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This week we talk all about the “other” heroes! Justice League reservists, lesser super teams, and all your favourite C- and D-list (and below) characters! We're joined by special guest @nugnahrgang (One Dollar Words)   Intro Music by Aaron Barry   To ask questions for the next episode, or to continue the conversation online visit us here: On Facebook  On Instagram On our Website Or check out our new store for merch And our Patreon!

In this very special episode of Friendless, James Avramenko sits down with guest Nug Nahrgang to explore the complexities of relationships, community, and pro wrestling.The conversation expands into the safety and understanding within a close-knit community, reminiscing about formative university years and the paradoxes of connection. The duo humorously discusses the adoption of enemies through relationships, with Nug sharing his own amusing yet insightful experiences.Listeners get a glimpse into Nug's multifaceted career, from sketch comedy and podcasting to the inner workings of the wrestling industry. With anecdotes about meeting wrestling personalities like Eddie Kingston, Nug highlights the importance of mental health awareness and genuine support in any community.The episode covers the impact of social media on mental well-being, the superficial nature of digital friendships, and the shifting dynamics brought about by the pandemic. Nug provides valuable advice on checking in on friends and emphasises the importance of honest communication and support.As they navigate through stories of acting auditions, improvisation, and the pressure of living in the artistic world, James and Nug underline the significance of community and shared experiences. Concluding on a reflective note, they discuss the essence of friendship and the pursuit of recognition in their respective careers.Join James and Nug for an engaging and heartfelt discussion about life's highs and lows, the importance of community, and the strides toward becoming better friends to ourselves and those around us.Check out Nug's podcast "One Dollar Words"Follow him on Instagramand on XRead the weekly Substack!Follow Friendless on TikTokand on InstagramRead "Hey, sorry I missed you" Support the show, Buy Me A Coffee!!

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"Oh my god, I love talking about wrestling." - Nug   We loved talking with Nug Nahrgang about wrestling (and improv comedy, and live theatre, and a bunch about RJ City) for our latest episode.    Brought to you as always by Kayfabe News   Find us HERE

This week we have special guest host Nug Nahrgang join us to chat about Greektown Wrestling's big shows coming up on October 15th & 16th in Toronto, our admiration for RJ City's show Hey! EW, and we book a fun dream feud between the Macho Man Randy Savage & the peacock Dalton Castle! Follow Nug online @NugNahrgang. Check out Greektown Wrestling @GRKWrestling. Follow the podcast on Twitter @BookItVincePod

Why are there so many Canadians in pro wrestling? We take a deep dive into carnival and sideshow history to find out why Canada became one of the centers of early pro wrestling. We look into the fun and problematic past of performance wrestling and conduct a very scientific poll to find who the top Canadian favorites are. With guests Scarlett Harris and Nug Nahrgang. Find Scarlett Harris's book "A Diva Was a Female Version of a Wrestler" here: https://www.fayettevillemafiapress.com/product/a-diva-was-a-female-version-of-a-wrestler/. For more visit us at www.cbc.ca/radio/secretlifeofcanada.

Could Twitter beef and react releases make for a fantastic feud?! On this week's episode special guest Nug Nahrgang joins us to fantasy book what a Hit Row vs The Acclaimed rivalry in AEW be like, talk about recent WWE releases, and hear hilarious stories about Greektown Wrestling in Toronto! Tweet at us @BookItVincePod and give Nug a follow @NugNahrgang

Paul is reunited with Nug Nahrgang and Lee Smart, his co-hosts of the hilarious sci-fi comedy podcast Illusionoid. Together they learn the tale of Adolph Nordenskiöld, the Arctic explorer and discoverer of the north-east passage: a man whose family were weirdos, whose mouth got him in all sorts of trouble, and whose rich daddy got him out of it. Brought to you By: The Sonar Network

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The Spooky Food Truck Today on Spooked! Cody’s job is tables, Damien sticks to people, Josh has a hard time being a key grip, and Nug decides to direct after the last guy ‘disappears’. It’s all about following your showbiz dreams, so get some headshots taken, call a few agents, and get ready to get Spooked! Follow us: Twitter: @Spookedpodcast Instagram @Spookedpodcast Email: Spookedpodcast@gmail.com Rate and Subscribe in a spooky way or something. Check out some merch: www.teepublic.com/user/spooked Brought to you By: The Sonar Network

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Jason Agnew is joined by former Sportsnet AFTERMATH hosts Jimmy Korderas and Nug Nahrgang. Topics include: What happened to Aftermath? Why the RAW after mania did NOT feel like a "season premier" Too many factions in AEW Has AEW helped IMPACT and vice-versa? Who to watch for in 2021?  

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1/4 of the Aftermath wrestling show on Sportsnet, Comedian, actor and all around Nice guy. That's how you describe Nug Nahrgang, he joins me on this weeks episode to discuss, his love for wrestling , the Minnesota Wrecking Crew, Backyard pro, and The big issue of the Speaking out movement. Enjoy this one and don't forget to check out all the socials.  FACEBOOK: straight talk wrestling INSTAGRAM: @straighttalkwrestling  TWITTER: @_Straighttalk and my Merch on: https://www.prowrestlingtees.com/related/straighttalkwrestling.html Also check out the Ontario Indy Wrestling Podcast Network fam Stogiemainia Ocho and Ortiz Guilmy talks Thursday Night Throwdown Shwa Style  Scumbags of Wrestling Ringside With Chops Knights of the Squared Circle It's time to fight  Ontario Indy Road Trip Shooting up North

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In this bonus "Casual Conversations with the Classic" episode, Justin gets AJ to co-host a roundtable with Magnum CK, RJ City and Nug Nahrgang as the guests. All three men have a background in acting, comedy and are involved in wrestling whether it being an in ring competitor or a personality. They discuss the "Magnum Opus" documentary that chronicles Magnum CK's wrestling career, the perception of wrestling, the death of kayfabe, acting in wrestling, what wrestling means to them, give advice and much more obscure and relevant stuff. Enjoy!"Magnum Opus" Documentary - https://youtu.be/6ku0ZMIuSFESocial HandlesJustin - @thewrestlingclassic (IG) & @twcwworldwide (Twitter)AJ - @keepme (IG)Christopher Parsons - @cultofparsonality (IG) & @themagnumck (Twitter)RJ City - @RJ City (IG) & @rjcity1 (Twitter)Nug Nahrgang - @nugnahrgang (IG & Twitter)

Check out the eleventh episode of TNT: Thursday Night Throwdown, a LIVE weekly vidcast based in Canada focusing on Pro-Wrestling, Canadian Independent Wrestling and much more as CWN Founder & Editor Chris Maloney and Shawn Bates of the Scumbags of Wrestling were joined by fellow Scumbag Chris ‘Jonesy’ Jones to share their thoughts on COVID-19 and the effect it is having on the industry, 'The British Bulldog' Davey Boy Smith getting inducted into WWE Hall of Fame – Class of 2020, David Starr and his exit from wXw, Colby Corino in the NWA, Gronk in the WWE, AEW vs. NXT, the latest in Canadian Independent Wrestling including an announcement by Nug Nahrgang of #AftermathTV featuring Mid Western Wrestling, the Ontario Indy Wrestling March Madness Tournament, the OIW Podcast Network, TNT on Patreon, our LIVE interview with up-and-coming star 'The Wavemaker' Kyle Boone and much more! TNT: Thursday Night Throwdown detonates LIVE every Thursday night @ 8PM ET on Facebook & YouTube and you can check out our eleventh episode at the following links

