This Might Help with Matt Braunger
217 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 2 years ago - ★★★★★ - 358 ratingsThis Might Help with Matt Braunger is the third and final evolution of comedian Matt Braunger’s advice podcast. Matt Braunger and guest listen to messages left by everyday people who need advice, on the spot. No googling, no BS, and all entertaining. Got a problem? Need a laugh? This Might Help. Call Matt's advice line 323-763-0228.
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Ep 100 - Will Sasso Joins Me for the Final Helping: Episode 100!
April 28, 2022 07:00 - 1 hour - 204 MBMightys, we have reached the end. After two years and 100 episodes of Might Have Help-ing, I’ve decided to bring the pod to an end. And you know what? I didn’t tell my guest Will Sasso! Why? Because he would have surely cried. Will is an old friend and someone I’ve always looked up to comedically/performance-wise. He’s also one of those notoriously kind guys you hear about here and there in this Biz-buzzy town, so he was (and is) the ideal final guest. We went long on this one, not because i...
Ep 99 - Patton Oswalt and Meredith Salenger are Here to Help!
April 21, 2022 07:00 - 1 hour - 140 MBThis episode I got not one, but two guests who need no introduction. You know Patton from his legendary stand-up-that-led-to-other-insanely-cool-stuff career, and Meredith from her rise from child star to voice and screen actress and writer. What a get! Though Patton and I go way back, I’d only met Meredith once, so this was two of my favorite kinds of shows (in one!): 1) Catching up with an old friend, and 2) Learning about a person I find interesting but don’t know that well. Score! We tal...
Ep 98 - Scott Wampler Is Here To Help!
April 14, 2022 07:00Scott Wampler is a writer/podcaster/superfan-made-good who I first became aware of on Twitter, the best place to make friends in the world. A funny, self-effacing, yet scathing critic of cinema and fan of low art, the two of us hit it off immediately when I came on his podcast. That podcast? The mega-popular “The Kingcast,” based entirely around the works of Stephen King. On each episode, the guest chooses one of Mr. King’s works to discuss. I’m very proud that I got to talk about the movie ...
Ep 97 - Atsuko Okatsuka is Here to Drop it, and to Help!
April 07, 2022 07:00Lately, you might have heard of something called the Drop Challenge. People taking a sexy look towards the camera, then dropping to a “hot squat” (my term) slowly towards the ground. Heck, the cast of SNL did it recently. Well, it was created by today’s guest Atsuko Okatsuka, a gifted, engaging comedian and friend of mine. Atsuko is somebody who comes across as eternally happy and optimistic, but she’s had her share of trauma and strife, both personal and familial. She’s made a series of dan...
Ep 96- Jonah Ray Rodrigues is Here to Make Fun/Help!
March 31, 2022 07:00Jonah is an old friend from when I first moved to Los Angeles. I’ll never forget driving us both to a brutally shitty show WAY far away from where either of us lived. We both had good sets, mostly because the situation was so insane. For example: The stage was a small wooden box with carpeting stapled to it (!). After sharing such a stage, we had no choice to become lifelong friends. Since then he’s gone on to co-host and produce “The Meltdown” on Comedy Central and has been the new host of ...
Ep 95 - Brian Simpson
March 24, 2022 15:49 - 1 hour - 122 MBBrian Simpson is a comic I love/hate to follow at my home club, The Comedy Store. He’s deadpan, hilarious, writes great jokes, and is fearless in what he says. I’m MAYBE two or three of those things, so going up after him makes me work (always a good thing for your growth, sometimes not the most fun at the time). We didn’t know each other, but I knew I had to get him on the show. The timing was perfect, as he’s recently gotten a lot of well-earned shine, appearing on Netflix’s “The Stand-Ups...
Ep 94 - Kyle Buchanan is Here to Help with The Fury of Your Road!
March 17, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 151 MBIf the bars of Eastern Los Angeles could talk, the tales they would tell of me and the two Kyles (Buchanan and Kinane). Kinane, as you might know, and I moved to LA from Chicago together. Back in the early 2000s, we bounced around drinking our way through LA with writer Kyle Buchanan. It was a fun, fun time. Kyle B and I haven’t talked much since, but he’s become quite the success, becoming the head columnist for The Projectionist at The New York Times. He’s got a new book out about the ston...
