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In the spirit of this episode's word, our wonderful guest, Jon Zucker and Julian cover many topics in the first half. It is also Jon's second time guesting which means we get to welcome him to the Second-Timer Club and it is ALSO Word With Friend's 3rd birthday!!! Celebrate with us by grabbing yourself some loose sushi (Producer Samee Note: there's chewing in this episode) and learn FACTOTUM with Julian and Jon.   Tweet us @wordfriendpod Rate Review Subscribe Share Share Share Share Share

We're back from being gone from being back! Our sadboy guest this week is two-timer, Edgar Momplaisir! Julian and Edgar dissect a DJ Khaled track, Julian spoils Alpha Dog, and Edgar teaches US about Baal.    

 This is NOT an episode of Word With Friend! This is an episode of THE EYEROLL, a new podcast from Slumberfest (Chris Milliken and Julian Stern) where we talk about what had us rolling our eyes this week. We actually recorded it for Monday May 1st, but all of it is still relevant; we just don't talk about AHCA. We DO talk about Mayor Eric and his maybe corruption, SHARKS, and the 25 year old nincompoop behind Fyre Fest. Tweet at us or email us with thoughts!

This week's tear-free episode (as opposed to last week's LOL) is with writer Chelsey Lora (Blindspot, Greenleaf). Chelsey is a HUGE Slumberfest fan AND Julian's go-to for 13 Reasons Why discussion (she hasn't watched it). The word this week is LACRIMAL and the theme song is VERY related. Chelsey also reveals her very very very interesting former job so definitely TUNE IN for that and so so much more. 

Ronnie Adrian is a great guy, very funny, and loves loves LOVES to make Julian uncomfortable. Listen in as this improviser (UCB's The Dragons and UCB-affiliated White Women) uses all of his tools of comedy to hone right in on every possible move that could and would throw Julian off his game. Listen to the episode that had people saying, "Does he hate you?" Julian and Ronnie also talk about happiness, grandmothers, and peregrinate.

Julian's fantastic GUEST this week is actor, writer Liz (in life) Guest (Guest Appearances)! Julian and Liz hop  right in to a name conversation, Mickey Rooney's wives, and Patrick McDonald. They also talked about Liz's web series, Guest Appearances which is awesome and you should check it out. After the break, Julian and Liz get gabbing about PRURIENT which maybe we all are when you think about it. The root of this one is really interesting, so definitely tune in (clickbait).    Tweet @wordfriendpod to discuss Julian's new theme song selection process! 

FRAMILY! We've reached one hundred episodes and ring in the achievement with ol' episode 2 himself, comedian/writer Mike Glazer (Inside Hacks [coming soon]). Mike and Julian talk being nice, easily accessible to strangers, and Julian tells more about his day with Snoop Dogg. The 100th word is PROFUSION which somehow led into the diving into a classic joke, Julian and Mike coming up with "John Whoops", and for the first time in 100 episodes, the guest gets upset about the word. TUNE IN TO FIND OUT WHY (clickbait).   Thank you to all of our loyal framily members, our new ones, and our soon to be LISTENS. 

Julian invited returning champion Alexi Novak (movement star) for this week's 99th episode! Julian reveals what he ate for breakfast, Alexis teaches us about CHAKRAS and fascia, ANNND we find out the shocking tv channel that she grew up watching (CLICK BAIT). After the jump, Julian defines ROBUST and we find out what kind of trunks Alexis prefers. Tweet US with YOUR favorite things to describe as ROBUST. @julianmstern @wordfriendpod

Julian PHONED IT IN with guest Maxwell Augustus Evans this week. For reals. Max and Julian discuss what one could do to save the world, the meaning of Max's full name, and how to deal with failure.   And then SOLECISM is defined and dissected and oh boy is it a doozy. Julian also reveals a favorite rhetorical device. TUNE IN TO FIND OUT.   Also never drink and drive. Check out bruteforce.com    

Julian's guest this week is incredible Lucia Brizzi (BREET - ZEE)[actor, comedian, writer, idiot] {What The Hippo, The Tony Robbins Netflix Special Special}. They discuss mega persons David Blaine, DJ Khaled, Willow Smith, TONY ROBBINS, and fuckboys.   They get into RUTHLESS which has such a cool and surprising root. We also get an earful of why Lucia thinks she had a ruthless streak.   Follow Lucia Follow Tony Robbins Avoid fuckboys  

Framily! Gear up for this nostalgic episode with comedian, Alex Hooper (Roast Battle). Julian and Alex revisit their Maryland childhoods spent at the local Hooters, the Ocean City Boardwalk, and discuss some good ol' Maryland slang. After the break, they go broke for GROKE which is NOT a monster, but you are if you groke at all your friends all the time at every meal. Alex also reveals the last time food and sex were related kind of.

