The Baristas
By Justin Kownacki
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Podcast Description
The Baristas is a cafe comedy set in a struggling Pittsburgh coffee shop. Dierdre, Sam, Madison, Gary, Reggie and Ben are the friendly faces who pour your coffee and put up with your problems. Tip them well; they earn it.
| Name | Description | Released | Price | ||
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| 1 | VideoThe Baristas: Episode 20 - "The Ultimatum" | When Madison realizes she can never beat Lorraine at her own game, she and Chase bend all the rules in a mad scramble to win ugly. // Filmed at the Affogato Cafe in Pittsburgh // Theme: Never Listen to Me by The Thermals | 11/14/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 2 | VideoThe Baristas: Episode 19 - "Everything Must Go" | Lorraine and Madison have a showdown, Glenn and Amy shutdown, and Rich has a new girlfriend that Tabitha simply cannot believe. // Filmed at the Affogato Cafe in Pittsburgh // Theme Song: Never Listen to Me by The Thermals | 10/28/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 3 | VideoThe Baristas: Episode 18 - "The Blow-Out" | Madison tries to go on a date, Ben tries to hide from Lorraine, Gary and Chase try not to blow themselves up, and the female customers try to imagine a happier life without men. // Filmed at Pittsburgh's Affogato Cafe // Theme Song: Never Listen to Me by The Thermals | 10/17/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 4 | VideoThe Baristas: Episode 17 - "Coming to a Head" | Lorraine wants her pyramid scheme cash from Ben, which would ruin his wedding budget with Aubrey, and Rich and Tabitha fight over the future of Vanity Press after their author, Gloria, starts revealing some unpleasant secrets. // Filmed at the Affogato Cafe in Pittsburgh // Theme: Never Listen to Me by The Thermals | 9/26/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 5 | VideoThe Baristas: Deleted Scene - The Chaperone | Sam cannot stand to see Astrid and Dean have a good time, and Lorraine cannot fight her raw attraction to... beards. // Filmed at the Affogato Cafe in Pittsburgh | 9/20/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 6 | VideoThe Baristas: Episode 16 - "Brand Loyalty" | When Debbie and Lydia show up for game night, Aubrey hatches a plan to get Sam off Astrid's back while AJ tries to save Madison from herself -- and from Chase. // Filmed at the Affogato Cafe in Pittsburgh // Theme: Never Listen to Me by The Thermals | 9/13/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 7 | VideoThe Baristas: Episode 15 - "The Customer Is Always Right" | Rich makes Madison miserable when he abuses his Customer of the Week privileges, and Chase talks Ben into a very bad idea. // Filmed at the Affogato cafe in Pittsburgh // Theme: Never Listen to Me by The Thermals | 9/5/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 8 | VideoThe Baristas: Episode 14 - "Going by the Book" | When Madison is rude to Rich, Lorraine tries to fix it by making Rich the customer of the week -- and that means whatever he says goes. Meanwhile, Ben tries to talk everyone into joining his infallible new pyramid scheme. // Filmed at Pittsburgh's Affogato coffee shop // Theme song: "Never Listen to Me" by The Thermals | 8/29/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 9 | VideoThe Baristas: Episode 13 - "Training Day" | Ben needs more hours, Reggie needs to be trained, Aubrey needs to shrink her wedding budget, and Madison needs Astrid to be her roommate or else she'll be living on the street. // Filmed at Pittsburgh's Affogato cafe. // Theme: "Never Listen to Me" by The Thermals | 8/22/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 10 | VideoThe Baristas: Episode Twelve - Cleaning House | Dierdre locks horns with the cafe's new owner Lorraine for the first (and last) time, while Madison searches desperately for a new roommate and Sam and Astrid get used to being single. // Filmed at Pittsburgh's Affogato cafe. // Theme: "Never Listen to Me" by The Thermals | 8/15/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 11 | VideoThe Baristas: "Lorraine of Terror" Promo | Amy and Glenn get their first taste of what cafe life under Lorraine's new ownership will be like... and it isn't pretty. // Filmed at Pittsburgh's Affogato cafe. | 8/1/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 12 | VideoThe Baristas: Deleted Scene - Chase's Extra Ticket | Chase has a perfectly good reason not to give Reggie his extra Pittsburgh Pirates ticket. // Deleted from our Opening Day episode. // Filmed at Pittsburgh's Affogato cafe. | 6/6/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 13 | VideoThe Baristas: Deleted Scene - Amy Meets Peduto | When Pittsburgh city councilman Bill Peduto stops by the cafe, Amy (Heather Beschizza) suddenly becomes VERY civic-minded... // Filmed at Pittsburgh's Affogato cafe. | 5/30/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 14 | VideoThe Baristas: Deleted Scene - Debbie's Idea | Leo suffers through Debbie and Dean 's drunken version of foreplay. // The Baristas is filmed at Pittsburgh's Affogato coffee bar. | 5/23/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 15 | VideoThe Baristas: Deleted Scene - Stress Ball | Tabitha , Sienna and the