Dead Pilots Society

Episode 210: Life of the Party by Alex Herschlag   Dead Pilots Society is back this month with Life of the Party , a multi-camera workplace comedy from writer Alex Herschlag ( Will & Grace , Modern Family , Arrested Development ). Multi-camera sitcoms have become a rare breed, which makes this one a special treat.   Life of the Party is a workplace comedy about Neil, a man who suffer...

Episode 209: Michael Colton and John Aboud Interview   As we continue to celebrate ten years of Dead Pilots Society, we bring you this month’s after show with Michael Colton and John Aboud, writers of Weekly World News , which was featured on last week’s episode. The two longtime collaborators take a look back at their path from journalism to founding the early-internet comedy magazine Modern...

Episode 208: Weekly World News by Michael Colton and John Aboud   Dead Pilots Society celebrates 10 years with Weekly World News , a comedy pilot from Michael Colton and John Aboud  based on the popular newspaper tabloid, Weekly World News is about the reporters who bring us the amazing but true stories of ghosts, aliens, and mutant freaks. Colton and Aboud created and ran ABC’s Home Economic...

Episode 207: Claudia Lonow Interview   Here is the after show for Fan Girl , featuring Andrew's interview with Claudia Lonow. Claudia has created four television shows: Rude Awakening, Good Girls Don't, Accidentally on Purpose, and How to Live With Your Parents (For The Rest of Your Life) . She's also an actor and director, most recently directing and acting in the indie movie D(e)ad . Claudi...

Episode 206: Fan Girl by Claudia Lonow   This month, Dead Pilots Society presents Fan Girl by Claudia Lonow, a returning guest who previously appeared on the podcast with her pilot Assisted Loving , featured in Episode 13. Claudia has had a long and impressive career as a writer and producer. She has created four television series including How to Live with Your Parents (For the Rest of Your Life...

Episode 205: Kathryn Borel Jr Interview   This month's aftershow features a conversation with writer Kathryn Borel Jr., whose ambitious adaptation of On the Road was featured in last week's episode. Kathryn has written for Rush , American Dad! , Anne with an E , and Kung Fu , and is currently working on Damon Lindelof's upcoming limited series The Chain .   Kathryn talks about her remarkably uncon...

Episode 204: On The Road by Kathryn Borel Jr This month's dead pilot is On the Road , Kathryn Borel Jr.'s daring reimagining of Jack Kerouac's iconic novel. Instead of trying to recreate a literary classic beat for beat, Kathryn takes its spirit and builds something entirely her own. It's exactly the kind of ambitious swing we love celebrating on Dead Pilots Society .   Kathryn's credits include R...

Episode 203: Joel Kim Booster Interview   This is the aftershow for Here, After, featuring a conversation with writer, actor, and comedian Joel Kim Booster. Joel is known for writing and starring in Fire Island and for his work on The Other Two and Big Mouth . As an actor, he's appeared in Loot , Search Party , Shrill , and more.   In this wide-ranging conversation, Joel talks about his early days...

Episode 202: Here, After by Joel Kim Booster   This month, Dead Pilots Society welcomes back writer, actor, and comedian Joel Kim Booster , whose pilot Birthright was previously featured on Episode 34. Joel wrote and starred in the hit Hulu movie Fire Island. He was a writer on The Other Two and Big Mouth, and as an actor, you've seen him on Shrill and Search Party.   Joel's pilot Here, After, nev...

Episode 201: Christian Duguay Interview   This is the After Show for Valley Heat , featuring Andrew’s interview with creator Christian Duguay .   A longtime admirer of Valley Heat , Andrew finally gets the chance to sit down with Christian for a conversation about the unusual path that led to the creation of the podcast. Unlike many guests on the show, Christian didn’t come up through traditional...

Episode 200: Valley Heat by Christian Duguay   This month marks the 200th episode of Dead Pilots Society , which feels like a real milestone for a show that requires considerably more coordination than a couple of people just turning on microphones and talking. Every pilot episode means finding a pilot, assembling a cast, and putting together a live reading, so reaching 200 episodes feels genuinel...

Bonus: Top Five Funniest Openings in Dead Pilots Society History - Number 1   As a special bonus for MaxFunDrive 2026, we bring you the top five funniest openings in Dead Pilots Society history, as voted by the DPS staff. It was a challenge to narrow it down to just five, but that just means you’re getting the best of the best.   The show is supported by MaxFun members contributing $5 a month or m...

Episode 199: Carter Bays and Craig Thomas Interview Part Two     This is the After Show for Gimme Five , featuring part two of Andrew’s conversation with Carter Bays and Craig Thomas , creators of How I Met Your Mother .   The discussion digs into the real-life inspiration behind Gimme Five , a project shaped as much by nostalgia as it is by firsthand experience. Carter and Craig reflect on the wr...

