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The RJ Ledesma PodcastFrom Millions in Debt to Millions in Deals: How Steve Sy Built a P20B E-Commerce EmpireWhat does it take to rise from overwhelming debt to building one of the Philippines’ most successful e-commerce enablers?On the latest episode of The RJ Ledesma Podcast, I sit down with Steve Sy, Founder and CEO of Great Deals E-Commerce, as he shares powerful lessons from his new book From Great Debt to Great Deals.From sleeping on floors to signing multi-million peso brand deals, Steve opens up about grit, faith, leadership, and how investing in people was the real key to scaling his startup to over P20 billion in annual GMV.Th...2025-05-0141 min
Morning DriveBirthday Detour! (with Stevesy)Jessie & the Nach are back in the studio to start the countdown to YOUR WEEKEND! Special guest Stevesy joins the show remotely & shares some of his birthday celebration activities as Jessie & the Nach bombard him with classic birthday surprises. Find out which celebrities Stevesy shares his birthday with as we wish them all the happiest of holidays.Nach reveals the show's new low ratings, everyone discusses pork roll egg & cheese sandwiches, & we get into conversations on Texas breakfast chili, Chuy's relocating from Austin, & the famous insurance mascot Mayhem.Join Jessie & The Nach at Lone Star...2024-10-141h 06
You Guys Are My FriendsMorning Drive: Diverted Traffic (with Stevesy)Stevesy returns to join Jessie & The Nach for the rockin’est Tuesday you’ll experience all week! Nacho obsesses over his new drafting table, Stevesey shares his studies in the field of quizzling, & Jessie is unsure about what her next haircut should be.Other topics include big businesses moving to Austin, a show friend’s involvement in an upcoming movie, the Swedish music charts, Eurovision, celebrity birthdays, & of course your weather & traffic!Find us on Instagram: @morningdrivepod @nachonova @jessica.nicole_____ @gracklestudio2024-07-181h 40
Morning DriveDiverted Traffic (with Stevesy)Stevesy returns to join Jessie & The Nach for the rockin’est Tuesday you’ll experience all week! Nacho obsesses over his new drafting table, Stevesey shares his studies in the field of quizzling, & Jessie is unsure about what her next haircut should be. Other topics include big businesses moving to Austin, a show friend’s involvement in an upcoming movie, the Swedish music charts, Eurovision, celebrity birthdays, & of course your weather & traffic!Find us on Instagram: @morningdrivepod @nachonova @jessica.nicole_____ @gracklestudio2024-07-161h 40
You Guys Are My FriendsMorning Drive: Highway Infrastructure (with Stevesy)Jessie & the Nach welcome back returning guest Stevesy to help you kick Monday right in its stinking hindquarters! Jessie reveals her latest zine project, Stevesy gives insight into his new sculptures, & Nach goes into a fugue state talking about the new Ween album rerelease. Jessie keeps the community up to date on traffic & weather concerns, Nach provides updates on Austin rent prices & the I-35 expansion project, & everyone in the studio forms different opinion on Full House's Uncle Jesse while learning some shocking news about Uncle Joey.2024-06-131h 03
Morning DriveHighway Infrastructure (with Stevesy)Jessie & the Nach welcome back returning guest Stevesy to help you kick Monday right in its stinking hindquarters! Jessie reveals her latest zine project, Stevesy gives insight into his new sculptures, & Nach goes into a fugue state talking about the new Ween album rerelease. Jessie keeps the community up to date on traffic & weather concerns, Nach provides updates on Austin rent prices & the I-35 expansion project, & everyone in the studio forms different opinion on Full House's Uncle Jesse while learning some shocking news about Uncle Joey.2024-06-101h 03
I Can't Believe You Made Me Watch ThatCats (2019) feat. @RangeLifer, @BrittneyChristy, @Scotch_Sailor, @traubertsblues, @Annamatopoeia, @sjulsrud, @stalecoffee, @Uncle_knick_knack, @Joshuamsparks, @Sissyb, & @Peterson.MikeyWow. What a journey. 91 movies, 91 weeks, more than 30 guests, and decades upon decades of tragic hollywood deaths. we finally come to the end of the list! the worst movie from every year starting in 1929 all the way up to present day! and what was the worst movie of 2019? evverybody knows, it's CATS! And to send the show home, we brought back as many frequent fliers from episodes past as we figured the call could hold: Will, Britt, Anna, Amy K, Mike E, Josh, Hillary, Sissy, Mikey, Stevesy, and Scott! All of us talking over each other and c...2022-02-222h 21
