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Marc Maron To Interview President Barack Obama on WTF

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Literally speaking, Marc probably won’t be able to lock the gates.

Announced on the latest episode of WTF with Marc Maron, Marc has an interview with President Barack Obama set and will post it on Monday. Of course, Obama is in town for fundraising purposes, but we definitely hope that Marc goes through Obama’s fantastic White House Correspondents Dinner sets over the years.

Knowing this is supposed to take place reportedly sometime tomorrow at Maron’s garage, LA’s Eastside will finally get a taste of that Obama traffic.

The Black List and Paul Scheer Are Teaming Up For a New Podcast

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This has nothing to do with James Spader or spies (well, at least the ones that are on NBC).

As you very well know, so few original scripts get the shine that movies that are adapted from a book, tv show, children’s toy, app, etc. these days. That’s why it’s great that such a thing as The Black List that showcases the best in unproduced screenplays.

So, as it is still hard to make those movies and show them to a wide audience, Paul Scheer and The Black List are now collaborating on a podcast where the episodes are based on those featured unproduced screenplays.

With Scheer involved, there’s probably going to be a bit of heightening involved, but we’re more than looking forward to what most of Hollywood is missing out on being presented in audio form.

This new podcast premieres Thurs. on Wolfpop.

Allie Goertz and Julia Prescott Start “Simpsons” Retrospective Podcast “Everything’s Coming Up Podcast”

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One would think that with 26-season-and-counting run and a cemented status as a legendary show, not just within the animated comedy genre, but among the entire TV canon, The Simpsons would have be the spark behind more podcasts.

After all, we can’t even count how many podcasts there are about just professional wrestling.

We could only find a couple of random Simpsons focused podcast before today.

Luckily, Simpsons superfans and comedians Allie Goertz and Julia Prescott have started the Everything’s Coming Up Podcast where they will chat with comics, writers, animators etc. about their favorite episode of The Simpsons.

The first episode is already up and you can follow Everything Coming Up Podcast on Facebook and Twitter.

New Paul F. Tompkins Podcast “Spontaneanation” Coming to Earwolf Apr. 1st

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For those with a general sense of yearning since Paul F. Tompkins’ Pod F. Tompkast’s last episode, you might not yearn any longer (also, you should probably check out Dead Authors and Superego).

Paul’s got a brand new podcast for us all.

Come Apr. 1st. (which is not a prank), Earwolf will premiere Spontaneanation with Paul F. Tompkins. It’s an improvised podcast that will feature Paul and the various friends of his that are exquisite improvisers letting loose based off a conversation.

From the sounds of this preview, the likes of Lauren Lapkus and his Superego partners will be joining Paul in the fun, so you’re definitely going to want to listen and subscribe.

David Dineen-Porter Makes His Own, Crazy RPG Rules on “Party of Four” Podcast

February 5, 2015

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While there are certainly great podcasts where comedians play Dungeons and Dragons like Nerd Poker and Harmontown, David Dineen-Porter, one of the 100 Best Things In Comedy We Were Witness To In No Particular Order of 2014, has started a podcast, Party of 4, that involves comedians in a Role Playing Game, but done according to the whims of Dineen-Porter.

If you know David at all, those whims are pretty out there and also pretty hilarious.

So, if you want to hear how a D&D session would go with every character and rule completely made-up out of the imagination of an absurdist comedian, Party of 4 is for you.

Andy Sandford Makes The World’s First Audio Free Podcast

November 17, 2014

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Andy Sandford is a very clever, hilarious person. As very clever, hilarious people are wont to do, they make, say, do, etc. very clever, hilarious things.

One of those those things is the world’s very first audio free podcast, appropriately named The Audio Free Podcast.

Here’s episode one for you to, not hear, but read.

2014 LA Podcast Festival Recap: Podcasts Take Over Beverly Hills

This is both the third year of The LA Podcast Festival as well as our third time attending and, as that’s the case, we can most certainly assure you a good thing has only gotten better and better.

Here’s our recap of what went down when a bunch podcasts and their fans take over ritzy Beverly Hills.

All photos courtesy of Los Angeles Podcast Festival

-This was the first year that the LA Podcast Festival took place at Sofitel LA in Beverly Hills and it solved pretty much every drawback from their original location in Santa Monica (i.e. parking, navigating through the festival, it looks nicer).

-Many in the crowd for Talkin’ Shit with Eddie Ifft were thoroughly surprised when they got to see all of transgendered porn star Vaniity.

