
Advertise on podcast: The Tiki Talk Show
Rating
4from
This podcast has
32 episodes
Language
EnglishPublisher
The Tiki Talk ShowExplicit
No
Date created
2025/04/16
Latest episode
2026/10/15
Average duration
67 min.
Release period
25 days
Description
Interview and podcast show discussing the tiki revival of the last 40 years with all the people who brought tiki back
Unlock The Tiki Talk Show podcast Email contact info,
Listeners & Audience details
Email contact information
Direct podcast contact details

Listeners
Audience numbers & engagement insights

Audience details
Podcast Insights

Podcast episodes
Check latest episodes from The Tiki Talk Show podcast
The Tiki Talk Show Live at Tiki Oasis
2026/10/15
Without further delay, we present Ryley's seminar from Tiki Oasis! Sit back and listen to the history of how Tiki went from an underground scene to the world wide phenomenon. This seminar is filled with photos and quotes from across the revival. We were so honored to be able to present this!
Ep 32 - Martin and Rebecca Cate
2026/07/18
Welcome back to another episode of The Tiki Talk Show. This week, Ellie and Ryley sit down with Martin and Rebecca Cate, proprietors of several award winning tiki bars and authors of the James Beard award winning cocktail book, Smuggler’s Cove.
Martin first got into tiki in Washington DC when a coworker invited him out to drinks at Trader Vic’s. After moving back to the Bay Area, Martin and Rebecca’s interest in tiki grew through the late 90s and early 00s spurred on by themed home parties, Tiki Central, and local tiki establishments like Trader Vic’s in Emeryville. Eventually, at a crossroads in his life, Martin decided to enter the bar business in Alameda by opening Forbidden Island with successful business partners. Martin and Rebecca went on to open their first bar independently in San Francisco, Smuggler’s Cove. This bar not only focuses on well made tiki cocktails but appreciating Rum as a complex spirit. Smuggler’s Cove boasts the largest public collection of Rum in America. Martin and Rebecca went on to write their award winning cocktail book, Smuggler’s Cove, which not only lists cocktail recipes but also a narrative history of rum, tiki, and the tiki revival. The duo are also advisors and collaborators on several other award winning tiki bars across the country: Hale Pele in Portland, False Idol in San Diego, and Max’s South Seas in Grand Rapids. Each of these locations brings their own unique twist carefully tailored to the community they serve. From elaborately themed restaurants and bars to fantastic twists on tiki cocktails and elevating the reputation and appreciation of Rum, Martin and Rebecca have contributed a lot to the tiki revival.
You can find Martin and Rebecca on Instagram @smugglerscovesf to check up on their new rum and cocktail offerings, guest appearances, and celebrations for the 10th anniversary of their cocktail book. You can find Smuggler’s Cove at smugglerscovesf.com to buy their book, view their drink menu and plan your trip to view their flagship bar. If you’re not in the San Francisco Bay Area, check out the bars they’re involved with in San Diego, Portland, and Grand Rapids.
Thank you for joining us on this episode. We are excited to see you all in San Diego in a few weeks at Tiki Oasis. Ryley will be giving a seminar at Tiki Oasis all about the history of the tiki revival. Tickets are still available at tikioasis.com/friday-seminars-26 for his Friday seminar from 1:30-2:30. Check out our Instagram to see our new shirts and send us a DM to order one of your own! $20/shirt and $7 for shipping. They will be available after Ryley’s seminar at Tiki Oasis if you want to save on shipping! If you’re interested in being interviewed, send us an email at [email protected]. Click the link below to see our link tree and find us on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, or wherever you get your podcasts.
It’s been good talking to you, and until next time…
Linktr.ee/thetikitalkshow
-Ryley and Ellie
Bosko - Episode 31
2026/07/03
This week on The Tiki Talk Show, Ryley and Ellie talked with Bosko Hrjnak, one of the first artists to revive tiki art from just appreciation to application. Bosko got his start in the mid-80s as the first artist to sculpt full size tikis after the art had faded from popularity and the public eye when tiki fell out of fashion. Ever since, Bosko has been using his creativity to carve and sculpt 3D tikis, ceramic tiki mugs, and wall decor for the Polynesian Pop enthusiast. He draws clear inspiration from William Westenhaver of Witco Designs and Rolly Crump, the Disney Imagineer, but Bosko’s designs are truly one of a kind. In the interview we talk about his work creating art, designing his home tiki bar, and the work he has done on several commercial bars.