Issue # 122 ... The Festive Best Of 2019 Another year has past and it's time to deliver another #FestiveBestOf. We pumped out 44 Issues this year and had many great moments to celebrate. Who made the list?? No need to wait, here it is right here. 1. Nug Nahrgang is one of the hosts of #Aftermath on #Sportsnet360 as well as the acting GM for #GreektownWrestling. On the show we're sharing our admiration for the January classic, the #RoyalRumble. 2. Rudy Blair from #RudyBlairMedia is our first 3 time Festive Best Of guest. Rudy shows us how to start off an issue of the #TNWPod. 3. Chris Gordon is a self proclaimed hilarious comedian. He makes the list for being as silly as he is and shows us how to NOT start off an issue of the TNWPod. 4. Joey Elias is the Comedy King of Montreal and shares a story about being on a flight with a few wrestlers when he was in high school. 5. Fiona O'Brien from #Ireland is a comedian crushing it here in Canada. She tells us a story of watching #RAW one night and receives a call from Ol'St.Mick. 6. Andrew Vaughn & Travis Lindsay from the #BoysClubPodcast based out of #Halifax discover what the Macho Mandela Effect is. 7. Jeff McEnery our part time host, takes a few minutes to plug his upcoming shows. 8. El Tornado from #RockSolidWrestling based out of Sudbury shares his passion for Montreal's International Wrestling promotion from the 80's. 9. Tommy Campbell is a comedian and an actor who was in #TheDarkKnight with Tiny Lister aka #Zeus, tells us what #TerryFunk's best movie truly is. 10. Colt Cabana chats with our host Casey Corbin at Toronto's War Of The Worlds tour stop with #ROH and #NJPW. 11. Dave Merheje from #Hulu's #Ramy along with Partick Hakeem from #Montreal join us to tell us what the most wrestling thing they've ever done in Stand Up comedy. 12. RJ City tells us his plan on how he's going to beat both #SpaceMonkey and #Rhyno both on the same night. 13. Dan The Mouth Lovranski is the legendary voice of the LAW. #LiveAudioWrestling. Drops by and has some big laughs during a story involving Space Monkey. 14. Jason Rouse & Sam Walker dropped by the show to deliver the edgy comedy they're known for. Not only that, Sam tells us that he had a wrestler as a substitute teacher in grade 8. You won't believe who. 15. Jimmy Hart is the Mouth Of The South. Legendary wrestling manager not only joined us for a car ride from #Kingston to Toronto. He recorded an issue of TNWpod with us. It's our best issue of the year and in this one clip Casey and Jimmy discuss #AndyKaufman. Thanks to all the guests that came on the show to make another successful year here on Talk'N Wrestling. Thanks to The Big Rossman Alex Ross and #NeversleepsNetwork for all they hard work. Most of all thanks to you the listener which is why we do this almost every week of the year. Join us in 2020 for what promises to be our best year yet!!

The AEW butterfly effect continues to be felt as it's been a week filled with rumoured releases and contract controversies.   Dave Meltzer joins the show in the first hour this week to try to sift through the gossip to get to the bottom of what's really going on with The Revival, Mike & Maria and Dolph Ziggler.   An extended chat about the WWE's programming direction as shades of the Attitude Era find their way back onto television with the Alexa Bliss dressing room segment and the Mandy Rose hotel storyline.   It's an all aftermath Triple Threat this week as Nug Nahrgang and Jimmy Korderas look back and the NXT (lack of) introduction for recent call-ups and look forward to next week's Royal Rumble.   Plus, Dan "The Mouth" Lovranski joins Jason to make his predictions for The Royal Rumble in another edition of the 6-pack challenge.   Along with another tournament edition of Turnbuckle Trivia and your feedback it's a jam packed show!   ENJOY!

Issue # 78... The Return of Nug. That's correct wrestling fans. Nug Nahrgang from Aftermath on Sportsnet 360. The General Manager of Greektown Wrestling in Toronto and one of the performers of the Illusionoid podcast which was recently named one of the best comedy podcasts in Canada by the CBC. Nug returns to the NeverSleeps Network Studios and we talk about NXT, NXTUK, the possibility of an NXT Canada? We discuss talent such as Walter, RJ City, David Arquette. We mention what we thing of AEW. How it will do, what impact it will have on the wrestling landscape. Of course we talk about Greektown wrestling, the talent, recent matches and future shows. Lastly we mentioned the Buffalo Brothers. The 4 wrestlers from Buffalo who were recently in a horrible car accident driving back from a show in Montreal. We wish them well and their go fund me link is on this page. All of this and so much more. So spend a bit with us here on Talk' N Wrestling, where wrestling & comedy collide!!Buffalo Brothers Go Fund MeGreektown WrestlingIllusionoid

 A closer look at the drastic character change of Daniel Bryan from "Yes Man" to "Extreme Environmentalist" as well as the stagnation of Dean Ambrose.   Todd Martin and Nug Nahrgang converge in the triple threat to talk about the surplus of heel turns the WWE has scripted in 2018.   Dave Meltzer joins the show to look back at the passing of The Dynamite Kid Tom Billington and Larry "The Axe" Hennig and their impact on the wrestling industry.   And Dan "The Mouth" Lovranski hopes to redeem himself in another Six Pack Challenge as he and Jason wager beers as they preview WWE's TLC PPV.  Plus Turnbuckle Trivia and your feedback.    

With the industry still buzzing about ALL IN, this week Jason chats with TOMMY DREAMER about his involvement with the event and how he laid out the highly acclaimed over budget battle royal. RJ City also drops in to chat about his upcoming match with the aforementioned Innovator of Violence, plus his new tag team tour with David Arquette. It's an all Aftermath Triple Threat with Jimmy Korderas and Nug Nahrgang joining Jason to chat about the potential return of Shawn Michaels and the poor promotion of WWE Evolution. Dan "The Mouth" Lovranski and Jason try out a new segment called the Six Pack Challenge in regards to their Hell In A Cell predictions. Plus the news of the week, and Turnbuckle Trivia... it's a packed show!

SEANPOD with NUG...Nug Nahrgang joins Sean to talk about wrestling and the Illusionoid Podcast.Check out www.SeanCullen.com Follow The Seanpod on Twitter @TheSeanpodFollow Seán on Twitter @MrSeanCullenFollow Mark Edwards on Twitter @someguymarkJoin his Facebook fan page www.facebook.com/ComedianSeanCullenClick Here to Sign up to Seán Cullen's emailer to be updated on the latest Seánpod episodes, Seán Cullen news, and appearances.

“Confusion now hath made his masterpiece” The Play’s The Thing is a storytelling game about actors who want to rewrite the Shakespearean roles they’ve been given. In our final chapter we shred what remains of the Scottish Play and find that the ending we were searching for was inside us all along. Be warned, we tear Shakespeare's most famous play to shreds.  "The Play's The Thing" is written by Mark Diaz Truman and published by Magpie Games Consider supporting the Terrible Warriors today through Patreon: Patreon.com/terriblewarriors Terrible Warriors: Justin Ecock, Bre Poisonne, Nug Nahrgang, Will Mitchell, Natalie Wallace, and Katy Ilona

Saluton! Thank you for joining me on this Chats episode of Succotash, the Comedy Soundcast Soundcast. My guest for this episode is someone I've wanted to have on since I began hosting duties…and that someone is none other than Hunter Block, my co-host on Anti Social Show, a soundcast that I've been recording with him for nearly two years now. I always have a good time recording with Hunter when we record for Anti Social Show. If there's one bit of info I've absorbed from listening to so many different soundcasts over the years it's a particular similarity of nearly everyone who commits their voices to digital posterity in mp3 format…and that similarity is how at the beginning of what will become the life of a soundcast, so many of its creators and contributors have absolutely no idea how a show is going to evolve or how long they will continue to make and post episodes. I'm not talking about radio personalities who archive their shows, I'm talking about people who just decide to add their voices to the ever-growing pool of audio personalities who you can choose to spend part of your day with. In addition to my conversation with Mr. Block I've also got a DOUBLE dose of raging moderate Will Durst's Burst O' Durst segment, plus this 'sode is brought to you by our ever-present sponsor Henderson's Pants. Oh! And we even have a soundcast clip featured in this episode… Illusionoid Before I get into my interview with Hunter I'm featuring a clip from Illusionoid, a soundcast out of Toronto, Canada, that recently launched its 10th season.  It should sound familiar to long-time Succotashians, as we have not only been featuring clips of the show for many years, but previous host and current Succotash executive producer Marc Hershon interviewed the cast — Paul Bates, Lee Smart, and Nug Nahrgang — back in January of 2013 in Epi48 when they were visiting San Francisco for the S.F. Improv Festival that year. The clip Marc provided for us is from the second episode of the new season, entitled "The Undersea Pawns." Well, there you have it. Who knows what the future brings? Sasquatch, that's who. But they're moody and reclusive so it's difficult to gather their predictions with any degree of regularity.  Anyway, until next time I bid you a fond gxis poste and, if I could trouble you to do so I'd like to gently implore you to please…pass the Succotash. — Tyson Saner