–Marc Maron and Aisha Tyler hashed out some personal history, specifically when they first met each other, on Girl on Guy. Aisha hilariously made sure to note to Marc that this is her show and not WTF.

-Like every year, one will note that many of the attendees aren’t from LA or even California. Many come from the other side of the country just to make sure they catch their favorite podcast live like The Crabfeast with Jay Larson and Ryan Sickler.

–Superego continued to be one of the funniest podcasts around kicking off Day 2 with a special guest in Conan player Brian Stack and a whirlwind of fun, dark absurdity. We also applaud their matching Superego blazers.

-The crowd at Jonah Raydio had a ball as Jonah Ray made sure that his entire audience had a beer in their hand, treated to a live performance from Upset, fun music news monologue style jokes, and discovered he had to do more time than he expected. This lead to some of the best awful concert stories we’ve heard in awhile.

–Dave Anthony, Gareth Reynolds, and Wil Anderson assembled for a laugh riot of an episode of The Dollop, which we’d describe as a sort of sober version of Drunk History that replaces the reenactments with top shelf riffing from Anthony, Reynolds, and a guest. Edutainment about history’s biggest a-holes has never been as much fun as this.

-An all female guest line-up for WTF with Marc Maron was fascinating especially the likes of Pamela Adlon and Whitney Cummings admired Shelby Fero’s wisdom beyond her years when it comes to dating.

-Podcasts fans at the festival didn’t care how long they would have to wait to get commemorative posters signed to the point where we questioned how much we’re fans of podcasts compared to them.

–Wil Anderson killed it wherever he went at the festival and his own podcast TOFOP was no different. Anderson’s brand of somewhat controlled chaos made for almost non-stop laughs and an unforgettable pop quiz on Russell Crowe facts.

-As far as we’ve seen education hasn’t ever been as funny as it has been on podcasts. See Probably Science’s Matt Kirshen, Jesse Case, and Andy Wood riff on the primates known as Bonobos with Tim Minchin and Dr. Amy Parish. They found their way to tie in feminism while discussing animal behavior and on to applause breaks.

–Matt Besser, Lauren Lapkus, Ian Roberts, and Horatio Sanz ensured that impov4humans was a perennial favorite of the festival just off a scene of visiting the world’s tallest hill.

-Podcast pioneer Jimmy Pardo and his podcast Never Not Funny have been at The LA Podcast Festival most deservedly every single year. Seeing Jimmy having to deal with Pat Francis’ Bruce Springsteen puppet made for a pretty magical evening on its own.

–Go Bayside! and James Bonding are perfect examples of podcasts that celebrate the “nerding out” of a very specific topic, in these cases Saved By The Bell and Agent 007 James Bond, but also very inviting to the uninitiated. April Richardson and Matt Mira/Matt Gourley make a case for enjoying both cultural institutions even if you don’t know who Mr. Belding or the worst Bond villain henchmen are.

–Todd Glass and James Adomian were electric during The Todd Glass Show. Dueling Todd Glass impressions (yes, Todd did an impression of James doing an impression of Todd) were a highlight, but only the tip of the iceberg. We’re convinced that Glass has mastered only letting the audience kind of know what’s happening, but ultimately not caring because they’re having so much damn fun.

–The Kira Soltanovich Show made for an insightful, funny look into parenting not unlike a bunch of parents having drinks and pondering if they’re raising their kid right or not except all the parents are really funny.

If you happened to miss all this glorious podcast goodness, then there’s a livestream video archive of the festival available up until Oct. 19th.

Keep in mind we can only send one guy out to cover all of this so there are only so many things we could make it to and obviously we missed some stuff. Maybe next time, you can go to the LA Podcast Festival yourself and not miss anything.

Nerdist Adds ‘Hound Tall with Moshe Kasher’ as Newest Podcast

October 2, 2014

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The amazing Moshe Kasher has been doing his panel discussion show, Hound Tall, at UCB here in LA for a little while now having on specialists delve into their specialty with comedians.

So, it comes as little surprise to us that Nerdist Industries has added it to their ever growing roster of podcasts. Please listen and subscribe here, which we don’t doubt that you’ll do as Pete Holmes and Beth Stelling along with Moshe chat with author Jillian Lauren about life as a woman in a harem.

So, Superego Season 4 Is Here

September 1, 2014

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It’s been over a whole year since the end of Superego’s 3rd season and today, the wait for the next season of one of the funniest podcasts on the Internet is finally over. Matt Gourley, Mark McConville, Jeremy Carter, and now, Paul F. Tompkins bring you another wave of downright, absurd fun.

