Podcasts by Broccoli and Ice Cream

293: Erin Judge and REGGIE WATTS FOR PRESIDENT! from 2023-06-13T23:30

Erin Judge! Comedian! Writer! Dear old friend! Delight!

She has a standup album called "So Many Choices." She has a book called "Vow of Celibacy." She has a live show called "Romantic Com...

292: Ben Katzner and the Repressed Midwest from 2023-06-07T00:14

Ben Katzner! Comedian! Graphic novelist! Friend! Delight!

Ben is a super funny comedian who has also created a graphic novel called Listen

291: Morgan Jay and "Live at the Village"! from 2023-05-31T18:23

Morgan Jay! Comedian! Musician! Comedy musician! Musical comedian! Friend! Delight! More!

Morgan and I have a super fun time chatting and you can have a super fun time listening!

A...

290: Nonye Brown-West and Advocating For Yourself from 2023-05-24T15:47

Nonye Brown-West! Comedian! Producer! Writer! Friend! Delight! More!

We have a super fun and informative talk! Have a super fun and inform...

289: Victoria Rocha and Michael Is Gone from 2023-05-15T16:00

Victoria Rocha! Story-teller! Writer! Friend! Delight! More!

You can find her first-ever published creative non-fiction work, "Michael is Gone" in the online journal, Listen

288: Dan Wilbur and Husband Material from 2023-05-04T16:54

Dan Wilbur! Comedian! Writer! Friend! Delight! More!

Dan is a fun friend I've known for a long time and he has a new album out called "H...

287: Jennifer Stojkovic and the Future of Food (Is Female) from 2023-04-28T21:40

Jennifer Stojkovic! Author! Food-tech leader! Founder of Vegan Women Summit!

We have a great talk! I learned a lot and it was super fun! Enjoy!

Also, this year's Vegan Women Summit...

286: Zach Zimmerman and "Is It Hot in Here (Or Am I Suffering for All Eternity for the Sins I Committed on Earth)?" from 2023-04-18T19:57

Zach Zimmerman! Comedian! Writer! Friend! Delight!

His new book out TODAY is called "Is It Hot in Here (Or Am I Suffering for...

285: Jennifer Wai and Sacred Comedy from 2023-04-12T19:11

Jennifer Wai! Producer! Podcaster! Mom! Friend! Intuitive consultant! Delight! More!

Jennifer produces podcasts, humans, comedy shows called Listen

284: Scot Nery and a Safe Space for Being Wrong from 2023-04-05T20:43

Scot Nery! Entertainer! Juggler! Producer! Magician! Friend! Delight! More!

Scot is all kinds of things and we talk about lots of them.

Listen

283: Maria Heinegg and the Afterparty from 2023-03-29T19:04

Maria Heinegg! Comedian! Podcaster! Friend! Delight!

Her podcast is Hot Dads with Gracie and Maria and MY podcast is T...

282: AJ Albrecht and the Joy of Rats from 2023-03-19T21:44

AJ Albrecht! US/Canada managing director of Mercy For Animals, which exists to end one of the greatest causes of suffering: the exploitation of animal...

281: Brad Wenzel and the Pepsi of Wrestling from 2023-03-09T20:28

Brad Wenzel! Listen

280: Jo Firestone and the Constellation of Coolness from 2023-03-01T14:40

Jo Firestone! Comedian! Game creator! Friend! Delight! 

Jo is hilarious and wonderful and I recommend everything she does including (but not limited) to this podcast conversation we...

279: Zach Sherwin and Ramin Nazer Live from the Mind Under Matter Campout Festival from 2023-02-22T18:50

Ramin Nazer! Zach Sherwin! Comedians! Artists! Wonderful people! Dear dear dear friends of mine! Delights!

This is my first live Broccoli and Ice Cream podcast I'm releasing and I'm...

278: Mee Ok and Compassionate Inquiry from 2023-02-16T20:07

Mee Ok Icaro! Psychedelic Support Specialist! Writing Coach and Consultant! Compassionate Life Coach! Dear Friend! Delight!

We have a meaningful talk! You can have a meaningful list...

277: Tracey Carnazzo and Cafeteria Catholicism from 2023-02-09T19:53

Tracey Carnazzo! Comedian! Podcaster! Friend! Delight!

Tracey is a super funny comedian and a super fun friend to talk and listen to. Enjoy!

PS This is the first half o...

276: Tom McCaffrey and Being Born Funny from 2023-02-02T20:21

Tom McCaffrey! Comedian! Author! Friend!

Tom is a funny standup comic I've known for a long time and he just wrote a semi-autobiographical novel called "Listen

275: Ariel Elias and a Good Car Game from 2023-01-27T17:39

Ariel Elias! Comedian! Friend! Delight!

Bert Kreischer's daughter! Seinfeld doing Hedberg jokes! The IG (Initial Game)! 

What does it all mean? How much fun do we have?...

274: Andy Pitz and Becoming Andy Pitz from 2023-01-20T21:07

Andy Pitz! Comedian! Old friend! Delightful podcast guest! This conversation is chock-full of meaning and fun. We enjoyed chatting a lot! Hope you enjoy listening a lot!

PS This hou...

273: Meghan Hanley and the Surprise Parade from 2023-01-12T20:16

Meghan Hanley! Comedian! Friend! Delight!

She's got a new album out January 17, 2023 called "This Happy" and I recommend listening to th...

272: Jordyn Bonds and Hollar Hype from 2023-01-04T20:52

Jordyn Bonds! Earliest-stage product strategy! Former touring rock musician! Arkansan in exile! Delight! Friend!

We have a fun chat and you can have a...

271: Andrew Gaines and Showcasing Humanity's Foibles (A Conversation About Theater, Drama Therapy, AND MORE) from 2022-12-29T18:18

Andrew Gaines! Educator! Therapist! Dear old friend! AND MUCH MORE!

We've known each other for more than three decades! We have a wonderful chat about life and theater and therapy a...

270: Arielle Isaac Norman and Gender Fluids from 2022-12-21T18:53

Arielle Isaac Norman! Comedian! Podcaster! New friend! Delight!

One of my favorite tweets is this one of Arielle's: "Not to brag, but I’m on, like, all the spectrums."

...

269: Matt Pais and Newstalgia from 2022-12-15T16:50

Matt Pais! Author! Interviewer! New friend!

Matt has interviewed a lot of folks for books like "Talk ‘90s with Me: 23 Unpredictable Conversations with Stars of an Unforgettable Deca...

268: Betty Smithsonian and Risking Toward (and Apologizing for) Failure from 2022-12-07T22:41

Betty Smithsonian! Comedian! Clown! Friend! Delight!

Betty and I have a wonderful talk about comedying and clowning and friending and delighting!

Please enjoy as desire...

267: Shaun Eli and Brain Champagne from 2022-11-25T21:56

Shaun Eli! Comedian! Friend! Delight!

Shaun and I have a real fun chat and you can have a real fun listen!

We talk brains, champagnes, comedy, doctors, peppers, books a...

266: Val Kappa and the Value of Art from 2022-11-16T17:26

Val Kappa! Comedian! Artist! Educator! Delight!

