Podcasts by The Featured Players: An SNL Podcast
Bram, Beth & Brendan evaluate the current Saturday Night Live featured cast following each live broadcast. Punkie Johnson, Lauren Holt, and Andrew Dismukes are on our direct radar. We'll be talking about both their presence and their absence. We will also operate as a general pop culture podcast. We've been out of the game for over 2 years but excited to get back into it! Subscribe on Spotify or whatever podcast platform you prefer.
Call (580) 789-9486 to reach our voicemail line and we'll include it in a future podcast.
Twitter: @FeaturedSNL
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Episode #42 - Timothée Chalamet / Bruce Springsteen (with Nick Bihm) from 2020-12-14T16:00
Timothée Chalamet has a famous aunt and uncle who got him into LaGuardia Airport but this week's guest, Nick Bihm of the "Dan4Lyfe" podcast, joins us entirely based on merit. Listen as Nick show...
ListenEpisode #41 - Jason Bateman / Morgan Wallen (w/Sean Patrick O'Brien) from 2020-12-08T15:00
Did you miss us? Yeah didn't think so. The Featured Players return to talk Jason Bateman with special guest Sean Patrick O'Brien of Seltzercast and the new documentary 'Introducing...Juan Wauter...
ListenEpisode #40 - John Mulaney / The Strokes (w/Skylar Verduzco) [ELECTION 2020] from 2020-11-03T18:22:01
Skylar Verduzco (@MisnamedPlants) joins the panel to chat all things John Mulaney. Everyone is very sad that NBC’s Connecting was cancelled. There is also an election happening when you’re reading ...
ListenEpisode #39 - Adele / H.E.R. (with Deirdre Crean) from 2020-10-28T00:23:41
Should we give up, or should we just keep chasing podcasts?
Musician/dental assistant’s friend Deirdre Crean from the Mike Myers Movie Club stops by to talk about the Adele-hosted S...
ListenEpisode #38 - Issa Rae/Justin Bieber [w/Kid Cinema (Fesh) and Mr Movies (JZT)] from 2020-10-19T04:00
Jean-Bram and Jean-Brendan continue in their search for Drake, this time joined by JZT and Fesh (Mr. Movies & Kid Cinema) from the "I Was Scared, Too!" podcast. It's a good ol fashioned podcast fo...
ListenEpisode #37 - Bill Burr / Jack White from 2020-10-12T08:39:22
So many Bs! Beth, Bram, and Brendan return to discuss Bill Burr’s big breakout on SNL! Listen to find out why Beth predicts the season will end before the election (hint: it’s exactly the reason...
ListenEpisode #36 - Chris Rock / Megan Thee Stallion from 2020-10-05T17:31:30
Bram, Beth and Brendan return to talk about the first episode of the season featuring Chris Rock and Megan Thee Stallion. In this episode we evaluate the current state of the Featured Players ro...
ListenEpisode #35 - Season 46 Preview from 2020-10-05T17:23:51
Reboot fever continues! Following their lengthy legal dispute over the podcast’s ownership (and countless NDAs), hosts Bram Benderoff and Brendan Noel are back, now joined by musical guest and b...
ListenEpisode 34 - Chance the Rapper (with Beth Benderoff) #Chancegiving from 2020-09-21T02:58:23
Original Airdate: November 23, 2017
Bram and Brendan welcome Beth back to the show to discuss her fav Chance the Rapper's hosting stint on Saturday Night Live (that show that we all love)...
ListenEpisode #33 - Tiffany Haddish/Taylor Swift (with Beth Benderoff) #LiveFromLAtoVEGAS from 2020-09-21T02:45:09
Original Airdate: November 17, 2017
This was a challenge to edit but here it is folks.
No time codes but I assure you every minute is golden. Thanks for listening.
@ReelBramz
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Episode #32 - Larry David/Miley Cyrus #TakingTheKidsToMySMILFS from 2020-09-21T02:42:29
Original Airdate: November 5, 2017
Brendan & Bram proper return to chat the 2nd Larry David episode of SNL. We waste no time turning the show into a shrine to Showtime’s new comedy SM...
ListenEpisode #31 - Kumail Nunjiani/Pink (with Taylor Cotter) #DriveTimeRadioShow from 2020-09-21T02:33:36
Original Airdate: October 17, 2017
Brendan & fan favorite Taylor Cotter (host of the podcast Reese's Pieces, about the works of Reese Witherspoon) review the Kumail Nanjiani hosted ep...
ListenEpisode #29 - Ryan Gosling/Jay-Z (with Beth cameo) #Null&Void from 2020-09-21T02:25:09
Original Airdate: October 2, 2017
Bram & Brendan return for Season 43 of SNL, or Season 3 of The Featured Players: An SNL Podcast. Bram's first episode recording with a dog in the roo...
