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Just Friends Podcast: The JuicePickle The Long WayEpisode 18 (and another audio only one). It's 2026 and Yanko has walked 10,000 steps everyday for an entire week someone get this man a breakfast burrito from Tacos Don Chai in Martinez, California STAT.
Our menu for today's Dot's Homestyle Pretzels of parmesan garlic persuasion & Yerba Mates straight from the San Ramon/Danville Costco
We talk Brond's brand new solo single Joy, the 2026 Bottle Rock Line Up and we introduce another new segment, "Minor Inconveniences" we get to the bottom of what is really really spanking our pancakes. Something to do with Pickles maybe??
Like a...
2026-01-221h 19Just Friends Podcast: The JuicePickle The Long WayEpisode 18 (and another audio only one). It's 2026 and Yanko has walked 10,000 steps everyday for an entire week someone get this man a breakfast burrito from Tacos Don Chai in Martinez, California STAT.
Our menu for today's Dot's Pretzels & Yerba Mates straight from the San Ramon/Danville Costco
We talk Brond's brand new solo single Joy, the 2026 Bottle Rock Line Up and we introduce another new segment, "Minor Inconveniences" we get to the bottom of what is really really spanking our pancakes. Something to do with Pickles maybe??
Like always... our favorite part of t...
2026-01-2254 minJust Friends Podcast: The JuiceNachos BellGrande®Episode 17 (and another audio only one). 2026's inaugural episode!! have a sweet and tasty treat for you today! Kent Soliday aka DJ Chuck Salad live in the Juice Box (the new official name of where we record The Juice).
Kent is an original member of Just Friends but has been playing in Save Face since 2021.
Our menu for today's episode was Nachos BellGrande® a Pepsi and 18 Ounces of Trader Joe's Crispy Crunchy Chocolate Chip Cookies
Kent talks the Save Face Record and music video directed by Tades of Hot Mulligan??
We i...
2026-01-151h 34Just Friends Podcast: The JuiceBread and BrotherEpisode 16 (and another audio only one). Recorded in Late November our beloved Matt Yanko is BACK in the studio aka Brond's living room
We have a jam packed episode straight from Bonne Maman!
We talk Fortnite, Better Caul Saul and Make Up, you know the classics! We have Brond run a victory lap for Mother Selene and recap the Chain's first Full USA Tour
And of course, as promised, as always, as bad as you wanna be... The mailbag because the Juicers and their submissions are the heart and the soul of this...
2026-01-021h 11Just Friends Podcast: The JuiceReal Life Baja BlastEpisode 15 is our second late-night show (and another audio only one).
Recorded way back in the last week of September 2025 while our beloved Matt Yanko was once again out on tour with The Story So Far, but have no fear... Our very own stage right prince Brandon Downum is back on the show and he may just surprise you with that he has to say...
We hit you with the yin and the yang having both My Recent Obsession and Respectfully, No segment because life is all about balance. Sometimes you gotta eat your veggies!!
2025-12-191h 12Just Friends Podcast: The JuiceTaqueria Los Chuchys!!!Episode 14 is our first late-night show (and another audio only one).
We’re back from the West Coast run and doing it PTI style like the ESPN show where two guys argue with a clock, except it’s three bandmates running through every gig, meal, and mess from the road.
Then we roll out a brand-new segment: Respectfully, No. Sammy says no to Reverend Guitars, Yanko says no to San Francisco bikers, and Brond says no to Walnut Creek’s Kinder's Deli.
And of course, the mailbag because what’s the show without it?
2025-09-0247 minJust Friends Podcast: The JuiceRide The Grilled Cheese to ValhallaRecorded in the Goldfield green room in Sacramento after soundcheck, two days into this lil’ West Coast headliner sprint. We’d just sold out Reno at the Holland Project on 8/1 (start the month strong, right?), and the AC is still broken because of course it is. Brandon is in the corner pouring E&J shots and handing out orange slices like some kind of demented soccer coach. Six out of seven band members made the cut (Avi, conspicuously absent). Think summer camp, except no cabins, no lake, just six friends yelling over each other in Sacramento.
