Want more of Matt's journey through the world of tarot card reading? You've come to the right place. Social media: Mars on Life: @marsonlifeshow on Twitter and Instagram Matt Fernandez: @matt_fern (Twitter) and @thewoodseyninja (Instagram) Jenna: @_bell_book_and_tarot_ on Instagram Jessyica: @3crowscrossroads on Instagram Dylan: @mysticdylanofficial @theoldeworldemporium on Instagram Artwork by Zachary Erberich (@zacharyerberichart) "Space X-plorers" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed unde...
Nov 03, 2022•44 min•Season 3Ep. 136
Twitter is back in the news for all the worst reasons, so Matt finally goes all in. Sebastian also talks about a recent liberal arts college party he attended. All laughs aside, we finally pay tribute to Mike Davis, Los Angeles' ferocious chronicler. Social media: Mars on Life: @marsonlifeshow on Twitter and Instagram Sebastian Schug: Seabass on YouTube Ryan Mancini: @mancinira (Twitter) and @manciniryan (Instagram) Andrew Martinez: @andrewomartinez (Twitter) Matt Fernandez: @matt_fern (Twitter)...
Nov 02, 2022•1 hr 22 min•Season 3Ep. 137
Matt takes us through the world of tarot, in this special crossover with "The Dark Domain" series. Social media: Mars on Life: @marsonlifeshow on Twitter and Instagram Matt Fernandez: @matt_fern (Twitter) and @thewoodseyninja (Instagram) Jenna: @_bell_book_and_tarot_ on Instagram Jessyica: @3crowscrossroads on Instagram Dylan: @mysticdylanofficial @theoldeworldemporium on Instagram Artwork by Zachary Erberich (@zacharyerberichart) "Space X-plorers" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under ...
Nov 01, 2022•59 min•Season 3Ep. 136
Welcome to a Halloween trifecta unlike any to come before on "Mars on Life." First, sit down for a crossover with the yet-to-be-launched "The Dark Domain" podcast interviewing subjects for a history on tarot reading. Then, with the little help of our YouTube comrade Seabass, immerse yourself in the haunting story of "La Llorona." Finally, hear Andrew and Ryan review the 1999 Martin Scorsese/Nicolas Cage hidden gem "Bringing Out the Dead." Social media: Mars on Life: @marsonlifeshow on Twitter an...
Oct 31, 2022•1 hr 37 min•Season 1Ep. 136
Diet NIMBY concludes with a travelogue. Ryan and Matt commute across the Santa Clarita Valley to visit locations used in the filming of "Santa Clarita Diet," finding themselves more enlightened by the sights of some stores and buildings while feeling underwhelmed at others used minimally despite other desirable locations more appropriate for whatever the show seemed to go for. Finally, they commune at the Westfield Valencia Town Center to give their final thoughts on the show and, as one of our ...
Oct 30, 2022•1 hr 9 min•Season 3Ep. 5
Mars on Life cohost Sebastian Schug joins the Diet NIMBY team to talk about his experience watching Season One of "Santa Clarita Diet." The concept of identity – within the Santa Clarita Valley and identifying with the quirkiness of the Netflix series – is widely discussed, along with the city's cannabis business moratorium, subjecting one's life to the mundanity of small-town living and the vaguely direct (or directly vague?) references to the actual town prevalent throughout the entire season....
Oct 29, 2022•1 hr 10 min
Time for some actual NIMBYism on full display in the latest episodes of "Santa Clarita Diet" on review here. Following our discussion about the L.A. County Sheriff's Department, we analyze the scrutiny on neighborhood safety easy for one to find in the Santa Clarita Valley. Another SCVism we uncover is the rise of hipsterism circa 2010: was it an unfinished revolution or a failed revolution from the start? There's also some missing digit trauma (indeed), more bad screenwriting to pluck apart and...