ListenEpisode #28 - Melissa McCarthy/Haim (with Beth Benderoff) #DontTrustThe'B'onAmericanIdolonABC from 2020-09-21T02:08:31
Original Airdate: May 16, 2017
Melissa McCarthy get inducted into the 5-Timer's Club. Bram and Brendan do SNL business for the first hour of the podcast and then Beth showed up to talk ab...
ListenEpisode #27 - Chris Pine/LCD Soundsystem (with Beth Benderoff) #LikeAKissingBooth from 2020-09-21T02:02:33
Original Airdate: May 9, 2017
We're back after a long 2 month absence, which for some reason was only 3 episodes? The first ever Featured Players situation of a guest recording in the sam...
ListenEpisode #26 - Octavia Spencer/Father John Misty (with Lyndi Malley) #AmericanLaughRiot-UpAllNight from 2020-09-20T08:12:34
Original Airdate: March 7, 2017
We are back after a month! Episode 25 got lost in the 'This Is Us' crock pot fire (thank you Taylor Cotter for participating). It will be lost forever, and...
ListenEpisode #24 - Kristen Stewart/Alessia Cara #CashMeOutsideHowBowDahFeaturedPlayersSpeedRound from 2020-09-20T08:06:04
Original Airdate: February 7, 2017
It's been over 8 years since Twilight has been available on iTunes, and somehow Kristen Stewart is just now hosting. Bram and Brendan break down this Ro...
ListenEpisode #23 - Aziz Ansari/Big Sean (with Beth Goodin) #CrashChicago&OtherDeservingBestPictures from 2020-09-20T08:01:57
Original Airdate: January 22, 2017
Beth's back, Aziz Ansari's finally hosting the show, making him the first South Asian to do so. It's a real good show.
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ListenEpisode #22 - Felicity Jones/Sturgill Simpson #ShowAboutNothing from 2020-09-20T07:55:09
Original Airdate: January 15, 2017
Bram and Brendan have a disagreement over Sonic Drive-Thrus. Bram 'Boy Meets World' shames Brendan and all on the eve of Inauguration...of The Young Pop...
ListenEpisode #21 - Casey Affleck/Chance The Rapper (with Bode Sulaiman) #AQuarterWaytoSyndication from 2020-09-20T07:21:33
Original Airdate: December 21, 2016
2 timer Bode Sulaiman returns for our 21st episode on his actual 21st birthday. I am not kidding, Bode very happily spent his 21st birthday with us tal...
ListenEpisode #20 - John Cena/Maren Morris (with Shak Lambert) #F*ckAdamSandler from 2020-09-20T06:38:03
Original Airdate: December 12, 2016
We made it to 20 original episodes of The Featured Players and still no profit margins! Look at em' go. We've brought in guest Shak Lambert (@ShakExcel...
ListenEpisode #19 - Emma Stone/Shawn Mendes #CulturalPodcastsofSNLforMakeBenefitGloriousCityofPickering from 2020-09-20T06:19:15
Original Airdate: December 6, 2016
Someone do something, there is an 11 minute tangent about Borat and Bruno in this podcast. Oh, Emma Stone hosted SNL, Bram & Brendan do a regular po...
ListenEpisode #18 - Kristen Wiig/The XX (with T.J. Slipko) #BuffaloNYis4Lovers from 2020-09-20T06:14:08
Original Airdate: November 21, 2016
We break our female streak with T.J. Slipko to discuss the Kristen Wiig special alumni episode of SNL. We have some thoughts! T.J. Slipko has been long...
ListenEpisode #17 - Dave Chapelle & The Election of Donald Trump (with Frannie Comstock) from 2020-09-20T06:04:35
Original Airdate: November 16, 2016
Donald Trump is going to be President. Arguably SNL played a role in normalizing Donald Trump when he hosted just over a year ago.
The Featured bra...
Eouside #16 - Benedict Cumberbatch/Solange (with Beth Goodin) #3IdiotsPraiseMasterofDisguiseforTwoHours from 2020-09-20T05:35:32
Original Airdate: November 9, 2016
Three Idiots Praise The Master of Disguise for Two Hours
With recurring guest Beth Goodin, we recorded on Sunday to talk about Benedict Cumberbat...
ListenEpisode #15 - Emily Blunt/Bruno Mars #LittleMosqueonThePodcast from 2020-09-20T05:24:28
Original Airdate: October 18, 2016
We are nearly as tired as the cast 3 weeks into a new season, but that doesn't mean we don't keep putting out that sweet, sweet content. In these times ...
