12. Joining the creative team, Hold Fast flash mob, and Leigh Weimers Emerging Artists Award (and jingle)
Release Date: 10/09/2020
21. The NYC Summer, Schaefer Beer, and our ATX Pole Fitness jingle
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We begin this broadcast with a brief public service announcement. The world is coming back, y’all. We are running around like chickens with our pod-casting/jingle-ing heads cut off. We are going to scale back to an episode a month. It’s better for you. It’s better for us. And, most importantly, it’s better for the business. They get a whole month of a feature. We are constantly trying to streamline and find out what works best for us. You get it. We are finding less is more. (Remember to follow us and subscribe anywhere you get your podcasts.) In This Episode: We...
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20. The highs and lows of restaurant work, Folger’s coffee, and our Boopa’s Bagel Deli jingle
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John has a shit-eating grin on his face. Why? I think he has been thinking about naughty things he doesn’t want to say. That’s okay. We don’t want to know. OK, folks, so please remember to send us your small business ideas and buy the people you love a flash jingle. Flaaaaaash jingle. Refer-O-Matic: John talks for a while about those people, (you know the people), who sit in restaurants long after closing and make the servers wait for them. All I can think as he does this is: Oh, nooooooo. I fear DEEPLY that that is me. DEEPLY. Am I that person who actually thinks the servers...
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19. Diminishing beer returns, the Band-Aid jingle, and Bubbles & Brews Philly
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We are very happy to be back, y’all. Our new format will tastefully, beautifully and efficiently reach DOUBLE the amount of small businesses we reached in season one. You hear me, DOUBLE?! (Remember to follow us and subscribe anywhere you get your podcasts.) Use to earn perks for sharing with friends. In This Episode: We begin with talking about what we are thinking about this week. Spoiler alert: As usual, mine is booze and John’s is some crazy train of thought. (Opposites attract, guys.) His tangent has a point, though. It always does. This week, we talk...
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18. NYC moves, vaccines, Chili’s baby back ribs, and our new jingle for Jackie’s Place Soul Food in San Jose, CA
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We are fully back in business, y’all. We love our new format, we love our new musical sound bites, but, mostly, we love our listeners. Please love us back. Share us, follow us, tell people about us, follow us, SEND US YOUR SMALL BUSINESSES! (If you need a refresher, here it is: and Subscribe anywhere you get your podcasts). Share us with your friends! Share with five friends and get a custom flash jingle for anyone you choose. And the rewards are only up from there! Texas tattoos. Think about how 80% of people from Texas have the state tattooed somewhere on their body....
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17. The Apology Episode
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In This Episode: We are going to begin with some apologies. We have been very busy trying to improve ourselves as not only joint, small business owners and podcast makers, but also as individual small business owners now. What?! We now live, think, breathe and poo small businesses. John has founded an audio company and I now have an online cocktail class company. This in no way means that we are taking time off from creating POD HELP THE OUTCASTS. Oh, no. If anything, we are coming back stronger with a much more efficient, more streamlined show format that is less flowery and more about...
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16. Christmas Time, A Smattering of Carols, and A Jingle for Drive-Thru Christmas in the Park in San Jose
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(Referral Link! You know the drill. Tell your friends; get a flash jingle about you or someone you love! Easy. ) In This Episode: It’s that time of year, folks! This episode is a special Christmas edition. Well, it’s basically the same thing we always do, but it’s Christmas this time. Ok, so we need to get back to a certain formula moving forward. We need get back to talking about our favorite tunes and why we like them so that John can do what John does best: give you nerdy history. Please help yourself, as a special Christmas gift, to all of these things in...
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15. Covid Tests, Back to V&T’s, and our Jingle for City Lights Theater Company
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In This Episode: (Referral Link! You know the drill. Tell your friends; get a flash jingle about you or someone you love! Easy. ) Justin is back in California. You know what that means?! Quarantine and Covid test tiiiiiiiiiiiiiime. John is in New York. OK, I want you to listen to how crazy I drive John in this episode. Listen to his voice. His job consists not only of finding meaning in my rants and having to sit through them, but also, in this episode particularly, how I never want to talk into the mic and how I never remember which episode is which. I am a major liability for...