Ep 93 - Beth Lapides Says You Need to Decide to Get Help!
March 10, 2022 08:00 - 1 hour - 135 MBBeth Lapides gave a stage to pretty much any comic you’ve ever liked from the alt-comedy scene in Los Angeles. Patton Oswalt, Dana Gould, Janeane Garafalo, the list goes on and on. Her show Un-Cabaret was, and is, legendary for letting unique artists explore their perspectives in front of a rapt audience. I’ve even done it! It’s spectacular. Beth is also a performer herself, as well as a writer and teacher. She’s even got a new audiobook out now called “You Need to Decide.” We got into thing...
Ep 92 - Ricky Velez Thinks Helping is Selfish, But He'll Do it For You!
March 03, 2022 10:15 - 1 hour - 175 MBRicky Velez is one of the funniest comedians out there, and he’s only, like, 32? He’s written on a ton of shows, is currently on a tour headlining all the best hard-for-a-comic-to-break-into comedy clubs, and most recently opened for Hasan Minaj at Radio City Music Hall (!!). He’s also married with a three-year-old boy who, he tells me, is hilarious. On top of that, though he smokes weed, he’s quit drinking. Ricky is a NYC fixture. Though, after his wife was attacked on the street, they deca...
Ep 91 - Your Host is Here to Help, by Himself!
February 24, 2022 08:00 - 1 hour - 126 MBWe got another solo episode, Mightys. As the longtime listeners (Mightys, You) know, these pop up here and there because, well, they’re fun. Typically, I like to have a partner on to whack the ping-pong ball with, but occasionally I like to do it myself. I’m about to get back on the road soon, which means I’ll be doing exactly that, but onstage. Doing eps like this one helps keep me on my feet, so thanks for your indulgence. However, this will be no chore! We’ve got fun, gags, and amazing ca...
Ep 90 - Lisa Tozzi is Here to Edit Your Problems Down to Nothing!
February 17, 2022 08:00Lisa Tozzi is the Digital Editor for Rolling Stone magazine, former of Buzzfeed, and before that The New York Times. As I learned on the show, even she can’t believe it. Her first big story was the election of 2000. Remember that sh*tshow? She’s covered huge story after huge story since. A friend of a friend, I was delighted when she agreed to come on the show and offer advice. We got along great and have a similar outlook on life. That is, you have to adapt as you go, and certainty is often...
Ep 89 - Billy Wayne Davis is a Wild Man Here to Help!
February 10, 2022 08:00 - 2 hours - 234 MBI call Billy a wild man because he’s got that crazy southerner look in his eye onstage, but he’s actually a down-to-earth normal guy who says crazy stuff onstage. I’m not sure when we met, but when we did we clicked right away. One reason I have so many comedian friends on the show (other than I know so many) is that they’ve lived a lot of lives. BWD has been on a road a long time, but had the sense to get his life in order, and is a good father to his kids. In my line of work, that’s saying...
Ep 88 - Jason Shapiro, Founder of Los Feliz Daycare, is Here to Help!
February 03, 2022 11:00Jason Shapiro is a comedy writer/performer who struck gold with a parody account of a fake day care in the hipster-affluent neighborhood of Los Feliz (Editor’s note: I live there lol). Google “Los Feliz Day Care” right now and find his twitter and Instagram account for it. Glorious, very funny, and dead on. As he told me in this episode, the idea came when he was a writer’s assistant. He learned that one of the writers, whose child went to a day care in LF, got a LETTER FOR SENDING THEIR CHI...
Ep 87 - River Butcher is a Different Kind of Dude for Helping!
January 27, 2022 08:00River Butcher is one of the funniest comics out there today and an old friend. He’s also someone who, when I first met him, had a different name and a different pronoun. Hence the title of his new special “A Different Kind of Dude.” We’ve done shows, festivals, and even TV together, and he’s always been a fun and insightful person. THAT STOPS NOW! I’m kidding. We got into everything from why LBGTQ people only get expected to talk about gay stuff, how really nobody knows how to navigate show ...