You can find Bosko at tikibosko.com to purchase his art, mugs, and more; or commission a custom work of your own. You can find his on Instagram @tikibosko. And be sure to check out his documentary Bosko and the Rebirth of Tiki if you haven’t seen it yet!
Thank you for joining us on this episode. We have a few more episodes planned for this summer series leading up to Tiki Oasis. Ryley will be giving a seminar at Tiki Oasis all about the history of the tiki revival. Tickets are still available at tikioasis.com/friday-seminars-26 for his Friday seminar from 1:30-2:30. Check out our Instagram to see our new shirts and send us a DM to order one of your own! $20/shirt and $7 for shipping. They will be available after Ryley’s seminar at Tiki Oasis if you want to save on shipping! If you’re interested in being interviewed, send us an email at [email protected]. Click the link below to see our link tree and find us on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, or wherever you get your podcasts.
It’s been good talking to you, and until next time…
Linktr.ee/thetikitalkshow
-Ryley and Ellie
Bamboo Ben - Episode Thirty
2026/06/19
Welcome back to another episode of The Tiki Talk Show. Ryley and Ellie sat down with the tiki revival’s most renowned bar builder, Bamboo Ben.
As the grandson of the Original Beachcomber, Eli Hedley, tiki was in Ben’s blood. Having always been artistic, Ben took his experience building custom furniture and started building tiki bars for backyard parties in the 90s. Living in Southern California, these front yard leftovers after last night’s ragers were quickly procured by interested passersby. Ben realized there was a market for the faux Polynesian and fell back in love with the tiki memories of his childhood. These party bars slowly turned into custom requests throughout Southern California and eventually beyond, thanks to Tiki Central. Slowly, Bamboo Ben became known as the tiki bar guy and was hired to refurbish or renovate run-down tiki bars of old. These efforts culminated in the first Tiki Oasis and the rescue and revival of the Caliente Tropics. Restoration wasn’t the only business Ben was in. As the tiki fever started ramping up, there was a market for opening new tiki bars, and a need for someone to design and decorate them. Ben has had a widely successful career of commercial and private home bars, and in 2017, he brought his son, Blake, into the family business, officially making it Bamboo Ben & Son.
You can find Bamboo Ben on Instagram @bamboo_ben_ or on Facebook at Bamboo Ben. If you’re interested in having this legend design your home or commercial bar space, reach out on social media or on his email at [email protected]
Thank you for joining us on this episode. We have a few more episodes planned for this summer series leading up to Tiki Oasis. Ryley will be giving a seminar at Tiki Oasis all about the history of the tiki revival. Tickets are still available at tikioasis.com/friday-seminars-26 for his Friday seminar from 1:30-2:30. We raffled off 2 standard tickets for Tiki Oasis over on Instagram, and the winner is announced at the end of this video. It’ll be announced on Instagram tomorrow. If you’re interested in being interviewed, send us an email at [email protected]. Click the link below to see our link tree and find us on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, or wherever you get your podcasts.
It’s been good talking to you, and until next time…
Linktr.ee/thetikitalkshow
-Ryley and Ellie
Jeff "Beachbum" Berry - Episode Twenty-Nine
2026/06/05
Welcome back to The Tiki Talk Show! Following our brief hiatus, Ryley and Ellie sat down with a true member of the Mount Rushmore of the Tiki Revival, Jeff, Beachbum, Berry.
