OnlyFriends Podcast

Petey and Elena get together with Samantha Ruddy to talk about having kids, kids on airplanes, becoming a headliner after 6 years, finding your critical mass in your comedy trajectory. Things you won’t want to miss.

Petey and Elena are joined by longtime friend and veteran comic Keith Correy to talk about the new release of his first album, some of the history of DC comedy, battle rap, the dermatology issues of some wait staff, and other maladies. Peep!!!!

The current courant is back with Joel Kim Booster talking bout Plainfield, Illinois, exaggerated Wikipedia biographies, growing comedically from hating New York City, the latitude vs longitude of American racism, and other light fodder. Peep, don’t sleep!

Elena goes solo dolo in episode 54 with headliner Francisco Ramos and a little help from DC comedians Simone and Eddie Morrison. They talk about everything from improv cliques, working lots of jobs and when to quit all those jobs. Check it out!

In our first episode of our new podcast year we talk to headliner Jacob Williams and his feature for the weekend Patrick Holbert. We discuss everything from childhood insults, early days of comedy and the importance of headshots. Check it out!

Petey and Elena get back to basics on their one year anniversary episode. We review our year of talking, how far we’ve come and who our favorite guests have been. Don’t worry, we name names.

Elena and Petey sit down with Baltimorean anti-Baltimorean Umar Khan as he explains why DC chicks are hot to a pleased Steele and a confounded Torres. That’s the highlight. The other fodder lasted 29 minutes and is more enjoying than most exercises in patience for the layman listener.

Petey and Elena knock out their fiftieth episode with the hysterical Martin Phillips in a frank forum about first date spots, femcees, frugality, and other flatulence. Tune in!

In Episode 49 Petey and Elena talk to comedienne extraordinaire Michelle Buteau. We tried to ask her questions but half of the time she beat us to the punch and kept us laughing the whole episode. Check it out!

The CC Mob Style comes out hard again with national headliner Rachel Feinstein to talk about being a punk rock groupie, living with Bengalis, and Ted Bundy. Sounds cool. Is cool.

This week Elena captains the ship on her own with hilarious California comedian David Gborie. They talk about everything from Montreal Just for Laughs, couch surfing and Police raids. Check it out!

Petey and Elena get together with their old friend Natalie McGill to tell old war stories about journalism, early forays into comedy, scorned lovers, and other matters of gravitas.

Petey and Elena are joined by local faves Randolph Terrance and Noah Crowley to talk about the importance of grooming, branding, influence, and everything that also matters in comedy success. There’s also some fodder on black film. Enjoy!!!

On Episode 44 Petey and Elena go backstage at Arlington Drafthouse and talk to headliner London Brown. We talk comedy, the importance of a good hair cut and coming together no matter what. Sound cheesy? Well don’t judge before you listen, so check it out!

Episode 43 is here and Petey and Elena spend time talking to Jay Chandrasekhar. We talk turning stand up jokes into movie scenes, writing, directing and how to juggle all those comedy skills at once. We also laugh. Check it out!

This week, the CC Riders form a quintessential quintet with Drafthouse regulars Pete Bergen, Jared Stern, and Ross Benoit to talk about the joys of time traveling to Hanover, PA, the shows this weekend at ACDH, the DC comedy class of ‘14, and general fun-loving sphere splitting among five frenemies. Enjoy!

On Episode 41 we talk to hilarious Brooklyn born headliner Chris DiStefano and his feature act Sergio Chicon. We give Petey some first date advice, talk New York open mics, finding success and come up with a great inappropriate name for this episode. Listen to hear it!

In this premium yet protracted edition of the CC Riders, Petey goes solo and discusses LA living, mental illness, Cincinnati Kentucky, and Sweet Home Chicago with Hal Sparks and Charlene Mae. Indulge!!!!

On this edition of Counter Currents, Elena ditches Petey again for LA auditions, causing him to hunt down "The Laugh," Haywood Turnipseed, Jr. to have an in-depth psychological discussion about the formation of an artist as a person, as well as an artist, plus the varieties of religious experience, doing the road, Gary, Indiana, and why Washington, D.C. is the greatest city on Earth, in addition t...

Petey enjoys Elena's triumphant return from Hollywood to talk game with Ricky Velez about laying down carpet, growing up in NYC, Tony Bennett vs Frank Sinatra, getting a flat tire on the road, and other dope essentials. Peep!

This week, Petey Steele lost his co-host so he recruited Jen Kirkman to drop science on The Day After, Non-professional comics, the importance of thermodynamics when writing comedy, and the nuances of casual ageism. It was fun and nothing stupid was said.

In this Installment of the Incorrigible, Petey and Elena sit down with friend and comic Theresa Concepcion to discuss Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Theresa's cutthroat transformation to becoming a lawyer and her application of this ethos to comedy. Legally dope.

Petey and Elena are honored with 20 minutes or so to speak to DeAnne Smith about doing comedy in Australia, in Montreal, and the other comedy Mecca, Upstate NY. Petey also makes an elaborate excuse for why he won't tell problematic one-liners on the pod. Tune in! Find out!

This week, Petey and Elena are blessed with Ramy Youssef and special guest veteran comic Aron Kader to talk a whole hullabaloo for 20+ minutes. So intense, Petey don’t even remember the subjects tackled, so you’ll have to tune in to peep. Enjoy!

The latest episode features teen phenom LizaBanks as we talk about being a D1 athlete, social trends reflected in film, and comedy. LB and Elena school Petey on why romcoms are better than he thinks. Petey still says nah though.