PODCAST · comedy
Topa Talk
by Stephanie James
Season 6!!! Cody is back for regularly scheduled programming. Check in with Steph & Jordan for small business spotlights!
Episodes
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Taylor's Version
Taylor Swift is the muse of a conversation between Cody and Stephanie. Call it their Reputation Era! Over 60 police cars arrive to a mall in Miami due to supposed aliens. Ummm… TFTI?! Stephanie runs into acquaintances and assumes they’re listeners. Spoiler: not everyone in this town is a Goober....
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S6E1 | New Year, Old Host
Steph & Cody are behind the mic to kick off the new season and new year. A bar in New York bans patrons under 25 years old because they find young people annoying. Let’s debate about it! RHOSLC drops a great finale - a secret superfan of the show plots her way onto the cast? Go get ‘em, Monica!...
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Horses
Steph and Cody discuss horses and more.
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HOLIDAY SPECIAL: Sleigh or Nay?
Twas the Topa before Christmas and all through the studio, three hosts gathered ‘round to record the show. Jordan shared his traditions and called Rudolph a twink. Cody returned to steamroll and speak without think. Steph tried to get a word in (but failed to no shock) Because two chatty guys...
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S5Ep14 | Feeling Targeted!
Hello, goobers, and happy pride month! In this ep, Steph and Sam dive into the healing qualities of being a gamer and the complex issues surrounding capitalism and pride month.
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S5E13 | Topa Talk x Midtown Wines
Topa Talk is back with another small business spotlight! Steph and Jordan bring the show to the neighborhood wineshop to sit down with Summer and Jake: owners of Midtown Wines. They talk hospitality, the Ventura community, jammy gammies, and falling in love in France. A little FMK and some...
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S5E12 | Charmed I’m Sure
Have you ever done the fruit roll up thing? You’re about to find out. Steph and Jordan chat about the dress that got away, showing leg, and the trials and tribulations of having dairy before gettin jiggy widdit. They give the green light on therapy, a yellow light on joint bank accounts, and a…
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S5E11 | Real Housewives Film in Ojai & Cody Spills
It’s a short episode and a long Bravo Minute!Cody recaps the most exciting day of his life after attending a filming of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills in downtown Ojai.Who was fighting? Where did they film? What did he see? Is Stephanie going to be able to even say a word in this…
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S5E10 | I Wish I Knew How To Quit You
Well that didn’t take long: Cody crawls back to the studio, begging Stephanie for just one more fix of that sweet, sweet microphone. The attention proves to be so intoxicating that he throws himself back into the mix of Steph’s roster of rotating co-hosts. Picking up right where they left off,...
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S5E9 | Topa Talk x Timbre Books
In this local spotlight interview, Jordan and Steph sit down with Timbre Books' very own Kyle and Megan Murai. We talk books, opening a brownstone during a pandemic, and of course SMUT! Give this a listen tho go buy yourself a damn book.
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S5E8 | OUSD Girlies just girling
While the rest of the Topa Talk universe rests, Steph & Blair catch up on the recent School Board meeting! Rumors are FLYING! Which ones will end up being true???
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S5E7 | Capitalism??? In this Economy???
Steph and Jordan wax poetically about the power of music and the great Maggie Rodgrs. They also decide (drum roll) that yes indeed - capitalism still sucks. Blair brings us a big update in the on going OUSD saga and Cody is stuck in Jersey.
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S5E6 | We're Just Teenage Dirt Bags Baby
In this ep, we quiz Sam and find out more about her! Cody helps make a rapid-fire quiz with a heavy focus on smash or pass & we get knee deep in the nuances of queer life. While Sam is cleaning out her closet while Blair's palms are sweaty, knees weak, arms are heavy at the most recent school…
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S5E4 | Diet Pop and Scooter Rock
Steph is back with Jordan in this week's episode covering all the notes! Once again the hosts of Topa Talk take a polarizing topic and bring in their hot takes. Pepsi families, you are not safe! Listen up for cool upcoming events and new businesses hitting Ventura! Blair covers the big changes...
