What's Up Fool? Podcast

Another episode with our guest co-host, comedian Dustin Ybarra (Rodrigo returns next week). Our guest today is artist, muralist and director of substance abuse counseling for Homeboy Industries, Fabian Debora. I grew up with Fabian in the projects of Boyle Heights. Like me, Fabian had a creative streak in him but nowhere to apply it. So he fell victim to gangs and drugs and started on a path to no...

Today we have 2 guests in the studio, actually. First, Rodrigo is on vacation in Mexico so we have a guest host - comedian Dustin Ybarra. He'll be sitting in for a couple episodes. Our guest for the day is Sand One, an L.A. graffiti artist whose murals are all over the city (and beyond). You may have seen her big-eyed "doll" murals on random walls throughout Los Angeles, but also on young girls' p...

Met up with an old friend Magdaleno "Guic" Robles for today's show. I've run into this guy off and on for the past 10 to 15 years. We've both had our struggles with substances and the hood, but we've both managed to make it out of that. Guic has been in the 90s Latin rap scene, moved on to becoming a technical consultant on movies and just recently started his own business of glassware accessories...

Recorded this past Tuesday on the day of California's primaries. Our first live call-in show! We took calls from listeners and had a lot of fun. Went by too fast. Maybe we'll do this once a month? Video is on YouTube if you want to watch it all go down: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cr8sDL6uHFs&list=PLoIdzUWrPh1ON5ZpQS6V0dHpG-BkTXHQJ&index=1 Please take 5 seconds to rate or review the po...

Our guest today is Jerry O'Neill, who was a founding member and played drums for the punk/ska group Voodoo Glowskulls for 20 years. We talk about how he got into that world, getting out of it and what he's doing now. Please take 5 seconds to rate or review the podcast on itunes and if you like it subscribe! Thanks for listening! LINKS Jerry O'Neill: INSTAGRAM: @Shipwreck69 Felipe Esparza: FACEBOOK...

Our guest got booked for a TV Show today so we decided to do another episode of just me and Rodrigo talking about everything. Enjoy! Please take 5 seconds to rate or review the podcast on itunes and if you like it subscribe! Thanks for listening! LINKS Felipe Esparza: FACEBOOK: www. Facebook.com/FelipeEsparzaFanPage TWITTER: @FunnyFelipe INSTAGRAM: @FelipeEsparzaComedian www.felipesworld.com Rodri...

Today we talk with rapper/actor Anthony "Citric" Campos. Citric is currently playing George Lopez's best friend "Manolo" on the new TVLand show "Lopez". I met Citric about 7 years ago when I was doing my first real movie and he was in the cast. He has also been heavily involved in Latin hip-hop with his group Pueblo Cafe (aka Brown Town Looters). Watch him on Lopez and look out for some new music...

Did a little "swap cast" with Barry Katz and his podcast "Industry Standard". I did his show last week and he did mine this week. Barry became my manager after I won Last Comic Standing and helped guide my career for the first year after that. Barry has managed some of the top comedians in the business since he started back in the 80s. Dave Chappelle, Dane Cook, Jim Breuer, Jay Mohr, Whitney Cummi...

Geoff Keith is our guest today. Funny comedian who gets funnier every time I see him. We talk about opening for comedians who want to alter your act and getting stiffed by promoters, or in his case, a Jewish mother. Please take 5 seconds to rate or review the podcast on itunes and if you like it subscribe! Thanks for listening! LINKS Geoff Keith: TWITTER: @GeoffKeith INSTAGRAM: @GeoffKeith Felipe...

Comedian and actor Ron Funches ("Undateable", "Portlandia", "Trolls") joins us today for our official 100th episode of the What's Up Fool podcast! Ron is a great example of the shy, quiet kid who has a secret talent that he just busts out one day when no one expects it. Listen as we talk about his life, his early marriage and fatherhood and his relationship with his son and experience as a single...

Today's guests are a morning radio team in the Oxnard/Los Angeles CA area. These guys have been doing this together for 20 years and have been supporting comedians for the same amount of time. They were the first radio station to always invite us young comics, especially Latino comedians, to be guests on their morning show and promote our upcoming shows, helping us all to build a strong local audi...

Today we welcome guest Nick Swardson, star of my favorite movie "Grandma's Boy", but first we have a guest from a charity I support - "Peace Over Violence". She breaks down their annual Denim Day event and the services their organization provides. Nick comes in a little later and a LOT hung over... we should have taken bets on whether or not he was going to throw up during the interview. He fought...

