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Michelle Tam of Nom Nom Paleo drops by the studio to bring Josh a vinyl toy of herself (complete with bacon and meat cleaver) and tell us a bit about how she’s become the “Martha Stewart of paleo.” For her, that means having one of the leading paleo blogs and a book that was nominated for a James Beard award. She’s surprisingly not that hardcore about her paleo (she even eats white rice) and recommends that we all pay attention to our own bodies and notice what works for us. Sounds like good advice for health and business. She’s also not that hardcore about her business. Her goal is to keep doing something she loves and also have a lifestyle that enables her to take care of her family and stay healthy. Listen here for lessons on how she does all that. If you make it all the way to the end, there’s one special tip to make everything you cook taste delicious. Listen up! Then let us know what you think with a review on iTunes. See you next week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Missy Suicide is a badass, if you can’t tell by the name. She’s the owner of the world’s largest collection of naked goth chicks. More accurately, she’s co-founder of Suicide Girls, a community of over 20 million people that is redefining beauty not only through glamorous portraits of unclothed women who often don’t fit traditional definitions of beauty, but through candid and supportive discussion of topics spanning the complexity of modern life. As she puts it, "We felt like this was place that people who felt outside the norm could come hang out and have as their home online... and you're likely to create cool things and meet amazing people and change your life. We had the grand vision of it being something that people could use to come together." Missy came by the Rebel Radio studios to give us some insight into how she’s built a brand that touches so many people in such powerful ways. She explains how she’s learned to balance ignoring the haters with gathering valuable information from her community, and

This episode is part two in our ARTXWORK REBELS series, brought to you in partnership with Guerilla One, our go to source for information on graffiti and street art. Guerilla One is on hiatus online, so hit us up directly if you want more information. Graffiti art legend Risk stops by our studio to tell us about his latest project — a joint show with fellow Rebel Radio alum TAZ — and give us some insights into how he’s built one of the most interesting careers you’ll ever find. Risk is a study in dichotomy. He looks like an outlaw, like Rick Rubin’s first cousin or maybe a member of a bike gang. He got famous for doing illegal art, bombing the streets of Los Angeles and as one of the first to paint the “heavens” (art pieces and tags on freeway signs). That led him to success in the “legit” art world, gallery shows, selling paintings for big dollars, album covers, and one of the first streetwear lines. He’s since created his own gallery. Along the way, he studied art at USC and took business classes. He

Them Jeans is our tallest guest so far! He’s a DJ, producer, and host of two popular podcasts: The Stew (food) and Tall Tales (music). Josh knew him as the doorman at Cinespace at the forefront, literally, of the electro-indie explosion that birthed the careers of Steve Aoki, Franki Chan, Thee Mike B, and the like. Jeans stops by Rebel Radio headquarters to tell Josh he looks like Ray Romano and get some parenting tips (although he doesn’t have a child). They also discuss what it’s like being so damn tall (Josh is not), and how he’s built a career that is, if nothing else, very interesting. They talk a little bit about music and a lot about why you have to be willing to be bad at something before you can be good at it. Life lessons... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to the first episode in our ARTxWORK REBELS series, brought to you in partnership with Guerilla One, our go to source for information on graffiti and street art. Guerilla One is on hiatus online, so hit us up directly if you want more information. What a great artist to start with. Jim Evans has had more impact on how musicians communicate visually with their fans than almost anyone on the planet. He sometimes paints under the name TAZ. His body of work runs deep, so deep. From designing for surf rock acts in the 60s, to iconic artwork for artists like Chicago, Neil Young, the Beach Boys, and the Allman Brothers in the 70s, to U2, Aerosmith, and Nirvana in the 80s and 90s to modern-day heroes the Beastie Boys and Wu-Tang Clan, Jim has done it all: Logos, album covers, photographs, illustrations, websites, and so many posters. He’s currently preparing a collaborative art project with LA graffiti pioneer Risk. The key to his longevity is simple, but so difficult: "You've got to listen to things in

