How Long Gone

Lee Pace is an actor from Texas, currently living in New York. He’s great in A24’s Bodies Bodies Bodies, which should be out now. We chat about Chris in Italy, Pete Davidson shines as a beta, we compare inseams, Lee’s tropical workout plan, Lee might have a lumpy head under all that hair, Atlanta has such a healthy lifestyle, growing up in Texas, you can channel a great performance if you hate you...

Nabil Ayers is the President of Beggars Group US, working with artists like The National, Grimes, and Big Thief. He’s written about race and music for the NYT, GQ, and Rolling Stone. His new memoir My Life in the Sunshine is out now. We chat about the end of ambition, in defense of robot labour, ablest Beyoncé, Nabil just got an electronic drum-kit because he’s 50, music is his drug, Kid & Play st...

B.J. Novak is an actor, writer, comedian, and director living in Los Angeles. We chat about his new film Vengeance, the new Beyonce album, bespoke-but-affordable local sushi, podcaster is an easy job to have, voice-over work should be left to the uglies, Marfa, TX during the “magic hour” is incredible, Ryan from The Office Funko Pop collectors are too gnarly, the paparazzi magically knows when you...

Sam Buck is America’s next gay country singer. His new record Out Of Control, is out now. We chat about giving up on travel, instructors smoking at the Milan Barry’s Bootcamp, does every airline customer service phone number go to the same place, The New York Times did a story about different drinks that comedians like to have on stage, Sam Lives in a wanderlust cabin where he may or may not shit...

Chuck Klosterman is a writer currently living in Portland. His great new book, The Nineties, is out now. We chat about Donald Glover stepping out topless, unusual music in the Equinox locker room, his orange-colored writer's cabin in the woods, CD long boxes, watching some track & field races with beer, we encourage Chuck to write a screenplay about Las Vegas sports betting, people never stop read...

One-on-one episode recorded live and uncut from Glendale. Chris and Jason chat about: Wales Bonner Adidas got 2 more weeks, nationalist bachelorette parties in Texas, the depths of let’s go brandon merch, the GymShark therapist barbershop pop-up activation, we won’t talk about FX’s The Bear anymore, cringe is a scale, the freedom of an unexpected airport layover, I have to throat my Biscoff in one...

A rare Friday one-on-one pod due to a scheduling change, but lucky you, Chris and Jason have time to discuss the Desus and Mero split, a recent carousel of images from Drake, Armenian mafia Lyft drivers, getting Hollywooded, our VC listeners, if you wanna see hot people having sex you going to have to pay for it, Chris is done with psychedelics, mental discomfort vs. physical, a surprising new lin...

Momma is a band originally from LA but now living in New York. We chat with Etta and Allegra about Europeans not understanding temperature, new Elon body just dropped, Jimmy Fallon sneaker collabs, stolen Miu Miu valor, we explore BeReal a bit, they saw a large rat on the street, Momma does have games on their phone, no vegetables in England, falling down in Glasgow, our astrological signs are bas...

One-on-one pod recorded live and uncut from Glendale. Chris and Jason talk about hard desserts, cannabis spittoons, putting some Chet Baker vinyl on the Crosley turntable, a wine-related upsell at a recent dinner at Motherwolf, TJ fucked up a Baraghani recipe, Russian sauna hats, ugly shoes made out of recycled dildos, what to do when your bird is missing, holes and soles sounds phonographic, liki...

Ruby McCollister is an actress living in New York. We chat about the body being a Jenga tower, Khloe and Tristan are having a love rat baby, our dinner tonight being a “zaddy’s row,” TJ stole bread from Ralph's, Bluetooth problems, Chris can tell when someone has had sex with a man just by looking at them, we rebrand “open relationships,” King’s Road Cafe and Toast, Rachel Zoe’s Urth Cafe iced tea...

Ryland Blackinton is a musician from Los Angeles. He and Chris go way back in the music biz, are current gym bros, and he's a Burbank sympathizer just like TJ. He fits right in on HLG as we chat about being defensive about our exercise, a San Vicente Bungalow podcast dinner, when the Baby Phats are painted on, we argue the desert is too hot to raise horses, some of our favorite Chris Brown songs,...

One-on-one pod today. Chris and Jason talk about hitting bottom, TJ went to a house party last night, G-Wagon is just a Jeep Wrangler, Chris’ Vegas cab driver was nearly killed by a child, Morrissey show report, the parallels between bottle service hierarchy and the Southwest Airlines boarding procedure, Shawn Mendes is going thu it, this town will chew you up and spit you out, Wimbledon finals, R...

Sophie Allison aka Soccer Mommy is a musician from Nashville. Her newest record Sometimes, Never is out now. We speculate how much Coolsculpting costs, free the Bodega stabber, TJ’s oiled up in Palm Springs, Billionaire retreats, gonna hit Kara Swisher with a 2 piece, secretly eating a meal on the phone, Snapchat is only for pot dealers, Chipotle gives you free food if you’re a band on tour, Morri...