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14. Interview with 10glo, Uptown Players, and a jingle for Sister Helen Holy’s Holiday Streaming Spectacular
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In This Episode: Whoa. Warning: The excitement John is going to give you right off the bat is going to alarm you. It’s for a legitimate reason. We have a new referral program! Get 5 friends to check us out: get a free personalized flash jingle. For you, for grandma, to drop on ‘em as you enter a Zoom call. Get 10: get a flash jingle and PHTO merch. Get 20?! You will get a full out 45-60 second jingle pitch. Click the link —> Add the names. Share us. It’s that simple. Both our lives will change forever. We love you. Okay, stay with me now. In our main...
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13. We’re a Small Business. Getting to Know You. And Stop Spinning Your Wheels: Our new jingle for Harlem Cycle, Harlem NYC
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In This Episode: Democracy matters, people. We discuss democracy matters while discussing how democracy matters? DO YOU SEE WHAT I DID THERE?! Hey, so, okay, you need to vote. You. That’s all we say about that. We aren’t a politics podcast. Firstly, it’s season 2! We can’t believe we completed Season 1. Twelve great episodes! What’s the first and most exciting thing about Season 2?! Introducing Pod Help The Outcasts as a small business. We are now a small business. We make jingles. It’s what we do. What’s exciting about this is that we can make one for YOU, if you want. You...
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12. Joining the creative team, Hold Fast flash mob, and Leigh Weimers Emerging Artists Award (and jingle)
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In This Episode Update: We pushed the season 1 finale a little further down the road. But I’m leaving these notes intact so you can hear Justin’s unbounded joy and excitement. He’s always best unedited. So. This is an extremely exciting episode for us; it is Number 12 and the FINALE of our first season! Do you comprehend?! This means since May 29th, we have created and released Twelve. Original. Jingles. Promoting. Small. Businesses. During. The. Pandemic. A moment of silence, please.........It’s honestly more like an empire being born. We are so freaking proud of this idea and...
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Update: We pushed the season 1 finale a little further down the road. But I’m leaving these notes intact so you can hear Justin’s unbounded joy and excitement. He’s always best unedited.
So. This is an extremely exciting episode for us; it is Number 12 and the FINALE of our first season! Do you comprehend?! This means since May 29th, we have created and released Twelve. Original. Jingles. Promoting. Small. Businesses. During. The. Pandemic. A moment of silence, please.........It’s honestly more like an empire being born. We are so freaking proud of this idea and of the businesses we have connected with, and for them hanging tough during this really difficult time.
We change it up for Ep. 12 and record remotely. We are at what is maybe our favorite place in Manhattan for the final episode of our season: Hold Fast Kitchen & Spirits, on Restaurant Row. You remember them from Ep. 2? Of course you do. If you don’t, I know what you’ll be doing tonight: yes, going back and listening. Anywhoo, Hold Fast arranged to have a flash mob with 30+ dancers shoot a music video featuring our jingle to commemorate their win of best bar in Hell’s Kitchen, their 3-year anniversary, and to celebrate the re-opening of indoor dining at 25% capacity in NYC. Very exciting!
Do you know what is also very exciting? Since moving back to the Bay during the pandemic, we had had lots of positive feedback about what we did for Roy’s Station in San Jose, CA, in Ep. 1. I got wind of an emerging artists award through my mom’s yoga group. Thanks, Mom. We ended up being one of the winners selected! We are receiving a grant for the pod! A huge thank you to the San Jose Rotary Club and Leigh Weimers Emerging Artists Awards Committee. We have created an original piece for them. Ya know what? It’s tight. I have no problem saying it. We are pimping out the Rotary Club’s vibe in a MAJOR way. Leigh Weimers was a columnist for the San Jose Mercury News who devoted his life to writing about emerging Bay talent. We are so thankful and humbled to be honored for the work we’ve done in the past 4 months. This is the proverbial cherry on top of a very exciting first season. Thanks to all who have listened and subscribed. KEEP DOING IT. TELL THE WORLD ABOUT US!
This Week’s Business......Us! (Just kidding)
The Leigh Weimers Emerging Artists Awards Committee Website: https://www.weimersawards.com
This committee has given over $100,000 to emerging artists and their work in the San Francisco Bay Area. Their winners have run the gamut: rappers, songwriters, visual artists, dancers, you name it. Very cool to be honored as winners in 2020.