What Would My Friends Do? Podcast

WE'RE GOING BI-WEEKLY!!!! Starting with Brianna Baker (House of Lies, Friendsgiving) who stopped by to chat about her hustle (fancy and not), working in the justice system, car or girlfriend, and MORE!

We're back for a chat with Niccole Thurman (The Opposition, Superstore)where we get into becoming correspondent for Jordan Klepper, the challenges of cancellation, only trusting hotties, how to deal when you fucking hate everything, and MORE!

Beloved pal Noah Findling (Coming to the Stage, All About the Washingtons) stops by to chat industry secrets he's gained as a showrunner assistant, like how to make your writing sample stand out, and how to work for a showrunner by thinking like a showrunner. We relaxation-shame, loud-boning, faking a college career and MORE! This ep is nothing but nuggets. Can you handle it?

Dewayne Perkins (Netflix, CC Up Next)RETURNS to the pod to give a major serving of truth about his quick rise in comedy this past year. We also talk the reality of fakeness on social media, workplace x-rays, boys confused by girls, and MORE!!!

Voice-choreographer Steph Tolev (CC Up Next, JFL Montreal) actually gives a true answer to the question "how are you?" We also talk lip fillers, flatearther fathers, and the perfect solution to all long distance relationships... break up. Don't listen to this episode if you can't handle the realness.

Got to get into it with the lovely Amy Silverberg (Best American Short Stories, JFL). We talk her double quadruple life as a comedian/writer/teacher/badass, objecting at weddings, and what to do when you get an owl stuck in your chimney. Maine problems!

New pal, Christine Medrano (HBO, Super Deluxe), stops by to chat getting out of Canada, a woman's right to have a cave in her own home, advice for a bozo going on a first date with a stripper, and more!!!

Ole Chicago pal and renowned canibus extraordinaire Mike Glazer(HBO, Rolling Stone)and stops by the nest to chat the lack of male-baldness in Disney movies, Mike's weird love for being genuine, how he ended up in a hot dog suit on Craig Ferguson, and MORE! This one is just haywire, pals. Enjoy.

Fellow Beyhive member and all around bad bitch Rashawn Nadine Scott (Comedy Central, The Second City) stops by the nest to chat her start in improv, the problems with fixing diversity in comedy a little too late, if therapists really care, the burden of our eyebrows, and MORRRREEEE! Catch her on Comedy Central's new show, "South Side" this January!

Solid friend Steve Hernandez (Chatterbox, Who's You God Podcast)stops by to chat a whooooole ton about sex and all it's different kinds. We also touch on cheating on husbands with 3-ways, why college is better than voice acting, and MORE!

A pal for the books, Tom Thakkar (Conan, Comedy Central Radio), stops by to chat his almost-career as doctor, unhighing, and accidentally getting horny around friends. GET IN HERE NOW.

The lovely pal Danielle Perez (Jimmy Kimmel Live, Price Is Right)and I get together to chat about life as a disabled comedian, the challenges of being ourselves, winning the most ironic prize of all time on the Price is Right, and MORE! This is a gooooood one y'all.

Old time pal, Daniel Shar, stops by to talk about his new feature film, SCRAPS, premiering in LA this WEDNESDAY 8/8 at the Downtown Independent. We also chat about our co-writing days in Chicago, and our obsession with pickles on trains.

Alison Agosti (Late Night w/ Seth Myers, Brooklyn 99) a friend who I had the honor of meeting in the Close Enough writers room, stops by and we basically solve a very serious Raccoon Ex-Husband problem.

WE'RE BACK! With Chase Mitchell, my friend who was a fancy writer for Late Night w/ Jimmy Fallon, Hilarity for Charity, and so much more. We chat DA BIZ pretty hard then give some advice to lunatics. Ya know. The Usual!

Rafael Agustin (Jane The Virgin, Sundance Labs) stops by to talk his insane origin story of finding out he was "ILLEGAL." We also chat accomplishing everything while knowing nothing, tattoo mistakes, dating off the grid, and more! Music and Production by Kyle Rodriguez Need advice? Ask my friends! WWMFDpodcast@gmail.com

One of my oldest friends, Rob Pugliese, stops by for a heart to heart about starting stand up together in a biker bar, slipping Viagara, sobriety and more. Music and Production by Kyle Rodriguez Need advice? Ask my friends! WWMFDpodcast@gmail.com

Frankie Quinones (Cholofit, Dress Up Gang) swings by to chat about making his own stuff, going viral, mystery hair, gang bangs, & more! This episode is v silly & giggly, so get silly and listen. Music and Production by Kyle Rodriguez Need advice? Ask my friends! WWMFDpodcast@gmail.com

