Podcasts about marc maron's wtf

The lines were piping hot for this episode. The show kicks off with the “Chairman of the Entertainment Committee” Chris Maddock calling in to talk about Carl Sagan and shooting the Beatles into space. And then phones lines really light up when comedy's darling SAM TALLENT calls in to help Robert and Steve work out some of their own premises. Sam is fresh off the publishing of his ultra-popular novel “Running the Light”. He's a great writer and a dynamic performer and we were lucky to have him! The show closes with a fan calling in with some rather disturbing news...COMEDY MAINLINE!If you like this episode and want access to all of our episodes including exclusive bonus content and extra special episodes please subscribe to our PATREON at www.patreon.com/writersblockshow

The boys open up the phone lines again for their 2nd installment of “COMEDY MAINLINE!” A show where anything goes and you never know who might call in. This week's episode features a call from the affable and always hilarious Dave Ross. Dave is one of the most established comics in the Los Angeles comedy scene. He's appeared on Comedy Central's “This is Not Happening,” “Drunk History,” and he's a fairly regular guest on Marc Maron's "WTF." As usual, the show covers a wide range of topics including briefs, charcoal toothpaste, air conditioners, and porn.If you like this episode and want access to all of our episodes including exclusive bonus content and extra special episodes please subscribe to our PATREON at www.patreon.com/writersblockshow.

Amber Preston hops onto the block with the boys. Amber started her stand-up career in Minneapolis at the prestigious Acme Comedy Company. The very same place Robert and Steve were bored into the comedy world. She's a fantastic comedian. Marc Maron called her one of the top 5 comedians to watch and was a guest on his ultra-popular podcast "WTF." We explored how body odors and secretions relate to our politicians, 16-year-old voters, doctors without manners, Only Fans for doctors, and everyone's favorite creepy childhood game "Kiss or Kill." If you like this episode and want access to all of our episodes including exclusive bonus content and extra special episodes please subscribe to our PATREON at www.patreon.com/writersblockshow

Kim Gordon – Sonic Youth pioneer, visual artist, former dance student, political activist, fashion label owner, some-time actor, author and solo musician – somehow found some time to speak with Stuart Stubbs about art, life and crying.Kim's Bernie Sanders video:https://twitter.com/KimletGordon/status/1234620661487697921Kim in Gossip Girl:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKeScyZ4muMKim on Marc Maron's WTF podcast:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1ZRECDjL9g See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

James Adomian presents an advanced copy of an upcoming episode of Marc Maron's WTF podcast with special guest Rip Taylor. Plus ads for a NeverEnding Story theme park and My Pillow AND an exclusive karaoke performance of the classic Cars song "Drive" by My Pillow founder and rightwing megadonor Mike Lindell. Plus James talks to actor/comedian Sam Pancake (Will & Grace, Search Party, We Are Special Bitches).Created by and starring James AdomianArt by Barry BlankenshipTheme song by Henry KoperskiSupport The Underculture on Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/theundercultureFollow The Underculture:https://www.instagram.com/underculturepodhttps://twitter.com/theunderculturehttps://www.facebook.com/TheUndercultureThe Underculture with James Adomian is a Forever Dog podcast:https://foreverdogproductions.com/fdpn/podcasts/the-underculture

Amber is our first American guest on High Anxiety. She is a comedian and the author of the brilliant book Sober Stick Figure - we've even added a link so you can have a look at it https://g.co/kgs/qKg6ru Get the book and read it. It's the insanely funny story about Amber's struggle with alcohol. Yup, it's hilarious and about alcoholism.Amber is brilliantly candid about her addiction, her whirlwind romance with her new husband, the pointlessness of social media and the hypocrisy of really wanting to be popular on social media. Thankfully Amber has a following of 64,000 followers; hopefully some of them will give us a leg up.There is a top quality Envelope Of Hate this week with a clanger of a clue given away almost instantly. We also lay into noisy eaters, dating apps and trying to be funny when you're happy and in love. Follow us on @anxietypod and be sure to show some love to @AmberTozer She was on Marc Maron's WTF! FFS... Pffft.

