Episode Trailer for Season One, Episode Eighteen of The Story of My Friends: American Haymaker

Bryan Stumpf, screenwriter, director, filmmaker, Film Podcast with Bryan & Joe alum, and genuine good guy overhears a tale of woe from a struggling fellow screenwriter on the desolate backroads of upstate New York...

...and decides to help.

... also, we talk the premier of his horror movie Terminus.

... and the writing process behind American Haymaker.

... it's Bryan, so, you know, hijinks ensue.

Guest Stars: Bryan Stumpf

Erica and Joe go way back. So when Joe told Erica he thought it was mean that the KPop Demon Hunters of Huntrix spent their days beating up on their own hired staff and that that reeked of classism, Erica sat Joe down for a minute and gently led him through a teachable moment.

Joe on the tone-deaf theme in the Kpop Demon Hunters: "There were celebrities, their fans, and then the demons; the demons were able to disguise themselves, but whenever they did it was always in the guise of service workers. So you have this class of rich celebrity who was always beating up on the serving class.... they're 'the help', and they're 'bad'."

Did Joe learn anything? Always hard to tell. But maybe you will!

Guest Stars: Erica Loshin

Episode Trailer for Season One, Episode Seventeen of The Story of My Friends: Shower Spiders, Demon Hunters, and Ctrl-C Cuties

Erica and Joe go way back. So when Joe told Erica he thought it was mean that the KPop Demon Hunters of Huntrix spent their days beating up on their own hired staff and that that reeked of classism, Erica sat Joe down for a minute and gently led him through a teachable moment.

Joe on the tone-deaf theme in the Kpop Demon Hunters: "There were celebrities, their fans, and then the demons; the demons were able to disguise themselves, but whenever they did it was always in the guise of service workers. So you have this class of rich celebrity who was always beating up on the serving class.... they're 'the help', and they're 'bad'."

Did Joe learn anything? Always hard to tell. But maybe you will!

Guest Stars: Erica Loshin

"Go to the Valley. Go Directly to the Valley. Do not pass the Skate Park. Do not collect a t-shirt from Harry Perry."

You run the risk of getting this card if you play the Venice-Opoly board game... and then you have to go to the Valley.

If you are part-time beach bum, part-time community activist, full time Venetian, that would be like a death sentence.

Meet Mark Rago. The creator of our own local Monopoly game. Who took it upon himself for multiple reasons, but mostly because he wanted the game to be Hecho en Venice.

We talk the many incarnations of Venice Beach California, community activism, the perils of gentrification, where to get a really good burger, the history of our hood, and a whole lot else.

Guest Stars: Mark Rago

Episode Trailer for Season One, Episode Sixteen of The Story of My Friends: Venice Beach, A Love Letter

Go to the Valley. Go Directly to the Valley. Do not pass the Skate Park. Do not collect a t-shirt from Harry Perry.

You run the risk of getting this card if you play the Venice-Opoly board game... and then you have to go to the Valley.

If you are part-time beach bum, part-time community activist, full time Venetian, that would be like a death sentence.

Meet Mark Rago. The creator of our own local Monopoly game. Who took it upon himself for multiple reasons, but mostly because he wanted the game to be Hecho en Venice.

We talk the many incarnations of Venice Beach California, community activism, the perils of gentrification, where to get a really good burger, the history of our hood, and a whole lot else.

Dropping in on October 1st.

Guest Stars: Mark Rago

Now hear this…

Was your dad a squid riding a tin can in Uncle Sam’s Canoe Club?

Did the Old Man leave him high and dry on a beach in Cuba while the USS Conway steamed over the horizon?

A beach. A stack of mail. Plenty of cold beer.

His mission? Stay put. Chill the beer. Wait for the destroyer to come back.

I assure you, this swabbie wasn’t skating… that was the job.

Sea stories. Cold War memories. And the kind of post that sounds too ridiculous to be true.

... and maybe some of it isn't? We have Dr. Dre here to do Dr. Elizabeth Loftus proud and help Joe sort out his own possible misinformation effect.

Pipe down, settle into your rack, and come aboard The Story of My Friends.

All ahead flank.

Sailing Mid-September!

Guest Stars: Joe Friend Jr., Dr. Andrea Roof, PsyD, PLLC

Episode Trailer for Season One, Episode Fifteen of The Story of My Friends: In The Navy

Now hear this…

Was your dad a squid riding a tin can in Uncle Sam’s Canoe Club?

Did the Old Man leave him high and dry on a beach in Cuba while the USS Conway steamed over the horizon?

A beach. A stack of mail. Plenty of cold beer.

His mission? Stay put. Chill the beer. Wait for the destroyer to come back.

I assure you, this swabbie wasn’t skating… that was the job.

Sea stories. Cold War memories. And the kind of post that sounds too ridiculous to be true.

... and maybe some of it isn't? We have Dr. Dre here to do Dr. Elizabeth Loftus proud and help Joe sort out his own possible misinformation effect.

Pipe down, settle into your rack, and come aboard The Story of My Friends.

All ahead flank.

Sailing Mid-September!

Guest Stars: Joe Friend Jr., Dr. Andrea Roof, PsyD, PLLC

Do you have family that opens up their property once a year to host a full music and art festival? One that is free? Features 10 bands across 2 stages? All in support of Philadelphia area local charities?

Oh, and are they on their 12th one?

No? S'all good, just hang with us then...

Meet the Brothers Webster, Joe & Rich. You may have seen them cruising around town in their Raven Black 1963 Ford Fairlane aptly-named the Nazgûl, protecting drummers from wasps with high-powered fans, or fronting the local freight train known as The Tyson Mill Band... but now The Story of My Friends has them in the hot seat to get to the bottom of what it takes to stand up the ⁠⁠Tall Trees Music & Art Festival⁠⁠ year after year and take that unexpected journey.

Guest Stars: Joe Webster, Rich Webster