Young Person's Radio

Tom Scharpling (The Best Show, Double Threat, radio icon & extremely cool dude) joins Colb for the final installment of YPR. The two discuss Lebron James, Damian Lillard, and a host of other NBA topics before diving in on Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Bruce Springsteen, Elton John, and all things Best Show. A fitting end to Young Person's Radio... for now... The Best Show airs live every Tuesday from 9pm-midnight at thebestshow.net Tom's book IT NEVER ENDS is out this July Colby's podcast HONEY BABY SWEETIE LOVE, a parody of relationship podcasts, is available wherever you get your podcasts Learn more about Radio Free Brooklyn at radiofreebrooklyn.com and listen live via the RFB mobile app

A super-sized episode in which Loyal Caller Tim Keck joins Colb to reflect on 200 episodes of Young Person's Radio, including best episodes, worst guests, and more! Plus, a call from Lower East Simon! Listen as the boys send off the show in style! Young Person's Radio airs every Sunday morning at 10 on Radio Free Brooklyn. Listen live at radiofreebrooklyn.com or the RFB mobile app.

Trevor Lyon (Tea Time with Trevor) and Matt Strickland (Pod Cusack, MTV) join Colb to give the inside scoop on some upcoming podcasts rumored to be in development at The Ringer, including Bill Simmons' Sex Rankings, Fincher and Dragons, Beat Up or Beat Down (with Ron Artest), Mann Cave, and so many more! Young Person's Radio airs every Sunday morning at 10 on Radio Free Brooklyn. Listen live at radiofreebrooklyn.com or the RFB mobile app.

Lauren Oyler returns to the program to discuss her debut novel, FAKE ACCOUNTS, which is out Tuesday, February 2, from Catapult Press. She and Colb talk the joys and challenges of writing a novel about the internet, auditioning for the Yale improv team, and about how the last time she was on the show, a lot of what we talked about got quoted in a bad review of the book. What trouble will we get into this time?? Young Person's Radio airs every Sunday morning at 10 on Radio Free Brooklyn. Listen live at radiofreebrooklyn.com or the RFB mobile app.

Film at Lincoln Center's own Maddie Whittle makes her third appearance on YPR to discuss the bizarre movie year that was 2020, how the pandemic is reshaping the industry, what worked and didn't work about David Fincher's MANK, Richard Brody's white-hot Godfather III take, her thesis on Terrence Malick, and so much more! Young Person's Radio airs every Sunday morning at 10 on Radio Free Brooklyn. Listen live at radiofreebrooklyn.com or the RFB mobile app.

Music industry veteran and Detoxicity podcast host Mike Joseph joins Colb for a wide-ranging talk about streaming vs. buying records, Mike's days as an album reviewer, what a post-pandemic music business might look like, and so much more! Mike is one of our favorite guests for a reason, folks! Young Person's Radio airs every Sunday morning at 10 on Radio Free Brooklyn. Listen live at radiofreebrooklyn.com or the RFB mobile app.

Trevor Lyon returns to YPR to join Colb in revealing the host of new Star Wars, Pixar, and Marvel projects that Disney failed to report during their now-infamous Investor Day conference on December 10. Young Person's Radio airs every Sunday morning at 10 on Radio Free Brooklyn. Listen live at radiofreebrooklyn.com or the RFB mobile app.

Tim Keck (Come at Me Show) joins Colb for another installment of the Overtime Show, where we talk about sports, e-sports, and the role of art in society. In this episode, there's Tyler Herro's op-ed about the 14 things he learned in his first year at the Miami Heat, the 2020 console wars, and a discussion of one of Fran Lebowitz's finer points about the arc of artistic careers from the documentary PUBLIC SPEAKING (2020). Young Person's Radio airs every Sunday morning at 10 on Radio Free Brooklyn. Listen live at radiofreebrooklyn.com or the RFB mobile app.

Colb goes it alone to celebrate the 193rd episode of YPR, and boy, do we celebrate. Discover the similarities between a track from Bruce Springsteen's Born in the USA album and the obscure NSYNC album track "I Just Got Paid" from the 1997 debut album. Share in Colb's joy at an all-time great interaction with a Shake Shack employee during the worst months of the pandemic. Revel in tales from RFB lore. Laugh, cry, have a ball! Young Person's Radio airs every Sunday morning at 10 on Radio Free Brooklyn. Listen live at radiofreebrooklyn.com or the RFB mobile app.