We have a great talk about Art and Business and Comedy (ABC!) and also Education and More! Listen

265: Ian Lara and Romantic Comedy from 2022-11-11T22:36

Ian Lara! Comedian! New special on HBO, "Romantic Comedy," out TODAY! Watch him there! Listen to him here! Live your life as desired and possible!

Listen

264: Laura Sogar and Things Going Swimmingly from 2022-11-03T16:38

Laura Sogar! Comedian! Podcaster! Friend! Delight!

Her podcasts are Risqué Business News and ...

263: Gabe Mollica and a Friendship Including a Duo Podcast About a Solo Show About Friendship from 2022-10-26T15:51

Gabe Mollica! Comedian! Delight! Friend! "Birbiglian" story-teller, according to Jason Zinoman...

262: Kristal Adams and Ain't I A Wombat? from 2022-10-19T17:14

Kristal Adams! Comedian! Friend! Wombat?!?

Kristal is a delight. We have a wonderful chat. You can have a wonderful listen.
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261: Robert Mac and Mac to School from 2022-10-14T15:00

Robert Mac! Comedian! Friend! Delight!

His new special is out right now and it's called "Mac to School" and we talk about it and comedy and lots of things.

Enjoy and th...

260: Carmen Lynch and Working in a Psychic Ward from 2022-10-06T21:09

Carmen Lynch! Comedian! Actor! Writer! Podcaster! Friend! Human! Delight!

She has a standup album called "Vertically Obese," a podcast called "The Human Centipod," and now an appear...

259: Alex Hooper and Roasting Cancer from 2022-09-28T18:19

Alex Hooper! Comedian! Professional roaster! Human cartoon! Friend! Delight!

Alex is a bundle of joy, even in the midst of having just been diagnosed with cancer.

A fun...

258: Sophie Lucido Johnson and the Transformative Powerful Beautiful Nature of Science Facts and Childbirth and More from 2022-09-20T14:13:21

Sophie Lucido Johnson! Artist! Writer! Teacher! Friend! Delight! More!

Read her newsl...

257: Jacob Barandes and Uncommon Sense from 2022-09-14T00:14

Jacob Barandes! Physicist! Teacher! Friend! Delight! 

We have a wonderful talk and you can have a wonderful listen!

Also, check o...

256: Sarah Kennedy and Telling Jokes in the Woods from 2022-09-05T20:48:36

Sarah Kennedy! Comedian!  Comedy festival producer! Comedy club owner! Delight! Check out the Albuquerque Funny Fiesta happening this month (I'll b...

255: Ben Acker and Stories to Keep You Alive Despite Vampires from 2022-08-29T18:14:32

Ben Acker! Writer! Dear friend! Delight! Author of new book entitled "Stories to Keep You Alive Despite Vampires"! Which I have read and loved and rec...

254: Riley Silverman and Your Whole Life Ahead Of You from 2022-08-22T21:21:17

Riley Silverman! Writer! Performer! Roller of Dice! Friend! Delightful conversational partner! We have a fun and meaningful chat and you can have a fun and meaningful listen! Please enjoy!

253: Elise Schuster and the Fantastic Work They Do At OkaySo from 2022-08-15T21:51:09

Elise Schuster! Dear friend! Educator! Co-Founder of the excellent nonprofit OkaySo!

We have a great talk. You can have a great listen! Please do and thank you!

252: Lee Camp and the Most Censored News from 2022-08-08T22:00:45

Lee Camp! Comedian! Podcaster! TV host! Friend! More! 

From LeeCamp.net: "for fans... who want to discuss the true (censored) problems with our society and the American empire, and ...

251: Julie Sharbutt and Putting Spinach in the Brownies from 2022-07-29T18:37:17

Julie Sharbutt! Writer! Director! Actor! Friend! Delight! Garden person! More!

She's written short films, Listen

250: Liz Glazer and Investigations and Celebrations (250th Episode Spectacular!) from 2022-07-22T20:28:38

Liz Glazer! Comedian! Dear dear friend! Return podcast guest! Liz returns to help celebrate the 250th episode of this podcast! Seems like just last week we were only at 249. Time flies! At a rat...

249: Joe Karg and the Only Choice That Could Have Been Made from 2022-07-16T18:01:55

Joe Karg! Artist! Illustrator! Animator! Dear old friend! Delight! We talk about art and comedy and emotions and friendship and more! Please enjoy as desired and possible!

248: Regina Decicco and the Lucky Guest Show (Featuring the Famous Alejandro!) from 2022-07-08T18:58:37

Regina Decicco! Comedian! Friend! Delight! She does warmup for The View and also other many cool fun things! After we finished recording, she emailed me to say "It was such a delight chatting wi...

247: Matthew Broussard and a Balancing of Disparate Extremes from 2022-06-28T18:09:20

Matthew Broussard! Comedian! Artist! Sculptor! Athlete! Mathematician! Friend! Delight!

We have a wonderful talk about jokes and math and art and life and letters and numbers and al...

246: Mairi Dorman-Phaneuf and the Happy Sad Mask from 2022-06-17T19:16:05

Mairi Dorman-Phaneuf! Broadway cellist! Delight! Dear old friend!

We have a wonderful chat and I'm so glad we recorded it, so you can listen! Enjoy!

245: Sarah X Dylan, Greg Nibler, and Funemployment Radio from 2022-06-10T20:43:51

Sarah X Dylan! Greg Nibler! Funemployment Radio! Greg and Sarah are delightful humans, podcasters, radio veterans, nice friends, and more! Listen to us talk... if you dare! (You're very daring, ...

244: Matt Knudsen and My Misnake from 2022-06-03T16:16:40

Matt Knudsen! Comedian! Actor! Dear old friend! Dear always delight!

We have a super fun chat. You have a super fun listen. Enjoy!

243: Maris Kreizman and Judging a Book by Its Coverage from 2022-05-27T14:23:17

Maris Kreizman! Writer! Podcaster! Friend! Delight!

We had a wonderful time talking. You can have a wonderful time listening! It's a won-won* situation!

*wonderful-wond...

242: Cody Spyker and the Gender Pendulum from 2022-05-20T21:14:59

Cody Spyker! Former comedian! Perhaps future comedian! Current teacher, friend, delight, and more! 

We have a super enjoyable, meaningful conversation. I hope you super enjoy it, an...

241: Mia Jackson and Flipping IN from 2022-05-12T13:33:30

Mia Jackson! Comedian! Writer! Friend! Delight!

I love this conversation and think you will, too. Listen and find out how right I am, if you want to!

Thanks Mia and tha...

240: Calvin Cato and Writing With No Hands Tied Behind His Back from 2022-05-05T16:03:09

Calvin Cato! Comedian! Writer! Host! Friend! Delight! And! More!

We have a fun chat and I hope you have a fun listen!

Exclamation! Points! 

239: Mollie West Duffy and Big Feelings from 2022-04-26T18:31:13

Mollie West Duffy! Author! Friend! Delight! More!

Mollie's new book, "...

238: Lisa Corrao and Holy Roller Skating from 2022-04-18T19:23:38

Lisa Corrao! Comedian! Friend! Delight! We talk about all kinds of fun and meaningful things. ALL kinds. Listen if you like anything that is a subset of "all." Thanks, friends!

237: Steve Hofstetter and Turning the Mind Boggle Board (and Creating a Comedy Island [and Lots More Things!]) from 2022-04-08T17:17:09

Steve Hofstetter! Comedian! Writer! Old friend! More!