Comedian, Host of the 'Here We Are' Podcast, and psychedelic traveler of time and space Shane Mauss joins the No Simple Road Crew as our guest this week! Shane spent some time with us talking about integrating his myriad psychedelic experiences, some practical advice on how to come down from the mountaintop, who the 'God Of Farts' actually is, and so much more I'd be summarizing all afternoon.Originally from Wisconsin, Shane Mauss caught his first break when he was awarded ‘Best Stand-Up” at The HBO US Comedy Arts Festival in 2007. This led to his TV debut and first of five appearances on Conan. Since that time, he’s been on Jimmy Kimmel, Showtime, Comedy Central 'Presents' and 'This Is Not Happening'. For over a decade he has been headlining shows all over the world.Shane has also been a guest on podcasts such as You Made It Weird, Marc Maron's WTF, Duncan Trussell’s Family Hour, The Joe Rogan Experience, Never Not Funny, Bertcast, TOFOP, Crabfeast, and Keith and The Girl. He also travels the country interviewing scientists about the meanings of life for his own podcast 'Here We Are'. We are extremely honored and grateful to have him as our guest! I know you're gonna dig this one!Make sure to check out Shane's website for tour dates, news, and links to 'Here We Are'SHOW CREDITS:ENGINEERNORMAN MARSTON (norman7norman7@gmail.com) co-owner/operator of Wall of Sound Recording Chicago, ILWall of Sound Recording of FBand @wallofsound_recording on IGPRODUCERJUSTIN ELROD (justin.g.elrod@gmail.com)MUSICIntro Music - 'No Simple Road' written and performed by 'THE HIGGS' Check them out at: thehiggsmusic.comOutro Music by: THE CHILLDREN OF INDIGOCheck out their website chilldrenofindigo.comcheck out this amazing video created exclusively for NSR!REDDIT AND OTHER COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENTCOREY HURST (u/DogKnees2001 over on Reddit)LOGO DESIGNS AND RELATED ARTWORKJust Elrod (NSR Hand Logo)@wickedawesome (NSR Skulls)@hairofthewolf (NSR Van Logo)***Leave us a 5 star review on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, or Google Play so more of us can find out about the show and this thing grows into a juggernaut of love, and laughs, and exploration of this long strange trip we call life***JOIN THE NO SIMPLE ROAD FAMILY! Become a Patron through Patreon.com You can give as little or as much as you'd like and earn our everlasting appreciation and assist in realizing the vision of our collective.Follow us on Instagram: @nosimpleroad and remember to #nosimpleroad your pics, videos, merch, streams, whatever...Drop a "Like" and subscribe over on our NSR YouTube ChannelNo Simple Road is part of the OSIRIS PODCASTING Family. Osiris is a growing community of music and culture podcasts, connecting music fans like you with conversation, commentary, and music. Check out osirispod.com to see more of our family of... See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Ian and Chris discuss scumbags, acting, and the business of comedy.  Check out Ian on Marc Maron's WTF pod! Hit us up on Instagram, Facebook or Twitter and let us know what you think of the show.  NBR will be released on Fridays from now on.  Enjoy!

I loved this conversation. Leah Rachocki is a certified rolfer here in Cleveland. We talk about: -What is Rolfing? -How did she get started in Rolfing? -The fact that we don't have to accept the pain we are in. We can choose to release it. -Everything in our body has a job. And more! Some books Leah is loving: -The Hidden Life of Trees by Wohlleben, published by Greystone/David Suzuki Institute -The Overstory by Richard Powers -Norse Mythology by Neil Gaimans -Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey -A Naturalist at Large by Bernd Heinrich Podcasts she is loving: -Leah mentioned this episode on Marc Maron's WTF with Julia-Louis Dreyfus: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7mlzIHR9PE -On Being With Krista Tippt, specifically the episode with Elizabeth Gilbert -Bliss and Grace -Joe Rogan Experience -A recent episode she really liked on this podcast was with Jesse Itzler Leah was a guest on this podcast: https://www.radiofreepalmer.org/2012/03/17/bridge-to-everywhere-with-guest-leah-rachocki/ Connect with Leah: Website: http://clevelandrolfing.com/ Instagram: @leahrachocki E-mail: leah@clevelandrolfing.com Connect with me: Instagram: museroompodcast Search for the secret Facebook group: *SECRET* Muse Room E-mail: museroompodcast@gmail.com

Bill has been in numerous television shows including American Horror Story, Parks and Rec, Modern Family, The Office, Desperate Housewives, Law and Order, and many others. His movies include Taking Woodstock directed by Ang Lee, and Brave New Jersey with Tony Hale. He has also booked over 50 national commercials which has allowed him to visit Buenos Aires, hang out with James Gandolfini, and get naked on 43rd Street. He also teaches acting in New York, Los Angeles, Portland, and Detroit. If you are interested in classes, take a look at www.theworkingactorsolution.com SHOW NOTES -  Bill's Website: www.BillCoelius.com Working Actor Solution Website: www.TheWorkingActorSolution.com Email:  info@theworkingactorsolution.com Twitter: @BillCoelius Bill gives a shout out to two people that have helped him be a better actor and acting teacher: John Osborne Hughes and Dallas Travers. The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment by Eckhart Tolle The Leadership Playbook: Become Your Team's Most Valuable Leader by Jamy Bechler Bill enjoys listening to Marc Maron's WTF podcast and Radio Labs podcast. Today's podcast is brought to you by audible - get a FREE audiobook download and 30-day free trial at www.audibletrial.com/SuccessIsAChoice. Over 180,000 titles to choose from for your iPhone, Android, Kindle or mp3 player, including books from previous podcast guests Kelly Roach, Micheal Burt, Pat Williams, Jeremie Kubicek, and John Brubaker.  

This week we discuss the new Ghostbusters remake and what we think, we get some directing advice from William Friedkin from Marc Maron's WTF podcast and give our thoughts, and we discuss how we use playback and why we think it's important.