Oct 22, 2022•58 min
The man who said goodbye to LA returns. Social media: Mars on Life: @marsonlifeshow on Twitter and Instagram Sebastian Schug: Seabass on YouTube Ryan Mancini: @mancinira (Twitter) and @manciniryan (Instagram) Matt Fernandez: @matt_fern (Twitter) and @thewoodseyninja (Instagram) Artwork by Zachary Erberich (@zacharyerberichart) "Space X-plorers" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/...
Oct 19, 2022•1 hr 3 min•Season 3Ep. 134
More SCVisms are abound in this latest installment of Diet NIMBY. Is narcissism synonymous with being a zombie, or is it a basic evolutionary trait? Learn our answers and more as Matt and Ryan talk about Los Angeles Sheriff's Deputy Dan blackmailing Joel, a story note with hints of the famous L.A. County Deputy gangs covered across SoCal media (read Cerise Castle's intrepid reporting about it in KnockLA ). Our cohosts also talk about this show's namesake NIMBYism in the San Fernando Valley and i...
Oct 15, 2022•1 hr 41 min
This week on "Mancini is Missing," the boys scour the state of Texas for signs of the missing Martian, witchcraft, or general signs of intelligence. Finding none, the trio set their sights on the cultural behemoth of McDonalds. Social media: Mars on Life: @marsonlifeshow on Twitter and Instagram Sebastian Schug: Seabass on YouTube Andrew Martinez: @andrewomartinez (Twitter) Matt Fernandez: @matt_fern (Twitter) and @thewoodseyninja (Instagram) Artwork by Zachary Erberich (@zacharyerberichart) "Sp...
Oct 14, 2022•1 hr 29 min•Season 3Ep. 133
Trauma reveals itself as Ryan and Matt review episodes three and four of "Santa Clarita Diet." Abby's status as a SCV high school student goes under the microscope, the quirks of neighborhood safety in an age of Nextdoor is scrutinized, the power of SCV educators like the show's Principal Novak is called into question and our cohosts dive into the show's portrayal of the region's geography. Do not worry, not all of our episodes will keep being this long.* Social media: Mars on Life: @marsonlifes...
Oct 08, 2022•1 hr 46 min
Ryan's away so the cohosts have taken over. Editor's note: "While Ryan attempts to steal the London Bridge (a la National Treasure), the rest of the gang chats through Liz's flutist follies." Social media: Mars on Life: @marsonlifeshow on Twitter and Instagram Sebastian Schug: Seabass on YouTube Andrew Martinez: @andrewomartinez (Twitter) Matt Fernandez: @matt_fern (Twitter) and @thewoodseyninja (Instagram) Artwork by Zachary Erberich (@zacharyerberichart) "Space X-plorers" Kevin MacLeod (incomp...
Oct 06, 2022•1 hr 21 min•Season 3Ep. 132
Welcome to Diet NIMBY. Santa Clarita Valley residents Ryan Mancini and Matt Fernandez provide culturally concise commentary about the 2017 Netflix series "Santa Clarita Diet." This miniseries will take a look at the inside humor within a show based on an expansive, thematically "small" town and where the series converges with the stereotypes, caricatures and idiosyncrasies one can find visiting the region and meeting its people. Ryan and Matt share some of their own experiences, as they will thr...
Oct 01, 2022•1 hr 54 min
Ryan and Matt are joined by Lisa DeSouza, the director of the Santa Clarita International Film Festival, or SCIFF, a massive event intended to bring artists from far and wide to celebrate and display their work in the fast-growing L.A. suburban town. We talk about the stumbles going into last December's first SCIFF, which Lisa and Matt witnessed firsthand (he wrote about it in a long piece for The SCV Proclaimer), the changes and lack thereof in the Santa Clarita Valley when it comes to change, ...
Sep 28, 2022•1 hr 3 min•Season 3Ep. 131
Ever heard of "Santa Clarita Diet"? The Netflix series has the attention of Mars on Life cohosts Ryan Mancini and Matt Fernandez as they analyze and over-analyze this short-lived but popular bite of the streaming age. In short, does the show live up to the standards of the region it is set in and what is its worth in a strange age for TV-land? This spinoff miniseries premieres Oct. 1 as part of our Halloween lineup, be sure to tune in wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts. Social media: ...