Jeff first discovered Polynesian Pop as a child in the fleeting glimpses he caught of Ah Fong’s restaurant bar in the San Fernando Valley. The intricate escapism always lingered in the back of Jeff’s mind, but it wasn’t until he reached drinking age that Tiki began to creep back into his life. Berry was searching Los Angeles for a decent drink at a time when he recalls even the Old Fashioned’s came blended. He found respite in the small, Hollywood staple, The Tiki Ti. These tropical cocktails served by one of Donn the Beachcomber’s original bartenders was a welcome change, but when he asked Mr. Buhen what he was putting in his drinks, Berry was met with a generic answer preserving closely guarded secrets. That moment hurtled Berry into the world of tropical cocktails and rum rhapsodies that were being lost to time. Decades of research, interviews, writing, and storytelling later, Beachbum Berry has saved these drinks from extinction and made them widely available to tiki lovers and craft cocktail aficionados the world over. The Bum has published seven books containing not only cocktail and food recipes but the history of their creation, the places that served them, and the people who created and served beverages that captured the public’s attention for decades. Now, Jeff and wife Annene own Latitude 29, their own cocktail bar in New Orleans, Louisiana, where locals and travelers alike and quench their thirst for a quality tiki cocktail and revel in the gorgeous theming and decor.
Go to https://beachbumberry.com to find Jeff’s books, the link to purchase his Total Tiki cocktail app, information on his restaurant, rums, syrups, and so much more. You can also find him on Instagram @official_beachbumberry and @latitude29nola.
Thank you for joining us for this episode. It’s so good to be back talking to revival heroes and sharing that information with all of you. We are looking forward to a few more episodes coming out this summer, Tiki Oasis in August, and our move overseas at the end of summer. If you’re interested in being interviewed, send us an email at [email protected]. Click the link below to see our link tree and find us on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, or wherever you get your podcasts.
It’s been good talking to you, and until next time…
Linktr.ee/thetikitalkshow
-Ryley and Ellie
Episode Twenty-Eight - It's Been a Pleasure but Until Then...
2026/04/17
It's been a great year for Ellie and Ryley! Not just in tiki, but in so many amazing experiences. This episodes serves as a great transition note for us all. We hate to tell you, but The Tiki Talk Show you've known, is over. But fear not! This is the beginning of a new and exciting chapter for all of us. We are moving to the United Kingdom! Yes, you read that right, England! This was as unexpected for us as it is for you all, but it's something that we are looking forward to. We want to be clear though, other than scheduling, nothing will change! We will always bring stories from the revival but scheduling is a real consideration. Listen on to hear how The Tiki Talk Show will be moving forward! Thank you all for all you've done over the last year!
-Ryley and Ellie
Follow us on Instagram and Facebook to stay up to date when new episodes are released.
Episode Twenty-Seven - First Wave Tiki
2026/04/03
This week on The Tiki Talk Show, Ryley sits down with William and Kelly of First Wave Tiki. This husband and wife, artistic duo take first-wave tiki treasures and reimagine them into works of art for the modern tiki-phile.
They first got into tiki around 2020 in Los Angeles. An antiquities dealer by trade, Will ran into tiki artifacts naturally; the first wave treasures were coming up for sale in auctions and estate sales where their uniqueness, exoticism, and beauty piqued his interest. Getting started into selling tiki antiques, Kelly lent her creativity to the business by refreshing worn down pieces and repurposing older treasures into modern works of art. Besides refreshing older "antikis" as they call them, First Wave Tiki also offers custom carving and building decor. They love working with individuals to help their tiki visions come to life. Stepping into an established tiki community can be intimidating, but as Will and Kelly have continued vending over time, they have shaken off feeling shackled to their booth and been able to express their true love and enthusiasm for this hobby and all of the people who make it so great. Check out their website to see their current showpieces and let them know if they can help purvey that item that's been on your wishlist for far too long. Keep up with them on social media to see where they'll be vending next so you can meet these lovely people and take home an "antiki" treasure of your own.
You can find Will and Kelly at their website firstwavetiki.com or on Instagram or Facebook @firstwavetiki.
Thank you for joining us on this week’s episode of The Tiki Talk Show. If you’re interested in being interviewed, send us an email at [email protected]. Click the link below to see our link tree and find us on Facebook, Instagram, Youtube, or wherever you get your podcasts. You can also fill out our Google Form to get on our postcard mailing list. It’s been good talking to you.Linktr.ee/thetikitalkshow