George talks with Kliph Nesteroff, author of The Comedians: Drunks, Thieves and Scoundrels, and the History of American Comedy, about his encounters with comedy legends, and the career boost that came with appearing as a guest on Marc Maron's WTF podcast.

Yes, it’s me. Marc Hershon. Your host and drum major for Epi114 — the Labor Day Edition — of Succotash, the Comedy Podcast Podcast. And it’s another Succotash Clips installment – loading you up with a lot of clips because in a few weeks I’ll be down at the 4th Annual LA Podcast Festival, and I will have a pile of interviews from our stakeout in the SquareSpace Podcast Lab. which means we should have some bodacious Succotash Chats upon my return. I’ve harvested some of this episodes clips, while others have been sent in by comedy podcasters just like you…if you’re a comedy podcaster, that is. Of course, if you’re a listener to a comedy podcast you like, you can drop me a line, at marc@SuccotashShow.com and let us know the show you like. Then I can send our erstwhile Associate Producer Tyson Saner out to clip an episode from it. And for you comedy podcasters, you can even upload you clip directly to us via our upload link: http://hightail.com/u/succotash. On the show this time around we’re featuring clips from Broken Filter, Geek Blast, Grabbing Lunch, 98 Problems, Rude Alchemy, Stab!, and Tall Tales with our friend Abner Serd. Bursts O' Durst We also have a double dose of Durst, this episode, with resident political comedian and social commentator Will Durst, with two of our Burst O’ Durst segments. Will is pointing out the benefits of the looonnnnnnggggg Presidential election campaign, and then he's got a special Labor Day Burst heading your way. In addition this show, we have a visit to the Podcast Graveyard, a brand new Henderson’s Pants commercial and a dip into the ol’ TweetSack. Appearing Live Coming up live this month, on Thursday evening, September 17th, I’ll be hosting an evening of inspirational and informative speakers as part of the TedX Marin event. I’m just there to keep things moving –but it’s a great slate of speakers that you can’t see because I just found out the event is sold out. So why am I telling you about it? Bragging, probably. Then, right after that, Friday through Sunday, September 18th through 20th, I’ll be – as I said – at the LA Podfest. And you can be there, too, because that is NOT sold out! Tix and deets at http://lapodfest.com. And you can look for me with our Succotash merch, mics and mayhem in the SquareSpace Podcast Lab. Put Your Eyes Where Your Ears Are We’ve been putting out a little webazine the past couple of months, The Succotash Daily. It’s aggregated content around podcasts and comedy and, sometimes, comedy websites. You can check it out and subscribe at http://hersh.co/dailysucc, and it will be delivered to your inbox every morning. Podcast Graveyard I chose to exhume this episode’s Podcast Graveyard victim, The Comedy Buffet, because I realized I hadn’t heard from Michael Powell, the host of the podcast for a while, nor had I seen any tweets from the show. Turns out it went tits up a while back – Mike contacted me to let me know he’d just gotten kind of bored with it, but that he’s cooking up some new concept and may be back with a different show soon. He’s done a great job of hiding the body, as I was having a lot of trouble trying to find a past show to clip, but then I remembered that we’d featured The Comedy Buffet way back in 2011, in our epi number SEVEN. In the clip, Michael chats about diabetes with his guests, Jason and Jesse, from the Van Full of Candy podcast. (Haven't heard from VFoC for a while, either — are they next up in the graveyard???) Clips Rude AlchemyThis past week, for my podcast review on Splitsider and the Huffington Post, rather than just listen to a single episode of a show, I gobbled up the entire third season of a podcast called Rude Alchemy. The season is only five episodes, and they’re pretty short, so I don’t want you thinking I was really going crazy. The title for the season is The Plague Clowns, and it’s a really well put-together show. Solid writing and performances, a layered story – TWO stories, really – which is compelling enough to make you want to binge listen the hell out of it. Grabbing LunchPodcasters who are wondering about good ways to get clipped on Succotash obviously don’t listen enough to realize that if you can somehow feature me or Succotash on your podcast, that will sually do the trick. I was in LA a couple of months ago and was invited to chow down by Matt Knudsen, the host of the Grabbing Lunch podcast, at Izzy’s Deli in Santa Monica. We were joined by friend-of-Succotash Cole Stratton, the co-host of the Pop My Culture podcast and co-founder of the San Francisco Sketchfest. It was a wide-ranging chat – we even talked about Matt’s Hungarian in-laws… Geek BlastSuccotash suddenly started getting a lot of Twitter love from Corrosive Radio, which has a couple of shows streaming on internet radio, which is podcasting’s cousin. Even though they’re not technically podcasts, I thought I’d pay their kindness forward and offer you a clip from a past Geek Blast show, where they had guest Clark Gregg, who stars as Agent Coulson on Marvel’s Agents of Shield. Stab!I don’t know a whole lot about Stab!, one of the only podcasts with an exclamation point in the title. It’s excerpted from a live comedy show by the same name in the Sacramento, California, area. The detail on the show on iTunes says, “This rapid fire comedy panel show about everything gives 4 comedians 3 days to write their own personal spins on six different topics.” The hosts are John Ross and Jesse Jones. And Jesse was savvy enough to use our direct upload link to send us this clip from a past show, where the topic was ISIS.  98 ProblemsWe’ve had a few of our recent tweets kindly retweeted by the boys of the 98 Problems podcast. So I figured I’d do ‘em a solid and clip a recent episode. When I went up to their homesite,I didn’t find a whole lot of information about the guys themselves. There’s Mike and Alex on the show. And a lot of references to Sammy. No other specifics, like last names or anything like that. So I went with what I heard: a clip, entitled “Drop Your Trousers”. Tall Tales & Shaggy DogsAt the tail end of Succotash in the past couple of episodes, I’ve played songs by a listener and contributor named Abner Serd. The songs are…well, rather unique. It turns out that Abner has a collection of stories out there, available via iTunes, and it’s in the podcast section on iTunes. Called Tall Tales & Shaggy Dogs, it’s a very loosely wrapped bit of business with a bunch of different stories and such. We're featuring a selection called Arithmefiction. (And if you hang in 'til after Bill Heywatt wraps up the show, you'll be treated to another Serd song, My Dog Blue.) Broken FilterThe last podclip for this episode comes from yet another show that started retweeting us out of the kindness of their hearts. Broken Filter is a once-a-week Internet radio show over on http://ZenLive.tv, and it features hosts JoeRockstar and Jonesy (are those their REAL names, do you think?) They're live every Tuesday night at 8 PM — I think that’s East Coast time. I clipped a recent installment featuring Dave Pounder, the author of Obscene Thoughts. He's also a porn producer of some renown as well as a former adult film star. By The Way Incidentally, if you’re looking to get YOUR comedy podcast reviewed by one of the gang at This Week In Comedy Podcasts, you can send an email to podcasts@splitsider.com. That will go out to the whole group of us that contribute to the column and you stand a better chance of having someone want to review your show. Extra Bits John Eder, the brains behind the To The Manor Borne By Robots podcast, informs us that his show is in the finals of the 2015 LA Weekly Best Of Competition, in the Best Podcast category. Which is pretty high honors – it's competing with Marc Maron's WTF and The Tom Leykis Show. Let's help him win this - but we only have until September 9th to vote! Go to http://readerschoice.laweekly.com and do your thing! In closing this week, even though no one ever clicks on our Donate button anymore at http://SuccotashShow.com, nor buys anything from our webstore at http://hersh.co/succotashery, I feel it's my duty to make you aware that it IS within your power to help me pay for this relentless piledriver of a show, the sole purpose of which is to spread the word about comedy podcasts near and far. We also have an Amazon banner at the top of the page which generates kickbacks whenever someone uses it to shop at Amazon but, as far as I know, only Phil Leirness over at Chillpak Hollywood Hour uses it. Feel free to avail yourself of that avenue of Succotash support if you so desire. And if you have no disposable income to shower upon us, your moral support in the way of ratings and reviews at iTunes, "thumbs ups" at Stitcher, Likes on our Facebook page, or hearts over at SoundCloud go a long way to putting smiles on the faces of me, producer Joe Paulino, announcer Bill Heywatt, and Associate Producer Tyson Saner. Until we hit your earholes again, thanks for passing the Succotash. — Marc Hershon