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S5E3 | Topa TalkApocalypse
In this episode, we bring together the forces behind Topa Talk season 5 thus far. Steph, Sam, and Jordan jump between topics and microphones in what we are calling Topa TalkApocalypse! Does ceramics turn you on? What are your favorite childhood video games? Jesus, is that you? Blair brings piping...
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S5E2 | Rizz, Laugh, Love
Gen Z has entered the chat. Jordan Santamaria makes Topa Talk history by being the youngest goober to hold the mic! Can you keep up???? In this episode, we tip our caps to the branding geniuses behind aioli (tasty mayo) and shpread (jazzed u cream cheese). We count our spoons and ask the hard...
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S5E1 | Two Sluts One Cup of Milk
Season 5 is going off without a hitch! Listen to Steph and her dear friend, Sam talk about anything and everything. Can we use the word slut? Are new years resolutions lame? Do you drink milk? What's your relationship to grief? How do you like your coffee?? Trigger warning: Touching convo around...
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S4E36 | The Topa Talkie Awards
PAUSE! It’s the season finale of Topa Talk season 4! Steph and Cody host the Topa Talkies, an award show offering their favorite local offerings (Think “Best of Ojai” but more unhinged and less reputable) with categories such as Best Cocktail, Biggest Ojai Diva, Best Sangwich - it’s all here!…
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S4E35 | Joy to the Hurled
Being their final “regular” episode together, Stephanie and Cody sit down and interview one another about life and hosting the podcast. Who was each of their favorite guests to have on the show? You may be surprised! Stephanie details a Christmas party that got a little too merry, ending the…
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S4E34 | It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like AI
It’s Topa Talk holiday time! Steph and Cody get into the spirit with Christmas games and jolly chatter including plenty of Screw/Marry/Kill’s submitted by the Goobers. AI generated art sweeps the social media scene. Our hosts deliberate: Is AI Art just another vapid social media trend or could it...
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S4E33 | Another Host Bites the Dust
Perhaps he’s cried wolf before, but we assure you that this isn’t clickbait - Cody quits Topa Talk, wrapping up the season and his time as a co-host next month. Stephanie waxes poetically about the power of Lizzo and stops by a dress shop on a whim to try on wedding gowns - it’s all happening so...
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S4E32 | Scary J. Blige
(Chorus) Ooh yeah. Mmmm. Mmmmhmmm. (Verse 1) Everybody! Mmmm. Oh. Make it feel alright. Mmmm. Mary’s back! (Chorus) Ooh yeah. Mmmm. Mmmmhmmm. So just dance for me.
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S4E31 | Unpractical Magic
It’s Topa Talk’s final Halloween episode of the year and the vibes have never been spookier as our hosts challenge each other on phobias - plus, listen to play a game where we guess a classic killer based on their Housewives tagline. Cover your ears, Tim Burton, Steph and Cody have hot takes on...
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S4E30 | The Real Witches of Ojai Valley
Ranking our favorite Witches of Ojai and playing “Halloween Would You Rather”, things get spooky in this episode as our hosts are challenged with grizzly ultimatums such as - Who gives out better candy for Trick or Treating? Betsy or Anson? Apple Air Tags may be more sinister than you realize as...
