Park Pals: A Parks and Recreation Podcast

This is a long one because we start this episode talking about the terrible, heartbreaking loss of lives that happened in Uvalde. Since we've recorded this episode, there have been AT LEAST 2 more mass shootings and we NEED to do something about it. Text ACT to 644-33 to email your senators and then text MARCH to 954954 to find out where you can find a "March for Your Lives" event n...

Welcome back to Part 2 of the Master Plan where we start right where we left off! WOOMPF, there it is!!! (Ben's inauguration song) Our amazing friend April Eden comes back (aka Trish) and she gave us some AMAZING details on what it was like to be on set that day - ALSO CONGRATS ON BEING A NASA AMBASSADOR YAY! Then, Andy and April and Ann have an accidental love triangle moment (and Jean Ralph...

TED! Ben is here!!!!!! It's the moment we've all been waiting for- the time when Ben and Chris arrive! We split this episode into two parts because it was just TWO good (get it because TWO parts, omg, wow) and we needed to cover everything! Join us as we go on deep dives about the Swiss Police Force, Hydrox vs Oreo, Jack London (why is Leslie obsessed with him?) and of course we spend th...

Let’s Dia-beat-this! Today, Leslie tries to show her a$$ again (for a good cause), Detlef gets a 15 minute tangent  because that guy is incredible and so many guest stars that we’ve interviewed come back to make their appearance! Wild! Thanks to Sean Trainor for joining us, Linda Montana aka Denise Yermley (Pawnee's most bookable talent!) for sending in a video, Burly and John Balma aka Barne...

As Madi says in her summary, "LET THE CHAOS BEGIN!" Join Holly and welcome our amazing friend Crystal Leigh, as we go OFF the literal deep end with deep dives about the Turnbill mansion, all the wild relationships AND talk to 7 (SEVEN!!!) of the costars who had meetings with the Parks crew, either via voice memo, emails or phone conversation! AMAZING! PLUS a very special message from our...

This week we are re-airing one of our most favorite episodes and our very first interview ever, Vincent Jones!!!! We talked about Vincent last year so we wanted to go ahead and share this for those of you who haven't heard!  Even if you have, this one is a treat and such a fun time to hear true behind the scenes stories: can you even imagine Parks without this theme song?! We'll be back...

Please welcome Emmy award winner, Director and Director of Photography extraordinaire, Michael Trim! He DP'd a lot of Parks and Rec and also directed legendary episodes like Park Safety, April and Andy's Fancy Party, and Fluoride along with DP'ing some of the most iconic music videos ever including Express Yourself by Madonna, Crash and Burn by Savage Garden, and Love Is Strong by t...

This week we start off with a little therapy moment because it's been a WEEK. Then we dive into Summer Catalog - is it spelled Catalog or Catalogue? Either way, we meet former Parks department heads and we have all sorts of love situations with Anndanawitz and April/Andy (celeb couple name TBD). ALSO our favorite JJ's waitress Marta ( Ana Rey-Oktay ) comes on the show to share her experi...

"Sometimes the best way to maintain a strong team is just by letting someone know they are still a part of it." - Leslie Knope Please welcome back our fav theme song writer, Sean Trainor to the pod! Join the parks gang to have a full on JERRY EPISODE, meet the Park Rangers (HI ANDY SAMBERG!) PLUS Andy, April and Ann have a little love triangle moment. Thank you to Courtney Lamb for sendi...

Time to catch a possum! Leslie and co. work together to catch a possum that's been terrorizing Pawnee Municipal golf course (animal control alert!), Mark helps Ron with city codes for his woodshop expansion and April housesits for Ann in addition to having some *drama* with Andy. ooOOOOoooOooo AND we hear from Lyle Kanouse who plays Mr. Campopiano himself! This is a tangent/deep dive filled e...

 This week we are joined by the amazing Kris Carr ( @actorkriscarr ) to talk about our favorite Woman of the Year, Ron Swanson! Wait, I mean Leslie... I mean Ron? Come with us as we talk about institutional gratification, Andy searches for an apartment and Tom tries to get everyone to invest in our favorite club, The Snakehole Lounge. Also guest star galore! Thank you to Sara Sanderson aka Cindy a...

We were total fan girls this episode (mostly Holly) and we are not afraid to admit it! Today we talk to the wonderfully genuine and talented Andrew "Burly" Burlinson aka Burly in Mouse Rat! (Or Rat Mouse depending on how you look at it) We are so beyond honored to talk about his time being a part of the biggest band ever, some serious behind the scenes gems and his life and career as an...