For the archives and to sign-up for book updates:   http://www.influencereconomy.com/book/   Brian Koppelman joined Stories From the Influencer Economy as this week's guest. I originally recorded this episode at Brian's office in New York City last fall.  We talked in detail about creativity, podcasting, and finding that curiousity for what gets you motivated and inspired.   Brian is the co-writer of films such as Rounders and Ocean's Thirteen, as well as the co-director of the Emmy Award winning "30 for 30," film on Jimmy Connors This is What They Want.    Brian is an avid podcast listener and"loves the intimacy of the conversations ." He talks about how Marc Maron's WTF inspired him to get into podcasting. Brian also details how he connected Bill Simmons and Dave Jacoby of Grantland, and how The Moment podcast came to be.     He was invited on the show to talk about his creative process around filmmaking, and his embracing of social media in the digital age.  As a creator, he has launched many big ideas online...   Brian also created the extremely popular "Six Second Screenwriting Tips" on Vine.  The Vine series came out of questions received from Twitter.  He created one Vine every day (for 300 days), and one Vine has over 20 million loops.  The videos were focused on the idea of “giving yourself permission to create.”    He recently completed a TV series with Paul Giamatti for Showtime called Billions.  Billions, the setting is the financial industry in New York.  He collaborated with his long time writing/directing partner David Levien and Andrew Ross Sorkin.  Quotes:   “I’ve never calculated one part of my work. I’ve always just led with what fascinates me.  That’s why having the conversations is easy too. That’s what led to every movie… All this came from only being obsessed with chasing down my passions and being unrelenting with the desire to be able to tell my children that I fought to live the creative life I wanted to live and that they could do the same.”  •   “I want all the things that I say to be things that I believe and have some value.” •   “I actually don’t think that there is such a thing as remarkable people; people are the result of the actions that they take and then how they process the feedback from those actions.”    •   "A blocked artist is probably a bad wife or husband.”      Connect: •   Brian on Twitter:  https://twitter.com/briankoppelman •   Brian on Vine:  https://vine.co/briankoppelman •   Brian's website:  http://briankoppelman.com   •   At the end of the show, he suggests that you watch his film Solitary Man: http://www.solitarymanmovie.com