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2025-08-2053 minJust Friends Podcast: The Juice“Ride The Grilled Cheese to Valhalla”Recorded in the Goldfield green room in Sacramento after soundcheck, two days into this lil’ West Coast headliner sprint. We’d just sold out Reno at the Holland Project on 8/1 (start the month strong, right?), and the AC is still broken because of course it is. Brandon is in the corner pouring E&J shots and handing out orange slices like some kind of demented soccer coach. Six out of seven band members made the cut (Avi, conspicuously absent). Think summer camp, except no cabins, no lake, just six friends yelling over each other in Sacramento.
Mus...
2025-08-191h 49Just Friends Podcast: The JuiceLivin La Vida SmokaLook who’s back it’s the whole gang: Sammy, Brond, and Yanko. Yanko just got off the road with Balance & Composure and Turnover (he’s still dehydrated). Brond has been running social media from a cruise and somehow ended up hanging out with one of her heavy metal heroes (no, seriously). And we all came together in one place, at the same time for Sammy’s wedding. Miracles happen. Oh, and there’s a mailbag, because of course there is. Stories and questionable wisdom… we missed this. We missed you all.
Music:
The Juice Intr...
2025-08-011h 18Just Friends Podcast: The JuiceMorucci's of Walnut Creek Featuring Will Levy of The Story So FarOk, we're not going to sit here and pretend we didn’t vanish for a while. We did. But now we’re two episodes deep into this comeback tour, and frankly, we’re feeling pretty good about it.
Recorded on Memorial Day, powered by Celsius, donuts, and a near-total audio meltdown (we recovered beautifully, thank you).
Will Levy of The Story So Far returns to the pod to talk about the band playing Bottle Rock Festival in Napa and we dive deep into the mystical art of setlist building
And of course we end wi...
2025-07-211h 04Just Friends Podcast: The JuiceDunkalatte Diaries: Turnover, Tailors, and a Photo ShootYanko’s on tour with Turnover and Balance & Composure playing Berkeley so we snuck in a mid-tour check up over some Dunkin. He got a Dunkalatte. First time in about a month we’ve all caught up since Yanko hit the road and Sammy and Brond wrapped the UK Just Friends run.
In the second segment Sammy goes suit shopping for his wedding and gets called fat by some San Francisco stores. Brond did a photo shoot for Mother Selene with Kay Dargs and somehow made it look easy.
We wrap it all up with a ma...
2025-07-181h 06Just Friends Podcast: The JuiceUK Cheesesteaks, Coconut Milk & Cold Nuggets: UK Invasion Part 3 the FinaleUK trilogy: complete! Three episodes, one tour, too many questionable snacks, and unforgettable moments. This episode of The Juice is the full debrief.
We just wrapped our first-ever headline tour across the UK, and now we’re back in the Bay: grateful, emotional, maybe still jet-lagged.
- Every show? Broken down.
- Food? Yep, way too much.
- Shoes? Discussed & admired.
Highlights? Fans singing the riffs back at us (you made us feel like rockstars). Brond got us a hawk walk in Ireland. YES! We had a hawk land on our ha...
2025-05-231h 25Just Friends Podcast: The JuiceBeans for Breakfast, Pea Soup for the Soul: UK Invasion Part 2
Recorded just a day before we hopped the pond, this episode is a Central Valley special. We’re joined by Ben from Just Friends, along with Bart and Logan from Chain: the full 559 crew in effect.
We dive into what it’s like commuting for hours, not just for band practice, but also to pile into a van and disappear for a month on tour. We unpack the legendary, steaming green mystery that is Pea Soup Andersen’s. And then it gets real: from touring the U.S. and hotel habits, to van hierarchies and the weird l...