“it provokes the desire, but it takes away the performance” The Play’s The Thing is a storytelling game about actors who want to rewrite the Shakespearean roles they’ve been given. In our third hour the plot... goes awry. Oh, you think you know how this story is supposed to end? Let's correct that presumption for you, shall we? Be warned, we are going to tear Shakespeare's most famous play to shreds.  "The Play's The Thing" is written by Mark Diaz Truman and published by Magpie Games Consider supporting the Terrible Warriors today through Patreon: Patreon.com/terriblewarriors Terrible Warriors: Justin Ecock, Bre Poisonne, Nug Nahrgang, Will Mitchell, Natalie Wallace, and Katy Ilona

“Life ... is a tale Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, Signifying nothing.” The Play’s The Thing is a storytelling game about actors who want to rewrite the Shakespearean roles they’ve been given. In our second hour the curtain rises on the first act and... Macbeth is a tool, Lady Macbeth is sleeping with the best friend, and the Witches... be basic.  Be warned, we are going to tear Shakespeare's most famous play to shreds.  "The Play's The Thing" is written by Mark Diaz Truman and published by Magpie Games Consider supporting the Terrible Warriors today through Patreon: Patreon.com/terriblewarriors Terrible Warriors: Justin Ecock, Bre Poisonne, Nug Nahrgang, Will Mitchell, Natalie Wallace, and Katy Ilona

Combining interviews and performances from musicians, artists, comedians and bands / Featured today: Ian Sirota, Stephanie Herrera, Thomas and Kevin Finn, Bif Naked, Nug Nahrgang and Adam Delorey.

“Life ... is a tale Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, Signifying nothing.” The Play’s The Thing is a storytelling game about actors who want to rewrite the Shakespearean roles they’ve been given. In our first hour the actors are presented, the troupe is formed, a play is chosen, and the roles are assigned.  Be warned, we are going to tear Shakespeare's most famous play to shreds.  "The Play's The Thing" is written by Mark Diaz Truman and published by Magpie Games Consider supporting the Terrible Warriors today through Patreon: Patreon.com/terriblewarriors Terrible Warriors: Justin Ecock, Bre Poisonne, Nug Nahrgang, Will Mitchell, Natalie Wallace, and Katy Ilona

Mike “Nug” Nahrgang is pretty much everywhere: stage, screen, and stream. In addition to talking WWE on Aftermath on Sportsnet 360, he is also active in the wrestling world in and around Toronto. He is an actor, improviser and his podcast “Illusionoid” is going into its 10th season. We talk taking control of your health, surrounding yourself with good people, the various tribes in comedy, and more! You can follow him on all social media @nugnahrgang

This week we have a special live show from The Bad Dog Theatre in Toronto talking to the manager of The Phantom of the Opera as played by Nug Nahrgang of the Illusionoid Podcast.

Yes, believe it or now, and for the last time – really, this time, it’s me. Marc Hershon. Departing host but still remaining executive producer of Succotash, the Comedy Soundcast Soundcast. First of all, I lied to you last episode when I said THAT was the final episode. Because after I dropped that installment I heard from a number of our friends-of-the-show, mainly soundcasters who have been so supportive and helpful over the seven years that the show has been on that I felt I truly hadn’t thanked enough people when last I signed off.  Also, between Epi162 and now, we’ve found a way to keep Succotash going! In classic show business fashion, I’m just going to tease you with that for now and it will NOT be revealed in this blog post!  You'll just have to listen to the episode to find out, as I do have a lengthy chat with my replacement toward the very end of the episode.  The initial impetus to do an UNFINAL episode was that our resident political comedian and social commentator Will Durst had sent me a last Burst O’ Durst installment which arrived after we’d dropped Epi162. And then I discovered we also had a last Boozin’ with Bill segment with our announcer Bill Heywatt that had somehow slipped through the cracks.  Based on those things, I figured I would do one last round of soundcast clips just featuring shows from some of our most vocal supporters on social media. Which gives us quite a lineup!  Big giant thanks, by the way, to our Associate Producer, Tyson Saner, for helping me to harvest the absolute bumper crop of clips we’re featuring this show. You’re going to hear from The Anti Social Show, Casa Mirth, the Chillpak Hollywood Hour, Comedy Film Nerds, Ear Goggles, Film Threat, Illusionoid, Quick Question, Story Worthy, and Strange Times. And this Unfinal episode is sponsored by our friends at Henderson’s Pants and teir spanking new Down UnderPants. (Including an endorsement from Jason "Jabs" McNamara, all the way from Canberra, Australia.) THE CLIPS Chillpak Hollywood HourFirst out of the barrel are a couple of gents I have referred to often as being members of “podcast royalty” and that is Dean Haglund and Phil Leirness of the Chillpak Hollywood Hour. Early on these guys were very supportive of the show and generous with their time and, over the years, we’ve become good friends. Their show is now in it’s 11th year and these guys not only have careers on their own from each other but they’ve made movies together as well, including a great dark comedy thriller called The Lady Killers. It will be screening in about a week in San Jose, California. One night only, on February 21st, at Club 3B. Strange TimesSuccotash has, on occasion, been a kind of conduit thorugh which people from one show have found out about and, eventually, connected with other shows. A case in point was Jabs, heard this show, making contact with Davian Dent in England who, at the time, had a very unique show called The Bitter Sound. Davian and Jabs put their heads together – a half a world apart from each other, mind you, and created a soundcast mini-series call The Kundalini Files, a kind of detective spoof. They also pulled in some other soundcasters on that one – other fine folks we have featured over the years here on the show. Here's a snippet from a recent episode of Davian’s other long-running show, Strange Times, featuring Davian, Samantha Pett and Kat Sorens. All three have been very friendly to our show and one of these days I’ve got to somehow meet these people and down some brews with them until we all pass out. Story WorthyAnother ardent supporter of this show has been a woman with a terrific show of her own, and that’s Christine Blackburn, co-host of the Story Worthy Podcast, along with Hannis Phinney. I’ve run into her almost every year at the Los Angeles Podcast Festival and she’s always been a great promoter and cheerleader. Some years she’s even dragged various comedians and soundcasters into the Podfest’s Podcast Lab and insisted that they sit down and do an interview with me. Story Worthy is a great storytelling show, with some great guests, and recently they had on comedian Johnno Wilson, who related a harrowing tale. Film ThreatAnother good friend to this show and who I have ended up hanging out with whenever I run into him out in the world is Chris Gore. When Succotash first started he was running PodCRASH, where his gimmick was to appear on other soundcasters shows, then play THOSE episodes as his own. In a way it was the ultimate cross-promotion. Once upon a time he had been the editor and publisher of Film Threat magazine, a great “alt” movie magazine and Chris has returned to that property, only now in website and soundcast form. Here’s a clip from his recent “Time’s Up At Sundance” epi from January with guests Natalia Winkleman and Jon Bernstein… Casa MirthThe Casa Mirth soundcast features the team-up of Dr. Norman Trousers and River Gambezi. Norman’s been a presence around here pretty much since we began Succotash and he’s part of the infamous Podcast Mafia that got started years ago with myself somehow ending up as the titular Podfather. (Although I believe that moniker was started by Eric Furniss of The FOONcast.) Trousers and Gambezi run a very sporadically-appearing show and, for the past four holiday seasons, they have produced these wild mashup Christmas productions. They’re scripted and then the boys draft fellow soundcasters from all over the world to voice the parts. I’m honored to have been included in these crazy shows and this past December Casa Mirth featured their own take on It’s A Wonderful Life, the Jimmy Stewart classic. I was asked to be the Narrator, which I pulled off rather nicely, I think. Illusionoid We head up to Toronto to hear from the cast of Illusionoid. Love these guys, who I got to interview fairly early into when we started. Paul Bates, Lee Smart, and Nug Nahrgang – the best name in soundcasting – were in San Francisco for the annual Improv Festival here and we got a chance to hang out. And being a longtime improvisor, I really took to their style of an improvised sci-fi anthonolgy series, based around the gimmick of mankind’s creation bent on the destruction of humans. We feature a glimpse at a transmission from the last episode of their 9th season last November. Ear GogglesJeremy, Aaron, and Stacy don’t soundcast all that often but they still drop an episode every now and then. I used to run into Jeremy and Stacy at the LA Podfest for the first few years but they stopped coming down from Seattle. We're featuring a ready-made clip I found on their homesite – one of their “bonus clips” from a show last year where Stacy plays with some toys, as she puts it. (If you go to their site, you can browse through their archives all the way back to 2005, which is when they started out as The Sibling Rivalry podcast.) Comedy Film NerdsA couple of other longtime soundcasters who have been very nice to me are Chris Mancini and Graham Elwood, the hosts of the Comedy Film Nerds soundcast. They are also two of the organizers of the Los Angeles Podcast Festival and have never been anything but welcoming, accommodating, and kind to me. It probably helped that I contributed to the Kickstarter campaign that paid for the first LA Podfest but, since then, they have invited me to moderate panels and be a guest on other panels. Here’s a clip from their episode 403 from last month, with guest Jon Reep. Quick QuestionI wanted to be sure to toss in a soundcast farewell to Travis Clark and Jonathan Sadowski, hosts of the Quick Question soundcast. When I first mentioned I was going to step away from Succotash, Travis messaged me to ask if it was his turn to “talk me off the ledge”, as he put it. That’s because a few years ago, he and his wife Brandi were considering hanging up Tiny Odd Conversations, the show they did together and I convinced them to hang in there as they had only hit their Epi50. And they did, for quite awhile. Eventually, Brandi got herself a new job that kept her crazy-busy and TOCpod eventually drained away.  But then the Clarks got a new neighbor, Jonathan, and Travis discovered they had a lot in common. Mostly talking, judging from the amount of palavering that goes on during episodes of Quick Question. I had them on a few months ago from a chat we had at the LA Podfest. The Anti Social ShowFor our last clip of this Unfinal Succotash episode, we turn to a couple of the most ardent supporters of the show who started their own soundcast last year. Our very own Tyson Saner teamed up with one of our most supportive listeners, Hunter Block, and created The Anti Social Show. For the first 10 episodes, they were only on SoundCloud but now they’re on iTunes and other fine distribution points around the interwebs. This clip, harvested by Tyson himself, is from their Epi41, one of the first installments of 2018, entitled “Obscured By Sound”. And that is going to do it for Succotash under my command. We’ll be announcing when the first new episode of of the show is dropping, as soon as we figure out what we need to do to put all of the controls into the new host's hands. I will likely drop in from time to time, and I’m in the process of putting a whole new soundcast into production. I want to thank you for listening to this Unfinal episode of the show. For those of you who have been listening for a while, I can’t thank you enough for your support. And whether that describes you or you’re relatively new to the show, please subscribe and keep listening as show continues. I’m excited to see where our new host takes the show. Now, for the last time as your host, it’s my pleasure to ask you to please pass the Succotash. Goodbye. — Marc Hershon

