Boom Time

Flula takes you back to his childhood in Germany to recall memories of Krampus, charcoal in his shoes, and of course the movie Die Hard. Special shout out to producer Kristen, engineer Kevin, and our director Alex, who is currently photographing nude elephants in Madagascar! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Flula and guest Scott Aukerman discuss Flula's favorite food buffet, Scott's secret cameos on 1980s TV shows, and the unwritten Die Hard sequel. Then they eat veggie burgers and discuss. I mean does anybody even read these descriptions? If so then email your snail mail address to stickers@flula.de by dec 21 for some flula stickers boom! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/ad...

Flula and Alex recount their first experiences in Los Angeles together, including the time Alex found Flula fully nude on a bathroom floor dialing a phone with his pinky finger. Tune in for the full scoop!  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nick Symmonds is a two-time Olympian who takes us inside the mind of a champion. While inside Nick's champion brain we discuss the high stakes worlds of Olympic running, "beer mile" chugging, and lederhosen purchasing!  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Thanksgiving is Flula's favorite American holiday, so what better reason to ask Boom Time callers to reveal their sexiest Thanksgiving dishes to him! Also Flula reveals his favorite Thanksgiving dish, learns what a turducken is, and creates several food-related techno songs for your ears and hearts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Flula and Alex discuss all the crazy jobs they have had, like the time Flula was a medieval knight reenactor at a museum in Germany. Plus many more worst-er jobs. All in this episöde of Boom Time! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The three brothers of Hanson join Flula and Alex to discuss their new album "String Theory," why classical music venues are confused by composers who are still alive, and their tasty craft beer, Mmmhops. Plus Taylor, Isaac and Zac team up with Flula for a game of Name That Tune unlike any you have ever heard before. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Flula answers your burning Halloween questions as well as many other deep and fascinating topics about life, love, and ponies.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Flula answers questions YOU left for us on our Boom Time answering machine. (Have a question for Flula? Make sure to leave one by calling GAGA-4-FLULA.) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Kristen Schaal (legend of acting, comedy, and overall dopeness) joins Flula and Alex to discuss wardrobe malfunctions, the weird mind games people play to survive in Hollywood, and the unexpected impact Oprah Winfrey and Dolly Parton had on Flula's childhood. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Flula has had some weird dreams. (We will never look at a fire extinguisher the same again.) Nick Rutherford, the star of 'Dream Corp, LLC' on Adult Swim, has had his share of crazy dreams too. (Ever tried to race a dolphin in a donut shaped swimming pool?) This week we head to dreamland to explore the crazy sh*t that happens in our brains when we are asleep. Unless this is all a dream? Wake up an...

Jenn McAllister aka jennxpenn started filming YouTube videos when she was a twelve-year-old living in Pennsylvania. At first other kids made fun of her for making videos...until her channel blew up and suddenly people who used to bully her were now shouting out, "hey, it's jennxpenn!" Now twenty two and living in Los Angeles, Jenn has been making YouTube videos weekly for nearly a decade, and her...

'Science Fair' is an exuberant new documentary hailed by critics as "inspirational and invigorating," "brilliant and quirky" and an "ode to the teenage science geeks on who our future depends." Winner of audience awards at Sundance, SXSW and the Flula Borg Sofa-O-Rama Film Fëstival, National Geographic Documentary Films' 'Science Fair' follows nine high school students from all over the earth as t...

Fun fact: Hannah Hart's first name is "Hannah" which is CRAZY because she happens to co-host a podcast (Hannahlyze This) that has her name in it! In addition to this self-help focused podcast, you may recognize Hannah Hart from My Drunk Kitchen, a series on YouTube where she cooks foods while drunk. Flula once made homemade German noodles with her, and they were drunklicious. On this episöde of BO...

Gaby Dunn is really bad with money. Which actually makes her the perfect human person to host "Bad with Money,” a sassily popular podcast about financial advice. On the other hand, Gaby is also good with being funny. Which also makes her the perfect person to co-create a YouTube comedy series called “Just Between Us.” On this episöde of BOOM TIME, Gaby chit and chats with Flula and Alex about how...

Actor, writer and producer Kelvin Yu joins BOOM TIME for our most wide ranging conversation yet. On this episode we discuss Kelvin's work on the Emmy-winning animated series Bob's Burgers, and how the black mold in their old office might be the secret to their success. Kelvin also talks about working with Sean Penn on the film Milk as well as his role in the series Master of None, and the one epis...

Ed Helms is an actor, comedian, and bluegrass musician man. He is probably best known for his work on The Daily Show, for being a key member of Here Comes Treble on the American version of The Office, for having a trilogy of Hangovers and most of all for being one of the funniest people on the planet of Earth. On this extremely boomy version of BOOM TIME, Ed discusses growing up in Atlanta and wha...

Josh Peck might be known to you for a number of things. In his younger days he was the star of the wildly popular Nickelodeon series "Drake & Josh," but in the years since Josh has been busy appearing in movies and TV series like Red Dawn, The Wackness, and Grandfathered. Josh also recently started his own very sassy podcast, "Curious with Josh Peck," where he has interviewed everybody from John S...

National Geographic's Mariana van Zeller is a globe-trotting investigative journalist and documentary filmmaker who has won all the awards (Peabody, duPont, etc.) for her incredible reporting. On this episode of BOOM TIME, Mariana talks about how a sand fly once almost killed her, the time she and Alex Simmons visited El Chapo's house, why Phil Collins is HUGE in Portugal, and a special Moroccan g...

Puberty. A strange time for all humans. But if you think puberty was strange for you, imagine if you were Flula Borg. This week Alex Simmons interviews Flula about his awkward teenage years in Germany. The two discuss wearing shorts in the winter months, what they would tell their younger selves if time travel were legal, and the place in Germany where you go to swim, play ping pong and hang aroun...

What was your childhood like? Did you throw liver out the window, practice Bavarian folkloric dancing and listen to P.M. Dawn? Then your name must be Flula Borg! In this episode of BOOM TIME, we flip all the scripts, as Flula is the one who gets interviewed. Alex Simmons interviews Flula about his life growing up in Southern Germany, the time David Hasselhoff changed the course of western civiliza...

Things get sudsy on this episode of BOOM TIME as Flula speaks with Allison Raskin, the creator of Gossip, a scripted soap opera podcast. Allison is also 50% of the comedy duo Just Between Us, whose sketches and videos have garnered millions of views on the Tube of You. On this episode Fräulein Raskin helps Flula create his own soap opera podcast, the two of them discuss the viability of a city ded...

Chris Ryan from The Ringer, and co-host of “The Watch” podcast, is a TV expert. Flula enjoys consuming television, literally. On this episode Chris Ryan and Flula discuss some of the 7 trillion series that are on these days and together they guide you, like a malamute on the Iditarod, towards the underrated shows you should watch next. Plus, Chris and Flula discuss Game of Thrones, and who will be...

Riki Lindhome is one half of the comedy musical duo Garfunkel and Oates and she is also the co-creator and star of Another Period on Comedy Central. On this episode of BOOM TIME, Riki and Flula discuss the melding of comedy and music, Riki recounts how Clint Eastwood got her her first big break (and how it only sorta helped) and finally Riki and Flula chit and also chat about the time Riki got int...

Wheeler Walker Jr. is a country music outlaw with fans like Snoop Dogg and Kid Rock. His dirty dirty lyrics have shaken up the Nashville scene and he's been banned by country music radio stations across the country. In this episode of BOOM TIME, Wheeler and Flula discuss the problem with today's "pop country" as well as the inspiration for Wheeler's hit songs like "F**k You B*tch" and "If My Dick...