ListenEpisode #14 - Lin Manuel Miranda/Twenty-One Pilots (with Taylor Cotter) #10YearStudio60Retrospective from 2020-09-20T05:06:18
Original Airdate: October 10, 2016
Guest Taylor Cotter (@TaylorCotter) of @PostShowRecaps fills in for Bram. Brendan and Taylor discuss Lin-Manuel Miranda's appearance on the second episo...
ListenEpisode #13 - Margot Robbie/The Weeknd (PREMIERE) #SeekingaNewCohostForTheEndofheWorld from 2020-09-20T04:27:45
Original Airdate: October 4, 2016
Premiere week! Bram and Brendan are confined to a single room and are forced against their will to review the 3 latest Featured Players and how they did ...
ListenEpisode #12 - Season 42 Preview & Fall TV #TurntWashingtonsSpys from 2020-09-20T04:19:44
Original Airdate: September 27, 2016
We're back! Season 42 is a week upon us, and Bram & Brendan return to dish out the sweet sweet season info. Info like: cast departures/arrivals (i...
ListenEpisode #11 - CW's Mad TV Revival (with Beth Goodin) #MoCollinsNoProblems from 2020-09-20T04:16:26
Original Airdate: August 15, 2016
Mo Collins No Problems, y'all. We're back for our second summer stint, this time with 2-timer Beth Goodin and she's here to help us celebrate our complet...
ListenEpisode #10 - Ghostbusters & Emmy Nominations (with Christian Becker) #AllGrimersMatter from 2020-09-20T04:11:29
Original Airdate: July 20, 2016
Hi Ho! Cherry-O, its finally Episode 10 of the very underwhelming Featured Players podcast. We've made it far enough to reach our first episode that does n...
ListenEpisode #9 - Fred Armisen & The Do-Over & Maya & Marty #OurWorstPodcastEver from 2020-09-20T03:48:25
Original Airdate: June 9th, 2016
Better late than never. Bram & Brendan are back (on NBC) for their very late and very brief discussions of the Fred Armisen hosted finale of SNL, and ...
ListenEpisode #8 - Drake (and Fall Upfronts) #AlisonTolmanandaDogFighttheCrimeofInternalDemons from 2020-09-20T03:26:15
Original Airdate: May 16, 2016
It's the Drake episode but in the end we go full TV Nerd and spend around 90 minutes talking about the Fall upfronts.
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Episode #7 - Brie Larson/Alicia Keys (with Bode Sulaiman) #DeanEdwardsisnotJeffRichards from 2020-09-20T03:19:39
Original Airdate: May 9. 2016
The good ol' boys are back and obviously we have forgotten how to podcast. No matter, we have invited Bode Sulaiman - a gem among us, to chat about Bri...
ListenEpisode #6 - Julia Louis-Dreyfus/Nick Jonas (with Beth Goodin) #ShamProbs4MyRealFriends from 2020-09-20T03:13:58
Original Airdate: April 18, 2016
The host was comedy god and SNL alum Julia Louis-Dreyfus. We welcome Beth Goodin from The Adios Amigos to the Featured player gang, and she was a great gu...
ListenEpisode #5 - Russell Crowe/Margo Price (with Christian Becker) #ThePodcastersvsJonRudnitsky from 2020-09-20T03:00:34
Original Airdate: April 10, 2016
Brendan is back in action after spending literally a month away from the show. Bram is there too. The guest is Christian Becker who is a Kenneth the Page ...
ListenEpisode #4 - Peter Dinklage/Gwen Stefani (with Rob Trench) #Rudnitshe'sAreStandingBy from 2020-09-20T02:37:18
Original Airdate: April 2, 2016
And we're back after not releasing any episodes during hiatus. Brendan had to sit this episode out (since he talks too much) so Bram called on Rob Trench t...
ListenEpisode #3 - Ariana Grande (with Lyndi Malley) #WhoIsThePatter from 2020-09-19T22:45:01
The good ol' Featie boys, Bram & Brendan, are back despite popular demand, ready to over-analyze the Saturday Night Live Featured Cast once again, and this is another disappointment in terms...
ListenEpisode #2 - Jonah Hill/Future (In Defense of Emily Owens, M.D.) from 2020-09-19T22:31:01
Original Airdate: March 5, 2016
The boys are back in town. That being Bram and Brendan are finally ready to comment on a regular episode of SNL. The host today is Jonah Hill and here are ...
ListenEpisode #1 - No. 8 White Boys (Pilot!) from 2020-09-19T21:40:06
Original Airdate: Feb 25, 2016
Holy Chalupa! Us terrifying TV nerds may have created the 7th or 8th SNL podcast, therefore this will establish some ground rules.
Each week we'll fo...
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