our experiences with the interpretations of the stars in our lives, and if the reputable spaces we’ve held dear are really up to snuff.  Welcome back to the party. Submit Anonymous Topic & Questions: https://bit.ly/FFWGRABBAG This episode of the Food For Worms Podcast is sponsored by Better...2022-08-021h 13Food For Worms PodcastFood For Worms PodcastEpisode 71 | Butts ToughThis week we discuss at varying lengths, eating ass and the hold it has on the sexual zeitgeist of the world right now, the Skittles food coloring not being fit for human consumption in parts of Europe, but not in the US, BMW’s luxury microtransactions and the film: Thor: Love and Thunder. We're back, baybeeeeee. Submit Anonymous Topic & Questions: https://bit.ly/FFWGRABBAG This episode of the Food For Worms Podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp. Use our referral link and get 10% off your first month of BetterHelp at: https://betterhelp.com/foodforworms  #Spo...2022-07-261h 06Food For Worms PodcastFood For Worms PodcastEpisode 70 | Bing, Bong, Robert Redford, Drake & JoshThis week we talk about our worst skateboard wipeouts, prison films, Robert Redford, Drake, his step brother, Josh, and what it means for us to hold a grudge. The journey’s we go through to letting them go, and how we may or may not forgive.   Fun times in Babylon. It’s Tuesday. Consider helping our homie Catie Hoeschen while she fights Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma (ACC). Donate here:  https://gofund.me/ffa9c098 Submit Anonymous Topic & Questions: https://bit.ly/FFWGRABBAG This episode of the Food For Worms Podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp. Use our referral link and get 10% off your fi...2022-07-191h 18Food For Worms PodcastFood For Worms PodcastEpisode 69 | Global Coworkers with Cassandra PageOn the pod this week is the homie Cassandra Page (@eldbitch_horror).  We discuss the phenomena of “global coworkers” in the touring world. The absolute wonders of why and how ETID is one of the best bands on the planet, and Cassandra shares her experience and entry point into the world of sex work. Lessons learned. Misconceptions debunked.  It’s Tuesday. Pitter Patter. Submit Anonymous Topic & Questions: https://bit.ly/FFWGRABBAG This episode of the Food For Worms Podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp. Use our referral link and get 10% off your first month of BetterHelp at: http...2022-07-121h 20Food For Worms PodcastFood For Worms PodcastEpisode 68.5 | Sum of Its PartiesThe first rule of Fight Club is to: HAVE FUN AND BE YOURSELF!  We’re back!  This week we have a surprisingly long conversation about Adam Sandler, and offer some recommendations on the shows we are watching right now.  And we have a mini follow up on our conversation about Clout, and how at some point the partying got out of hand, but it wasn’t all bad.  And that’s important to remember.  This three day weekend doesn’t count. Submit Anonymous Topic & Questions: https://bit.ly/FFWGRABBAG This episode of the Food For Worms Podcast...2022-07-051h 06Food For Worms PodcastFood For Worms PodcastEpisode 68 | Pop Punk Polka with Tane GravesIt’s a nebulous topic, and it takes on many forms for innumerable reasons, but this week we are talking about “clout”. It’s a wide-ranging conversation about the power of popularity.  The ways it’s earned, the ways it can be abused, and how mindfulness of your words and actions when those power dynamics are in play is always the bees actual knees. This week, we are joined by musician and friend, Tane Graves (@tanegraves) of the band Tight Wire (@tightwirempls). They joined us to discuss the aforementioned topic, Transformers, Beast Wars, state of the art Taco Bells...2022-06-211h 28Food For Worms PodcastFood For Worms PodcastEpisode 67 | The Art Before The Storm with Tyler BorreschWe live and die for the bit here at the Food for Worms Podcast. Live and die.  It’s just the best. Today we wax poetic with our old friend Tyler Borresch (@shamecame). Burlesque dancer, filmmaker, actor and performance artist, who is not for the faint of heart. Tyler shares the methods of his creativity, his work in front of and behind the camera. As well as his apparent relationship with faith, that may or may not also be a bit. We’ll see.  Be excellent to each other.  It’s Tuesday. Submit Anonymous Topic & Questions...2022-06-141h 04Food For Worms PodcastFood For Worms PodcastEpisode 66 | Couching Sam, Hidden FriendshipIt’s story time on the pod this week!  Sometimes someone takes a chance on you because of the hat you’re wearing. Sometimes you're publicly shamed over the airport wide intercom. Lessons were learned, egos were destroyed, friendships were made over manual labor.  Charge your cell phones and call your wife, we back! Submit Anonymous Topic & Questions: https://bit.ly/FFWGRABBAG This episode of the Food For Worms Podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp. Use our referral link and get 10% off your first month of BetterHelp at: https://betterhelp.com/foodforworms  #Sponsored Find...2022-06-0759 minFood For Worms PodcastFood For Worms PodcastEpisode 65 | Cartoon Fever Dreams with Brookie BAnd we are back!  Hello!  It’s your boys!  We had some traveling and much needed breathing to do! But we couldn’t (and wouldn’t) stay away long. This week we are joined by the lovely Brookie B for a much needed check in.  What’s it like having a new kid in the house, mourning the loss of a pet, fever dreams cartoons, and reimagining darker versions of the mourning cartoons from our youth.  Swiper, yes, swiping. Submit Anonymous Topic & Questions: https://bit.ly/FFWGRABBAG This episode of the Food For Worms Podcast is sponsored...2022-05-3159 minFood For Worms PodcastFood For Worms PodcastSee you next week on Tuesday, May 31Had to travel! Will be back soon! Love you in every universe.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/food-for-worms-podcast/messageSupport this podcast: https://anchor.fm/food-for-worms-podcast/support2022-05-2401 minFood For Worms PodcastFood For Worms PodcastEpisode 64 | Falling with Style with Enkrypt Los AngelesThis week we are joined by Enkrypt Los Angeles, a photographer, film director, creative and homie based out of that very city to talk about growth.  The pains, the gains and the constant reevaluation and “figuring it out as you go” of it all.  Enkrypt shares with us her story, how and why she takes pride in her work, and how taking a chance on yourself is only the beginning to becoming a better you.    You can find Enkrypt at the links below: Official Website: https://enkryptlosangeles.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/enkrypt...2022-05-171h 39Food For Worms PodcastFood For Worms PodcastEpisode 63 | America’s First Vampire PresidentHello intrepid heroes and welcome back for another round of the Food for Worms Podcast.  