Ep 86 - Laura Leigh Abbey is a Lot of Things, Including Here to Help!
January 25, 2022 19:19 - 53 minutesLaura Leigh Abby is a mom, wife, writer, TV personality and many other things. In fact, when we connected online I noticed a bunch of spin bikes behind her. She was recording from her fitness studio, of course! You might know her from her stint on the show “Newlyweds” on Bravo TV, or from her writing, but you’re about to know her from her new podcast, Seventeen. In it, Laura will have a VO actor read from HER ACTUALY HIGH SCHOOL DIARY and HAVE THE ACTUAL LIVING PEOPLE SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT on...
Ep 86 - Laura Leigh Abby is a Lot of Things, Including Here to Help!
January 25, 2022 19:19 - 1 hour - 128 MBLaura Leigh Abby is a mom, wife, writer, TV personality and many other things. In fact, when we connected online I noticed a bunch of spin bikes behind her. She was recording from her fitness studio, of course! You might know her from her stint on the show “Newlyweds” on Bravo TV, or from her writing, but you’re about to know her from her new podcast, Seventeen. In it, Laura will have a VO actor read from HER ACTUALY HIGH SCHOOL DIARY and HAVE THE ACTUAL LIVING PEOPLE SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT o...
Ep 85 - Kyle Kinane is Here to Not Help! Part Two
January 13, 2022 12:18 - 1 hour - 147 MBWell, this is a first my Mightys. Typically I gotta scramble to get calls per episode. Partly because it’s hard to get people fans aware that they’re on an advice podcast and they can CALL THEM DIRECT, party because NO ONE MAKES PHONE CALLS ANYMORE. Which, you know, I get. When I get a phone call from a friend my immediate thought is, oh shit, who died? Lol! Anyway, THIS episode we got SO MANY CALLS that we did TWO EPISODES! Thankfully, my brother was game. So here, I give you PART TWO of UN...
Ep 84 - Kyle Kinane is Here to Not Help! Part One
January 06, 2022 13:55You asked for it, you got it, Mightys. My brother, Uncle BBQ himself, joins me on This Might Help with Matt Braunger. Kyle and I started out together in Chicago, driving around in his massive Grand Marquis through the snow to bomb in front of crowd after crowd. When it came time to move to LA, we did it together. And you know the rest. When I say you’re in for a treat, I mean you’re in for your very own wedding cake on this one. Once Kyle realized we didn’t have to give very good advice we w...
Ep 83 - Matt Braunger is Here to Help for the Holidays!!
December 30, 2021 08:00 - 46 minutes - 84.4 MBHere it is, folks. The last episode of This Might Help of the year. I had to do it alone, just for you. All calls, write-ins, etc, answered entirely by me, your host and favorite dum-dum. This was surprisingly fun as all hell. Have a great holiday season, thanks for listening and/or calling, and feel free to listen to this on your earbuds alone in a closet to escape your family. Call Matt and ask a question 323-763-0228 New episodes arrive every Thursday via The Laugh Button. For adve...
Ep 82 - Ali Vingiano is Here to Write/Produce/Star/Help!
December 30, 2021 02:38 - 1 hour - 112 MBI didn’t know Ali before we recorded this episode, but now we’re tight as a drum. Not really, but boy did we bond over things, especially anxiety! Ali is probably best known for writing and producing The Morning Show on Apple +, but she’s about to be known as an actor, starring in the new film The End of Us. All of this gave her amazing perspective on the calls. She’s great! Listen in, enjoy, and subscribe. Thanks, Mightys Call Matt and ask a question 323-763-0228 New episodes arrive eve...
Ep 81 - John Ross Bowie is a Real Actor Really Here to Help!
December 16, 2021 08:00 - 1 hour - 121 MBFirst off, it’s pronounced Bow (as in “Bow down”)-wee, not like David Bowie. I gotta say that right off the bat because no one pronounces my name right either. Also, we’re both real actors, me and him. Lol! Actually, John is much more the real deal than I am, but hey, he might object. The cool thing about my biz is that everybody (who’s not a dick) is like, “I can’t do what you do!” to the thing they’re not. Actors are like “I couldn’t be a stand-up!” and stand-ups are like “How the hell do ...
