He calls himself an iconoclast, and he’s earned it. In this episode, John Acquaviva (co-founder of +8, Definitive Records, Beatport, and an early force behind Final Scratch/Traktor) sits down with Seth and Bill to talk about building scenes, mentoring the next generation, being an artist in the age of peak spectacle, and how to survive the business side of DJ life without selling your soul.

Acquaviva takes us from disco-era marathons in Toronto and Detroit to the tech shifts that changed DJing forever, plus candid thoughts on community, humility, and why “samples sampling samples” can drain the soul out of music. Expect stories about Richie Hawtin, Motor Detroit, Record Time, Jeff Mills, Chile’s early scene, and why kindness (and good math) still matter.

In this episode you’ll find:

• The rise: Toronto/Detroit roots, all-night sets, +8 & Definitive

• Innovation: from Final Scratch to Traktor, and co-founding Beatport

• Art vs. entertainment: surviving “peak spectacle” culture

• Mentorship & community: why your crew is everything

• Money talks: pragmatic advice for young DJs & creatives

• Reinvention: staying relevant without chasing clout

Looking for more ways to support your boys?
Buy Seth & Bill's book "In Between" here:
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Hosts: Seth Troxler and Bill Patrick

Executive Producers: Nikita Stanley, Jesse Rogg, Craig Pettigrew and Seth Troxler

Co-executive Producer: Lee Adams

Live Production Director and VFX & Motion Graphics Supervisor: Aaron Kulik

Director of Photography: Lukas Strebel

Set Designer: Veronica Gessa (aka Moki)

Editor: Tyler Christie

Sound Design and Original Composition by Jasper Van Dijk

Music Supervisors: Seth Troxler, Bill Patrick

Music Consultants: Jenna Wilson for Radish and James Cartwright for Bad Sneakers

Music Courtesy of: APM

Camera operator: Joseph Holton

Camera assistant: Jake Smith

Production Sound Mixer: Jo Youle

The temperature was already rising at III Points Miami… then Sean Paul showed up and made it boil over!

From messy hookups to sibling crushes, this is Pill-O-Talk Live at its most chaotic, most hilarious, and most Miami.

Recorded live at III Points Music Festival, this unfiltered episode features:

Sean Paul tackling two of the wildest call-ins we’ve ever had, including an awkward BJ confession and a guy who wants to hit on his best friend’s sister.

Chloé Caillet helping a fan unravel three friendship dilemmas in one night. It starts sweet, ends toxic.

DJ Tennis and It’s Murph offering surprisingly grounded advice on friend drama, boundaries, and surviving festival emotions.

It’s funny, filthy, and somehow still full of heart - only at III Points Miami, only on Pill-O-Talk Live.

GOT A FRIENDSHIP DILEMMA? CALL (866)608-BFFS or EMAIL hello@pill-o-talk.com and let’s talk about it!

Flirting with Friendship and Pill-O-Talk alternate weekly right here in the Flirting with Friendship feed, with new episodes dropping every Tuesday.

Watch and Subscribe on YouTube to never miss a hang (or a slumber party!)
https://youtu.be/0d3S0C7V-6k

Hosts: Seth Troxler and Bill Patrick

Executive Producers: Nikita Stanley, Jesse Rogg, Craig Pettigrew and Seth Troxler

Co-executive Producer: Lee Adams

Live Production Director and VFX & Motion Graphics Supervisor: Aaron Kulik

Director of Photography: Lukas Strebel

Set Designer: Veronica Gessa (aka Moki)

Editor: Brad Barrett

Sound Design and Original Composition by Jasper Van Dijk

Music Supervisors: Seth Troxler, Bill Patrick

Music Consultants: Jenna Wilson for Radish and James Cartwright for Bad Sneakers

Music Courtesy of: APM

Camera operator: Joseph Holton

Camera assistant: Jake Smith

Production Sound Mixer: Jo Youle

Seth Troxler and Bill Patrick take Pill-O-Talk to the streets of Miami for a special live episode recorded at III Points Music Festival and things get beautifully out of control.