-Ryley and Ellie
Episode Twenty-Six - The Donn of Tiki
2026/03/06
This week, Ryley and Ellie get back to the interviews by welcoming Max Well, co-producer of The Donn of Tiki, to the show. Max and fellow co-producer Alex Lamb got interested in tiki in 2020. As filmmakers, they were interested in highlighting L.A.’s tiki bar culture before they fell down the rabbit hole of tiki history and the legend that is Donn the Beachcomber. The Donn of Tiki tells the story of Donn, born Ernest Raymond Beaumont Gant, as he formed the legendary character and bar brand that brought rum-based cocktails and exotic escapism to the forefront of American culture. Listen to Max explain the creative process behind the project, the fun diving into the differences between the Donn Beach the man and the myth, and what’s coming up next for wider distribution. Several of our previous guests were contributors for this film including Tim Glazner, Adrian Eustaquio, Marie King, Sven Kirsten, Otto, and Baby Doe von Stroheim. For more about Donn the Beachcomber listen to our interviews with Tim Glazner and Marie King linked below. Follow along with The Donn of Tiki team on their website thedonnoftiki.com and on Instagram @thedonnoftiki to stay tuned about physical and streaming releases.
https://youtu.be/iE1bs4YU0Vs?si=1lgf8vUwicDKTRN4
Thank you for joining us on this week’s episode of The Tiki Talk Show. If you’re interested in being interviewed, send us an email at [email protected]. Click the link below to see our link tree and find us on Facebook, Instagram, Youtube, or wherever you get your podcasts. You can also fill out our Google Form to get on our postcard mailing list.
It’s been good talking to you.
Linktr.ee/thetikitalkshow
-Ryley and Ellie
Episode Twenty-Five - A Trip to the Mai Kai
2026/02/20
This week on The Tiki Talk Show, Ryley and Ellie recap their recent trip to the crown jewel of North American Tiki establishments, The Mai-Kai. First opened in 1956, The Mai-Kai in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, has been serving delicious food, great drinks, and a fantastic experience for decades.
Ryley and Ellie headed south for a few days to get away from Maryland’s cold and snowy weather, and south Florida did not disappoint. Visiting The Mai-Kai was the center-point of this great trip, and they had the best tour guide to show them around. They met up with Hurricane Hayward, author of The Atomic Grog blog, who you’ll remember from Episode 16. Hurricane has devoted years, and many many words to capturing The Mai-Kai’s greatness first by detailing their extensive cocktail program through to their renovation and revival of the property. Ryley and Ellie were very fortunate to have his expertise and discerning eye as they meandered the gorgeous property and took in every little detail. Be sure to check out Hurricane Haywards blog for more Mai Kai greatness at www.slammie.com/atomicgrog/.
Also featured in this episode is Tim “Swanky” Glazner’s amazing book on the Mai Kai which you can find at many major retailers across the world.
Thank you so much to the Mai Kai and the amazing staff for the great hospitality. We loved every second, and can’t wait to be back!
Thank you for joining us on this week’s episode of The Tiki Talk Show. If you’re interested in being interviewed, send us an email at [email protected]. Click the link below to see our link tree and find us on Facebook, Instagram, Youtube, or wherever you get your podcasts. You can also fill out our Google Form to get on our postcard mailing list.
It’s been good talking to you and we’re looking forward to a great new year with you!
Linktr.ee/thetikitalkshow
-Ryley and Ellie
Episode Twenty-Four - The Future of The Tiki Talk Show
2026/02/06
Ladies and gentlemen, we are back! After a brief hiatus, we are slowly getting back up to speed and bringing you more great interviews. We wanted to record a quick episode to let you know what we have going on. Throughout January, we were ran ragged and we are still recovering so no interview this week. We have a lot in store here in the next few months and a lot of very exciting announcements coming up. Until we are fully back up to speed, you have to deal with a quick episode with just Ryley.
Thank you all for your continued support, we really appreciate it! We hope to talk to you all soon!
Episode Twenty-Three - Josh and Babz Collins
2026/01/09
