Welcome to the Pantry area of the Pizza ’n’ Popcorn – a popcast blog, where the guest list hits like movie night featuring the Avengers: Endgame—but instead of hammers and shields they come with slices, snacks, and zero pretentious energy. Where thought leaders, healers, creators, and full-on main characters pull up and put their integrity (and a little pride) on the line. We get to see who or what survives while we dig through an endless bucket of freshly popped kettle corn. Think Hot Slice chaos, Late Night & Early Morning laughs, and the kind of conversations you’d have at 1 a.m. when the pizza box is empty but the popcorn bowl somehow isn’t and who the hell left pizza grease on the mic?
We’re popcasting up comedy, satire, and the occasional truth bomb, because life’s too short not to laugh at it. Our guests aren’t here to flex résumés but maybe embellish their latest Game of Thrones late night sequel, we will be rewriting origin stories, villain arcs, and Shakespearean monologues while being refreshingly unfiltered along the way. So grab your snack-sized escape into the ridiculous and the relatable, bring your appetite for nonsense and your sense of humor, and enjoy the show. Extra cheese and sarcasm served hot and ready. Batteries not included.
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Website: Camilo Reporto Shameless Plug: He’s just a regular dude. Except for the part where he backpacked around the world for two years on a budget of lint and shoestrings, he trains in Brazilian jiu-jitsu, and once spent 31 DAYS with nothing but water, sounds like he has close ties to Jesus. So between doing his best Anthony Bourdain impression and creating UFC training montages, he lives in Miami seeking out dangerous curves in high heels at 125 MPH. When asked ‘Do you enjoy confrontation?’ he replied “Nah, I’m good.” Born and raised in Argentina, he moved to Miami as a teenager and grew up as the youngest of three brothers. These days, a perfect week includes good friends, an Argentine asado, and probably enough food to make up for those 31 days, with no pizza or popcorn, mama Mia. We’re talking travel, family, discipline, fighting, fasting, and the stories you collect when you spend two years with a backpack and no real idea what tomorrow looks like, and a handful of Pokémon cards as your travel companion. Pull up a chair order some pizza, pop some corn, and come hang with a guy whose version of “taking a break from food” makes skipping breakfast look downright irresponsible and may cause you to break bad.
Website: Apphia Attzs Shameless Plug: A Communications Architect and Transformation Doula. Yes, you heard that correctly. Communications Architect. Transformation Doula. Which sounds like someone who helps deliver ideas into the world while making sure nobody leaves the room carrying emotional baggage in a tote bag or being taken out with the bathwater.
Apphia works with people to get the sh…caca out of the space, and turn those big “someday” conversations into “why aren’t we doing this right now?” action and stop waiting for their personal Marvel origin story to arrive.
And here’s where things get interesting. Apphia asks us to take 100% responsibility for living a fulfilled life full of all the pizza and popcorn you can enjoy. No passing the remote to somebody else especially if they’re in their underwear. No waiting for the universe to update the software to version 1.5. No sitting around like the protagonist in a movie waiting for the third act to begin when you just started the first. Now you become part of the plot ask Neo. So grab your pizza, secure your popcorn, and prepare for a conversation what happens when we stop treating our future like a Netflix show we’ll get around to watching eventually.
Website: Nya’s Insta Shameless Plug: As a designer and self-described hobbyist who apparently looks at every hobby and says, “You know what Nya? This should be a business.” Nya embodies the Baskin Robbins philosophy that 31 flavors of ice cream is not enough and before we even get started, we have to address the biggest mystery of the episode: Was she the baby that was almost thrown out with the bathwater? If you know you know, and yes she was born in a bathtub. Yes, a bathtub. Somewhere between a Saturday Night Live cold open and the origin story nobody saw coming like Avengers Doomday, we have the beginning of a life that eventually led her from growing up in the States to making the move back to “the islands”. If her life were a movie, the title would be Who’s That Girl? which feels appropriate because tonight we’re going to find out. When she’s not balancing six Korean dramas she has jewelry on the brain, and when it’s time to relax, she has her own signature beverage situationship involving white wine, cranberry juice, and water, because apparently even the drink needs a plot twist and some lime. But underneath the laughs is a story about identity, home, and what happens when you leave one place behind and return to another with a whole lifetime of experiences in between. So grab your pizza, secure the popcorn preferably buttered, and settle in as we talk about moving to the islands, finding your way back home, turning hobbies into businesses, and the stories you collect along the way like Pokémon cards. And if we had one imaginary slice to share with anyone tonight, it would go to her mom, because there’s a story there about returning home to St. Croix that we definitely want to hear.
Website:Sailing Out of Hell
Shameless Plug: Shameless Plug: In this episode, our guest Jesse Osborne joins us for a conversation that plays out like Rocky if the fight were entirely internal, or Cast Away without Wilson but with way more emotional baggage and zero studio notes, sorry CliffsNotes. Jesse walks us through a life that goes from trying to belong, to wearing the Blue Bloods uniform and doing the job, to being spun through the media blender faster than a Law & Order cold open, or was that Saturday Night Live, either way it came complete with public opinion, lawsuits, divorce, and headlines that hit harder than a Netflix true-crime trailer auto-playing at 2 a.m. while you sleep. At his lowest moment — standing in a closet like a deleted scene from Breaking Bad — he nearly checks out of the Matrix, until the thought of his kids snaps him back faster than someone yelling “PIZZA’S HERE” during an existential crisis. What follows is less Eat Pray Love and more The Martian with fewer supplies: surviving one day at a time, forgiving people who definitely didn’t earn it, and learning to stay when walking away feels easier than surviving a Walking Dead season without snacks. It’s heavy, it’s human, but we keep it lighter than a Marvel origin story, picture Iron Man— so grab a slice, pass the popcorn, and settle in, because by the end you’ll realize that sometimes the bravest thing you can do is stick around for the next episode, even when the writers have clearly gone Rogue One.