David Gborie (Viceland, Conan) talks his crazy renegade origin story including jail, his sisters that came from a war, and never going back to Oklahoma. We also get into best friend crushes, scientology bosses, and booking your own stand up tour. This episode is a stunner. David's life thus far kind of put me in shock. He cray. But like, good cray. Music and Production by Kyle Rodriguez Need advice? Ask my friends! WWMFDpodcast@gmail.com

Southern gem, Amber Nelson (Guy Code, TruTv) takes a break from cooking butter beans to chat about fake girlfriends, hardness, how not to be a catfish, and more!!! Music and Production by Kyle Rodriguez Need advice? Ask my friends! WWMFDpodcast@gmail.com

John McClain (The Blacklist for "Hummingbird", Sundance) stops by and we find out if women like sex, rat pizza, the pressures of being a flower girl, and how to humble up and get a job. Music and Production by Kyle Rodriguez Need advice? Ask my friends! WWMFDpodcast@gmail.com

Steven King (Steezus, RIOT LA) and I talk about the death of goth, how to cry, white men, AND WE FINALLY GET A LISTENER QUESTION where we talk about balancing improv, stand up, drugs, and more! This was such such such a fun episode and Steven is going to be a very big deal one day, so take a listen! Music and Production by Kyle Rodriguez Need advice? Ask my friends! WWMFDpodcast@gmail.com

Allen Strickland Williams (Conan, Comics To Watch) swings by and we chat banana deaths, free ballin, bein a successful comedian, and more!!! Music and Production by Kyle Rodriguez Need advice? Ask my friends! WWMFDpodcast@gmail.com

My lovely pal Jackie Cruz (Flaca from Orange Is The New Black!) and I get into it about her origin story including a deadly car accident, bad gigs, and her goal to get those white girl roles. We also give advice to someone who's nervous about touching their genitals & butts, a gal who doesn't know who to trust, and figure out how to talk to hot people! Music and Production by Kyle Rodriguez

I chat with joke savant Dan Rubin (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Happy Endings) about the mysteries of TV writing, pregnancy scares, naked verandas and MORE!!!

Dewayne Perkins (Wild 'N Out, 3Peat)stops by for drinks and we talk sleeping with the enemy, makeup, ghosting, girliness, and endurance. This episode has a big ole nugget of shade that makes my jaw drop for 5 minutes. #spoiler #malort

Josh Sharp (CC Comics To Watch) answers the question we're all really asking ourselves, what is sex? We also figure out the necessity of showers, when you should eat an apple, and more! Oh! And we also talk about the time we almost had a three way with Tracy Morgan fuuuuunnnnn.

Aziee Dungee (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Ask A Slave) comes by with her sweet dog daughter Clover, and we chat Aziee's Kimmy-Schmidt upbringing, forgiving yourself, surprise swallowing, young anxiety and more! Believe it or not...we were sober.

Ashley Brooke Roberts (National Geographic Explorer) stops by to talk erotic fantasies, using your personality, doing debt wrong, and more! We got faded and ended the whole thing with a personality test that I secretly hope no one ever hears, but I was too lazy to edit it out. Enjoy!

Krystyna Hutchinson (Guys We Fucked) & Wendi Starling (Glamourpuss) get all up in my nest [over a few drinks] and we chat about the perks of three-ways, unrequited roommate love, somewhere in there one of us cries, and more!!! This episode was absolute magic and I'm pretty sure I blacked out at the end of it.

Chanel Ali (Night Train w/ Wyatt Cenac, NY Stand Up) swings by to talk about proper man-grabbing, cam-girls, Eric Snowden, and how she never ever sleeps.

Kyle Ayers (JFL Montreal, First Comes Love) stops by the nest and we help a guy who just saw his sister naked, a pal with sex-scatter brain, and talk LA vs. NY, terrrrrible advice, and tips from Rory Scovel! Guys! Fun! I laughed way too much but that's what you get when you talk to Kyle Ayers for an hour. oh boy!

John Thibodeaux (Late Show w/ Stephen Colbert, The Second City) talks being an always-nude, thongs, how soon you can say the L word, the importance of persistence, and more!!! Pardon us for being very whiskey drunk from start to finish.

New York stand up and militant feminist, Marcia Belsky (Headless Women of Hollywood, Free The Mind) talks Cheesus, dating literal bastards, wedding shits, teenage circumcisions, and how to kill all men. Annnnnd at the end I get petty af. ur welcome.