Happy New Year Tiki Talk Show family! Ryley and Ellie kick off 2026 with a chat spanning 10,000 miles. We were joined by Australia’s resident tiki power couple, Josh & Babz Collins. Originally from London, U.K., these two have left an indelible mark on tiki and vintage subcultures wherever they’ve gone.
Music drew both Josh and Babz to the wide world of vintage, mod, tiki, and more, and it has certainly been an integral part of their passion and recipe for success ever since. What started out as regularly hosting bands and club nights at some of London’s best underground clubs and venues eventually led to multi-day music festivals to highlight garage, surf, rockabilly, mod, ska, and more. These events not only promised amazing music but intricate decor, costuming, and theming thanks to Josh’s background in theatrical production and Babz’s passion for vintage fashion. Eventually, the Collinses were looking to spread their wings and make a change, a decision that would take them half-way around the world. A journey through several of the South Pacific’s islands provided a deeper insight and appreciation for all things tiki, tropical, and exotic. It also provided several great carvings and other genuine artifacts that the couple still holds dear. That journey around the pacific culminated in their move to the west coast of Australia. Here, they let their imaginations run wild with dreams of a theme park, The Zombie Zoo, which unfortunately never saw the light of day. However, they did open the Hula Bula Bar, a tropical paradise in an area unaccustomed to such intricate, escapist surroundings. From there, the Devilles Pad brought forth images of a 1960s Las Vegas cocktail bar, owned by the devil himself. Lastly, their bar, The LuWow, highlighted a technicolor, exotic dreamscape introducing tropical cocktails to a new audience. Beyond the bars, Josh and Babz also make “camp & colorful trash cinema” reminiscent of B-movies from the 50s and 60s. Josh & Babz truly understand the two most important parts of the tiki revival period: how to be artistic and build something new, and how to bring people together to have a great time. Their influence on the international tiki revival scene has been instrumental.
You can find Josh and Babz on Instagram @theluwow or at theluwow.com and thezombiezoo.com.
And here’s a link to buy their book, The Lore of the LuWow: https://a.co/d/6OAP9e1
Thank you for joining us on this week’s episode of The Tiki Talk Show. If you’re interested in being interviewed, send us an email at [email protected]. Click the link below to see our link tree and find us on Facebook, Instagram, Youtube, or wherever you get your podcasts. You can also fill out our Google Form to get on our postcard mailing list.
It’s been good talking to you and we’re looking forward to a great new year with you!
Linktr.ee/thetikitalkshow
-Ryley and Ellie
Episode Twenty-Two - Charles Phoenix
2025/12/26
Merry Christmas! This week, Ellie and Ryley sat down with the king of cool, Charles Phoenix, for a post-Christmas chat. Charles Phoenix is a mid-century expert, professional presenter, and writer who has written a number of books on the mid-century style we all love. Charles Phoenix is best known for his slide shows displaying mid-century Kodachrome photos, but he’s also an avid car enthusiast and a chef who’s known for the coolest kitchen creations.
Charles Phoenix got a foundation of his love of style while going to his father’s car lot and seeing cars of the 1950s and 1960s. The chrome, fins, and dramatic changes between years drew a young Charles Phoenix into the mid-century style. By the 1980s, Charles was a thrift store connoisseur finding hosts of vintage clothes and forgotten treasures from years past. At this point, there was no term called “mid-century modern” or Googie, but Charles enjoyed driving around the San Fernando Valley finding old restaurants, coffee shops, bowling alleys, and anywhere else he could find mid-century eye candy. While he was doing this, he never let his love of cars fall out of sight so he regularly owned cars that he grew up idolizing.
