The Circus Life Podcast

Episode #30.  Three great guests come in Studio D and talk to Justin and Sean including Snuffy Walden (composer for the music on “The Wonder Years”, “West Wing”, “Sports Night”, “Nashville”), Leroy Miller (former member of Smashmouth and song placements on “Scrubs”, “Driven”, “Alias”) and Sara Niemietz (broadway actress, season two “Glee” cast member, supporting actress on “Akleelah and The Bee”).  Snuffy talks about his musical start in strip clubs, Leroy reflects on his cross country bike trip at 12 years old in the Boy Scouts, and Sara talks about her upcoming single with blues legend Keb' Mo’.  Finally, 13 year old music reviewer Joshua Kirk reviews the Old 97’s record “Wreck Your Life”.  Our show is brought to you by our Amazon link, which gives us a piece of your purchase if you click through the sponsor link on our website.  This podcast is also brought to you by ToriRocksRealEstate.com, GrowthGroup.com, Saucony, RCS Photography, and Cue Recording Studios. 

#29.  Our new website is up!  Check it out at www.thecircuslife.com.  Jeffrey Platts, a dating and life coach, comes on the show to analyze Justin and Raf's relationship status and facilitate an eye gazing game between Justin and Marlene Hall. Sean and Marlene don't see eye to eye on practices pertaining to dog fostering. Finally, Bobby Thompson of the bands Blueheart Revival and Mud Rey comes on and plays some songs on electric and lap steel guitars.  Justin grills Bobby on his cuffed jeans.  Our show is brought to you by ToriRocksRealEstate.com, GrowthGroup.com, Saucony, RCS Photography, and Cue Recording Studios. 

#028. Phillip Noss comes in Studio D to play songs off his new record and tell us about how his longtime girlfriend Frances told him to "%#$@ off" on the playground eleven years ago when they first met. Victoria Vox drops by and helps explain the use, overuse, and misuse of emoticons, which is a divisive topic for Sean and Justin.  Rafael Suanes somehow becomes the butt of all jokes and speaks about the upcoming debut of he and Justin's new video project "UnrehearsedDC".  Justin and Sean gear up for the release of the brand new TCL website.  Our show is brought to you by ToriRocksRealEstate.com, GrowthGroup.com, Saucony, RCS Photography, and Cue Recording Studios.

#27. DC brewery "DC Brau" comes on the show including cellarman David, lead brewer Chris, and lead canner and drummer for The Pietasters and The Shifters, Jason Budman. Musical guest Tom Goss, a one time candidate for priesthood, avoids the peer pressure of drinking with the rest of the guys while telling us about life in the Midwest and defining for us terms like "bears".  Datelab saga comes to a definitive close and Raf maintains his honor.  Today's program is brought to you by ToriRocksRealEstate.com, GrowthGroup.com, Saucony, RCS Photography, and Cue Recording Studios. 

026. Justin is a bit frazzled from just getting back from a week long Northeastern tour and tells a story about being pulled over for looking high. Duncan and Scotty of the band The Shifters talk to us about being white guys in a reggae band and we listen to two songs they recorded with Sean earlier in the day at Cue Recording Studios. Louisa Hall gives us a sneak peak at a new song and helps Justin decipher texts from girls. Finally, Carlie Steiner of Tea Time DC tells us about her new music and food endeavor while giving Justin the hardest time anyone has ever given him on the show.  Today's show is brought to you by ToriRocksRealEstate.com, GrowthGroup.com, Saucony, RCS Photography, and Cue Recording Studios. 

Episode #25.  Discussions of 'Flashdance", 100 year birthdays, and personal stylists at recent photo shoots make this another great episode of TCL.  Natalie York plays two songs and discusses her new album while Kate Moran and Kevin de Souza of the children's band Rainbow Rock make the whole cast do snake, owl, and mice noises.  Sean is the only one who knows who Justin wants to set on fire.  Lastly, Rachel Levitin of the DC blog "We Love DC" speaks about being vertically challenged and making it work to her advantage.  Our show is brought to you by ToriRocksRealEstate.com, GrowthGroup.com, Saucony, RCS Photography, and Cue Recording Studios.

Episode #24.  The bank robbers have been found and Justin Gormley explains how.  Melodime is our musical guest featuring Bradley, Sam, Tyler, and Jon. They play two songs and Sam and Tyler help piece together the last seven years of Bradley's dating life. Will Artley of Pizzaria Orso sends over ten pizzas for the show.  Justin Trawick tells Sean that after the taping he's going to see "Flashdance" for his 32nd birthday at the Kennedy Center.  Our show is brought to you by ToriRocksRealEstate.com, GrowthGroup.com, Saucony, RCS Photography, and Cue Recording Studios. 

Episode #23 - Louisa Hall comes back on the show, this time as our musical guest.  She talkes about pole dancing and Alexis K tells the story about dating a guy she met in a Target parking lot.  Sam Snow wages war on kale while Justin tells Sean about how Match.com apologized for recently inviting him to 'Telluride Gay Ski Week.' Meanwhile, Sean hates his intern for breaking his Keurig coffee maker.  This podcast is brought to you by ToriRocksRealEstate.com, GrowthGroup.com, Saucony, RCS Photography, and Cue Recording Studiios

#22. Happy 2014!  The Morrison Brothers Band come into the Red Room for a podcast about New Years resolutions, theft, and inappropriate talk about Tori's daughter. Raf concludes the "DateLab Saga" and Justin talks about his neighbor walking around his neighborhood with a loaded gun. TCL twitter historian Greg Hindsley and his wife Meredyth perfect the fine art of talking as little as possible.  Our show is brought to you by ToriRocksRealEstate.com, GrowthGroup.com, Saucony, RCS Photography, and Cue Recording Studios.