Jeff Has Cool Friends

My latest Cool Friend is also my newest Cool Friend, the hilarious Jacob Rice. I know for a fact that a lot of you know who he is, as my inbox is littered with his reels. He has become one of the premiere pop culture satirists on social media, stretching himself out in unique directions with a unique voice, to the point where he has gone from "viral" to "internet mainstay" in a manner of a few mon...

Join mega nerds Dre Alvarez and Jeff May as they geek out on a different nerdy cultural touchstone every month. Part reminiscence, part historical deep dive. This month, Dre and Jeff begin their season on Single-Season TV Shows with the surprisingly progressive late-80's syndicated animated Space-Western, Bravestarr! There's a lot to unpack about this spiritual sequel to He Man, so let&#39...

Christine Fekete is a fascinating study in going with the flow and moving forward. As the map of her life will detail, there is a 0% chance she could've predicted that she would be one of the fastest growing content creators on social media today! I have seen her grow from a few thousand followers to hundreds of thousands almost overnight, taking down a lot of right-wing talking points in that...

I'm not sure how to introduce my latest (and newest) Cool Friend, Paige Harbison. She's an accomplished author who got her first novel published at the age of 19, a viral sensation on TikTok and Instagram with her One-Minute Hallmark Movie videos, she hosts the fantastic "Nameless Best Friends" podcast with her mother and brother, she's a painter, she's...well, she's...

'Tis the season for Holiday movies, and producer/cohost Alex Simanovsky has chosen to record a long-awaited sequel to 2022's surprise hit pod Do You Hear What We Hear. Join your hosts as they discuss their favorite media of the season! Listen as Alex and Jeff go through a list of their superlatives (and not-so-superlatives) in several categories as they are left home alone, meet a couple o...

This episode is one episode-slot early, but that's ok! What a year, let's talk about it as I try to stay on track during a solo pod while I'm riddled with ADHD!And please, if you're so inclined, check out Patreon.com/jeffmay for early access to uncensored episodes with bonus content, exclusives, care packages, and more!

Join mega nerds Dre Alvarez and Jeff May as they geek out on a different nerdy cultural touchstone every month. Part reminiscence, part historical deep dive. This month, Dre and Jeff WRAP up their season on Movies Dre Should've Seen by Now with the 1989 Christmas Comedy classic National Lampoon's Christmas Vacvation. And because we theme these episodes to the corresponding holiday, we'...

T.J. Chambers, my latest Cool Friend, is one of my favorite people on the planet. One of those friends you can go without seeing for a bit and then immediately just pick right back up where you left off. Well, that's how this episode starts, and it keeps flowing from there. T.J. and I last spoke on a podcast in 2019, and since then he's had a show on SyFy, hosted many panels at cons, and b...

My very Cool Friend, Brian Kiley, is such an incredibly talented and, well, cool guy. You might know Brian as a multi-time Emmy winner for writing on shows like Conan and Ellen, his countless appearances doing standup on various Late Night shows over the years, or as a frequent comic on Mint on Card (my live show in Burbank), where he never ceases to tear the roof off the house with his meticulous...

Join mega nerds Dre Alvarez and Jeff May as they geek out on a different nerdy cultural touchstone every month. Part reminiscence, part historical deep dive. This month, Dre and Jeff continue their season on Movies Dre Should've Seen by Now with the 2011 action classic Warrior. And because we theme these episodes to the corresponding holiday, we've added special guest Dan Alvarez to fight...

Jenn Sterger is one of my coolest Cool Friends, and I'm so grateful she joined me for this episode. Jenn is a, well, Jenn of All Trades, so to speak. She's a comedian, actress, journalist, podcaster, cat rescuer, model, and so much more. She's found herself in the center of many different forms of public attention, and boy do we talk about a lot of them. Honestly, I could spend all day...

Join mega nerds Dre Alvarez and Jeff May as they geek out on a different nerdy cultural touchstone every month. Part reminiscence, part historical deep dive. This month, Dre and Jeff begin their season on Movies Dre Should've Seen by Now with the 1986 sci-fi action classic Aliens. Yes, you read that right: Dre hasn't seen Aliens! There's a lot to unpack about the sequel that created a...

Folks, my Cool Friend this episode is the incredibly talented Eric Howk, musician, photographer, entrepreneur, and all around GGTK. You might know him as the guitarist for Portugal. the Man, or as an active face of the accessibility awareness movement, or just as my latest guest, but he sure is fantastic. We talk about his incredible new album SKYKING (and the tragic history of that title), retro...