What a master class in film we had this week! We are so honored to welcome Shana Hagan to the podcast!!!! Shana was one of the camera operators on Parks for Seasons 1-4 and oh my, we asked SO many questions including specific scenes (Li'l Sebastian and possums anyone?), how she got her start in the business,  how she got the nickname Tweep and also incredible advice for anyone wanting to be i...

We love John Balma! What a true treat for US to experience his presence! We talk all about his start in Hollywood, his sort of typecasting (you've seen him in Friends and Scrubs!), his pivot to a career in dog care (OMG George Cluny is his sweet dog’s name and we are HERE FOR IT), living in San Francisco and we also hear the FUNNIEST story about his time on Star Trek. Please join us and pleas...

HAPPY GALENTINE'S DAY Y'ALLLLL!!!! This week we start with our talk to Christopher Murray aka Mr. Sweetums himself, Nick Newport Sr! We talk all about his makeup for the show, his time on set AND his music video "Hold On" with Justin Bieber! (Linked below- YOU MUST WATCH BUT GET THE TISSUES READY OMG) Then we deep dive into Galentine's Day where the gang volunteers at the...

We're back!!!!! We hit the ground running with David Hadinger's interview (thank you so much David- also omg should we buy merch?), and we also hear from our favorite chanting townsperson, Jeffrey Markle! (His music is linked below too, what!) Then we finish things off with some gasp worthy deleted scenes and of course a vote on what the town should do about Sweetums in the Parks concess...

If you can't beat em, SWEETUMS!!!! Today is our origin story dream come true about our beloved Sweetums! Join us as Leslie and Ron head up a public forum to see if NutriYums are worth selling in the Parks and the gang helps move Tom out of his house with Wendy. And by help we mean do all of it. Thank you so much to our awesome guest star Brooke Baumer who emailed us back with incredible voice...

IT HAPPENED! We talked to a director, THE nicest director in town, Alex Hardcastle! We talk about so much!!!! Like his time directing Practice Date and Leslie's House, plus pivots in his directing career and omg, THE PIGEONS! We really nerded out about directing and we are so glad Alex came along for the ride. Alex, you changed our lives and we are so grateful for the incredible amount of tim...

We have so much to talk about hence the LONGEST podcast we've ever done, but it's not out fault! Justin had way too many things we needed to deep dive and we couldn't stop talking about all the cool guest stars that were on this week! Thank you to Jennifer Hasty and Stewart Skelton for sending us amazing voice memos! (We love the quality too btw!) And thanks to David Diaan and Bonit...

Please welcome Kyle the shoe shine guy to Park Pals!!!!!! A true delight: we had such a great time laughing at awkward jokes, talking about Kyle's backstory and reliving our favorite Kyle moments. We can't wait to continue any questions we have for future Kyle episodes. Thank you so much for being on Andy!!!! Please follow all of his projects below! Andy's Sketch Show: www. Stillwat...

This week we go back to our roots of connecting via therapy! Learn of Madi's wedding planning and career moves, and the atrocity that is Holly's dating life. Let us know if you have any thoughts or therapy moments of your own, you can always send us DM's or voice memos, we'd be happy to hear. Thank you and have a great week! Please rate and review us! Questions? Comments? Email...

Guest stars galore! Will Arnett, Justin Theroux, Sean Trainor, oh my! Why in the heck does Leslie have such awful dates and why is Ann being weird about her "friend?" Join us as we meet a bunch of new people, new relationships are discovered and blossomed, April gets friendly with Ron and Andy (in different ways, duh) and we meet THE Jean Ralphio omg!!!!! The Matrix 4 Trailer OMG!: https...

Oh my, do we have a true TREAT for you today! Today we talk to the lovely, intelligent, wonderful April Eden who plays Trish in the Beauty Pageant, Chair Model in the Office AND TECHNICALLY she is a Parks employee (through Griffith Observatory of course)! She is also an incredible scientist, tour guide (once she goes back to LA she'll be doing that in person, go see her!), and hopefully a NAS...

Time for a SEXY DEXY CHRISTMAS SCANDAL!!!! Leslie goes on Pawnee Today to defend herself and her friend, April subtly flirts with Andy and we all have a jolly merry Christmas time! Thanks to Mo Collins (aka Joan!) for sending a voicemail and thank you to Gillian Vigman and Jonathan Goldstein for trading emails! We hope to hear from you very soon! And thank you all so much for your amazing reviews!...

Sooooo you got a divorce, of course of course. This week we talk about Tom's divorce! We go on the longest tangent you ever heard about strip club experiences, deleted scenes and SO MANY WONDERFUL GUESTS! We hear from the Divorce Horse himself, Jon Paul Burkhart! He gave us so many AMAZING behind the scenes details that you will go wild over! We also hear from Seabiscuit (aka Sierra), Cheryl...