Under The Influencer

Maxwell Blowers

St. Pete Sam and her brother Max Blowers sit down for a drink each week with the influential people of Tampa Bay and unpack childhood memoirs about growing up in the Bay.

99 Episodes

2025 Year in Review
12/31/2025
1:20:17
This week: A special episode looking back at 2025 and catching up as we gear up for season 2. Inconvenient white elephant gifts. Sam’s big year of change. Exploring New Orleans in 3-hour wake windows. Fake man cry acting. Max’s trivia nights. The end of Stranger Things. Getting the girls and gays to watch the Super Bowl. Living in the time of Labubu. Selling rocks. Being fooled by AI videos. Becoming a US citizen. Bad audio at funerals. The 10-items-or-less line at Publix.
"Sam's Big Move."
8/6/2025
1:28:45
This week: We decide to wrap up a season of recording on the eve of Sam’s move to New Orleans. Being spoiled as the out of town kid. The 4th street urgent care boom. Car wash me-time. Instagram giveaways. The Rayban scam. Friends with no social media. 90's chain mail. Wake windows. The many homes of Sam’s cat Willy. Dog flights. The moving company racket. Moving our CD collections. Max’s turkey beanie baby. Labubu mania. Everyone else’s opinions on your kid. Max speaks on the new Instagram font. Plans for season 2.
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"Changes Ahead."
6/18/2025
1:16:48
This week: Catching up after a few weeks away. St. Pete Sam on leaving St. Pete. The future of the podcast. Sleep positions. Rebranding cribs. Rubber baby buggy bumpers. Baby corporate lingo. When did baby become a proper noun. Sleep sacks. The left turn lane. How to use ChatGPT. Back when Geeves had all the answers. The Plains. How to hide an Instagram handle. Learning about New Orleans via TikTok. Selena Gomez Oreos.
"First Quarter Roundup."
4/9/2025
1:03:30
This week: Recapping this year’s first quarter. Going through Max’s bathroom garbage. Naturdays. Late night pump wine. The White Lotus tourism effect. Water cooler television. Girl group drama. Selling wares at the community yard sale. What does one do with 3,000 cds? Crafting the perfect mix CD. The Spotify algorithm. The wasteland of Facebook marketplace. Online correspondence with strangers. The hex block hustle. An Oreo update. A dairy panic.
"Spring Break and Yap."
3/19/2025
55:44
This week: It’s spring break in Florida. Sam brings the baby to studio. Max’s arch-nemesis returns to town. St. Patrick’s Day festivities. The difference between “lactose-free”” and “dairy-free.” Sponge cutting. Dishwasher mysteries. Ladies who lunch. Dogs in restaurants. The rays in limbo. Pickle ball attitude. Pants with snaps. Making broth.
"Post-Oscar Catch Up."
3/5/2025
55:00
This week: Catching up with new mom Sam from her newly renovated kitchen island. Boba wraps. Choosing kitchen cabinet handles. Max’s tennis-girlie era. Tasting French Oreos. Breakfast at Skyway Jacks. A community yard sale. The lasting millenial trauma of Final Destination 2. Emilia Perez drama. The Substance in real life. The future of the Bond franchise.
"It's Giving Mother."
2/19/2025
1:02:55
This week: We welcome Sam’s baby Beau to the world! When you realize today is the day. The hospital waiting game. Barf in your hair. The drama of the name reveal. Learning to swaddle. Finessing the hospital room service menu. Facebook mommy groups. Nipple shields. Doechii giving Tampa its flowers. Recession pop is BACK. Taylor getting booed. Kendrick’s hlaftime show. Circling back on the fair foods. A ferris wheel scam. A big new Oreo drop. Causing a scene at the Publix checkout counter.
"Fair Season."
2/5/2025
1:02:02
This week: It's fair season in Florida. Max plays smash-or-pass with the 2025 Florida State Fair lineup of foods. Pageant chickens. Sam's rabbit problem. The Oscar nominations. The meat on meat trend. We need a new eggroll. Making a scene when your water breaks. Blind tasting bizarre soda flavors. Butter soda. Gasparilla corsets.
"Winter Break."
1/22/2025
57:04
This week: The forecast of possible snow in Florida has us reminiscing on winter fun times past. The tiktok ban. The dawn of Red Note. Profiling tiktok food influencers. When the cats get cold. Sam’s mom-cozy-pregnancy-pillow. Becoming a skiing family. Pizza vs. French fries. Sam’s grand mountain descent. The carpet conveyor belt at Bill Jacksons. Snowboard lessons after dark. Disney Channel’s anti-skiing propaganda. Snowboard fashions at the lodge buffet. Standing on the subway platform in a blizzard. Spontaneous combustion. An update on the dark entity that’s been haunting Max.
"The one where we air our grievances."
1/15/2025
53:10
This week: A list of things we want to leave behind this year. 2025 brought the Watergate of the font community. Approaching the year with Calibri energy. Avocado packaging. An issue with Publix bogo wines. Firehouse subs needs an employee training refresher course. A plea for all future bathroom construction. When you have to read during a movie. The jumpscare inducing Netflix sound. Changing how we deal with change. We need more bowl-plates. St. Pete’s road work. Choosing an ad experience. Tiptoe the tortoise’s race to escape the LA fires.

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Under The Influencer

Maxwell Blowers

99 Episodes

2025 Year in Review

"Sam's Big Move."

"Changes Ahead."

"First Quarter Roundup."

"Spring Break and Yap."

"Post-Oscar Catch Up."

"It's Giving Mother."

"Fair Season."

"Winter Break."

"The one where we air our grievances."