Emily Duncan (Epicurious) and Matt Strickland (MTV) join Colb to talk about NBA Basketball. Young Person's Radio airs every Sunday morning at 10 on Radio Free Brooklyn. Listen live at radiofreebrooklyn.com or the RFB mobile app.

Julia Claire, comedian and host of the leftist feminist podcast Reply Guys, joins Colb to discuss Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez' interview in the New York Times, lessons learned from the 2020 Election, and of course, what do we do now?! Young Person's Radio airs every Sunday morning at 10 on Radio Free Brooklyn. Listen live at radiofreebrooklyn.com or the RFB mobile app.

Michael Barbaro! Chuck Schumer! Nancy Pelosi! Jill Biden! They all stop by to make the YPR Election Special a true night to remember! Featuring the incomparable Hallie Haas. Young Person's Radio airs every Sunday morning at 10 on Radio Free Brooklyn. Listen live at radiofreebrooklyn.com or the RFB mobile app.

Ben Marshall (Please Don't Destroy) returns to the show to talk some of our favorite moments from the NBA Bubble, pine for the New York comedy scene of the early aughts, and tell a few brutal stories of small town sports coaches. A classic ep! Young Person's Radio airs every Sunday morning at 10 on Radio Free Brooklyn. Listen live at radiofreebrooklyn.com or the RFB mobile app.

Colb and Amir Khan (UCB, movies, television, beautiful art and photography at @amirkhanstuff) talk about everything we listed in the episode title, duh. Plus, Colb tells a definitive YPR story about his horrible music taste. Young Person's Radio airs every Sunday morning at 10 on Radio Free Brooklyn. Listen live at radiofreebrooklyn.com or the RFB mobile app.

Genius artist Maddie Fischer joins Colb to mostly go deep on Great British Bake Off but not before talking about her family's obsession with the band Cake, her days hosting the SUP open mic in New York, and much more! You can find her work online at maddiefischer.com and on Instagram @paper_maddie.  Young Person's Radio airs every Sunday morning at 10 on Radio Free Brooklyn. Listen live at radiofreebrooklyn.com or the RFB mobile app. 

Comedian and A Special Thing Records recording artist Tommy McNamara joins Colb to talk about the new Bruce Springsteen songs, the best content from players inside the NBA bubble, and dropping acid with friends! Plus, Tommy gives maybe the best series of answers to the YPR Guest Questionnaire ever? An ep for the ages! Young Person's Radio airs every Sunday morning at 10 on Radio Free Brooklyn. Listen live at radiofreebrooklyn.com or the RFB mobile app.

Colb interviews music writer Steven Hyden (Uproxx, Grantland, a bunch of terrific books) about Bruce, Dylan, the Rolling Stones, Tom Petty, taping songs off the radio, the joys of internet message boards, and his new book, "This Isn't Happening: Radiohead's 'Kid A' and the Beginning of the 21st Century." One of our trademark Good Talks! Young Person's Radio airs every Sunday morning at 10 on Radio Free Brooklyn live. Listen live at radiofreebrooklyn.com or the RFB mobile app.

Colb welcomes comedian Paige Smith-Hogan to the show to help write her Tight Quarantine Five for the first time she does stand-up when the pandemic subsides. But first! Jon Hudson joins the show to settle the Twitter beef between him and Colb. Plus! Twin Peaks talk! A bonafide barnburner! Young Person's Radio airs every Sunday morning at 10 on Radio Free Brooklyn. Listen live at radiofreebrooklyn.com or the RFB mobile app.

Colb gathers Los Angeles Clippers lifer Maggie Widdoes and his trusty companion Matt Strickland to indulge in some good old fashioned basketball talk. Together, the crew pitches a dynamite new name for the Clippers, dumps on the Houston Rockets, and once again debates Lebron vs Michael Jordan. Plus, Maggie reveals her childhood Clippers crush. A bang up ep from the boys! Young Person's Radio airs every Sunday morning at 10 on Radio Free Brooklyn. Listen live at radiofreebrooklyn.com or on the RFB mobile app.

