Episode list

Continuing our trip through the Volunteer State, Arron lives up to the Tennessee's nickname by sitting in the Nashville hot seat with us this week. You know the guy from co-hosting The Nateland Podcast, with that other guy from NashVegas, Nate Bargatze. We cover such hard hitting topics as, how did Nashville become the bachalorette party capital of the world, who really is the youngest comic to perform at the Grand Ole Opry, who has had to sign a contract before eating hot hot wings, and of course what the best thing he ate this week.

Let's get ready to rumble. The John Hastings steps into the ring with us to talk everything wrestling, comedy, and the difference in doing stand-up in the UK compared to the US. We sweat, we laughed, we talked about food. It was a match for the ages.

A festival of laughs with Daniel as we talked about surviving during covid, "daddy's", and his super funny brand new special "Hoe's Parade" out by our friends at Comedy Dynamics which was taped in July 2020 at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena to an audience of packed parked cars, and dogs. Daniel is a very talented musician, spending many years in Austin rocking out, he brings those talents to the special for some hysterical surprises.

On the cusp of releasing his ambitious comedy mix tape ELUSIVE on June 11th and a Comedy Central special #(Hashtag) on June 18th, we got Josh in the nick of time. The hang included talk about pizza, the production process of ELUSIVE and the amazing people he worked with on it, the ironic things thieves steal when your burglarized and a slew of other very important things. Highly recommend you check out the new hour special, and especially the mix tape ELUSIVE, where he explores redefining the relationship between comedy and music.

You know what happens when 3 Jersey Boys get together. They talk about Action Park, 80's skate board videos, Taylor ham, pizza and Weird NJ. Chris gives us the scoop on putting together his new special Half My Life, out now from Comedy Dynamics. Having quite the list of credits ranging from hosting his own show The Chris Gethard Show, a memorable 3 episode run on The Office, time on Inside Amy Schumer and an HBO special this is one of our most action packed shows. There will be a quiz.

One of our deeper episodes we chat with Mike about his recent Autism diagnosis and how it has impacted his comedy and writing career as well as his awesome wrestling podcast Wrestleroasts and of course, food. Mike has written on Crashing, Inside Amy Schumer and a million other things.

The pickle and raisins controversy continues. We agree to disagree on pickles, but are in full agreement on raisins and how they have no place in a civilized society. We reminisce about some of Chris' worst introductions ever and the revelation Jon wasn't aware Rowdy Roddy Piper had a stint as a stand-up comedian before his death. This one is action packed, and a ton of fun. Get your everlasting gobstoppers and buckle in.

We basically just talked about food. When not trading best spots for hot dogs, tacos and steak sandwiches, we got in some chatter about comedy. Frank won a legendary Roast Battle championship against friend of the show, Matthew Broussard so we dove a bit into that, and the LA comedy scene. Got some secrets of the recent Comedy Store docuseries, and a whole bunch of other 420 friendly info. Enjoy it.

We like to start at a 4, and dial it back from there and Brian lounges with us to keep it at a steady 6. Brian gives us the scoop on how he got hooked up with Nate and the risks he took starting comedy in his late 30's and going full time in his 40's. The risk has obviously paid off being part of one of the hottest podcasts now, Nateland with Nate Bargatze and Aaron Weber. We also talk about the comedy scene happening in Nashville now with guys like Josh Wolf and Steve Bryne moving to town and how its battling Austin for the most LA comedy implants. Of course food was a hot (chicken) topic. Enjoy it.

First rule of fight club? Don't talk about fight club. We broke the rules with Adam. Host of the podcast MMA Roasted we talk about the risky business of roasting some of MMA's best and most notorious fighters, and the few who didn't have a thick enough skin for the verbal shenanigans. A prolific comedy writer, and regular on the LA stand up scene we sparred a bit on our feelings of actors making their way to stand up and the perceived easier road in and how working comics may or may not feel about it.