Josh Johnson (The Tonight Show, JFL New Faces)and I talk touchin' funeral boobs, suicide hotlines, Cuban men, "the talk", and we go waaaayyyyyy deep on joke writing, open mics, and how to get new material on it's feet. This one is long but there's a lot of very good stuff at the end.

Katie McVay (Yell You Better, Comedy Exposition) and I talk to a woman wondering when the blowjobs end, a man with one woman-leg, hot nannnies and more! And because you'll need it, here's the link for the man with the woman-leg: https://imgur.com/a/mCVeT

Friend: Rob Haze (Adam Devine's House Party, Book of Ye Podcast) and I help a wife with her cheater car dealer husband, talk Kanye (duh), make our beds, and figure out how to rewrite old jokes. And more! (duh)

Lindsay Adams (Dead Dads Club, Steve Harvey Show) and I talk on Halloween (I KNOW, SO LONG AGO) about the ghosts of dead dads past, our crippling insecurities, how to get small boys to like you in middle school, selfie sticks at funerals, and more!

Friend: Emily Maya Mills (Key & Peele, Comedy Bang Bang) warns that no one should start their comedy careers in LA, and then explains how she succesfully did just that. We also talk coming out to your parents about hiding your boobs, and the terrible timing of depression. Annnnd Emily almost reveals what T.M. is!!!! I mean this ep is clearly the MOST loaded. Follow us on Twitter: @emilymayamills @marlenarodrigz Song: "The Wheel" by Sohn

Jonathan Rowell (Roast Battle, Riot LA) and I were together when we found out the world had ended. Now we're just trying to get through the day like everyone else. We answer some questions, talk through it, and make a plan to stay positive. At the very least, there's some fun moments that got me through and I hope they help you too. Love, M

Megan Gailey (Conan, Adam Devine House Party) teaches me how to pick up dudes, and we discover a young lady in need of a lot of help on Yahoo Answers. What you need to know is, wear a condom! Follow Us On Twitter: @megangailey @marlenarodrigz

Sheedz Olaylwola (Empire, Chicago PD, Black Lives Matter) is a dream person, role model and my new life coach. She talks coming up in a comedy institution as a woman of color and we advise implants, cheating, and whiteness.

Met Calvin Lee Reeder (Sundance Film Festival, Writer / Director) at this year's Sundance Episodic Labs. Turns out he'd already been to Sundance Film Festival FIVE TIMES before. Woah. Dat cray. We talk about how to produce your own films, whether we're allowed to laugh at Kim K's robbery, phones in movies, and answer questions from 1703. Find Calvin's films here: http://www.calvinleereeder.com/ song: Bugg'n artist: TNGHT

Alison Leiby (Triumph Election Special, Joke Phenom) fell into stand up comedy because of a near death experience, which I kinda freaked out about, then later we got real real about starting over in comedy in a new city.

After an emergency break, we're back! With life-long friend, Glenn Boozan (Adam Ruins Everything, Above Average) talking about college comedy, nude pics, how to get things done when you're burnt out, and more!

This week, Tim Barnes (It's All True Podcast, The Moth)and I chat about his childhood indoors, the worst advice he keeps on giving, and is being rich really really really hard? That last one was a real doozy. Follow us on Twitter: @TimBarnes451 @MarlenaRodrigz

Top gal, Meredith Scardino (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, The Colbert Report) and I, discuss staying positive, anal glands, and how being the youngest child means you can go to school for painting and then become a comedy writer. Oh...and a whole minute of us literally howling. This episode was so full of wisdom and fun, so if you don't enjoy it...it's your own fault. Follow us on Twitter: @scardinoandsons @marlenarodrigz

Well this one was packed. Ted Tremper (The Daily Show, Shrink) came by the nest and we talked Second City, boobs, and dating murderers. You're going to want to take notes. Follow us on Twitter: @tedtremper @marlenarodrigz

My comedy fairy godmothers, Aparna Nancherla (Conan) & Jo Firestone (The Tonight Show),stop by my nest and we talk showing up, multiple wives, giving tweens sex talks, and how to act at parties! This one was nothing but goofs and I couldn't be prouder. Follow us on Twitter: @aparnapkin @kingfirestorm @marlenarodrigz

New York comedy kool kids, Courtney Maginnis & Mike Abrusci & I take advice from gay grandpas, tie a tie (warning: visual bit), and talk making it in a huge stand up city. Follow us on twitter: @mikeabrusci @courtkneecomedy @marlenarodrigz

Join me and Ashley Nicole Black (Full Frontal w/ Samantha Bee) as we discuss fear of getting fired, naked house cleaning, and being funny while sad. This episode was a joy, hope you enjoy as much as we did! Follow us on twitter: @ashleyn1cole @MarlenaRodrigz