You Guys Are My FriendsNo Refusal Weekend (with Jessie & Stevesy)It's the scariest morning of the year! Count Nach & Scary Jessie are joined by friend of the show Spooky Stevesy for a very special and frightening edition of Morning Drive. Jessie shares her daily illustration progress, Nacho brags about his turntable, & Stevesy shares how he's gotten into the sinister holiday spirit and opened his haunted house to the public! Jessie also brings the always essential Austin traffic and weather updates, and we celebrate the eternal spirits of celebrities born on Halloween. We also get into the fluctuating legality of Delta-8 in Texas and figure out where vanilla beans come f...2021-11-121h 05
Morning DriveNo Refusal Weekend (with Stevesy)It's the scariest morning of the year! Count Nach & Scary Jessie are joined by friend of the show Spooky Stevesy for a very special and frightening edition of Morning Drive. Jessie shares her daily illustration progress, Nacho brags about his turntable, & Stevesy shares how he's gotten into the sinister holiday spirit and opened his haunted house to the public! Jessie also brings the always essential Austin traffic and weather updates, and we celebrate the eternal spirits of celebrities born on Halloween. We also get into the fluctuating legality of Delta-8 in Texas and figure out where vanilla beans come f...2021-10-311h 05
Eat My Shorts: A Simpsons PodcastOne Hundred (with Jessie D & Stevesy)Irvin & Nacho reconvene to deliver a very special episode of the show to you, the Shorties, our wonderful listening community. The Grackle Studio VP is revealed in footage taken from a press conference. Also, this week in Simpsons News includes the recognition of an important event in Simpsons history, & we discuss some journalist's list of most annoying Simpsons characters.In the second half of the show, Irvin & Nacho talk about the Simpsons & its connection to how they approach their work & what recording a hundred epsisodes of the show has meant.This episode is brought to...2020-12-311h 29
Eat My Shorts: A Simpsons PodcastThe Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show (with Stevesy)Welcome to another episode of the show you depend on for consistent Simpsons knowledge! In these times, we all need routines more than ever, which is why we wouldn't change things up here at Eat My Shorts. So this week your three hosts Irvin, Stevesy, & Nacho are back to review an all-time classic Simpsons episode! We also get into some side talk about our hometowns' slogans, Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, the expression "cram it with walnuts, ugly," & being forced to learn the steps to the Bartman as part of our public education.
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You Guys Are My FriendsNothing Ventured, Chapter I (with Stevesy & Damian Traumbaum)In this inaugural episode, we are transported to a mythical kingdom in ruins and introduced to our intrepid adventurers. Tryll, a tiefling bard, and Dankaric (Nacho), a wood elf rogue, encounter trouble on the road and are charged with an important task. Are they capable of not being slain within the first ten minutes? Tune in!2019-03-1128 min
You Guys Are My FriendsMorning Drive: High Octane (with Jessie & The Nach, Stevesy Traumbaum, and Danny)Stevesy introduces the listeners to tuna pizza (try it, THEN try complaining), and everyone discusses America without a head of state in the Mustard segment. Other topics include Horsey Sauce Vs. Arby’s Sauce, Danny’s run-in with a horse at a carnival, wonderful fall recipes, and favorite medicine flavors.2018-09-251h 33You Guys Are My FriendsThe Most Potent Drug of Them All (with Stevesy Traumbaum)This week's podcast is a public service announcement brought to you by Nacho Nova & Stevesy Traumbaum. Of course, we get into the spooky dangers of doing drugs (with a little help from some of our favorite cartoon all-stars), but--as if that weren't enough--we also discuss the madness of Chubby Checker, Steven's amazing concert experience, the Disaster Artist film, the pasttime of bowling, the enormous and great song library of Motern Media, and race & politics (again, can you believe it?!). Then we expose one of America's great songwriters as a plagiarist. Nacho also tries desperately to d...2018-05-121h 00
