Weird Kids

Welcome to Weird Kids

What happens when two former child actors, who grew up on Hollywood sets surrounded by adults, look back and realize just how bizarre their upbringing really was?

They start a podcast of course!

Ashley Johnson and Taliesin Jaffe deep dive into their lives as the Weird Kids, unraveling their eccentric childhoods, swapping behind-the-scenes stories, and embracing their delightfully unique interests that set them apart.

From antique toys and taxidermy to Japanese pop culture and the quirks of LA life, no topic is too obscure! So to all the misfits, outcasts, and weirdos out there, come take a seat at our table and celebrate all things unconventional, nostalgic, and wonderfully weird.

E1: Welcome to Weird Kids

Ashley Johnson and Taliesin Jaffe converse about his four generational showbiz family, her Miss Junior Michigan pageant win and how they both fell into (and out of) child acting while growing up in Hollywood. After admiring their new set, and discussing how they did or did not attend a normal high school, they reveal and react to some of each other's outrageous 80’s commercials.

E2: Toys and Tiny Things

From Care Bears to Polly Pocket; Ashley Johnson and Taliesin Jaffe talk toys that hit every Millennial’s nostalgia nerve. Of course this is through the lens of Hollywood Christmas parties where one could win entire toy runs in carnival games or get gifted all of the sci-fi Japanese toys bought for your character's space station bedroom.

E3: Don’t Let Me Die in the Valley

Ashley Johnson and Taliesin Jaffe entone about embalming, epitaphs, and unearthly things in this episode about death. To lighten the mood, they “touch grass" by taking a field trip to “Vulture Culture Oddities,” a macabre shop in Burbank for taxidermy and other memento mori owned by a friend of Taliesin.