Pop-Off! With James (A Below Deck Above Average Production)

• Chef Dave is the bomb dot com! I’ve always had a lot of respect for the guy.. he’s open, honest, fights for men’s mental health causes. He’s a decent human. • In this episode of my podcast Chef Dave told me that nothing was off limits, and let me tell you, this is the best type of interview! We dig deeper into the infamous Dave/Tasha situation, how he almost “abandoned ship” TWICE, why he’s constantly working on bringing awareness to mental health initiatives, how he’s climbing Everest for the second time, his regrets from the show and what advice he’d go back and give himself! And much more.. enjoy the 40 minute super packed episode. • Follow my instagrams @popoffwithjames @itsjamespike @belowdeckaboveaverage , watch the video version and subscribe on Youtube.

• Guys! This has to be one of my favourite interviews! Brittini didn’t say even one thing was off limits. We spoke about her and Culver, WHICH BD FRANCHISE SHE WAS ORIGINALLY SLATED TO JOIN, the first reality show she auditioned for before BD, Storylines and perspectives while filming Below Deck, Below Deck scandals through the years, her feminine energy, and more! • Follow me on Instagram @popoffwithjames @belowdeckaboveaverage @itsjamespike @belowdeckadventure !

• Oriana Schneps couldn’t have been more professional, kind and fun to chat with. She teases that there is some upcoming drama between her and her cast mates. The thing we don’t really see with Oriana in the show is that she’s actually a genius! Biomedical Degree, startups under the belt, etc. we talk favourites, how she ended up back in yachting, we played some games, we touched on why everyone seemed to dislike Kyle so much… and more. I hope y’all like the interview… • Follow me on Instagram @popoffwithjames @belowdeckaboveaverage @itsjamespike @belowdeckadventure and you can watch the video version on YouTube @popoffwithjames. New episode every Wednesday!

• You gotta love this little streak of Sailing Yacht crew I got going on! Georgia was just a pure delight to have on! She came prepared with never before heard tea (She was supposed to be on BDSY season 2 AND 3?!), she gave us everything we could want from behind the scenes of the first season, we get what she thinks of all the hate Jenna got, the absolute terrible trolling of her body that made her go to the gym, her return to Parsifal with Glenn, Ciara and Paget after the cameras had left and how that went, and she gives us an epic 2 truths and one lie as a game! • Follow me on Instagram @popoffwithjames @belowdeckaboveaverage @itsjamespike and follow Georgia at @07georgiarose.

• This is a half episode because it is an episode compiled of all the juiciest parts of season 1! • We have Katie telling us that Lexi was “throwing the Hannah situation in her face” and more about fateful night at the jacuzzi that didn’t make it to our screens, Zee giving us pure comedy while playing ‘never have I ever’, a hilarious story of me tricking the fans of my page into thinking a photo of me was the new Captain for one of the BD spin-offs and the reaction I got, F-Marry-Kill with the lovely Scarlett Bentley, Dani giving us her very real take about the Ashley/Gary controversy, Heather Chase and the aftermath of Rayna-Gate, Brooke Laughton and the PURE shade toward the crew members on her season “just there to film”, and more!! Please check out season 1 and season 2 episode 3 will be back with a Below Deck crew member guest next Wednesday ❤️ • Please give me a rating and check me out on Instagram, YouTube and everywhere you digest your podcast.

• Ciara from the very first season of Below Deck Sailing stops by Pop-Off! and by golly, she is such a fking sweetheart! I feel so blessed that one of the privileges I get from running my fan page is that I get to meet such lovely people. • We spoke about the interesting story of how she ended up on BDSY, how she’s good friends (and business partners) with new mom Jess More (she was there during Charli’s birth!), the pact and expectations her and her ex Paget had going into filming, her future as a business owner and university student, the disgusting hate she got in her DMs when the show aired, how literal IGUANAS drop from the Florida trees this time of year (What?!), her future (or non future) in Yachting… and more!

Sit back and watch us pop off! I grill him about his trolling and his online persona, what he thinks about Jamie being called the worst Below Deck cast member, his new ONLY FANS and what we can expect to see on the page, we meet his girlfriend and he lets us know his future plans to become a house hold name!! + more!! Love you guys thanks for listening :) every Wednesday evening xo A Below Deck Above Average Production with host James Pike.

Scarlett is just the sweetest damn thing! And so gorge! We had a good chat, she opened up about what it was like joining the show in the middle of the season and the moment she walked onto the boat to everyone just chillin on their bunks, we talk about the dynamic between Ashley Her and Gary, what it was like sharing a bunk with Ashley after going for Gary, we find out her version of what makes Gary the heartthrob he is, she tells us what makes Daisy such a good Chief Stew, what she does in her spare time, a crazy procedure she had done on her lips!, we play F - Marry - “throw overboard” (her answer was actually surprising), and so much more! I seriously adore her, she couldn’t have been sweeter, more down to earth, and chill! Thank you Scarlett!