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S4E29 | Compare & Despair
It’s week two of Topa Talk’s Halloween Month and Stephanie is the ghost host doing the absolute most offering FOUR sinister games for you and Cody to play. The duo debates the difference between inspiration vs downright copycatting and where we should all draw the line. Goblins and ghoulies can…
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S4E28 | The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly Pale Baby
Stephanie has a piece of advice for local coffee shop patrons as she observes a lack of etiquette. A single person at a 4-person table? Save room for the rest of us! Halloweentime is in full swing which brings Cody back from the dead just in time to play a spooky game for Steph and the listeners…
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S4E27 | Otherwise Engaged
Stephanie has mentioned that this has been the best summer ever, and that was even before she landed a diamond ring, a new kitten and threw an alien hoedown - what a weekend! The bride-to-be is tempted to step behind the deli counter of Rainbow Bridge while grabbing a quick lunch as a fight…
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S4E26 | Pyra(Mid) Schemes
Hey girl boss mama! I haven’t talked to you since highschool but I remember what a fun-loving girlie you were and think you’d be great on my team if you’re looking to make big bucks and own your own small business! Screen your DMs and lock your doors - it’s all Multi Level Marketing and Pyramid...
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S4E25 | Plastic Makes Perfect
Stephanie feels concerned after Cody’s recent botox, worrying that this could be the gateway to the slippery slope of plastic surgery causing Cody to challenge Steph on where the line should be drawn on body modification in an open conversation. With a Lizzo concert coming up, Stephanie and Cody...
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S4E24 | Oak View’s Number One Podcast
After her pottery sale at Topa, Stephanie and friends stop by another local haunt where the bartender has a chip on her shoulder and offers shockingly questionable service. With the closure of Ojai’s Casa De Lago and the craving for more local-style businesses, Cody ventures up the hill to a...
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S4E23 | Frozen Grapes of Wrath
We all generally fear similar things in this life, yet we each have individual phobias. Stephanie and Cody discuss their own irrational fears and determine which common phobias they would consider irrational as well. Clowns and needles, anyone? Sounds like a party! Cody escapes to Palm Springs…
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S4E22 | Shading & Abetting
Cody recaps his annual Catalina vacation that involves terror, turmoil, being banned from a restaurant and a novelty shirt three sizes too small. Coming back from a different kind of trip, Stephanie shares her new journey into microdosing - will this be the trick to beat anxiety and encourage...
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S4E21 | The Crutchess
Stephanie recounts the astounding turnout at Stand Up Ojai’s March for Reproductive Rights where over 400 of the town’s finest - including our hosts - gathered to have their voices heard in a time where action matters most. Afterward, the Deer Lodge throws Cody a birthday party of epic…
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S4E20 | Toke & Talk: Beaches at the Bowling Alley - Hold Your Horses
To celebrate season 4 episode 20, the Sespe Creek Collective dispensary provides goodie bags to our hosts which consequently leads to conversations in this episode that are thought provoking, absurd and more irreverent than ever. With a new abandoned Bowling Alley project being proposed to…
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S4E19 | The DJ from Hell & El Roblar Hotel
When the Ojai Valley News reports the exterior demolition of The Oaks on Ojai Ave, locals have a lot to say about the new El Roblar Hotel poised to take it’s place and our hosts provide plenty of hot takes. In an attempt to pull more people to the dance floor, Stephanie requests crowd-pleasers…
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S4E18 | Cody Returns to Topa Talk
Bop: Sharing hot takes and insights on local news and current events Flop: Pretending to quit your podcast and forgetting to tell everyone that it was a joke Stephanie and Cody discuss the aftermath of an Instagram joke gone awry after Cody falsely hints that he’s quit Topa Talk. Returning from a...
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S4E17 | Gay Pride & Prejudice
It’s all fun and games when our hosts challenge each other in honor of Pride! Steph quizzes Cody on queer herstory (What year did the Stonewall Riot take place? What show had television’s first lesbian wedding?) and Cody asks Stephanie to determine if various places & things are gay or not...
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S4E16 | Rats What I’m Talkin’ About!
Downtown Ojai has tourists, the East End has orchards, Mira Monte has fast food and Meiners Oaks has… a rat problem. Other than discussing this enclave of rodent magic within our dear valley, Stephanie and Cody dive into other pressing topics such as Pride Month (is everyone queer now?!) small…
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S4E15 | Trading Spaces & Eugene Faces
Hot girls everywhere, rejoice! Stephanie has a great tip for having the best summer of your life…and it just requires eyebrow dye! Cody is glad to be taking a load off after a week of narcissistic nightmares (headlines about himself that don’t exist, wow!) to focus on something much lighter - his...