His newest enterprise is called the Steel City Arts Foundation. He's on tour Listen

236: Jackie Kashian and the Basement of Imagination from 2022-04-01T21:55:32

Jackie Kashian! Comedian! Podcaster! Writer! Actor! Friend! Delight! More!

Jackie is great! Listen to her be great here in this conversation, and other places, but why not start her...

235: Matt Ruby and Misguided Meditation from 2022-03-25T22:39:29

Matt Ruby! Comedian! Writer! Friend! More!

Matt is a friend I've known for a long time and we always have great chats, AND THIS IS ONE OF THOSE CHATS, RECORDED SO YOU CAN LISTEN! Listen

234: Katie Hannigan and Traveling Back to Today (or the Sock Puppet Car Ride of Doom!) from 2022-03-18T21:17:07

Katie Hannigan! Comedian! Actor! Writer! Artist! Friend! Delight! More!

She's got a new standup comedy album out right now called "Feelin...

233: Ismael Loutfi and the Comedy of Potato Top from 2022-03-10T17:37:54

Ismael Loutfi! Comedian! Friend! Fun!

He has a new Comedy Central special out right now on YouTube called "Sound It Out."

Check it out! And check out the sounds of our ...

232: Liz Scheier and Of Kids and Kidneys from 2022-03-01T20:44:23

Liz Scheier! Writer! Dear old friend! Delight!

Her new book, a memoir called Never Simple, is out now!
...

231: Dhaya Lakshminarayanan and the Spirituality of Nerdiness from 2022-02-25T14:23:01

Dhaya Lakshminarayanan! Comedian! Story-teller! Writer! Friend! Delight!

Her new album, Dhayatribe, is out right now! ...

230: Ginny Hogan and an Immersive Literary Experience from 2022-02-18T19:09:13

Ginny Hogan! Writer! Comedian! Author! Friend! Delight! 

Her new book out soon is called "I'm More Dateable than a Plate of Refried Beans....

229: Daniel Lobell and the Only Thing He Had Right As a Child from 2022-02-11T20:44:59

Daniel Lobell! Comedian! Story-teller! Comic book creator! Dear friend! Delight!

Enjoy our real nice chat!

228: Alana Jacoby and Curling Up With a Good Musical from 2022-02-05T22:11:18

Alana Jacoby! Musical theater writer! Playwright! Lighting designer! Stagehand! Chess tutor! Curler! Sorter of things into rainbow order! Dear old summer camp friend! Delight! (Delighting design...

227: Zahid Dewji and Seeing Things in Blank and White from 2022-01-28T06:56:33

Zahid Dewji! Comedian! Friend! Delight! We have a lot of [blank] in this episode, and you can fill in that blank with FUN. Enjoy!

226: Alex Kumin and Comedy Class-ism from 2022-01-21T17:01:19

Alex Kumin! Comedian! Friend! Teacher! Learner! Delight! 

We have a fun talk and you can have a fun listen. Please enjoy!

225: Mike Lebovitz and Whats&Hows! from 2022-01-14T17:36:37

Mike Lebovitz! Comedian! Actor! Human! Friend! Delight!

His album is called "Two Slob Household." His social media is the same as his name. His podcast conversation with me is a joy.

224: Jessica Rotondi and Psychic Gifts from 2022-01-05T18:13:35

Jessica Rotondi! Comedian! Psychic! Friend! Delight!

Please enjoy all things possible including this conversation.

Happy now year!

223: Petey Gibson and Doing the Thing That You Want To Do from 2021-12-23T22:07:49

Petey Gibson! Comedian! Actor! Producer! Writer! Delight!

Have a look at PeteyGibson.com! Have a listen to this episode!

Enjoy our conversation! It's ...

222: Laurie Kilmartin and Being Nice and Not Awful from 2021-12-15T23:17:21

Laurie Kilmartin! Comedian! Writer! Podcaster! Human! Friend! More!

Laurie is great.
Her newest album is called "Corset."
Her podcast is "The Jackie and Laurie Show."

C...

221: Doug Savage and Leonardo Dog Vinci from 2021-12-08T21:08:03

Doug Savage! Cartoonist! Moose wrangler! Friend! Delight!

His beloved comic is "Savage Chickens." His newest book is "Laser Moose and Rabbit Boy: As The Deer Flies." His latest super-fun ...

220: Amy Miller and Props to Carrot Top from 2021-12-02T23:16:03

Amy Miller! Comedian! Friend! Delight! Have a listen! Enjoy!

219: Jon Fisch and the Art of Standup Camaraderie from 2021-11-26T18:33:01

Jon Fisch! Comedian! Dear old friend! Guy with new standup album out now called "Hinged"! Listen to it! And listen to this! We have a great conversation. Please enjoy as desired and possible!

218: Wendy Liebman and Making Light from 2021-11-18T18:59:17

Wendy Liebman! Comedian! Purveyor of light! Delightful human! Friend! You can see her on "Even More Funny Women of a Certain Age" on Showtime this month, November 24, and you can see her live co...

217: Dalia Malek and Freelance International Human Rights from 2021-11-09T17:16:52

Dalia Malek! Comedian! Human rights advocate! Friend! More! I enjoyed our talk, and now YOU can enjoy our talk!

216: Jake Ifshin and the Four Gardens from 2021-11-02T18:35:14

Jake Ifshin! Artist! Friend! Podcaster! His new podcast is called the Four Gardens. He talks with people about health, nature, creativity, and service. We talk about him talking about those thin...

215: Rabbi Nikki DeBlosi and All This Muchness from 2021-10-25T22:09:19

Rabbi Nikki DeBlosi! Teacher! Speaker! Life cycle officiant! New friend!

Her work focuses on queer belonging, sex positivity, creative ritual, and inclusive judaism, AND she has a couple ...

214: Jenny Zigrino and Finding Neutrality from 2021-10-20T22:10:30

Jenny Zigrino! Comedian! Actor! Friend! Delight! More!

She's taping her first one-hour special, "Jen Z," at Littlefield in Brooklyn on November 14, and Listen

213: Dan Naturman and Ira Spiro: Before Covid from 2021-10-12T15:29:33

Dan Naturman! Comedian! Author! Polyglot! Friend! His new project is a book called "Ira Spiro: Before Covid." His ongoing project is a standup comedy career called "Being Very Good At Standup Co...

212: Tracy McClendon and a Hard-Boiled Detective Story from 2021-10-06T05:00:07

Tracy McClendon! Comedian! Friend! Delight! Please delight in my comedian friend Tracy McClendon!

211: Max and Nicky Weinbach and Casino Noir from 2021-09-29T19:20:33

Max and Nicky Weinbach! Comedians! Musicians! More! Each a delight on their own and a double delight together! Enjoy!

210: Sonya Kuropatwa and Wrapping a Ribbon Around the Chaos from 2021-09-22T22:00:41

Sonya Kuropatwa! Dear old friend! E-RYT 500 certified yoga teacher! Meditator! Purveyor of the contemplative arts! Choreographer! Dancer! Movement teacher! And more! Please enjoy listening to ou...

209: Robert Kingett and Giving a Frog from 2021-09-14T15:47:29

Robert Kingett! Writer! Author! Accessibility advocate! Editor of a new book out this week called "Artificial Divid...