Appetite for destruction? What happens in the back of one of Burbank, CA's most notorious haunts, stays in the back. Unless of course you record it and release it as a podcast. You definitely need a seat belt and a healthy appetite for this one as comedian Randy Valerio, and Philadelphia's Helium Comedy Club manager Rachel Park join us for lunch, which quickly spiraled into the countries best steak sandwich, many mid-morning cocktails, and a hardy desert tray to cap off the shenanigans. It was amazing we weren't asked to leave and not come back. This one was a ton of fun, and we thank the team at The Smoke House for their amazing food, hospitality and most of all their tolerance.

This week Jason Collings joins us for the airing of grievances shared about the stupid people in airports and the fun and frustrations we have kicking their luggage. We also circle back on how he got his start at 35 year old doing comedy, and the ballsy nature of how he landed his first spot. Warning to aspiring comedians, don't try this at home. We wrapped it up talking about his very close friend Chris D'elia and how we all can't wait until he gets back on stage. Jason hosts the hysterical podcast The Lions Den with Brent Morin and has his own YouTube show Mr. Jason Collings.

We rock out this week with legendary hard rock and heavy metal aficionado, Don Jamieson. We talk about his upcoming tour opening for the Dead Daises, the amazing time we had taping his brother in comedy Jim Florentine's next comedy special and food.

Jon Huck joins us to talk home economics class, what (maybe) happened when he first heard Eruption by Van Halen and tons more on music, following The Grateful Dead and Lemmy defending Abba. Its all ball bearings these days!. You can't afford to miss this one. Rock On.

The man, the myth, the legend sits down with us as he exits an Uber and finds a quiet location in an undisclosed Hollywood Hotel lobby. Jimmy truly is one of the godfathers of stand up having lived in the legendary Comedy Store apartment allegedly with "roommates" Andrew Dice Clay, Marc Maron and Sam Kinison. We talk about his time with Sam, the glory years of the Comedy Store and then end it all with quite an exciting surprise chat.

This week we get a little EMO with Deon from Anberlin. Fitting squarely in Jon B's wheelhouse, we reminisce about Warped Tour, Dashboard Confessional, and other mid 1990's pop punk memories. Deon fills us in on the upcoming fall tour, his shell collection and home cooking.

There wasn't a dance off, but we still got to swing. Fahim joins and it couldn't be more timely with the recent US withdrawal from Afghanistan, and Fahim literally walking out of the writers room on United States of Al to talk with us. We discussed writing on the show, the transition from being an aerospace engineer at Boeing to stand-up comic, and of course the parents who may finally be coming around to his career choices wrapping it all up in a bow with a mouthwatering rib eye prep talk.

T Shirt aficionado and host of the long running Ding Dong Show and fixture at The Comedy Store, Don Barris takes direct aim at Jon B for a laundry list of issues. Starting with being late, an in and out WiFi signal, and calling in from a 1997 Nokia flip phone. It was an epic time spent busting Jon at every turn, talking about music, answering very tough "what if" questions and ultimately ending with Don self proclaiming himself the best guest of all time, which we can't argue with.

Greg Fitzsimmons Fitzdog hangs with us to kick back some nonalcoholic Manischewitz to ring in the Jewish New Year and talk some shop. We have a spirited debate over which media giant helped launch more careers. Fitz picked Ed Sullivan with The Beatles, and Alprin backed Howard Stern with Beetlejuice, Jeff the Drunk and A*s Napkin Ed. You can decide for yourself. We had a lot of fun with the host of Fitzdog Radio and Sunday Papers so if you are not listening to those, do this comedy newbie a favor and check them out. This one is for Norm.

The Teeb joins us to talk everything. Host of Punch Drunk Sports with Ari Shaffir and Sam Tripoli we covered a lot of sports ground including our mutual hatred of Notre Dame sports. Not to give away the real nugget of this one, but we had to cover the "bag of bets" and the absolute worst thing to come out of the bag, no pun intended. I still feel bad for Josh Martin who was on the suckers end of the bag. Quite literally. Teebs is the bees knees. Enjoy it.

