Episode #149: Joe DeRosa

Joe DeRosa started his comedy career in the urban rooms of Philadelphia, and not long after he moved to New York City he earned a spot touring with Dave Chappelle. With Bill Burr and Robert Kelly, DeRosa co-wrote and starred in a short film called CHEAT, which they also turned into a book. DeRosa also […]

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This Week in Comedy Podcasts: the “Nugget Power Hour”

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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‘Analyze Phish’ Took a Sharp Turn Towards the Tragic in the Painfully Intense “Hollywood Bowl” Episode

Pod-Canon is an ongoing tribute to the greatest individual comedy-related podcast episodes of all time. When I was a guest on Harris Wittels and Scott Aukerman’s Analyze Phish podcast Harris invited me to be part of the gang when they saw Phish perform at the Hollywood Bowl. I wasn’t able to go due to poverty […]

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The best of Marc Maron’s WTF interviews in book form, “Waiting for the Punch”

If trying to catch up on 800+ episodes of Marc Maron’s WTF podcast seems like too much of a hill to climb, or you just want to fast-forward to the best parts and look at them whenever you want, then you’re in luck. Maron announced he’s excerpting dialogues with the likes of Bruce Springsteen, Kevin Hart, […]

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Norman Lear’s Podcast ‘All of the Above’ Premieres Next Week

Veteran television writer, producer, director, and series creator Norman Lear is launching his own podcast next week. According to Deadline, Lear has signed on to host a weekly podcast for PodcastOne called All of the Above with Norman Lear, which will feature cohost Pail Hipp and “cover topics ranging from comedy to family, current events, […]

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A Recommendation: ‘Cosmic Bowl’ from ‘The Flop House’

I will concede upfront that I am a soft touch for Cosmic Bowl, the maiden entry in what will hopefully be an ongoing series of horror-anthology comic books from Dan McCoy, Stuart Wellington, and Elliott Kalan of beloved bad-film podcast The Flop House, because it combines three of my favorite things: The Flop House, Tales from […]

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Marc Maron’s Book ‘Waiting for the Punch’ Is Out in October

Marc Maron has written a book rounding up some of his most memorable WTF interviews, and it now has a release date. Maron announced today that the book, titled Waiting for the Punch: Words to Live by from the WTF Podcast, will hit bookstores on October 10th, and it’s currently available for pre-order at Amazon. Maron wrote […]

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Episode #148: Vir Das

Americans may know Aziz Ansari, Hari Kondabolu or Russell Peters, but Vir Das is the biggest Indian-born comedian and Bollywood actor back home, where he hosted up to four shows at once on Indian television. Das first came to America for college, and he’s back now on an American tour promoting his first Netflix special […]

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This Week in Comedy Podcasts: Alison Rosen and Greg Fitzsimmons Team Up

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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Audible launches Lewis Black exclusive podcast, “The Rant is Due”

Lewis Black has been known and renowned for his ability to make you laugh out loud from his ranting. And over the past year or two, Black has tapped into interactive technology to allow his fans on tour to put in their requests for onstage rants. Now Audible has assembled the best of Black’s rants […]

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