Yakov Smirnoff came to the United States from Russia in the 70s and, landing in Los Angeles, literally lived at The Comedy Store in Hollywood where he began to develop his stand-up act. Rocketing to fame in the 80s Yakov was everywhere - The Tonight Show, in movies, his own sitcom and in commercials. But with the fall of the Berlin Wall and the cooling of the Cold War, Yakov's Russian-in-America act and persona began to lose its relevance and impact. In the process of reinventing himself a faltering marriage drove him to learn more - about love, laughter and how those things go hand-in-hand. Yakov's journey includes revitalization in, of all places, Branson, Missouri, getting a degree from an Ivy League school, becoming a professor  and now regularly going up at his old "home" The Comedy Store and bringing a new act and new perspective to appreciative audiences. To hear more about his early years a great companion piece to this podcast would be Marc Maron's WTF conversation with Yakov, which you can get here as a subscriber, or listen on YouTube here. Yakov will be appearing at The Saban Theatre in Beverly Hills on August 16th, as well as heading back to his 2000 seat theater in Branson in late September through early December, and will be shooting a PBS special, "Happily Ever Laughter" to air in early 2016. Get more info about Yakov and his performing schedule at Yakov.com and you can follow him on Twitter @yakov_smirnoff Enjoy! -LM Yakov was everywhere in the mid-80s...even in a Miller Lite commercial...

Yakov Smirnoff came to the United States from Russia in the 70s and, landing in Los Angeles, literally lived at The Comedy Store in Hollywood where he began to develop his stand-up act. Rocketing to fame in the 80s Yakov was everywhere - The Tonight Show, in movies, his own sitcom and in commercials. But with the fall of the Berlin Wall and the cooling of the Cold War, Yakov's Russian-in-America act and persona began to lose its relevance and impact. In the process of reinventing himself a faltering marriage drove him to learn more - about love, laughter and how those things go hand-in-hand. Yakov's journey includes revitalization in, of all places, Branson, Missouri, getting a degree from an Ivy League school, becoming a professor  and now regularly going up at his old "home" The Comedy Store and bringing a new act and new perspective to appreciative audiences. To hear more about his early years a great companion piece to this podcast would be Marc Maron's WTF conversation with Yakov, which you can get here as a subscriber, or listen on YouTube here. Yakov will be appearing at The Saban Theatre in Beverly Hills on August 16th, as well as heading back to his 2000 seat theater in Branson in late September through early December, and will be shooting a PBS special, "Happily Ever Laughter" to air in early 2016. Get more info about Yakov and his performing schedule at Yakov.com and you can follow him on Twitter @yakov_smirnoff Enjoy! -LM Yakov was everywhere in the mid-80s...even in a Miller Lite commercial...

Brian Koppelman joins The Influencer Economy as this week's guest.  Brian is the co-writer of films such as Rounders and Ocean's Thirteen, as well as the co-director of the Emmy Award winning "30 for 30," film on Jimmy Connors This is What They Want. Ryan met Brian on a trip to NYC, and they spoke in Brian's New York office.   He's also a prolific podcast host and hosts a show called The Moment, a weekly podcast that is part of the Grantland network.  Brian is interested in the way people accomplish remarkable things and how they process the big moments in their lives.  That is the thesis of the show.   http://www.influencereconomy.com   He was invited on the show to talk about his creative process around filmmaking, and his embracing of social media in the digital age.  As a creator, he has launched many big ideas online, and is a defining member of The Influencer Economy.    Brian also created the extremely popular "Six Second Screenwriting Tips" on Vine.  The Vine series came out of questions received from Twitter.  He created one Vine every day (for 300 days), and one Vine has over 20 million loops.  The videos were focused on the idea of “giving yourself permission to create.”    Brian is an avid podcast listener and"loves the intimacy of the conversations ." He talks about how Marc Maron's WTF inspired him to get into podcasting. Brian also details how he connected Bill Simmons and Dave Jacoby of Grantland, and how The Moment podcast came to be.    He is currently working on a series for Showtime and shooting the pilot in the beginning of next year.  The show title: Billions, the setting is the financial industry in New York.  He is collaborating with his long time writing/directing partner David Levien and Andrew Ross Sorkin.    Quotes: •   “I’ve never calculated one part of my work. I’ve always just led with what fascinates me.  That’s why having the conversations is easy too. That’s what led to every movie… All this came from only being obsessed with chasing down my passions and being unrelenting with the desire to be able to tell my children that I fought to live the creative life I wanted to live and that they could do the same.”  •   “I want all the things that I say to be things that I believe and have some value.” •   “I actually don’t think that there is such a thing as remarkable people; people are the result of the actions that they take and then how they process the feedback from those actions.”    •   "A blocked artist is probably a bad wife or husband.”      Connect: •   Brian on Twitter:  https://twitter.com/briankoppelman •   Brian on Vine:  https://vine.co/briankoppelman •   Brian's website:  http://briankoppelman.com •   At the end of the show, he suggests that you watch his film Solitary Man: http://www.solitarymanmovie.com  

