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Just 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 EconomyInterview 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 Economics2021-11-1956 min