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ISSUE #25…Nug Nahrgang. This being the last live issue of 2017. We were happy to land 1/3 of the team that host of Aftermath on Sportsnet. Aftermath is a wrestling panel show that covers the week in review of the WWE. Along with former WWE referee Jimmy Korderas and Santino Marella, The man they call Nug is the 3rd co-host of the weekly show. Nug has a great knack for talk’n wrestling and I have no problem doing that with the Canadian actor/ comedian / podcaster. We start with talking about Alpha vs. Omega and then were off tackling all sorts of things from twitter trolls to his vintage wrestling t-shirt collection. All this and so much more. So spend an hour or so hanging out with us on Talk ’N Wrestling, where wrestling and comedy collide!!Casey CorbinHalifax Comedy FestTalk 'N Wrestling InstagramTalk 'N Wrestling TwitterNug on TwitterNug on InstagramAftermathTV on Instagram

The Spooky Live Show It's our first live episode! With the help of the amazing Illusionoid, we come to terms with actually having an audience. So strap in and pretend like you were actually there and get ready to get Spooked! Subscribe to Illusionoid on iTunes! itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/illus…id456417547?mt=2 Thanks to Chris New on the keys! Brought to you By: The Sonar Network https://thesonarnetwork.com/

This week things get weird as we tune in to UHF, the 1989 parody of everything starring "Weird" Al Yankovic, Fran Drescher, Victoria Jackson and, uh, Michael Richards! Spinning the wheel of fish with us is Mike "Nug" Nahrgang from the Illusionoid Podcast. This movie has everything, romance, action, songs about the Beverly Hillbillies, but is it rewatchable? Listen below to find out. Also, please Subscribe on iTunes or Stitcher. Also, follow us on Twitter. And please consider supporting our Patreon campaign. Special Thanks to our sponsors, Hello Fresh! To receive 50% off your first Hello Fresh box, use this code: REWATCH50 WARNING: this podcast contains strong language and immature subject matter, please be advised.  

The Terrible Warriors return to the squared circle theatre of professional wrestling and the promotion formerly known as Monday Night WAR on the Terrible Wrestling Federation! The legendary veteran, Ken "The Nightmare" Norton returns to defend his belt against up and coming world superstar Zig Rules. But the Amazing Darkstone has some tricks up his sleeve and when Big Boss Jack Donovan is on your side nothing is impossible. A winner takes all no holds barred king of the hill fight for the belt! Anyone can be crowned champion. Anyone. A two week two-hour summer main event and in the end the TWF will never be the same again. And support us today through Patreon: Patreon.com/terriblewarriors Terrible Warriors: Justin Ecock, Nug Nahrgang, David Ross, Julian Spillane, and Anthony Sardinha "Mister Showtime" voiced by Vance Brews

The Terrible Warriors return to the squared circle theatre of professional wrestling and the promotion formerly known as Monday Night WAR on the Terrible Wrestling Federation! The legendary veteran, Ken "The Nightmare" Norton returns to defend his belt against up and coming world superstar Zig Rules. But the Amazing Darkstone has some tricks up his sleeve and when Big Boss Jack Donovan is on your side nothing is impossible. A winner takes all no holds barred king of the hill fight for the belt! Anyone can be crowned champion. Anyone. A two week two-hour summer main event and in the end the TWF will never be the same again. And support us today through Patreon: Patreon.com/terriblewarriors Terrible Warriors: Justin Ecock, Nug Nahrgang, David Ross, Julian Spillane, and Anthony Sardinha

Nug Nahrgang’s success as an award-winning sketch comedian and improviser seems like a series of stumbled upon happenstances. First, Nug accidentally got himself hired at Second City, then he somehow scored an audition for Saturday Night Live! He scored memorable bit parts in The Love Guru with Mike Meyers and Owning Mahowny with the late Philip Seymour Hoffman, both at a time when he was sure his scenes would be left on the cutting room floor. Nug has managed to meet Vince McMahon, and William Shatner, and improvise on stage with legends like Colin Mocherie, Catherine O’Hara, and Martin Short. Through it all, his status as a dyed-in-the-wool comic book and sci-fi geek have served him well. He puts together the Illusionoid podcast with fellow improvisers Paul Bates and Lee Smart. Illusionoid is a completely improvised old-timey sci-fi radio play that operates with nothing but the episode title as a suggestion. Nug and the Illusionoid gang will be performing at the Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema as part of a live episode of CBC’s Podcast Playlist on June 15, 2017 at 6:30 p.m. This episode is sponsored by Hairy Tarantula.@NugNahrgangNug's IMDB PageIllusionoidPodcast Playlist LiveNug on InstagramThe Minnesota Wrecking Crew with Kids in the Hall's Kevin McDonald

Diana and Andrew have guest Nug Nahrgang (from the Illusionoid podcast) sitting in as our first ever return guest! This week as part of Joker month we're talking about the return of Mark Hamill to the role in Batman: The Killing Joke. Did a comic book from 1988 need to be made with no updating, should Hollywood even be trying to make Alan Moore comics into movies, and why is this two terrible movies shoved together? Want a box filled with $50 worth of amazing graphic novels mailed right to your door for less than $20?!? Just visit Comic Bento at www.ComicBento.com and use promo code SUPERHEROES for $5 off your subscription. This episode brought to you by TeePublic. Check out www.TeePublic.com and discover your next favourite Tee. Psst... they also have nerdy hoodies, sweaters, baseball tees and long sleeves. Check out our favourite designs at TeePublic.FromSuperheroes.com  Do you want access to a special secret episode of the podcast every month? Then donate to the show on Patreon. You can gain access to secret podcasts, jokes from the future, and Q&A's. Visit www.patreon.com/fromsuperheroes and become our Patron.