By the mid-1990s, Charles had collected a vast amount of vintage Kodachrome film slides depicting life in yesteryear. As his collection grew, he felt that he needed to share these photos with others so he could keep the spirit of post-war America alive. At first, he encountered mixed reviews from those who didn’t believe people would be interested in seeing these photos, but boy did he prove them wrong. His slide shows took off and eventually spread into a LA-based driving tour, visiting remaining Googie monuments. The attraction kept growing and eventually he began working of a number of books that he released throughout the late 90s and early-2000s. Never one to shy away from a new way to spread the mid-century style, he began using social media platforms to share his passion for the topic. Now, Charles does live presentations of his various slideshows across the country where you can watch his passion for uniqueness, creativity, and color feed the flames of nostalgia growing in your soul. But, if you can’t make it to the live shows, recorded versions of the presentations are available to watch on his website or YouTube.
You can find Charles Phoenix on Instagram at @_charlesphoenix, on his website at charlesphoenix.com, or on his YouTube at www.youtube.com/@_charlesphoenix.
Thank you for joining us for The Tiki Talk Show’s last episode in 2025. We’re looking forward to 2026 and all of the amazing things that will come with the new year. Be sure to check out our other show, Tiki Today, to see what’s going on now in the tiki space, made possible by all of the revival efforts of the past. If you’re interested in being interviewed, send us an email at [email protected]. Click the link below to see our link tree and find us on Facebook, Instagram, Youtube, or wherever you get your podcasts. You can also fill out our Google Form to get on our postcard mailing list.
It’s been good talking to you, and we’ll see you in 2026!
Linktr.ee/thetikitalkshow
-Ryley and Ellie
Episode Twenty-One - Otto and Baby Doe Part Two
2025/12/12
This week on The Tiki Talk Show Ellie and Ryley chat with Otto and Baby Doe von Stroheim for a second time. That’s right, it’s the first ever 2 part series for this show, though it’s sure not to be the last. If you haven’t seen part 1 yet, where we talk about the 80s-2001 be sure to check that out.
Last time, we left off in 2001, where Tiki News had released its final (published) issue and come to an unofficial end. At the same time, the now renowned event, Tiki Oasis, was just beginning. We hear the stories about the first Tiki Oasis, how the event grew, changed, and developed over the years as well as the introduction of Tiki Oasis Arizona. But Otto and Baby Doe have been involved in so much more than this iconic celebration of the Polynesian Pop. We talk about Baby Doe’s involvement in the burlesque community and the Tease-O-Rama events, art and museum exhibitions, the Tiki Art Now! books, and more. We had a fantastic time listening to their passion and love for tiki and the community it draws together for a second time, and we hope you do too.
You can find Otto on Instagram @ottovs, Baby Doe @xoxobabydoe, and be sure to follow @tikioasis for all the fun and exciting updates and news.
Thank you for joining us on this week’s episode of The Tiki Talk Show. Stay tuned for part 2, coming out December 13. Be sure to check out our other show, Tiki Today, to see what’s going on now in the tiki space, made possible by all of the revival efforts of the past. If you’re interested in being interviewed, send us an email at [email protected]. Click the link below to see our link tree and find us on Facebook, Instagram, Youtube, or wherever you get your podcasts. You can also fill out our Google Form to get on our postcard mailing list.
It’s been good talking to you.
Linktr.ee/thetikitalkshow
-Ryley and Ellie
Episode Twenty - Otto and Baby Doe
2025/11/28
This week, Ellie and Ryley have the first of a two-part series with Otto and Baby Doe von Stroheim, a Bay Area based tiki power couple. Best known for their world-renowned tiki weekender, Tiki Oasis, Otto and Baby Doe have poured so much time, love, passion, and effort into the tiki scene beyond this iconic event. This first part covers their beginnings in tiki, through the nineties, up to the first Tiki Oasis in 2001. Stayed tuned for part two to hear about the 2000s, 2010s, to now.
Otto first dipped his toes into tiki in the late 80s when he started hosting yearly backyard luaus with his roommates in Southern California. His tiki interest and involvement developed from associated music sub-genres like lounge and swing. Thrift store finds like aloha shirts and tiki mugs fueled these great gatherings that became more and more popular and grand year after year. Those backyard parties were just a glimpse into the future of event hosting and bringing people together to enjoy music, art, great company, and fun drinks. Baby Doe had a website in the 90s where she talked about anything and everything she found interesting, including anything midcentury and other people’s collections. Eventually, tiki piqued her interest and Baby Doe became one of the first “tiki” websites out there, sharing what she knew and found with anyone that had a computer and internet access.