Ep 80 - Jackie Kashian Has Advice From the Road, and Her Heart!
December 09, 2021 08:00Longtime traveling comedian lady Jackie Kashian is on the show this week and I couldn’t be happier. No one is nice, funnier, or more grateful for everything she has than Jackie. She’s one of those comics that every comic likes, and her mile-a-minute delivery is near and dear to my heart (as I also talk very fast onstage). Jackie’s seen it all, and it was so fun to chop it up with her and talk about old times versus the new. We’re both on the road, both staying safe, both married, both terrif...
Ep 79 - Christian Duguay Helps and Brings the Valley Heat!
December 02, 2021 20:13I have a massive amount of respect for anybody who makes a scripted podcast. The planning, the creative effort, and the execution can be brutal. There are a lot of them that I like, but Christian Duguay’s brilliant Valley Heat is one that I love. I’m biased, as I’m a voice on it, but I was a fan way before that happened. Valley Heat is one of those podcasts that, once you listen to an episode, you’re hooked. The story of Doug, who broadcasts his podcast from his garage in Burbank and talks o...
Ep 78 - Jared Goldstein Doesn't Want to Help but Will!
November 25, 2021 08:00 - 1 hour - 115 MBI first became aware of young comic Jared Goldstein when (back in the dark ages of the lockdown) he and I were both on the same bill of a zoom comedy show. Not sure if you know, but they really sucked ass. However, he had a really good set, and I was like, “Who’s this guy?” Fast forward a year, and he’s just been named one of Vulture’s “21 Comics You Should and Will Know.” I knew he was funny, but what I didn’t know is that he’s a former child actor. We talked rejection, being bitter or not,...
Ep 77 - Your Dad Chad Daniels is Here to Help!
November 18, 2021 08:00 - 1 hour - 134 MBChad Daniels aka Dad Chaniels has raised three kids and he’s around my age. Seriously. I’m just getting started, and he’s retired lol. Chad had ‘em young, and moved to a place he could afford to raise them (aka NOT NYC or LA). Long story short, it worked out. Chad has a massive, rapid fan base who eat up anything he puts out. I’ve rarely had a better reaction than when I announced he was coming on the show. An added plus is that he’s an old friend and a peach of a man. We two dads had a blas...
Ep 76 - Will Miles of Southside Comes to the Helpside!
November 11, 2021 08:00 - 1 hour - 147 MBWill Miles is a comedian, friend, and drinking buddy of mine. We also both have daughters the exact same age, so we often have that “Can you believe this shit?” moment together. Recently we took our kids trick or treating for the first time, and before that we spent a weekend in the desert with our families. You might think we have nothing left to talk about, but you’d be wrong. Will is a comedian married to another comedian (the also hilarious Giulia Rozzi) and writes/act on the insanely fu...
Ep 75 - Hannah Einbinder is Here to Cheer (You On)!
November 04, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour - 165 MBFormer cheerleader (yep, it’s true) Hannah Einbiner blew the f%*k up in the biz. My pal Dana Gould told me she was a funny stand-up, and I said, “Ok cool, I’ll check her out.” No sooner did we have that exchange than she landed a huge role on the HBO show “Hacks.” She plays Ava, the reluctant writer/protégé to Jean Smart’s Joan Rivers-like Deborah Vance. It’s heavy lifting for any actor, but Hannah pulls it off. It’s been cool watching someone so nice and funny go so far so soon, and it was ...
Ep 74 - Colin Mochrie Makes it Up as He Goes Along While Helping!
October 28, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour - 159 MBColin Mochrie is a National Tresure, and I’m not using hyperbole. If you don’t believe me, look at my Instagram page from when I announced he’d be on the show. Like always, I posted a picture of my upcoming guest… and everyone reacted with HOLY CRAP I THOUGHT YOU WERE SAYING HE WAS DEAD WHY WOULD YOU DO THIS?? Do what? Post a picture? It made me realize that when we really, really love someone and see a picture of them out of nowhere, we think the worst. Says a lot about the times we live in...