208: Carmen Morales AND Another Thing from 2021-09-06T16:36:51

Carmen Morales! Comedian! Podcaster! Delight! Her podcast is "No Sir I Don't Like It" and MY podcast here makes me say the OPPOSITE. Listen! Love! Thanks!

207: Emily Ruskowski and the Shape of the Work of Her Heart from 2021-08-29T15:28:59

Emily Ruskowski! Comedian! Social worker! Delightful friend! More! Enjoy!

206: Jessie Wayburn and Making It Medium (and/or the Interconnectivity of You, Me, and Everything) from 2021-08-21T15:17:08

Jessie Wayburn! Comedian! Podcaster! Friend! Delight! More! Her podcast is called "Taking Dadplications." My podcast is called This One Right Here. Please enjoy all podcasts, starting with this ...

205: Mike Blejer and the Movie-Telling Biz from 2021-08-13T13:00:34

Mike Blejer! Comedian! Writer! Musician! Podcaster! Dear old friend! Delight! More! Please enjoy as desired and possible.

204: Kensuke Nakamura and Audio Description Described Auditorily from 2021-08-05T18:27:11

Kensuke Nakamura! Audio description writer! Part of the collective Social Audio Description. @kensukevic on Twitter and Instagram! Friend! Delightful podcast guest! Please listen and enjoy! Lear...

203: Caitlin Peluffo and the Angry Journal and the Grateful Journal from 2021-07-28T15:10:02

Caitlin Peluffo! Comedian! Friend! Podcaster! Delight! Her podcast is Good Time Gal with Caitlin Peluffo. Her Instagram is @caitlinpeluffo. Her podcast with me is RIGHT HERE RIGHT NOW OR WHENEVE...

202: Steven Rogers and a Rumpelstiltskin Song from 2021-07-20T17:10:26

Steven Rogers! Comedian! Podcaster! Friend! Delight! Hear us talk! Rejoice in it! Love and thanks, all!

PS Also listen to his podcast, Listen

201: Teresa Lee and the Joy of Shaking the Butt from 2021-07-13T16:36:18

Teresa Lee! Comedian! Friend! More! Her podcast is "You Can Tell Me Anything." Her album is "We're Still Doing This." Her episode of my podcast is RIGHT HERE RIGHT NOW PLEASE ENJOY THANK YOU!

200: Liz Glazer and a Conversation That Is Extra, Ordinary, and Extraordinary from 2021-07-06T16:56:25

Liz Glazer! A returning guest! An eternal friend! She's back for our 200th episode spectacular. For this momentous occasion, both halves of our conversation, the Broccoli AND the Ice Cream, are ...

199: Dena Shottenkirk and Laugh Riot Mentality from 2021-06-29T17:00:21

Dena Shottenkirk! Philosopher! Professor! Artist! New friend! Delightful conversationalist! Enjoy!

198: Henry Phillips and Highway to Hulk from 2021-06-22T16:21:46

Henry Phillips! Comedian! Musician! Filmmaker! Friend! Watch everything he's done. The movies "Punching the Clown" and "Punching Henry." The web series "Henry's Kitchen" and "The Highway Man." H...

197: Jodie Sweetin and Giving a Horse a Hammock from 2021-06-15T18:40:51

Jodie Sweetin! Actor! Activist! Author! Mom! Podcaster! Delight! More! Her podcast is called "Never Thought I'd Say This" and my podcast is happy to have her! Please enjoy!

196: Alvey Thompson Jr. and How You Can 2 from 2021-06-08T17:08:33

Alvey Thompson Jr.! Holistic life coach! Podcaster! Friend! Delight! Cousin! (Cousin to me. And to us all, I suppose, if you go back far enough? I'm not a geneticist!) Please enjoy our conversat...

195: Pallavi Gunalan and Making Jokes When Everyone Else is Somber from 2021-06-01T16:59:20

Pallavi Gunalan! Comedian! Actor! Writer! Great Conversation-Haver! More! Please enjoy as desired and possible!

194: Sammy Mellman and the Woodsy Wedges from 2021-05-25T21:28:27

Sammy Mellman! Musician! Friend! Delight! He's got a new album out: That Bird EP. You can find out more about it and Sammy at this link.

And tha...

193: Karen Morrow and Radiating Emanations of Love from 2021-05-17T19:29:42

Karen Morrow! Podcaster! Preacher! Teacher! Friend! Delight! Co-host of The Black Guy Who Tips podcast! Please bathe in the warmth of her love emanations. Thank you!

192: Rod Morrow and Arts&Carafes from 2021-05-10T16:49:53

Rod Morrow! Friend! Human! Delight! Podcaster! Check out his podcast "The Black Guy Who Tips" and ALSO check out THIS podcast right here, mine, ...

191: Grayson Morris and a Global Immersive Installation from 2021-05-03T15:08:21

Grayson Morris! Artist! Comedian! Puppeteer! Clown! Friend! Delight! More! Enjoy!

Also, for more Grayson, check out her website, Listen

190: Doug Stanhope and Planning a Bender from 2021-04-26T00:24:35

Doug Stanhope! Comedian! One of my longtime favorites who I'm happy to know in real life, and now in podcast life. Enjoy listening, everyone except for my mom maybe (there's some language).

189: Karen Glazer Perolman and a Software Update for the Torah from 2021-04-19T19:54:11

Karen Glazer Perolman! Rabbi! Friend! Wife of a comedian and also of course her own independent individual person! Delightful conversationalist! Enjoy our chat as desired as possible, please and...

188: Ryan Singer and Fantasy Gambling from 2021-04-14T00:40:25

Ryan Singer! Comedian! Podcaster! Friend! Universe-being! And more!

He has a new app called CrystalEyes (@CrystalEyesApp on IG and Twitter) - "Spirituality meets Technology with crystal i...

187: Rachel Rosenthal and the RaeRo / J.Lo / Ross Perot Show from 2021-04-09T21:14:33

Rachel Rosenthal! The RaeRo Show! Comedian! Friend! One half of the new podcast Sam & Rachel's Generation Gap! They have fun! We have fun! YOU ...

186: Maronzio Vance and Porcupine Talk from 2021-04-02T17:49:31

Maronzio Vance! Comedian! Friend! More! New album out TODAY (and all future days)! It's called "20" and it is produced by Listen

185: Emily Flake and the Quantifiability of Pie from 2021-03-30T22:50:32

Emily Flake! Cartoonist! Comedian! Friend! More! Check out EmilyFlake.com and StNells.com for more info, and also check out THIS podcast f...

184: Francesca Fiorentini and the Trust Fund Crust Punks from 2021-03-23T16:02:27

Francesca Fiorentini! Comedian! Correspondent! Host of the Bitchuation Room Podcast, Newsbroke on AJ+, and regular contributor to TYT. We have a delightful conversation! Please enjoy and thank y...

183: Nick Vatterott and the Outrage Air Mattress from 2021-03-16T17:27:51

Nick Vatterott! Comedian! Friend! Human! Alien! More!

His debut standup album "For Amusement Only" is hilariou...

182: Erika Blumberg and the Juice Note from 2021-03-09T17:45:02

Erika Blumberg! Music educator! Dear friend! Organ donor!

Happy to have this conversation with my longtime friend! Happy to share it with you! And also happy to tell you about her new ent...

