Good One

Comedian Chris Gethard sits down to talk about the collapse of the creator economy and what can individuals do about it to take back control. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Vulture critic Kathryn VanArendonk joins for a conversation about her annual ranking of the best stand up comedy specials of the year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Kumail Nanjiani talks about his return to comedy after 12 long years. We also discuss doing comedy with muscles, Marvel backlash and how he still relates to his audience despite his ever-growing fame. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Adam Pally talks about the evolving comedy industry, telling the truth and his new HBO special 'An Intimate Evening with Adam Pally'. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Patton Oswalt talks about his new special 'Black Coffee and Ice Water', the current state of comedy, AI and how his legendary KFC Famous Bowl joke predicted our current reality. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Janelle James reflects on four season of playing Principal Ava on 'Abbott Elementary' and her career as a stand-up comedian. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Vince Staples sits down to discuss his multifaceted career, and he answers (most) of our questions about season two of 'The Vince Staples Show', now available on Netflix. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jay Jurden joins us to discuss his first-ever special on Hulu out November 7th called ‘Yes Ma’am’ and how he became one of the strongest, most dynamic joke writers working today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Leslie Jones joins us to discuss her new stand-up special, "Life Part Two" and take a look back at her time on SNL. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Stand-up comic and podcast host Stavros Halkias talks about his role in Yorgos Lanthimos's 'Bugonia' and whether or not we should call him the Left's Joe Rogan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Phoebe Robinson joins us to talk about her new YouTube special ‘I Don't Wanna Work Anymore’ and being a recovering girl boss. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week on 'Good One', instead of a traditional deep dive interview, comedian Jay Jurden joins Jesse to unpack the biggest comedy news story happening right now – the Riyadh Comedy Festival; Why giant checks warp choices, what “free speech” really means when a contract bans criticism, and the difference between performing in a country and performing for its rulers. Jay talks personal safety as a...

Caleb Hearon stops by to talk about his HBO Max special 'Model Comedian', being extremely online, and why not getting SNL was the best thing that ever happened to him. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Gianmarco Soresi joins us to discuss how he relates to different audiences, his new special 'Thief of Joy', and building a fanbase on social media. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Amber Ruffin joins us to talk about Detroiters, her ten years at Late Night with Seth Meyers, doing improv in Amsterdam of all places, and making even today’s news into comedy on CNN’s Have I Got News for You. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week on Good One, John C. Reilly—one of the greatest actors in comedy or drama—joins us to talk about Walk Hard, Step Brothers, his relationship with Paul Thomas Anderson and Mister Romantic, the cabaret character he’s been performing as around the country, who recently put out an album of standards from the American songbook. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoic...

This week on Good One, BenDeLaCreme stops by to talk about RuPaul's Drag Race, snatch game, The Jinkx & Dela Holiday Special, and also, culture! 00:00 Intro 00:00:32 Funniest thing of the week 00:01:26 BenDeLaCreme 00:02:42 Drag going mainstrem 00:09:11 Snatch Game 00:26:33 Seeing the matix of Drag Race 00:34:55 How Drag Race helps all drag 00:36:00 Collaboration with Jinx Monsoon 00:45:58 Pee-wee...

This week on Good One, Jinkx Monsoon joins us to talk about RuPaul's Drag Race, Broadway, working with BenDeLaCreme on 'The Jinkx & DeLa Holiday Show', and taking over for Cole Escola in the Tony Award winning play 'Oh, Mary!' 00:00 Intro 00:01:00 Meeting Katy Perry 00:08:10 Meeting Charlie Day 00:13:14 How drag has changed 00:17:14 Broadway and drag 00:26:09 Relating to 'Oh, Mary!' 00:32:34 'Pira...

This week on Good One, comedian Ralph Barbosa joins us to talk about his new Hulu special 'Ralph Barbosa: Planet Bosa', writing jokes about immigration, and what it's like to do comedy that ends up going viral on the internet. 00:00 Intro 00:00:53 Funniest thing of the week 00:03:04 Don't Tell Comedy set 00:05:09 Getting political 00:08:03 Immigration 00:23:02 Going on Rogan 00:25:42 Getting perso...

This week on Good One, Ben Stiller joins us for a conversation about his journey from being a comedy superstar in legendary films like Zoolander, Tropic Thunder and Meet the Parents, to the director and executive producer who brought the creepy, crazy world of Severance to life on Apple TV+. 00:00 Intro 00:01:00 Happy Gilmore 2 00:04:30 Severance 00:18:34 The Mystery of Severance 00:23:48 Severanc...

This week on 'Good One' comedian and actor Bill Burr sits down for a conversation about the trajectory of his career, from his early, angry days to his Broadway run and his two-time Emmy nominated special, 'Bill Burr: Drop Dead Years', streaming now on Hulu. The album, 'Drop Dead Years', is available August 1 anywhere you stream music. 00:00 Intro 00:00:52 Funniest thing that happened this week 00...

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Vir Das lost his voice just six weeks before he had to film his new Netflix special 'Fool Volume', and on this week's episode of 'Good One' he walks us through how Adele's doctor helped bring him back, facing legal consequences for his work, and how much better it actually is to be an Indian comedian. 00:00 Intro00:01:23 Funniest thing of the week00:03:06 Starting stand-up in Mumbai00:06:23 Being...

Good One is moving to video! Check us out on ⁠Vulture's Youtube channel.⁠ Comedian James Acaster joins this week's episode of Good One to talk about the lifecycle of his Kettering FC chant bit, almost deciding to quit stand up, and finally seeing Bo Burnham's 'Inside'. 00:00 Intro 00:01:02 Funniest thing that happened this week 00:04:33 Cold Lasagna Hate Myself 1999 00:09:31 Taking a break from st...

Comedy veteran Ed Helms joins us to talk about 'The Office', 'The Hangover', and researching government conspiracies for his podcast 'SNAFU' and the accompanying book 'SNAFU: The Definitive Guide to History’s Greatest Screwups'. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices