DJs and longtime friends Seth Troxler and Bill Patrick have launched a new podcast focused on freewheeling conversations with each other and a weekly guest.
Out now on YouTube, Spotify and Apple Podcasts, Flirting With Friendship is an hourlong, video-forward podcast in which the pals, artists and known arbiters of cool tell stories, riff on current affairs and generally express themselves. The show is filmed late night in the living room of Troxler’s parents’ house in Ibiza. Watch the trailer below.
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Guests for the series will include a discipline-spanning collection of DJs, visual artists, designers and other creative luminaries including Roisin Murphy, Damian Lazarus, Felipe Pantone, John Acquaviva, Chris Korda, Miranda Makaroff & Pascal Moscheni, George Stavro, Marcello Burlon and DJ Tennis.
Out now, the first episode serves as a tone-setter with a conversation from Troxler and Patrick on their own. A statement about Flirting With Friendship declares it to be a reflection of the hosts’ “vision of positive masculinity and a shift toward curating culture in new formats that champion curiosity, community and connection in ways that extend past the dance floor.”
The show has a constellation’s worth of star creators on its crew. Flirting With Friendship is produced by Nikita Stanley, the writer and co-founder of the book and mom blog The Rebel Mama, Jesse Rogg, who is also the show’s creative director, president of indie record label StrataSonic and owner of Los Angeles’ Mack Sennett Studios and Craig Pettigrew, who’s also behind events company Future Primitive and is a founder of BPM Festival. Set design is by Veronica Gessa, the multimedia installation artist also known as mokibaby who’s behind Miami’s Club Space and III Points. Award-winning cinematographer Lukas Strebel, whose credits include Black Mirror, is the show’s director of photography.
“Friendships are funny, our life is based on connections. In many ways those connections determine who we are,” says Troxler. “At some point meeting new friends or opening up to existing friends becomes more rare the older you get. Flirting with Friendship is about breaking down that barrier. Bill and I have been friends for nearly 20 years. We love each other but also drive each other crazy. Real friends are people that no matter their flaws you’re still interested and invested. I hope our relationship is something other people enjoy as much as we do. We’re flawed and we love each other, but chance is you are too.. and maybe just maybe you’ll come to love us as well.”
“I didn’t really have a choice when it came to doing this show,” adds Patrick. “I was told, ‘We’re doing a podcast,’ and I blindly went along with it. That’s the kind of trust (or poor judgment) that comes with being friends with someone for a long time. This show isn’t about teaching you how to be a better person. It’s about proving you’re not the only one with questionable life choices and friends who never let you forget them. If nothing else, you’ll get to hear Seth and me roast, annoy, and occasionally appreciate each other in real time. And if you end up liking us? Well, that’s your problem.”