Earwolf's Jeff Ullrich joined me on the show to talk about how he launched the Earwolf podcast network, with his business partner Scott Aukerman.  We speak about how the role of talent, producer, and entrepreneur are all merging in the world of media.  Shows you may have heard of: Comedy Bang Bang, Sklarbro Country, and Jeff's podcast The Wolf Den, are produced in-house at Earwolf.  He also founded The Mid Roll, which is a advertising tool for artists to monetize their shows.  Nerdist, Marc Maron's WTF, and an entire network of shows leverage The Mid Roll product.     We talked about how he got to 1,000 true fans for his early podcasts, how the innovator's dilemma inspired him to create the business.   He's built a podcast network with over 7 million monthly downloads, and over 10 million in revenue, it's an inspiring conversation.     The Mid Roll:  http://www.themidroll.com Earwolf:  http://earwolf.com Jeff's Wolf Den Podcast:  http://www.earwolf.com/show/wolf-den/

Talk about an everybody wins situation for a Thanksgiving nugget o' gift from Comedy, Food, Sports!  We interview two hilarious A-list comedians and we don't even talk non-sense in between!  This probably the greatest thing since mashed potatoes came in powdered form. Philly native Todd Glass is up first and he had one of the top five best interviews in Comedy, Food, Sports' one year plus reign as the top Philly based Comedy, Food, Sports podcast.  For those of you that don't know, not long ago Todd came out on Marc Maron's WTF podcast at the age of 40-something.  Almost everyone in the comedy community always knew, but the rest of the world did not. This was very ground breaking on many levels and Todd explains it all to us from why he waited to what it meant to him to the feedback he's received since and so on.  It's a very uplifting and powerful talk and it's a must hear if you're hiding anything from your family or friends or co-workers or whatever it might be.    Todd will be Helium tonight (almost sold out) along with two shows on Friday and Saturday.  Go to www.heliumcomedy.com for tickets and for more info on Todd, go to www.toddglass.com and be sure to follow him on Twitter @toddglass  Next up is Christian Finnegan most notably from The Chappelle Show and VH-1's Best Week Ever and "I Love the ..." series.  Christian talks about his music based podcast called "Audio Spackle", his abosulute vitrial of all New England based sports teams, drinking Genny Cream Ale and his love for the band Diarhea Planet.  Christian will be at Helium next weekend here in Philly and keep an eye for his comedy special coming out on Netflix in the coming months.  For more info go to www.christianfinnegan.com and follow him on Twitter @ChristFinnegan Upcoming guests include Philly's own Chris Cotton and Dave Temple (in studio), a possible MONSTER guest and few others we can't quite talk about yet. Comedy, Food, Sports t-shirts are on their way and the only way to get them before Christmas is to enter our contest (which means you actually have to listen to the first 40 seconds of the show) before the end of the month. Other announcements for big things next year will be coming out soon, but until then enjoy these interviews and support Philly's comedy scene!

The incredibly funny Lucas Molandes joins us for episode #20 of Austin Sessions! Lucas was Funniest Person in Austin in 2010, has performed on Comedy Central's Live At Gotham, and he's been a guest on two episodes of Marc Maron's WTF. 

