Blue Eyes Crying By The Chips (Niko Stratis)

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Look, people have been asking me. Niko, when is V/A Club coming back? It's not. But we're using the feed for something new.

It's a new show, by me, it's called Blue Eyes Crying By The Chips, it's about the beautiful songs that we love and the places we have cried listening to them.

join us every Friday for season one of a show I already love and want to do forever, 

My first guest is my friend, writer and podcaster Elamin Abdelmahmoud. He's the host of Commotion on CBC and the author of the lovely and brilliant book Son Of Nowhere.

You can follow him on Twitter HERE
You can find Commotion on CBC HERE or your podcast platform of choice

You can find me, Niko Stratis, on all social media platforms @ Niko Stratis. I tend to use Twitter the most, or my newsletter, Anxiety Shark.

Our theme song is by Augusta Koch of Gladie, find Gladie on Bandcamp HERE

Show artwork is by Amanda Wong, check out he INCREDIBLE work HERE

Okay, that's it. See you next Friday. 

Hi hi

Welcome back for episode 2 of Blue Eyes Crying By The Chips, very thrilled to be here with my guest Sadie Dupuis of Speedy Ortiz, Sad13, her book of poetry Cry Perfume  and more. We talk about crying, I propose at least one business idea. It's a good time.

Speedy Ortiz has a new record out now, that you should buy. It's called Rabbit Rabbit and you can find it on Bandcamp HERE

Follow Sadie on Twitter and Instagram

You can follow me on Twitter and Instagram
Read my newsletter Anxiety Shark HERE

Okay, see you all next week for more. 

Today's guest is none other than the writer of "Crying In The Grocery Store", the theme song for this show Augusta Koch of Gladie!

We talk about crying, we talk about posturing in music scenes and the difference in processing emotions after we got sober and Augusta tells me a story about crying to a song by a band a lot of people have assumed would show up in this show. There are some solemn vows made to abide by viral Twitter campaigns that I expect us all to live up to.

You can find Gladie on Twitter and Instagram

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We are BACK! Episode 4, with my guest Rax King, one of my favourite writers, a great podcaster with her show Low Culture Boil and one of the funniest people on the internet.

You can follow Rax on Twitter and Instagram , subscribe to her Patreon

You can find me, Niko Stratis, on all social media platforms @ Niko Stratis. I tend to use Twitter the most, or my newsletter, Anxiety Shark.

Our theme song is by Augusta Koch of Gladie, find Gladie on Bandcamp HERE

Show artwork is by Amanda Wong, check out her INCREDIBLE work HERE

Leave a review on Apple Podcasts! Tell your friends! Help me get the word out about this show, it really, really helps. 

Okay, love you, see you next week. 

Thrilled to be joined by the amazing and talented Emily St. James for our first long player of an episode, about amongst other things being the kind of billionaire leftists like, fictionmania, transition and Taylor Swift. This was such a fun conversation with Emily, and I really hope you love it. A real emotional journey that covers all the best emotions life can muster.

You can find Emily on Twitter and Bluesky

You can find me, Niko Stratis, on all social media platforms @ Niko Stratis. I tend to use Twitter the most, or my newsletter, Anxiety Shark.

Our theme song is by Augusta Koch of Gladie, find Gladie on Bandcamp HERE

Show artwork is by Amanda Wong, check out her INCREDIBLE work HERE

Leave a review on Apple Podcasts! Tell your friends! Help me get the word out about this show, it really, really helps. 

Okay, love you, see you next week.

Hi friends. So excited for you to hear this week's episode, with my guest, writer and comedian Josh Gondelman! We talk about the Roadrunners artistic period, personal yearbooks, and the song "Chicago" by Sufjan Stevens.

You can find Josh on Twitter and Instagram, subscribe to Josh's newsletter That's Marvelous HERE

You can find me, Niko Stratis, on all social media platforms @ Niko Stratis. I tend to use Twitter the most, or my newsletter, Anxiety Shark.

