Podcasts by After the Laundry, the Misery
Joe Raiola, MAD Senior Editor Emeritus, talks humor, Zen, culture, drugs, hope, and despair—and what happens when they all collide—with Lion's Roar editor Rod Meade Sperry.
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Ep 11: Bedtime for Dickocracy? from 2018-10-04T01:27:01
What a week: Brett Kavanaugh's possible confirmation is looming, and #MeToo energy is exploding, thankfully, perhaps like never before. So that’s what Joe and Rod are talking about this episode — w...
ListenEp 10: Of Meglin and Mushrooms from 2018-09-11T13:00:25
Turn On, Tune In, Drop Dead: Joe Raiola recalls his late MAD magazine comrade Nick Meglin, and we delve into the use (and misuse) of mild-altering substances for the purpose of spiritual—and comedi...
ListenEp 9: Alan Watts’s Private Lesson From Beyond the Grave from 2018-08-07T12:00
Joe shares his tale of a “cinematic” visitation, of sorts, from Alan Watts, famed philosopher, rapscallion, and synthesizer of Zen -- and many other forms of -- wisdom.
ListenEp 8: “I Was Glad Not To Be Shot” from 2018-07-24T11:08:21
Comedian and "After the Laundry, the Misery" co-conspirator Joe Raiola just did his “Joy of Censorship: Free Speech in the Age of Trump” show for a Red State audience. So, was it a blast? Or a bomb...
ListenEp 7: Vegas! (Where “Everything is Normal.”) from 2018-06-26T11:00
Flashing lights. Families, and children, bathing in cigarette smoke. “Spiritual nightlife.” Welcome to Las Vegas, land of the Gene Wilder Slot Machine. "You will not," Joe Raiola contends, “find a ...
ListenEp 6: What Samantha Bee Said from 2018-06-08T02:26:20
Comedian and Full Frontal host Samantha Bee’s use of an epithet in reference to Ivanka Trump is big news. And now she’s issued an apology. Being a comedian and satirist deeply concerned with langua...
ListenEp 5: “I’d Rather Be a Buddhist In Denial” from 2018-06-05T12:00
Comedian and MAD Magazine Senior Editor Emeritus Joe Raiola has been spending time with a Zen community for the better part of ten years. Now that he’s been asked to consider becoming a formal stud...
ListenEp 4: A Royal Wedding in the Golden Age of Bullshit from 2018-05-22T12:00
This episode, MAD Magazine Senior Editor Emeritus and Lion's Roar's Rod Meade Sperry are talking about the elephants in the room: Guns. Trump. And, you know, a pervading sense of despair. But don’t...
ListenEp 3: Catch a Rising Joe from 2018-05-08T12:00
The formula goes that Comedy = Tragedy + Time, so Episode 3 goes way back with MAD Magazine Senior Editor Emeritus Joe Raiola to the slightly disturbing (and, a little gross) moment that would lead...
ListenEp 2: Holy Purell! Zen, Catholicism & the Magic-Trick Jesus from 2018-04-25T20:05
MAD magazine Senior Editor Emeritus Joe Raiola on how Catholicism, getting "bad advice" from Jesus, and Zen practice have all informed his worldview (comedic and otherwise), Plus: his so-far-unsucc...
ListenEp 1: MAD reboots, Bill Gaines memories, floundering & Zen from 2018-04-10T09:26:41
After MAD magazine's move from NYC to Burbank, California, Senior Editor Emeritus Joe Raiola reflects on his 33-year career at MAD, whether the rebooted MAD might be more like a comic book, tells s...
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