This epi is really a mixed bag. No interview this time around, but plenty o' clippage. Including two of the biggest big names in show biz, stuff from across the pond in the UK. And a song — more or less — from past guest and Friend of the Succotash Fred Stoller, all about a podcast interview gone wrong. Are podcasts changing the way people relate with each other? The more of them I listen to, the more I believe that it may turn out to be doing so, slowly but surely. We've got a clip from one show where a host returns after a stay in a mental health facility and I talk a bit about how such a thing used to be something shameful, not to be discussed. The way the others on the show treat the situation takes a lot of the gravitas out of the proceedings. (You may heard about comedian Todd Glass and his recent visit to Marc Maron's WTF podcast, where he chose to reveal that he is not a heterosexual. Again, a fascinating (and brave) approach to breaking social convention wide open.) As trumpeted in the headline for this epi, our booth announcer Bill Haywatt returns for a Boozin' With Bill segment. His featured drink, "Life & Death", takes so long to prepare that we end up playing a couple of clips before drinking this most recent concoction. Follow the directions and prepare the recipe at your own risk. You can now get Succotash all over yourself by patronizing our webstore and grabbing some of our merch over at the Succotashery. If you don't want to help us to keep the show going that way, perhaps you'd consider giving our Donate button a click and shoot us some bucks. It's right on our site, on the right. Here's a rundown of this epi's clips. Click their titles for links to their home sites or check iTunes or Stitcher Smart Radio for the episodes... Here's The ThingCatch a few minutes of superstar actor Alec Baldwin, slumming in podcastland and interviewing superstar executive producer Lorne Michaels. Baldwin talks about his experience of hosting Michael's baby, Saturday Night Live, and does he say the writers raped him? You'll have to listen... IllusionoidThis show is fast becoming a favorite of mine — some shows I listen to just for the clips, favorites I catch every week — and these Toronto-based improvisors (Paul Bates, Lee Smart and Nug Nahrgang) JUST took the coveted Globehead Improv Tournament championship for 2012. In this clip, they are joined by Whose Line Is It Anyway alum Colin Machrie. The Last Podcaster StandingAs mentioned above, this clip earmarks an interesting milestone in comedy podcasting: A near-straight forward account with a regular kind of guy revealing the depths of the difficulty of dealing with everyday life. To the point where the guy — TK1 — checked himself into a mental hospital. His sympathetic-yet-laughing confederates on the show (Grant, Jason, Joe, Tom, and Stephanie) make his re-entry as painless as four cut-ups possibly can, one imagines. Van Full Of CandyThe guys from VFOC are trying their hands (mouths?) at livecasting (as opposed to podcasting) and I happened to be privy to their "Episode Zero" test of the system over at Blog Talk Radio. So I called in to see how it was going. I Am IdiotOver in London,  three blokes (Howard, Keith and Ben) are I Am Idiot.They shot this clip over to me and most of the action deals with a little mind game they like to call "Impossible Choices". Self-Help For StonersAuthor Robert "Chazz" Chute has turn the topic (and title) of one of his books, Self-Help For Stoners, in a platform (and title) for a podcast. Here we catch a blast from his Letters section. (Wonder if he's going to turn another of his tomes into podcast fodder? It's got a great title: Death & Mind Control (For Fun And Profit). Nick Creeps On PeepsThere's a podcast for everything, as is proven by Nick Gauss, host/stalker of NCOP. In this clip, he's joined by one of his co-hosts from the other podcast he's involved with, Divided by Zero. In each edition, Nick stakes out some person to watch in a public place, then riffs on what they're doing and what their lives must be like. Burst O' DurstOr, rather, BURSTS O' Durst. We've got a double header this week — one in the first half, one in the second. Politicomic Will Durst supplies us with straight unadulterated comic views of first White House resident Barack Obama's State of the Union address and then the GOP Soap Opera that IS the run-up to this year's presidential election. In addition to the clips, we've got promos from Chillpak Hollywood Hour, the UK's Badger's Briefcase, and The Thrilling Adventure Hour (with Superego). And, of course, a word from our perennial sponsor Henderson's Pants. That's it. Fingers tired now. Go, friends, and pass the Succotash! — Marc Hershon

It's January, which is S.F. Sketchfest time in San Francisco. Now in it's 11th year, Sketchfest has bcome a Big Deal in the national sketch scene, taking place in multiple venues across the city with over a hundred shows. And with some very big names gracing the stage — this year bigger than ever —the festival has gained massive attention. That was one great reason to have Cole Stratton as our guest, as he is the co-founder and co-organizer of the event. If you've never had a chance to check out S.F. Sketchfest and you're within driving distance of The City By The Bay, you should definitely try to get in to see at least one of the shows (if you can still get tickets - many of the bigger name shows sell out quick!) For the full lineup, hop over to http://SFSketchFest.com.  The other great reason to have Cole on is that he's also the co-founder and co-host of Pop My Culture, a very popular podcast that's about ten years younger than Sketchfest. It made a bunch of Top 10 Podcast lists last year and just fell in as one of fleet of p'casts under the Nerdist banner. Cole and his co-host, Vanessa Ragland, make for an engaging team and have had an impressive lineup of comic and celebrity guests on their show. It's always a little more fun for me to have a fellow podcaster on a Succotash 'sode (the last time was Epi8 with Rob Celli from What Duvet Said), because they're invited to chime in on the various clips that we feature. Normally we don't play as many clips when we interview a guest but, this being one of our out-of-Studio-P interviews means that the guiding hand of engineer/producer Joe Paulino wasn't there to keep me more professional. so we have ten clips, a Burst O' Durst, a classic Henderson's Pants commercial...and the episode runs 17 minutes over our usual one hour time. We also have a Skypversation with Kelly Carlin, spoken word performer and friend-of-the-show, who is performing her show A Carlin Home Companion at S.F. Sketchfest on Friday, January 27th. Succotash News: We have merchandise! What's a podcast, after all,without something to try to sell you? Now we have it! There's not much in the "Succotashery" so far — several styles of t-shirts, coffee mugs hats and some other stuff, all sporting the spiffy new Succotash logo. We'll bring more stuff online in the coming months but, for now, click on this link (or over on the ad on the side) and check out the swag! Succotash Reminder: Yours truly is a contributing reviewer for This Week In Comedy Podcasting, Jesse Fox's delightful column at Splitsider.com. There's a fresh rack of the funniest and hottest comedy p'casts reviewed every week. For a full lineup of who Cole and I talk about on this show, it's right here! (As always, just click on a show's title to be taken to their website. All the shows are available through iTunes. And some of them (including Succotash) can be found on your smartphone or tablet's Stitcher Smart Radio app.) Pop My CultureAs is our custom whenever we have a fellow podcaster along, their show gets to ride shotgun. Cole Stratton and Vanessa Ragland's hot p'cast features guest comics, actors and celebrities chewing the fat about the latest trends, movies, music and media. The guest this clip is Jim Rash, familiar to fans of NBC TV's Community as Dean Pelton, and also co-writer of the hit movie The Descendants. The BugleThis fun news-based comedy show straddles the Atlantic with one host, John Oliver, based in New York and the other host, Andy Zaltzman, holding down the fort in England (where the show originates from.) Epi178 is a historic episode of sorts as it is the last one produced under the banner of the London TimesOnline. From here on out the lads are on their own (but if you already subscribe to The Bugle on iTunes, you should receive the new episodes without interruption.) Never Not FunnyFast n' furious Jimmy Pardo is the host of this long-running comedy podcasts - one of the firsts to get out there, actually. He's also got a pay-to-play model going for the "Pardcast", so you'll have to visit his site to get the whole magilla. You can sample every episode through a free 20 minute hunk that's up on iTunes, though. Jordan, Jesse, Go!Jesse Thorn and Jordan Morris host fast-paced conversational show. Our guest, Cole Stratton, has worked with them a lot over the years and says they're as fun in person as they sound on their podcast. In this clip they're joined by "the Bitter Buddha", comedian Eddie Pepitone. The Long Shot PodcastPepitone again? Yep, only here he's on his home turf, where he is a regular along with Sean Conroy, Jamie Flam and Amber Kenny. This quartet often has a guest but, even when they done, they hold court and laugh it up about current events, disturbing dreams and pretty much anything their wide-ranging conversations turn up. The Thrilling Adventure HourOur guest, Cole, has lots of good things to say about this imaginative show, which is a monthly comedy staple in Los Angeles as a live stage show. Done in the motif of an old-time scripted radio, the cast and their slate of impressive guests consistently deliver a great listen. And since it's meant to be a radio offering, it's translation from stage to podcast is dead on. You Made It WeirdComic Pete Holmes and his show is now part of the Nerdist network of podcastery. Patterned in the spirit of Marc Maron's WTF show, Holmes has a knack for making his guests (often fellow comedians) feel a little uncomfortable at some point in the show but seems to usually all end in laughter. Here he talks with the very funny Nick Kroll. (Side note brought up by our guest this week: Holmes is the voice of the E-Trade baby on the TV commercials!) Pod F. TompkastWe've featured this very creative show before and with good reason - host Paul F. Tompkins is one of the funniest, fastest and inventive comedians around. The scripted longform material performed on the Tompkast is difficult to do justice to in the time we have, so do yourself a favor and grab a full show soon. This My ShowPodcaster Jeremy Wein is a tribute to the idea that if you want to do a podcast, just go ahead and do it. He's not a comedian himself but he's managed to crack the code to get a lot of funny people to sit still with him long enough to do a decent interview. Here's he's caught up with NBC-TV's Parks & Recreation's Aziz Ansari. (Apologies to Jeremy - in the episode, I give out his site as ThisMyShow.com...it's actually ThisMyShow.NET) Big Pop FunAnother Nerdist family podcast? Yeah, I'm not sure why they're so prevalent on Succotash this episode — I swear there's no payola involved (but a fellow can dream, can't he?) — but they do have a quality lineup over there. This one is a young p'cast, hosted by veteran comedian Tom Wilson, most famous for his role as Biff (and Buford) Tannen in the Back To The Future movies. He's also a good interviewer as you can hear in his 3-part chat with comedian/writer/director Steve Oedekerk. We close out the show with our Burst O' Durst feature, faithfully supplied to us by the politically bent comedy stylings of Will Durst. That's it for this batch. Write me sometime at marc@SuccotashShow.com and let me know what's on your mind. You can also call into the Succotash Hotline at (818) 921-7212 and sound off about something you've heard or something you want to hear. Thanks for listening! (You are listening, aren't you?) Don't forget to pass the Succotash! — Marc Hershon

WE ARE THE WU TANG First show back in the new year and Comical Radio gets blessed by comedian/TV star/movie star LARRY MILLER. Miller bestowed Danny, Myka, and Chris with a comedy diploma and told them they are the Wu Tang Clan. Even Larry Miller is down with the Wu. College Humor's H. CALDWELL TANNER came in and tore the page off Comical Radio's "Days Since Making A Nazi Joke" calendar. He will draw black Hitlers on request. Musical Duo STUCKEY AND MURRAY came in and settled the score... they are not nearly as jealous of Flight of the Concords as Danny is of Marc Maron's WTF.  Does this smell like chloroform? MARGARET CHO called in and revealed the only two rules to being an Asian comedian: Rule #1: Do impressions of your mother Rule #2: Talk about fish And that was the show. New episode coming Monday. Visit the forums in the meantime.