He's country-ish, and we are city-ish but it didn't stop us from talking good North Carolina BBQ. We jumped into the good old days of Last Comic Standing, and thoughts on his good friend amd fellow LCS winner, Josh Blue kickin' a*s on this season of America's Got Talent. To wrap it up we had to talk about the "dancing" incident and get to the bottom of whats fact and fiction. If you don't know what we are referring to it has to do with the Carolina Panters, a mascot, and a handful of the men in blue. You will have to listen to get the full scoop. A good time was had by all and against popular belief, a country boy can survive an hour with us.

NYC Comedian and Cape Cod native Mae Planert joins the show to talk about her summer, shed some light on the Kevin Hart rumors and talk a little shop. She is the host of the podcasts Risqué Business News and We Were Had, both awesome shows you should check out. After listening to this though.

You may know Jeff from his stint on MAD TV or his unreal impressions or his hysterical stand-up comedy, but most likely his character Drunk Girl from SNL. Host of The Jeff Richards Show, we talk about how the heck they do the deep fakes available on his YouTube channel, being one of only 2 people to ever appear on both Mad TV and SNL and listen as Jeff breaks into more characters than we could count.

Pho real, NY Times Best Smelling Author, Sam Tallent pops in from balmy Rochester, MN on a tour stop to join the boys to shoot the breeze about his killer new special Waiting for Death to Claim Us. Sam is one of the most unique voices in stand-up comedy who is on a tear recently riding the wave of his book Running the Light which has gotten props from Doug Stanhope on Joe Rogan Experience and Marc Maron on WTF. It's an amazing fictional book about life on the road as a comic you have to check out. Currently on the road opening for Stanhope, and Tim Dillion you need to catch up with box man. You won't be disappointed.

NYC based comedian and actor sits in with us live in the Stand UP NY Pod studio to get answers to questions. Under the hot lights he comes out strong interrogating Greg about how many episodes it took to figure out The Mangina Dialogues (previous pod name) was one of the worst names of the almost 3 million. You will have to listen for the answer. We talked about the toll the pandemic took on live comedy and small business, and what his wife Kambri Crews was doing to help live venues and performing artists. Christian just dropped a new special taped at QED Astoria titled Show Your Work out by our friends at Comedy Dynamics. It's a great hour of comedy in a docu style format.

Our friend joins us to sling some jokes at us, about us, offer some life advice, and recap what the heck has been going on the last year since we caught up on tape. You of course know Anthony from his storied White House Career and his 3 year media tour after it. After exhausting all other outlets again, he hit the middle once again with us. It's always a fun conversation with Anthony and if his day job doesn't work out again, he has the chops to hit the stage. I see a roast battle in his future.

Returning to the captain's chair, BVW hangs with us to talk about directing and producing The Center Seat: 55 Years of Star Trek series out now on the History Channel and the challenges it brought being one of the world's biggest Trekkies, and what the franchise means to him. It's been a busy 18 months for Brian keeping up with his hot Netflix series including The Movies That Made Us, The Toy's That Made Us, and. A Toy Store Near You along with the 20+ comedy specials they have produced and are in the process of releasing under Comedy Dynamics. We packed a ton into this one. Enjoy it.

Joining us this week is Comedian, Author, Podcast Host, Record Producer and Actress Von Decarlo. Taped live on tape at the Stand UP NY Lab we talked about how Von spent the last year or so, uncovered some potential skeletons from Greg's solo "vacation" closet, and another great chat about food. It's a must listen as we had to talk about the amazing and official documentary Killing is Easy she produced with All Things Comedy about the legacy of Patrice O'Neal. If you haven't watched it, please do. Von has an album out A Draggable Offense and you can see her performing regularly at clubs around NYC and headlining a club near you in 2022 and beyond.

Its fun to catch up with other club bookers to shoot the breeze about the business. This week we catch up with the owner of one of the hottest clubs in the country, SoulJoel's in a quiet suburb outside of Philadelphia, PA. Joel has been producing shows for over a decade bringing the biggest acts in the country to his neck of the woods. We chatted about how the last 2 years impacted the business, and the challenges to keeping comedy thriving. It's a fun chat, getting inside the biz to see how the sausage is made. Enjoy it.