With guests Peggy Gou, Phantogram, Jacques Greene, Nosaj Thing, L’Impératrice, and MJ Nebreda, this episode dives deep into the chaos of love, lust, and late-night friendship dilemmas, all set against the basslines of Miami’s wildest weekend.

Expect festival confessions, spontaneous love advice, and unfiltered stories that could only happen in Miami. From friend-zone frustrations and “it’s complicated” situationships to throuple theories and dog-eaten… condoms (?), no topic was off-limits.

🔥 It’s wild. It’s ratchet. It’s totally Miami.

And it’s only Part 1! Stay tuned for Part 2 dropping later this week. The madness continues…

Call 1-866-608-BFFS to leave your own friendship dilemma and maybe get featured on a future episode.

(Explicit content. Listener discretion advised.)

GOT A FRIENDSHIP DILEMMA? CALL (866)608-BFFS or EMAIL hello@pill-o-talk.com and let’s talk about it!

Flirting with Friendship and Pill-O-Talk alternate weekly right here in the Flirting with Friendship feed, with new episodes dropping every Tuesday.

Watch and Subscribe on YouTube to never miss a hang (or a slumber party!).
https://youtu.be/0d3S0C7V-6k

Hosts: Seth Troxler and Bill Patrick

Executive Producers: Nikita Stanley, Jesse Rogg, Craig Pettigrew and Seth Troxler

Co-executive Producer: Lee Adams

Live Production Director and VFX & Motion Graphics Supervisor: Aaron Kulik

Director of Photography: Lukas Strebel

Set Designer: Veronica Gessa (aka Moki)

Editor: Brad Barrett

Sound Design and Original Composition by Jasper Van Dijk

Music Supervisors: Seth Troxler, Bill Patrick

Music Consultants: Jenna Wilson for Radish and James Cartwright for Bad Sneakers

Music Courtesy of: APM

Camera operator: Joseph Holton

Camera assistant: Jake Smith

Production Sound Mixer: Jo Youle

Sound legend George Stavro (founder of Sonic Lab Audio; longtime Integral Sound partner) joins Seth & Bill to break down why modern clubbing feels so 2D, how DJs started mixing with their eyes instead of their ears, and what actually happens when you slam everything into the red (clipping). We dig into iconic rooms (Twilo, Vinyl/Sound Factory, Cocoon, Womb, DC10, Stereo), the “original edgers” of marathon DJ sets, and the lost art of volume control and programming. If you’ve ever wondered why some nights feel euphoric without melting your face off…this episode is your masterclass.

Guest: George Stavro — Sonic Lab Audio / Integral Sound. Renowned for large-scale dance music installs and festival systems, with work spanning clubs like DC10 (Ibiza) and Cocoon (Frankfurt).

Quick hits

• Focused, circular dance floors vs. forward-facing “phone era” crowds
• Why meters ≠ loudness (voltage vs. perceived level)
• Clipping 101: why “louder” often means “worse”
• The Yuri/Rane era: mixing by ear, not by waveform
• How sound teams and DJs collaborate (or fight) in the booth
• Volume as tension: building crescendos without fatigue
• Long sets, patience, and why we don’t get those eruptions anymore

Hosts: Seth Troxler and Bill Patrick
Executive Producers: Nikita Stanley, Jesse Rogg, Craig Pettigrew and Seth Troxler
Co-executive Producer: Lee Adams
Live Production Director and VFX & Motion Graphics Supervisor: Aaron Kulik
Director of Photography: Lukas Strebel
Set Designer: Veronica Gessa (aka Moki)
Editor: Tyler Christie
Sound Design and Original Composition by Jasper Van Dijk
Music Supervisors: Seth Troxler, Bill Patrick
Music Consultants: Jenna Wilson for Radish and James Cartwright for Bad Sneakers
Music Courtesy of: APM
Camera operator: Joseph Holton
Camera assistant: Jake Smith
Production Sound Mixer: Jo Youle

Seth Troxler and Bill Patrick return to Pill-O-Talk with bold, funny, and surprisingly practical friendship advice. From spotting a friend’s husband at an “adult party” to surviving school parent socializing, handling a loud speaker on public transit, and the infamous borrowed chapstick fiasco, this episode is packed with real-world boundaries, etiquette, and AITA-style decisions.

