Family Trips with the Meyers Brothers

This week on the pod, Seth and Josh celebrate their 200th episode before welcoming comedian Sam Morril! Sam talks about growing up in Manhattan, his love of touring and returning home to New York, and getting his start in stand-up by watching the greats. He shares stories from a teenage trip to Miami, touring Europe and navigating different audiences, a disastrous private gig in Corfu, and an unex...

This week on the pod, Seth and Josh welcome Paul Bettany! Paul talks about growing up in England with a father whose changing religious beliefs shaped his childhood, his early struggles as an actor, and his experiences at drama school and busking. He shares stories about family vacations in Vermont, Greece, and Switzerland, raising his kids, and falling in love with Jennifer Connelly. Paul also di...

This week on the pod, Seth and Josh welcome comedian Heather McMahan! Heather talks about growing up in Atlanta, taking family trips with her pilot dad to Hilton Head, Turks and Caicos, Scotland, and ski destinations, and making memories on family cruises. She shares stories about moving back to Atlanta from New York and Los Angeles, living in her childhood home with her mom during COVID. Heather...

This week on the pod, Seth and Josh welcome Tim Robbins! Tim talks about growing up in 1960s Greenwich Village in a tiny apartment with his family, learning independence and survival on the streets of New York, and being raised by musician parents who took their family on cross-country road trips and travels. He shares stories about his parents’ adventurous life together, raising his own kids, and...

This week on the pod, Seth and Josh are back for the monthly listener episode! They hear from two sisters who go to the Grand Canyon to honor their Dad and leave with a very memorable story, one man who recalls the airport disaster that left his family feeling like they became permanent airport residents, and one woman tells a tale from Ireland where the rain she thought she heard...turned out to...

This week on the pod, Seth and Josh welcome comedian Lauren Lapkus! Lauren talks about growing up in Evanston, her Lithuanian heritage, and discovering improv at ImprovOlympic while she was still in high school. She shares memories of family trips to Disney World, New York City, and visits with relatives, as well as later travels through Italy, England, and France. Lauren also discusses moving fro...

This week on the pod, Seth and Josh welcome Chris Sullivan! Chris talks about growing up in Palm Desert before moving to Sacramento, where he spent his childhood exploring the American River, earning his Eagle Scout, and taking family trips to Yosemite, Disneyland, Las Vegas, and more. He shares stories from his early theater days, to Chicago and discovering improv at iO, and reflects on becoming...

This week on the pod, Seth and Josh welcome Jon Cryer and Lisa Joyner! They chat about the very different paths that brought them to their careers including Lisa's podcast, Plus One, and Jon’s Broadway run in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. Lisa opens up about being adopted, searching for her birth family, discovering her Malaysian heritage, and connecting with relatives she never knew...

This week on the pod, Seth and Josh take Family Trips live to Boston and welcome Tiffany Haddish! Tiffany shares her unforgettable experience spending four days in a completely dark cave retreat, including eating, bathing, and exercising in total darkness before an emotional blindfolded return to the outside world. She also talks about traveling with strangers through Groupon trips to places like...

This week on the pod, Josh records from his childhood bedroom with guest host McKenzie as they recap their East Coast travels, including the Family Trips live shows in Philadelphia and Boston and Josh’s attempt to untangle his parents’ confusing digital accounts and subscriptions. McKenzie shares a family road trip to Down East Maine for her Uncle Mark’s celebration of life, including planting a t...

This week on the pod, Seth and Josh take the show live for the first time at a sold-out City Winery in Philadelphia! They share family updates, including Comic-Con autograph chaos, their parents’ confusing porch TV setup, the legendary Albert dogs, and their kids’ impressive 5K results. They’re joined by Philly traffic and entertainment reporter Sheila Watko (also a previous Late Night with Seth M...

This week on the pod, Seth and Josh welcome Juno Temple! Juno talks about growing up between Los Angeles and rural Somerset, and the Grand Canyon inspiration behind her name. She shares memories of childhood trips to Peru and Machu Picchu and the Galápagos, summers in the South of France spent thrifting and exploring flea markets, and her lifelong love of vintage fashion. Juno also reflects on gro...

This week on the pod, Seth and Josh welcome comedian Rosebud Baker! Rosebud talks about growing up in suburban Alexandria, Virginia, with a famous grandfather, former Secretary of State James Baker, and the strict expectations that came with visiting her grandparents and the White House. She shares stories of chaotic, alcohol-fueled family reunions, growing up with a huge extended family, and chil...