Framily! This week's guests are Adam Aseraf and Ben Bayouth, co-creators of the hit instagram puppet show, Blark and Son! Julian gets some cool behind the scenes details and we got a chance to see Blark in the FLESH (silicone). They also break down PANDEMONIUM which is actually kind of a terrifying scenario.

This week, Julian welcomes writer/actor/stand up/former rapper/all around nice guy, Gerald Grissette (Arcade Currency) to the Word With Framily table to discuss being good guys, Julian's grandad's poker hand, and preposterous. Join Julian and Gerald's book club! Tweet @julianmstern once you acquire a copy of Dreams From My Father Follow Gerald at @geraldgrissette    

We're back, FRAMILY! This time with writer, director, performer, and returning guest, ANDREW FERNANDEZ! Soiled Spoiler alert! Julian also gets to use his new fancy etymology book to share facts about BRACKET.   Check out some Andrew things -  For those of you in Los Angeles  go to The Ointment - A topical variety show at The Pack Theater 9pm Sunday February 5th, 2017. And for everyone anywhere watch Where Are My Sunglasses? - A short film on Facebook/Youtube   Tweet @julianmstern some word, guest, and theme song suggestions. #WereBack #spacekermybetweenus

It's the 92nd episode! Ladies and gentleman at home, welcome back to Word With Friend, Julian welcomes the listeners back as well as two-time guest, Keith Newman (Digital Show Live)! Keith and Julian talk about Sleep No More, Hamildoc, Family Matters, and the reasons why Word With Friend has been on hiatus.   The word this week is SKITE which isn't skip, skype, or skittle.

This week's amazing episode is with magician/comedian, Justin Willman! Julian asks Justin about being a magician and the trick to keeping the magic alive, and then they cover DAZZLE. and BEDAZZLE. AND VAJAZZLE.  

This week's very COZY episode is with comedian Melissa Villasenor! Check her out on Vine, even. Julian and Melissa start off HOT with  conversation about yard sales, pies, and toys.   The word this week is terpsichorean which is another word with a very surprising definition.

FRAMILLLYYYYY!!! It's Word with Friend time and this week's guest is comedian/writer RILEY SILVERMAN (Pajiba, International Waters). Julian and Riley unpack Pokemon Go, various other video games, AND tattoos! (Go to The Honorable Society and get one there they are very good.) Also they get in to music, DB Cooper, and Ancient Aliens.   This week's word is WHEEDLE which isn't a Pokemon but Weedle is.

This week's tarot-ble guest is comedian/writer Rebecca Lieb! Rebecca works on GAME SHOWS and does STAND UP and TAROT READING. Julian and Rebecca talked about all those things, Lovely Bones, and ghost stuff. WHOA.   Today's word is BUFF which has some cool roots as far as when it's used as someone who knows a lot about a thing i.e. film buff, etc.

Word With FRAMILY (literally), this week's episode is with Julian's little sister, Mollie! Mollie and Julian discussed the bathrooms she's encountered on her summer road trip, bathroom habits, One Direction, AND both Mollie and Julian admit to calling their parents MOMMY and DADDY still.   Mollie's word is FAN and it is quickly revealed that she is a big big One Direction fan because WHO ISN'T?   Tune in, family up.

This week's episode is with the Monday Punday man himself, Matthew Broussard! They get into Matt's LOVE (seriously) for words, body hair, and a tiny bit of math!   The week's word is AVUNCULAR which has nothing to do with what you think it does unless you actually know what it means. Also niblings and piblings.  

Word With Framily!! This week's episode is with animator Steve Hirt (Pig Goat Banana Cricket, Tough Puppy). Julian and Steve talk fan names, animation, and CHRIS MILLIKEN. Seriously if you're a hardcore Millman...Mill-ionaire tune in. Steve also talks about character designing and honing in on a personal style and it's real cool.   BULWARK (not bull work) is this week's word - which is related to boulevard and a ghost.   TUNE. TOON.

This week's fabulous episode is with Eli Lutsky and David Kane of STEENK fame!! The guys talk bagels, Batman, and Boston in the first half and discuss their Kickstarter for their series Store Assholes.   The word this week is BESPOKE and somehow Julian talks about AM/PM's weird food mascot Toomgis again. DONATE TO THEIR KICKSTARTER!!   IT'S GREAT!

