128. Chase Johnson: Laguna Beach, Music, and Life After MTV
Nostalgia & Now
Kelli Williams
4.8 • 660 Ratings
🗓️ 9 March 2026
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
This week Kelli is chatting with Laguna Beach season 3 alum Chase Johnson — and he’s sharing what it was really like when the cameras came to town.
From how he unexpectedly landed on the show to what filming in Laguna was actually like, Chase takes listeners behind the scenes of one of MTV’s most iconic reality series. The two talk about what really happened once the cameras went down, why season 3 didn’t connect with viewers the way earlier seasons did, and how people in town treated him after the show aired. Chase also shares what he’s been up to since his MTV days.
If you’ve ever wondered what life was actually like behind the Laguna Beach cameras, this is an episode you won’t want to miss.
Make sure to follow Chase on Instagram ---> www.instagram.com/chase_johnsonn
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| 0:00.0 | You're going to dance like it's 2005. Come on get up. |
| 0:06.3 | You guys, welcome back to be a lot. |
| 0:08.1 | Talking nostalgia in now, the biggest fan in the crowd. |
| 0:11.9 | Uh-huh. |
| 0:13.6 | Uh-huh. |
| 0:14.8 | It's the good bitch. |
| 0:17.3 | You guys, welcome back to another episode of Nostalgia in Now. As always, it's your host, Kelly Williams, and I am joined by Chase Johnson, season three musician, photographer now, just always up to something artistic, which I absolutely love. Chase, thank you so much for coming on the podcast. Thank you for having me, Kelly. You are only the third person from season three to join. And I have some questions for you. Oh, boy. All right. Let's dive into it. I figured we could start with a this or that 2000s. So just quick answers, okay? Okay. Surfing or skateboarding? |
| 0:56.4 | Oh, that's really tough. |
| 0:58.0 | I already broke the rules of just simple answers, both skating and surfing. |
| 1:03.6 | Okay, flat ironed hair or spiked hair? |
| 1:09.4 | Spiked. |
| 1:11.4 | Foo fighters or or Incubis? |
| 1:15.0 | Is this back then? |
| 1:16.7 | Or now. |
| 1:20.7 | You're killing me, Kelly. |
| 1:21.7 | We're just a minute in. |
| 1:22.9 | I'm already killing me. |
| 1:24.7 | I want to say both again, but I can't do that. |
| 1:26.7 | That's just not fair. Incubus. That's a good pick. |
| 1:30.2 | I did see that they were big influences for open-air stereo. Yeah, massive. I mean, you could hear it in |
| 1:35.3 | the music, unfortunately. Not unfortunately. It was good. Yeah. Skinny jeans or board shorts? |
| 1:43.2 | Skinny jeans. |
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