This week is a short one! Darien and Sam discuss their preferred vampire age transition and the vast array of oddities, moral quandaries and likely social dynamics they expect to come into play when one becomes a creature of the night.  From there, your boy Darien got some weird news… Listen in and you’ll be in the know. Take care! Submit Anonymous Topic & Questions: https://bit.ly/FFWGRABBAG This episode of the Food For Worms Podcas...2022-05-1046 minFood For Worms PodcastFood For Worms PodcastEpisode 62 | Stress Connection and the Costume Collection with NorineG’morning sweet lovers! It’s yer good time boys over at the FFW, back up in that ass.  …that went a few places, and for that, we don’t apologize. But we promise to chill out moving forward. This week! We are back with the home girl, and designated shooter, Norine of the MNtersectional podcast  to talk about STRESS.  How it manifests, and how we manage it in our own ways.  We also get into stories of letting go of, and coming back to hobbies.  We are humbled.  We are trying. It’s good to be back. Missed you...2022-05-031h 05Food For Worms PodcastFood For Worms PodcastFFW SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE, be back Tuesday, May 3rdSup folks, we are taking this week off. We will be back at on Tuesday, May 3rd every where you can find us. Have a good week.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/food-for-worms-podcast/messageSupport this podcast: https://anchor.fm/food-for-worms-podcast/support2022-04-2501 minFood For Worms PodcastFood For Worms PodcastEpisode 61 | Bad News Bares TeethFirst and foremost! Rest in Peace, Jack.  You were a perfect asshole. You were our perfect asshole.  And you will be missed, little buddy.  This week on the Food For Worms Podcast, we talk about the recent passing of Sam’s cat, Jack.  We talk about dealing with the grief that follows from a sudden loss, and learning how to navigate grief in its many forms, and how to fall into and out of grief, better.  Have a good day Submit Anonymous Topic & Questions: https://bit.ly/FFWGRABBAG This episode of the Food For Worms Podcast...2022-04-191h 03Food For Worms PodcastFood For Worms PodcastEpisode 60 | Black to the Future with AmirSaysNothingThis week we are joined by hip-hop artist, good homie and the Protagonist, @AmirSaysNothing.  He joins us on a verbal journey pondering the questions: has Stevie Wonder run a fade on someone? What would an all black Back to the Future look like? And how do you grow past who you are and not stay Version 1.0 of yourself?  We rally, and have a lengthy and beautiful conversation on gallows humor. Using it to cope. Using it to deflect. And our journeys on learning which is which.  Welcome back. Listen to AmirSaysNothing Here: Spotify: https://spoti.fi...2022-04-121h 55Food For Worms PodcastFood For Worms PodcastEpisode 59 | Past Life CourtHi! We are back! Fancier than ever.  This week Darien & Sam chat about the virtues and collective shenanigans of owning and operating a suit. Look at you! You’re gorgeous. Then Darien walks to the fine line of being a hater. Have a solid day. Submit Anonymous Topic & Questions: https://bit.ly/FFWGRABBAG This episode of the Food For Worms Podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp. Use our referral link and get 10% off your first month of BetterHelp at: https://betterhelp.com/foodforworms  #Sponsored Find us on Apple, Spotify, Google Podcasts and ever...2022-04-0559 minFood For Worms PodcastFood For Worms PodcastEpisode 58 | The Food Pyramid SchemeWe sure are glad our moms probably don’t listen to the pod cause we are set trippin for Christ on the Food For Worms Podcast. This week yer’boys have another lengthy discussion about their relationships with food, and share dishes that we need a privacy curtain for.  And then top it all off with a discussion on unlearning the brutality from the phrase “brutally honesty”, and why it pays to be mindful and finding ways to be thoughtful in telling the truth to those that need to hear it. Submit Anonymous Topic & Questions: https://bit.ly/FFWGRABBAG This episode o...2022-03-291h 02Food For Worms PodcastFood For Worms PodcastEpisode 57 | F@$% Around and Find Out with @ClintSchaffOn the Food for Worms Podcast, we can fly, we can fight, and we can crow.  Welcome back!  This week we are joined by friend, father and good, good human, Clint Schaff.  You can find Clint on the weekly radio show he DJs and hosts, Hip Hop Hello, on both KOBV 103.3 Bentonville Community Radio and KUAF 91.3 Public Radio (NPR affiliate for Northwest Arkansas), and his Content & Experience endeavor, FIXIN. Our main topic is on the legendary Wu-Tang Clan, but before that we have a discussion with Clint about where his drive comes from and how thoughtfully fucking aro...2022-03-221h 23Lady Blerds Sing The BluesLady Blerds Sing The BluesWhat is a Grinder? feat. Food for WormsWe got ourselves a full house! Tagging in beloved brothers from the midwest, Darien Washington @legendarien and Sam Sarver @noshirts_noshoes_ join us as the dynamic duo "Food for Worms", a conversational podcast that can go from existential dread and finding the silver linings of a world of uncertainty. Would you hack your body for pleasure? Who is your number one pick for Mario Party and does that make or break your play? Big Move Monday goes to Schaffer the Dark Lord and Lex the Lexicon Artist. Go support them as they travel spreading quirky sexual tension and justice through...2022-03-191h 30Food For Worms PodcastFood For Worms PodcastEpisode 56 | The Great American ChokeholdThis week Darien & Sam discuss the new Batman movie, social contracts, violating those social contracts and gearing up for change when you can see the rug getting ready to be pulled from beneath you. Welcome back, we missed you. Submit Anonymous Topic & Questions: https://bit.ly/FFWGRABBAG This episode of the Food For Worms Podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp. Use our referral link and get 10% off your first month of BetterHelp at: https://betterhelp.com/foodforworms  #Sponsored Find us on Apple, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Stitcher or wherever you get your podcasts.2022-03-1557 minFood For Worms PodcastFood For Worms PodcastBRB, March 15, 2022We'll see you Tuesday, March 15th, 2022. Sorry for the goat sounds! (but not really) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/food-for-worms-podcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/food-for-worms-podcast/support2022-03-0701 minFood For Worms PodcastFood For Worms PodcastEpisode 55 | Other From Another Other with Sometimes VHey everyone! Welcome back to the Food For Worms Podcast! This week we sit with friend, and West Coast musical maven, Sometimes V (@sometimes__v) from the #DontCastnDrive & #LadyBlerdsSingsTheBlues Podcasts. We talk about Lady Blerds and her journey in podcasting, Stranger Things, The Fab Five and nerd out quite handily. From there we top it off with a light and to-be-continued discussion on identity, and our individual journeys of becoming who we are, while growing up in some spaces where we felt othered while already being and living as, other. You can find Sometimes V and her...2022-03-011h 23Honorable Mention: A (Philly) Sports PodcastHonorable Mention: A (Philly) Sports PodcastSeason IV: Episode V - "Sixers in 1" [ Darien May | Sixers in 6 ]D May from "Sixers in 6" stopped by talk about James Harden's debut with the Sixers, whether Carson Wentz goes to Washington or Pittsburgh, and who the biggest threat in the NBA Western Conference is. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/honorablemention/support2022-02-2759 minFood For Worms PodcastFood For Worms PodcastEpisode 54 | Cheap Thrills 666 with Chad GrossWelcome back for episode 54 of the Food for Worms Podcast.  ***sludgy bass riff*** This week we are joined by musician, friend and tundra rock national treasure, Chad Gross.  We talk about the scene of the past, the now closed venues we came up in. We talk about  growing up, growing out and moving on and watching the new kids do their thing, Chad shares with us his his music in the band Bongreaper, his Mr. Chainsaw’s “Shetty Reviews” on Youtube and getting into therapy.    You can catch Chad in the links below, and you can see Bongreaper at FCP Fest 202...2022-02-221h 23Food For Worms PodcastFood For Worms PodcastEpisode 53 | Partying is Such Sweet Sorrow with Luke PlowmanG’morning party people.  This week we rewind to a time of gravity bongs and Pauly Shore summers with our dear friend and Glass & Metal artist, Luke Plowman of Lucky Luke Art. Once we get done waxing poetic we talk about how we manage burn out, how we jumpstart our creative process and how/when we listen to our bodies as we get ever closer to kicking the proverbial bucket. You can find Luke and his work here: https://instagram.com/luckylukeart Submit Anonymous Topic & Questions: https://bit.ly/FFWGRABBAG This episode of the Food For Worms Podcast is sponsored by...2022-02-151h 11Food For Worms PodcastFood For Worms PodcastEpisode 52 | Temptation IslandWe're back on the beach on this riveting episode of “Isla de la Tentación: Edición del podcast Food for Wors”. Join your hosts Darien & Sam as they journey through a whirlwind and relatively insightful conversation about reality television and the fine and gigantic lines between them.  We do a deep dive on early-2000’s shows like Room Raiders, Viva la Bam and Pimp My Ride as well. Submit Anonymous Topic & Questions: https://bit.ly/FFWGRABBAG This episode of the Food For Worms Podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp. Use our referral link and get 10% off your...2022-02-081h 00Food For Worms PodcastFood For Worms PodcastEpisode 51 | One Year Anniversary - We Were Promised At Least ParachutesWas it worth it? We’re here to say that, yes, yes it was.  On this, the One Year Anniversary of the Food For Worms Podcast! Guests from episodes past join us for some micro sessions to check in and indulge into some anecdotal debauchery.  We’re listening to our boundaries, spreading rumors about Darien’s coffee preferences, writing scripts for post Edwardian-era monster dramas, and waiting for the cold sweaty hands of capitalism to enfold us.  WE ASK AGAIN, WAS IT WORTH IT? …yes, yes it was. Thank you. All you listeners, friends, sexy & supportive...2022-02-011h 42Food For Worms PodcastFood For Worms PodcastEpisode 50 | Moshpit Bonds of Violence and the Cornbread DilemmaSam is back! This week on Food For Worms, the boys talk about the late Bob Saget, James Avery and the Every Time I Die break up. From there the boys share stories from the mosh pits of yore and the emotional whiplash of the recently announced “When We Were Young Festival”. We catch up and dust off some GRAB BAG questions and talk about their impending one year anniversary.  Have. A. Good. Day. Submit Anonymous Topic & Questions: https://bit.ly/FFWGRABBAG This episode of the Food For Worms Podcast is sponsored by Bette...2022-01-251h 15Food For Worms PodcastFood For Worms PodcastEpisode 49 | You Know What I Hate About Your Podcast? with Nikki Jean & Sean DaleyWelcome back to Food For Worms, a podcast that believes that Live, Laugh, Love is solid advice, for anybody. On this week’s pod we welcome back Sean Daley (Slug of Atmosphere), who is filling in for Sam.  We sat with our friend, colleague and fellow musician Nikki Jean to talk nachos, cats, narrowly avoiding running out of gas, running out of gas and we all made audio living wills, which are all legally dubious at best.  For the main course we have a conversation about risk, and being true to yourself.  Have a solid Tuesday! Sub...2022-01-181h 41Food For Worms PodcastFood For Worms PodcastEpisode 48 | Testosteroni & Cheese with NorineHail and well met true believers!  On this week’s episode of Food For Worms, Darien is joined by friend of the show, cooler than cool, ice-cold-co-host, Norine from the MNtersectional Podcast. Sam’s out on account of his son being born and we geek about that for a few minutes. This time ‘round, we unpack the follys and hard earned growth from our own experiences dating throughout our 20’s and into into our 30’s. Big fuckboi energy at some point. But do you feel that?  *mouths* That’s growth. Have a good day. Find Norine at the...2022-01-111h 29Food For Worms PodcastFood For Worms PodcastEpisode 47 | Good Vibes Onlyfans and the Happy New YearHot and bothered at the new and shiny Anchor.fm, Samuel & Darien ring in the New Year chatting about resolutions past, resolutions present, starting a podcast Only Fans, K-Pop album reviews and get into the main topic, Optimism. How we may, or may not maintain it while the world around us persists in beautiful and often nightmarish ways. This must be it, welcome to the new year.  Love you. Submit Anonymous Topic & Questions: https://bit.ly/FFWGRABBAG This episode of the Food For Worms Podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp. Use our referral link a...2022-01-041h 16Food For Worms PodcastFood For Worms PodcastTesting, 1, 2, 3, Testing....Doing a quick test with this new platform.  Hear Darien's sultry voice and some tunes if you're feeling squirrelly.  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/food-for-worms-podcast/message2021-12-2801 minFood For Worms PodcastFood For Worms PodcastEpisode 46 | “A Merry Friggin‘ Christmas with Alex Azure”***Warning*** We get a little candid about the holidays and the existence of their respective avatars on this episode of the Food For Worms Podcast. It’s all in fun and we don’t dwell on it long, but we don’t want to burst anyone's emotional bubbles. So do yourself a favor and put on some headphones.  This is a written warning, and there is a verbal one at the start of the episode.  