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With a storied career spanning decades — in which he’s escaped dinosaurs, fought aliens, solved murders, and imprisoned Thor — it’s about time we realize we’re living in the world according to Jeff Goldblum. His wonder for the world knows no bounds, and in the new season of his Disney+ original series, The World According to Jeff Goldblum, viewers are taken on a wild and inquisitive adventure to u...

This week on Good One, host Jesse David Fox takes a deep dive into one of his favorite topics: alt comedy! Called the godmother of alternative comedy by The LA Times, Beth Lapides is the creator and host of Los Angeles’ legendary storytelling show UnCabaret. Now in its 28th year, UnCabaret is the un-homophobic, un-xenophobic, un-misogynistic and un-hacky place for comedy luminaries to tell stories...

It's another new episode of Good One, and blessing the feed this week are the talented and hysterical Charlie Day and Glenn Howerton! Host Jesse David Fox sat down with these two-thirds of the It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia brainchild in honor of their recent record-breaking 15th season. In this episode the guys break down episode six of the season (and episode two of the Ireland arc), The Gang...

Danny McBride walks Jesse through the opening scene of his new HBO series The Righteous Gemstones. Along the way, they also touch on the first scenes of his other series and films, including Eastbound & Down, The Foot Fist Way, and Vice Principals. Danny talks about where he wanted to go after Vice Principals ended, as well as the research that went into creating a show about Christian megachurche...

Happy New Year everyone! Here at Good One we're kicking off 2022 by throwing it back to 2021 and continuing our Vulture Fest series. This week, it's all about the fifth and final season of Search Party. If you were hoping Vulture Festival would offer you clues about the upcoming fifth season of HBO Max’s Search Party, you’re in luck! Cast members Alia Shawkat, Meredith Hagner, John Early, and John...

New York based Naomi Ekperigin is quickly becoming an influential voice in modern comedy. She’s worked as a staff writer for Broad City and Great News, and was listed as one of the "20 Comedians You Should and Will Know" by Vulture. Jesse talks to Naomi about a joke from her most recent set on Late Night with Seth Meyers. Learn how Naomi crafted her tight 5 for late night, how she writes comedy co...

This week, host Jesse David Fox brings you a gift fit for the holidays: a brand new episode of Good One with stand up comedian Aida Rodriguez! Aida Rodriguez is an American comedian of Puerto Rican/Dominican descent who is best known for her appearance as a contestant on the eighth season of Last Comic Standing and as a commentator on The Young Turks. Her debut special, Fighting Words, premiered e...

A second, full year into these unprecedented times means another Best Specials lists that looks a little different from lists past. Join host Jesse David Fox and frequent Good One guest & Vulture staff writer Kathryn VanArendonk as they discuss (and for the first time, argue!?) over Kathryn's annual list. List of specials mentioned: Aida Rodriguez, Fighting Words, (HBO Max) Nicole Byer, BBW (Big B...

We're back with another episode of Good One: Vulture Festival Version and this week we bring you the vibrant Issa Rae and Yvonne Orji! Before the curtain falls on the final season of HBO’s Insecure, we’re going to get one more wine-down with Issa and Molly. Join stars Issa Rae and Yvonne Orji for a little pre-union, which is what we call a reunion for a show that hasn’t ended yet and that we want...

Hello, Good One Listeners! We're here in your feeds on a Monday afternoon to give you—yes you—a bonus minisode in honor of Mel Book's new memoir, All About Me! My Remarkable Life in Show Business. Mel Brooks is an American actor, comedian and filmmaker. With a career spanning over seven decades, he is known as a creator of broad farces and parodies widely considered to be among the best film comed...

This week on Good One x Vulture Festival 2021, we present to you Seth Rogen: A Holiday Spectacular! Prepare yourself for the holiday season with one of Hollywood’s jolliest celebrities, Seth Rogen. So much so, he is literally playing Santa Claus in the upcoming HBO Max animated series, Santa Inc.! A man who brings joy and merriment to millions, Rogen is coming to Vulture Festival to tell us some h...

This week on Good One, we're bringing you another offering from Vulture Fest 2021: The Great-est Panel You've Ever Seen! That’s right, Vulture Fest brought together Elle Fanning and Nicholas Hoult for a great panel about The Great: Hulu's genre-bending, anti-historical ride through 18th-century Russia. Following the wildly comedic rise of Catherine the Nothing to Catherine the Great, the stars got...

