At Least There's This
64 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 3 years ago - ★★★★★ - 36 ratingsA podcast about some of the small good things in a world of hurt. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/atleastpod/support
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Episodes
Plants! With Pallavi Gunalan
August 09, 2021 14:00 - 54 minutes - 50.1 MBOn this ep I'm joined by comedian, engineer, scientist, and recent plant mom, Pallavi Gunalan for a conversation about saving the world, and creating space for yourself. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/atleastpod/support
Nature! With Nate Dappen
July 31, 2021 14:57 - 51 minutes - 47.4 MBI got to talk with biologist and film maker Nate Dappen of Day's Edge Productions about Nature... which is kind of everything, so in a way we talked about everything. Find out more about Day's Edge here: http://www.daysedge.com/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/atleastpod/support
Talking To People About Space! With Tracy Drain
July 20, 2021 14:00 - 59 minutes - 54.6 MBThis episode I get to talk to Flight Systems Engineer and all around amazing person, Tracy Drain. We talk about her love of space, her love of talking to people, and her love of talking to people about space. It all kind of comes together in the end. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/atleastpod/support
The Circus! With Chet Monday
July 10, 2021 14:00 - 54 minutes - 50 MBIf you're interested in hearing more about what Chet does, see the links below: https://laughterleague.org/ https://marchforscience.org/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/atleastpod/support
Bats! With Katie Golden
July 03, 2021 14:00 - 1 hour - 65.2 MBKatie Golden helps me kick of season 2.5 with a joy filled convo about horror, mental health, and bats! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/atleastpod/support
The Unseen Universe featuring Maria Bamford and Dr. Jason Rhodes (Feed Drop)
December 09, 2020 19:12 - 1 hour - 61.9 MBScience! The Show is a live stream science and comedy show that brings cutting edge scientists and amazing comedians to make science more accessible. This episode features Maria Bamford (Lady Dynamite, Big Mouth) and Dr. Jason Rhodes (NASA-JPL), and we talk about dark matter and dark energy. If you like it, search for Science! The Show where ever you get your podcasts. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/atleastpod/support
The Beach...Again!
August 05, 2020 12:30 - 1 hour - 60.6 MBAlex is joined again by Jon Gabrus to talk- nominally- about the beach, but actually about everything else in the world right now. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/atleastpod/support
Muslim Women! With Seema Yasmin
July 04, 2020 14:00 - 27 minutes - 25.6 MBOn this weeks episode Alex sits down with doctor, journalist, poet, disease detective, and so much more, Seema Yasmin, to talk about the power of Muslim Women --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/atleastpod/support
Exploration! With Trevor Wallace
June 19, 2020 16:09 - 1 hour - 58.5 MBThis week Alex sits down with film maker and explorer Trevor Wallace to talk about the rich tapestry of history we are all a part of, and dope horse lords with golden pants. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/atleastpod/support
Microbes! With Angela Manci
May 27, 2020 17:05 - 1 hour - 56.3 MBOn this episode science communicator Angela Manci shows us just how weird, wild, and wonderful the microscopic world around us is. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/atleastpod/support
Struggle! With Jay Shifman
May 19, 2020 17:35 - 49 minutes - 46.2 MBIs struggle always such a bad thing? Do you gain anything by choosing how and what you struggle for? In my conversation with mental health and recovery advocate (and also my brother) we talk about how choosing what you struggle for helps you struggle better --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/atleastpod/support
Yeast! With Alex Dainis
May 11, 2020 19:02 - 47 minutes - 43.9 MBWhat are the invisible forces shaping your life and culture and why do the smell so good? --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/atleastpod/support
Evolution! With Shane Campbell-Staton