181: Dan Hirshon and the Dog Bed of Life from 2021-03-03T20:35:42

Dan Hirshon! Comedian! Writer! Animator! Artist! Human! Dear Old Old Friend! (DOOF!) ((I'm a DOOF. A Dear Old Old Friend to myself and my friend Dan.)) Dan is a delight and I hope you enjoy our ...

180: Lynn Shawcroft and the Life of Mitch Hedberg from 2021-02-24T08:26:51

Lynn Shawcroft! Comedian! Friend! Delight! Wife/Partner/Love of Mitch Hedberg! She joins me to chat about her life, his life, their life, everything, and more. Please enjoy and thank you!

179: Adam Busch and Private Moments in Public from 2021-02-18T23:55:02

Adam Busch! Actor! Musician! Director! Writer! Friend! More! Even more! A delightful talk with a delightful friend. Please enjoy and thank you.

178: Sarah Walko and the Introvert Arts from 2021-02-12T19:59:51

Sarah Walko! Artist! Director! Curator! Writer! Friend! Human! Listen

177: My Father and the Green Cathedral from 2021-02-05T17:57:36

Today's guest is my father! A teacher of music, a lover of community, and also just in case you didn't see, my dad! Enjoy!

176: Maria Ciampa and Billy Shakes of Beverly, Mass. from 2021-02-02T01:56:05

Maria Ciampa! Comedian! Podcaster! Friend! Delight! Listen and enjoy as we enjoy having this conversation for you to listen to.

175: J-L Cauvin and the Ultimate Football Stadium Bringer Comedy Show from 2021-01-29T22:55:29

J-L Cauvin! Comedian! Podcaster! Old friend! Lawyer! Move enthusiast! Amazing impressionist! Road warrior! Viral sensation! Exclamation points galore! Enjoy!

174: Kelly MacFarland and the Dentist Who Sings Like a Bird from 2021-01-25T21:44:19

Kelly MacFarland! Comedian! Delight! Dear old friend! Please enjoy our joyful joy. Love to all!

173: Jasmin Singer and the Cruelty-Free Star Trek Vegan Utopian Future We're Heading Towards from 2021-01-18T21:46:40

Jasmin Singer! Author! Editor! Speaker! Actor! Activist! Podcaster! Lesbian! Vegan! Friend! More!

172: My Mother and the Two Foods of Life from 2021-01-15T22:43:28

Today's guest is my mother! Music teacher, avid reader, comedy fan, and did I mention, my mother! Please enjoy!

171: Lisa Curry and a Great Self-Report Card from 2021-01-11T23:05:04

Lisa Curry! Comedian! Podcaster! Writer! Friend! More! Listen! Exclamation points!

170: Heather Willems and What the Monster's Fear Was from 2021-01-07T23:38:38

Heather Willems! Artist! Friend! Delight! More! Check out her website, Two Line Studios, and this ver...

169: Danny Hatch and His Favorite John Grisham Novel (Episode IV: A New Hatch) from 2020-12-31T22:41:26

Danny Hatch! Host of the Comedy Studio podcast! Follow @DannyHatch on Twitter! Visit The Comedy Studio online and/or in real life whenever that is...

168: Ashley Ray and Celebrating Really Good Friendships (and Sufjan Stevens and Mushrooms) from 2020-12-24T23:37:51

Ashley Ray! Comedian! Writer! Pop culture critic! Solo poly bisexual dream babe! New friend! Learn more at TheAshleyRay.com, and also by listening to this episode...

167: Ivan Anderson and the Lineage of the Ancient Walkie Talkie People from 2020-12-17T21:33:10

Ivan Anderson! EmailPro! What is it? Comedy! Performance art! Something weird and fun! Listen! Learn! Enjoy!

166: Kendra Dawsey and a Beyoncé Blurb from 2020-12-10T22:44:40

Kendra Dawsey! Comedian! Marxist! Friend! Enjoy her Marxist late night show "Left Nite." Enjoy her conversation with me here. Enjoy everything!

165: Micah Sherman and Making a Weird Thing Normal from 2020-12-04T21:56:58

Micah Sherman! Comedian! Actor! Improviser! Writer! Good Old Old Friend (or GOOF)! Goof! He's a lovable goof!

For Micah's projects, Mondays at 10pm EST check out his weekly game show Listen

164: Bethany Van Delft and a Toast to the Four Family from 2020-11-29T17:57:54

Bethany Van Delft! Part two of a wonderful conversational with a delightful, hilarious friend. Her album is called "I'm Not a Llama...

163: Bethany Van Delft and Marxism For All from 2020-11-27T21:25:43

Bethany Van Delft! A delightful comedian, friend, and more! She hosts Artisanal Comedy every week on IG at 9pm eastern, and she is a funny, kind person. What more do you need? Thanks and love, a...

162: Keith Lowell Jensen and Wolf Gratitudes from 2020-11-20T22:23:51

Keith Lowell Jensen! Comedian with a new special out now called "Not For Rehire"! Old friend with a friendship still going called "Myq and Keith's friendship." Listen! Enjoy! Thanks!

161: Drea Clark and Marching to the Beat of No Drummer in the Suburbs of Comedy from 2020-11-12T23:19:46

Drea Clark! Friend! Podcaster! Delight! Her podcasts are called Who Shot Ya? and Ticklish Business! Listen to them and also listen to this one! Listen to me telling you to listen! Thanks!

160: Gianmarco Soresi and Rolling the Dice from 2020-11-06T21:55:20

Gianmarco Soresi! Comedian! Actor! Friend! Delight! Guy with a new special on Amazon right now called "Shelf Life"! Watch! Listen! Enjoy! Other verbs!

159: Rosa Lafer-Sousa and a Bubble in the Ocean Once Upon a Time (Plus Some Learning About Psychophysics) from 2020-11-02T22:26:38

Rosa Lafer-Sousa! Scientist! Friend! Delight! Deluxe! We talk about science, life, the universe, and those are the only things there are. Also other things probably. Enjoy!

158: Ayanna Dookie and Trash Talk Dating Stories from 2020-10-30T20:03:46

Ayanna Dookie! Comedian! Writer! Professional Complainer! Friend! Delight! We have a great time talking. You can have a great time listening!

157: Jacob Sager Weinstein and How To Remember Everything from 2020-10-23T19:51:07

Jacob Sager Weinstein! Author of the new book "How To Remember Everything"! Friend! Delightful podcast guest! Please enjoy all these words and ideas, thank you!

156: Dianne Morales and Lifting Others As You Climb from 2020-10-16T17:06:19

Dianne Morales! A candidate for Mayor of New York City! She is smart and kind and I had a great time talking about her and learning how to help society. Thanks for listening, and for considering...

155: Ed Larson and the Barometer of Truth from 2020-10-13T00:10:21

Ed Larson! Comedian! Filmmaker! Ball of energetic friendship light! His new film is "How America Killed My Mother." Enjoy!

154: Arden Myrin and Stores of Imagination from 2020-10-09T17:51:10

Arden Myrin! Actor! Comedian! Podcaster! Author of a new book that's out now! We have a ...

153: Rick Jenkins and How Grateful I Am To Him For My Comedy Career from 2020-10-02T19:55:23

Rick Jenkins! Comedian! Proprietor of the Comedy Studio, the place where I began my very comedy career! A podcast full of gratitude! Thank you for listening to my gratitude!