Ep 73 - Josh Johnson is Calm, Wise, and Has Me Fooled About That (but is Here to Help!)
October 21, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour - 181 MBJosh Johnson is a great joke writer, comedian, and person based out of New York City. Also, solid work ethic. Writing on The Daily Show all day and putting in sets at night sounds, and maybe it’s because I’m a dad, exhausting. You wouldn’t know it to meet him, though. He’s funny, thoughtful, and full of energy. Wait, hold on, he’s just young! Lol. We got into it on this one, and got to know each other better along the way. Great times. THE CALLS: 1) A nice comedian named AJ (who lives “i...
Ep 72 - Dave Schilling Has Taste and is Willing to Help!
October 14, 2021 19:01 - 1 hour - 127 MBDave Schilling is a writer, a comic, a journalist, and will argue with you about whether he is actually the last two things. He writes for the New Yorker, and writes an amazing fashion column for the LA Times. He’s also a James Bond expert and, between the two of us, knows who the NEXT ONE SHOULD BE! This ep was taped from a hotel room in Fort Worth, Texas and it made my day. THE CALLS: 1) A man asks, “How do you deal with a know-it-all?” 2) A second time caller (who formerly called in to as...
EP- 71 - James Adomian Helps out with So Many Voices! Live at Moontower Fest in Austin
October 07, 2021 09:17 - 59 minutes - 109 MBJames Adomian is a man of many, many voices. A comedian by trade, he’s known for his incredible impressions of people like Bernie Sanders, Vincent Price, Jesse Ventura, and Mike “My Pillow” Lindell. When they sent over the list of comedians available to guest on my Live from Moontower TMH, his name jumped off the page. It was the very first show of the entire festival (no pressure), but I think we killed it (not to brag). THE CALLS: 1) A male caller asks Bernie Sanders, “What do you do...
Ep 70 - Adam Cayton Holland is Here to Help, Live in Denver!
September 30, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour - 182 MBMy friend Adam Cayton-Holland is a king of Denver comedy, as both the founder of the High Plains Festival and a member of the three-man comedy troupe the Grawlix. The Grawlix created, sold, wrote, and starred in the often slept-on but brilliant teacher comedy Those Who Can’t. Adam worked in Los Angeles, but never left Denver, and he lives there today with his wife and two kids. He was a no-brainer as a guest when the High Plains Festival asked me to do my podcast while I was there, and he di...
Ep 69 - Rosebud Baker Uses Her Whiskey Fists to Help!
September 23, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour - 112 MBRosebud Baker has a new special out called “Whiskey Fists,” which is odd because she’s been sober for years, and I’ve never seen her hit anyone. Not that it matters. What does matter is that she’s one of the best joke writers out there, has an undeniable stage presence, and has been through a lot in her life. She was a perfect TMH guest, as you’ll soon learn. We had so much fun, got to be better friends, and shared some brutal childhood experiences. Hooray! THE CALLS: 1) A guy asks, what...
Ep 68 - Chris Garcia is my Girl Daddy Bud and He's Here to Help!
September 20, 2021 18:44 - 1 hour - 114 MBComedian Chris Garcia grew up in Los Angeles, started out doing comedy in the Bay Area, and now lives here again. In fact, he and his wife live with their baby daughter Sunny in my old apartment! When he moved to the neighborhood he texted me the address and said, “Is this a nice area?” I texted back, “That’s my house!” We were good friends before but now we’re super tight, especially as we both have baby ladies to raise while telling dick jokes onstage. As we recorded this, we were both two...
Ep 67 - Dave Anthony Brings a Dollop of Help!
September 09, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour - 118 MBDave Anthony’s podcast The Dollop, with Gareth Reynolds, is an internationally popular podcast that I find hilarious. As I say during this episode, the two-part one they did about Ronald Reagan, is maybe the hardest I’ve ever laughed at a podcast. Dave started out as a stand-up and moved into writing, becoming an actor along the way (He was Marc’s a-hole best friend in the television series “Maron”). It was fun to talk to this hilarious dad, and he was great at the advice game. THE CALLS:...
