Emo Kids Anonymous
Emo Kids Anonymous is a podcast about emo and emo-adjacent music. With multiple new episodes every week, Emo Kids Anonymous is your home for everything emo. Previous guests include Saturdays At Your Place, Kerosene Heights, Winona Fighter, Origami Angel, Greywind, sports., Riley!, and so many others.
Emo Kids Anonymous is...
Amanda Valdivieso
As the resident Fall Out Boy aficionado, Amanda is one of the co-creators and co-hosts of the NAPNET podcast, Emo Kids Anonymous (EKA). She’s a proud emo mom raising two future emos that wants to share her passion, love, and knowledge of all things emo/pop punk with others. When she’s not hosting a podcast, she’s going to every show she can, posting her Patrick Stump cosplay, and keeping up with the latest in entertainment news. Also, ask her about her love of Lord of the Rings… She may just end up quoting the movies to you.
Robb Laffoon
Robb Laffoon (he/him) is an entertainer and the co-host and co-creator of the Emo Kids Anonymous podcast. Born in Maui and raised primarily in sunny Southern California and northern Alberta Canada, Robb found his way to alternative culture via blink-182 and later punk-o-rama compilations. After a decade as an unsuccessful musician, he eventually found his way to his true calling of lip syncing to pop punk and emo songs and rambling about bands both up and coming and classic. Currently based just outside of Los Angeles, Robb is now a grown man with two kids who still listens to emo music. Just don’t call him an “elder emo”.
CZB
CZB—aka Catherine/Cath/Cat (but never Cathy)—is the resident y’allternative of NAPNET, serving as Co-Editor-in-Chief & Content Officer. She is also behind-the-scenes showrunner and Executive Producer of the Emo Kids Anonymous podcast. Though her emo roots run deep, her diverse music taste and love of shows has taken her on many cross-country journeys: from cruising with Lamb of God in the Caribbean, to enjoying organic corndogs with outlaw country legends at Farm Aid, to lamenting lack of decent arch support with fellow elder emos in Las Vegas at When We Were Young (emphasis on the Were). In between travels, you’ll find her holding down the fort in Charm City at local shows and sharing medium cringe content, ft. occasional cameos from her husky, Pepper. For inquiries: CZB.NAPNET@gmail.com
Episodes
80. Tiger Would: Albany Emo Scene, DIY Roots, and Social Media Success
In this episode of Emo Kids Anonymous, Robb Laffoon is joined by TikToks hottest new emo band Tiger Would. Hailing from New York City by way of Albany, Tiger Would have spent the last year grinding away before hopping on social media and seeing immediate success. This conversation covers nearly t...
60. Scarlet Street: Emo, Cults & Surviving Late Stage Capitalism
In this Emo Kids Anonymous interview, host Robb Laffoon welcomes Ben and Luke from the Cincinnati-based band Scarlet Street to discuss their upcoming album 'No Alternative.' The conversation jumps all over but we cover the band's musical influences, origins, and everything inbetween. They share i...
54. Relate. : Duncan Slack From Relate. Talks Touring, Tik Tok, and Of Course, Relate.
On this episode of Emo Kids Anonymous we are joined by Duncan from the Relate. for a wide ranging conversation. We touch on everything from Third Eye Blind to blink-182 and Jerry Finn to the dynamics of the Denver music scene. We dive deep on the creative process behind Relate's music, as well as...
51. sports. interview: back and better than ever a decade after demon daze
ladies and gentlemen, the real sports boys are back. In this interview, we were lucky to be joined by Kris and Sean from sports. We discusses the bands histry from formation to hiatus to their recent comeback and resurgence. They reflect on their experiences during their hiatus, the writing proce...
48. Petti Hendrix: Manifesting Your Own Journey to Success
In this episode of the Emo Kids Anonymous podcast, host Amanda Valdivieso and co-host Robb Laffoon welcome Petti Hendrix, a rising star in the music scene. They discuss Hendrix's musical influences, his journey from Milwaukee to signing with Good Charlotte, and the creative process behind his mus...