May 04, 2020 00:26 - 47 minutes - 43.8 MBThis episode Alex is joined by the caramel voiced scientist, professor, and podcaster Shane Campbell-Staton to talk about how we all got here. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/atleastpod/support
Poker! With Andrew Ti
December 18, 2018 16:03 - 1 hour - 58.2 MBThis week I sidle up next to Andrew Ti (Yo Is This Racist) to talk about poker, being analytic, and finding a safe way to practice aggression. It’s MANIAC DAY, BABY! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/atleastpod/support
Munchies! With Sean Cooley
December 12, 2018 15:36 - 1 hour - 56.6 MBI get to set down with ‘weed journalist’ Sean Cooley to talk about what’s good in your mouth when your high... --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/atleastpod/support
Anime! With Ify Nwadiwe
December 04, 2018 04:33 - 44 minutes - 41.7 MBThis week on My Podcast Hero Ultimate, Alex must face his most challenging interviewee ever when Ify steps into the booth. Will Alex be able to to draw out that good, emotionally relevant but still funny shit from Ify without resorting to his ultimate technique? --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/atleastpod/support
Strangers With Candy! With Hana Michels
November 27, 2018 07:12 - 45 minutes - 41.2 MBAn episode in which Hana Michels extols to me the virtues of a TV show featuring the most disgusting main character of all time. Enjoy! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/atleastpod/support
Bad Movies! With Maggie Mae Fish
November 21, 2018 08:12 - 47 minutes - 44.6 MBThis week I sit down with the wonderful Maggie Mae Fish to talk about the joy and hope inherent in terrible films. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/atleastpod/support
Strangers! with Nathaniel Moore
November 13, 2018 06:58 - 1 hour - 56.5 MBWell hello stranger. Alex is joined by his long time comedy partner/ best bud to talk about the joys and pains in making new friends. Engineer Samee makes a repeat appearance in this one too. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/atleastpod/support
Keanu Reeves! With Andy Kryza
November 06, 2018 06:49 - 52 minutes - 48.2 MBTime Traveling stoner movies, romantic surfer bank heists, and the perfect actor for existential dread. Thrillest’s Andy Kryza and I talk about Keanu Reeves! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/atleastpod/support
Beer pong! with Samee Junio
October 30, 2018 05:35 - 57 minutes - 55.9 MBThis week I get to sit down with my producer and friend Samee to talk about a sport that’s apparently not just for frat bros. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/atleastpod/support
The Coen Brothers! With Abe Epperson and co-host Michael Swaim
October 23, 2018 03:18 - 1 hour - 63.9 MBOn this weeks episode Micheal Swaim and Abe Epperson of the Small Beans network join me to make some sweet sweet meaning all over the Coen Brothers. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/atleastpod/support
Podcasts! With Jack O’Brien
October 16, 2018 08:08 - 1 hour - 67.7 MBThis week Alex is joined by podcast legend Jack O’Brien (The Daily Zeitgeist, Cracked) to talk about podcasts. Just an hour of two grown men talking about podcasts on a podcast, time in no way bends in on itself. Their conversation never fractles out into an infinitely self replicating, mind bending podcast. It’s just good, wholesome fun. This I swear. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/atleastpod/support
The Beach! With Jon Gabrus
October 09, 2018 14:27 - 1 hour - 57.6 MBIn this episode Gabrus gives me two of the best metaphors for life I’ve heard in a long time (only one of which is puke based) and we talk about the big and little pleasures inherent in a day at the beach. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/atleastpod/support
A Series Of Unfortunate Events! With Jamie Loftus
October 04, 2018 00:35 - 1 hour - 59.3 MBThe frequent podcast guest herself, Lil Zam, Jamie Loftus joins me to talk about some childrens books that made her feel like you didn’t need to be a wizard to be powerful. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/atleastpod/support
Bjork! Featuring Ethan Edenburg
September 26, 2018 06:54 - 47 minutes - 43.8 MBComedian, Member of The Cooties, and Host of the Podcast Bad Science, Ethan Edenburg comes on the podcast to talk about Bjork and being ‘totally in it’. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/atleastpod/support