152: Melinda Hill and An Appropriate Comedy Special from 2020-09-28T21:09:50

Melinda Hill! Comedian! With a new special available for pre-order now called "Inappropriate"! Podcaster! With a podcast called "Let's Process This" available for processing now! So many possibi...

151: Baba Brinkman and the Non-Rap Guide to Rap Guides from 2020-09-25T20:24:46

Baba Brinkman! Rap! Science! Entertainment! Education! Check out his Rap Guide shows and check out his new Rap Guide educationa...

Episode 150: Rachel Sheerin and Watercolor Bros from 2020-09-18T21:14:27

Rachel Sheerin! Speaker! Podcaster! Friend! Delight! Listen to her podcast, F this S! See her speak at TedX and also other places! Listen to our podcast here right now this one! And also look at...

Episode 149: Josh Robbins and Speaking Out of Tongues from 2020-09-11T23:15:38

Josh Robbins! A delightful musician and new friend! We talked longer than episodes usually go because fascinating things kept coming out of mouths and heads and hearts. Enjoy please and thank yo...

Episode 148: Eliza Skinner and Lollipops and Doorstops from 2020-09-04T19:27:14

Eliza Skinner! Comedian! Musician! Rapper! Friend! TV maker! Her new album is called "Regarding My Lovers" and her new TV show on Disney+ is called "Earth to Ned"! Earth to all of you, listen to...

Episode 147: Lyssa Mandel and Moving Before Your Mind Can Catch Up from 2020-08-29T21:38:02

Lyssa Mandel is a delightful friend, comedian, actor, podcaster, and more. Her new podcast is "What's Betwixt Us" and we share here what is betwixt us, and it is (among other things) friendship....

Episode 146: Jordon Ferber and the Russell Ferber Memorial Podcast Immortality Project from 2020-08-21T18:55:56

Jordon Ferber! Friend. Comedian. Podcaster. And more! His podcast is called "Where's the Grief?" and we chat about his brother Russell, grief, grievances, comedy, and more!

Episode 145: Leighann Lord and the 90-Year-Old Surfer from 2020-08-15T22:55:06

Leighann Lord! A delightful comedy powerhouse! So funny and nice! From ABC, NBC, Lifetime, VH-1, HBO, Comedy Central, and more! Former co-host of StarTalk Radio,with Neil de Grasse Tyson. Recipi...

Episode 144: TJ and Waiting for Podot from 2020-08-08T00:28:01

TJ! Tanael Joachim! Comedian! Friend! Delightful talker and thinker and feeler and doer! My guest this week! Thanks for listening, or at least for reading about listening!

Episode 143: Judy Gold and Adult Orphans (Part 2 of 2) from 2020-08-01T23:10:47

Judy Gold! Part two of two! Did you hear the last episode? Great! Or if not, you can! It's the one that came out right before this.

Judy is a super funny great comedian with a new book ou...

Episode 142: Judy Gold and Madonna and Child from 2020-07-31T18:45:20

Judy Gold! A comedy legend! I'm thrilled to have this conversation with her. Stop reading right now and listen. Oh and also get her new book, "Yes, I Can Say That: When They Come for the Comedia...

Episode 141: Sarah Tollemache and Waves Anonymous from 2020-07-23T22:04:13

Sarah Tollemache! Comedian! Friend! Delight! Her new album is called "Voluptuous Boy"! Her new episode of my podcast is this one right here! Thanks for listening!

Episode 140: Atsuko Okatsuka and the Gamers of the System from 2020-07-16T00:17:55

Atsuko! Delightful comedian, podcaster, and friend! Her podcast is LET'S GO, ATSUKO! and my podcast is THIS ONE WITH ATSUKO AS MY GUEST. Enjoy!

Episode 139: Gus Cutz and the Ouroboros of Buddhism from 2020-07-08T20:22:47

Gus Cutz! A delightful therapist, friend, Buddhist, and more, more or less! Oneness! Nothingness! I don't know how Buddhism works! Or do I? We have a great chat. Thanks for reading about listeni...

Episode 138: Katrina Davis and Pirates and Turtles and Art, Oh My from 2020-07-01T22:03:35

Katrina Davis! A delight! A comedian! A friend! A podcast guest! A kindred spirit! A cause for exclamation points! A reason to stop reading this and start listening, and also thanks for reading ...

Episode 137: Alvin Irby and Malcolm Gladwell's Candy from 2020-06-26T20:48:59

Alvin Irby! Comedian! Educator! Speaker! TED Talker! Entrepeneur! Founder of Barbershop Books! And More! But I mean, isn't that enough? A founder! I found a founder! And now I'm foundering. Or f...

Episode 136: Giulia Rozzi and the Opposite of Lip Syncing from 2020-06-23T20:14:13

Giulia Rozzi! Comedian! Friend! Empathic human! Wonderful delight! So much and more! Not JUST so much. ALSO more. Thanks for reading these words and listening to those words. And now, those-ward...

Episode 135: Dan Crohn and the Gone Yawns from 2020-06-17T23:47:20

Dan Crohn! Comedian! Friend! Mental health advocate! All kinds of things! Sentence fragments! Exclamation points! Podcast! Listening! Love and thanks!

Episode 134: Sarah Chandler and Waiting For Rain from 2020-06-10T20:57:29

Sarah Chandler! AKA Kohenet Shamirah! She is a wonderful friend, as well as a Brooklyn-based Jewish educator, ritualist, artist, activist, and poet. Currently, she is also the program...

Episode 133: Pete Dominick and the Custody of Comedy from 2020-06-03T22:01

Pete Dominick! A wonderful comedian, podcaster, friend, and more. Listen to his show, Stand Up! With Pete Dominick, after listening to this show, Me Sitting Down! With Pete Dominick! From Our Se...

Episode 132: Karinda Dobbins and Taking Space to Listen from 2020-05-27T23:36:39

Karinda Dobbins! A delightful comedian, human, friend, and more. Please enjoy our conversation and be as delighted as possible, thank you.

Episode 131: Jay Jurden and a Backpack and a Job from 2020-05-19T22:57:17

Jay Jurden, Y'All! A delightful comedian, human, and friend. Listen to us talk about comedy and service and more. Thank you and please have a nice day as possible and desired.

Episode 130: Lizzy Cooperman and Personalized Trees from 2020-05-13T19:15:39

Lizzy Cooperman! Delight of delights! She is an artist of comedy and music and poetry and performance and characters and more! A wonderful comedian, podcaster, and friend. She joins me for comed...

Episode 129: Ken Jennings and Omnivorous Curiosity from 2020-05-07T19:49:53

Ken Jennings is a delightful man of many talents and accomplishments. He is a Jeopardy champion, an author, a podcaster, a Ken Jennings, and much much more! We talk about as much of everything a...

Episode 128: Minori Hinds and a Homecoming to the Body from 2020-05-01T23:52:02

Minori Hinds is a delightful old friend, wonderful comedian, thoughtful human, and more. We talk about bodies and minds with our bodies and minds. Please enjoy and thank you! Enjoy AND thank you...