Jayceeoh drops by Rebel Radio World Headquarters to play us tracks from his new collab with the funk Dr. Spock (aka Redman). Sorry, no snippets (yet), but we can tell you the energy is electric, and the duo is fittingly called 1,000 Volts. He also gives us some insights into his creative journey. Jayceeoh is a very competitive dude, as you might imagine. He’s a two-time DMC finalist and winner of VH1’s Master of the Mix as well as McDonald’s Flavor Battle. Even his mixtape series, Super 7, is somewhat of a competition. He lines up contributions from other top DJs in various genres (past contributors have included DJ Jazzy Jeff, Z-Trip, Revolution, Thee Mike B, Gaslamp Killer, TJR, NGHTMRE, to name a few) try to outdo each other with their 10-minute mixes. These days, though, production is the main focus. In addition to the Redman project, Jayceeoh brings his aggressive trap style to remixes and original productions for folks like Bassnectar, Bloody Beetroots, and Morgan Page. That is, when he’s not playing ho

It’s hard to overstate the influence DJ AM has had on the art of DJing. There are a handful of DJs who have massively influenced the art of DJing. - Kool Herc taught us we could mix two records together. - Grandmaster Flash taught us we could scratch. - Q-Bert taught us the turntable could be a musical instrument. - AM taught us we could play whatever records we want. Before he died, DJ AM inspired DJs around the world to break through boundaries many of them weren’t even aware of. He broke new ground for the profession of DJing as well, as the first to make $1 million a year, and then $2 million a year, from playing records. Our guests today are telling AM’s story to the world in the upcoming documentary AS I AM: The Life and Times of DJ AM, a beautiful picture of an incredibly talented, heartbreakingly flawed human being. Kevin Kerslake directed As I Am, and has been an important director of music videos, documentaries, and commercials for over 20 years. He’s made videos for Nirvana, Soundgarden, Stone Temp

Cassie thinks it’s amazing that Brandon is only 23 and already has his shit together. Hard to say whether that’s a complement to Brandon or a commentary about the state of 23-year-olds. You might know Brandon from his Vice articles or his two Snapchat shows (one for MTV and one for Comedy Central). Or from his collab with weird-comedy pioneer Bob Odenkirk or around LA doing stand-up at spots like The Improv and Meltdown Comics. Or you may not know him at all, which only proves that you’re old. Brandon drops by the Rebel Radio studio to put us up on a bunch of stuff we never heard of — stuff the kids are into — and give some insight into what it’s like being a hip-hop head whose introduction to the genre was Kanye’s 808s and Heartbreak. He also explains how Makkonen is helping him get girls and how infusing hip-hop into his comedy act has accelerated his success. He also tries, unsuccessfully, to help Josh understand why anyone likes Fuck Jerry. He gives us some important business lessons, like the importan

We hope you enjoyed last week’s interview with Vikter Duplaix. There was so much good stuff that we had to re-up for a second week. If you missed the first part, you can check it out below. In part two, Vikter tells us about his first big break and how he learned (the hard way) to take credit for the work he’s done. He also explains how he managed to stay focused on his creative vision when people were expecting him to be something different. Then we get to hear about being mentored by r&b great Kenny Gamble, linking up with James Poyser from the Roots, launching a company with Jazzy Jeff, and collaborating with King Britt and Louie Vega. How does a man keep his head on straight in the midst of money, respect, fame? Vikter says: "You just have to know do you love making music or do you love being famous? And whichever one it is be honest about it and shape your career that way." Oh, and when the stakes is high and the cameras are on you: Rely on the confidence you built through all those years and hours of pr

We loved this interview so much we chopped it in half. You get the head this week. Come back next week for the tail. Vikter Duplaix isn’t just one of the most talented DJs around. He’s made his way through the music business since he was a teenager and has learned how to make the system work for him. He’s been nominated for a Grammy. He’s worked with legends. When I say legends, I mean LEGENDS: Earth Wind & Fire, Erykah Badu, Common, Jamiroquai, Teddy Pendergrass, Kenny Gamble, Jazzy Jeff, Questlove. He’s been on TV, first as a contestant and then judge on BET’s Master of the Mix. And he created one of the most soul-nourishing club nights around: Kiss n Grind. In our interview, Vikter takes us through the ups and downs of his career, from watching people get shot at his clubs when he was a teenage DJ starting out, to the expectations of being an international sex symbol. He’ll teach us how not to let fear get the best of us and how to avoid burnout. Warning: This one is FULL of dope music clips. Get ready, an