This week's multi-hyphenated guest is comedian, actor, musician Philip Labes! Julian and Philip talk about last names, the difference between LPs and EPs, and Philips upcoming/current projects!!   After the break we learn about DRAB and what color it is specifically associated with and how it relates to PROSTITUTES!! They also develop DRAB CAB.      

This week's episode is with comedian Matt Besser (definitely go to MattBesser.com)!!! Julian and Matt start the episode off with Matt helping Julian decide what to do with his car, Matt lets us in on his favorite "asshole attitude" video, and they talk about pranking people who dialed the wrong number.   The word of the week is jostle! Tune in to find out how jostle relates to joust, what context "fuck" is more commonly used in, and Matt develops "The Apostle of Jostle"    

Julian invites writers of hit book, "Adult Stuff: Things You Need To Know To Win At Real Life" Matt Moore and Robert Boesel to this week's pod and they dive right in to how they met and work as a team, jazz, and their book.   This episode's word is CONFABULATE so listen to them confabulate about confabulate. It's conFABULOUS.

#Framily! Get ready to be BEWILDERED on this episode with comedian, writer Caitlin Durante! Caitlin started off the podcast fresh and hungry and unpeeled (ha) her very rural upbringing in Pennsylvania, Drake, and she plugs a few shows we should be watching!   Second half of the pod is dedicated to Flummoxed, Ryan's Roses, and Flem Ox. Follow Caitlin @caitlindurante Follow Word With Friend @WordFriendPod Follow Julian @JulianMStern   Tags with Friend: Flight of the Conchords, Australia, Love, Netflix, Orange, Roulette, Hjordis, miniola, ninja turtles, sex in the city, Nedmelt, Meltdown, open Mike, Lemonade, Tidal, Beyonce, Drake, Taylor Swift, Demi Lovato, Pop Music, script reader, Views, Amish, Pitch, Pitches

Thiiiiiis week's episode is with comedian Edgar Momplaisir! Julian and Edgar talk about astrology (shout out Joe Cabello), equated Lemonade to Murder (shout out Jay-Z and Beyonce), AND porn site interfaces (shout out masturbation).   After the break, they jump into SUSURRUS (whispering, murmuring, rustling).   Check out @edgarmomplaisir for his cool tweets and when you can catch him on his many teams AND listen/subscribe to his podcast Frenemies!       Tags With Friend: Flash TV Show, astrology, cw, leo, taurus, cusp sign, gemini, serial, lemonade, adnan, making a murderer, birdman meme, rick roll, facebook live stream, swagger jack, janelle monae, azelea banks, m83, James Blake, death, choking, funeral, ballesr, entourage, pornmd, porn md, feeldo, feminist porn, skin e max, texas, coolio, turd, hardy boys, rush hour, jackie chan, bill lawrence, duke, alice in wonderland

This #framilyfriday Julian goes ON COUCH-cation to talk to writer, comedian Jon Zucker ("The Digital Show, Live", Bronso). They both regale us with running away from the cops story and we get to hear about Julian's discovery of "around the corner". GRIT is this week's word and Julian clarifies how "grits" make sense and they both list off gritty people and people who make them grit. This is a grit episode!

It's friday #wordwithframily, and you know what that means! Julian is back at it with this week's guest, writer, producer, actor Stephen Sanow! They found common ground and talked about transportation AND their first screenplays during the first half. After the break, they journey into SYLVAN, the smell of Pennsylvania according to Stephen, and Julian tells another great pee story! It's Pee With Friend!!

Julian sits down with short filmmaker-cinematographer-"Comedy Guy" Mike Cullen for this week's episode! Mike and Julian talk about Mike's experiences with interacting with his favorite comedians and his video series (one of many) "Young Man Retirement".   This episode we dive into DECAMP, which is not what happens when you're done camping.   You can watch ALLLL of Mike's videos on Vimeo and youtube and definitely check them out and insist he make more episodes of "Young Man Retirement"  

Julian sits down with writer, creator of Classic Texts Sam Martin for a little talk about elderly women, Henry Danger "Easter Eggs", and her wildly hilarious instagram account, Classic Texts. Also shout out to Sam's mom! And Shaggy. And karaoke. They also get into MALINGER, malingering, and The Cranberries. Sam develops "Mall Linger" AND Mal Inger. Tune in, get sick - pretend it's worse than it is, and leave us a review.           Also, HI It's me, Samee. I didn't insert a pizza update but I'm at 93 slices of pizza. Follow along on twitter if you want. #1000slices2016