Puck Off. If you are not familiar, that's the podcast this week's guest Joe Bartnick hosts with radio legend Frazer Smith. Besides talking all things hockey with their comedy friends, Joe is a career comedian having toured relentless with Lisa Lampinelli and now hitting the most iconic venues in the country with some guy named Bill (Burr). Joe isn't afraid to talk about anything, and this one is chock full of hysterics. Just when you thought it was safe to order one drink, Mr. Bartnick makes you order 4. Party on Joe. Let's do this!.

Americas Favorite comedian sits down with nus to talk about all things comedy, the differences in being a traditional path comedian compared to an internet/social media comedian, and what it was like coming up in Boston. Had to talk some New England sports rivalries, and of course food. Tom is one heck of a comedian, and all around super guy.

We caught up with Emma over the summer from her house in the wilderness. AKA her parents house in Maine where she and her dog escaped to from LA. Emma is a podcast audio engineer and producer for Headgum and All Things Comedy. She has worked on Brody Stevens show Festival of Friendship, and amongst several others, is part of the Dougboys crew. We chatted about the differences being locked in Maine, and locked in LA. Producing top podcasts, and working for the premier name in comedy, ATC.

Get a load of the New and Improved Somewhat Damaged. We love it when a plan comes together. A good thing gets even better as Houston native, Chase Du(Mthfkn)Rousseau joins Damaged as what hopefully turns out to be a permanent fixture. Already hosting our weekly live shows at Stand UP NY, it was natural to make Chase part of the pod. We had a ton of fun talking mostly about food, learned some interesting things about licorice, and tried to dispel some rumors about Greg's Topps baseball card. You be the judge (it's on Instagram). Enjoy it.

Jon drops a bomb in a pre-episode chat. Going back a few weeks to our chat with Anthony Scaramucci and the advice he and his chief of staff threw Jon's way, Mr. B apparently too it, and a hell of a chance on Thanksgiving. Give it a listen, and thanks to Anthony for the thoughts and encouragement on a very difficult topic that many people of all ages struggle with. And as an added bonus, Greg goes off on the sauce v. gravy great debate. Enjoy it.

Back for more, Chase is back and the boys press him on his licorice and Coke theory. Is Chase here for good? We know he is the best host in NYC and the ring leader for our live shows, but can he hang long term with the constant talk about food and bad movies? Time will tell. This week we get deep into what the best #2's are. Sequels. Sequels. Not sure there was a decisive winner, but listen to the debate and give us your feedback.

Took a week off to recharge and build up an appetite for more laughs. The guys are spitballing some ideas on best hamburgers, and the show ends with a challenge of burger on burger crime tbd. Enjoy it. Greg tries to bait the boys into a conversation about ice cream, but is rebuffed. Have you ever put cheese on apple pie? Apparently its a Texas thing. Positive Energy.

Finally getting a chance to catch up with Jeff, we recorded in person at the Stand UP NY upstairs podcast studio. Jeff spends a lot of time cursing around and we bombard him with questions about life on the ship. Chase makes the boys tear up talking about his lifelong romance with New York City, which somehow it spirals into Greg telling the guys about a high school note passing experience that damaged him, and the girl who still leaves a mark. It was good to finally get back into the studio to mix it up. Positive Energy. Enjoy it.

You of course know Xia from her co-hosting gigs on the Chip Chipperson Podcast and the Erik Nagel Radio show and from things like Afterbuzz TV and Marvel Daily, so yeah, she isn't just a pretty face...she has a doctorate in geekdom too. We talked about growing up in Hawaii with a very "liberal" father, then Xia somehow gets Greg to talk about the time he was roofied in a NYC strip club. There is a ton to unpack in this one and Xia is quite the sport for letting 3 immature boneheads stumble on each other.