Voyager 1! With Soren Bowie
September 18, 2018 03:50 - 1 hour - 57.5 MBAlex and guest Soren Bowie (American Dad, Cracked’s After Hours), get really misty eyed on this one, folks. Listen in for a beautiful love story, some dope space facts, and a cosmic journey of epic proportions. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/atleastpod/support
Table Top Role Playing Games! With Jordan Pridgen
September 12, 2018 06:07 - 1 hour - 58.7 MBComedian and Streamer Jordan Pridgen introduces Alex to a whole world of RPG’s outside of the usual humdrum wizards and dragons, they discus the magic in descovering the ‘moment’ together, and they Invent dad quest, the best RPG about making your dad proud there ever was. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/atleastpod/support
Wrestling! With Diogo Hausen and Co-Host Katie Wilert
August 22, 2018 05:38 - 49 minutes - 45.1 MBPlease enjoy an episode wherein guest Diogo and co-host Katie want to talk about the wonderful weird world of wrestling while Alex tries to Woman-handle them into discussing a dead French philosopher. NOTE: I accidentally attributed a Roland Barthes quote to Bertrand Russell. To be fair to me they basically have the same damn name. To be unfair to me... I’m an idiot!!!?! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/atleastpod/support
Drugs! With Robert Evans
August 15, 2018 04:57 - 59 minutes - 54.6 MBThis episode Alex and author/ war corespondent/ host of the podcast Behind The Basterds, Robert Evans have a very mature discussion about the individual and cultural effects of certain substances. They by no means get reeeeeeeal FAR OUT, MAN! Nor do they get groovy in a cosmic sort of way, dig? They’re simply two mature adults talking about the nature and function of certain... things. So be chill, ok? --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/atleastpod/support
Roy Lichtenstein! With Randall Maynard
August 08, 2018 05:51 - 49 minutes - 45.2 MBAlex is joined by artist and writer Randall Maynard to discuss the forced optimism of making art when you’ve been dealt a bad hand. Also the world might be falling apart outside of their recording booth. Will they live!!!! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/atleastpod/support
Making Music! With Daniel O’Brien
August 01, 2018 05:58 - 1 hour - 57.1 MBIn a tragic barbershop quartet accident one man lost the ability to feel shame. That man went on to become best selling author, comedy writer, and music maker Daniel O’Brien. What happened next will shock you! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/atleastpod/support
Paddington! With Caitlin Durante
July 25, 2018 06:30 - 44 minutes - 43.3 MBIn this episode I let Caitlin Durante, Co-host of The Bechdal Cast, take over and try to convert my audience to the church of Paddington. We also put a call out there for love. Let’s see if we can make this happen listeners. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/atleastpod/support
Blue Planet 2! With Saundra Sorenson
July 18, 2018 06:47 - 59 minutes - 57.8 MBJournalist Saundra Sorenson joins me in the booth for a little mindfulness meditation on the mind numbing horror of a prehistoric fish and other wonders brought to you by the BBC and Sir David Attenborough. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/atleastpod/support
Moshing! With David Bell
July 10, 2018 05:16 - 48 minutes - 66.3 MBA bunch of sweaty people slamming their bodies together and it's not an orgy?! Writer and podcaster David Bell comes on the podcast to talk about how moshing makes the world a better place. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/atleastpod/support
Podcasting! With Amanda Salvatore
July 03, 2018 06:40 - 56 minutes - 77.9 MBThis week I'm joined by my podcast big- Comedian, Writer, and podcast host Amanda Salvatore- and we talk about podcasting like a bunch of recursive dorks. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/atleastpod/support
Boardgames! With Tom Reimann
June 25, 2018 05:28 - 49 minutes - 68.4 MBWhat can simultaneously strengthen your friendships while keep the chaos of existence at bay? According to comedy writer and prolific podcaster Tom Reimann, boardgames! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/atleastpod/support
