The Guest List with Patrick Hicks

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Today Patrick sits down with vintage fashion content creator Gabi Jones to build the playlist of her life.

Gabi didn’t expect to make a career out of posting about vintage fashion online. But like a lot of creative people when COVID hit- she was an actress who was in college studying theater- she turned to social media as an outlet for performing. She had inherited a large clothing c...

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Today Patrick sits down with comedian Margaret Cho to build the playlist of her life.

Margaret Cho is one of the greatest stand up comedians of all time, but she also makes some awesome music (her latest album Lucky Gift came out this year). Having grown up in the San Francisco punk and new wave scenes, Margaret brought that alternative edge into comedy and became an icon in the 90s....

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Today Patrick sits down with journalist Miki Hellerbach to build the playlist of his life.

Miki is a writer whose work has appeared in Complex, Okayplayer, Men’s Health, NPR, and more. He also has a Substack called Inside the Credits which focuses on music producers. And his current project is a show called The Spot where he visits the hometown of a musician and goes with them to the...

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Today Patrick sits down with content creator Coco Mocoe to build the playlist of her life.

Coco is an expert on all things trends, marketing, content strategy, and pop culture. She makes videos for her over 1 million followers on TikTok, writes a newsletter on Substack, and has her own show The Middle Row with Coco Mocoe where she sits in a movie theater with different musicians and ...

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Today Patrick sits down with journalist Melissa Locker to build the playlist of her life.

Melissa is a writer, editor, and podcaster whose work has appeared in Time, Rolling Stone, Vanity Fair, The Guardian, and many more publications on a wide variety of topics. But I wanted to have her on because she has just written a fascinating book about the history of Oasis fans. It’s called A...

Today Patrick sits down with music content creator Jacob Givens to build the playlist of his life.

Do you remember the first time you heard the Smashing Pumpkins? What about Rage Against the Machine or Tori Amos or Radiohead? Jacob Givens does. And he has made an art of capturing the feeling of hearing iconic artists like those in short, often funny, videos on social media. His videos have been viewed by millions and millions of peo...

Today Patrick sits down with machine learning engineer and content creator Shane Morris to build the playlist of his life.

Shane is normally on podcasts discussing topics like “Data Engineering in the Federal Sector” since his day job is working as a senior executive advisor in the world of defense and national security. But before all that he was also in the music business, working for MySpace Music in it’s heyday, running a music ...

Today Patrick sits down with music producer and reality show star Jay Thomas Manuel (aka Mini Producer) to build the playlist of his life.

Jay was born with a rare bone disease called Osteogenesis Imperfecta Type 3 and his parents were told he likely wouldn’t live past childhood. Not only did he survive he has thrived - working as a hip hop producer, getting married to his wife Pamela who also has Osteogenesis Imperfecta Type 3, and...

On today’s episode Patrick sits down with licensed therapist and social media star Jeff Guenther aka TherapyJeff to build the playlist of his life.

Jeff has been a therapist for 20 years but recently found himself becoming an influencer with millions of followers on TikTok and Instagram. He is also the author of the book Big Dating Energy and the host of the podcast Problem Solved.

Jeff and Patrick talk about growing up in Southern C...

Today Patrick sits down with the queen of pop culture podcasting - Joanna Robinson - to build the playlist of her life.

Joanna is a senior staff writer at The Ringer and a podcaster on The Ringer podcast network where she hosts shows like House of R and The Prestige TV podcast and is a frequent guest on The Big Picture and The Rewatchables. Her 2023 book MCU: The Reign of Marvel Studios was a New York Times bestseller.

We talk abou...

Today Patrick sits down with Will Ramsey AKA MyEmoDiaries to make the playlist of his life.

Will is a musician, content creator, and author of books such as Say the Quiet Part Out Loud, a love letter to his namesake musical genre - emo.

We talk about how Will got into the emo scene, how Nirvana became his favorite band of all time, what bands he’s tried to get his Top 40 loving partner into, and much more!

Listen to MyEmoDiaries’ pl...

Today Patrick sits down with comedian, actress, and content creator Franchesca Ramsey to build the playlist of her life.

Franchesca first made waves with her mega viral hit video S**t White Girls Say to Black Girls in 2012 and has since hosted her own MTV show Decoded, written a memoir, written for TV, acted in shows like Broad City and Superstore, done stand up comedy, and gone viral on social media singing the song I Never Thought...

Today Patrick sits down with songwriter and content creator Rod Kim to build the playlist of his life.

Rod is a professional songwriter who in his spare time makes hugely popular Tiktok videos on nostalgia for 90s and 00s music. His videos on everyone from Backstreet Boys to Green Day to Rihanna and Shakira have gotten millions of views and hundreds of thousands of followers.

On this episode Rod talks about growing up as the only Asi...

Today Patrick sits down with television writer Jen Capra to build the playlist of her life.

Jen is a writer who has worked on Sesame Street for over 15 years and was recently nominated for an Emmy for her writing on the show. She is also a content creator on Tiktok and was one of the first people to follow me so it’s extra special to have her on the Guest List.

We talk about the music she grew up with, how she became a writer on Sesa...

Today Patrick sits down with journalist Larisha Paul to build the playlist of her life.

Larisha went from running a One Direction stan account on Twitter to being an in demand freelance writer to now working as a staff writer for Rolling Stone. She specializes in pop music and has written brilliant pieces about everything from Liam Payne’s passing to the rise of what she dubs “Voice Audition Core.”

Learn about how Larisha got her s...

Today Patrick sits down with Denali Foxx, a drag performer who is currently competing on RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars Season 10, to make the playlist of her life.

Denali is not only one of the best drag queens in the world but also an accomplished figure skater and a serious music nerd. She talks about songs she grew up with, songs she loves to skate to, and songs she loves to lip sync to.

Listen to Denali’s playlist on Spotify, Appl...

Today Gabbie from the website New Bands for Old Heads sits down with Patrick to build the playlist of her life.

Gabbie is a critic and music curator who is the best around at recommending new music. And if you don’t really listen to new music anymore - don’t worry, that’s Gabbie’s specialty. She looks for music that will scratch the itch in your brain for your favorite 80s and 90s bands.

Listen to Gabbie’s playlist on Spotify, Apple...

Today sportswriter Jeff Pearlman sits down with Patrick to build the playlist of his life.

Jeff started writing for Sports Illustrated in 1996 and has since written nine New York Times bestselling books, including The Bad Guys Won about the ‘86 Mets, Sweetness about Chicago Bears legend Walter Payton, and Showtime, the Lakers book that was turned into Winning Time on HBO.

He just wrote his first music book - a biography of Tupac Sha...

If you’re not from Chicago you might not know about Shermann “Dilla” Thomas, but in this city he is a beloved icon. His videos about Chicago history started going viral on TikTok in 2021 and now he has his own tour company Chicago Mahogany Tours, a YouTube show You Don’t Know Chi, and his own merch that bears his popular slogan “Everything Dope About America Comes From Chicago".

Dilla had me over to his office in Auburn Gresham on C...