Alex Azure returns to the pod with Darien & Sam to reflect on traditions, memories, movies and share candid thoughts on the holidays. Honda-Da...2021-12-2159 minTalking TaiwanTalking TaiwanTaiwan Hosts WorldPride 2025: Our Conversation with Darien Chen and Amazin LeThiA note from Talking Taiwan host Felicia Lin:   In November it was officially announced that Taiwan had been chosen to host WorldPride 2025. The Kaohsiung Pride Team won the bid over Washington D.C. to host World Pride Day. My guest on this episode is Darien Chen, the founder of WorldPride Taiwan 2025.   WorldPride 2025 will be first time that a WorldPride will be held in East Asia and this is exciting news indeed! In fact, Amazin LeThi, a global LGBTQIA+ advocate and one of the first Asian ambassadors for WorldPride at Copenhagen 2021 reached out...2021-12-201h 01Food For Worms PodcastFood For Worms PodcastEpisode 45 | ”Jazz Hands with Ben Hering”We’re like Arby’s, but instead of meat sculptures of Kenan & Kel, we got art. …we’ve got the art. Sorry.   This week we are hanging with Ben Hering, painter, our jazz band friend, and trumpeteer to talk about music, sobriety and shifting how we can to tap into our creativity through vulnerability rather than party-time-fun-juice, all the time.  Ben shares with us his journey and practice into painting, and talks about his newest project “Give-to-Own”, which marries monthly charitable contributions with the concept of rent-to-own.  You give to a non-profit. He’ll give you art. Happy Tuessssday.    Fin...2021-12-141h 12Food For Worms PodcastFood For Worms PodcastEpisode 44 | ”Death Walker Texas Ranger with Lacey Hunt”Lacey Hunt, dear friend, cat mom, very real witch and future Death Walker joins Darien & Sam for a light hearted conversation about her new path into the very real, and apparently lowkey field of becoming a Death Doula (Lacey and FFW advocate for and prefer ‘Death Walker’). We laugh, we don’t manage to cry, but we laugh hard enough that we almost do.  We unpack the last year, slowing down, knowing your worth,and realize slash demand that a fund should be started for folks to have their charred and dusty remains launched into space.  Thank you, Lacey, for bein...2021-12-071h 17Food For Worms PodcastFood For Worms PodcastEpisode 43 | ”Shank You Very Much with Kelsey Gonzales”Are you there God?  It's your interns, Darien & Sam, and this week we are sitting with friend, colleague, poet and visual artist, Kelsey Gonzales to talk about resilience and where that little voice comes from when we are at our lowest and need to press on.  The IDLES new album, past internships and industry chit-chat are also laid to bare as we giggle our way through it all. Find Kelsey and her artwork HERE.   Submit Anonymous Topic & Questions: https://bit.ly/FFWGRABBAG   This episode of the Food For Worms Podcast is spon...2021-11-301h 06Food For Worms PodcastFood For Worms PodcastEpisode 42 | ”The Wes Andertaker”What do The Undertaker, Wes Anderson and the elderly have in common? Very little! This week Sam & Darien chat about their relationship with their elders. They swap stories on times they’ve spent, and their own hopes once they reach the ripe age of gray hair and advanced arthritis. We also have a winding road of a conversation about The Undertaker, Wes Anderson and his films     Welcome back and have a good day.    Submit Anonymous Topic & Questions: https://bit.ly/FFWGRABBAG   This episode of the Food For Worms Po...2021-11-2359 minFood For Worms PodcastFood For Worms PodcastEpisode 41 | ”Too Macho For Oxygen with Norine”Gonna start out this by saying that everyone should keep their fucking hands to themselves.   This week we are joined again by our dear Norine, as we all goof, catch up and swap stories about trying to enjoy activities without the shroud of alcohol. And eventually we talk about “risk”. Not the board game.  When we’ve felt at risk the most with the life choices we've made, what we did to prepare if we were able, and what it felt like when we were navigating it.  Sam also gets punked out for a Bubbly soda.   Happy Tue...2021-11-161h 16Food For Worms PodcastFood For Worms PodcastEpisode 40 | ”The Existential Chrysler”Welcome back to the Food For Worms Podcast.  After a Ghostbusters rant and a past Halloween costume appreciation conversation, Darien and Sam (still in the attic); sit and discuss what may be next for them in life.  We talk about where our heads and our hearts are at, and what budding interests may be in our fully nude horizons. Forward, always forward. Get in fellow losers, we’re going crying.   EX, OH.    Submit Anonymous Topic & Questions: https://bit.ly/FFWGRABBAG   This episode of the Food For Worms Podcast is sponsored by BetterHe...2021-11-091h 06Food For Worms PodcastFood For Worms PodcastEpisode 39 | ”Teenage Mutant Ninja Hoarders”Back in the attic! This week Darien & Sam are in the studio… attic space for the first time in what feels like exactly one month, three weeks, 1 day and 17 hours.  Riding the wave off their reunion of chilly, and godchild hangs they begin to unpack their relationship with clutter and the varying ranges of sentimentality they feel.  Mayhaps it will be for selling? Mayhaps we are waiting for a true blue reason to get rid of it? Mayhaps, mayhaps, mayhaps.   Submit Anonymous Topic & Questions: https://bit.ly/FFWGRABBAG   This episode of the Fo...2021-11-0250 minFood For Worms PodcastFood For Worms PodcastEpisode 38 |”These Thighs Are Cryin‘...”It’s almost always leg day at the Food For Form Podcast. This week we touch on our relationships with money, talk about the original “Halloween” film, and recreate a classic song, in a way that might upset some or all of you.  How do you feel about day-old coffee? Is there a wrong answer? Have a good day yo.  Submit Anonymous Topic & Questions: https://bit.ly/FFWGRABBAG   This episode of the Food For Worms Podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp. Use our referral link and get 10% off your first month of BetterHelp at: https://b...2021-10-191h 00Food For Worms PodcastFood For Worms PodcastEpisode 37 | ”No Fawkes Given with Joe Olson” Welcome to the Food For Worms Podcast, the show where everything is made up and the points don't matter. That's right, the points are like most of the Netflix holiday movies. This week, we sit with our good friend Joe Olson to talk about Pope Day and how it may have eventually became Halloween as we know it. Imagine a Downton Abbey quality level British drama series with Dracula and Frankenstein’s monster as characters, cause we sure did.  Have a good day. Submit Anonymous Topic & Questions: https://bit.ly/FFWGRABBAG   This...2021-10-121h 20Food For Worms PodcastFood For Worms PodcastEpisode 36 | ”Big Grief Energy / Top 3 Cover Songs with Alex Azure”  If you want to skip the relatively grimdark part, fast forward thru: 00:11:00 - 00:27:00  This week Alex Azure returns to the pod to discuss one of our mildly darker subjects, GRIEF.  