Our theme song is by Augusta Koch of Gladie, find Gladie on Bandcamp HERE

Show artwork is by Amanda Wong, check out her INCREDIBLE work HERE

Leave a review on Apple Podcasts! Tell your friends! Help me get the word out about this show, it really, really helps. 

Okay, love you, see you next week.

Hey friends.

Today's episode is an all-timer! It's Maris Kreizman! Maris and I talk about crying playlists, musical theatre, a petition to make Whitney Houston the most famous person from New Jersey, Harry Nilsson and so much more!

You can, and should, follow Maris on Twitter, or Bluesky and listen to her podcast

You can find me, Niko Stratis, on all social media platforms @ Niko Stratis. I tend to use Twitter the most, or my newsletter, Anxiety Shark.

Our theme song is by Augusta Koch of Gladie, find Gladie on Bandcamp HERE

Show artwork is by Amanda Wong, check out her INCREDIBLE work HERE

Leave a review on Apple Podcasts! Tell your friends! Help me get the word out about this show, it really, really helps. 

Okay, love you, see you next week.

We took a week off, we are back on, it's Blue eyes Crying By The Chips with my guest, writer Jaya Saxena!

We talk about names, we talk about crying, we talk about memories, we talk about crying, Jaya makes a good two genders joke. This one has it all!

Find Jaya on Twitter, Bluesky and Instagram

You can find me, Niko Stratis, on all social media platforms @ Niko Stratis. I tend to use Twitter the most, or my newsletter, Anxiety Shark.

Our theme song is by Augusta Koch of Gladie, find Gladie on Bandcamp HERE

Show artwork is by Amanda Wong, check out her INCREDIBLE work HERE

Leave a review on Apple Podcasts! Tell your friends! Help me get the word out about this show, it really, really helps. 

Okay, love you, see you next week.

we are BACK baby. Once again, the peoples podcast about crying. The most popular podcast about crying. This time with my guest, one of my absolute favourite people and brilliant writer Dani Janae!

Dani and I talk about learning to arrive at our emotions, processing why we cry to the songs that we love, and crying listening to L.T.D. You'll love it.

You can find Dani on Twitter and a lot of her work through her Linktree, as well as her Newsletter

In the episode we talk about two pieces she wrote about crying to The National and Death Cab for Cutie

You can find me, Niko Stratis, on all social media platforms @ Niko Stratis. I tend to use Twitter the most, or my newsletter, Anxiety Shark.

Our theme song is by Augusta Koch of Gladie, find Gladie on Bandcamp HERE

Show artwork is by Amanda Wong, check out her INCREDIBLE work HERE

Leave a review on Apple Podcasts! Tell your friends! Help me get the word out about this show, it really, really helps. 

Okay, love you, see you next week.

Hey friends, the episode I had planned for this week had some technical issues, so I'm instead here with a quick solo story about a cry I had this week, and some details on how YOU can submit a cry story for our upcoming, end of the year cry jamobree!

Simply send me an audio file (voice note from your phone is FINE) at my email, nikodrewstratis@gmail.com and use the subject CRY STORY and please include your name if you'd like me to use it, your pronouns, etc in the body of the email!

You can find me, Niko Stratis, on all social media platforms @ Niko Stratis. I tend to use Twitter the most, or my newsletter, Anxiety Shark.

Our theme song is by Augusta Koch of Gladie, find Gladie on Bandcamp HERE

Show artwork is by Amanda Wong, check out her INCREDIBLE work HERE

Leave a review on Apple Podcasts! Tell your friends! Help me get the word out about this show, it really, really helps. 

Okay, love you, see you next week.

Hey friends

We're back! Today, my guest is my friend Alex Steed, host of the You Are Good podcast and a man of endless talents! We talk about trying out material on our doctors, we talk about Nine Inch Nails, we talk about the pain of showing people who you are and being rejected for it. A cavalcade of emotions!

You can find Alex Steed on all social media platforms like Twitter and Instagram

you can find You Are Good on all podcast platforms, and follow them on Twitter and Instagram

Also, details on how YOU can submit a cry story for our upcoming, end of the year cry jamobree!

