{"id":162659,"date":"2026-04-10T20:15:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T20:15:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/162659\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T20:15:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T20:15:08","slug":"nepa-scene-podcast-scranton-djs-cowgirl-pills-and-nasstronaut-open-the-decks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/162659\/","title":{"rendered":"NEPA SCENE PODCAST: Scranton DJs Cowgirl Pills and Nasstronaut open the decks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Recorded weekly in the NEPA Scene Studio in the basement of <a href=\"https:\/\/centercityprint.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Center City Print<\/a> in downtown Scranton, the award-winning <a href=\"https:\/\/nepascene.com\/category\/art\/nepa-scene-podcast\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NEPA Scene Podcast<\/a> presents honest, uncensored interviews and in-depth discussions about regional arts, entertainment, and the issues that matter to Northeastern Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n<p>Offering a true alternative voice in local media, the multi-camera show is the only live streaming, in-person podcast of its kind in the area, produced in high definition on NEPA Scene\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/nepascene\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Facebook page<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/nepascene\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">YouTube channel<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/nepascene\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Instagram<\/a> on Wednesday nights at 7 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Host Rich Howells, the founder and editor of NEPA Scene, encourages viewers to tune in during the interview, which typically runs between an hour and two hours, to add their own questions and comments that will be addressed by the end of the episode.<\/p>\n<p>The NEPA Scene Podcast is made possible by Center City Print, bringing ideas to life in three locations \u2013 Scranton, Kingston, and Hazleton. These one-stop shops are locally owned and operated, providing high-quality print products at affordable prices. From business cards, brochures, and banners to posters, flyers, and tickets, their custom design solutions and exceptional customer service can make any project a reality. Use promo code NEPASCENE in person or online at <a href=\"https:\/\/centercityprint.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">centercityprint.com<\/a> for 10 percent off.<\/p>\n<p>In Episode 231, we sat down with award-winning Scranton DJ duo <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=61561995910138\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Cowgirl Pills<\/a> and their friend <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=61580918293885\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Nasstronaut<\/a>. Dylan and Eilish are teaming up with Mike Nasser to host a new bi-weekly open decks night at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.backyardalehouse.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Backyard Ale House<\/a> in Scranton starting April 9, so we talked about how they discovered electronic music and became DJs, what being a couple adds to the Cowgirl Pills dynamic, hustling to find steady work and turn DJing into a full-time job, building their playlists and repertoire over the last few years, how Cowgirl Pills winning \u201cBest New Artist\u201d at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SteamtownMusicAwards\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Steamtown Music Awards<\/a> helped them get to the next level, the local DJ scene and giving up-and-coming DJs a chance to break in, behind-the-scenes stories of good times and gigs gone wrong, Mike\u2019s time in the band <a href=\"https:\/\/lasersex.bandcamp.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Laser Sex<\/a> and Dylan\u2019s original music as a solo acoustic artist, Nasstronaut launching out of Backyard and into <a href=\"https:\/\/mutantbrewing.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Mutant Brewing<\/a>, and more.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Recorded weekly in the NEPA Scene Studio in the basement of Center City Print in downtown Scranton, the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":162660,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[73451,13296,73452,73453,8242,178,180,179],"class_list":["post-162659","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-scranton","tag-backyard-ale-house","tag-dj","tag-mutant-brewing","tag-nepa-scene-podcast","tag-podcast","tag-scranton","tag-scranton-headlines","tag-scranton-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162659","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=162659"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162659\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/162660"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=162659"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=162659"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=162659"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}