Episode #192: Jeff Dye

Jeff Dye was a finalist on Last Comic Standing only three years into his comedy career. Since then, Dye has hosted two MTV series – Numbnuts, and Money From Strangers – one Spike game show, That Awkward Game Show, appeared frequently on ABC’s Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, and competed against other celebrities on both Lip Sync Battle and I Can Do That. For two seasons now, he has served […]

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Chris Hardwick rebranding The Nerdist Podcast as ID10T, moving it to Cadence13

The Nerdist Podcast is no more. Long live ID10T! No need to fear, though, as host Chris Hardwick and his co-conspirators Jonah Ray and Matt Mira emphasized throughout Episode 929 today. ID10T will have the same hosts, the same format as their Nerdist show, which began podcasting eight years ago. You won’t have to change […]

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This Week in Comedy Podcasts: Norm Macdonald Is on the ‘Edge of Fame’

The comedy podcast universe is ever expanding, not unlike the universe universe. We’re here to make it a bit smaller, a bit more manageable. There are a lot of great shows and each has a lot of great episodes, so we want to highlight the exceptional, the noteworthy. Each week our crack team of podcast […]

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Podcasting is coming into its own and the comedians that helped build it are poised to reap the rewards

Podcasting is a major channel for comedians, many of the medium’s biggest stars are comedians. It makes sense, because who… MORE

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The First Recorded Episode of ‘The Dead Authors Podcast’ Offers a Fascinating, Educational, but Mostly Entertaining Look Behind the Scenes

Pod-Canon is an ongoing tribute to the greatest individual comedy-related podcast episodes of all time. The Dead Authors Podcast ended its run a few years back with a 50th chapter on L. Frank Baum, the man who gave us The Wizard of Oz, at the very tail end of 2015. But immediately before that episode ended […]

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Episode #191: Matt Jones

You probably recognize Matt Jones from the critically acclaimed AMC series, Breaking Bad, where he played Badger. But Jones has an extensive comedy background, starting in Southern California, where he performed improv in high school, then eventually to Boom Chicago in Amsterdam, and back to Hollywood for multiple TV roles in sitcoms and sketch shows the likes of Reno 911, […]

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This Week in Comedy Podcasts: Scott Aukerman Heads to ‘Dumb People Town’

The comedy podcast universe is ever expanding, not unlike the universe universe. We’re here to make it a bit smaller, a bit more manageable. There are a lot of great shows and each has a lot of great episodes, so we want to highlight the exceptional, the noteworthy. Each week our crack team of podcast […]

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Episode #190: Katt Williams

You may think you know Katt Williams, but you don’t know the Katt Williams behind the headlines. You may know him from his role as Money Mike on Friday After Next, or from Wild ‘N Out, or from his four HBO specials: The Pimp Chronicles, Pt. 1; It’s Pimpin’ Pimpin’; Kattpacalypse; and Priceless: Afterlife. He […]

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This Week in Comedy Podcasts: Laurie Metcalf and Tom Segura on ‘WTF’

The comedy podcast universe is ever expanding, not unlike the universe universe. We’re here to make it a bit smaller, a bit more manageable. There are a lot of great shows and each has a lot of great episodes, so we want to highlight the exceptional, the noteworthy. Each week our crack team of podcast […]

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This Week in Comedy Podcasts: Laurie Metcalf and Tom Segura on ‘WTF’

The comedy podcast universe is ever expanding, not unlike the universe universe. We’re here to make it a bit smaller, a bit more manageable. There are a lot of great shows and each has a lot of great episodes, so we want to highlight the exceptional, the noteworthy. Each week our crack team of podcast […]

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