Bonus: Top Five Funniest Openings in Dead Pilots Society History - Number 2   As a special bonus for MaxFunDrive 2026, we bring you the top five funniest openings in Dead Pilots Society history, as voted by the DPS staff. It was a challenge to narrow it down to just five, but that just means you’re getting the best of the best.   The show is supported by MaxFun members contributing $5 a month or m...

Bonus: Top Five Funniest Openings in Dead Pilots Society History - Number 3   As a special bonus for MaxFunDrive 2026, we bring you the top five funniest openings in Dead Pilots Society history, as voted by the DPS staff. It was a challenge to narrow it down to just five, but that just means you’re getting the best of the best.   The show is supported by MaxFun members contributing $5 a month or m...

Episode 198: Gimme Five by Carter Bays and Craig Thomas   This month’s second dead pilot from Carter Bays and Craig Thomas is Gimme Five . Best known as the co-creators and longtime showrunners of How I Met Your Mother , Carter and Craig previously wrote for The Late Show with David Letterman and produced American Dad . They co-wrote this pilot with legendary writer Peter Tolan , whose credits inc...

Episode 197: Carter Bays and Craig Thomas Interview This is the After Show for New York Mythological , featuring Andrew’s conversation with Carter Bays and Craig Thomas , creators of How I Met Your Mother .   As part of this MaxFunDrive run, Dead Pilots Society is featuring two pilots from Carter and Craig. In a few days, the second one, Gimme Five , will be released, followed by part two of Andre...

Bonus: Top Five Funniest Openings in Dead Pilots Society History - Number 4   As a special bonus for MaxFunDrive 2026, we bring you the top five funniest openings in Dead Pilots Society history, as voted by the DPS staff. It was a challenge to narrow it down to just five, but that just means you’re getting the best of the best. The show is supported by MaxFun members contributing $5 a month or mor...

Bonus: Top Five Funniest Openings in Dead Pilots Society History - Number 5   As a special bonus for MaxFunDrive 2026, we bring you the top five funniest openings in Dead Pilots Society history, as voted by the DPS staff. It was a challenge to narrow it down to just five, but that just means you’re getting the best of the best.   The show is supported by MaxFun members contributing $5 a month or m...

It's MaxFunDrive. And here, for the first time, we give you an exclusive look (well, listen) at the craft of podcasting: presenting Casters on Casters . In this episode, Ben Blacker ( Dead Pilots Society ), Hal Lublin ( Tights and Fights & We Got This with Mark and Hal ) and Alonso Duralde ( Maximum Film! ) take listeners behind the scenes and swap stories about the ups and downs of podcasting. Pl...

Episode 196: New York Mythological by Carter Bays and Craig Thomas   This month’s dead pilot, kicking off the 2026 MaxFunDrive, is New York Mythological , written by Carter Bays and Craig Thomas . Best known as the co-creators and showrunners of How I Met Your Mother , Carter and Craig previously wrote for The Late Show with David Letterman and produced American Dad . Carter is the author of the n...

Episode 195: Georgia Pritchett Interview   This After Show features Andrew’s interview with Emmy and WGA Award–winning writer Georgia Pritchett , the writer of this month’s dead pilot, Bump .   Georgia is best known for her work on Veep and Succession , and has also written for The Thick of It and Avenue 5 . She created and showran The Shrink Next Door and is the author of the memoir My Mess Is a...

Episode 194: Bump by Georgia Pritchett   This month’s dead pilot is Bump , written by Emmy and WGA Award–winning writer Georgia Pritchett . Georgia is widely known for her work on Veep and Succession , and has also written for The Thick of It and Avenue 5 . She served as creator and showrunner on The Shrink Next Door and is the author of the memoir My Mess Is a Bit of a Life: Adventures in Anxiety...

Episode 193: Ginger Gonzaga Interview   This is the After Show for Yellow , featuring Andrew’s conversation with writer and actor Ginger Gonzaga. Many listeners know Ginger from her roles in Marvel’s She-Hulk , CBS’s True Lies , Showtime’s Kidding , I’m Dying Up Here , HBO’s Togetherness , and Room 104 . But in this episode, the spotlight shifts to her as a creator as well as a performer.   Andrew...

Episode 192: Yellow Written by Ginger Gonzaga   This month’s live episode features Yellow , a pilot written by Ginger Gonzaga . Most people know Ginger from her work in front of the camera—she’s appeared in Marvel’s She-Hulk , CBS’s True Lies , Showtime’s Kidding , I’m Dying Up Here , HBO’s Togetherness , and Room 104 . Yellow showcases her voice as a writer.   After being arrested, following a ve...