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Entry Level with Brooks Wheelan

271 episodes - English - Latest episode: 24 days ago - ★★★★★ - 1.3K ratings

This is a podcast about all those jobs we've had that sucked. Each episode Brooks will interview a guest and find out what garbage they had to put up with before they got to the position they're in now. Plus if you have any hellish jobs of your own you want to share email [email protected]

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Episodes

Episode 257 - Chris Fairbanks talks Montana

March 05, 2024 23:47 - 1 hour - 62.1 MB

Chris Fairbanks (Comedy Central/Conan/Last Comic Standing/Jimmy Kimmel) and Brooks are about to do some shows in Brooks' favorite state that happens to be Chris' home state so they talk about it! Get tickets to the shows here: brookswheelan.com/dates

Episode 256 - Shane Torres

January 13, 2024 03:47 - 1 hour - 72.4 MB

Shane Torres (Comedy Central/New special out now) talks to Brooks about growing up the son of an Irish mom and a Hispanic dad in Texas.   Check out Shane's new special: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9mHurqZh_0

Episode 255 - Joe Pera

December 01, 2023 23:34 - 1 hour - 73.7 MB

Joe Pera (Joe Pera talks to you) comes on to discuss being a paperboy, becoming welcomed into the world of brick laying, and working on advertising for Dog The Bounty Hunter.  Check out Joe's new special: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_97zE4GRZk Check out Joe's MTV pancake show: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDI8ULxJYOU&t=50s See Brooks on the road here: brookswheelan.com/dates

Catching up with Karl Hess

September 14, 2023 21:17 - 47 minutes - 43.1 MB

Karl and Brooks ramble. That's about it.

Episdoe 254 - Caitlin Cook

September 05, 2023 19:50 - 41 minutes - 37.6 MB

Caitlin Cook (Off Broadway play "The Writing on the Stall") talks about going to kindergarten with Nic Cage's son, being a camp counselor, and wanting to leave LA for a small city. Check out Caitlin's play: http://www.thecaitlincook.com/ Join the patreon: https://www.patreon.com/entrylevelwithbrookswheelan

Episode 253 - Will Angus

July 20, 2023 04:09 - 1 hour - 59.3 MB

Will Angus (Almost Friday) talks about growing up doing nothing in Dallas, switching back and forth between business and theater, then graduating exactly as the pandemic hit giving him nothing to do but make sketches.  Check out Almost Friday: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCgK6peZI5-FKDCWzMIFk2A Join the patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/entrylevelwithbrookswheelan See brooks live here: brookswheelan.com/dates

Episode 252 - Kara Klenk

June 26, 2023 21:57 - 1 hour - 74.9 MB

Kara Klenk (Comedy Central/Magic for Humans) talks about babysitting a 2 week old when she was 12, moving to Italy to teach English to Italians without knowing how to speak Italian, being an NBC page for Conan, and running into Brooks in Puerto Rico. Check out Kara's new podcast here! https://www.exactlyrightmedia.com/thats-messed-up See Brooks on tour here: Brookswheelan.com/dates

Episode 251: Bret Raybould (and catching up with Karl Hess)

May 29, 2023 20:46 - 1 hour - 76.9 MB

Bret Raybould (off-Broadway show Race: The Movie: The Play) talks about growing up in Kansas City, working at Burger King, being an intern at Conan, then going back to Burger King, and how he ended up writing a play about Race.  Me and Karl also catch up about our adventures. See all of Bret's things here: https://www.bretraybould.com/ Get tickets to see me on tour here: Brookswheelan.com Join the patreon: https://www.patreon.com/entrylevelwithbrookswheelan

Episode 250: Straightiolab

May 01, 2023 07:00 - 49 minutes - 45.8 MB

George Civeris and Sam Taggart (Straightiolab): talk about growing up in greece and also Michigan. Check out their podcast, StraightioLab (iHeartMedia and Will Ferrell's Big Money Players Network) with new episodes out every Tuesday: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/263-straightiolab-97815943/

