Thought Spiral
357 episodes - English - Latest episode: 7 days ago - ★★★★★ - 493 ratingsComedians Andy Kindler (Bob’s Burgers, Maron) and J. Elvis Weinstein (MST3K, Freaks and Geeks) convene weekly to solve the problems of the world but usually end up talking about comedy and various forms of anxiety. Produced by Alex Brizel (ShowBriz Studios).
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Episodes
Test Show #56
June 04, 2018 07:00 - 1 hour - 78.2 MBAndy tries to make trying less trying, confronting quicksand fears, the multi-level pizza universe, people in showbiz versus "showbiz creatures," listener questions, and much more spiraling.
Test Show #55
May 28, 2018 07:00 - 1 hour - 78.1 MBIt’s Josh’s birthday and Andy is ready to party, stuck in a true crime rut, Andy’s Royal Wedding enthusiasm meets Josh’s royal indifference, going out: the pros and cons, listener questions, and much more spiraling.
Test Show #54
May 21, 2018 07:00 - 1 hour - 74.5 MBAndy goes full metal Kramden, “I Need You To Kill” hits Amazon Prime, The Encino Death March, Andy grows as an actor, listener questions, and much more spiraling.
Test Show #53
May 14, 2018 07:00 - 1 hour - 71.9 MBDecoding Dennis, disrupters vs influencers, Andy’s “I’m Dying Up Here” debut, the do not come to my funeral list, listener questions, and much more spiraling.
Test Show #52
May 07, 2018 07:00 - 1 hour - 74 MBIt’s been a year of Spiraling! The WHCA dinner, Andy loses an award but still has a win, an interview with “Dennis Miller,” a listener geography quiz, some music from the vaults, listener questions, and much more spiraling.
Test Show #51
April 30, 2018 07:00 - 1 hour - 81 MBRecapping the Thought Spiral staff meeting, Andy jockeying for a movie role, does showbiz justice exist?, The first bird to ever leave Josh’s kitchen alive, listener questions, and much more spiraling.
Test Show #50
April 23, 2018 07:00 - 1 hour - 82.6 MBIt’s a Catch-Twenty-Jew, Josh makes an unwanted suggestion to Andy, Remembering Mitzi Shore and Harry Anderson, From the vaults: Andy meets Dumpster Diver Dan, listener questions and much more spiraling.
Test Show #49
April 16, 2018 07:00 - 1 hour - 65.8 MB“Karen” unleashed, Andy gets bumped in true Kindler style, Josh works his new 20, My Pillow guy goes to Mar-A-Lago, Foster Brooks climbs a mountain, listener questions, and much more spiraling.
Test Show #48
April 09, 2018 07:00 - 1 hour - 71.6 MBAll bets are off for a rare Saturday night taping, the spiral passes though Roseanne, “The Ten Commandments,” Vinnie Barbarino, Passing over Passover, an “altered” edition of listener questions and much more.
Test Show #47
April 02, 2018 07:00 - 1 hour - 75.1 MBThe late Andy Kindler, psychedelic Bo Diddley, Hate-watching ‘Humanity', Miller on the 6’s, Josh meets a sea captain, listener questions, and much more spiraling.
Test Show #46
March 26, 2018 07:00 - 1 hour - 62.9 MBAndy makes a radio sketch to prove a point, dissecting Andy’s gift for hatred, Josh takes his social anxiety out for a spin. Andy and Bob Saget have a neurotic interlude, listener questions, and much more spiraling.
Test Show #45
March 19, 2018 07:00 - 1 hour - 79.1 MBIt’s a long and whining road this week: figuring out the perfect situation for a Kindler set, Andy’s apnea, Josh tries to quell Andy’s fear of abandonment, a perfectly healthy Twitter feud, listener questions and much more spiraling.
Test Show #44
March 12, 2018 07:00 - 1 hour - 66.2 MBJosh tries to protect the podcast from Oscar recapping, Andy discovers not all of Texas is Kindler Country, the Nunberg fun berg, RIP Barry Crimmins, listener questions, and much more spiraling.
Test Show #43
March 05, 2018 08:00 - 1 hour - 71.9 MBJosh gets his MRI results back, Andy ups his game for other podcasts, is it hip to be a Hollywood Square? Listener questions, and much more spiraling.