It comes in waves and many shapes and sizes.  It’s not one size fits all, but the shoe will eventually fit, and in our discussion we explore a few layers of grief from our own perspectives. ...and we also talk about neighborhood cats, and a chicken named: “Renegade”.  We do our best to keep it light throughout, but we change the vibe and finish with our To...2021-10-051h 23Food For Worms PodcastFood For Worms PodcastEpisode 35 | ”Levar Burton is Noone‘s Sloppy Seconds with Jeshua Marshall”This week we are joined by Bend, Oregon’s esteemed musician, good human and moon killer, Jeshua Marshall. We’re celebrating his debut solo album, 'SHOOT THE MOON' (out now on all streaming platforms!) and after some technical issues we talk about: Comfort Zones! The things we’ve told ourselves to stay firmly planted in our safety, and getting to the otherside of them. At some point Levar Burton gets brought up… and, sorry.    Find Jeshua Marshall and his music at the links below!   ‘Shoot The Moon’ - OUT NOW! Spotify: http...2021-09-281h 06Food For Worms PodcastFood For Worms PodcastEpisode 34 | ”Quarter Life Infinite Crisis / Top 5 Villains”This week your protagonists at the Food For Worms Podcast discuss how life can come at you fast, and decided to switch it up and do a Top 5  Villains list.  If you listen intently, you’ll hear Darien clearly throwing the assignment to the wind… villain material? Who’s to say? *looks into camera* *winks*.   Submit Anonymous Topic & Questions: https://bit.ly/FFWGRABBAG   This episode of the Food For Worms Podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp. Use our referral link and get 10% off your first month of BetterHelp at: https://betterhelp.com/foodforwor...2021-09-211h 21Food For Worms PodcastFood For Worms PodcastEpisode 33 | ”Fear and Self Loathing at the Cart Corral”Welcome true believers! This week on the Eff Eff Double-You, we talk about the shopping cart test and how far inward our negative self talk and self loathing can go. Maybe it’s imposter syndrome, maybe it’s Maybelline? We’re still having fun here. Have a good day!   Submit Anonymous Topic & Questions: https://bit.ly/FFWGRABBAG   This episode of the Food For Worms Podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp. Use our referral link and get 10% off your first month of BetterHelp at: https://betterhelp.com/foodforworms    #Sponsored Find...2021-09-141h 03Food For Worms PodcastFood For Worms PodcastEpisode 32 | ”What The McRib Wishes It Was”You’re giving us a toothache from how sweet you all are.  This week we check in after Darien’s move to NYC, open up the FFW Grab Bag, and talk about our incredibly personal relationships with the great white devil, sugar.    Submit Anonymous Topics & Questions: https://bit.ly/FFWGRABBAG Find us on Apple, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Stitcher or wherever you get your podcasts.  You'll find us on most socials at: @foodforwormspodcast, @legendarien & @noshirt_noshoes_ Inquiries: foodforwormspodcast@gmail.com2021-09-071h 16Food For Worms PodcastFood For Worms PodcastEpisode 31 | ”Bear Milk”Dearly Beloved,  We are gathered here today for a bit that isn't that funny and goes on way too long. ...Sorry for that. It is Darien's Birthday week and he's living it up in the big city. So, we gave him the week off and we are graced with the presence of our dear, Cody. The boys get into the movies they have been watching lately. War movie marathons. Billy Madison's horny principal. Whoopi Goldberg's lack of eyebrows. Cody and Sam then reminisce and try to remember where and when they first met and the d...2021-08-3159 minFood For Worms PodcastFood For Worms PodcastEpisode 30 | "Minnesota Goodbyes and The George Feeny Fan Club"It is a dark time for the Rebellion. Although the Death Star has been destroyed, Imperial troops have driven the Rebel forces from their hidden base and pursued them across the galax-wait! Shit!  ...on this week’s Food For Worms Podcast, Darien is moving to NYC to finally fulfil his dreams of joining a sewing circle with a bunch of mid-twenty-to-thirty-something hipsters in Brooklyn.  He’s not leaving the pod, just changing his scenery for a bit.  This was recorded in the in-between moments of packing for Darien, so if you listen closely you can hear how tired he is.  Th...2021-08-241h 17Life Was PeachyLife Was PeachyMake Yourself by Incubus with Darien Washington“It’s like Tool but with an acoustic guitar.”In this episode of Life Was Peachy, host Andrew Cahak is joined by Darien Washington (Food For Worms podcast, tour manager) to discuss 1999’s Make Yourself by Incubus. For more info, check out lifewaspeachy.com and @LifeWasPeachy on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook.2021-08-202h 10Life Was PeachyLife Was PeachyMake Yourself by Incubus with Darien Washington“It’s like Tool but with an acoustic guitar.”In this episode of Life Was Peachy, host Andrew Cahak is joined by Darien Washington (Food For Worms podcast, tour manager) to discuss 1999’s Make Yourself by Incubus. For more info, check out lifewaspeachy.com and @LifeWasPeachy on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook.2021-08-202h 10Food For Worms PodcastFood For Worms PodcastEpisode 29 | "Our Common Denominator, Cody Johnson"For this episode we are kicking it with one of our best friends, and living catalyst for many important moments in our lives, Cody.  We’ve mentioned him here and there and now you get to hear all of us… in the same room, together.  We trade stories of the yesteryears and contemplate what it means to stick around for friendships that are sometimes hard.  Is it time spent? Is it knowing who you are willing to hurt for, to a point?  This is one of our funnier and grittier episodes and we are grateful to Cody for coming down fro...2021-08-171h 08Food For Worms PodcastFood For Worms PodcastEpisode 28 | “Goth Prom & Universal Halloween Horror Nights with Sarah Dope”For this week’s offering we get to sit with friend Sarah Dope, a fantastic photographer, Level 20 Arch Goth, Sorcerer, Astro Gaming Celebrity & Artist Relations Manager and Streamer.    She’s worn many hats and is showing no sign of slowing down.  We get into a number of strange topics but eventually Sarah shares parts of her journey from the early MySpace days and touring to where she is now, runnin’ thangs.  We are grateful for her coming through and you can find Sarah Dope at her socials in the links below.   