Julian invited writer, actor, improvisor, tutor Zeke Nicholson (George Lopez, Julian's improv coach) on to the pod this week! They talk in depth about MTV/VH1 dating shows, specifically Flavor of Love and its spinoffs and "Are You The One". Zeke also clues us in on his theory on teachers (and Julian mentions Eugene Cordero's word definition theory) AND talks a little bit about his improv team White Women and his other group Cardinal Redbird. In the second half, they get into MOTTLE and what it initially makes Zeke think of WILL SHOCK YOU (Clickbait). Julian also challenges Zeke with his hardest question yet, and Zeke creates and breaks down NARD.         Word With Words of the episode: Chickens, teachers, teaching, tutor, tutoring, blackout, tally, mountebank, snake oil salesman, chinatown, allegiance, school rivalry, rival, school, loyal, xyster, bottle, tim duncan, metaphor, linguistics, bird watcher, petty, motley, mote, career, job, passionate, san antonio, HEB, spurs, fan, swim team, local commercials, commercial, texas, brother, pattern, feathers, biology, spanish, pringle, polka dot, mouth feel, michelada, flavor of love, i love new york, a chance of love, i love new york 2, rock of love, shot of love, tila tequila, flava flav, UCB, Harold, improv, yellow fever, cagematch, cage match, comedy, comedy scene, crisis, existential, chaos, stress, discomfort

This week, Julian invited his very first other JULIAN (Last name Vargas, first name The Greatest) onto Word With Friend! Starting off with a hot and heavy David O Russell cold open, the Julians quickly unravel the tapestry of Julian Vargas' early scripts, his love for movies, and the Meek Mills vs. Drake beef. We learn Palimpsest as well, but mostly we learn a ton of other stuff from the Julians and THIS IS A MUST LISTEN EPISODE.   Also check out Julian's podcast - Talking Raps with Julian Vargas. Because he probably pretty much knows everything.

Julian sat down with his good friend Austin Davison to talk about Zany, their most formative childhood gifts, and debut the Word With Friend Table Read Series.

This episode is with the Word With Friend's resident Australian, Sam Clark (Grease Live, Neighbors). Julian gets the low down on Sam's experience being Leo on Fox's recently aired Grease Live, Sam teaches us how to hand jive, and gives us an in depth explanation of the now infamous dance move that happened between Sam and Vanessa Hudgens. Julian's word this week is "JIVE" and we get to find out what JIBE has to do with JIVE, what jives with Sam, AND Sam talks about his poop. Listen, love, share, repeat.    

This week's guest is none other than Producer Samee! Julian and Samee dive in to the pizza-eating goal Samee set for herself for 2016 during the first half of the episode and later on, we learn about SLICE and where it comes from and what kind of slice is favored by the gal of the hour.    

Ladies and gentleman at home! End your first week of the new year with Julian, Shane Hartline, and Joe Cabello! The guys discuss wrestling, turning $1 into $4,000 and the show Shane and Joe put up called The Hopefully Chris Pratt and Shane Hartline Show (next show is February 22nd at iO west!!).   They also talk UNCTUOUS, create DJ Unctuous, and a fetish website.   Don't forget to rate, review, and subscribe to us on iTunes! If you don't have those, check us out on SOUNDCLOUD.  

In this week's "non-episode", Julian highlights 6 "in case you missed 'em" episodes of 2015.   

This Christmas, Julian sits down with an old friend who is currently in rabbinical school to talk about the word COOLTH, the rapper singer Drake, and what it's like to study to be a rabbi!

This week's episode is sponsored by Schneider's! Word With Friend had the immense pleasure to have Alana Johnston and Holly Prazoff to guest and you NEED TO GO to The Best of Not Too Shabby 2015 at UCB Sunset December 21st. Alana and Holly and Julian talk about UCB and hosting Not Too Shabby, open relationships, and Yo Momma Canada. They also get into Canada's Prime Ministers, how they met, and REDOLENT. They dove in to scents that take them back to memories and what scents they wish would remind them of things.  