Simply send me an audio file (voice note from your phone is FINE) at my email, nikodrewstratis@gmail.com and use the subject CRY STORY and please include your name if you'd like me to use it, your pronouns, etc in the body of the email!

You can find me, Niko Stratis, on all social media platforms @ Niko Stratis. I tend to use Twitter the most, or my newsletter, Anxiety Shark.

Our theme song is by Augusta Koch of Gladie, find Gladie on Bandcamp HERE

Show artwork is by Amanda Wong, check out her INCREDIBLE work HERE

Leave a review on Apple Podcasts! Tell your friends! Help me get the word out about this show, it really, really helps. 

Okay, love you, see you next week.

My guest on the podcast this week is Riley Macleod, someone I’ve been looking for an opportunity to chat with into a microphone for a good long time. We talk about crying, we talk about religion and sobriety and video games and earnestness, and we talk about The Weakerthans and John Samson.

You can find Riley on Twitter. You can read Aftermath.Site HERE

Also, details on how YOU can submit a cry story for our upcoming, end of the year cry jamobree!

Simply send me an audio file (voice note from your phone is FINE) at my email, nikodrewstratis@gmail.com and use the subject CRY STORY and please include your name if you'd like me to use it, your pronouns, etc in the body of the email!

You can find me, Niko Stratis, on all social media platforms @ Niko Stratis. I tend to use Twitter the most, or my newsletter, Anxiety Shark.

Our theme song is by Augusta Koch of Gladie, find Gladie on Bandcamp HERE

Show artwork is by Amanda Wong, check out her INCREDIBLE work HERE

Leave a review on Apple Podcasts! Tell your friends! Help me get the word out about this show, it really, really helps. 

Okay, love you, see you next week.

My guest today is writer, editor, podcaster, hiker, apple enthusiast: Daniel Lavery! We talk about what makes a guide hiker, apples, David Letterman, crying and  Michael Martin Murphey!

You can find Daniel on Twitter HERE

Also, details on how YOU can submit a cry story for our upcoming, end of the year cry jamobree!

Simply send me an audio file (voice note from your phone is FINE) at my email, nikodrewstratis@gmail.com and use the subject CRY STORY and please include your name if you'd like me to use it, your pronouns, etc in the body of the email!

You can find me, Niko Stratis, on all social media platforms @ Niko Stratis. I tend to use Twitter the most, or my newsletter, Anxiety Shark.

Our theme song is by Augusta Koch of Gladie, find Gladie on Bandcamp HERE

Show artwork is by Amanda Wong, check out her INCREDIBLE work HERE

Leave a review on Apple Podcasts! Tell your friends! Help me get the word out about this show, it really, really helps. 

Okay, love you, see you next week.

Hi friends

I'm back, and I brought my friend Alicia Gaines with me to talk about Chicago, the science of crying, shoegaze, RIDE, what Alicia calls "walk into the ocean music" and so much more. Such a fun chat with one of my all time favourite people!

You can follow Alicia on Twitter and Ganser on Twitter and Instagram

Also, details on how YOU can submit a cry story for our upcoming, end of the year cry jamobree!

Simply send me an audio file (voice note from your phone is FINE) at my email, nikodrewstratis@gmail.com and use the subject CRY STORY and please include your name if you'd like me to use it, your pronouns, etc in the body of the email!

You can find me, Niko Stratis, on all social media platforms @ Niko Stratis. I tend to use Twitter the most, or my newsletter, Anxiety Shark.

Our theme song is by Augusta Koch of Gladie, find Gladie on Bandcamp HERE

Show artwork is by Amanda Wong, check out her INCREDIBLE work HERE

Leave a review on Apple Podcasts! Tell your friends! Help me get the word out about this show, it really, really helps. 

Okay, love you, see you next week.

Hey friends. Welcome back to Blue Eyes Crying By The chips, I’m your host, Niko Stratis. I’m a writer living in Toronto. 