pickup that never happened. // The Baristas is filmed at Pittsburgh's Affogato coffee bar. | 5/16/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 16 | VideoThe Baristas: Deleted Scene - The Bad Review | Dierdre learns a food critic gave the cafe a horrible review -- and, to make matters worse, Ben and Simon have a plan to fix it. // Filmed at Pittsburgh's Affogato cafe. | 5/9/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 17 | VideoThe Baristas: Deleted Scene - Ben Meets Trudy | Ben learns who makes the cafe's bad pastries -- and why they can't stop buying them. // Filmed at Pittsburgh's Affogato cafe | 5/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 18 | VideoThe Baristas: Deleted Scene - Ben the Greeter | Ben 's overcaffeinated first day friendliness is driving Dierdre crazy. // Filmed at Pittsburgh's Affogato cafe. | 4/25/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 19 | VideoThe Baristas: Deleted Scene - The Supply Run | and teach the ugly secret about where all the cafe's supplies come from. // Filmed at Pittsburgh's cafe. | 4/25/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 20 | VideoThe Baristas: Episode Eleven - The Wake | On the eve of the cafe's auction, the baristas try to figure out what they're going to do with their lives now that they're all unemployed. // Filmed at Pittsburgh's cafe // Theme: "Never Listen to Me" by | 4/18/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 21 | VideoThe Baristas: Episode Ten - The Loss | On the eve of her grandfather's funeral, Astrid (Laura Lee Brautigam) has a showdown with Sam (Shaun Starke) while Rich (Erik Schark) lives out his ultimate fantasy... sort of. // Filmed at Pittsburgh's cafe // Theme: "Never Listen to Me" by . | 4/11/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 22 | VideoThe Baristas: Episode Nine - The Departure | Dierdre (Lacey Fleming) and Reggie (Aki Jamal) hatch a scheme to buy Affogato, while Astrid (Laura Lee Brautigam) and Aubrey (Katie Mo Goff) have their own fantasies deferred by an unwanted phone call. // Filmed at Pittsburgh's Affogato cafe // Theme: "Never Listen to Me" by The Thermals | 4/4/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 23 | VideoThe Baristas: Episode Eight - Opening Day | Ben and Chase have Pittsburgh Pirates fever, but that's the least of their payday problems. // Filmed at Pittsburgh's Affogato cafe // Theme: "Never Listen to Me" by The Thermals | 3/30/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 24 | VideoThe Baristas: Episode Seven - The Competition | When Sam refuses to believe in his coworkers' talents, his girlfriend Astrid thinks he's trying to sabotage their success. // Guest-starring Pittsburgh City Councilman Bill Peduto // Filmed at Pittsburgh's Affogato cafe // Theme: "Never Listen to Me" by The Thermals | 3/21/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 25 | VideoThe Baristas: Episode Six - St. Patrick's Day | It's Reggie 's first day, but from Madison 's drunk friends to Chase 's bad ideas to Ben 's explosive allergies, it isn't pretty. // Filmed at Pittsburgh's Affogato cafe // Theme: "Never Listen to Me" by The Thermals | 3/14/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 26 | VideoThe Baristas: Episode Five - Poker Night | Sam and Dierdre 's plan to pay off a psychotic pastry chef with a makeshift poker game is imperiled when Chase starts winning big. // Filmed at Pittsburgh's Affogato cafe // Theme: "Never Listen to Me" by The Thermals | 3/7/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 27 | VideoThe Baristas: Episode Four - Fair Trade | The cafe is targeted by radical protesters with a secret agenda. // Filmed at Pittsburgh's Affogato cafe // Theme: "Never Listen to Me" by The Thermals | 2/21/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 28 | VideoThe Baristas: Episode Three - Game Night | Ben and Madison 's plan to find new customers backfires when the men find themselves unable to resist a trio of D&D-playing girl geeks. // Filmed at Pittsburgh's Affogato cafe // Theme: "Never Listen to Me" by The Thermals | 2/14/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 29 | VideoThe Baristas: Episode Two - Mister Fix-It | As a new barista, Ben 's efforts to improve Affogato drive his coworkers and customers crazy, while his best friend (and best man) Chase aggravates everyone he meets. // The Baristas is filmed at Pittsburgh's Affogato cafe // Theme: "Never Listen to Me" by The Thermals | 2/7/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 30 | VideoThe Baristas: Episode One - The Favor | Sam and Astrid 's 7-year anniversary gets outshined by Aubrey 's big announcement and Ben 's little secret. // The Baristas is filmed at the Affogato cafe in Pittsburgh. // Theme Song: "Never Listen to Me" by The Thermals . | 1/31/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 31 | VideoThe Baristas: Promo | The Baristas is a cafe comedy, with room for cream. Dierdre, Sam, Madison, Gary and Ben are the friendly faces who pour your decaf, pull your espresso shots and put up with all your problems. Tip them well; they've earned it. Music: "All the Same" by Musket . The Baristas is filmed at the Affogato coffee shop in Pittsburgh. | 1/20/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 31 Episodes |