Sep 25, 2022•1 min
Ten episodes later and everyone's joined in. Matt talks about meeting the incredible character actor Deep Roy and beating him at a game of shuffleboard, Andrew shares some *major personal news* and moving from one part of Boston to the other, and "Mr. Mute" Sebastian talks about his recent trip to Disneyland, encountering the excess of what the park had on sale. This entails the fads and identifiers of enthusiastic fans parading the original park and Galaxy's Edge, including the "hashtag resista...
Sep 21, 2022•1 hr 14 min•Season 3Ep. 130
Andrew and Sebastian are away, so Matt and Ryan talk about popularizers of science and Carl Sagan's professional successors, Disney's recent film news, the recent chaotic weather (a Tropical Storm in California?). Ryan also talks about his recent trip to Massachusetts seeing and staying with Drew, massive thanks to El Jefe. More to come on that matter. Finally, the boys tease an upcoming podcast-related project dropping in October. Stay tuned but tune in! Social media: Mars on Life: @marsonlifes...
Sep 14, 2022•1 hr 15 min•Season 3Ep. 129
Satan in Santa Clarita? Our cohosts talk about religion in "Awesometown" and why certain news and trends go viral on SCV-based social media news accounts. Social media: Mars on Life: @marsonlifeshow on Twitter and Instagram Ryan Mancini: @mancinira (Twitter) and @manciniryan (Instagram) Andrew Martinez: @andrewomartinez (Twitter) Matt Fernandez: @matt_fern (Twitter) and @thewoodseyninja (Instagram) Artwork by Zachary Erberich (@zacharyerberichart) "Space X-plorers" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com...
Sep 09, 2022•41 min•Season 3Ep. 127
Our cohosts conclude recounting their museum trek, segueing into a trip Ryan and Matt took that evening to the Griffith Observatory. Communing with the stars, they explore the premises and philosophize over the immense presence of the city below the Hollywood Hills, from each of their own perspectives. Fun and laughs naturally ensue, including a look at Leonard Nimoy's extended family and the 1986 "Transformers" movie, and impressions of Carl Sagan. Whatever our futures hold, we made it to Mars ...
Sep 07, 2022•1 hr 25 min•Season 3Ep. 128
At last, the SoCal-based cohosts made it to the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. This sprawling two-part experience takes listeners through Los Angeles' prehistoric days under the sea, Sebastian's latest interest in Wish.com and what our travelers thought of the promotional "House of the Dragon" exhibit. They were not whelmed. (To be concluded.) To read the LA Times column on the NHM/GOT collab: https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2022-08-04/game-of-thrones-exhibit-la-n...
Aug 31, 2022•1 hr 32 min•Season 3Ep. 127
Andrew's back from Canada! Our cohosts talk a little bit about topical cinema before continuing the show's ongoing discussion on extreme climate change with the latest news about a future "mega flood" expected to drown the Golden State. How soon is too soon to prepare? Finally, Ryan talks about his experience reading the block of a book "Infinite Jest" by David Foster Wallace. Social media: Mars on Life: @marsonlifeshow on Twitter and Instagram Ryan Mancini: @mancinira (Twitter) and @manciniryan...
Aug 24, 2022•1 hr 25 min•Season 3Ep. 126
Ryan, Andrew and Matt follow up on Salman Rushdie's condition following his stabbing on Aug. 12, as well as the media response to the fatwa 33 years ago and the stabbing itself. Social media: Mars on Life: @marsonlifeshow on Twitter and Instagram Ryan Mancini: @mancinira (Twitter) and @manciniryan (Instagram) Andrew Martinez: @andrewomartinez (Twitter) Matt Fernandez: @matt_fern (Twitter) and @thewoodseyninja (Instagram) Artwork by Zachary Erberich (@zacharyerberichart) "Space X-plorers" Kevin M...