This episode of the Food For Wo...2021-08-101h 07Food For Worms PodcastFood For Worms PodcastEpisode 27 | "What The Cuss? with Peter Fradette"Episode # 27| What The Cuss? W/ Peter Fradette This week Sam & Darien catch up with the hometown hero, Peter Fradette. A central Minnesota staple musician and fellow past bandmate of Sam's playing in such groups as Pick It Up Pete, Whiskey City Tango, Why We Cant Have Nice Things and My Vigilante Superego. The fellas reminisce about playing shows at the hometown punk bar, how their outlook on shows has changed since the pandemic and being able to slow down and spend more time with the kids. Realizing what it takes to be a career musician and understanding...2021-08-031h 20Food For Worms PodcastFood For Worms PodcastEpisode 26 | “A Blood Feud Over Nothing with Jesse Sendejas”This week Sam & Darien sit down with Jesse Sendejas of the luminous Houston Thrashgrass band, Days N Daze, as well as Escape From The Zoo among other many associated acts. Jesse shares with us what he’s been up to during the downtime from the road, the DIY band going from recording in closets and basements to having the opportunity to record in a professional studio and all of us imagining setting up a fake blood feud.   You can quite literally hear Darien gushing throughout trying to withhold his inner-fan while Sam & Jesse regail about past times they’ve share...2021-07-271h 00Down To RollDown To RollBuilds Character- Stanley Tucci feat. Darien WashingtonThis week Ian is joined by his friend Darien Washington from the Food For Worms podcast. He's been involved in the Minneapolis music scene for many years, you've probably seen him if you've been to a show at First Avenue in the last decade and now he's taking his Wisdom and Humor to the podcast format. Check out the Food for Worms Podcast everywhere you get podcasts! Darien's choice to build was Stanley Tucci. Working together we figure out that Stanley would be a Half-Elf Sorcerer of the Divine Soul. This is a great interview...2021-07-2641 minFood For Worms PodcastFood For Worms PodcastEpisode 25 | "Adapt or Die"This week Darien & Sam ask each other some seemingly random and vaguely profound questions.  First Kisses? Hidden, stupid, hobbies? True childhood joy?  What parts of getting older are we excited about? The twists do not justify the turns and some of the foolishness we get into is *makes face*, fun.     The Food For Worms Podcast is back and is hopefully always sponsored by Better Help.   #Sponsored  Use our referral link and get 10% off your first month of Better Help at: https://betterhelp.com/foodforworms  FFW GRAB BAG (Topic Su...2021-07-201h 03Food For Worms PodcastFood For Worms PodcastEpisode 24 | “I’d Like A Tenacious D Hoodie with Sean Daley”Food For Worms is back to our regularly scheduled programming after a much needed week off. For our return we bring you our conversation with friend Sean Daley (Slug), who is one half of Minnesota's own, Atmosphere. We discuss how koala bears are vicious assholes, the best way to get ahold of Bill Murray and you hear Darien & Sam trade a few fan stories. Sean opens up about what he’s been up to while off the road, future touring, a Nic Cage appreciation, and sitting down re-examining some of his songs. Cody, we love you.    It...2021-07-131h 42Food For Worms PodcastFood For Worms PodcastA Food For Worms Podcast Update, for you... *wink*We are taking Tuesday, July 6th off.  See you on Tuesday, July 13th.  Till then, dump some of your thoughts into the FFW GRAB BAG (Topic Submissions & Questions): https://bit.ly/FFWGRABBAG2021-07-0501 minFood For Worms PodcastFood For Worms PodcastEpisode 23 | Sprinkle Some Maxwell House On It with NorineG’morning fellow weirdos!  And we mean that in the kindest way!  This week we kick it with the eternal ray of caffeinated sunshine, Vegan Level 9000 Warlock, Master of Social Work, Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker and co-host of the MNtersectional Podcast, Norine!  We discuss coffee and Darien’s presumed bad taste in coffee, our youth and the times our parents and our family just didn’t get us. The friction, the times when our expression landed on deaf ears, the pieces we let go of, and the few pieces we’re still working on. ...you also get to hear Norine...2021-06-291h 21To Hump A Pillow with Coach Ellen MelonTo Hump A Pillow with Coach Ellen Melon#36. Being raised around women, the fear of STDs, and the erotic nature of Morticia & Gomez Adams - with Darien from Food for Worms PodcastIn this episode, I speak with Darien Washington, co-host of podcast Food for Worms about a lot of different stuff. We touch on his sexual upbringing – early sexual encounters, period sex, and porn usage. We talk about his work in in the music industry, managing a label during a pandemic. We also talk about childhood memories - being out past dark and getting in trouble. He shares with us his personal insights on being a black man in Minnesota, with all this racism and shootings in the background, and some insights around black cultures’ dismissive approach when it co...2021-06-231h 17Food For Worms PodcastFood For Worms PodcastEpisode 22 | "They Have Sax in the Background"We’ve got anxiety! And sometimes it gets the best of us, but we get through it one way or another.  This week Sam & Darien share their own anxieties, how they manifest and how they’ve learned to deal with and process them. It’s never a straight line, but we make due.  We talk about the Violent Femmes, Minneapolis darlings Blood Smoke Body and friendshiiiiip.  Food For Worms is back!    FFW GRAB BAG (Topic Submissions & Questions): https://bit.ly/FFWGRABBAG Recorded and Mixed by Sam Sarver. Executive Producers are Darien Washington and Sam Sarver...2021-06-2254 minFood For Worms PodcastFood For Worms PodcastEpisode 21 | "Sam's Potions and The Thelonious Funk"All you musicians and performing creatives out there. How long did it take for you to accept your fate on the stage and enjoy the moment? Along with that, this week on the Food For Worms, your boys celebrate Sam’s one fresh year of sobriety and the reflection that comes with such a milestone.  Then we swap stories of weird, fun, things we did as a kid and dig deep on how those activities and idiosyncrasies stayed with us into adulthood.  Have a good day, yo.    FFW GRAB BAG (Topic Submissions & Questions): https://bit.ly/FFW...2021-06-1556 minFood For Worms PodcastFood For Worms PodcastEpisode 20 | "Tribal Bacon and the Unsustainable Kink with Amo Azure"This week on Muppet Law & Order: Jurassic Park Unit Podcast, we sit with esteemed homie and big-little brother Amo Azure to talk about the body fluid filled world of tattoos and the one thing that could save us in an explosion, Love.  It's an energy field created by all living things. It surrounds us and penetrates us; it binds the galaxy together... you get the reference.   We do a pretty fun round of the muppet game and Amo offers us one of the most beautiful reviews on some sticky-icky they partook in at some point in their life.  Food For...2021-06-081h 07Food For Worms PodcastFood For Worms PodcastEpisode 19 | "Buzz's Girlfriend Goes Bowling with Andy Mannix"And you may find yourself sitting in a convo about Talking Heads. And you may find yourself wishing that you’d paid them more mind. And you may find yourself adding them to your rotation.  