Colb enlists the help of Amir Khan (UCB) to host Honey Baby Sweetie Love, a new podcast about dating in this crazy world we call New York City. Together, they interview comedian Carolyn Egan (UCB) for advice on open relationships, who we've loved the deepest (and what happened to them), and the prison that is monogamy. Young Person's Radio airs every Sunday morning at 10 on Radio Free Brooklyn. Listen live at radiofreebrooklyn.com or the RFB mobile app.

Jason Gore (UCB, The Best Show with Tom Scharpling) joins Colb for one of YPR's patented Great Conversations about struggling to stay creative during quarantine, starting out in radio in Georgia and Virginia, and the time Chris Hardwick was a huge ass backstage, all before giving us a behind-the-scenes look at some of the Best Show's most beloved episodes. One for the record books, folks! Young Person's Radio airs every Sunday morning at 10 on Radio Free Brooklyn. Listen live at radiofreebrooklyn.com or the RFB mobile app.

Comedian, podcaster extraordinaire, and long-time fan favorite Crystal Beth returns to YPR from atop a snow-capped peak in Colorado. She and Colb talk Trek, Wars, 80s porn stars, and more before Crystal shocks the world with a startling revelation. Young Person's Radio airs live every Sunday morning at 10 on Radio Free Brooklyn. Listen live at radiofreebrooklyn.com or the RFB mobile app.

Writer Jacob Bacharach (The New Republic, novels The Bend of the World, and The Doorposts of Your House and on Your Gates) joins Colb all the way from Pittsburgh to talk the mainstream media's obsession with Russia, Amazon's acquisition of Whole Foods as a metaphor for the crumbling American infrastructure, and of course, which Star Trek TNG movie is the best. A dream guest! One for the record books! Young Person's Radio airs every Sunday morning at 10 on Radio Free Brooklyn. Listen live at radiofreebrooklyn.com or the RFB mobile app.

Colb fights to stave off the quarantine boredom by calling up some of his old friends, including Molly Kiernan, Bridgette Rizkalla, Matt Strickland, and his middle school buddy Jim Cowherd. Every single one of those people are very mean to him. Young Person's Radio airs every Sunday morning at 10 on Radio Free Brooklyn. Listen live at radiofreebrooklyn.com or the RFB mobile app.

Colb continues to force Mashable Culture Reporter Chloe Bryan into music criticism! They talk initial reactions to Taylor Swift's surprise album, pop music collaborations, Phoebe Bridgers, Bruce Springsteen's poetic ode to swimming naked at night, and so much more! Young Person's Radio airs every Sunday morning at 10 on Radio Free Brooklyn. Listen live at radiofreebrooklyn.com or the RFB mobile app.

Molly Lambert (co-host of the Night Call podcast, writer for the New Yorker, the LA Times, the New York Times, and many more) joins Colb to talk interviewing Lana Del Rey, reading Eve Babitz, growing up in Los Angeles, the importance of local journalism, podcasts replacing blogs, and so much more! One of our dream guests! You're next, Jack Nicholson! Young Person's Radio airs every Sunday morning at 10 on Radio Free Brooklyn. Listen live at radiofreebrooklyn.com or the RFB mobile app.

Mary Houlihan (Broad City, Difficult People, The New Yorker) joins Colb to talk Kacey Musgraves' divorce, Port Authority dentist offices, and the artist Carolyn Swiszcz, all before expressing a desire to create the ultimate Brian Lehrer Show fan community! A perennial great guest! Young Person's Radio airs live every Sunday morning at 10 on Radio Free Brooklyn. Listen live at radiofreebrooklyn.com or the RFB mobile app.

Comedian and actual history professor Justin Williams joins Colb at long last to talk about a whole host of cultural and political topics, including the fate of the progressive movement after Bernie Sanders' primary defeat, Twitter's toxic effect on popular discourse, and even, yes, the future of Long Island City comedy club The Creek & the Cave! Plus, Justin settles the improv vs. stand-up feud once and for all! A dream guest... come true! Young Person's Radio airs every Sunday morning at 10 on Radio Free Brooklyn. Listen live at radiofreebrooklyn.com or the RFB mobile app.

Sam Taggart (HBO, Comedy Central) returns as he and Colb walk the listeners through three perfect summer days! Plus, Super Smash Bros. talk and a rapid fire version of Straightio Lab, Sam's podcast with George Civeris! What we in the industry call a "very good episode"! Young Person's Radio airs every Sunday morning at 10 on Radio Free Brooklyn. Listen live at radiofreebrooklyn.com or the RFB mobile app.