Listen to the first episode here or here or both, so long as you go listen.

Feral Audio Is Taping A Live Album

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To our knowledge, no podcast network has gone to record a live album of its roster of podcasts.

That’s all changing next month as Feral Audio is taking Dan Harmon, Steve Agee, Johnny Pemberton, John Roy, Erin McGathy, Brody Stevens, Matt Dwyer, Little Esther Povitsky, Melissa Stephens, Duncan Trussell, and more to the Nerdmelt Showroom to do exactly that.

Podcast history is going to be made on August 5th 9PM and you should get your tickets now.

Kumail Nanjiani Launches a Podcast Solely Focusing on The X-Files, The X-Files Files

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Kumail Nanjiani Launches a Podcast Solely Focusing on The X-Files, The X-Files Files

Feral Audio adds another great comedian and podcast to their roster in Kumail Nanjiani’s brand new X-Files Files. As you might guess, Kumail breaks down every episode of the X-Files with a guest.

Already we’re hooked on the idea, but this is even better if you’ve heard Kumail’s joke about his love/hate relationship with the X-Files.

Take an [Audio] Ride with Karen Kilgariff and Chris Fairbanks’ New Podcast

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Take an [Audio] Ride with Karen Kilgariff and Chris Fairbanks’ New Podcast

Karen Kilgariff and Chris Fairbanks have just started a new podcast that follows them as the drive around and encounter all the insane things that you encounter when you’re out on the road.

Hopefully, whoever was driving wasn’t recording, but if there were two folks to make an afternoon drive one hell of a time, it would be Karen and Chris. Give Do You Need a Ride? a listen at the link.

Dan Harmon’s Dungeons & Dragons Game Podcast “Harmonquest” To Be Animated

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Dan Harmon’s Dungeons & Dragons Game Podcast “Harmonquest” To Be Animated

Dan Harmon has managed to make a fun podcast out of playing D&D with special guests and it’s about to even made better as it will be animated so we can see exactly what Harmon and company are describing.

There’s a nice preview of it at the link featuring Workaholics’ Blake Anderson.

Sean O’Connor and Zach Sims Launch Podcast About Google Results of Guests’ Names

November 6, 2013

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Sean O’Connor and Zach Sims Launch Podcast About Google Results of Guests’ Names

The Boogie-Woogie Google Boys is a brand new podcast from the very funny Sean O’Connor and Zach Sims where they Google the name of their guests and discuss what comes up in the fraction of a second it takes for it to come up. While most comedians do dominated their own name on Google, there’s a lot of fun, weird, bizarre stuff when you get to pages 2 or 3 or further.

The first episode is with the amazing Emily Heller and should check it out/give it a listen.

The Call Chelsea Peretti Podcast Now Has an App

October 27, 2013

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The Call Chelsea Peretti Podcast Now Has an App

Not only is there an app for Chelsea Peretti’s Call Chelsea Peretti Podcast, but it’s actually a collection of apps within including a Chelsea Peretti soundboard, as you’d probably expect, as well as a whole Chelstagram app.

We’re confident there will be Chesea-mojis and more soon.

The Westside Comedy Theater Launching Its Own Comedy Podcast Network

September 8, 2013

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The Westside Comedy Theater Launching Its Own Comedy Podcast Network

Whether the dust is still being rustled up or clearing from the comedy podcast boom is unsure, but the model of gathering podcasts under the umbrella of a network seems to be a worthwhile path for the medium right now.

Next week, Santa Monica’s Westside Comedy Theater is starting its very own podcast network with many really funny comedians that have made their way through the LA comedy scene over the last few years including: Rob Gleeson, Mr. Goodnight, Tom Sibley, Josh Covitt, Chase Bernstein, Tushar Singh, Neel Nanda and more.

They’re having a free launch party next week on Thurs. to meet all their new podcasters at 7PM if you’re curious (and we’re suggesting that you should be)

Cracked.com Launching Earwolf Podcast

August 19, 2013

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Just announced today, online written humor giant, Cracked.com is expanding to have a podcast, though, interestingly enough, not on their site, but rather in through a partnership with podcast network Earwolf.

“The Cracked Podcast” will feature in depth chats between Cracked editors once a month with smaller episodes in the weeks between.

We’d be curious to see how many episodes will be arguments regarding the best/worst animals.