Test Show #42
February 26, 2018 08:00 - 1 hour - 69 MBAndy needs the bump? Josh breaks down a Foster Brooks appearance, dropping acid and names, listener questions, and much more spiraling.
Test Show #41
February 19, 2018 08:00 - 1 hour - 71.6 MBAndy comes out of the gate flustered, Classic Carson, Josh ponders “the next thing," listener questions, and much more spiraling.
Test Show #40
February 12, 2018 08:00 - 1 hour - 63.6 MBAndy’s trip to Iowa had its downs and ups, Super Bowl reactions, a cavalcade of characters shows up out of nowhere, this week’s therapy card, listener questions and much more spiraling.
Test Show #39
February 05, 2018 08:00 - 1 hour - 78 MBAndy takes another crack at the sleep study, the “Woody Allen Discussion”, Josh talks about MST3K nostalgia, listener questions, and much more spiraling.
Test Show #38
January 29, 2018 08:00 - 1 hour - 59.1 MBThe Thought Spiral gift shop opens for Brizness, fake sport glory, Andy plays his therapy card, the inner voice of doom versus the inner voice of reason, listener questions, and much more spiraling.
Test Show #37
January 22, 2018 08:00 - 1 hour - 59.9 MBAndy gives his review of the "Best of” show, Josh’s moment of sports excitement, don’t cross Richard Simmons, "desert island” picks, listener questions and much more spiraling.
Test Show #36
January 15, 2018 08:00 - 1 hour - 78.1 MBEasing in to 2018, Andy gets a gig during the show, Josh hates a stranger from afar, Andy would rather slice up his face than admit he’s wrong, listener questions, and much more spiraling.
Test Show #35
January 08, 2018 08:00 - 1 hour - 60.8 MBAndy is on fire (or something), the warm sh*tty place, entering the legal weed era in CA, New Year’s Coughin’ Eve, listener questions, and much more spiraling.
Test Show #34
January 01, 2018 08:00 - 1 hour - 73.4 MBHappy New Year! Andy and Josh try to figure out what they figured out last year, Andy drops his keys down an elevator shaft, looking ahead to 2018, listener resolutions, and much more spiraling.
Test “Best of" Show #1
December 25, 2017 08:00 - 2 hours - 90.6 MBAndy and Josh host a look back at the most requested and discussed chunks of Thought Spiral from 2017.
Test Show #33
December 18, 2017 08:00 - 1 hour - 59.3 MBAndy gets serenaded, Roy Moore’s Jewish friends, “Meal of the Week”, Andy’s breakthroughs continue, listener Twitter questions, and much more spiraling.
Test Show #32
December 11, 2017 08:00 - 1 hour - 63.3 MBAndy does a sleep study, “I Need You To Kill” is released, Comedy banter with Heidi Klum, listener questions, and much more spiraling.
Test Show #31
December 04, 2017 08:00 - 1 hour - 69 MBA boy named Droopy, a weekend of big gigs, Kindler Thanksgiving, the joke that won’t go away, that time Josh got lectured by Louis C.K., listener requests and much more spiraling.
Test Show #30
November 27, 2017 08:00 - 1 hour - 62.7 MBAndy goes to Texas, paging Bernie Bernstein, Andy fears the darkness, Franken depression, a lesson in zoology and much more spiraling.
Test Show #29
November 20, 2017 08:00 - 1 hour - 52.7 MBCrosby, Stills, and gnash, Louis C.K. issues, Thanksgiving plans, and much more spiraling.
Test Show #28
November 13, 2017 08:00 - 1 hour - 58.5 MBAndy’s got a new laugh, the psychology of showbiz success, Vin Scully in the scornfield, Andy accuses Josh of attempted sabotage, and much more spiraling.
Test Show #27
November 06, 2017 08:00 - 1 hour - 52.9 MBAndy feels like he’s got it going this week as he and J. Elvis spiral through Tavis Smiley, Kevin Spacey, Kathy Griffin, Fraggles, Eddie and the Cruisers, Bobby Fischer, Jose Feliciano, Carter Page and so much more.