TLDR:

• Friend’s husband at a swinger party - what now?
  Honesty vs. diplomacy: confront him directly or send your friend a celeb Cameo that exposes his behavior with receipts.

• How to socialize with school parents you don’t vibe with
  Find one ally and build from there. Bill explains how befriending a queer couple made the scene humane and even fun.

• AITA for leaving a train when a friend blasted music on an external speaker?
  Verdict: not the asshole. Public transit etiquette matters. Choose peace over noise.

• The cursed chapstick dilemma
  Boundary fail. Next time: gift the defiled chapstick on the spot and keep it moving.

Pill-O-Talk is the companion show to Flirting With Friendship where fans call in, write in, and get unfiltered advice on life’s most complicated relationships.

Watch until the end to find out who’s in the right, who’s the a**hole, and where to draw the line in the sand.

GOT A FRIENDSHIP DILEMMA? CALL (866)608-BFFS or EMAIL hello@pill-o-talk.com and let’s talk about it!

Flirting with Friendship and Pill-O-Talk alternate weekly right here in the Flirting with Friendship feed, with new episodes dropping every Tuesday.

Subscribe now to never miss a hang (or a slumber party!).
https://youtu.be/0d3S0C7V-6k

Hosts: Seth Troxler and Bill Patrick

Executive Producers: Nikita Stanley, Jesse Rogg, Craig Pettigrew and Seth Troxler

Co-executive Producer: Lee Adams

Live Production Director and VFX & Motion Graphics Supervisor: Aaron Kulik

Director of Photography: Lukas Strebel

Set Designer: Veronica Gessa (aka Moki)

Editor: Brad Barrett

Sound Design and Original Composition by Jasper Van Dijk

Music Supervisors: Seth Troxler, Bill Patrick

Music Consultants: Jenna Wilson for Radish and James Cartwright for Bad Sneakers

Music Courtesy of: APM

Camera operator: Joseph Holton

Camera assistant: Jake Smith

Production Sound Mixer: Jo Youle

Pop icon. Underground legend. Ultimate collaborator. Róisín Murphy sits down with Seth Troxler & Bill Patrick for a wide-open conversation about friendship, creative longevity, and why she never wants to feel like she’s “arrived.” From Moloko’s beginnings to Róisín Machine and Hit Parade, Róisín talks choosing collaborators, building truly live shows, keeping style chaotic (on purpose), parenting while touring, and finding community in Ibiza.

You’ll hear about:

• Why collaboration is crucial—and how she chooses who to make music with

  
  

• The difference between real live performance and DJ convenience

  
  

• Vulnerability as a power source in songwriting (and in love)

  
  

• The Sheffield “clang,” industrial cities, and how environment shapes sound

  
  

• Raising kids around artists, meme fame, and attention in the TikTok era

  
  

• Creative stamina: how to keep going for 30 years without getting “comfortable”

  
  

• Style as art direction: student shows, caravans of costumes, and fearless visuals

  
  

• Friendship in nightlife: compromise, community, and keeping a sense of humor

If you’re here for stories, wisdom, and a reminder to stay adventurous and warm (never hot), this one’s for you.

👉 Call the show: 866-608-BFFS

👉 Watch more episodes & subscribe for new conversations every other Tuesday.