Just some good 'ole boys, meaning no harm...or shall we say, wanting any. The guys jump right in and talk about their excitement for the new Jackass movie, what their expectations are and reminisce about the old gawker videos they watched as kids. Find out if Greg would rather stand in Times Square ala Impractical Jokers and say stuff to strangers, or get pushed down a hill in a shopping cart. Going down the road feeling bad, might be the better title for this one, but it sure was fun.

You have the right to remain silent. Impossible when you listen to this one. You know Diane from her years playing Casey Novak on Law and Order SVU, and her role on NCIS. What you may not know is she recently ran for Congress in NY and tell us all about that experience, and so much more. This one is chock full of precious gems. Listen, or give up your rights. This is our story.

Michael Hutter aka Ethan Carter 3rd joins the show to fill us in on the incredibly exciting new wrestling show Control Your Narrative, that he launched with Adam Scherr aka Braun Strowman. Their next live event happens over the big WrestleMania weekend in Dallas Texas on March 31st and EC3 tells us all about It and what you might expect from their shows. Big things are happening. We also chat about the similarities between wrestling and stand up comedy and the intersection of both. Of course a healthy helping of food related chatter, and get ready for EC3 to describe his "cheat meal". Its out of control.

What a treat we had this week with Matthew's Mother Ann joins us to give us all the inside scoop on her son, and what she really thinks about his career as a stand-up comedian, and not a scholar. We can easily tell where the comic gene comes from and Ann doesn't hold back. This is an epic time talking about growing up in an uber educated household, what shaped Matthew's comedic tone, and what it is going to take for Ann to finally be impressed. Enjoy it.

The train has pulled into the station. The one and only Jasmin St Claire comes in to hang with Greg and Chase. Noticeably missing is Jon B who is making his way through Asia on "vacation". Most people know Jasmin from her time in the adult industry back in the 1990's when she shot to fame as "America's Most Controversial Sex Symbol." But this wild ride has been a professional wrestler, music journalist, tv host, main street actress, and now has her very own podcast titled Krazy Trian. This ride has many twists and turns hitting on favorite cereals, where the best pizza is, and what it might take for her to come out of retirement. Bring your protection, Adults Only. Safety First. Enjoy It.

Our deepest chat yet, good friend of the show, Justin Randall joins us to talk about his recent stint in rehab and how he landed there. It's a very personal and raw discussion about mental health and how friends play an important role in all aspects of staying healthy. On a lighter note, Greg finds out about "gay Twitter" and has a flashback to his history of panic attacks.

And we are back with social media sensation Shannon Fiedler. While Jon B was away, Chase and Greg must play and we had a hoot of a time talking with Shannon about her favorite candy, the TikTok phenomenon and a spirited debate about Connecticut pizza being the best in the country and chiming into the debate is friend of the show Lucie Pohl. Taped live at Stand Up NY over some Dominos thin crust pizza, we had a ball.

Besides being a hysterical comedian, Lucie Pohl she is the voice of Mercy in the uber popular Overwatch franchise. Actress, Comedian, ComicCon regular, foodie she is a quintuple threat and also hosts a weekly stand up show with our own Chase DuRousseau. We got down to business talking about food, video games and some backstory on her childhood growing up in Germany with showbiz parents. Enjoy It.

The man, the myth, the legend, and Scissor Bro, Jeremiah Watkins comes back for another go around with us, and old friend Chase Durousseau. We catch up on all things Wonders, and the great new comedy music album out on Comedy Store Records, Scissor Bros: Best of Vol. 1, a combination of written and improvised comedy songs with his Scissor Bros podcast co-host Steebee Weebee. This one is a pisser.

The absolutely amazing Helen Hong joins us to give us the inside scoop on what's it's like working side by side Animal from the Muppets, recording her stand up special WELL HONG during the pandemy and tries to explain to Greg what a specific and of gutter is. You will need to tune in to find out how that went. Besides being a killer comedian she is quite an accomplished actress having roles on The Unicorn, Silicon Valley, Never Have I Ever and The Thunderbirds.