Jeff Has Cool Friends

Join mega nerds Dre Alvarez and Jeff May as they USUALLY geek out on a different nerdy cultural touchstone every month. Part reminiscence, part historical deep dive. This month, Dre and Jeff are joined by the incomparable Daniel Alvarez (who is not only a listener and producer, but he's actually Dre's BROTHER. Like in Warrior.) as they take a minute to address some of the issues he has tak...

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. My original plan was for more segments in this episode,...

Folks, time to revisit some Cool Friends in ways you may or may not have heard them before. Throughout the next X number of episodes of the pod, I'll be posting shows featuring team-ups of Cool Friends that may or may not know each other, but they know me, and that's what counts! Let's put 'em in a jar, shake it up and see how it goes! This episode features: Segment 1: Tom Reimann...

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 the incredible Mike Slater (who is not only a great musician, but he actually recorded a theme song for THIS SPECIFIC EPISODE) as they finish their season on "Comic Origins" with Rob Liefeld&#3...

OK, so the 100th NUMBERED episode is coming, but it's...it's a project. You'll see. I've been a little stressed trying to see how I can make this work and stay on schedule, and wouldn't you know it but just a few days ago, I saw that it's the 4th anniversary of this show starting on here! Well, what a perfect opportunity to announce a few incredible future projects, some st...

My latest Cool Friend is the VERY cool Cory Casella, a woman who fascinates me with all the nerdy stuff she loves to do. She's an incredibly talented and prolific swimwear designer, and she teaches me a lot about her job, because I really wanted to know more about a pocket of this universe I know pretty much nothing about. But like, obviously I'm not going to spend an entire show talking a...

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 the incredible Michael Vincent Bramley as they continue their season on "Comic Origins" with DC AND Marvel Comics' legendary 1996 crossover, DC vs Marvel. There's a lot to unpack about this desperate att...

My latest Cool Friend, the incredible Andrea Guzzetta, is one of my favorite painters out there. Her style is hard to describe, but we try: "As if Lisa Frank was a Renaissance Painter" isn't too far off, but still, Andrea's in a world all her own. While we knew each other through our peripheries in the LA comedy scene for a few years, we truly reconnected when we shared the stage...

OK, I'm taking the hint when a lot of you said you wanted more Dr. Finbeiner content. I asked her if she could come back so we could do some of the stuff I wanted to talk about with her on the last episode. Did we do that? Maybe. Honestly, she and I always just kinda drift with what we say, and this is a really fun episode. So sit back, relax, and enjoy more of the bug doctor. Don't forget...

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 "Comic Origins" with DC Comics' Impulse premiere storyline from 1995. There's a lot to unpack about this speedy sidekick, so let's age rapidly and uncontrollably, move to Al...

Sometimes Dre and Jeff have arguments on NERD! Dre has put together a special episode cataloguing some of his favorite disagreements for your listening pleasure! Enjoy, and head over to Patreon.com/jeffmay if you want early access to uncensored episodes with Bonus content!

My latest Cool Friend is the incredible Dr. Susan Finkbeiner. I'm not sure how to describe her, other than she might just be one of the most interesting people I've ever met. She's one of the country's foremost Lepidopterists, having been published and featured by the likes of PBS, National Geographic, and more. That alone would be cool enough, but then she had to go and be a runway model, doing f...

My Cool Friend Elise Golgowski is incredible, and I think that's nice. She's not only a fantastic comedian and content creator, but she also has one of the coolest jobs out there as she is a professional editor for, among other things, many prominent comedy specials. Ironically, Elise has been a guest on both NERD! and I Must Break You, and I've been dying to get her ontp this show, bu...

Look, these are obviously the most popular episodes, even though my best friend Adam Tod Brown is a bad person who is bad. But hey, you all seem to like him, so who am I to judge? In reality though, there's nobody I'd rather have start the year out than Adam. And holy smokes, he has an announcement to make that is going to shake the foundations of the YDELP World. I figured, as we were discussing...

Hey y'all! Wanted to close out the year with a review of everything that happened both professionally and personally over here and on the Patreon. Forgive me if it seems repetitive or if it goes on tangents. Unlike a lot of the work I do, this was purposefully unplanned (minus names of producers and guests) I like this kind of episode to come more from the heart than the brain, and I think that'll...

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 finish their season on Supernatural Holiday Stuff with the acclaimed, yet under-performing zombie Christmas musical Anna and the Apocalypse! There's a lot to unpack about this weirdly delightful mashup of genres, so l...

My Cool Friend Randall Maynard is one of the most requested guests in show history, and I'm glad I could finally get him on the show. I've known Randall since back in the Cracked days, where he was the art director! Since then, we've been circling each other on various podcasts and in life. Recently, he's begun an incredible new venture with Ran Dollz , where he's making custom bootleg toys that a...

Happy Holidays from 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. The previously-unavailable-on-the-free-feed 17th episode of NERD! has Dre and Jeff finding the perfect storm of their oldseason on Cinematic Child Neglect and the holidays with Iron Man 3, the controversial beginning to the MCU...

This episode’s Cool Friend is the amazing comedian and game designer Grant Lyon. Grant has fast become an incredibly talented and prolific game designer, with Curmudgeon being released in 2021 and I’m Kind of a Big Dill being released earlier this month! Crazy, right? Well, aside from being a 2023 TAGIE award winner (think Oscars for board and party games) and having a sick new game out, he’s also...

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 Supernatural Holiday Stuff with the WWE's 1990 Survivor Series, featuring the Thanksgiving debut of the legendary Undertaker. But they're not alone, as they joined by the incredible David Bell...

My latest Cool Friend is the incredible talented Joey Bragg. Joey and I officially met four days before recording, when he was booked on Mint on Card, and we instantly clicked. One of those friendships that just kinda blooms immediately, you know? Well it turns out that not only is Joey a hilarious comedian, but he’s a rather prolific actor who came up as one of the leads in Disney’s very charming...

My latest Cool Friend, the wonderful and talented Danielle Soto, isn’t just a great and hilarious person, but she was one of my first friends in comedy! Seriously, I met her like, 2 weeks into my career. Crazy! Well wouldn’t you know it, we both ended up moving from Massachusetts to California, and our paths have been intertwined ever since! She has an incredible podcast called Dr. Cheesecake, whi...

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 Supernatural Holiday Stuff with General Mills' Monster Cereals. There's a lot to unpack about these culturally significant boxes of corn candy, so let's go Count some Chocula, balance some breakf...

I’m so incredibly excited to sit down and talk with my latest Cool Friend, the returning Tom Reimann! Tom and I are super buds and co-hosts on the incredible Tom and Jeff Watch Batman podcast, but he’s been gone for a few episodes because HE AND HIS WIFE HAD A BABY! Well my beautiful babies (get it?), he’s back, and he’s got a brand new show coming your way in the incredible and insane Badical , a...

What an incredible pair of Cool Friends I found myself talking to in this episode. Two former guests, the incredible David Igo and Erik Barnes, have teamed up to drive to my house and talk to me about the Monstors campaign that’s now up on Kickstarter. We also talk about a whole bunch of other amazing things, like HOW I INTRODUCED THEM and, honestly, this is such a fun and funny episode, as two of...