Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchMichelle Buteau: An Achievable Beyonce
Michelle Buteau explains why she is the "achievable Beyonce" for government workers and how her history editing grim news footage at WNBC led her to …
9 months, 4 weeks ago
T.J. Miller: You'll Do Better in Toledo
Actor and comedian T.J. Miller explains why a traumatic brain injury is his improvisational "cheat code"—and how a 2010 surgery for an arteriovenous …
9 months, 4 weeks ago
Sarah Silverman & Kyle Kinane: Comedy, Cancel Culture, and Conspiracies
Mike unlocks two interviews from the vault featuring comics who navigate the cultural minefield with very different styles. First, Sarah Silverman di…
10 months ago
Alex Edelman: "The Hardest Thing to Talk About in a Joke is Israel."
In this special holiday week episode, Mike sits down with comedian Alex Edelman, fresh off a Tony Award for his show Just For Us and a spot on the Ti…
10 months ago
Roy Wood Jr.: "People Just Want to Feel Good."
In this special Christmas Day edition, Mike gives the gift of Roy Wood Jr., a comedian who embodies the "profundities in punchlines" ethos. Wood join…
10 months ago
Django Gold: The Comedian Who Wants to Dim Your Shine
In a special Christmas Eve edition, Mike brings you a "gift" from the comedy vault: an interview with the brilliantly off-kilter Django Gold. A veter…
10 months ago
Thomas Chatterton Williams: Why the Summer of 2020 Wasn't Inevitable
Thomas Chatterton Williams joins to discuss his new book, The Summer of Our Discontent: The Age of Certainty and the Demise of Discourse. He argues t…
10 months ago
Quico Toro: "Charlatans Burrow Into Your Life and Don't Leave."
Quico Toro joins to discuss Charlatans: How Grifters, Swindlers, and Hucksters Bamboozle the Media, the Markets, and the Masses, distinguishing the "…
10 months ago
Rob Reiner: "I Just Viewed My Child in Pain"
In light of the recent tragedy, Mike unlocks a 2016 interview with the late Rob Reiner. It is a conversation that now plays differently: Reiner discu…
10 months, 1 week ago
Jay Jurden: High Profundities Per Minute
Comedian Jay Jurden explains why nine years of theater training is his "superpower" on the stand-up stage—and why he treats every punchline like a li…
10 months, 1 week ago