Episode 249 - Matt Goldich

April 24, 2023 15:48 - 1 hour - 69.8 MB

Matt Goldich (Late Night w/ Seth Meyers) talks about how got into writing for late night with gigs at David Letterman, being an NBC page, and fetching grocery carts all around parking lot. Check out Matt on Late Night: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAS029x1Srs  

Catching up with Nicky T

April 05, 2023 23:49 - 34 minutes - 31.4 MB

A midweek episode where we catch up with Nick Turner. See me on tour at brookswheelan.com/dates

Wheelan Motors interview with Brooks and Isaac Rentz

March 31, 2023 17:28 - 57 minutes - 52.3 MB

Here is the interview Isaac and I did with Dead Pilots Society about the process of making a network show.   Join the patreon: https://www.patreon.com/entrylevelwithbrookswheelan

Wheelan Motors Episode 3 (Every Rose Has It's Thorn)

March 31, 2023 16:59 - 43 minutes - 39.9 MB

Here is episode 3 of Wheelan Motors! Read by: Jessica Lowe, Paul Scheer, Will Sasso, Kerri Kenney-Silver, Bobby Moynihan, Mike O’Brien, Gary Anthony Williams, Ryan Asher, Nick Rutherford, Joe Mande, Katrina Davis, and Joey Lyons.   Join the patreon to watch the live performance: https://www.patreon.com/entrylevelwithbrookswheelan

Wheelan Motors Episode 2 (Bad Press)

March 31, 2023 16:38 - 45 minutes - 41.5 MB

Here is episode 2 of Wheelan Motors! Read by: Jessica Lowe, Paul Scheer, Will Sasso, Kerri Kenney-Silver, Bobby Moynihan, Mike O’Brien, Gary Anthony Williams, Ryan Asher, Nick Rutherford, Joe Mande, Katrina Davis, and Joey Lyons.   Join the patreon to watch the live performance: https://www.patreon.com/entrylevelwithbrookswheelan

Wheelan Motors Episode 1 (The Pilot)

March 31, 2023 16:30 - 51 minutes - 47.5 MB

Here is a fun table read we did at The Elysian Theater in Los Angeles of episode 1 of the show we wrote for FOX that was ultimately passed on. The cast was great! It included Jessica Lowe, Paul Scheer, Will Sasso, Kerri Kenney-Silver, Bobby Moynihan, Mike O’Brien, Gary Anthony Williams, Ryan Asher, Nick Rutherford, Joe Mande, Katrina Davis, and Joey Lyons.   Join the patreon to watch the live performance: https://www.patreon.com/entrylevelwithbrookswheelan

Episode 248 - Whitmer Thomas and Clay Tatum

March 22, 2023 00:08 - 45 minutes - 41.6 MB

Whitmer Thomas and Clay Tatum (writers/directors of The Civil Dead) discuss what its like to make an independent film. They talk about the process of getting $30,000, being rejected from all the cool festivals, and then breaking through with someone who would help get them into distribution. It's a super entertaining look at how movies get made now. I hope you like it as much as I did.  Rent or buy The Civil Dead here: https://thecivildead.com/ Listen to episode 1 of Wheelan Motors here: h...

Episode 247 - And That's Why We Drink (Em Schulz and Christine Schiefer)

March 13, 2023 20:20 - 57 minutes - 52.4 MB

This week we talk to Christine and Em the hosts of "And That's Why We Drink." They discuss giving ghost tours, selling kites, how Chipotle works. This is all before they started they're rad podcast you should check out below if you haven't already. listen here: https://www.andthatswhywedrink.com/ Link to see Brooks live here: brookswheelan.com/dates

Episode 246 - Ryan Asher

March 06, 2023 17:34 - 1 hour - 61.4 MB

Ryan Asher (Second City/Great Comic) talks about growing up in Virginia working in a BBQ restaurant, going on Second City cruises, and spending two years on the Second City main stage before moving to LA. Follow Asher here: https://www.instagram.com/reen_machine/ See Brooks live: brookswheelan.com/dates    

