We Are Scientists are a New York based indie rock band founded in 2000. The group has had lots of notable success from being featured in countless press, touring across the world, playing several of major music festivals, and performing on late night television. The band comes on the podcast while driving to their first tour destination in support of their new album "Qualifying Miles". Below are timestamps to a variety of topics that were discussed throughout the interview. Thanks for listening!

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3:29 Covering Stone Temple Pilots and Radiohead songs

5:15 Audio of WAS covering “Creep” by Radiohead

7:06 Thoughts, feelings, emotions writing their new album “Qualifying Miles”

9:28 Experimenting with different genres

10:28 How many songs were written for each individual album?

11:33 “There are were definitely at least 80 songs cut from Qualifying Miles”

13:23 Coming back to Baltimore for the first time in 15 years

15:57 What was it like signing with Virgin Records for their debut album?

17:02 The story behind their success in the UK

19:25 Memories of touring w Arctic Monkeys, Kings Of Leon, and Muse

23:33 Playing The Gap retail store in Time Square

25:43 Reflecting on the moment being able to leave their full time jobs for music

28:27 “The person that took the cover art photo for With Love & Squalor was a coworker of Chris’”

29:15 Did they have a guide or mentor for their band in their early days?

33:19 Working with The Lonely Island and how they met them and Producer

34:27 “Ariel Rechtshaid was our manager’s roommate and he was like my roommate will record some demos for you and those demos are how we got signed essentially”

35:50 Reflecting on Brain Thrust Mastery reissue tour

38:35 What drives them during the challenging times to keep them going 25 years later?

39:40 Something they still hope to do in their music career that they haven’t done already

42:16 The best and or most strangest gifts they’ve ever received by fans

45:05 Does mortality play a role in the band’s life? If so, how?

47:51 Comparing Polar, Trader Joe’s, and La Croix seltzers

David created Dirty Projectors in the early 2000s in Brooklyn, NY. The project has released 10 studio albums, several EPs including the 5EPs series, and 1 live album. They most recently released their latest album Song of the Earth on April 6th, 2025 and David's first film score for The Legend Of Ochi on April 25th, 2025. The band has been featured in countless press, has performed major music festivals, and has toured across the world. David is truly an incredible person and I'm very grateful to have interviewed him. Learn more about Dirty Projectors in the links below.

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Mark Briscoe is a professional wrestler in AEW and Ring Of Honor. Mark is a former ROH world champion, former ROH tag team champion holding the tag titles for a record of 13x with his brother Jay Briscoe, and is in the ROH Hall Of Fame. Mark has also held tag team titles in other promotions including Total Nonstop Action (TNA)’s Impact Wrestling, CZW, GCW, New Japan Pro-Wrestling, and much more. Learn more about Mark Briscoe in the links below.

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