2025-05-151h 21Just Friends Podcast: The JuiceTaking Beef Out For A Ride: UK Invasion Part 1We are back! The kickoff to our three part UK Tour series! Recorded one week before we left for our first-ever headlining tour in the UK, starting in Ireland and working our way from Glasgow down to Brighton. Yes, we’re international now.
Sammy and Brond break down what they’re looking forward to, what’s keeping them up at night, and why this tour feels different. In the second half of the episode, we drop some bittersweet news: our boy Yanko won’t be on this run. He’s heading out as a guitar tech for Balance...
2025-05-061h 31Just Friends Podcast: The Juice"Bean & cheese on the rider" ft. Will Levy of The Story So FarThis is a monumental episode, people. A landmark. The moon landing of The Juice. Why? Because for the first time ever—we’ve got a guest. And not just any guest. We’re joined by Will Levy of The Story So Far. Guitar slinger. Riff wizard. Chill dude supreme.
We kick things off with some hometown talk—and yes, the rumors are true: the A’s are now in Sacramento, and it hurts. It hurts deep in the soul. So we pivot to something more joyful—like memories from The Rickshaw Stop in San Francisco, where dreams are loud and...
2025-04-111h 27Just Friends Podcast: The JuiceOff the RumchataWe start off the show catching up on the weekend. Brond was back in the studio with Marta, cooking up new stuff but of course, nothing’s ever easy. They discovered an issue with one of the very expensive mics. You know the one. The fancy mic. Meanwhile, Sammy and Yanko were out at the Oakland Roots home opener, and look Sammy’ll say it every time: the Coliseum is his favorite place on Earth.
We talk Mom Jeans Summer, California headliner dates, and then we somehow jump from Sacramento to Birmingham, Alabama in a 24-hour span for...
2025-04-041h 10Just Friends Podcast: The JuiceTomato StyleYanko survives a near-death driving experience, then we dive into “My Recent Obsessions” Ibanez guitars, one song on repeat, and Sammy’s passionate (and concerning) love for cold cheese from In-N-Out.
Then, Chain’s debut record No Spirit is out! We celebrated the right way by rolling up to Chain Reaction with a Blackstone grill
And Just Friends is making a new record! Bart Thompson (Mom Jeans, Chain) is producing, and we’re deep in the lab making a punk rock dance party
Finally, the mailbag! We love your questions, we love you, and we can’...
2025-03-261h 18Just Friends Podcast: The JuiceThe Magic of TajinMagic of Tajín: Mom Jeans, Metal, and Mother Selene
We kick things off with a gift from the heavens Brond’s signature egg sandwich, featuring mayo mixed with Tajín. A perfect choice.
Then, in The Most Current Thing Happening, Sammy’s band, Mom Jeans, just got announced for Aftershock 2025. Yes, the same festival packed with metal and hardcore bands. Emo at Aftershock? Sacramento’s getting adventurous, and we’re here for it.
Next, Brond takes us deep into her new doom project. She just wrapped a studio session with Marta from Pure Hex an...
2025-03-1951 minJust Friends Podcast: The Juice"Taters Tots for Dinner"On today’s show, we take a trip down memory lane with some tour toilet war flashbacks because of course, that’s where we’re starting. Yanko gives us the inside scoop on a dinner outing at Thee Parkside in SF (was it good? Was it terrible? Who knows?). We break down our weekend run with Chain, and then Brond soft-launches her new doom project, Mother Selene big things happening there. And finally, we dig into the mailbag, where we get some love from the listeners, answer your questions, and bask in the warm embrace of the Just Friends commun...
2025-03-1352 min
The Soul of Enterprise: Business in the Transformation Economy by THRESHOLDEpisode 367 - Interview with Samuel R Staley, The Beatles and EconomicsThe Beatles are considered the most influential popular music act of the twentieth century, widely recognized for their influence on popular culture. The inability of other bands and artists to imitate their fame has prompted questions such as: How did the Beatles become so successful? What factors contributed to their success? Why did they break up? Ron and Ed will explore these questions and more in their interview with Professor Samuel R. Staley, author of The Beatles and Economics
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