<![CDATA[StickMart Podcast]]>
stickmart.substack.com]]>https://stickmart.substack.com/podcastSubstackTue, 16 Jun 2026 22:59:11 GMThttps://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/2842570.rssThank you for shopping at StickMart!StickMart, convenience store for the strange! A collaborative project between creative cousins Ethan Stickley and Aaron Martinez. Good conversation, audio hijinks, art and illustration, music, poetry, and more.episodicThank you for shopping at StickMart!stickmart@substack.comYes<![CDATA[Episode 27 - Season 2 Finale, Really (Ethan's Edit)]]>For the Season 2 finale, Aaron and Ethan get a little self-reflective. We pull back the curtain and talk about StickMart as art—the edits, the bits, the songs, and the conversations that make it all tick. It’s part post-mortem, part celebration, and all the fun we’ve had along the way.



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This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit stickmart.substack.com]]>https://stickmart.substack.com/p/episode-27-season-2-finale-reallysubstack:post:174581370Fri, 26 Sep 2025 13:05:00 GMTAaron Martinez, StickMart, and Ethan StickleyNo6172<![CDATA[Episode 26 - Season 2 Finale?]]>In the season finale, we’ll announce something. But before that, we’ll announce that we’re announcing something. And maybe after that, we’ll forget what we were announcing in the first place. Stick around. Or don’t. We’ll be here anyway…



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—

Note - it was Dale Carnegie’s book How To Make Friends and Influence People, not Rockefeller.



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Welcome back to StickMart!

(I bet you didn’t even notice we were gone)



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Below is the story that was written after the discussion in the podcast. Enjoy!



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For anyone who’s interested, here’s a link to Purgatory Lounge. Enjoy!



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