Episode 245 - Josh Onstott

February 26, 2023 20:39 - 1 hour - 83.6 MB

Josh Onstott (Other Lives/Colley Hobbs) talks all about growing up in Oklahoma where he worked in the oil fields before bailing to Stillwater where he worked in a music store and started making music which led to Other Lives, touring the world, and moving to Los Angeles. Check out Josh's new project Colley Hobbs: https://www.tiktok.com/@colley_hobbs See Brooks on tour: Brookswheelan.com/dates  

Episode 244: Adam Newman

February 20, 2023 05:19 - 1 hour - 79.9 MB

Adam Newman (Comedy Central/College Humor) talks about hanging out with Dusty Rhodes, working in a NASCAR booth, and finding out how the Neilson ratings work. Follow Adam: https://www.adamnewmancomedy.com/ Also see The Civil Dead: https://www.avclub.com/film/reviews/the-civil-dead-2022

Bonus Episode - Catching up with Turner

February 16, 2023 03:07 - 37 minutes - 34.1 MB

Brooks and Turner catch up and complain about everything. But also Turner is going on tour so go see him. follow nick for tour dates: https://twitter.com/nicksturners

Episode 243 - Mike Mitchell

February 13, 2023 16:30 - 1 hour - 85.4 MB

Mike Mitchell (The Doughboys Podcast/The Birthday Boys/The Tomorrow War) talks about being a garbage man in Boston, working in a quarry, and making $5.75 an hour all before deciding to move to LA and make an attempt at comedy. Listen to The Doughboys: https://headgum.com/doughboys See Brooks on Tour: brookswheelan.com/dates

Episode 242 - David Gborie

February 06, 2023 18:23 - 52 minutes - 48.3 MB

David Gborie (the literal voice of Comedy Central) talks about growing up in the middle of nowhere Colorado, working at many gas stations, and not enjoying his time as a sandwich artist at Subway. All before moving to San Francisco and starting comedy. Check out David's podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/4k3gmSWsZRadfpgyLNcG9B Help pets in need in New York City: https://www.socialteesnyc.org/ See brooks on the road: brookswheelan.com/dates

Episode 241 - Strider Wilson

January 30, 2023 11:00 - 59 minutes - 54.9 MB

Strider Wilson (Chad and JT Go Deep) talks about lying to become a valet, the biggest tips he ever got, and which celebrities are actually cool. Join the patreon: https://www.patreon.com/entrylevelwithbrookswheelan Check out Brooks on tour: brookswheelan.com/dates

Episode 240: Erin Lampart

January 23, 2023 03:14 - 47 minutes - 43.3 MB

Erin Lampart (Comedy Central) talks about being the queen of a golf course, selling mops at malls, and getting talked out of college. Check out Erin here: https://www.instagram.com/thatssolampy/?hl=en Get tickets to the Zanies shows: https://chicago.zanies.com/

Episode 239 - Willie Simon

January 16, 2023 11:00 - 1 hour - 78.1 MB

Willie Simon (Brooks' new favorite comic) talks about growing up in Hawaii, working at a comedy club in Seattle, and sleeping in his car above the Comedy Store before breaking into the LA comedy scene. Check out Willie's comedy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4ItbaGZ950 Also Mike Bridenstine guest hosts and talks about his new album. Check it out here: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/mike-bridenstine/544880804 Check out the live version here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkAerhNCgxw

Episode 238 - Willie Hunter

January 09, 2023 11:00 - 1 hour - 69.6 MB

Willie Hunter (Comedy Central/Roast Battle) talks about growing up selling fireworks in Alabama, going to Auburn, becoming an engineer, then seeing Joe Rogan almost fight Carlos Mencia and deciding to move to Los Angeles to work at The Comedy Store. Follow Willie here: https://www.instagram.com/willie_hunter/?hl=en Stand by info for tickets to Wheelan Motors at The Elysian here: https://www.elysiantheater.com/shows/deadpilotssociety

Episode 237 - Derek Waters

December 19, 2022 17:55 - 1 hour - 69.3 MB

Derek Waters (Drunk History) talks about growing up in the tire business, being denied a job at circuit city, and renting movies to celebrities at Hollywood Video. Ticket link to the Wheelan Motors Table read January 12: https://www.elysiantheater.com/shows/deadpilotssociety