Aug 22, 2022•12 min•Season 3Ep. 125
Sebastian talks about a recent job interview experience – things went out of hand fast. Social media: Mars on Life: @marsonlifeshow on Twitter and Instagram Sebastian Schug: Seabass on YouTube Ryan Mancini: @mancinira (Twitter) and @manciniryan (Instagram) Matt Fernandez: @matt_fern (Twitter) and @thewoodseyninja (Instagram) Artwork by Zachary Erberich (@zacharyerberichart) "Space X-plorers" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creati...
Aug 19, 2022•24 min•Season 3Ep. 125
Matt and Ryan talk about their journey to the Magic Castle in Hollywood. At around 28:30, we discuss the main topic: author Salman Rushdie, who in 1989 was sentenced to death by the Ayatollah of Iran on the charge of writing a novel, "The Satanic Verses," was stabbed by a 24-year-old man in western New York. (Since recording, Rushdie was taken off a ventilator and is awake and talking.) What follows is a recounting of Rushdie's life since the death sentence, or fatwa, was issued and a division a...
Aug 17, 2022•1 hr 27 min•Season 3Ep. 125
Our hosts return to reflect on the increasing temperature in Southern California, and on the fishing opportunities scorned by said heat, before entering two respective chats about TikTok, its usage, its popularity and its place within the realm of media. Grab your rods and life preservers, time to fish out the insanity. Social media: Mars on Life: @marsonlifeshow on Twitter and Instagram Sebastian Schug: Seabass on YouTube Ryan Mancini: @mancinira (Twitter) and @manciniryan (Instagram) Andrew Ma...
Aug 10, 2022•1 hr 32 min•Season 3Ep. 124
From talking about business to diving straight into the mayhem, Ryan and Sebastian take things Season 1-style with a long discussion about the pricey nature of driving across Southern California and how debilitating being 20 minutes away from everything is. Our main topic is about a recent L.A. Times piece detailing the New York art scene coming to the west coast – who is this helping if it's a Rolodex of art pieces without purpose? Social media: Mars on Life: @marsonlifeshow on Twitter and Inst...
Aug 03, 2022•1 hr 44 min•Season 3Ep. 123
It's the chortling hour as the guys goof around with the teaser poster for Christopher Nolan's upcoming "Oppenheimer." What a cast, what a budget, but how's the story? We start off, however, on a recent explosion at Hoover Dam and how startling this news is on the heels of Lake Mead's evaporation. Then we talk about the MLB All-Star game at Dodger Stadium and the strike that never was from the concession staff. After some hot dog talk Andrew brings up Kylie Jenner's wee flight from Van Nuys to C...
Jul 28, 2022•1 hr 38 min•Season 3Ep. 122
Wide-ranging discussions? Have you heard this show before?? This week, Andrew and Ryan start off talking about the dwindling amount of water in Lake Mead and how this latest heat wave only intensifies the demand to address catastrophic climate change; when talking about deserts, it's easy to guess how "Natural Born Killers" is brought up. Then Sebastian joins them to unravel a viral TikTok video of Costco customers buying rotisserie chickens in bulk. Finally in a circular stream of consciousness...
Jul 20, 2022•1 hr 31 min•Season 3Ep. 121
The guys talk about the state of the COVID-19 pandemic, what it means for the show's future and how to tune out from social media in the age of the "omni-crisis." (Producer's note: This conversation occurred prior to the announcement regarding the COVID-19 omicron subvariant BA.5.) Social media: Mars on Life: @marsonlifeshow on Twitter and Instagram Sebastian Schug: Seabass on YouTube Ryan Mancini: @mancinira (Twitter) and @manciniryan (Instagram) Andrew Martinez: @andrewomartinez (Twitter) Artw...
Jul 15, 2022•13 min•Season 3Ep. 120
All of our cohosts congregate at last to talk about the state of the show as COVID-19 cases are back on the rise with a transmissible sub variant in the news, instilled by online "Covid FOMO" and every host having experienced the virus firsthand. We start the show with some observations on the Fourth of July and the motherlode of fireworks going off across SoCal – where, in an age of rampant wildfires and climate apocalypse, it's safe to say we should reevaluate how patriotic we are about severe...
Jul 14, 2022•1 hr 24 min•Season 3Ep. 120