You Guys Are My FriendsFour Beers Into My Morning (with Stevesy Traumbaum)Welcome, friends, to the conclusion of the previous podcast! Nacho Nova and Stevesy Traumbaum are back with a fat stack of yak for you and your podcast listening party. We talk mental illness! We talk video games! We talk Bod Man Body Spray (it still exists)! We finally get into the Bachelor! We also get into politics, religion, and guns, just for good measure. And Stevesy tells a story about reaching across the aisle to make contact with a fragile mind. Join us, as we stand together and sing.2018-04-031h 37You Guys Are My FriendsPsychological Artifacts (with Stevesy Traumbaum)Hello again, everybody. It's me, your friend Nacho.This week's episode is gonna be a fun one, so start laughing NOW! Topics of conversation in this week's laugharama include honesty (such a lonely word), intellectual narcissism, South by Southwest (or SXSW as all you meth heads like to call it), and a big ol' extended segment on psychological artifacts. You Guys Are My Friends: The Podcast--It's the podcast with Fahrvergnügen!!2018-03-1447 min
You Guys Are My FriendsHow Deep Is Your Hole (with Stevesy Traumbaum & Jessie)It's part two (II) of the last podcast! Nacho, Stevesy, & Jessie are back to have some candid conversations about more of the stuff that really matters in life. Topics this week include food delivery apps, sizzurp, Nacho's downtown ice cream assault, K2 tales (including the story of Stevesy's giant backyard hole), getting haircuts, holy matrimony, and a health segment. BONE appetit!2018-03-0751 min
You Guys Are My FriendsThe Dollar District (with Stevesy Traumbaum & Jessie)Is there any LOVE?? On this week's podcast, there is! Happy Galentine's Day, everybody. On this week's podcast, Nacho, Stevesy, & Jessie discuss job hunting, house hunting, driving for ride share companies, annoying songs, and the classic movie "Baby Geniuses 2."2018-02-1538 minYou Guys Are My FriendsMunching Chomp Time! (with Stevesy Traumbaum & Jessie)Hey, we're back! This is the continuation of the last podcast, finally! Jessie, Nacho, & Stevesy discuss going vegan, calling in to radio shows, Toys R' Us, cooking, & CiCi's Pizza.2017-12-071h 00You Guys Are My FriendsLimp Noodles with Sauce (with Stevesy Traumbaum & Jessie)You better believe we're back™! Nacho & Stevesy welcome a special guest to the studio: Jessie, Nacho's famous wife (and famous artist in her own right). Topics of funversation in this week's very structured podcast include cleaning pools, deity spank banks, neighborhood crimes, and--of course--we are not happy about our dayjobs!2017-11-1757 minYou Guys Are My FriendsExercise That Demon (with Stevesy Traumbaum)It's part II of the last podcast! Join Nacho as he finally gets to see Stevesy's new driver's license photo, and the two discuss getting back into podcasting, their new jobs, and jam to some of their flavorite tunes!2017-11-0436 minYou Guys Are My FriendsBy the Grace of Our Cruel Lord (with Stevesy Traumbaum)Stevesy and Nacho are back! In this very long-delayed episode, our pod-heroes discuss our current national climate (how can you avoid it?), politics as a kid, being poor, Stevesy's showdown with the gym, & convicted criminal pastor Jim Bakker.2017-10-1146 min
You Guys Are My FriendsSadness Fries (with Stevesy Traumbaum)Topics of funversation in this week's podcast include liver & onions, real life as an extension of high school dynamics, Jared from subway, movie theatre upselling, drug epiphanies, & Bill Murray movies. Come see Nacho at the Austin Zine Fest Sunday Dec. 14!2014-12-1042 min
You Guys Are My FriendsChumpnutz (with Stevesy Traumbaum)Part II of the last podcast! Topics of conversation in today's aurally-compromised podcast include comedy, the death of Mitch Hedberg, the battle of the sexes, cocaine, McDonalds lore, Chubby Checker, dinner with dead people, the brain, random number generators, horseradish, & Tampico.2014-10-0949 min
You Guys Are My FriendsBottomless Jesus (with Stevesy Traumbaum)Topics of conversation in this week's podcast include police brutality, ghosts, open bar mitzvahs, the Olive Garden, chicken wings, bacon milkshakes, kiss-talking, race (again), grapples. Rate & review us on iTunes, s'il vous plaît.2014-09-2138 min