AJ Bertenshaw talks to us about everything DJ culture. We all know the art of DJing has changed dramatically in recent years. In the old days, DJs had to carry crates of vinyl around to gigs. In later years some DJs replaced the milk crates with CD bibles. In either case, that night’s selection was limited to whatever they could carry. And then there’s the beat matching, finding the tempos of records by hand and trying to match each new song with the one before it. I know, right? Our guest AJ Bertenshaw has helped to change all that. His products — Scratch Live and Serato DJ — have upped the ante for DJ technology, allowing DJs around the world to create “real” DJ mixes using music stored on laptops, and easily sync their tunes. Presumably, the best DJs have become even better and the worst don’t sound quite as bad. AJ drops by the studio to tell us the secrets to building a brand that endures, evolves, and continues to change the game after nearly two decades. He teaches us how Serato stays close to its

We’re going to find out how as we talk to Geoff Moore. Geoff has been shooting since he was a kid, and professionally since the early 90s. He’s shot magazine covers, album covers, celebrities, ad campaigns. He’s shot for Facebook around the world, and the new campaign for T-Mobile that’s showing up in the form of giant pink and black billboards around the country. Early on, he made music videos for artists such as Jewel, the Goo Goo Dolls, and the Cardigans, gaining MTV Director of the Year nominations twice before he turned 25, and hung out with the Red Hot Chili Peppers, always with the camera out. He’s spent his life documenting the punk rock lifestyle (among others), and living it. His latest work is called ENDORSEMENT: The Unseen Cobain Photos. Geoff was granted exclusive access to the storage facility (in Compton, CA, no less) to shoot personal effects of the late Nirvana frontman. Among them, a Converse sneaker, lyric notebooks, and a number of heart-shaped boxes. In our interview, Geoff explains w

Ant LaRock stops by our studio to put us up on what the next generation is up to. A musician since childhood, he meandered through multiple genres before landing on a classic deep house sound that pre-dates him by about a decade, somehow avoiding the more obvious choices like trap, techno, or whatever EDM means these days. He got his first break with a remix of “Right Here, Right Now,” for Giorgio Moroder and Kylie Minogue, and recently remixed “Flip It” by Charlotte Devaney featuring Snoop. Big wins for a cat that’s new in the game. He just put out a solo EP on the legendary house label Nervous Records. Ant tells us what it’s like being a protege of one of New York’s house dons, Todd Terry. And how he keeps his mind on his hustle now that he got his foot in the door. He also explains how, in order to stay true to his classic sound, he avoids listening to a lot of new music while he’s writing so it doesn’t influence him in ways that he doesn’t want. That’s curation, folks. All this and more, including one

Today’s guest is Josh Luber, founder of StockX: the stock market of things. At last count, StockX had over 19,000 pairs of pre-owned sneakers for sale. Josh also founded Campless, an online pricing guide for resale sneakers. We found him through his TED Talk where he persuaded a roomful of creatives and techies to think about how Air Jordan could be relevant to their businesses. In short, Josh is a data guy with a passion for sneakers. A few years back, he left his corporate gig at IBM to build a business that blends those two qualities. And it’s paid of big time. He was able to sell Campless and score a partner with big money and clout. In our interview, we explore some of the ins and outs of sneaker culture. If you’re into sneakers, you’ll dig some of the history we get into. There’s one man responsible for the popularity of sneakers more than anyone else. Do you know who that is? If you’re not familiar with sneaker heads, sneaker culture, sneaker collecting, we got your introduction right here. By the e