Sitting in with Andrew and Diana is Nug Nahrgang (from the Illusionoid Podcast) to talk about the DC animated movie Batman: Bad Blood. There is definitely some bad blood here, they talk about the movie's sexism, whether Batman is racist, and sing T swift. Do you want access to a special secret episode of the podcast every month? Then donate to the show on Patreon. You can gain access to secret podcasts, jokes from the future, and Q&A's. Visit www.patreon.com/fromsuperheroes and become our Patron.  

Yes, ‘tis I, Marc Hershon, your host and third base coach for Epi115 of Succotash, the Comedy Podcast Podcast. And this is yet another Succotash Clips episode. Been a while since we’ve sat down at the Succotash microphones and had a good long yackfest with someone. But that’s about to change, as I am on the eve of making the Kessel Run from San Francisco to Los Angeles, in order to make it into town for the 4th Annual Los Angeles Podcast Festival this weekend. If you’re in the Southland and want to check it out, the shindig is at the Sofitel in West Hollywood, right across from the humungoid Beverly Center. You can get tickets and information at http://LAPodfest.com I’m anticipating a whole lot of talkin’ going on, both from folks talking to me in the SquareSpace Podcast Lab AND from me talking to podcasters on their shows. I have some specifics about some of that action coming up when we get to the Tweetsack segment later on in the show. Podclip Roundup Clips featured this episode have been snippeted from: Chillpak Hollywood Hour, Illusionoid, The JV Club, The Manchild Show, The Red & Jay Show, Studious Studs, The Bitter Sound, and Tiny Odd Conversations. There's also a special teaser for the ManBuyCow Podcast! (If you’re a comedy podcaster and would like us to include a clip from your show, you can use our direct upload link to get us your 3-5 minute MP3 clip – it’s http://hightail.com/u/succotash.) We also have a classic commercial for Henderson’s Too Cool For S'cool Pants, a Burst O’ Durst with political comedian & social commentator Will Durst, musing about what some of the presidential candidates may have been up to during their summer vacations, and a new song about spiders from frequent contributor Abner Serd. Good Cause Alert! Our old buddy Ethan Dettenmaier, host of Combat Radio, has a new project out to raise much-needed money for social services, called Combat Radio Halloween. It’s got a bunch of crazy good talent on it, reading spooky stories and generally ripping All Saints’ Day a new a-hole. Download YOUR copy of Combat Radio Halloween by clicking over to http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/combatradiohalloween Clips Chillpak Hollywood HourDean Haglund & Phil LeirnessI included a clip from Chillpak HOllywood Hour this week, hosted by podcast royalty Dean Haglund and Phil Leirness, not just because they amuse me but because they employed this show's proprietary coinage of the term tweetsack. There's a bit of echo on Dean's side of the conversation in this clip - apparently, co-hosting form Sydney, Australia is not without it's audio aberrations. (There's a plan, incidentally, to have yours truly as a Skyped-in guest for their episode next week to report on the Podfest and also to give a review of Ear Buds, the new documentary about podcasters and podcasting that will debut at the Podfest on Friday night.) The JV ClubJanet Varney with guest Kelly CarlinThe last time we had Ms. Janet Varney grace our microphones was almost a year ago at LAST year’s LA Podfest. I just saw her in a rough cut of a new movie we’re talked about here before: Diani and Devine Meet The Apocalypse. And she’s hilarious, as always. You hear her voice all over the place, including as the voice of Korra in The Legend of Korra, and as the voice of Nerdist.com. She’s 170 episodes into her podcast, The JV Club, where she mostly interviews women of show business — except during her Boys Of Summer series, which just ended. Her latest guest is also a friend and past guest of Succotash — dating back to Episode 9, no less — and it’s none other than Kelly Carlin, who has been touring with her one-woman show, A Carlin Home Companion: Growing Up With George. She and Janet sharing some things in common, including being the only child in their respective families. Illusionoid!Paul Bates, Lee Smart & Nug NahrgangOne of my favoritest shows ever, Illusionoid!, just kicked off their 5th year and 5th season of podcasting. The Terrific Trio from Toronto — Paul Bates, Lee Smart, and Nug Nahrgang — still the best name in podcasting — runs a fantastic improvised sci-fi themed show that is consistently funny. I just reviewed the episode this particular clip is from for Splitsider.com and Huffington Post. The episode is called “Day Million”, and features three owners of a copy store that has somehow existed for over 2000 years…and their lone customer on this fateful day. ManBuyCowRufus & HowardWe normally don’t play promos for podcasts on Succotash because, well, I think clips make better promos than…promos. BUT I have been waiting patiently enough for the return of the ManBuyCow Podcast with Rufus and Howard. Season 3 is imminent and there’s finally word that it’s almost here. The ManChild ShowVintendo, Pistol Pete, Nicole Cole, Rev. Sir Chano, Jessie BoomBattzFrom ManBuyCow we go to The Manchild Show. We’ve been getting a lot of Twitter action from @PistolePeteMC, who is one of the hosts of Manchild. He tells me that, since he’s come onboard, he’s been trying to steer the show away from some of comedy’s low-hanging fruit — which I assume is a metaphor for testicle jokes. Pete really wanted me to play something from their next episode but it’s not ready yet. So I’m playing the clip I harvested from their previous installment because, well, who knows? The network may punch our ticket and we’ll be out of here before the next show starts. Tiny Odd ConversationsTravis Clark and Brandy ClarkWe haven’t played anything from Tiny Odd Conversations for a bit, which means we completely missed out on celebrating their Episode 200. If you haven’t caught TOCpod, it’s with our friends Travis and Brandy Clark, a delightful couple from Los Angeles. First of all, kids, congrats on hitting your Epi 200! And second of all, this clip has Trav and Brandy ruminating about: How do parents manage to let their kids try all sorts of sports and activities without being fabulously rich? (I manage to catch up with the Clarks pretty much every time I get to LA, so I know that they’ve been busy and getting their episodes out regularly has been tough. Believe me, I know what that’s like, and I don’t blame ‘em a bit.) Red & Jay ShowRed & JayRed and Jay are back! Red and Jay are back! I actually don’t know who these guys are, but according to their homesite, they're five episodes in after being off for a year. There’s not a lot of info on these guys on their site, just their first names. Or nicknames, maybe? I don’t know. But I DO know they are opinionated. About stuff that some of us probably don’t even thing a lot about. In the snippet we harvested, they’re going off about HR. Human Resources, that is… The Bitter SoundDavian Dent & Matt BubblesOne of the staunchest supporters of this show and what we do here — namely, let YOU know about comedy podcasts — is Davian Dent over in the UK. He’s involved in a couple of podcasts, including Strange Times and his own The Bitter Sound, a show that’s an ongoing experiment and experience in audio wonderment. The ol’ BS has been down for a bit, but it’s coming back, baby! And Davian, along with his sometimes sidekick, Matt Bubbles, created this preview of a piece of the upcoming first show of his new season just for you…and it's one of the more disgusting uses for the "theater of the mind" in recent memory. Studious StudsShaq Scott and TerranceNext up is a clip from the Studious Studs podcast with Shaq Scott and Terrance. I found these guys because they’d re-tweeted something of ours. Found out they’re into their second season, after taking a break for the summer. Their website describes the show as “A weekly podcast that sits down and discusses life's obstacles and events in a very funny way.” Okay, I’ll buy that. This clip clues us in on what the guys have to say about a recent Chris Brown concert. Thanks for reading this blog and, hopefully, taking time out to listen to the actual podcast. That's what it's there for. Don’t forget to jump up to iTunes to rate and review us – that’s about the only thing that gets us noticed. If you want to flip us a few coins, feel free to access the Donate button or the Amazon banner or our Succotashery, all through our homesite at http://SuccotashShow.com. Until the next time we invade your earholes, thanks for passing the Succotash! — Marc Hershon

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EPISODE 6: w/ special guest Nug Nahrgang.    This weekend Burgie is joined by comedian, improviser, Illusionoid podcast cast member and host of WWE's Aftermath, Nug Narhgang! Nug & Burgie get into comedy, Evil Dead, wrestling and of course comic books – plus all the stuff you love about the weekend on the latest pulse-pounding episode of Weekend at Burgie's!   Featuring music by Beatmason and Thesis Sahib.     