You Guys Are My FriendsTelephone Conversation (with Stevesy Traumbaum)In this miniature edition of the podcast, much ground is covered in regards to what the fudge has been up & why there hasn't been a podcast in months.2014-08-3106 min
You Guys Are My FriendsOne For My Homies, One For My Khakis (with Stevesy Traumbaum)Part 2 of last week's show! Discussion topics include late night talk shows, James Brown concert memories, the devolution of Cracker Jacks prizes, Stevesy’s power slide tragedy, illegal government surveillance, & America’s shitty reputation.2014-05-1358 min
You Guys Are My FriendsNight Snack (with Stevesy Traumbaum)Alert: This week's podcast is of compromised sound quality. Discussion topics include snacks, plants & animals, voting, M*A*S*H, messing with Texas (yes or no?), the compromise of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II, names in movie credits, working at a movie theatre, & weird Jesus blue laws.2014-05-0351 min
You Guys Are My FriendsIt Is What It Is (with Stevesy Traumbaum, Jessie, Matt Grimes, & Alex)This week's podcast is FUN around the edges! Nacho, Steven, Jessie, Matt, & Alex meet at Stevesy's & discuss matters involving cop stories, meeting God, penises, pre-gaming, & then it kind of devolves.2014-03-2931 min
You Guys Are My FriendsTouching Your Dreams (with Stevesy Traumbaum)This episode goes up to 11 so hard it goes up to 12!! Topics of conversation in today's jam-sesh podcast include playing guitar, Nacho & Stevesy wrapping up their late 20's, & youngster coworkers.2014-03-2235 min
You Guys Are My FriendsI Don't Mind The Crazy (with Stevesy Traumbaum)Topics of conversation in today's podcast include poops, massages, animal lovemaking, stand up comedy careers, the 80’s, A Guiness Book of World Records-based movie pitch, French food, the Lego Movie, day off philosophies, sleep deprivation, It’s-It ice cream snacks, & the preeminent El Paso fast food destination Chico’s Tacos. Music throughout this episode: Moog Cookbook2014-03-0850 min
You Guys Are My FriendsI Was A Real Go-Getter Once (with Stevesy Traumbaum)Secret behind-the-scenes outtakes & bloopers from an unrealized podcasting project! This podcast is the abandoned hull of Nacho Nova & Steven Traumbaum's Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy radio play. Half dialogue, half making up jingles, all premium-quality meat.2014-02-2223 min
You Guys Are My FriendsEatin' Out At Momma's (with Stevesy Traumbaum & Matt Grimes)Nacho Nova & Stevesy Traumbaum are joined in the studio by their friend Matt to discuss classification & identification of the nerd & its subspecies, race, running for local public office, spooky ghost stories, & EDIBLE complexes! Hop on BORSCHT!2014-01-1951 min
You Guys Are My FriendsLife Itself (with Stevesy Traumbaum)Nacho Nova & Stevesy Traumbaum reconvene to discuss the ego, depression, living an engaging life, songwriting, & sex & politics.2014-01-1121 min
You Guys Are My FriendsTaste Everything In The World (with Stevesy Traumbaum)Happy 2014! Like a beautiful cockroach, this podcast keeps on livin'! Nacho is joined by Stevesy Traumbaum & the two discuss picky eating, German Christmas cartoons, joke writing, the space program, modern day isolation, fruitcakes (verdict: great!), teaching kids about Santa Claus, tuning out mind chatter, scenes from a convenience store, & we sign off with snack recommendations.2014-01-0356 min
You Guys Are My Friends2 Ticketz 2 Paradise: Double Thriller (with Stevesy Traumbaum, Meredith & Tom Puppet)Bonus sized largisode! Nacho, Stevesy, Meredith, & Tom K convene & chat about Wheel of Fortune, a sophomoric game of “Who Would You Fuck?”, a couple of suicide hotline stories, the Bushman of San Francisco, funny-voice comedians, clown pornography, & we work out new standup comedy bits. Music inturludes featured— Intro/Outro: “Cannabis” by Serge Gainsbourg, “Private Idaho” by The B52s, “Steel Guitar C Jam Boogie” by Benny Rogers, “A Little Respect” by Erasure2013-12-181h 17
You Guys Are My FriendsInfinitely Bitter (with Stevesy Traumbaum)Topics of conversation this week include circumcision, psychopathy in CEOS, teaching children curiosity, race & gene survival, fetishes, inventing gods, cat hangouts, & comic books! Also: Nacho's bitterness is addressed.2013-12-1148 min