Hosts: Seth Troxler and Bill Patrick

Executive Producers: Nikita Stanley, Jesse Rogg, Craig Pettigrew and Seth Troxler

Co-executive Producer: Lee Adams

Live Production Director and VFX & Motion Graphics Supervisor: Aaron Kulik

Director of Photography: Lukas Strebel

Set Designer: Veronica Gessa (aka Moki)

Editor: Tyler Christie

Sound Design and Original Composition by Jasper Van Dijk

Music Supervisors: Seth Troxler, Bill Patrick

Music Consultants: Jenna Wilson for Radish and James Cartwright for Bad Sneakers

Music Courtesy of: APM

Camera operator: Joseph Holton

Camera assistant: Jake Smith

Production Sound Mixer: Jo Youle

On this episode of Pill-O-Talk, DJs Seth Troxler and Bill Patrick dive into real fan questions about friendship dilemmas, awkward boundaries, and the messiest situations we all find ourselves in. From “Burn that bridge” to “B*tch, we all want to go to Japan,” their advice is as hilarious as it is brutally honest.

Pill-O-Talk is the companion show to Flirting With Friendship where fans call in, write in, and get unfiltered advice on life’s most complicated relationships.

Watch until the end to find out who’s in the right, who’s the a**hole, and where to draw the line in the sand.

GOT A FRIENDSHIP DILEMMA? CALL (866)608-BFFS or EMAIL hello@pill-o-talk.com and let’s talk about it!

Flirting with Friendship and Pill-O-Talk alternate weekly right here in the Flirting with Friendship feed, with new episodes dropping every Tuesday.

Subscribe now to never miss a hang (or a slumber party!).
https://youtu.be/1eWttmUqXGw

Hosts: Seth Troxler and Bill Patrick

Executive Producers: Nikita Stanley, Jesse Rogg, Craig Pettigrew and Seth Troxler

Co-executive Producer: Lee Adams

Live Production Director and VFX & Motion Graphics Supervisor: Aaron Kulik

Director of Photography: Lukas Strebel

Set Designer: Veronica Gessa (aka Moki)

Editor: Brad Barrett

Sound Design and Original Composition by Jasper Van Dijk

Music Supervisors: Seth Troxler, Bill Patrick

Music Consultants: Jenna Wilson for Radish and James Cartwright for Bad Sneakers

Music Courtesy of: APM

Camera operator: Joseph Holton

Camera assistant: Jake Smith

Production Sound Mixer: Jo Youle

On today's episode of Flirting With Friendship, Seth Troxler and Bill Patrick sit down with the endlessly creative duo Miranda Makaroff (artist, designer, nightlife icon) and Pascal Moscheni (DJ, designer, cultural tastemaker). The result is a mix of hilarious chaos, surreal moments (yes, Bill spends half the show in a gimp mask), and honest candor about art, love, and friendship.

In this conversation, you’ll hear about:

• The stories behind Miranda’s bad tattoos (and Seth's and Bill's and Pascal's)
• Her surprising love of gift-wrapping
• How traditional values still shape their creative lives and relationships
• The role of laziness in creativity and success
• Why Ibiza nightlife continues to spark deep friendships and lasting memories

Prefer to watch? Tune in on Youtube: https://youtu.be/rCyEJvDC2O4

Hosts: Seth Troxler and Bill Patrick

Executive Producers: Nikita Stanley, Jesse Rogg, Craig Pettigrew and Seth Troxler
Co-executive Producer: Lee Adams

Live Production Director and VFX & Motion Graphics Supervisor: Aaron Kulik

Director of Photography: Lukas Strebel

Set Designer: Veronica Gessa (aka Moki)

Editor: Tyler Christie

Sound Design and Original Composition by Jasper Van Dijk

Music Supervisors: Seth Troxler, Bill Patrick

Music Consultants: Jenna Wilson for Radish and James Cartwright for Bad Sneakers

Music Courtesy of: APM

Camera operator: Joseph Holton

Camera assistant: Jake Smith

Production Sound Mixer: Jo Youle