And you may find yourself enjoying them in kind. And you may ask yourself, "Well... how did I get here?" That was a journey and if you’ve made it this far you’re great.  This week Darien & Sam have Star Tribunes own federal courts & law enforcement reporter, journalist, gentlemen sleuth and David Byrnes enthusia...2021-06-011h 21Food For Worms PodcastFood For Worms PodcastEpisode 18 | “What? You Don’t Wanna Be The Wild Thing? / FFW Grab Bag”We start out the episode in anger and regret of some extremely lost audio files, but rally and get into it.  We discuss chores as a kids versus chores as an adult.  90’s cartoons and the heavy handed self awareness cartoons of today, which isn't a bad thing!  We shout out Sinbad, Gargoyles! Bonkers! Bananas in Pajamas.   We check in on how we think the pod is coming along and talk about the internal/external validations, as well as the road ahead.  We then  open up the FOOD FOR WORMS GRAB BAG and see what you fine folks have written t...2021-05-251h 03Food For Worms PodcastFood For Worms PodcastEpisode 17 | "Passionate About Dirt with J Bird"There's podcasts and then there's what we did, and the trouble with some podcasts is at first...it dont look like a podcast. BUT, once you get settled in, it gets all warm and fuzzy... you get brought into the story and it starts to make sense along the way.  With all that being said, this week the Benton County Fair boys get into a heap of conversation with the Waukegan, IL mover, shaker, tour manager and hired muscle, J-Bird.  Darien’s mentor and pit bull whisperer from the Rhymesayers crew.   This week we wax poetic about our fi...2021-05-181h 53Food For Worms PodcastFood For Worms PodcastEpisode 16 | "Death, Sex & Make Out Songs with Ellen Melon"I don’t know about you, but that Morticia & Gomez type of love is actually a goal more folks should strive for. Spooky, mystical, epic in its size and deep in the macabre couples gothic scale. Truly magnifique.  This week on the pod we sit with SEX & RELATIONSHIP COACH,  UN-EDUCATOR and GOOD HUMAN, Ellen Melon from the To Hump a Pillow Podcast to talk about the big questions.   Where do you think we go when we die? What’s your relationship with death? What’s the perfect Top 5 list of songs to make out and eventually, maybe bone too? Yes, ther...2021-05-111h 16Food For Worms PodcastFood For Worms PodcastEpisode 15 | "Laces Out with Andy Keenan"Childhood Sports! Comedy! Parental expectations... or a lack of them as it pertains to Childhood Sports.  If you’re willing to unpack it, it can be fun, right?   This week we did just that with hibernating comedian, sports buff and friend, Andy Keenan.  We get into Minneapolis comedy scene, the hustle, pivoting and what the comedy worlds resurgence in a post corona world might look like.  It gets a little wonky, and Andy was clipping the whole time, but we made it work.  Appreciate y’all and your patience with the audio quality. We are learning...2021-05-041h 13Food For Worms PodcastFood For Worms PodcastEpisode 14 | “ Tragedy + Time = Friendship with Alex Azure”We are back! Unceremoniously and without reluctance to discuss the universal chestnut:    Friendship.     Amizade! Amistad! Freundschaft! The good stuff. The glue. The warmth.  ...other feelings and of sentiment! Sam & Darien are joined by best friend of the show and devilishly photogenic human, Alex Azure, to discuss what it means to be a friend. What we’ve learned, how we do or don’t adapt when they need to change, and lessons learned when they grow or need to be let go of. Lots to unpack and we scratch only the surface of what it...2021-04-271h 27Food For Worms PodcastFood For Worms PodcastEpisode 13 | ”We‘re In The Spirit World, Asshole...”REST IN PEACE DAUNTE WRIGHT.   You should be here.   This episode was recorded last week while Darien was out sick, so Brookie B, being the heavenly G that she is, filled in for the homie. Take care of each other.   - FFW   FFW GRAB BAG (Topic Submissions & Questions): https://bit.ly/FFWGRABBAG Recorded and Mixed by Sam Sarver. Executive Producers are Darien Washington and Sam Sarver. Theme Music is “Muffins” by Dresden, The Flamingo Find us most places you listen t...2021-04-131h 04Food For Worms PodcastFood For Worms PodcastEpisode 12 | “Scam Raimi, Scam Likely with Brookie B ”Would you rewatch the Star Wars films in chronological order, or by release?  We get into it eventually, but the Flying Knee enthusiast and future doula Brookie B stopped by the attic to chat with the boys on April Fools Day.  What was supposed to be a conversation about our favorite movie scenes, quickly turned into a long and much needed catch up session and we eventually started to nerd out. Stories of child-birth’s past! Did she get the epidural? (she did not), a defense of one Peter Quill, aka Star Lord, A general condemnation of Indiana Jones and...2021-04-061h 13Food For Worms PodcastFood For Worms PodcastEpisode 11 | “Ed Gein The Sex Machine with Quint Bramlage”Welcome back!  This week on the Food For Worms Podcast, we sat with the big homie Quint Bramlage and unpacked our experiences and time in the scene of early/mid-2000’s Saint Cloud.  We get into a hustle of creative pursuits, Dungeons & Dragons, old jobs, old bands, redacted stories and chance encounters of science fiction legends in floating head Zoom-like conference meetings.  It was just good to sit with our friend and see where life has taken him and look back on how we all grew up, and eventually out.   Quint, you are The Don and we love you. It sho...2021-03-301h 17Food For Worms PodcastFood For Worms PodcastEpisode 10 | ”Ants In My Pants”On Episode 10 of the Food For Worms Podcast, your pals traverse a range of topics and emotions from cancelled plans and how we deal with the emotional fallout, big and small. Darien’s glutes, winter depression, conspiracy theories, comedians and our favorite books along with how we read in this, the year of your lord, 2021.  Eddie Murphy's “The Adventures of Pluto Nash” gets brought too… I wonder why? I wouldn’t get your hopes up, but thank you for listening.    Recorded and Mixed by Sam Sarver. Executive Producers are Darien Washington and Sam Sarver. Theme Music is “Muffins” by Dres...2021-03-2350 minFood For Worms PodcastFood For Worms PodcastEpisode 9 | “Quaranteam”Episode 9 | “Quaranteam” It’s been 84 years... since last year. On this week’s episode of the Food For Worm Podcast we talk about one year of living in this brave new world of ours.  What we are grateful for, what we let go of, what we’re gonna take with us as we move forward. There is also a long discussion about true crime podcasts and how they keep us on our toes and haunt us here and there.  ...on a lighter and more random note, can we talk about what a stone cold fox Bill Paxton...2021-03-1655 minClosing Time PodcastClosing Time PodcastEpisode 26: Fireworks, Darien's Smells, and A Temporary FarewellWe discuss an unfortunate incident in which Elijah accidently (we think it was on purpose) hits a brave veteran with some very powerful rocket. He apologizes profusely. Still. Chris waxes poetic on The Wonderwheel, a large Ferris wheel on Coney Island, NYC, as well as the possibility of running a chain of COVID safe restaurants at various Ferris wheels around the country. Darien's Smells is BACK!!! What IS in her sniffer?!?! And finally, we say the long dreaded goodbyes to Elijah who moves across the country to the Seattle Washington area during the...2021-03-161h 31Food For Worms PodcastFood For Worms PodcastEpisode 8 | “Caramel deLites > Thin Mints with Brookie B.”We are rapturous to have and to know Brookie B! She swung by the attic to chit-chat with your boys and further unpeel the layers with us about her wanting to be Indiana Jones growing up, special effects make up, the tale of how she and Sam met and her journey into herbalism before we get into our TOP Five Movie Soundtracks-run-on-sentence. ...thin mints are the worst.  Recorded and Mixed by Sam Sarver. Executive Producers are Darien Washington and Sam Sarver. Theme Music is “Muffins” by Dresden, The Flamingo Top 5 Movie Soundtrack Brooke A...2021-03-091h 16Food For Worms PodcastFood For Worms PodcastEpisode 7 | ”Wet Hot American Bummer”SURPRISE APPRECIATION POD! Anyone else think it's weird to say "spoiler alert" when referring to films that have been out for a decade or more?  We're talkin' movies this episode. How they can medicate our moods, what we take from them and the ones that imprint on us.  Buddy cop movies that didn't age well, cousins that make you sit through three Nightmare on Elm Street films in one sitting. It’s not as shitty as a faceless corporation sending crews to investigate the distress signal of a derelict ship and keeping the lifeform alive for corporate gree...2021-03-0659 minFood For Worms PodcastFood For Worms PodcastEpisode 6 | ”Don‘t Look At Me”Becoming emotionally invested in the care and well being of your roommate's cat is all good till they’re pawing at your door for food at 5:00 am.  This week the boys make an exhaustive list of their own Top Five Albums The Are Solid Front to Back. They cover the futility and hope needed for CraigsList Missed Connections and the folks that ride around on elevated bicycles and how Sam changes Darien’s mind on them in 10 seconds.  To the gentle-person that rides a unicycle year-round in Nordeast… do you buddy.  Top Five Solid Albums Front to Back ...2021-03-021h 05Food For Worms PodcastFood For Worms PodcastEpisode 5 | ”The After Life of the Party”When in Rome, we did as the Romans.  And then we grew up and we did it some more.  This week your best buds Sam and Darien, talk about their entirely different relationships with alcohol, their first drinks, a few of their worst drunks and where they are now with it all. ...also time has lost all meaning. It's not Punxsutawney Phil's fault but Darien's inclined to blame him like it is. Recorded and Mixed by Sam Sarver. Executive Producers are Darien Washington and Sam Sarver. Theme Music is “Muffins” by Dresden, The Flamingo Find us mos...2021-02-2344 minFood For Worms PodcastFood For Worms PodcastEpisode 4 | ”That‘s a Boy!”On Episode 4 of the Food For Worms Podcast, the boys discuss ignoring the urge to smash pickle jars on the ground in a grocery store then running for your life and the merits of never saying “do you know who I am?” to a door person.   WE. MISS. ROBIN. WILLIAMS.  What was the name of John Voight's character in “Holes”? It’s not coming to us and at this point we’re afraid to ask.  Recorded and Mixed by Sam Sarver. Executive Producers are Darien Washington and Sam Sarver. Theme Music is “Muffins” by Dresden, The Flamingo Find us most...2021-02-1641 minFood For Worms PodcastFood For Worms PodcastEpisode 3 | ”You Never Know What You‘re Gonna Get”This week we briefly discuss our new insecurities from constantly hearing our own voices. We share our dreams and the little or big things that haunt us in them.  Sometimes it's a hybrid of the foot soldiers of Shredder and Rita Repulsa , other times it's a massive betrayal by a maternal figure and a long fall in the Wild West.  Do you enjoy having sex on the floor? Would you eat your best friends ass in a made up survival situation? *sigh* Find out what we'd do on Episode 3 of Food for Worms.   Recorded and Mixed by Sam...2021-02-0945 minFood For Worms PodcastFood For Worms PodcastEpisode 1 | ”Sorry, Roy Orbison...”Is fatalism your kink? Ours too. But not really. Listen to your new best buds, Ebony and Ivory stumble through the first episode of their podcast that no one asked for and try to tell you, the presumed listener, what they are hoping to achieve with the first ever episode of Food For Worms.2021-02-0237 minFood For Worms PodcastFood For Worms PodcastEpisode 2 | ”Emotional Plumber”CONTENT WARNING : Profanity Oh, you’re sticking around for Episode 2? Look at you. *hands on hips* ….this is nice. If we haven’t scared you off yet then maybe there’s hope for us, and for that we are grateful.  On the double whammy of double whammies, Sam decides to even it out with an analysis of his own anatomy. Your other host Darien (and you) sit through that, and eventually tries to break down the merits of letting people enjoy things.  From there they do an exhaustive list of the cathartic, happy-sad songs that make you ask your p...2021-02-0253 minHistorial RoastHistorial RoastHistorical Roast: George Washington July 2nd, 2015On July 2nd, 2015 George Washington was roasted by Matt McCarthy (George Washington), Sally Courtois (Martha Washington), Erikka Innes, Keith Carey & Darien Sills-Evans!   Hosted By Eddie Furth and Ryan Pigg.   Produced by Eddie Furth, Ryan Pigg, and Samee Junio2018-11-241h 13The Stories We Tell Our RobotsThe Stories We Tell Our RobotsEpisode #21: How Technology Ended DeathDr. Tobias Wilson-Bates and Darien are joined by Nick Olcott and Andrew Adelsberger, director and one of the lead cast members, from The Emperor of Atlantis, an opera that was written inside a Nazi prison camp, and is now opening in Washington, D.C. They explore the idea, introduced in the opera, that the rise of mechanized killing machines has changed how we understand death, and in turn, how we live our lives. 2018-06-1452 min95.9 The Fox95.9 The FoxDarien's James Leone Represents Connecticut In The Geography Bee Tonight!Tonight is Round 1 of the National Geographic Bee in Washington, D.C. and Connecticut's winner comes from right here in Fairfield County! James Leone, an 8th grader at Darien's Middlesex Middle School will be representing all of Connecticut tonight - and he stopped by the 95.9 THE FOX studios to chat with Allan about how he beat everyone else in the state, and to answer some geography trivia of course!2018-05-2107 min