Test Show #26
October 30, 2017 07:00 - 1 hour - 52.2 MBBad radio drama, "MyPillow Guy" hits the road, deconstructing "The Six Million Dollar Man," bitter tigers, and much more spiraling.
Test Show #25
October 23, 2017 07:00 - 1 hour - 61.5 MBThe Case of the Missing Camry, Andy Goes to MSNBC, Josh goes to the “doctor,” Foster Brooks in “It’s a Wonderful Life” and much more spiraling.
Test Show #24
October 16, 2017 07:00 - 1 hour - 51.7 MBAndy goes to the L.A. Podfest, Josh hates Halloween, Andy’s early TV crushes and more spirals aplenty.
Test Show #23
October 09, 2017 07:00 - 1 hour - 52.8 MBThis week’s spirals include: Re-scoring “The Graduate,” dealing with tragedy Twitter, Andy as pitchman, the delicate art of dark jokes, and much more.
Test Show #22
October 02, 2017 07:00 - 1 hour - 55.4 MBAndy's love of musicals, celebrity gifting, Josh's breakout tweet, dental nightmares, and much more spiraling.
Test Show #21
September 25, 2017 07:00 - 1 hour - 52.9 MBAndy gets a pin in him, a tense debate over a Twitter joke, prepping for a hurricane, Vin Scully, Mr. Jaws, and much more spiraling.
Test Show #20
September 18, 2017 07:00 - 1 hour - 57.3 MBJosh rebels against his own authority, Andy’s Cloris Leachman grudge, the dark side of positive thinking, never adopt a chimp and plenty more spiraling.
Test Show #19
September 11, 2017 07:00 - 1 hour - 62.3 MBDebriefing the live show, Andy pushes the lateness envelope, a bad investment idea, Josh bristles at Andy’s advice, Josh bribes his way out of a math class, and other spirals.
Test Show #18 (LIVE)
September 04, 2017 07:00 - 1 hour - 61.9 MBIt’s Live Test Show #1! Recorded live at Acme Comedy Co. in Mpls. Minnesota August 24th.
Test Show #17
August 28, 2017 07:00 - 1 hour - 63.8 MBWhat do old Jewish comics on the road do after a night of stand-up? Go back to the hotel and record a podcast, of course. An "after hours edition" of Thought Spiral from Minneapolis.
Test Show #16
August 21, 2017 07:00 - 1 hour - 57.7 MBA very spirally episode: Talking “The History of Comedy,” packing the OCD suitcase, J. Elvis walks down self-loathing lane, and getting ready for the first live Thought Spiral in Mpls.
Test Show #15
August 14, 2017 07:00 - 1 hour - 62.2 MBAndy gets some bad news at the doctor’s office. Free speech on campus. Andy visits Long Island. Backstage at Conan. Getting the first BIG laugh as a kid. Chanukah bushes, and as always, way more topics.
Test Show #14
August 07, 2017 07:00 - 1 hour - 74.9 MBA jumbo episode! Andy breaks down his harrowing path to the Montreal speech. Things get heated over some Twitter tough love. J. Elvis meets a legendary director. Announcing the 1st Thought Spiral live taping at Acme Comedy Co. in Mpls.
Test Show #13
July 31, 2017 07:00 - 1 hour - 55.5 MBAndy crams for Montreal, the pointlessness of Jewish genealogy tests, fine dining, and old TV.
Test Show #12
July 24, 2017 07:00 - 1 hour - 62.7 MBAndy’s Twitter battles, the problem with stand-up dramas, the clock is ticking on Andy’s speech prep.
Test Show #11
July 17, 2017 07:00 - 1 hour - 52.5 MBFailed pilots, a Michael Jackson story, and Andy is prepping for Montreal.
Test Show #10
July 10, 2017 07:00 - 1 hour - 52.2 MB4th of July memories, a Comedy Store confession, and Andy is getting warmed up about “I’m Dying Up Here."
Test Show #9
July 03, 2017 07:00 - 1 hour - 46.8 MBAndy is back from his guest spot on “Portlandia.” J. Elvis does unintentional slapstick home repairs.
Test Show #8
June 26, 2017 07:00 - 1 hour - 51.6 MBAndy’s Mom has a bone to pick with him. J. Elvis unleashes the baby within.