I’m currently writing two books at once, one is called The Dad Rock That Made Me a Woman, forthcoming from the American Music Series at the University of Texas Press. The other is a novel called Girls of Summer, it’s a queer love store centred around the Vans Warped Tour at the Calgary Speedway in 2001. 

This is my podcast about the beautiful songs that we love, and times we have cried to them in public. I use public loosely, public can mean whatever it means to the guest. Really I’m here to talk about emotions and music and the intersection of these two things with people

My guest is Shelli Nicole, culture writer, curator and editor! You can read her work in a great many places, but I highly recommend her newsletter, hishelli.net

We talk about SO many things, this was one of my all time favourite episodes to record. We get into writing, culture, emotions, hiding to cry, the stereotypes of sadness, and so much more. Also, a song by an artist I didn’t know before Shelli wanted to talk about them: Mereba.

You can follow Shelli on Twitter and Instagram

You can find me, Niko Stratis, on all social media platforms @ Niko Stratis. I tend to use Twitter the most, or my newsletter, Anxiety Shark.

Our theme song is by Augusta Koch of Gladie, find Gladie on Bandcamp HERE

Our logo is by Amanda Wong, check out her INCREDIBLE work HERE

Leave a review on Apple Podcasts! Tell your friends! Help me get the word out about this show, it really, really helps. 

Okay, love you, see you next week.

Hey everyone. Apologies, this episode took longer to get to you than i would have liked, i explain why in the intro. Basically, voice bad, record hard. But here it is, your oops all tears voice memo episode!

We'll be back with NEW episodes in February! 

You can find me, Niko Stratis, on all social media platforms @ Niko Stratis. I tend to use Twitter the most, or my newsletter, Anxiety Shark.

Our theme song is by Augusta Koch of Gladie, find Gladie on Bandcamp HERE

Our logo is by Amanda Wong, check out her INCREDIBLE work HERE

Leave a review on Apple Podcasts! Tell your friends! Help me get the word out about this show, it really, really helps. 

Okay, love you, see you soon. 

Hey friends

We're back! Some say it couldn't be done! And yet, here we are! We're back with new episodes, releasing on a semi-regular basis for as long as I can before I burn out! THRILLED to be joined by my guest on this episode, Dan Campbell of the Wonder Years and today with a new record with side project Aaron West and the Roaring Twenties! I tell Dan about crying listening to a song of his, i misremember the name of it, we start an airline business, he's crying at a concert, and he tells me the name of his future dream Weakerthans tribute comp. It's all here

You can find Dan Campbell on all social media platforms like Twitter and Instagram

Buy In Lieu of Flowers, the new record from Aaron West and the Roaring Twenties HERE

You can find me, Niko Stratis, on all social media platforms @ Niko Stratis. I tend to use Twitter the most, or my newsletter, Anxiety Shark.

Our theme song is by Augusta Koch of Gladie, find Gladie on Bandcamp HERE

Show artwork is by Amanda Wong, check out her INCREDIBLE work HERE

Leave a review on Apple Podcasts! Tell your friends! Help me get the word out about this show, it really, really helps. 

Okay, love you, see you next week.

Friends. We. Are. BACK. I say that a lot. It remains true. Today, I'm happy to bring you my conversation with Ted Leo!

We talk about Tolkien-punk, Alex Lifeson, the time Ted Leo had his front licene plates stolen and a beautiful story about getting pulled over by the cops and crying to Thin Lizzy.

You can find Ted Leo on Twitter and Instagram, Patreon and on his website, tedleo.com


You can find me, Niko Stratis, on all social media platforms @ Niko Stratis. I tend to use Twitter the most, or my newsletter, Anxiety Shark.

Our theme song is by Augusta Koch of Gladie, find Gladie on Bandcamp HERE

Show artwork is by Amanda Wong, check out her INCREDIBLE work HERE

Leave a review on Apple Podcasts! Tell your friends! Help me get the word out about this show, it really, really helps. 

Okay, love you, see you next week.