Siblings! With Rebecca Edwards
June 13, 2018 04:50 - 43 minutes - 59.5 MBThe Hot Goss's Rebecca Edwards said she wanted to come on the podcast to talk about how wonderful siblings are, but she mostly just made fun of her family. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/atleastpod/support
Yoga! With Steph Garcia
May 29, 2018 05:38 - 1 hour - 89.2 MBIs that sweat on your mat or are you bleeding? Writer, actor, and host of the podcast 'That's My Story, Period.' Steph Garcia, joins Alex to talk making time for yourself, motherhood, and moving meditation. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/atleastpod/support
Dodgeball! With Lindsey Ford
May 16, 2018 04:30 - 45 minutes - 62.7 MBCan throwing things at someone as hard as you can help you make friends? Yes if it's during a sanctioned dodgeball game. This week performer, member of the Story Pirates, and international dodgeball athlete Lindsey Ford joins me in the booth to convince me that reliving my childhood gym class trauma might actually be a good thing. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/atleastpod/support
Birds! With Katie Goldin
May 03, 2018 05:00 - 59 minutes - 82.1 MBHow can the silly, selfish, and un-self aware life of birds make us rethink the foibles of our own species? In this episode I'm joined by Katie Goldin, the mind behind @Birdsrightsactivits on twitter, for a humanizing conversation about birds. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/atleastpod/support
The Library! With Katie Willert
April 18, 2018 05:14 - 52 minutes - 71.9 MBApparently the library is actually pretty cool. Who knew? Katie Willert of Cracked's 'After Hours' did, and she joins me this week to talk about it. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/atleastpod/support
Supermodels! With Teresa Lee
April 04, 2018 06:12 - 37 minutes - 51.7 MBComedian Teresa Lee comes on the podcast to show Alex the world's been looking at supermodels all wrong... there's a joke in there somewhere. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/atleastpod/support
Rats! With Nicky Young
March 21, 2018 03:51 - 34 minutes - 47 MBAlex and guest Nicky Young (writer, editor, writers PA for the Gifted) get weird on this one, but you also might learn a thing or two about the everyday courage of just surviving, so there's something in this episode for everybody. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/atleastpod/support
Space Exploration! Bridgett Greenberg
March 07, 2018 07:49 - 44 minutes - 61.4 MBComedian and Producer Bridgett Greenberg comes on the show to talk about space exploration, feeling small in a good way, and all the cool kids who made out at her Bat Mitzvah. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/atleastpod/support
Grass Roots Movements! With Nick Skardarasy
February 20, 2018 08:49 - 51 minutes - 70.1 MBNick Skardarasy- host of the We Rebel podcast- joins Alex to talk about Grass Roots Movements and how they're reshaping the political landscape. Heads up, if you like listening to two cis straight white men caveat everything they say for forty five minutes, this episode is for YOU!!!! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/atleastpod/support
Pet Sounds! With Alex Stein
February 07, 2018 07:21 - 54 minutes - 74.7 MBAlex and co-host/ show ruiner/ music nerd Matt Grosinger are joined in the booth by Alex Stein of the Alex Stein Podcast to talk about the courage behind The Beach Boy's album, Pet Sounds. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/atleastpod/support
The Sun! With Micheal Swaim
January 24, 2018 08:05 - 48 minutes - 66.5 MBWriter, Podcaster, and Internet Person Michael Swaim ' lightens' the mood by talking to Alex about his favorite ball of gas up in space, the sun. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/atleastpod/support
Harry Potter! With Andy Erikson
January 10, 2018 06:46 - 42 minutes - 58 MBAndy Erikson- Last Comic Standing, Scream Queens- brings a little magic to the booth and talks to Alex about Harry Potter. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/atleastpod/support
Women Rising Up! With Katy Stoll
December 28, 2017 05:58 - 53 minutes - 73.4 MBActor and Comedian Katy Stoll jumps on mic to talk about badass women. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/atleastpod/support