Colb revisits one of the landmark episodes of YPR, recapping the gang's trip to see the Jimmy Buffett musical, "Escape to Margaritaville," live on Broadway in May 2018. Young Person's Radio airs every Sunday morning at 10 on Radio Free Brooklyn. Listen live at radiofreebrooklyn.com or the RFB mobile app.

Emily Duncan (Epicurious) and Jon Hudson (NFL Fan Therapy) help Colb continue his quest to make the show more popular. Together, they recap the movie "Julie & Julia," get the behind the scenes scoop of Emily's very real romance novel, and more! Young Person's Radio airs every Sunday morning at 10 on Radio Free Brooklyn. Listen live at radiofreebrooklyn.org or the RFB mobile app.

Colb records on every day of the week of June 1 to chronicle the Black Lives Matter movement in Brooklyn and beyond, including recommendations for good sources for information, organizations on the front lines, the Maria Hernandez Park Vigil, his alma mater choosing this week of all weeks to beg for alumni donations, and more. Young Person's Radio airs every Sunday morning at 10 on Radio Free Brooklyn. Listen live at radiofreebrooklyn.com or the RFB mobile app.

Molly Kiernan and Amir Khan help Colb remake YPR into a popular, successful comedy podcast. Young Person's Radio airs every Sunday morning at 10 on Radio Free Brooklyn. Listen live at radiofreebrooklyn.com or the RFB mobile app.

Colb gathers the boys together once again to talk top moments from The Last Dance, ESPN's 10-episode documentary series on Michael Jordan! Plus, answers to the age-old question "Who's hotter, Phil Jackson or Toni Kukoc?" Young Person's Radio airs every Sunday morning at 10 on Radio Free Brooklyn. Listen live at radiofreebrooklyn.com or the RFB mobile app.

Comedian Paige Smith-Hogan joins Colb to list the 10 things that will make everyone feel OK! Paige sorts the events of her life into Memoir, Manifesto, or Spank Bank! Colb sings Bruce! A fun one! Young Person's Radio airs every Sunday morning at 10 on Radio Free Brooklyn. Listen live at radiofreebrooklyn.com or the RFB mobile app.

Patrick Keene (UCB) joins Colb to walk us through some of the best things streaming on the Criterion Channel, turning our brains to mush, and whether or not we think Jerry Seinfeld is good! Young Person's Radio airs every Sunday morning at 10 on Radio Free Brooklyn. Listen live at radiofreebrooklyn.com or the RFB mobile app.

Chloe Bryan (Culture Reporter for Mashable) joins Colb to discuss Meet Me in the Bathroom, Lizzy Goodman's 2017 oral history of the New York music scene from 2001-2011! They talk favorite bands, the internet's effect on the music industry, and James Murphy's insufferability! A fun one! Young Person's Radio airs every Sunday morning at 10 on Radio Free Brooklyn. Listen live at radiofreebrooklyn.com or the RFB mobile app.

Hallie Haas, Matt Strickland, Tim Keck, and Mary Kate Doherty all join Colb to weigh in on the first two episodes of The Last Dance, ESPN's ten-part documentary series about Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls. Young Person's Radio airs every Sunday morning at 10 on Radio Free Brooklyn. Listen live at radiofreebrooklyn.com or the RFB mobile app.

Hallie Haas (Comedy Central), Bridgette Rizkalla (UCB), and Colb (this show, duh) talk staying out all night, how they're going to spend their lavish stimulus checks, and Hallie's PhD thesis on podcasting! Plus, the world premiere of the new song, "Talking to the Buildings (Bridgette Does)"! A blast and a half! Young Person's Radio airs every Sunday morning at 10 on Radio Free Brooklyn. Listen live at radiofreebrooklyn.com or the RFB mobile app.

Trevor Lyon (College Humor) and Amir Khan (UCB) join Colb to talk professional wrestling with no audience, the greatest Maryland-ers of all time, and gaming during the apocalypse. Young Person's Radio airs every Sunday morning at 10 on Radio Free Brooklyn. Listen live at radiofreebrooklyn.com or the RFB mobile app.

Colb and Loyal Caller Tim Keck call Trevor Lyon and Marika Zappas to check in on how the Los Angeles real estate market is responding to the coronavirus crisis. Young Person's Radio airs every Sunday morning at 10 on Radio Free Brooklyn. Listen live at radiofreebrooklyn.com or the RFB mobile app.