I finally got to sit down with my incredibly Cool Friend Joe Corroney, and I'm so friggin excited about it! Hey, you like Star Wars and an absolute ton of talent??? Well have I got the guy for you to meet in my good friend Joe. He's one of the most prolific and talented Star Wars artist on the planet, creating countless pieces for every facet of the Star Wars universe, and I think that&#39...

Folks, I’m so very excited to just get a minute to sit and talk with my Cool Friend Abe Epperson. You might know Abe from his former work at Cracked and his current work on the Small Beans network! He went to school for movies! That’s crazy, because I went to school, and I also like movies! We talk about movies. We talk about a lot of other stuff, too. Like how Abe may or may not have disliked me...

Join mega nerds Dre Alvarez and Jeff May as they geek out on a different nerdy cultural touchstone every month. Part reminiscence, part historical deep dive. This month, Dre and Jeff are joined by Upper Deck's resident DC Teen Hero expert (he even hosted an SDCC panel about them) T.J. Shevlin to celebrate Dre's birthday with a special stand-alone episode on his favorite character, Tim Drak...

My next Cool Friend is actually one of my first friends I ever made in LA! You might recognize Nick Wechsler from roles in iconic shows like Revenge, Roswell, It's Always Sunny, The Boys, and SO much more! You might ALSO recognize him from the recent hit indie sci-fi Vietnam war epic Primitive War, which has been killing it in despite it's limited release! We talk about all that stuff! And...

Folks, time to, once again, revisit some Cool Friends in ways you may or may not have heard them before. Continuing the Jeff Has Cool Anniversaries theme throughout the next X number of episodes of the pod, I'm continuing the team-ups of Cool Friends that may or may not know each other. But I'll be damned if I let that get in the way. This episode features: Segment 1: Tara Nicole Whitaker...

Join mega nerds Dre Alvarez and Jeff May as they are joined by WNBYay!'s Logan Trent as they geek out on a different nerdy cultural touchstone every month. Part reminiscence, part historical deep dive. This month, Dre and Jeff finish their season on SPEED with the 70's sci-fi classic Logan's Run! (GET IT???) There's a lot to unpack about this last bastion of vintage science fiction...

Folks, time to, once again, revisit some Cool Friends in ways you may or may not have heard them before. Continuing the Jeff Has Cool Anniversaries theme throughout the next X number of episodes of the pod, I'm continuing the team-ups of Cool Friends that may or may not know each other. But I'll be damned if I let that get in the way. This episode features: Segment 1: Jon Jabs [ep 73] and...

Folks, time to, once again, revisit some Cool Friends in ways you may or may not have heard them before. Continuing the Jeff Has Cool Anniversaries theme throughout the next X number of episodes of the pod, I'm continuing the team-ups of Cool Friends that may or may not know each other. But I'll be damned if I let that get in the way. This episode features: Segment 1: Taffeta Darling [ep 8...

Join mega nerds Dre Alvarez and Jeff May as they geek out on a different nerdy cultural touchstone every month. Part reminiscence, part historical deep dive. This month, Dre and Jeff continue their season on SPEED with the legendary Looney Tunes character Speedy Gonzales! There's a lot to unpack about this controversial animated stereotype, so let's get uniquely heroic, run straight throug...

Folks, time to, once again, revisit some Cool Friends in ways you may or may not have heard them before. Continuing the Jeff Has Cool Anniversaries theme throughout however number of episodes of the pod I see fit, I'm continuing the team-ups of Cool Friends that may or may not know each other. But I'll be damned if I let that get in the way. I’m particularly proud of the booking of these s...

Join mega nerds Dre Alvarez and Jeff May as they geek out on a different nerdy cultural touchstone every month. Part reminiscence, part historical deep dive. This month, Dre and Jeff begin their season on SPEED with the 1993 Sega Genesis/Mega Drive classic SONIC SPINBALL. There's a lot to unpack about this controversial video game spin-off, so let's get aggressively dark and creepy, make s...

Folks, time to, once again, revisit some Cool Friends in ways you may or may not have heard them before. Continuing the Jeff Has Cool Anniversaries theme throughout the next X number of episodes of the pod, I'm continuing the team-ups of Cool Friends that may or may not know each other. But I'll be damned if I let that get in the way. We've got some nice thick segments, as I felt like...