Ep 66 - Sam Tallent is Running the Light to Help!
September 02, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour - 167 MBI’ve been a big fan of Sam Tallent for many years, so it’s great to finally have him on the show. A hilarious comic and writer, Sam is hard to miss from his large size and many, many tattoos. A force onstage, he’s also a kind and humble guy with a lot of perspective. So, like so many of my guests, he’s terrible for this show. Jokes! THE CALLS: 1) Max Beasley, a comic we know, called in about his dad getting remarried. See, his mom doesn’t know about it. Should he tell her? 2) A lady...
EP 65 - Shane Torres Has a Million Nicknames, and Also Helps a Million!
August 26, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour - 177 MBShane Torres started doing comedy in Portland, Oregon after moving there from Fort Worth, Texas. He’s incredibly funny, and also one of the kindest and realest people I’ve ever known. That makes him terrible to be on the pod, but oh well (JOKE!). Shane blew up on the national scene when his joke about Guy Fieri went viral, and for good reason. It’s a monster. Shane used to open for me on the road, and I miss having him around. It was great to have him on the show, not only to help THE MIGHTY...
Ep 64 - Matt Braunger is Helping by Hiimself!
August 19, 2021 13:47 - 37 minutes - 68.2 MBHere he is, folks! Every once in a while we like to just let the guy go. Enjoy this episode with just Matt and some RAAAAANDOM CALLS. Thanks, Mightys! Call Matt and ask a question 323-763-0228 New episodes arrive every Thursday via The Laugh Button. For advertising opportunities email [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Ep 63 - Caleb Hearon is Here to Help, but Not the Gardender!
August 12, 2021 07:00 - 58 minutes - 108 MBCaleb is a comedian/internet sensation/lifestyle expert, IMO. I first learned of him when a friend showed me his videos on twitter, all of which are gut-bustingly funny and very different than anyone else’s. Right before we started recording, Caleb said he heard I was in Provincetown. I said “Yeah, I was,” and he said, “It’s cool that you like gay people, but I don’t” (Caleb is gay). We got into doing comedy today, drinking or not drinking, annoying people with kids (not me), and way more. A...
Ep 62 - James Austin Johnson is Here to Help, and so are Louis CK? And Bobby Flay? And TRUMP??
August 05, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour - 139 MBJames was nice enough to open for me in Brea a couple weeks ago, and we got to know each other better on the drive there and back from LA. He comes from a staunch religious background, is married with a child on the way, and is hilarious. Lately he’s become known for his spot-on impressions, especially of the guy who most recently lost the presidential election. When James opened for me he did that impression and went off on a rant about Star Trek that killed so hard I went, “Hoo boy, now I ...
Ep 61 - Rick Overton is Here to Teach and Help!
July 29, 2021 07:00 - 48 minutes - 44.9 MBRick Overton is a comic I’ve looked up to for a long time. He’s hilarious, he has an amazing perspective born of a long and storied career, and he’s optimistic. The last part of that fascinates me, because it’s something I’ve been grappling with a lot lately. Everything around us, news-wise, seems to veer towards being a shitshow, and it’s hard to hold on to hope. Before I had Rick on, I was reminded of a bit he had about laughing in the face of death. Doing that, he asserted, robs death and...
Ep 60 - Trevor Moore Will Catfish You... to Help!
July 22, 2021 07:00 - 2 hours - 113 MBTrevor Moore is probably best known for his work with The Whitest Kids You Know, a hugely popular sketch group who had a TV show and still perform together today. I broke into clubs in New York City opening for them way back in 2007/8, and it was one of the most fun times I’ve ever had. Trevor has gone on to do specials, a talk show, and even a children’s show that he cast me on as a goofy dad. Stick with the talented friends, kids!! This episode went way longer than most, mostly because we ...
Ep 59 - Demi Adejuyigbe Helps Four People Instead of Three! Genius!