The Professor is an unlikely basketball star. He's 5'10" and white. He grew up on the mean streets of suburban Oregon. He's also one of the best-known streetballers in the world. He was a star of the And1 Mixtape tour for seven years, and is now one of the franchise players for the new BallUp league. His YouTube channel has close to a million subscribers and almost 100 milliion plays, partly due to the extremely popular Spiderman series, in which he challenges strangers to one-on-one basketball while wearing a Spidey suit. We get the inside scoop on what it takes to reach this level of success: dedication, resilience, and creativity. Listen to the episode here to learn how he does it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Franki Chan is a punk. No, not like that. He got his start by responding to a flyer that said "if you’re antiracist, antigovernment, vegan, we’re trying to find a drummer.” From that day on, the DIY punk scene in Indiana became his life. Years later, he would move to LA, realize the seriousness of punk rock was missing one thing: fun, and launch a club called Fucking Awesome with his new friend and fellow unheard-of DJ, Steve Aoki. Though they didn’t know it at the time, the two were at the forefront of a movement that would not only change music, but even impact the way culture spreads around the world by bringing fun back into nightlife and creating an environment that’s more inclusive than exclusive. Nowadays, Franki runs his label / agency, IHEARTCOMIX —where he also illustrates all of the releases — and until recently, the event series Check Yo Ponytail. All of this places Franki at the intersection of music and geek culture, maybe like a cool version of The Nerdist. Franki drops by the studio

Phil Quartararo is a music marketing legend. He’s helped break some of the world’s biggest acts, from U2 to the Spice Girls, Linkin Park, Josh Groban. He’s run both independent and major labels — Virgin, Warner Bros., EMI. But listen to our interview and you’ll learn he’s also the definition of a hustler. The story at the beginning about how he got started will take care of that. His career has been a study in refusing to give up, in trying to prove the haters wrong. He’s also an outspoken critic of the old school music industry and towards the end of our talk, he outlines what they should have done differently and what he’s doing now to get it right. The EDM Track of the week is Brick of Ones, feat. Jake Ace by Job Jetson: https://soundcloud.com/hip-hop/job-jetson-brick-of-ones-feat-jae-ace-prod-nar-on-the-track Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Roger Gastman has worked with Bansky and Shepard Fairey. You have not. How a punk rock kid became the world’s expert in graffiti and street art. If you still think graffiti is just kids defiling your neighborhood, you need to get with the times. Graffiti, and its sibling, “street art,” have infiltrated high-end galleries, museums, and private collections, with top artists’ work selling for five-to-six figures. Roger Gastman is the man behind a lot of that evolution. As a magazine publisher (While You Were Sleeping; Swindle), documentary producer (Exit from the Gift Shop; The Legend of Cool “Disco” Dan), author (Amazon shows 115 results for “Roger Gastman” under books, including The History of American Graffiti and Hello Kitty, Hello Art), and curator (many, many shows, including MOCA’s Art in the Streets — the largest graffiti exhibit in America), Roger has done more than almost anyone alive to raise the profile of graffiti. In our interview, we get into the ins and outs of what it takes to build a busin

Alabama—London—Atlanta—Los Angeles duo (trio if you count the duck) WatchTheDuck have become proteges of Pharrell, T.I., and Steve Aoki. Their sound is a unique blend of all of those influences, filtered through their own identity as a couple “weird” kids from Montgomery. Their first single “Poppin Off” blew up on YouTube and attracted the attention of their heroes. They’re in studio telling us their stories, and teaching us all how to battle the fears that keep us in our comfort zones. If you like the music on this track, see below for the links: Aaliyah, One In A Million https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKbWF1jwMhE Usher, U Don't Have To Call https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/u-dont-have-to-call/id268532446?i=268532614 Watch the Duck, Poppin Off https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/poppin-off/id625533494?i=625534333 Pretty Lights, Finally Moving https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/finally-moving/id294600592?i=294600655 Watch the Duck, Making Luv to the Beat (feat. TI) https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/dont-blame-

If you love J. Dilla, Madlib, MF Doom, Mayer Hawthorne, Aloe Blacc, and Dam Funk then you have Peanut Butter Wolf to thank. We're in studio with the king of the West Coast underground. Through his label, Stones Throw Records, Peanut Butter Wolf has given the world important, and sometimes commercially successful music from J. Dilla, Madlib, MF Doom, Mayer Hawthorne, Aloe Blacc, and Dam Funk, among others. He also crosses genres as if they didn’t exist, taking experimental, or just plain weird explorations into punk, psychedelic and other fringe sounds from folks like James Pants, Vex Ruffin, and Mild High Club. On top of all that, he maintains an active DJ career, a series of Stones Throw events, and was the subject of a 2014 documentary: Our Vinyl Weighs A Ton. And although he has built a successful business — now celebrating its 20th anniversary and revered by music fans for consistently breaking credible and interesting acts — Wolf could hardly be called a businessman (although he is definitely a business,