Episode 127: Kaytlin Bailey and Telling Your Own Story from 2020-04-25T21:47:31

Kaytlin Bailey is a wonderful comedian, sex workers' rights advocate, story-teller, friend, and many more nouns. Listen to all the nouns and verbs and other parts of speech, here and now, or here a...

Episode 126: Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams and Comedian Dave Hill's New Album (What a Title, Right?) from 2020-04-22T03:13:33

Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams! AND Comedian Dave Hill! Two podcast guests for the price of one! Two separate wonderful conversations. They have both lived lives, and continue to, and I'm gl...

Episode 125: Gretchen McCulloch and the Fish That Could Do No Wrong from 2020-04-17T15:59:05

Gretchen McCulloch is a delightful author, linguist, human, and more. We talk about words, with words. We talk about other things, too! Please enjoy as desired and possible. I think it's very possi...

Episode 124: Mega Ran and Not Teaching to the Algorithm from 2020-04-08T19:54:03

Mega Ran! Teacher! Rapper! Hero! A delight of a human. We recorded this conversation just before returning to land from a cruise ship during a pandemic. We're here and grateful. Now coming to you f...

Episode 123: Mira Ptacin and the Out-Beyonds from 2020-04-02T20:52:02

Mira Ptacin! She is a wonderful author, delightful friend, and lover of all dogs and most humans. Her 2019 book, The In-Betweens, was offered by the NY Times as a book that brings comfort, a place ...

Episode 122: Dan Pashman and the Food Talk Factory from 2020-03-26T21:42:49

Hello all from the During-Times. May I present to you a podcast recorded from the Before-Times. Perhaps you will listen from the After-Times. Regardless, I am grateful that you are here, and that I...

Episode 121: Me and Iris (My Grandmother Memorial Episode Part 2 of 2) from 2020-03-21T23:11:56

My Grandma Iris. Part two of the podcast memorial. Sh passed away earlier this week. I loved her so much and love her so much still. I'm so grateful that I got to sit down with her two years ago an...

Episode 120: Iris and Me (My Grandmother Memorial Episode Part 1 of 2) from 2020-03-21T23:02:33

My Grandma Iris. She passed away this week at 91. She was a nurse, a beloved human to so many, and a self-identified "real goddammit." I love her the most, and I'm grateful that we had this convers...

Episode 119: Vance Gilbert and the Time We Do Get Back (Vance Gilbert Part 2) from 2020-03-18T23:46:44

Vance Gilbert! Part two! A wonderful conversation about music, model airplanes, comedy, art, beauty, friendship, and more. Probably everything? Thanks for listening to the words of this delightful,...

Episode 118: Vance Gilbert and Yo-Yo Ma Jokes (Vance Gilbert Part 1 of 2) from 2020-03-15T17:44:47

Vance Gilbert is a force of music, nature, life, comedy, art, beauty, spirit, and more. I can't recommend getting to know him and his work and his joys more highly. Please enjoy this delightful and...

Episode 117: Alexandra Petri and the Reverse Scheherazade from 2020-03-05T16:57:37

Alexandra Petri! A delightful columnist, author, playwright, and more! Listen and hear so you get to know all the things. If you want. I'm not your boss. Unless you want me to be, and then get to w...

Episode 116: Ryan Reiss and the Two-Seat Maximum from 2020-02-27T19:49:57

Ryan Reiss! Comedy! Warmup! Documentary! Podcast! Nouns! Exclamation points! Excitement! Enjoyment!

Episode 115: Luisa Diez and the Solo Poly Career from 2020-02-21T16:02:13

Luisa Diez! Comedy! Sculpture! Debating! Polyamory! Are you enticed? Thanks for being enticed! Enjoy listening!

Episode 114: Rob Cantrell and the Jazz Man Mega Band of Power, Love, and Cheap Thrills from 2020-02-14T16:30:48

Rob Cantrell! Comedian! Ball of Light(ning)! Force of Nature! Recipient of Many Positive Descriptors! Being of Love! Friend to Animals Including This One (Me)! Enjoy the Enjoyment! More Capital Let...

Episode 113: Bianca Brady and Inching Your Way Up To Being Bad At Everything from 2020-02-06T14:08:11

Bianca Brady! Crossword puzzles! Being a fashion doctor! Broccoli and ice cream and... soylent? What is it all about? How will you find out? By listening? (Yes.) Thank you! You're great! (I can wri...

Episode 112: Raanan Hershberg and a Primitive Lack of Curiosity from 2020-01-31T18:27:18

Raanan Hershberg! Downhill Ever Since! New standup album! Fun discussion! Loud comedy! Discussion of pretention! Lots of quality and quantity! The things! Enjoy! Exclamation points! Interjections! ...

Episode 111: Mary Phillips-Sandy and the Fraction of Beyoncé from 2020-01-22T20:03:20

Mary Phillips-Sandy! Comedian! Podcaster! Cat-lover! Listen to her podcast "Let's Talk About Cats"! But first, listen to this podcast about her! You're already here! Good work! Just hit the button!...

Episode 110: Dave Hill and a Bunch of Uncles from 2020-01-15T00:02:26

Dave Hill! A comedian with the power of a bunch of uncles. What does it mean? You must listen. Or make up something yourself. Or both! Have a good time. Dave is also an author, a podcaster, a music...

Episode 109: Sam Corbin and the Flipside of a Glaring Darkness from 2020-01-06T02:45

Sam Corbin is a delightful writer, word-lover, pun-competitor, comedy-maker, fun-creator, friendship-enjoyer, and all-around Sam Corbin. She and I have fun. And YOU can have fun listening to our fu...

Episode 108: Tom Thakkar and the Necessity of Powerlessness from 2020-01-01T02:09:29

Tom Thakkar is a delightful comedian, podcaster, friend, and more! His podcast is called Stand By Your Band, and I invite you to enjoy that as well as this. Stand by both of these podcasts. And don...

Episode 107: DeAnne Smith and an Ode to Dark Matter from 2019-12-24T04:59:31

DeAnne Smith is a DeLight-smith. She creates delight with a hammer and anvil. She says "let there be delight." And there is. She is funny and warm and smart and listen and you'll hear. Thanks for r...

Episode 106: David Heti and All the Things a Child Should Know from 2019-12-17T19:06:24

David Heti is a delightful comedian, friend, human, philosopher, and more. Listen to us talk! If you dare. And want! You are very daring. Good work. Love and thanks! Happy Decembering.

Episode 105: Irene Tu and the Books People Eat from 2019-12-09T23:25:13

Irene Tu is a delightful comedian, actor, writer, friend, and more. Listen as we talk! Or, listen to us talk after we talked, because the talking already happened, but the listening may still be to...

Episode 104: Dylan Brody and the Post-Dystopian Future from 2019-12-05T03:08:20

Dylan Brody is a delightful comedian, story-teller, author, creator of all kinds of things made of words and otherwise, and friend. And more! But that's it. All those things and more, period. Enjoy...

Episode 103: Sophia Rokhlin and Flowers For Everyone from 2019-11-29T22:01:20

Sophia Rokhlin is a delightful conversationalist, a curious human, a new friend, and the author of "When Plants Dream: Ayahuasca, Amazonian Shamanism and the Global Psychedelic Renaissance." We tal...