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S4E14 | Codypendent
Codypendency (noun): excessive emotional or psychological reliance on Cody, and/or Cody’s reliance on you - and fruit. Move over travelers, Stephanie is now picking a new fight… with people who get ready for their day in the morning! Plus, she has a proposal for the museum, however, she thinks it...
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S4E13 | Mechanical Bullshit
When Stephanie shares piping hot gossip about a local bar, Cody’s jaw hits the floor and he offers unsolicited advice to the owners, who frankly, don’t like him very much! Coming off of weekend highs and lows, Stephanie discusses being featured as a Woman of Ojai in the local paper and seeing her...
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S4E12 | (Not having any) Sex and the City
Cody returns from San Francisco as perhaps the only gay man to ever visit the city without having sex, but instead watching the NFL Draft. Stephanie airs her grievances towards novelty signatures and those who travel while both hosts catch up sharing their recently consumed media - murder solving...
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S4E11 | Depp Perception
A Goober writes in asking what our hosts think about a homeowner in town hosting Sex Therapy in their backyard - with the request that surrounding neighbors dismantle their tree houses in order to keep their outdoor sexy-time more private. Stephanie returns from LA with a new perspective on her...
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S4E10 | Steph & Cody Stay Out Past Midnight
Call them night owls, call them social butterflies: Stephanie & Cody surprise themselves with their recent social tenacity as our hosts emerge from a “shelter in place” era - and you’ll never believe where Stephanie ordered a Coors on draft! This episode may serve as a cautionary tale as Cody…
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S4E9 | Screw, Marry, Will
Consider this episode the unofficial Topa Talk Guide to the 805: Stephanie and Cody fall down a rabbit hole of their favorite game, Screw/Marry/Kill. Which pizza in town is getting screwed, married and killed? How about healthy restaurant? Which cocktail from various local menus is heading to the...
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S4E8 | The Real Housewives of Swamp Lake City
You’ll never believe what Stephanie has embarked on recently, much to the delight of Cody. Be warned, this new journey causes a thorough conversation and these roses aren’t scared to handle a little prick. Stay tuned to hear about Cody getting into a fight in a public parking garage, Stephanie’s...
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S4E7 | Camp You Believe It?
As Stephanie prepares for a camping trip, our hosts debate what is qualified as glamping vs. roughing it in the great outdoors. Cody wants to teach you how to achieve the coveted DSL’s, Stephanie wants you to rethink cancel culture and Kim Kardashian wants you to “get your f***ing ass up and…
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S4E6 | Scooby Doo & The Mystery of the Solvang Thief
Jinkies! In this episode filled with mystery, intrigue and shocking reveals, our hosts uncover who is responsible for a crime that took place in Solvang over the weekend. Steph and Cody answer listener questions including which Ojai business our hosts would inherit if given the choice. Would Cody...
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S4E5 | Do You Believe in Grandparents?
Our hosts catch up after a whirlwind weekend discussing Cody’s trip up in San Francisco, Stephanie’s family reacting to her new Bimbo status and the community’s reaction to our previous episode. Stephanie and Cody share their delights on the television show Survivor, their grievances of snitches...
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S4E4 | The Future of Ojai
As Ojai begins to shift socially, economically and culturally, Stephanie and Cody sit down to speak with fixtures of the community to learn their perspectives on their hopes, concerns and visions of what Ojai is becoming. Ojai Mayor Betsy Stix calls for sustainability and unity hoping to inspire...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Season 6!!! Cody is back for regularly scheduled programming. Check in with Steph & Jordan for small business spotlights!
HOSTED BY
Stephanie James
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Season 6!!! Cody is back for regularly scheduled programming. Check in with Steph & Jordan for small business spotlights!
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