(Updated version) Listen listen listen!!!! Me and Rhylee had a blast! She did not hold back in the slightest. We discussed everything.. from what it was like to bunk with Caroline in season 6, misogyny in the yachting industry, how she thinks Captain Lee screwed her over by withholding her tip money, how she thought Adrian the Chef was super weird, HER NEW PROJECT “The Life of Rhylee”, her thoughts on the Hannah and Captain Sandy situation, and omg so much more!! Suicide Prevention and Mental Health Support: CANADA: Talk Suicide Canada 1-833-456-4566 UK: 116-123 Australia: 13-11-14 NZ: 1737 (call or text) (If you or someone you know is in immediate danger, please call 9-1-1. Or your local emergency number)

Listen listen listen!!!! Me and Rhylee had a blast! She did not hold back in the slightest. We discussed everything.. from what it was like to bunk with Caroline in season 6, misogyny in the yachting industry, how she thinks Captain Lee screwed her over by withholding her tip money, how she thought Adrian the Chef was super weird, HER NEW PROJECT “The Life of Rhylee”, her thoughts on the Hannah and Captain Sandy situation, and omg so much more!! Suicide Prevention and Mental Health Support: CANADA: Talk Suicide Canada 1-833-456-4566 UK: 116-123 Australia: 13-11-14 NZ: 1737 (call or text) (If you or someone you know is in immediate danger, please call 9-1-1. Or your local emergency number)

Listen listen listen!!!! Me and Rhylee had a blast! She did not hold back in the slightest. We discussed everything.. from what it was like to bunk with Caroline in season 6, misogyny in the yachting industry, how she thinks Captain Lee screwed her over by withholding her tip money, how she thought Adrian the Chef was super weird, HER NEW PROJECT “The Life of Rhylee”, her thoughts on the Hannah and Captain Sandy situation, and omg so much more!! Suicide Prevention and Mental Health Support: CANADA: Talk Suicide Canada 1-833-456-4566 UK: 116-123 Australia: 13-11-14 NZ: 1737 (call or text) (If you or someone you know is in immediate danger, please call 9-1-1. Or your local emergency number)

Love love loved interviewing Brooke! Her season was one of my very favourite from the franchise so it made this return from my one week hiatus that much more special! Brooke really did not hold back! She pulled the curtain on production and gave us the 411 on how they “whisper in your ear” and nudge you to do things, why did she go for Joao?, her recent engagement and then breakup, how she felt about Colin confessing his love for her, how feel felt like it was more like working on a boat with reality stars than it was working with Yachties, and how she feels her and Hannah are similar and how they are different! Follow her on Instagram @brookelaughton

Below deck fan favourite Zee drops by Pop-Off! to give us the scoop on his life and all things yachting. We dig deep into his beginnings managing a restaurant in South Africa, his highs and lows of filming the show, who he still hangs out with from the cast, where he plans on ending up in the future, what its like being a POC in the yachting world, LEXI’S ANTICS, what happens when all the crew are too hungover to work after a crew night out, and more! Loved the games segment 😂

Katie is a sweetheart! We discuss maneuvering life with anxiety, being good people, toxic boatmances, she exclusively lets us know for the first time if she is returning for season 7 or not, the reality TV boot camp the producers give crew at the beginning of filming and what the rules are, what was left on the cutting room floor in that famous scene with Lexi Vs Malia, I quiz her on Canadian slang (spoiler, she doesn’t know any lol) and more! Love love love her!!

Get to know Heathers humble beginnings in a coffee shop before yachting, her crazy charter guests who made her whipe their dildos, we got to chat about how she felt about seeing Fraser talking sh*t behind her back under his breath and in confessionals on the show, what she's learned from the whole Rayna situation and how it’s changed her life, what she thinks about the Ashley and Gabby situation in Sailing Yacht, her opinions on all other Below Deck franchises, how and lots more.. Heather didn't hold back

Dani opens up about everything.. find out Dani’s opinion on this season of Sailing Yacht and what she thinks (or doesn’t think) about the Ashley and Gary situation (spoiler: there's more to the scenes than we see), she discusses her lifestyle switch from being a yachtie to full time student and mom, cancel culture, who she keeps in touch with still, finding out she was pregnant and telling production, being violated at work by someone secretly taking a photo of her and giving it to the blogs, etc such a good interview!

I had a nice chat with the wonderful gentleman Benny from Down Under. - We discussed things like his sexuality, what he thinks about logging prescription drugs in on yachts "maritime law lol", his time on the show, and more.

Get to know me, James! By way of interview by Melissa who is the superwoman behind the hit podcast @sidepieceshow. I was always told to start my podcast because "the hardest part is the audience, and you have it already" Melissa would say. So here I am. With social anxiety, doing everything on my own, and hopefully having some fun. Get to know how I came up with my Below Deck fan page, some 'funny experiments' I have done at my own expense (I LIKE MY LIPS AND TAN, OK), fights with actual charter guests from the show, and more.

... this rustled some feathers lol... This was a banger first episode! Ryan gives us insight into his yachting beginnings, what his very personal tattoos mean to him, what it was like fighting with the captain, and his huge blowout with Aesha. He does not like Aesha lol there was a lot of backlash for this first episode so, I mean, that must means it's juicy right?? ps the editing and audio is not 100 percent, it was just my first interview but they do get better