Website: Academentor Shameless Plug: Isabel is basically running the Inside Out cinematic universe in real life. They’re on a mission to help families heal, grow, and level up—think generational glow-ups, no reboot required. From teaching kids emotional intelligence and real-world leadership (yes, the kind that works off TikTok) to supporting expecting moms and conscious parents through their MaternaWellness practice, this guest blends neuroscience, coaching, mediation, and holistic wellness like the ultimate crossover episode. Bottom line: they help kids lead themselves, parents break old patterns, and families build homes that feel more Saturday morning vibes and less season finale meltdown. You’re gonna want to listen to this one.
Social Media: Star the Poet
Shameless Plug: Ladies and gentlemen, popcorn lovers and poetry snappers tune in and listen to Star — a young writer and spoken word poet who started writing before most of us figured out how to fold a fitted sheet. She grew up as a Caribbean-American kid scribbling poems about life, identity, and whatever else a young genius writes about when everybody else is busy trying to beat Level 3 of Mario Kart.Then high school hit, and instead of doing what most teens do — you know, pretending homework doesn’t exist — she joined community networks with other young POC bucks and started tapping into her Canadian community. (Yes… she’s basically Avengers-Assemble, but make it poetic.) By listening, observing, and actually talking to people — something we adults forget to do — Star realized her superpower: using her words to show the world through our eyes, our dreams, our struggles, and our joy. And she’s not just about “pretty poems.” Oh no — Star is powered by empowerment, action, and enough community love to make a Disney movie jealous. Her mission? To help turn the dreams of the people into something real… something bright… something shining — kind of like the stars that light up the night sky, but with way better metaphors. So buckle up. Grab your popcorn. Because today, we’re talking to a young poet who isn’t just writing about the world — she’s helping re-write it.
Website: Leadenticity Shameless Plug: When Emily in Paris meets The Matrix, and a luxury real estate portfolio all merge into one you end up with Optimus Prime Estate or one very productive human. Alicia is the founder of Melioration and Leadenticity, two brands living at the crossroads of elevated design, high-end real estate, and AI-powered marketing systems that actually work—without the burnout spiral ask Morpheus. She helps founders and property owners build businesses and experiences that perform like a well-oiled Tesla: sleek, smart, and gas free. I hope batteries are included here.
As a full-on digital nomad, Alicia designs, builds, and scales from anywhere in the world, casually proving that freedom, sophistication, and operational excellence can coexist proving you can run global systems with one hand on a laptop and a bowl of popcorn in the other. From luxury short-term rental design to automated lead gen and globally scalable brand systems, she’s all about doing big things—intentionally, intelligently, and with style. Basically, if your business needs a glow-up and a backend that doesn’t collapse, she’s your girl. Think less hustle culture, more “Let’s order another pizza, let the systems take care of themselves.”
Website: Moments With Bliss Ink Shameless Plug: We sit down with Mr. Todde Bliss, whose real-life story feels like the Lion Queen King, Everything Everywhere All at Once, and a “wait…this actually happened?” moment all rolled into one—best enjoyed with pizza nearby or better yet some popcorn within reach. Todde shares his journey from being an orphan at Seoul Sanitarium Orphanage, the life-changing love he received from Mrs. Grace Rue, and a little-known chapter of history where African Americans became white, long before the Michael Jakson song, stepped up in a major way to adopt Korean orphans after the Korean War. And just when you think the credits are about to roll, the story pulls a full Hollywood twist with a reunion with his birth mother some 50 plus years later —cue the emotional music, dim the lights and reach for your best popcorn. It’s heartfelt, hopeful, and proof that sometimes the most powerful stories aren’t fiction… they’re just waiting to be told. Remember Simba had to start his journey somewhere, so enjoy this episode that starts like a powerful documentary and somehow still makes room for movie-night vibes.
Shameless Plug: A proud mom of three, she grew up in Arizona and now runs things in Highland Park, Michigan, where she’s basically the community’s unofficial showrunner — think Oprah meets Olivia Pope, but with better playlists and fewer binders. From January to December, she produces city events ranging from A to Z like it’s a Marvel release schedule. When she’s not curating vibes, she’s learning electric guitar picture AC/DC “shook me all night long” (future rock-mom era loading…), speaking multiple languages, and playing with food like it’s a Food Network challenge — because creativity tastes better and cost more. She’s traveled across the U.S., collecting stories like Pokémon, and ever since she was a little girl dreaming of being a talk show host, she knew the mic was her destiny, bars! Now, as co-host of Pizza ’n’ Popcorn, she helps serve up a space where people can share their stories — no scripts – well maybe, extra cheese, buttered popcorn, and all feelings welcomed… mama’s home.