Episode 102: Josh Johnson and His Pet Tarantula from 2019-11-25T18:25:31

Josh Johnson is a thoughtful human, a hilarious comedian, a Daily Show writer, a guy with thoughts about tarantulas probably (why else would the show be called this), and a delightful conversationa...

Episode 101: Jess Salomon and the War Crimes Tribunal Sitcom from 2019-11-18T17:32:19

Jess Salomon is a hilarious comedian and former war crimes tribunal lawyer. We talk about it some, so just wanted to put this content warning. We are comedians, and also war crimes are serious. The...

Episode 100: Rini Voskressensky and the Interview of Me from 2019-11-10T18:16:37

Rini Voskressensky is the best. She is wise and kind and funny and wonderful and beautiful and thoughtful and also my girlfriend. BUT ALL THE STUFF IS TRUE OBJECTIVELY REGARDLESS. For this 100th ep...

Episode 99: Adam Mamawala and Clearing All the Brain Tabs from 2019-11-04T23:57:59

Adam Mamawala is a delightful comedian, human, friend, fellow New Jersey inhabitant at times, fellow New Yorker and Earthling now, so many things, places, and people. I mean, he's mostly one person...

Episode 98: Leah Garces and Constructing a Compassionate Food System from 2019-10-29T17:52:53

Leah Garces is an author, an activist, and all-around awesome. (And amazingly alliterative.) She is the president of Mercy For Animals. Her new book is called "Grilled: Turning Adversaries into All...

Episode 97: Martin Urbano and the Weird Stuff That Makes You YOU from 2019-10-22T19:32:16

Martin Urbano is a delightful young man. Or possibly an old man, or not a man at all, depending when you're reading and/or listening to this. His comedy is eternal and/or ephemeral. This conversati...

Episode 96: Carolyn Castiglia and Reliving Nice Moments from 2019-10-16T18:38:07

Carolyn is a delightful, passionate, hilarious, wonderful comedian, rapper, friend, mom, and more. So many adjectives. So many nouns. Get verbing! (Thanks for listening! Or at least reading! You're...

Episode 95: Ted Alexandro and the Reasonable No from 2019-10-07T18:30:56

Ted Alexandro is a peaceful, kind, hilarious man. His comedy, his podcasting, his real life talkings and actings, they are all wise and beautiful. Please stop reading this and start listening. Why ...

Episode 94: Jaye McBride and Shooting for Happy from 2019-10-01T13:02:14

Jaye McBride is a wonderful comedian, human, friend, and more. She works for the Abortion Access Front and lives her life in inspiring ways. Maybe you do that, too. Good work, everyone. Thanks for ...

Episode 93: Cory Allen and the Angel You Don't from 2019-09-24T17:19:38

Cory Allen is a delightful writer, podcaster, and meditation teacher. His new book is called "Now Is The Way." His podcast is called "The Astral Hustle." His meditation teachings are nameless. Or ...

Episode 92: Liz Miele and the Cat Memoir from 2019-09-18T18:02:20

Liz Miele is a delightful comedian, friend, and knowledgeable human. She knows about comedy, friendship, cats, running, the internet, herself, me, you, so many people and things. And probably place...

Episode 91: Sagar Bhatt and the Anxiety Laboratory from 2019-09-13T01:25:25

Sagar Bhatt is a thoughtful, philosophical, delightful, kind human and comedian and more. More adjectives AND more nouns. This summary cannot contain all the nouns and adjectives. Let alone the ver...

Episode 90: Ashley Brooke Roberts and the Ballad of the Beautician and the Air Conditioner Repairman from 2019-09-05T19:42:49

Ashley Brooke Roberts is a delightful delight. She is a comedian who didn't know if she would ever leave North Carolina but surprise she did and I'm glad. She's here, available for your ears whatev...

Episode 89: John Fugelsang and God's Unauthorized Fan Clubs from 2019-08-30T20:28:01

John Fugelsang is a kind and wise human, comedian, radio host, actor, and more. He can often be found sharing what is literally in the Bible with people who claim that the Bible is literal. He expr...

Episode 88: Shalewa Sharpe and Reality Bits from 2019-08-26T00:25:05

Shalewa Sharpe is a delightful comedian, human, and more. She's appeared on Comedy Central, HBO, and has a new album out right now called "So You Just Out Here?" that I recommend listening to. I al...

Episode 87: Richard Bowen and the Metaphorical Legos from 2019-08-20T17:59:17

Richard Bowen is a thoughtful and delightful comedian, human, friend, and more. He builds things with his hands and mind. We build a conversation together. I build sentences about all that right he...

Episode 86: Jessica Delfino and the Parental Paradox from 2019-08-12T23:28:41

Jessica Delfino is a comedian, musician, human, friend, mother, writer, performer, and more. So many nouns! She has released a compilation NY Comedy Music Festival album that you can find on Spotif...

Episode 85: Zhubin Parang and the Regret of Meritocracy from 2019-08-06T18:43:11

Zhubin Parang is a delightful human, comedian, improviser, writer, and producer at the Daily Show. Listen to him on THIS show daily! Or at least once. This is the episode he's on. But you can defin...

Episode 84: Sara Hennessey and the Wallpaper of Your Soul from 2019-07-30T18:53:03

Sara Hennessey is a comedian, a Canadian, a chameleon, and a contrarian. Or at least two of those things. She is delightful so I did some delightful alliteration inspired by her spirit. (Is the "sp...

Episode 83: Keith Malley and How Nice It Might Be from 2019-07-22T20:32:56

Keith Malley is a podcaster, one half of the podcast Keith and The Girl (the Keith half), a standup comedian (his latest album/special is "I'm Dating Your Mom," available now), a friend, a human, a...

Episode 82: Caitlin Barrett and Almond Schwarzenegger from 2019-07-15T16:06:55

Caitlin Barrett is a delightful human, friend, namer, and axe-thrower. Among other things. But isn't that enough? Listen and enjoy!

Episode 81: Alingon Mitra and the Joy of Receiving Assignments from 2019-07-09T22:09:43

Alingon Mitra is a delightful comedian, writer, friend, and more. He's written for the Daily Show and Adam Ruins Everything. He's written his own jokes and told them on TV shows like Last Comic Sta...

Episode 80: Andrea Allan and Her New Comedy Album Not Entitled "Father" from 2019-07-01T19:12:02

Andrea Allan is a delightful comedian, podcaster, human, friend, and more. And even without more, isn't that enough? She has a new album out this week, her debut comedy album entitled "Gonzo." Get ...

Episode 79: Mehran Khaghani and a Proper Devil from 2019-06-24T19:20:20

Mehran is a force of nature, comedy, and humanity. He is a wonderful friend, a standup, a terrorizer of terrorizers, and a bit of a witch. Listen! If you want. And want! If you listen. Love and tha...

Episode 78: Chloe Hilliard and the Sexy Eating of Yogurt from 2019-06-17T22:47:28

Chloe Hilliard is a wonderfully funny comedian, a delightfully earnest podcaster, a soon-to-be-published author, a previously-already-journalist, a new-and-appreciated friend, and more! Her podcast...

Episode 77: Christian Polanco and How Easy It Is To Do a Lot of Work from 2019-06-11T00:58:03

Christian Polanco is a delightful human, comedian, podcaster, friend, soccer guy, and more. His podcast, The Cooligans, is the only comedy/soccer podcast I know about. I understand there are lots o...