July 15, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour - 105 MBDemi Adejuyigbe and I have at least one thing in common: No one knows how to say our last names. I first learned of Demi back when I was a frequent guest on @Midnight on Comedy Central, when he was a writer and online content-creator for the show. The stuff he makes, especially the musically based-stuff, was so way out and funny it blew me away. We’ve been something like distant friends for a while now, and I always post how it is a travesty that this man does not have his own TV show (he ju...
Ep 58 - Left Handed Radio
July 08, 2021 07:00 - 2 hours - 116 MBI’d never met these guys, but I’d heard their work and became an instant fan. If you’ve never heard of Left Handed Radio, look it up, and you’re welcome. Doing an episode like this was an absolute joy, because we literally became fast friends as we talked/gave advice. Full disclosure: I was in a hotel room in NYC while we recorded, and it was over 100 degrees outside, so you can hear the sweet relief in my voice from the air conditioning. This ep went a little long, but only because we had a...
Ep 57 - Pete Lee and I are on the Bathroom Wall, Helping!
July 01, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour - 60.5 MBComedian Pete Lee and I always see each other in the bathroom. The comedy club bathroom, that is. Every time one of us is on the road, and taking a leak, we see each other’s faces in the “upcoming comedians” ads the clubs place above the urinals. It’s a real honor. Pete is super funny, and a super nice guy, BUT WE’VE NEVER ACTUALLY HUNG OUT! This episode was an awesome one, because I got to know somebody I felt like I already knew, but didn’t. Turns out he’s more than a smiling face above th...
Ep 56 - Dan Cummins Has Done it All, and Now He’s Helping YOU!
June 24, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour - 136 MBDan Cummins is, as they say, a self-made man. Your average Joe might not call him famous, but he has a massive fan base both for his stand-up and for his several podcasts. He also lives in a small town in Idaho with his wife and kids, the living anti-embodiment of the “You have to live in LA or NY to be a successful comic” BS. Want to know something else? He’s a real dick. Kidding! Dan is one of the kindest, most warm-hearted joke-slingers I’ve ever known. We had a ton of fun helping people ...
Ep 55 - Kurt Braunholer Helps, and Drinks!
June 17, 2021 07:00 - 54 minutesKurt Braunholer and I have been friends since, what, 2006 I’d say? We ran around NYC and Los Angeles, drinking and doing comedy, as well as in several festivals. What always struck me was that he was adventurous to a fault. Like, he was always down for a good time and to explore. I think that’s what made him a great dad. He now has two daughters, I have one, and we have a wife each. What a country! Kurt took some time out from his busy schedule of doing his podcast Bananas and raising two kid...
Ep 55 - Kurt Braunohler Helps, and Drinks!
June 17, 2021 07:00 - 50 minutes - 46.2 MBKurt Braunohler and I have been friends since, what, 2006 I’d say? We ran around NYC and Los Angeles, drinking and doing comedy, as well as in several festivals. What always struck me was that he was adventurous to a fault. Like, he was always down for a good time and to explore. I think that’s what made him a great dad. He now has two daughters, I have one, and we have a wife each. What a country! Kurt took some time out from his busy schedule of doing his podcast Bananas and raising two ki...
Ep 54 - Wayne Federman Stands Up to Help!
June 10, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour - 147 MBWayne is one of those guys I’ve looked up to for a long time, and a great example of positive reinvention. They say “Do what you love,” and he’s certainly done that with stand-up. What they should also say is “Study the history of what you love.” Wayne has a podcast, and now a book, called “The History of Standup.” We talked about the art, how it’s affected our lives, the history, and even my old scene full of bozos back in Chicago. Wayne is so fun. Great episode! THE CALLS: 1) Recently ...
Ep 53 - Megan Galley is Helping by Being Real (and Judgemental)!
June 03, 2021 07:00 - 54 minutes - 49.6 MBMegan Galley is a comedian who grew up in Indiana, went on to do comedy in Chicago, and since then has been on Comedy Central and Conan. She’s also a hilarious maniac, in the best possible sense. My time in Chicago ended well before she moved there, but I heard from friends how funny she was after I left. We became friends through doing shows and having come from the same scene, but this is the longest convo we’ve had, and you get to hear it! Megan is a goddamn stitch, and way more real than...