We're honored to have this guest on the show this week - skateboard legend Christian Hosoi! We talk about his past, his quick shot to fame, his decline through drugs and prison and his strong return as a family man, born again Christian and businessman. Please take 5 seconds to rate or review the podcast on itunes and if you like it subscribe! Thanks for listening! LINKS Christian Hosoi: TWITTER:...

What can we say about Gene Pompa that hasn't already been written on a bathroom stall? ... You never really know when Gene is joking or being serious. He's a very smart, funny guy, Chicano activist background, and someone I have known in comedy for about 22 years. One of my favorite stand up comics. We still only scratched the surface of getting to know Gene, so we're going to have to have him bac...

Guy Torry was pivotal in creating the first black comedy night in Hollywood at the World Famous Comedy Store. Bringing black industry together in one place at the same time was rare and led to a lot of collaboration in Hollywood back in the 90s. After a string of roles in several movies - kicked off by his start with his role in American History X - Guy continues to entertain live audiences across...

Our guest today is Paul Hunt, a guy who grew up in the same projects as me - Aliso Village in Boyle Heights. He was one of the few kids who dreamed of the world outside the projects and worked as hard as he could to get there. He recently wrote a book, "Project Theory" that describes our lives in these projects where there were about 10 gangs in a 2 square mile area, problems at home and at school...

Just me and Rodrigo today. Recapping some stuff, telling old stories plus talking about my new obsession - the OJ Simpson case and the FX show "People vs. OJ Simpson". Please take 5 seconds to rate or review the podcast on itunes and if you like it subscribe! Thanks for listening! LINKS Felipe Esparza: FACEBOOK: www. Facebook.com/FelipeEsparzaFanPage TWITTER: @FunnyFelipe INSTAGRAM: @FelipeEsparza...

Today we have the band Buyepongo sitting in the studio with us talking about food, politics, music and a bunch of other stuff. These guys are from all over the Los Angeles area and are about to take off with their eclectic sound. They even treated us to a live song at the end. Enjoy. Please take 5 seconds to rate or review the podcast on itunes and if you like it subscribe! Thanks for listening! L...

Scruncho is a little bit crazy, a lot funny and 100% real. Raised in the tough streets of Long Beach, California, influenced by all the wrong people, this guy eventually found his way but still keeps his hard edge because that's just who he is. Deep down, he just always wanted a hug. Scruncho goes way back with a lot of influential artists in comedy and hip hop and gets respect from a lot of peopl...

Ali Leroi sits down with us today to discuss his history as a stand-up comedian in Chicago working with Bernie Mac and other greats and then his later shift to a whole new career as a writer, show-runner and one of the most sought after developers of comedy television and movies today. From his days working on the Chris Rock Show to being a show runner on Everybody Hates Chris and Are We There Yet...

Ash Wednesday early episode! Our guest today is one of the biggest Christian Latin contemporary musicians/singers in the world. He's practically the only one of Catholic denomination. Originally from the Dominican Republic and then New York City, Jon Carlo was heading down the wrong path at a young age until he found God and changed his life. Now he's living in Texas and selling out huge venues al...

Sit back and relax to the soothing sounds of comedian Hugh Moore. Dude is super laid back, but trust me, he's working. This guy is one of the most sought after comedy writers in the game today. Hilarious stand up, too, if you ever get a chance to see him live. Currently touring with JB Smoove so check him out. Please take 5 seconds to rate or review the podcast on itunes and if you like it subscri...

From preacher's son to party kid to comedian and family man, Paul "PK" Kim has been around for a while working hard to stay in the comedy game while trying to balance life at the same time. Go check him out on Friday nights at the Laugh Factory in Hollywood. Please take 5 seconds to rate or review the podcast on itunes and if you like it subscribe! Thanks for listening! LINKS Paul PK Kim: TWITTER:...

Third time is a charm... this guy is probably the only guy who could stand us up twice and we'll STILL give him another chance because he's our favorite. Corey Holcomb is hilarious and real and for almost 2 hours, we talk about all kinds of things people in the hood need to know. Health problems, getting robbed by promoters, how to feel like a God with hoodrats - everything you need to know about...

Today we talk to the 2 guys who were the first in the series of "Cholos Try..." videos - Carlos Ayala and Fabian Alomar. I have run into these guys over the years at different auditions where they got the parts and I didn't... While they may have had real cholo backgrounds growing up, they have both turned their lives around and have been working actors for several years now. Listen as they tell a...