This week on the pod, Seth and Josh welcome back Will Forte (who's currently vacationing with Seth's family...without Seth). Will shares stories from his extensive travels, including annual Forte family reunions in Colorado, a close encounter with a bear, a teenage trip to the Grand Canyon, and work trips around the world. He also opens up about being diagnosed with OCD, recounts a dramatic horseb...

This week on the pod, Seth and Josh are back for the monthly listener episode! They hear from one listener whose family was unexpectedly surrounded by horseback riders on a remote road in Mexico, another whose dad’s camping constipation led to an unforgettable bag-of-prunes disaster on the Buffalo River, and a couple who accidentally attended a funeral in a tiny Swiss church after mistaking it for...

This week on the pod, Seth and Josh welcome sisters Zoey Deutch and Maddie Deutch! Zoey and Maddie talk about their incredibly close sibling bond, how years of childhood fights eventually gave way to a deep friendship, and Maddie serving as her legal guardian at one point! They also share stories about growing up with lots of rescue animals, memorable family trips to Montana with a dog and an Afri...

This week on the pod, Seth and Josh welcome Ana Gasteyer! Ana talks about growing up in Washington, D.C., and the road trips and family adventures that shaped her childhood. She shares stories about cross-country drives in a VW Bug, visits to her aunts’ Nebraska farm, trips to national parks, and traveling with her own family through New Mexico and West Texas. Plus, Ana discusses her current Broad...

This week on the pod, Seth and Josh welcome W. Kamau Bell! Kamau talks about a childhood spent constantly on the move, living in places including California, Indianapolis, Boston, Chicago, Mobile, Philadelphia, and the Bay Area, and how those experiences shaped his perspective on the world. He shares stories about choosing to live with his dad in Alabama, spending summers with his Southern grandmo...

This week on the pod, Seth and Josh welcome Josh Johnson! Josh talks about growing up in Alexandria, Louisiana, his path from working a variety of jobs to becoming one of comedy’s most prolific voices, and the moves that took him from Louisiana to Chicago and eventually New York. He also shares stories about family travel, including childhood road trips across the South, annual vacations with his...

This week on the pod, Seth and Josh welcome Jimmy Tatro! Jimmy talks about growing up in Los Angeles in Venice, CA and the family trips that shaped his childhood. He shares stories from annual adventures to Sequoia family camp, long road trips to Colorado ski resorts, and the snowboarding accident that left him with a broken back. Jimmy also reflects on making early comedy and skate videos with hi...

Josh is joined by a special guest co-host for this month’s listener episode…his wife, McKenzie! While Seth is away, the two catch up about Mackenzie’s recent trip home to western Massachusetts for her high school reunion, including nostalgic visits to her old campus, time with both parents, a newly renovated porch and chimney that sparked plenty of conversation, and a stop at the recently reopened...

This week on the pod, Seth and Josh welcome Marla Mindelle! Marla talks about growing up in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, her journey from musical theater kid to Broadway star, and the path that led her from performing onstage to creating her own work. She shares stories from the whirlwind of Tony season, including performing at the Tony Awards while starring in Titanique. Marla also reflects on ear...

This week on the pod, Seth and Josh welcome Kerri Kenney-Silver! Kerri talks about growing up between New York and Connecticut, spending summers with family in Illinois, and the memorable trips that shaped her childhood. She shares stories from a Bicentennial RV adventure, a hurricane-interrupted vacation in Jamaica, visits to the infamous Action Park, and how her parents navigated a supportive di...

This week on the pod, Seth and Josh welcome comedian Brooks Wheelan! Brooks talks about growing up in Iowa with few family vacations, spending summers on his grandparents’ farm in Missouri, and taking memorable trips to the Wisconsin Dells. He shares stories about not seeing the ocean until he was 21, discovering travel later in life, and finding himself on adventures everywhere from Corsica, wher...

This week on the pod, Seth and Josh welcome Tatiana Maslany! Tatiana shares what it was like growing up in Regina, Saskatchewan, AKA the “middle of nowhere,” her multilingual upbringing, learning German as a baby, doing French improv as a kid, vivid memories of adventurous family trips filled with hiking, biking, cross-country skiing, and long drives to Banff, plus stories of Regina Beach fish and...