The radio studio is closed for obvious reasons, so Colb calls up Loyal Caller Tim Keck to talk early days in New York, how professional wrestling is addressing the pandemic, and the definitive ranking of late night hosts. Young Person's Radio airs every Sunday morning at 10 on Radio Free Brooklyn. Listen live at radiofreebrooklyn.com or the RFB mobile app.

Welcome to 'The Full Monty Don," the show were Colby Smith, Tim Keck, and Hallie Haas review every episode of British gardening show 'Big Dreams, Small Spaces,' hosted by--who else?--Monty Don. In this episode, our hosts discuss the series pilot, including best and worst couple moments, villain of the episode, and what they would include in their dream gardens. Young Person's Radio airs every Sunday morning at 10 on Radio Free Brooklyn. Listen live at radiofreebrooklyn.com or the RFB mobile app.

Ginny Sanborn makes her third appearance on YPR to talk watching ABC's 'Lost' for the first time, making Spotify playlists of high school jams, and the sandwiches at Court Street Market! Predictions! New Segments! Plus, a straight up improv scene! It must be heard to be believed! Young Person's Radio airs every Sunday morning at 10 on Radio Free Brooklyn. Listen live at radiofreebrooklyn.com or the RFB mobile app.

Jon Hudson (Actor, Fencer) returns to the studio to share some of the acting secrets he's learned in his Meisner class. Together, they perform landmark two-man scenes from Heat, Glengary Glenn Ross, and more. Plus, the latest installment of Tim Keck's Favorite Smells. A veritable feast for your ears. Young Person's Radio airs every Sunday morning at 10 on Radio Free Brooklyn. Listen live at radiofreebrooklyn.com or the RFB mobile app.

Bridgette Rizkalla (UCB) returns to the studio to help Colb debut the show's ~*new segments*~, like Predictions for the Week, Irrelevant Bullshit, History Lessons, and more! Plus, a veritable Rogue's Gallery of Callers, including Hallie Haas, Alex Song, and many more! A barn burner of an episode! Young Person's Radio airs every Sunday morning at 10 on Radio Free Brooklyn. Listen live at radiofreebrooklyn.com or the RFB mobile app.

Film at Lincoln Center's Maddie Whittle returns to the studio to run through the frontrunners in this year's Oscar race, add fuel to the "Sandler Was Snubbed" fire, drag 1917, and more! Tim Keck's Top 10 Smells! A call from Benoit Blanc! Young Person's Radio airs every Sunday morning at 10 on Radio Free Brooklyn. Listen live at radiofreebrooklyn.com or the RFB mobile app.

Tim Keck (@spotornotfood) returns to the studio to dive into the deep pool that is sports betting. He and Colb field bets on the Super Bowl, report on the great new Taylor Swift documentary, and sing the national anthem! A call from No Drama Jon! Tim's Character Reel! More! Young Person's Radio airs every Sunday morning at 10 on Radio Free Brooklyn. Listen live at radiofreebrooklyn.com or the RFB mobile app.

Rolling Stone Magazine's Andy Greene (!!) joins Colb in the studio to absolutely go off on Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan, and Elton John... but especially Elton John. They talk seeing Bruce more than 100 times, Dylan's yearly runs at the Beacon Theater, the time Elton yelled at Andy on the phone, and so much more. An bonafide dream guest! Young Person's Radio airs every Sunday morning at 10 on Radio Free Brooklyn. Listen live at radiofreebrooklyn.com or the RFB mobile app.

Fran Hoepfner (The Onion/Clickhole) and Rebecca Bulnes (Classroom Crush) return to the studio to fix the Oscar nominations with a round of Joker Roulette! They can add a nominee to any category, but every time they do, 'Joker' wins an award. Fates are tempted, friendships are tested, and 'You Were Never Really Here' is stanned! Young Person's Radio airs every Sunday morning at 10 on Radio Free Brooklyn. Listen live at radiofreebrooklyn.com or the RFB mobile app.

Joe Friedman joins Colb in the studio to take the listeners to ice cream school! Young Person's Radio airs every Sunday morning at 10 on Radio Free Brooklyn. Listen live at radiofreebrooklyn.com or the RFB mobile app.