Vulture Fest 2021 was this past weekend, and now we want—nay, *have*—to share all this vulture-y pop culture-y goodness with all you Good One listeners back home! So over the next few weeks we'll be publishing our favorite V Fest panels here on the Good One feed, and first off is... Incoming message from the Big Giant Head: It’s a whole extraterrestrial family reunion for the Solomons as the cast...

This week, stand up comedian and Daily Show correspondent Roy Wood Jr returns to Good One and becomes the first member of the Five Timers Club. That's right, this is Roy's fifth appearance on the show, and we can't think of a better fit for the title. In this episode Roy sits down with host Jesse David Fox to talk about Black Brits, Idris Elba, MLK impressions, and how racism looks different acros...

This week, host Jesse David Fox continues to do something different! Instead of a feature length, in-depth interview with a well known comedian, we're giving you a bunch of mini interviews, with every comedian that's on the rise and who frankly, should be on your radar. Based off a list Vulture releases every year, you'll hear 19 comedians pick a joke of theirs they really love, and explain the st...

This week on Good One, host Jesse David Fox decides to do something a little different. In honor of the season finale of FX's What We Do in the Shadows tonight, we thought we'd celebrate this silly and brilliant show by blessing you all with their official panel from this year's New York City Comic-Con. In this episode, you’ll hear from cast members Natasia Demetriou, Matt Berry, Kayvan Novak, and...

This week, host Jesse David Fox welcomes stand-up Ricky Velez into the studio. Ricky is a born and bred New Yorker best known for his role in last year's King of Staten Island. Last year we here at Vulture featured him as a Comedian You Should Know, and now after 13 years as a stand-up, Ricky is releasing his debut special Here's Everything! Executive produced by Judd Apatow and directed by Mike B...

On this week's brand new episode of Good One, host Jesse David Fox sits down with comedian and TV writer Jo Firestone! Jo is a comedian whose work can be seen on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Joe Pera Talks With You, High Maintenance, Shrill, and more. She can be heard on Maximum Fun’s Dr. Gameshow, a podcast she co-hosts with Manolo Moreno and Comedy Central’s “Everyday Decisions,” a po...

This week, host Jesse David Fox sits down with comedian and Mystery Science Theater 3000 host Jonah Ray and writer Dave Schilling to do a special crossover episode with their podcast, Galaxy Brains that’s all about Jesse’s favorite sitcom of all time, Seinfeld. Jesse, Jonah, and Dave discuss whether or not Seinfeld’s best joke is actually that these characters who hate each other are stuck togethe...

This week, host Jesse David Fox sits down with long time friend of the show, Vulture staff writer Kathryn VanArendonk! Jesse has gathered Kathryn here today to talk about a topic that's been really irking her for a while now: the new trend of using documentary footage in stand up specials. From Yvonne Orji to Gary Gulman to Jenny Slate, Kathryn explains exactly why she feels specials are better of...

This week on Good One, host Jesse David Fox sits down with stand-up legend Paula Poundstone. Rising to prominence in the late 80s and early 90s, Paula became well known for her off-the-cuff conversational humor (not "crowd work", because she hates that term). She also details her humble beginnings in the Boston comedy scene before moving to San Francisco, where she truly found her voice. She later...

This week on Good One, you all are in for a treat: host Jesse David Fox is joined by the one and only comedy legend Martin Short! Martin—or Marty, as Jesse affectionately calls him—is a Canadian-American comic, actor, writer, etc known for his work on SCTV, Saturday Night Live, Primetime Glick, and countless more. In this episode, he breaks down one of his most famous characters Jiminy Glick, talk...

This week, host Jesse David Fox welcomes Gabe Liedman—co-creator of Netflix's new animated series Q-Force—and more importantly, the third and final member of the former Williamsburg comedy show Big Terrific to be a guest on the show! Gabe is a stand up, but he's also an actor, writer, producer, show runner, etc. He's best known for his work on PEN15, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Kroll Show, and Inside Amy...

This week, we have a rerun! Host Jesse David Fox deconstructs the legendary joke "The Aristocrats" with the help of its most infamous teller, Gilbert Gottfried. This one's marked explicit for a reason, folks. You'll hear Gilbert's personal history with the joke, along with his retelling of his set the night of the Hugh Hefner roast, where he launched this joke into the public eye. Jesse asks Gilbe...

This week, host Jesse David Fox decides to give the people what they want: some Bo Burnham's Inside content! BUT Bo isn't doing any interviews, so an episode of Jesse's Patreon podcast, The Specials, will have to suffice. The Specials is a podcast devoted to the fine and noble art of stand-up comedy, hosted by journalist and comedy expert Jesse David Fox (Vulture, Good One); writer and critic Kath...