Latest Chris gethard Podcast Episodes
Interview: Ryan and Katie from the Hometown History Podcast
New Jersey Is The World - July 01, 2024 07:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 158 ratingsHave you ever taken a drive through Mendham - and have you ever noticed a sign claiming Mendham was the hometown of the man who invented baseball? What if we told you this was a giant fraud. Did George Washington really sleep here? Did Jackie O actually live here? Seriously, What is going on in ...
Interview: Martyna Majok, Pulitzer Winning Jersey Playwright
New Jersey Is The World - June 24, 2024 04:32 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 158 ratingsMartyna Majok is the Pulitzer winning author of many great plays, many of which focus very specifically on Jersey. We talk about Jersey artists, about Belleville and Kearny, about immigrant groups finding each other in this state, and so much more. Seriously, just listen to it, Martyna is so fuck...
Interview: Chris Payne and NJ Emo
New Jersey Is The World - June 17, 2024 12:14 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 158 ratingsChris Payne is the author of the book Where Are Your Boys Tonight? The Oral History of Emo's Mainstream Explosion - you will probably not be shocked to hear that this book is VERY heavy on New Jersey content. That being said, upon reading it I think you will be pleasantly surprised to see how muc...
NJ Craig's List: An Exploration
New Jersey Is The World - June 10, 2024 07:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 158 ratingsOn this week's show we ask a simple question: "What's the dumbest/weirdest/most inexplicable stuff to be found on New Jersey Craig's List right now?" This leads, as you imagine, down some real weird rabbit holes as we suss out not just the stuff that is odd at face value, but some other things th...
Interview: Anthony DeVito, Jersey Boy: A True Crime Story
New Jersey Is The World - June 02, 2024 22:48 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 158 ratingsThis week we talk with friend of the show Anthony DeVito, a hilarious comedian and Bloomfield native. He's also currently starring in the off-Broadway show Jersey Boy: A True Crime Story about how he came to find out that his family and organized crime in New Jersey were intertwined. It's a jaw-d...
A Return to Ong's Hat
New Jersey Is The World - May 27, 2024 14:58 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 158 ratingsWARNING: Some listeners may be disturbed by the fact that at no point in this episode do Mike D and Andrea mention diarrhea. This is a diarrhea-free episode. Proceed at your own risk. Longtime subscribers to our Patreon may remember an early episode of South Jersey Is Also the World where Andre...
Port Authority: Secret Bathroom, Secret History
New Jersey Is The World - May 20, 2024 01:02 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 158 ratingsA recent article revealed the existence of a secret super clean bathroom in the well known NYC nightmare commuter hub, Port Authority. Being that Port Authority is a place MANY North Jersey residents know well and have true hatred/fear for, we figured this was a perfect excuse to look not just at...
Interview: Kate and Danny Tamberelli
New Jersey Is The World - May 13, 2024 01:47 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 158 ratingsKate and Danny Tamberelli are not just a married couple, they're also the co-authors fo the new book Road Trip Rewind, which is great and you should read. The book features characters born in Jersey, much like Danny himself was. Danny was raised in Wyckoff before starring as Little Pete on The A...
Summer Reading List 2024
New Jersey Is The World - May 06, 2024 07:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 158 ratingsOn this episode we give you: some Jersey authors, some Jersey specific writing, some Jersey adjacent books, some historical looks at authors who help set the tone of what Jerseyana is, and a proposed summer comic book book club. ENJOY THE BEACH, YOU CHOOCHES. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted...
Mega Gagootz Assemble
New Jersey Is The World - April 29, 2024 03:57 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 158 ratingsYour voicemails. The hosts on our mini-network. Like so many of them. WOTown, Andrea, Fanelli, Fierro, HEBBA. The largest gang of gagootz ever assembled, listening to the batshit messages you all have left us in recent months. What beats that? Nothing beats that. Get bonus content on Patreon H...
New Jersey Survival Kit (Enter Hebba)
New Jersey Is The World - April 22, 2024 01:51 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 158 ratingsWe break down everything you might need for a New Jersey survival kit if you're not from this place. From items you should own to rules you should know to conversations you should be ready to have - if you want to survive in New Jersey, this episode fills you in on everything you need to know abo...
Jersey Dude/Jersey Food: Fanny's of Bloomfield/A Glimpse Into Don's Mind
New Jersey Is The World - April 15, 2024 13:54 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 158 ratingsOstensibly, this episode reviews Fanny's - an Italian restaurant in the blossoming food hub of Bloomfield. But when Don starts speaking to how he orders for groups, we realize this episode is actually a glimpse into the mind of a mad man. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast....
An Evening At Home With Bonadooch
New Jersey Is The World - April 08, 2024 07:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 158 ratingsHere is real found audio of what it sounds like when Bonadooch comes by your house to watch a Seton Hall game and you shoot the breeze. We turned mics on and gave you exclusive access to the real life sounds of a good old Bonadooch hang at home. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See...
Origins of the New Jersey Devil
New Jersey Is The World - April 01, 2024 12:47 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 158 ratingsMike D has recently read up on some of the historical roots of the legends surrounding the New Jersey Devil, the Garden State's most infamous legend. How was Benjamin Franklin involved? Is this all just the hundreds year old result of a smear job campaign directed to one unfortunately targeted fa...
NJ Disasters (The Legend of Willy P)
New Jersey Is The World - March 25, 2024 14:02 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 158 ratingsThis episode has some technical disasters. Broken headphones, weird audio, and even right now I'm posting it from the Denver airport where my flight has been delayed over five hours. And that's all fitting because we talk about NJ's greatest disasters throughout this thrilling piece of audio. We ...