Scott Campbell is one of the most famous tattoo artists alive. He sold his cannabis brand a while back and is now exploring the future of tattoos and NFTs. He’s lived a lot of life in New York and now calls Los Angeles his home. We chat bout some drama at Wimbledon, Chris watched the Machine Gun Kelly documentary, you can’t beef with Slipknot, Scott made a lot of money-drawing skulls and selling w...

One-on-one today recorded live and uncut from Glendale. Chris and Jason talk about no-show socks, we don’t have enough self-confidence to invest in a full-length mirror, Chris has never used a drill, frankly American doesn’t deserve a birthday party this year, donate money and shut the fuck up, we ate dinner at Jar per John Early’s recommendation, I had to yell at a fellow patron there, Travis Bar...

John Early is a comedian, actor, and writer, currently living in Los Angeles. His new show “Would It Kill You To Laugh” with Kate Berlant is out now on Peacock. We chat about a Tom Of Finland activation we attended, valet at the gym, it's a trance music summer, Barbie movie tea, bartending at Cafe Gitane, John’s youth pastor vibe, nobody is actually interested in storytelling, Vita Coco shaming, h...

Brynn Wallner needs no introduction if you’re a fan of the show, this marks her third appearance on How Long Gone. We chat about Ghislaine’s sentence, Alec and Woody Versuz, we get gifted a new gym membership, an upcoming Tom Of Finland dinner to celebrate the end of Pride, Chris tried the Hailey Bieber smoothie, Brynn left her boyfriend at home to go goblin mode in Cape Cod, her sorority was a ho...

One-on-one pod today recorded live and uncut from Glendale CA. Chris and Jason chat about what happens when your car costs more than your house, essential shopping items, never buy the kitchen a round of beers, finishing up FX’s The Bear, bonding with the cleaning person, we workshop some decorative ideas for what hotels can do when you accidentally leave your drugs out, Chris is laptop shopping,...

Hovvdy (pronounced Howdy) is a band from Texas. We chat with Charlie and Will about Twitter becoming more of a blog, Netflix’s Snowflake Mountain, TJ’s new workout plan, a Waco TX scene report, sneaky pancakes, why they moved out of Austin, taking too much Adderall at a young age, popping an oxy and watching Transformers in the theater, Chris may be pleasuring himself to our Shopify push notificat...

Gert Jonkers is the editor of Fantastic Man, and co-founder of The Gentlewoman, and Butt. We chat about hitting the premiere for FX’s The Bear, new Beyoncë dropped, pagan rituals in The Netherlands, Americans are loud, how we all think an EIC should be dressing, in defense of tank tops, its okay that LA is so casual, the lifespan of a magazine cover, not diluting the brand, his journalistic rules...

Perry Farrell is a lifelong musician most notably from Jane’s Addiction, Porno For Pyro’s, and the founder of Lollapalooza. We chat about the new Drake album, Chris is on holiday in Palm Springs, TJ went to Benny Blanco’s for dinner, getting a nice tomahawk for father’s day, sleeping pills, set up a garden on the roof, we brainstorm ideas for his funky man cave, Perry has a Christmas tree in his l...

Bob Lefsetz is a music-biz veteran and the undisputed king of email newsletters. We chat about Joe Budden mispronouncing the word “ableist,” we got Biologique facials, building a fanbase the old-fashioned way, the benefits of being a one-man-band, starting his newsletter in 1986 as snail mail, when Politics and streaming TV replaced music, Chris and Bob argue about whether or not to call people on...

Kurt Vile is a musician from Philadelphia, his new record Watch My Moves is out now. We chat about beard without the mustache, the yassification of Nascar, the Barbie movie, Hollywood Handbook being mean to Kurt, when it comes to airplane food you can do a lot worse than almonds, being a real analog guy, how to be grateful but also not care about anyone, a Zoom studio session with pop music’s Kesh...

Julia Hobbs is a fashion editor from London. We chat about Chris seeing the guy from Alkaline Trio at the gym, a simmering cauldron, do we give Lizzo a pass? London is a great driving town, Julia loves Oxnard, CA, Majorcan hotel buffets, what to wear in Ibiza, hiring a car vs. renting one, killing bugs with your Top Shop shoes, where we’ll take her out in LA, when a car sounds like a horse, famous...

One-on-one pod recorded live and uncut from New York City just hours before our show at Tribeca Festival. We chat about when we used to like being hungover, a Manhattan walk of shame, making a res at Sadelle’s 6 months in advance, the harvest will be harmed, Equinox scene report in NY, Puma ankle socks, hitting BJ Novak’s afterparty, explosive walking, a dinner in LA with Andy Baraghani, and TJ ha...