Howdy hey there, friends and neighbors! You're reading the companion blog entry for Epi87 of Succotash, the Comedy Podcast Podcast. (Just 12 episodes left until we hit 100, which will mark the end of Season 1. What can I say? Long seasons. Kind of like the winters in Game of Thrones…) In addition to a barrelful of podcast clips this episode, I had a fascinating chat with Geoffrey Welchman. I announced last week that GW was folding up the tent on Inverse Delirium, his 4-year-old podcast, which he has done. So then I thought it might be insightful to find out what led him to that decision and it is – so we’ll hear that in a little bit in addition to the final message to his listeners that he posted this past week. We also have our Burst O’ Durst segment with comedian Will Durst, a classic Henderson’s Pants spot, the Tweetsack segment, the 10 Most Active Shows In The Stitcher Top 100 Comedy Podcast List and, of course, our obligatory nod, salute, or genuflect to the boys (Dean Haglund & Phil Leirness) over at the Chillpak Hollywood Hour podcast, who just said goodbye to their 7th year in podcasting and mentioned us along the way. I also contrast and compare the old and the new theme songs for the Hob The Troll podcast. The 10 Most Active Shows in Stitcher's Top 100 Comedy Podcasts List Here's where we look at the ten podcasts that have moved up or down the Stitcher Top 100 Comedy Podcast chart in the past week. AT                                                                                MOVED37 SModcast >> Jay & Silent Bob Get Old                          -1154 Jordan Jesse Go                                                         +1256 This Week In Blackness Radio                                      +862 The Artie Lange Show                                                 -1069 Harmontown                                                              +1170 Thrilling Adventure Hour                                            +1180 The Dana Gould Hour                                                 +2385 The Beige Phillips Show                                               +886 Straight Outta Lo Cash                                                 +697 Nick DiPaolo                                                                -7 The Clips Chillpak Hollywood HourTo mark their anniversary, Dean Haglund and Phil Leirness have just moved their operation over to Blogtalk Radio, which doesn’t change things for the listener but gives them a nice solid production base. Monster PartyBack in Succotash Epi53 I interviewed my friend and comedian Matt Weinhold who had, at the time, been experimenting with a new podcast idea that he and buddies James Gonis, Shawn Sheridan, and Larry Strohe – all Hollywood writers – had done on video where they drank adult beverages and talked about one main subject: Monster movies. Well, now Monster Party is an ongoing thing and in the most recent episode, the boys and guest Dana Gould sunk their teeth into vampire movies. In this clip they ponder the origins of Blackula. NerdistLast week I reviewed the Nerdist with Chris Hardwick and Jonah Ray – Matt Myra wasn’t on this particular episode, where they interviewed director/actor/writer Jon Favreau, who has a new movie out that he both directed AND starred in called Chef. In this clip, they talk about spoilers and puzzle over the etiquette of how long you should wait before talking about a show. IllusionoidOne of my favorite podcasts continues to be Illusionoid, which is an improvised science fiction comedy podcast out of Toronto. I’ve interviewed the three guys – Paul Bates, Lee Smart, and Nug Nahrgang (the best name is podcasting) – before and met them when they were in San Francisco for the SF Improv Festival last year. Haven’t played ‘em for a while though, so here’s a clip from their recent LIVE episode from Comedy Bar in Toronto, along with their special guests Craig Anderson, Ashley Comeau, and Kyle Dooley of Bad Dog Theatre. Hob The TrollSome TV shows used to have very specific theme songs – think about things like the Addams Family – or an even better example in this case is Gilligan’s Island, where the theme song changed after the first season to include mentioned The Professor and MaryAnne instead of referencing them simply as “all the rest”. Hob The Troll is a show that is hosted by a character that pops up at Renaissance Faires around the country. He sings and does comedy and is easily the happiest, non-goat-eating troll around. In podcast form, Hob The Troll features guest characters, often played by actors and comedians, such as Mark Gagliarti’s King John. He recently upgraded his show’s opening theme song, both versions of which are so specific that I thought it would be fun to contrast and compare.  And then I play a short clip with Hob and Corey Eno Ruffin, the guy who did the new theme song for the show. Crunch Time ShowI got a note and a request from Wayne “Crunchie” Baglin, co-host of the Crunch Time Show (along with his wife The Scully), a podcast that looks at a myriad of geekiness, from games and movies to anything else that geeky nerdlings enjoy. They have a feature on the show called the "Random 5" where their showboard computer asks 5 random questions which you answer, then you get to ask one of your own. So Wayne asked if I’d play the Random 5 and here’s what happened… The Bonn & Obo ShowIt’s been a long time coming but Epi9 – NINE! – of the Bonn & Obo Show has finally dropped. It’s a pretty inventive show BUT, since Bonn and Obo seem to rarely – if ever – get along, it take awhile to get those shows out. This last one took a solid YEAR. Which is why Bonn moonlights on The Strange Times Show as well. In this clip, Obo has had enough disrespect from his mic mate, Bonn, and decides to file a complaint. Cashing In With TJ MillerHave you had a chance to catch Silicon Valley, the new Mike Judge comedy on HBO yet? Really funny, at least for those of us that live within spitting distance of the real Silicon Valley. And TJ Miller is one of the best parts of the show. He also can’t seem to showing up as a guest on the Cashing In podcast, which is probably why they’ve subtitled it With TJ Miller. Comedian Cash Levy hosts and TJ does what he does best, which is to wreak havoc. The Dork ForestJackie Kashian and her show The Dork Forest continues to root out the well-known and semi-well-known who are into sometime some obscure or even archaic stuff. This snippet comes from her Epi227 with guest Emily Gordon – co-host of the Indoor Kids with husband Kumail Nanjiani. Jackie and Emily chat about comedy and mental health. Center City ComedyA quintet of Philadelphia’s comedians - H. Foley, Kevin Ryan, Tom Cassidy, Reggie Conquest, and Andrew Schiavone – belly up to the mic and deliver up jokes, insults, and opinion about a variety of topics for Center City Comedy. The clip they sent in starts off about playing school basketball then sidetracks into a discussion about one of the guy’s long-lost classmates, a discussion which then disintegrates into unstoppable, contagious giggling. All right, it’s time to saw goodbye to Epi87. Until next time, don’t be afraid to shop at Amazon by using the oh-so-handy banner at the top of our SuccotashShow.com page. Or click the Donate button you’ll see there and we’ll give you a hearty shout out during the next episode. Or click on the link to our Succotashery and purch some murch there – we’ll be eternally grateful and, again, will shout your name to the heavens. I’m off to LA for a week. I may do a little Epi87.5 from the road if I’m in a mood for rambling. Otherwise it will be Epi88 when next we meet. Either way, please remember to pass the Succotash! — Marc Hershon