Otto started Tiki News, a tiki fanzine (fan-created magazine), in 1995 and began spreading tiki interest and intrigue from coast to coast and beyond. For just a couple dollars, a Xerox copied, hand stapled, treasure trove of ads and information could connect a budding tiki revivalist to a whole wide world. At the end of that year, he hosted Exoticon at the Park Plaza Hotel as a tiki and lounge event that sold out and brought together people from across the subculture scenes at the time. From there, Otto moved up to the Bay Area to be with Baby Doe and combine their passion, creativity, and love of the midcentury. With DJ gigs, concerts, events, continuing Tiki News, and finding other ventures, Otto and Baby Doe became a big part of the Bay Area tiki revival scene. As Otto and Baby Doe make clear, it’s important to them to bring people together. We end this episode at the event that has brought so many of us together year after year; Tiki Oasis.
Thank you for joining us on this week’s episode of The Tiki Talk Show. Stay tuned for part 2, coming out December 13. Be sure to check out our other show, Tiki Today, to see what’s going on now in the tiki space, made possible by all of the revival efforts of the past. If you’re interested in being interviewed, send us an email at [email protected]. Click the link below to see our link tree and find us on Facebook, Instagram, Youtube, or wherever you get your podcasts. You can also fill out our Google Form to get on our postcard mailing list.
It’s been good talking to you.
Linktr.ee/thetikitalkshow
-Ryley and Ellie
Episode Eighteen - Behind the Curtain
2025/10/31
This Halloween episode brings more treats than tricks as Ellie and Ryley share a peak behind the curtain into their research process. We walk through books, websites, music, movies, and other podcasts that have given us a jumping off point for the Tiki Revival period and the guests that we interview on this show. By no means is this an exhaustive list into tiki research materials, but hopefully it gives you a place to start if you’re looking. Feel free to share your favorite tiki resources in the comments below.
List of resources mentioned:
Books:
-Grog Log by Jeff Berry
-The Book of Tiki by Sven Kirsten
-Tiki Roadtrip by James Teitelbaum
-Ninety Years of Classic San Diego Tiki by Martin Lindsey
Websites:
-tikicentral.com
-slammie.com/atomicgrog
-swankpad.org
-ultimatemaitai.com
-digitiki.com
Music:
-Lahaina Sunset by Mark Riddle
-Creepxotica by Creepxotica
-Forbidden Isle of Demos by Combustible Edisons
Movies:
-Plastic Paradise: A Swingin’ Trip Through America’s Polynesian Obsession
-The DVD of Tiki Vol. 1: Paradise Lost
Podcast:
-Inside the Desert Oasis Room Podcast by Adrian Eustaquio
Thank you for joining us on this week’s episode of The Tiki Talk Show. Be sure to check out our other show, Tiki Today, to see what’s going on now in the tiki space, made possible by all of the revival efforts of the past. If you’re interested in being interviewed, send us an email at [email protected]. Click the link below to see our link tree and find us on Facebook, Instagram, Youtube, or wherever you get your podcasts. You can also fill out our Google Form to get on our postcard mailing list.
It’s been good talking to you.
Linktr.ee/thetikitalkshow
-Ryley and Ellie
Podcast reviews
Read The Tiki Talk Show podcast reviews
61 rum 2025/11/25
Great show but…
Please work on the audio levels. Hard to listen when the audio levels are so uneven.
atomicanne 2025/11/04
Love the fresh take but…
You need to fox your audio. Not sure how you can release an episode with such low un equal audio. QC your show before release.
Podcast sponsorship advertising
Start advertising on The Tiki Talk Show relevant audience podcasts
You may also like to advertise on these Podcasts

4.711507391
Matt and Shane's Secret Podcast
Matt McCusker & Shane Gillis

4.82556181
Smosh Reads Reddit Stories
Smosh

4.975227752
Small Town Murder
James Pietragallo, Jimmie Whisman

4.71304595
Bulwark Takes
The Bulwark

4.8583398
Didn't I Just Feed You
Stacie Billis and Meghan Splawn

4.4503509
Warfare
History Hit

4.8296841994
Fantasy Footballers - Fantasy Football Podcast
Fantasy Football

4.712844551
True Crime All The Time
Emash Digital

4.8160171996
Watch What Crappens
Ben Mandelker & Ronnie Karam

4.639071167
Modern Wisdom
Chris Williamson