You Guys Are My FriendsThat's Pretty Good, But That's Impossible (with Stevesy Traumbaum)This week’s podcast is street LETHAL! Multiple stories are told of run ins with the cops, as well as conversation about junk food restaurants, the persistence of memory, tricks (magic & non-magic), hypnotism, jokes about obsolescence, & a Snack of the Week. Also, pick up a copy of Nacho’s newest comic book “Human Stuff” at etsy.com/shop/GrackleStudio ! Music this week: “Cannabis” by Serge Gainsbourg, “Fuck the Pain Away” by Peaches, & “Bad Boys” by Inner Circle2013-12-0347 min
You Guys Are My FriendsPunchlines & Munchlines (with Stevesy Traumbaum)Topics of conversation this week include introversion, wood panelling a car, the devolution of Maury Povich, Russian Space Barbie, unfortunate truths about Gandhi, abhorrent cultural allowances in present day America, funny signs in El Paso, a sweet picture of Martin Luther King Jr., & we review a snack (pickles from the gas station). Also we answer the eternal question: are fart jokes funny?2013-11-2759 min
You Guys Are My FriendsWar & Wine, Episode #0 (with Stevesy Traumbaum)RECORDED IN 2008. Blast from the BLAST!! In today's 5-year-old recording we talk about war & wine, two issues at the heart of our national zeitgeist in those halcyon days.2013-11-2331 min
You Guys Are My FriendsNumb Out! (with Stevesy Traumbaum)Topics of conversation in this week's pod include Nacho making secret recordings of his friends all the time, attempts to start a podcast in 2008, establishing a values system, cavemen bragging about great sex, scenes from El Paso. Have a hang!2013-11-1928 min
You Guys Are My FriendsÜber Düper (with Stevesy Traumbaum)Discussion topics in this freewheeling’/meandering installment include body language, gender identity, having children, conflict over bad jokes in the Yellow Submarine movie, city livin’ & introversion, a comedy colleague’s career, writing projects, a couple of MTV shows, & testing out the new MySpace! We also prank text message some guy. Recorded at 3:30 in the morning, so it’s all over the place.2013-11-1258 min
You Guys Are My FriendsDemonstrable Catharsis (with Stevesy Traumbaum & Matt Grimes)This one's a little hairy, folks. Proceed with AWESOME!!! Sorry about the one day delay on this one, we're all over the place volume-wise so it took some legit editing, which I approximated. Topics of conversation include stories about working at the movie theatre, the German Alf, Bill Nye, gerbil libidos, cockroaches, & how much booze we are drinking because we had a lot to drink!2013-11-0356 min
You Guys Are My FriendsAmerica's Funnyboys (with Stevesy Traumbaum)Nacho, Stevesy, & Meredith get into the spooky Halloween spirit! Discussions topics include Halloween, racial identity, hamburgers, the concept of making sense, scrote notes, what animals think, twerk jokes, the passage of time, & cults.2013-10-2641 min
You Guys Are My FriendsRodcast, AKA The Sex Episode (with Stevesy Traumbaum)This week's episode of You Guys are My Friends: The Podcast is a five-alarm SMILER!!! Join Nacho Nova & his friend Steven Traumbaum as the dopey veil of intellectualism is lifted & the two tackle the rarely discussed topic of sex! Additional topics of conversation include Evil Dead, our weekly Cockroach News segment, a classic Steven dream sequence, & improvised jammin' throughout. Come along!2013-06-2158 min
You Guys Are My FriendsPatrick Swayzted (with Stevesy Traumbaum & Meredith)Get your motors FUNNIN' & head out on that SMILEWAY! Nacho Nova & Steven Traumbaum are joined by Meredith, AKA Mrs. Traumbaum in this primarily musical episode of You Guys are My Friends: The Podcast.2013-06-0115 min
You Guys Are My FriendsWhat Do You Mean "What??" (with Stevesy Traumbaum)Nacho Nova is back with "Studio" Steve Traumbaum & this one's off the charts! Or off the rails. Topics of discussion include our apparently weekly Brain Stuff segment, empathy, how to create a dystopia/utopia in ONE EASY STEP!, cockroaches, & growin' up.2013-05-181h 08
You Guys Are My FriendsThe Zombot Invasion (with Stevesy Traumbaum)Nacho & Steven Traumbaum leave San Francisco & reconvene the podcast in El Paso, TX. Topics include human interaction, a weekly cultural review, sex in the workplace, & social media. Hop on "BORED!"2013-05-0942 min
You Guys Are My FriendsEpisode One: Take Off Your Jacket (with Stevesy Traumbaum)Recorded in 2009. Join Nacho Nova & his old friend & collaborator Steven Traumbaum as they discuss life in San Francisco, encounters with homeless people, & being forced to sell cigarettes to pregnant women. Welcome!2013-05-0937 min