Hey We're Back!

For most people 411 are numbers. For me, it has become a way of life. Featuring : Lisa Mendy, Lauren Dombrowski, Melissa Galsky, Myla Pitt, Mary Katherine Myca Music by: Mike Shapiro, Billy Novick, and Guy Van Duser Additional Music by: Katz And Jammers Produced by: Rob Lynch

Phone sex? I like the phone part. My guests are two real phone sex operators, Lewis Black, and a partridge in a pear tree. Featuring : Two phone-sex operators, The Coasters, Lewis Black Music by: Mike Shapiro, Billy Novick, and Guy Van Duser Produced by: Rob Lynch

This is an unedited recording of an event that took place in April at the Kelley Writers House at UPenn. There I was enjoying the hospitality of my good friend, Lew Schneider, and my new friend, Mingo Reynolds. (Also) Featuring : Amy Miller

“Assisted Living” is not as sexy as that sounds. I talk about my need for assistance and my need for an assistant with name recognition. Featuring : David Cross, Bob Odenkirk and Erica Rhodes. Music by: Mike Shapiro, Billy Novick, and Guy Van Duser Produced by: Rob Lynch

I make Andy Kindler an offer he can refuse, and together we discover the amateur inventor that is him. Featuring : Max Simon, Andy Kindler Music by: Mike Shapiro, Billy Novick, and Guy Van Duser Produced and Edited by: Rob Lynch

In this episode, I talk about three ways in which I consider myself “gifted”: My ability to hear dead people, to write a catchy tune, and to invent the very thing we need to make our lives better. I also rely on the talent of Erica Rhodes and Rob Lynch. Hope you like it, and please subscribe to my podcast. Featuring : Erica Rhodes Guitar accompaniment : Rob Lynch Music by: Mike Shapiro, Billy Novi...

The first half of this episode deals with a really cheap way to make a voiceover demo, and the second half is road stories with a comic named Mark Schiff. Maybe I should call it road stories and how to record them. I think that works better. Featuring : Sam, Mark Schiff Music by Mike Shapiro, Billy Novick, and Guy Van Duser

In this episode I turn the tables on some guy in tech support, I ask BJ Novak and Todd Barry about geography, we hear comedian Ken Reid, the band Parks, and a lot of really stupid stuff with the audience and then the show ends with a surprisingly Jewish twist. (Portions recorded live The Improv Boston, and (The Improv) Cambridge, MA) Featuring : Ken Reid, Tom Snyder, BJ Novak, Todd Barry Music by...

A clip of musical guests Willa Mamet and Paul Miller performing their song Louisiana off their album East Hill Road . http://willamamet.bandcamp.com/album/east-hill-road Also.  Click here for a teaser to the upcoming show!

Special Guest Comedian Jenny Zigrino and Singer/Songwriter Frank Morgan. Featuring “Solid Ground” by Frank Morgan Click HERE to see VIDEO from the show. 

Music by: Leo Sayer

I explore how some people use technology to keep other people at a distance. I take a look at the upside and downside of being placed on hold and I also return to my on-again off-again “affair” with phone sex. Featuring : Jenny Rem Walker Edited by : Tom Snyder Produced by: Katie Shannon Music by: Mike Shapiro, Billy Novick, and Guy Van Duser

In this episode I am talking to my good friend, comedian Paula Poundstone , and even though I am on the wrong side of this “argument” I can’t seem to stop myself.

I’ve been apologizing for my music for the last twenty years and I’m not planning to stop anytime soon.

Tweeting aloud.

In this episode I try to live up to three different ways I have challenged myself. One of them includes a massage from comedian David Feldman, a truly gentle man.

In this episode comedian, producer, and writer David Feldman takes a break from comedy. We also get to see a side of David, the loving son, that might surprise you. Featuring : David Feldman Music by: Mike Shapiro, Billy Novick, and Guy Van Duser

In Episode 34 two women let me down gently and one woman not so gently. Featuring : Rachel Simon, Two very patient women in the awards business Music by: Mike Shapiro, Billy Novick, and Guy Van Duser Mastered by: Tim Dacey

In this episode I pose the question, “What would you do if you got a collect call from the Pope?” I ask whether it’s possible for a man to be too compassionate, and I talk to a woman who is serving a life sentence and has a surprisingly upbeat outlook. Featuring : Tom Leopold, Bernice, A Very Sad Microchip Music by: Mike Shapiro, Billy Novick, and Guy Van Duser Produced by: Tim Dacey

In this, the second episode of Season 3, I reveal the limitations of the web, and look into refinancing our home. Music by: Mike Shapiro, Billy Novick, and Guy Van Duser Edited by Tim Dacey

In episode 31 I make a live appearance courtesy of Eugene Mirman at the Paradise in Boston, I find myself, Jonathan Katz, in therapy with Dr. Katz and the episode features a special guest, Susie Essman who knows more about oral hygiene and men than any woman I have ever met. Featuring : Eugene Mirman, Susie Essman Additional Editing : Tom Snyder Music Published by Koberti Music Fiddle : Ross Levis...

In this episode I am trying to discover why my band, Katz and Jammers, never got the recognition it deserved. I also share a short clip from a romantic comedy I made (one of several) with the actress Jennifer Aniston. Music Published by Koberti Music Fiddle : Ross Levinson, Piano : Steve Loeb, Bass : Tommy T-Bone Wolk Produced by Tim Dacey Today's episode was underwritten by Explosion Bus

The long anticipated 29th episode of “Hey We’re Back!” A talk about problems I don’t really have, and how they’re not really solved. Featuring: John S. Ramsey, Kelly Knap, Kim Ernst, and Myla Pitt Music : Mike Shapiro, Billy Novick, Guy Van Duser Melvin Butler (with The Frank Wilkins Band ): Fiddle : Ross Levinson, Piano : Steve Loeb, Bass : Tommy T-Bone Wolk