The Last Show with David Cooper

From the Snooze Room, it's time for breaking snooze! Joining David is sleep disorder specialist Dr. Jeff Daiter (also the CEO of InVintory Wines). After the usual pleasantries, Jeff talks about why you shouldn't use a cellphone in bed, even though he does so anyway. David responds with his theory about the most deeply human quality. The two discuss the strange and fascinating Scandinavian sleep me...

David and Tony Five start off by working on scheduling for their next taping. Tony talks about how he feels like a failed adult. David talks about his medication. Tony offers to send any listeners a letter - just email david@jew.pizza! Tony comes up with new ideas for the show – including meeting a real New Yorker. Tony asks David whether he would change anything about his early days doing radio....

"Bat biologist" Dan Riskin joins David to talk about science. The two ponder what it means to produce good work – last week's work was always better, right? Dan discusses what happens when he gets asked science questions on TV that he isn’t really qualified to answer. Dan tells David about a bizarre sea creature spotted off the coast of Japan. Prompted by a novel way to get artificial intelligence...

David is joined by Bayesia Nash, a Canadian MILF next door who shares nude content on the daily. Bayesia discusses her career transition from a factory worker to an adult entertainer. She and David geek out about various topics. The two dive into parasocial relationships and the reasons behind their careers as performers. Bayesia also details the range of services she offers to her paid subscriber...

David lets us know what he'll be doing for a week, and when he'll be back. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Political science professor Dr. Lee Kuhnle, a conspiracy theory expert extraordinaire, joins the show for banter and a discussion about the ludicrous images of "aliens" emerging from Mexico. Lee shares that NASA has recently announced the strongest evidence to date suggesting the possibility of life existing on a distant planet. (You can hear more of Dr. Kuhnle discussing conspiracy theories on Th...

Today, David bores Tony Five (and everyone listening) by talking about his week – surprise, surprise: it involves computers. Tony brings a discussion of the headlines surrounding Russell Brand to the show. The conversation moves to crime and why Brits wear ridiculous wigs in court. David and Tony ponder the legal difference between "being charged" vs. "being indicted" in the court system. David lo...

Finally, someone has undertaken the important task of studying "blue balls!" Does it genuinely exist? Is it experienced by folks with penises and vaginas alike? What troubling outcomes were observed during the study of this subject? Professor of Psychology from Queen's University, Caroline Pukall, joins the podcast to discuss her research. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informatio...

Here's an interview from the archive with David and Jemima Packington, the Asparamancer (an asparagus psychic). How does asparagus being out of season affect her powers? Why was she chosen by the mysterious forces of asparagus? Is she the only known vegetable psychic? How does it all work - and, more importantly, does she eat the asparagus after her predictions? After that, a mystical asparagus tw...

The show's foreign correspondent, Tony Five, drops in from London, England. David and Tony reunite after not speaking for over a month. Surprise, surprise, David continues to ramble on about the Burning Man festival. David tries to convince Tony Five why he should attend, selling the awesome power of "playing dress-up" at the event. They discuss a place you can visit at Burning Man called the Orgy...

During the rain event that caused the shutdown of the Burning Man festival, which made international headlines, David worked on the radio for the city's radio station, BMIR. A highbrow literary magazine published a profile about listening to the station during the rain, which referenced an inappropriate on-air phone call with David's mother, Clara, during which they discussed sex toys. Here's that...

Today, David interviews the newly elected Evansburg Grouch, Sheena Melin. David delves into why a small town has the bizarre tradition of electing a Grouch. Sheena talks about her new job and shares stories about grouches, past and present. An important side conversation about how the Grinch and David make their pork chops happens. David explores what perks Sheena wants, mostly a town parking spot...

We're back from vacation! Science educator and evolutionary biologist Dan Riskin joins the show to interview David about what happened at the Burning Man festival. It rained, and that made international headlines. Here's the strange scoop from someone who was actually there. But more importantly, there's a strange tale of a desert radio station, David's mother, and a character named Butthole Steve...

David will be at Burning Man for the next two and a half weeks. You can listen to him on Burning Man Information Radio (BMIR 94.5 FM). You can stream it in Canada and the US on the iHeartRadio App (link will be functional by next week) and globally at https://bmir.org. Here are the showtimes: Thurs Aug 24: 8–10pm Pacific (or 11pm–1am Eastern) Sun Aug 27: 4–6pm Pacific (or 7–9pm Eastern) Thurs Aug...

In the 50th episode of This Is Going Well, I Think, we're joined by Samantha Bitty, a sexual health and consent educator. The episode kicks off with David sharing his woes over discovering his first gray pubic hair and then sharing an endearing story of helping an elderly lady go to the store. David asks if Samantha grew up in a naked house. Stemming from a troubling comment made by David's father...

With no booked guests and the day rapidly approaching its end, David calls the show's producer, Dani, with two goals in mind: to annoy her and to check on the health of the show. The two engage in banter as David attempts to find something that Dani dislikes about him. After a confrontation involving their differing political views, Dani brings up the time David asked astronaut Chris Hadfield a fo...

David starts the interview with an apology to science educator and evolutionary biologist Dan Riskin. The two catch up and talk about musicals. Dan discusses how leprosy is becoming endemic in Florida and then shares a bear tale from his recent vacation. David and Dan discuss a new study about the reasons behind why bees and wasps make their combs out of hexagons, but occasionally differ from thei...

Today, all the way from Kentucky, is the Internet's very own Queen of Chaos, Rayanna Brock. Rayanna opens up about the people's love for her eleven mugshots, each with a signature ear-to-ear smile. She shares the story of her first arrest, and she and David talk about Xanax addiction. Rayanna also gives us insight into the actions of one crazed fan and shares her thoughts on whether she embraces h...

Tony Five joins David once again, but this time, the discussion is much less serious. The meandering conversation unintelligently covers a range of topics, including: AI, the Turing test, simulations, extraterrestrials, conspiracy theories, and the societal changes brought about by the pandemic. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit me...

Today, it's "El Presidente" – the president of the International Naturist Federation (INF), Stéphane Deschênes. Stéphane is also the owner of Bare Oaks Family Naturist Park. David and he begin by discussing an imaginary company called Lebb Media. They then dive into mixed-up ideas of masculinity and capitalism, and things get political. Afterwards, they have a conversation about the "dark side" of...

The very British, the very Tony Five, joins the show after taking a month away. We're glad he's back! Tony fills us in on a harrowing trip to the United States to visit an ailing family member. After the trip, things go from bad to worse as Tony struggled with severe depression. Content warning: The topic of suicide is discussed in detail in this episode. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for...

Since David's mother is currently in town visiting, and he's heading off to the Burning Man event soon, here are a couple of phone calls he made to his mother at the event. In the first one, he confesses to masturbating next to her in bed when he was a child. In the second, he apologizes but then starts asking about intimate details of her life. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more info...

Dr. Ilana MacDonald from the Dunlap Institute for Astronomy & Astrophysics goes over the blue moon, the super moon, and the full with David. The two briefly get caught in a black hole, or at least talking about them. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today's episode, David talks about how there's no episode today. It's confusing, we know. Then he plays a clip of an interview with a drunken Irishman about the book Finnegans Wake. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Natasha Vinik is in today. She and David catch up by having a nonsense conversation that touches on penis enlargement, and Natasha jokes about wanting men to join a new "sh*tty club." Natasha baits David by asking him for advice in selecting audio equipment for a new podcast. While sharing about losing a grandparent recently, Natasha explores her fraught relationship with her father through the le...