Episode 236 - Jay Larson

November 11, 2022 05:10 - 1 hour - 66.3 MB

Jay Larson (Comedy Central / Twin Peaks) talks about growing up outside Boston making pizza, being kicked out of college a few times, and just deciding to move to LA bc no one believed he would. Check out Jay: https://www.jaylarsoncomedy.com/ Join the Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/entrylevelwithbrookswheelan

Episode 235 - Beck Bennett

October 05, 2022 01:38 - 1 hour - 82.5 MB

Beck Bennet (SNL/Ducktales/Friend) joins Brooks to talk about all the jobs he had, but the conversation derails into their friendship and being hired at SNL and moving to New York together and what that experience was like from their different perspectives. Check out Beck's new show Hamster and Gretel: https://disneynow.com/shows/hamster-and-gretel Check out Good Neighbor: https://www.youtube.com/user/GoodNeighborStuff/videos?app=desktop Watch Beck's sketch Brooks loves: https://www.youtu...

Episode 234: Chad from Chad Goes Deep

September 15, 2022 21:02 - 1 hour - 84.9 MB

Chad Kroeger (Chad Goes Deep) comes on to talk about his new Netflix show, being a swim instructor, and finding his "thing" in comedy. Check out his podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/going-deep-with-chad-and-jt/id1338535686 Watch his netflix show! See Brooks on tour: brookswheelan.com/dates

Episode 233: JT Parr

July 13, 2022 02:30 - 1 hour - 74.6 MB

JT Parr (star of Netflix's new show Chadd and JT Go Deep) talks about growing up in southern California, being a PA on Nathan for You, and crashing his car he was using to Uber people around Coachella. He also talks about how he met Chad and how their internet fame lead to a Netflix show out August 23!    

Episode 232: Tessie Dong

May 25, 2022 00:21 - 1 hour - 71.6 MB

Tess Dong (artist) is my incredible 88 year old neighbor, but more importantly an amazing artist and gardener. She was kind enough to sit down and talk about her 60+ career in art while talking about immigrating to the United States when she was 14. This is one of my favorite interviews ever.   Below is how the MONA museum in Los Angeles’ write up on Tessie:   Tessie Dong was born in Canton, China. She moved to Arizona as a teenager and received an Associates of Art from Eastern Arizona ...

Episode 231: Mitra Jouhari

April 19, 2022 02:10 - 1 hour - 62.6 MB

Mitra Jouhari (Three Busy Debra's/Big Mouth) talks about growing up in Ohio, going to Ohio State, and working for mattress company before comedy started working out. She rules. Check out her show APRIL 24!

Episode 230: Barry Rothbart #2

April 06, 2022 05:07 - 1 hour - 63.9 MB

Barry Rothbart (Comedy Central/Wolf of Wall Street) and Brooks discuss their favorite documentaries.

Episode 229: Kurt Braunohler #2

March 30, 2022 23:13 - 1 hour - 68 MB

Kurt Braunholer (Comedy Central/The Tonight Show) comes back on to talk about camping. Check out Kurt's podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bananas/id1504942580

Episode 228: Cornell Ried #2

March 23, 2022 00:56 - 1 hour - 61.5 MB

Cornell Ried (Comedy Central/Eric Andre Show) comes on to talk about our top 5 favorite Sunday cartoon strips. Yep that's it.    

Episode 227 - Whitmer Thomas #2

March 14, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 59.1 MB

Whitmer Thomas (HBO/Comedy Central) and brooks talk about being friends.

Episode 226: Jason Burke #2

March 09, 2022 03:43 - 1 hour - 62.6 MB

Jason Burke (Comedy Central) recently found out about Brooks' "there's never been a good movie before Billy Madison" rule and comes on to debate.

Episode 226 - Dan Gill

February 28, 2022 11:00 - 1 hour - 88.8 MB

Dan Gill (The Office/Comedy Central) talks to about working in movie theaters, living in Iowa City at the same time as Brooks, and moving to LA with absolutely no idea how to make it in entertainment.  