Erin Go Fuck Yourself: St Patrick's Day Mayhem in New Jersey
New Jersey Is The World - March 18, 2024 14:15 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 158 ratingsNew Jersey is a place of chaos. St. Patrick's Day is a holiday of chaos. New Jersey also has a lot of residents of Irish descent. You will not be shocked to hear that it was very easy for us to find many examples where St. Patrick's Day in New Jersey descended into absolute chaos. You will also n...
Small Business Spotlight: Fat Moose Comics
New Jersey Is The World - March 12, 2024 06:36 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 158 ratingsIn this episode we interview Shawn Hendricks, the owner of New Jersey's longest operating comic book store. Located in Whippany, this store is really special, and Sean has a lot of experience and philosophy into what goes into running a kick ass comic book store. On top of that, how does New Jers...
Vin Gopal's Scrapple Factory
New Jersey Is The World - March 04, 2024 13:25 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 158 ratingsPolitics in New Jersey is becoming must see. We're currently embroiled in the "Tammy Murphy versus Andy Kim" Senate primary that's getting nastier by the day. Soon we'll have the governor's race, where Steve Fulop, Ras Baraka, and Steve Sweeney have already joined, with more rumored to be eyeing...
Getting to know BONADOOCH
New Jersey Is The World - February 26, 2024 20:06 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 158 ratingsWho is the real Bonadooch? The question we get asked the most here at NJITW - after “Why don’t you talk about Bergen County more?” - is "Who is Bonadooch?" Here’s your answer. An in-depth interview with the one and only Bonadooch where no topic is off the table. Get bonus content on Patreon Ho...
Marissa, Joe, and the Northeast Corridor
New Jersey Is The World - February 19, 2024 05:27 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 158 ratingsYou'd think if you have Joe Steinhardt from Don Giovanni Records and Marissa Paternoster of Noun and Screaming Females, you might talk a lot about their legendary impact on New Brunswick's basement scene. Or at the very least about their great new graphic novel, Merriment. Nope. This is New Jerse...
FIFA Is Coming, God Help Us All
New Jersey Is The World - February 12, 2024 17:57 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 158 ratingsLast week it was announced that the World Cup Finals are coming to New Jersey in a couple years. This is a huge deal. Like, more than many American sports fans might even realize. Mike D and Chris get together to discuss the impact, how it happened, all the ways we hope it goes right, and the man...
Town Check: A War Is Brewing
New Jersey Is The World - February 05, 2024 14:24 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 158 ratingsI didn't set out to create controversy. The idea felt simple. "Hey, we talk about Jersey relentlessly on this show, let's go through the list and see which towns we as a collective have and haven't actually been to." I thought it would be basic: Exhaust ourselves reading the list of New Jersey...
Jersey Dude, Jersey Food: A Way Too Close Look Into Rutt's Hut
New Jersey Is The World - January 29, 2024 13:47 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 158 ratingsDon Fanelli, the Jersey Dude Who Loves Jersey Food, is back! Not just on the podcast, but Don was also recently back in New Jersey, and he visited the legendary Rutt's Hut to try their duck. We talk about that much buzzed about item, but this leads to a WAY TOO THOROUGH breakdown of the entire Ru...
We Grade Every Other State
New Jersey Is The World - January 22, 2024 08:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 158 ratingsIt's well known that this podcast's participants are big fans of New Jersey. They give it an A+. But that begs the question: what grade do they give each of the other 49 states? Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
A Montclair Guy
New Jersey Is The World - January 15, 2024 14:28 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 158 ratingsKeith moved to Montclair from Brooklyn six years ago. He considers himself a Montclair guy. He has nothing against New Jersey, but isn't particularly interested in participating in it on a larger level. We ask him the crucial questions about this like: "Do you know this attitude is infuriating to...
New Jersey 2024 Bingo Board
New Jersey Is The World - January 08, 2024 15:25 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 158 ratingsToday we discuss all the things we think might happen in and around New Jersey in 2024, so that we might build a bingo board for your enjoyment throughout the year. Some of them are very chattered about political moves we expect people to make, for example. But in typical NJITW fashion, our predi...
Santa's Flight Path
New Jersey Is The World - December 25, 2023 08:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 158 ratingsGuys, this is crazy. We set up a whole bunch of police scanners and short wave radios last night, and we were able to record Santa's communication with local authorities as he flew around above New Jersey delivering presents last night. This is a stunning glimpse into Santa's strategies in how h...
Gagootz Voicemails For Ya
New Jersey Is The World - December 18, 2023 16:56 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 158 ratingsHere are some of the voicemails YOU left at 973-780-4660 for us. Joined by Nick Fierro for the first time, the Gagootz assemble and react to all things Jersey. A LOT OF FEEDBACK ON THE ESSENTIAL INGREDIENTS LIST IN THIS ONE, plus a whole lot more! Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. ...
Channel 9 Reimagined
New Jersey Is The World - December 11, 2023 08:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 158 ratingsThis episode is a loving tribute to the iconic, wild west television station many of us grew up with: Channel 9. If you were in the New York media market, you were exposed to the weirdness of this TV station, much of which originated out of Secaucus, NJ. In this episode we discuss the station, PL...
Small Business Spotlight: Backyard Cinemas
New Jersey Is The World - December 04, 2023 08:00 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 158 ratingsWe're back with our semi-regular series highlighting small businesses around New Jersey, this time with our friend Steve Zig over at Backyard Cinemas! Steve's company has a Jersey origin, a lot of hustle, and is growing fast. By going all over the state setting up mobile screenings, he and his...
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