Welcome to the blog entry counterpart to Episode 69 of Succotash, the Comedy Podcast Podcast. The biggest news for this show in the past  week is that we're now recommended listening by Stitcher Smart Radio! That's right, particularly if you’re a podcaster just starting out and want to get a handle on this baby widecast medium. Just a couple of days ago, Stitcher mentioned that my appearance on the Podcaster 101 show is featured in their “So You Think You Can Podcast” Top Ten Helpful Tips section! I’ve been tweeting this past week (via @SuccotashShow) that Succotash will have a table set up in the Podcast Lab at this year’s Los Angeles Podcast Festival, which is happening in a couple of weeks — October 4 thru 6 in Santa Monica. You can get more information and get tickets at http://LAPodfest.com. Anybody can stop by our table – if we actually get a table – but I will have a Succotash banner and be giving away some cool magnetic buttons I just ordered – they’re like pins without the pin and feature the Succotash yellow and green logo. (they haven't even been delivered yet but, once they're here, I'll post a picture of them...) So do stop by if you’re at the fest. And, if YOU'RE a comedy podcaster, we’ll have our mics set up and I’ll do an interview with you which we’ll feature on the show. Some friends of Succotash are in town this week. In town meaning San Francisco at the San Francisco Improv Festival. And the friends are the cast of ILLUSIONOID!, one of our favorite podcasts. Paul Bates, Lee Smart, and Nug Nahrgang – the best name in podcasting – will be performing on Wednesday night, September 18th, at the Eureka Theater. So, if you’re in the Bay Area, buy tickets and join me in checking these guys out live and in person. LIVE APPEARANCE I’ll actually be performing live and in person a little later this month. Friday, September 27th, I’m going to be part of Marsh Jam, a new improv free-for-all that’s going up at the Marsh Cabaret in Berkeley. I think that’s at 8:30 and you can find out more at TheMarsh.org. HONORARY ASSOCIATE PRODUCER Special thanks again this show to Tyson Saner, whom I've dubbed as our Honorary Associate Producer for providing us with clips to some podcast he's discovered This episode in particular is loaded with Saner clips and it's a pleasure to have those available. THE TEN MOST ACTIVE ON THE STITCHER TOP 100 COMEDY PODCAST LIST Every week (or so) we're tracking the shows on Stitcher's Top 100 Comedy Podcast list that show the most action, either up OR down. Here's who distinguished themselves this week: 16. Bertcast’s Podcast +1229. The Champs with Neal Brennan & Moshe Kasher +2945. Jordan, Jesse, GO +3161. Smodcast >> FeAB -2766. The David Feldman Show -1770. Dining With Doug & Karen +2578. The Read -2885. The Insanity Check +2186. The Jack Blood Show +1698. Keith and the Girl Podcast -20 DOUBLE DOSE O' DURST AGAIN With this episode, I think I've finally caught up with the backlog of our Burst O' Durst feature, but only because we're playing one more double header with America's "Raging Moderate" Will Durst. THE LAST OF BOGANWOOD, SEASON 1 We feature the eighth and final chapter of Boganwood, Season 1, this show, along with the last snippet of my interview with this podcast miniseries creator, Jason McNamara. It's a bittersweet end of our having played all the episode. Bitter because it's ending, sweet because we've been keeping you occupied while Jabs (Jason to his mum) has been getting Boganwood, Season TWO underway! Check it out at http://Boganwood.com. THE CLIPS Jordan, Jesse, GO!This podcast moved up 31 spots this past week in the Stitcher Top 100 so that’s a good place to start. This is one of the shows in the Maximum Fun podcast arsenal. And they are about to hit Episode 300, so you know they’ve got a handle on this podcast thing. Featuring Jesse Thorn and Jordan Morris co-hosting what they refer to as “a freewheeling comedy podcast about life in your 20’s”. The most recent episode featured a visit with comedian and writer Liz Feldman and they got into talking about a place Jesse takes his 2-year-old. The Insanity CheckThis show, which got into the Top 100 on Stitcher’s Comedy Podcast this week at #85, is hosted by Kriss, Ryce, Dylan and a few other guests here and there. The show focuses on crazy things like working in the corporate world, politics, the entertainment industry and society as a whole. They’ve been dropping shows twice a week – I envy them – and so they recently sailed past 400 episodes. Their latest – Epi408 – is entitled The Can’t U Niggas Troll Convention. Harmontown This past week I reviewed this podcast from Dan Harmon, the creator of NBC’s Community – you know he’s back this season, after leaving last year – and also with Jeff Davis, a great improvisor from Whose Line Is It Anyway. My review is up as part of This Week In Comedy Podcasts on Splitsider.com. It’s a very entertaining show – and they’ve been on for only 2 more episodes than Succotash – maybe there's hope for me yet! Podhouse 90: The Wonderful Pundits of Oz Frank Coniff is a very funny writer and comedian  - he’s currently working on Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell - and has come up with a great concept that bends the parameters of podcasting. They’re these full-length musical comedy plays, with the title springboard off early TV’s “Playhouse 90”. Tyson Saner snipped us off a clip from The Wonderful Pundits of Oz, which picks up after the events as we know them from The Wizard of Oz. Great cast, too, with Coniff, Melissa Villasenor, Dave "Gruber" Allen, J. Elvis Weinstein, David Higgens, Laraine Newman, Emo Phillips, Dana Gould, Mark Thompson, Jamie Haddad Tompkins, and Joe Keyes.  Combat Radio We haven’t played anything from our old pal Ethan Dettenmeier over at Combat Radio in awhile, so it was nice to have Tyson send in a clip from a recent show. Ethan had a couple of comedians in – Eric Mark and Justin Rivera – then threw in the author of Why Are You Single? Sonia Everett McKie just to stir the pot… Inverse DeliriumOur buddy, Geoffrey Welchman, over at the Inverse Delirium podcast, shot us in a clip this week – actually, he sent it in a couple of weeks ago but I lost it somehow. So he’s re-sent it in because he realized that the last couple of clip from Inverse Delirium we played didn’t actually have him in them. Here he is now, in a piece about EVPs or Electronic Voice Phenomena. SModcast >> Edumacation If Kevin Smith’s Smodcast brand were in grocery stores, they would have tons of consumer “facings”, as they’re called, because there are so many different flavors. Tyson Saner sent us in a clip from Edumacation, where Kevin gets schooled by someone new every time. This time, it’s Tonight Show writer Andy McElfresh who gives us the straight scoop on something called prosopagnosia, where the person can't identify people by their appearances, even celebrities. Evil Teddy Bear PodcastKorey Epps and Thomas Fine have hosted over 100 epis of their show. The tagline on their homesite reads: “Two film freaks, one podcast and a shitload of movies.” So this is mainly a movie review/tribute/slapfest. The hosts and their guest, Steve Sievers, about their first Kevin Smith movie experiences. That's is for Epi69. It's pretty jam-packed so I hope you enjoy it. See you soon and, while i'm out, would you mind passing the Succotash! — Marc Hershon

I’m very excited about today’s show. I’m usually excited about every epi, but sometimes I’m more excited than other times and this is one of those more excited times. Our special guests are Paul Bates, Lee Smart, and Nug Nahrgang – the cast of Illusionoid, one of my favorite podcasts. One of the most interesting things about Illusionoid is that it is a highly improvised show, built within a framework that makes it seem like each episode is an integral story within a structured whole. Maybe that's where the "illusion" part of the name comes from - I didn't think to ask. We DO get into the nuts and bolts of how the show gets put together - performance, music, sound effects - as well as how the three guys met up and how the show got started. I play a snippet of a recent Illusionoid episode after the interview, one that was inspired by part of our conversation just before the guys were going into the studio to record the show. You really should hear more and you can do it at http://Illusionoid.com, as well as on iTunes and Stitcher Smart Radio.  COUNTDOWN Here's the latest Top 10 Comedy Podcast countdown from Stitcher Smart Radio. There are a couple of new entries this week but not a whole lot of action - no movement at all amongst the top eight shows from last week's numbers. 10. SModcast > Tell ‘Em Steve-Dave!9. The Church of What’s Happening Now8. Doug Loves Movies7. Death Squad6. Mohr Stories5. The Nerdist4. NPR: Car Talk Podcast3. WTF with Mark Maron2. The Adam Carolla Show1. The Joe Rogan Experience WHAT ELSE YOU GOT? There's our Burst O' Durst, with comedian Will Durst talking about Girls (HBO) creator Lena Dunham and her amazing display of tattoos that joined her at the recent Golden Globes awards. I read a letter from Louis CK. And we have a song from Bonn and Obo. CLIPS SModcast: Tell ‘Em, Steve-DaveFeaturing Brian Quinn, Bryan Johnson & Walt Flanagan, Tell 'Em, Steve-Dave is billed as “Two Comic Book Men and An Impractical Joker. Uncensored.” The origin of the title is from a comic store that Kevin Smith and Walt Flanagan used to go to, run by a guy who they could never remember if his name was Steve or Dave. So he became Steve-Dave. Our clip has part of their regular segments called "Fat News". The Church Of What's Happening NowSome people may be old enough to remember that the title of Joey Diaz’ podcast came from a character that late comedian Flip Wilson did, the Reverend Leroy, and it was the name of his church. Joey’s a truth-to-power kind of guy who also seems heavily fueled by edible forms of marijuana. But he used to be into heavier stuff, as evidenced by the story he tells in our sample of the show. NPR: Car Talk PodcastDid you know that NPR's Car Talk radio show, featuring the beloved Click and Clack (AKA Tom and Ray Magliozzi) is also Top 10 podcast? You can tell it's new to podcasting and a to a whole new audience because otherwise listeners would know that Car Talk - around for 35 years - stopped producing new shows last October! What you’re hearing are old reruns of people calling in to ask Click and Clack about their old broken down cars. Sloppy SecondsThe official blurb for Sloppy Seconds reads: “San Francisco comedian Howard Stone and co-host Tom Sawyer discuss current events in this fast paced comedy talk show with music.” What it neglects to say is that Tom Sawyer has been a fixture in the San Francisco comedy scene for 30 years as the owner of Cobb’s Comedy Club. And he’s got as many opinions as he had comedians cross the Cobb’s stage. Their guest this episode is Bay Area comedian Johnny Steele, who has an opinion or two himself. TalkS Hit with Eddie IfftHere’s a podcast that’s known by slightly different titles depending where you look for it. On its homesite, it’s Talking Shit with Jim Jefferies and Eddie Ifft. Or sometimes just Talking Shit with Eddie Ifft. Or Jim And Eddie Talk Shit. On iTunes, to get past the censorship on titles, it’s called TalkS Hit with Eddie Ifft. Whatever you call it, it has just passed 200 episodes, so something’s working. I will warn you that this show is NOT for the meek. This particular episode they have comedian Greg Wilson dropping by and the stories are, quite frankly, a little rough. Definitely NSFW. But there’s a crude hilarity and sense of fun…up until the moment Eddie shits his pants. Yes, that's right. Say no more. The DC AMAM is the host of The DC AM which is in Washington, DC. In a most recent epsiode, AM and a friend – the podcast homesite is very devoid of names – ventured to the Music And Gaming Festival (or MAGFest) in search of costumed weirdos running amok in our nation’s capitol. In the clip we have, they’ve cornered a dude dressed like Encio from the Assassion’s Creed video games. YA YA Brian Elles hosts a man-on-the-street type of show in Chicago called Ya Ya in conjunction with Peaches and Hot Sauce Productions. (I think I mispronounce the title of the show during the podcast - it's not "yah-yah" but more "yeh-yeh" - guest I'm not street enough to get those nuances…) In this clip that came right out of our TweetSack, Brian has Greg Gilenna (creator and writer of Meet The Parents) as his guest, who reveals the origins of the movie was a two-minute comedy sketch. There aren't THAT many clips in today's show but, with the Illusionoid interview, this is one of the longer episodes of Succotash we've done. Even so, I still managed to tack on a bonus succotash recipe at the very end, after Bill Haywatt signs off. Until next time, please remember to pass the Succotash! — Marc Hershon