Lisa McQuillan (Blackish, Lisa And Amy Are Black, Accent-lover) joins Julian for this week's episode and reveals SHE'S NEVER BEEN ON A PODCAST BEFORE! Julian and Lisa talk Lin-Manuel Miranda, Julian tries out "Johnny Come PennyBags", and they swap some pretty good drunk stories. They also get in to Julian's many interests, his "boys will be boys" behavior when he was younger, and they call former guest and Lisa's web-series partner, Amy Aniobi!   This week's word is PARSIMONY (pärsəˌmōnē/) {which sounds like a fruit but I'm always wrong about the definition} and Lisa and Julian develop Janelle Parsi-monē,

This week's episode is Joe Cabello's THIRD APPEARANCE! Joe talks about his band D'Lavender (Myspace), his new EP (Songs in the Key of Regret), and his recent appearance on television.   The guys get into LECHER, lecherous, and "one who licks".  #PANCAKEBREAST

NOTE: This is an experimental episode! If this is your first time listening to Word With Friend, maybe start with another episode to see what we normally do! Or just listen to this and if you love it, maybe we'll do it again. But then go listen to other eps, and subscribe and stuff!   Happy Thanksgiving! In this experimental episode of Word With Friend, Julian followed his friends on a trip to a Cactus Tacos, and we talk about the word Empyreal. The friends include Greg Hollander and Ben Ellmann of Zamboni Grenade, Anna Salinas of @badcomixbyanna, and Chris Milliken of Slumberfest and Cooking With Chris fame!        

This week's episode is with writer, comedian, actor Jamie Loftus! Julian and Jamie talk about wine, gas station burritos, and her high school life. They also get into PUTTER and POTTER (which SPOILER: mean the same thing). We learn about Jamie's putter habits, what's up with shoplifting, and thread count.    

This week's episode was recorded LIVE at Stan Lee's Comikaze 2015! Featuring musical comedians Drennon Davis, Erin and Melissa, and Zach Sherwin! All of our panelists performed a little song and we dug deep into ONOMATOPOEIA and IDEAPHONE. Also Julian plays the trumpet, we get a super special and unexpected extra panelist, and we all fall in love a little bit with Violet Bro-regarde.   Tune in, review, subscribe, share.

Julian is joined by writer-actor-improvisor-computer programmer Keith Newman for this week's magical (and mathematical) episode. Keith and Julian chose between gummy boxers or gummy briefs, Keith tries to write the most logical dick joke, and we find out what Julian has under his bed.   The guys also talk CONVIVE and Keith tells us about the character "Con Vivian". BONUS: This episode get sex-y. It's fun.

Thiiiiis week's episode is brought to you by, "The Longest Haiku" the latest book from Joe Cabello, who also happens to be this week's guest (along with Sam Clark for the first few minutes). Julian and Joe discuss the book, how Joe basically had to spoil the book in order to have to be sold, and Joe's recent accident. Julian and Joe also discuss HARANGUE - and the episode ends with one of Joe's favorite harangue.

This week's guest, Nina Concepcion (comedian, writer, actor, improvisor) sat down with Julian and chatted up a storm about her oddly conservative christian phase during high school and college, fan fiction (erotic), and let out some Zach Braff steam. They also talked Doctor Who, Hunger Games, and Disney Channel Original Movies. Our word this episode is IMBUE - we find out what building Nina would "go through like a ghost", what "Nina's Law" would be, and who the cartoon character "Imbue Boo" is.   Big News! Word With Friend has a panel at this year's Stan Lee's Comikaze!! October 31st 5:30pm Julian and a panel of word experts will get into Onomatopoeia!! JOIN US!!! Also, Nina wrote a book, "The Good-ish Girl". Get it.

This week, Julian sat down with improvisor, writer, and MORE, Dennis Curlett. You can see Dennis perform with his BRAND SPANKING NEW UCB HAROLD TEAM, KNUCKLEPUCK, this Monday and many other days to come! They talked about why Dennis left a cushy job as a development assistant to live as a set PA for four years, Dennis explains why the Alien trilogy is a must-watch and Alien 3 is trash, Julian uses this as an opportunity to make comparisons to the Rush Hour trilogy, they talk about DILETTANTE, and, oh yeah, Dennis can name the opening and closing box-office of every major film since 1996. That's pretty impressive.

For this episode of Word With Friend, Julian invited Anna Salinas (@badcomixbyanna) to the Word With Friend studio to talk about comics, twitter jokes, and Luis Guzman Julian and Anna also cover DOODLE - how it's related to "fool", how doodling helps them focus during conversations, and what a doodle sack is.     Anna is a comic book artist (http://badcomixbyanna.tumblr.com/) in Los Angeles. Check out her instagram for amaaazing daily comics. Follow JulianFollow Anna Follow Word With Friend