Here’s the Line-up for the 2nd LA Podcast Festival

August 17, 2013

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Here’s the Line-up for the 2nd LA Podcast Festival

WTF with Marc Maron, Never Not Funny w/Jimmy Pardo, Walking the Room w/Dave Anthony & Greg Behrendt, Fitzdog Radio w/Greg Fitzsimmons, The Todd Glass Show, Probably Science, The Jake Fogelnest Podcast, The Dana Gould Hour, The Indoor Kids, Dining with Doug and Karen, Jordan, Jesse, GO!, improv4humans w/Matt Besser, Keith and the Girl, Deep Shit with Baron Vaughn, and more TBA are all coming to beautiful Sheraton Delfina Hotel in Santa Monica this October for the second edition of The LA Podcast Festival.

If the line-up wasn’t enough to get you to go, know that we went last year and had a blast that we wouldn’t have just listening to an episode of it later.

John Roy’s Podcast “Don’t Ever Change” Launches at Feral Audio

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John Roy’s Podcast “Don’t Ever Change” Launches at Feral Audio

There are many sources where comedians get their material. None are as rich as the time when they went to high school. That’s why John Roy (you might recognize him from his newly released album Alexander Hamilton, which you should pick up) specifically digs into that with his brand new podcast just launched at Feral Audio, Don’t Ever Change.

Give it a listen, especially as the first guest is the hysterical Sean Patton who has plenty that he has dug from his years in HS.

John Roy to Launch “Don’t Ever Change” Podcast on Feral Audio Soon

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John Roy to Launch “Don’t Ever Change” Podcast on Feral Audio Soon

Feral Audio is bringing another very intriguing podcast with comedian John Roy’s Don’t Ever Change. It’s a podcast where the very funny Roy interviews other very funny people like Sean Patton, James Adomian, Jay Larson, and more and the towns where they came from, grew up in, and how they affected them in such a way that they’ve become the, as said above, very funny people they are now.

Don’t Ever Change is scheduled to come out at the end of this month, but we’ll get you more details when it comes out.

Here’s a Teaser for Dave Ross’ Upcoming Nerdist Podcast ‘Terrified’

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As we announced earlier this week, Dave Ross, creator of the wonderful live show Holy Fuck, is going to have a Nerdist podcast. Terrified will start next week on Wed. July 10th featuring both Dave and a guest talking about what terrifies them, which, especially knowing Dave’s comedy will make for something really great.

Watch the teaser for Terrified here.

Nerdist’s Latest Podcast To Be ‘Terrified’ with Dave Ross

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Though it’s sad to see one of LA’s best comedy shows come to an end in Holy Fuck, the show’s creator, the very funny Dave Ross, already has his next big project lined up with a Nerdist podcast.

Revealed last night at Holy Fuck’s final show, ‘Terrified’ will be a podcast wherein Dave will host and guests will likely talk, as the show’s title suggests, about what terrifies them. It starts up next week and we’re really looking forward to it as what terrifies comedians is a lot of where great comedy comes from.

There’s a Superego Comedy Album on the Way

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There’s a Superego Comedy Album on the Way

Unless we heard wrong at The Super Serious Show last night, the brilliant Superego podcast/improv troupe will not only have a comedy album called The Journeymen coming, but it will be coming out July 2nd.

Make sure you skip on buying lunch or gas on that Tuesday so you can buy this. Trust us, you’ll get over the hunger pains/isolation with how much you’ll be laughing.

Here’s the First Episode of Competitive Erotic Fan Fiction as a Nerdist Podcast

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Here’s the First Episode of Competitive Erotic Fan Fiction as a Nerdist Podcast

As we announced 2 weeks ago, one of our favorite shows to see, Bryan Cook‘s Competitive Erotic Fan Fiction, is becoming a Nerdist podcast and we’re thrilled that the first episode is finally here. Featuring filthy and hilarious stories based in the world of pop culture from the very funny Alice Wetterlund, Matt Kirshen, Jim Hamilton, and more, please give it a listen.

It should go without saying that this is NSFW, not to mention that it’s a Saturday, but we don’t know if you listen to your podcasts on a sound system plugged through an entire office.

Kurt Braunohler Just Started a Nerdist Podcast, ‘The K Ohle with Kurt Braunohler’

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Talking boats with no prior knowledge of boats, blindfolding guests and dropping them off in a random part of town, segments about animals if you think animals are, and hilarious guests like Paul F. Tompkins on this very first episode are all part of Kurt Braunohler’s new Nerdist podcast ‘The K Ohle’.

In short, listen and subscribe to this.