Happy New Year! 2012 had many ups and downs, and that counts in comedy podcasting, too. Some podcasts went off the rails — such as Affirmation Nation and The Gentlemens' Club — never to be heard from again. While at the same time, milestones were passed for others. What did WTF, Nerdist, and Never Not Funny have in common? They all dropped their 300th episode this year! Congrats! And You Made It Weird, Who Charted?, Walking the Room, The Long Shot, and Sklarbo Country all turned the corner on their episode 100 in 2012. And the granddaddy of the comedy podcast ilk, Tom Scharpling's The Best Show On WFMU, actually rang up its 500th episode! I came up with the idea of doing a Top 10 Comedy Podcasts of 2012 but, unfortunately, the concept hit me the day before I was going to record Epi45. I didn't have the time or even a methodology in mind to pull it off, so I did the next best thing. I borrowed a list from the AV Club. They had their panel of reviewers dole out 50 points a piece amongst the podcasts out there in the universe, did careful calculations and considerations before posting their list. I swear we'll do something like that…next year. In the meantime, here's how the AV Club's list shook out: 10. Walking The Room9.   Pop Culture Happy Hour8.   Nerdist7.   Doug Loves Movies6.   The Pod F. Tompkast5.   (tie) Sklarbro Country / The Best Show on WFMU4.   You Made It Weird3.   Savage Love2.   Comedy Bang Bang1.   WTF This list was meant to be from ALL realms of podcasts but, as you can see, the majority are comedy-based in nature. Three of them have never been clipped on Succotash before, so we make up for that in this episode, with the exception of Savage Love, hosted by Dan Savage out of Seattle, Washington. The reason being that it is not a comedy p'cast but, instead, a very good and somewhat edgy relationship and sexual advice show. (It's currently #1 on Stitcher's Lifestyle & Health Top 100 list.) POD MAFIA IRREGULARS Last episode was our Succotash Christmas Card episode to those podcasts in the Pod Mafia collective of internet shows. But there are also a group of shows that have been very supportive of not just our podcast but a number of the Pod Mafia shows as well, so I'm referring to them as the Pod Mafia Irregulars. And this episode we pay tribute to them by clipping some recent editions of The Brit & The American, The Clutch & Wiggle Experience, The Random Variety Show, Toggle The Switch and Bonn And Obo. FUNNY MUSIC TIME  This episode's music break is furnished by the duo of Paul & Storm. It's their song Nugget Man, a salute to Robert C. Baker, inventor of the Chicken McNugget. Please click on their name to be linked to their most excellent website, which is festooned with their many musical selections! They also have a podcast you should check out, entitled Paul and Storm Talk About Some Stuff for Five to Ten Minutes (On Average). BURST O' DURST This time around, our Ambassador to The Middle, political comedian Will Durst gives us is Ode to Twenty Twelve. CLIPS Pop Culture Happy HourNPR's entertainment and pop culture round-table podcast features Linda Holmes, Trey Graham, Stephen Thompson & Glen Weldon having spirited discussions of movies, books, television, nostalgia, and anything else that might be making them happy. NerdistCongrats to Chris Hardwick, Jonah Ray and Matt Myra! Their Nerdist podcast hit Epi300 this past week or so. And to celebrate the moment, they returned to whence they began, doing the podcast in the office of Thomas Lennon’s house. Lennon was their very first guest and (for my money) he is one of the funniest guests in podcasting, ranking up there with the likes of Paul F. Tompkins. The Best Show on WFMUThe Best Show on WFMU with Tom Scharpling is a combination music/call-in/comedy radio show originating from New Jersey-based radio station WFMU. The Best Show first aired on October 10, 2000 and, as mentioned up top, they've aired/dropped over 500 episodes! The Brit & The AmericanThe Brit and The American – namely Alba Lewis and Tom Moore – have translocated to Peru for the next 6 months but continue to pump out the podcasts on a regular basis. We feature a taste from a recent episode, which I think is PRE-Peru. The Clutch & Wiggle ExperienceYour hosts Rob and Craig (along with K-Love) take you on a verbal whirlwind as they spin, annihilate and humiliate everything and anything in the world today. Straight from the basement on a real air hockey table, they bring comedy and "justice" the way no one else sees the world. (Their CWERadio.com also rebroadcasts episodes of Succotash each week!  Random Variety Show PodcastCharley Miller is a good friend of Succotash and we’d be remiss if we didn’t include him in this belated Christmas card to the Pod Mafia Irregulars. In this clip Groucho Marx, who handles most of the heavy lifting when it comes to the interviews on  RVSP, talks to Libby Marie and Lishia from the Two Funny Girls podcast. Toggle the SwitchCross-Pacific podcast Toggle The Switch features Susan Wygmans from America and Carl McAteer from Australia. Susan started out as part of the Cuddlah Army, a total fan of Walking The Room with Greg Behrendt and Dave Anthony, and now she finds herself with listeners of her own. We have a snippet of their show talking about “humpy time” and, right after that, we’ve got a little holiday message from the pair that was delayed due to a snag in our Tweetsack. BonnAndOboHere’s a show that’s definitely Pod Mafia worthy, not to mention they are requesting some guest vocal input from our very own Bill Haywatt. I’ve sent out a request to Bill’s favorite watering holes and, if we can get him upright long enough to record those lines, we’ll get them to you. In this clip, they bring in a very special guest. Epic Rant RadioAs part of Epic Rant Radio with Andre and Eric, they have a feature called “Rounds”, where the two guys go at it over certain subjects. In this clip, it’s the merits of watching old Sex And The City versus Glee. King MeanyA few episodes ago, I talked about a new sketch group out of England called King Meany. Liam Beirne, Andy Goddard, Shem Jeffs, Natalie Feehan, and Lizzie Milton were getting ready to start podcasting and now…they have! IllusionoidOne of my personal favorite podcasts is out of Canada. Illusionoid, with Paul Bates, Lee Smart, and Nug Nahrgang. This was their holiday offering, The Christmas Ninjas, and we play the whole thing. In the coming year, I'm hoping to have more interesting interviews with podcasters, comedians and interesting people from the world of entertainment. I also hope to keep up a regular release schedule, which should be welcome news for those of you you enjoy a helping of Succotash you can depend on. And I'm going to feature a recipe for actual succotash at the tail end of every episode this year that I've found online. Why? Just to help you to pass the Succotash even more! — Marc Hershon

Here’s the secret project we’ve been working on for a while. Paul Bates, Lees Smart and Nug Nahrgang are Illusionoid. After winning the Globehead tournament at the Bad Dog Theatre, they decided that improvising together was fun… especially when the … Continue reading →