Episode 225 - Billy Wayne Davis #2

February 21, 2022 20:48 - 1 hour - 67.2 MB

Billy Wayne Davis (comedy central) and Brooks go through all 50 states and discuss what it's like to perform in each one.

Episode 224 - Andy Wood

February 07, 2022 21:19 - 1 hour - 71.2 MB

Andy Wood (Probably Science/4x Jeopardy winner) talks about the process of getting on and winning jeopardy, getting a degree in engineering then throwing it away, and starting the bridgetown comedy festival along with Probably Science!    

Episode 223: Mike Scollins

January 31, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 62.5 MB

Mike Scollins (Late Show with Seth Meyers) talks about writing for two weeks at SNL, running the Six Flags twitter account, and sleeping over night at his job selling mattresses. Check out Mike's tank top bit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4fF1mYO5sE

Episode 222 - Brendan Walsh #2

January 24, 2022 18:13 - 1 hour - 92.9 MB

Brendan Walsh (Comedy Central/The Late Show) talks about doing shows in grocery stores, being next to a shooting with his baby, and just generally being one of the funniest dudes around. Check out Brendan's podcast: https://allthingscomedy.com/podcast/world-record-podcast

Episode 221: Nick Vatterott 2

January 17, 2022 18:47 - 1 hour - 69.9 MB

Nick Vatterott (Comedy Central/The Tonight Show) talks about the history of Chicago comedy, what it took to finally get a writing job, and asks Brooks why he gets in fights with other comics. Check out Nick's special: https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B09MHCSD6X/ref=atv_dp_share_cu_r

Episode 220 - Henry Zebrowski #2

January 11, 2022 03:28 - 1 hour - 58.5 MB

Henry Zebrowski (Last Podcast on the Left/Wolf of Wallstreet) comes back on to talk about emailing Leonardo DiCaprio, selling out Red Rocks in Denver, and his friendship with Kevin Barnett.

Episode 219 - Mike Burns #2

January 02, 2022 18:28 - 1 hour - 68.2 MB

Mike Burns (@dadboner/original co-host) hops on to talk to Brooks about their two years as roommates, what is was like to be stabbed, and how dadboner got started. Join the patreon to read Brooks' dadboner script: patreon.com/entrylevelwithbrookswheelan

Episode 218 - CJ Sullivan #2

December 20, 2021 17:54 - 1 hour - 66.2 MB

CJ Sullivan (Comedy Central) is back for a second episode to talk sports, philly, and gambling.

Episode 217 - Jackie Kashian

December 13, 2021 09:00 - 1 hour - 79.4 MB

Jackie Kashian (Comedy Central/Bob's Burgers) talks about being fired from a local pizza shop in Milwaukee as a child, skimming off the top from school candy sales, and starting comedy in the 80s. Get Jackie's new album and listen to her podcasts: https://www.jackiekashian.com/#home    

Episode 216 - Mike Mulloy

December 06, 2021 05:31 - 1 hour - 63.1 MB

Mike Mulloy (FADED LA/banned from twitter) talks about upsetting republicans on twitter, working at a go-kart track when he was 14, being a catcher for a minor league baseball team, and also telling people where to park at a waterpark. Follow Mike: https://mobile.twitter.com/mikemulloyesq Join the patreon: Patreon.com/entrylevelwithbrookswheelan

Guests

Adam Conover
1 Episode
Alana Johnston
1 Episode
Chad Daniels
1 Episode
Giulia Rozzi
1 Episode
James Adomian
1 Episode
Jimmy Pardo
1 Episode
Jonah Ray
1 Episode
Matt Braunger
1 Episode
Matt McCarthy
1 Episode
nicole byer
1 Episode
Nicole Byer
1 Episode
Nikki Glaser
1 Episode
Paul Scheer
1 Episode
Reggie Watts
1 Episode
Ricky Carmona
1 Episode
Ron Funches
1 Episode
Shane Mauss
1 Episode
Zack Bornstein
1 Episode

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