Episode 44

Kevin Pollak

Kevin Pollak collects Disney Haunted Mansion memorabilia. ALSO he has a dang popular chat show on the Webs, soon to be the TV/Webs what with technology and all. Chris likes the movie “Willow”. Jonah Ray was out. Matt Mira’s insurance company is having their way with him after a mystery person beat up his car...

Episode 43

Donal Logue

Donal (long ‘o’) Logue is currently on one of my favorite TV shows, “Terriers” (a show NOT about dogs) on FX. I want many people to watch this show so the network will make more, because that’s how television works. (Somehow, I’ve still managed to make a campaign for a show I have nothing to...

Episode 42

WIRED’s Chris Anderson

WIRED’s head nerd Chris Anderson! He also wrote the wonderful books “The Long Tail” and “Free: The Future of a Radical Price”. Mr. Anderson–as the Matrix would have to refer to him–is a super-smart, thoughtful human and I always love chatting with him. What topics can you expect from this episode? Trolls! Social politics! The...

Episode 41

Brian Posehn

Brian Posehn’s infant son wiped out all of Springfield (schwaaa?). Chris, Jonah & Matt worshipped the glory that is Brian’s nerdtastic man room.

Episode 40

Greg Fitzsimmons

Greg Fitzsimmons will punch you in the face if you’re a mean jerk. Chris, Matt & Jonah will assault you with passive agressive comments in a similar situation, but then emotionally punch themselves in the face later on at home, WAY harder than they would ever hit someone else cuz that’s how nerds roll (the...

Episode 39

Mike Birbiglia

Mike Birbiglia discusses comedy writing, perfectionism, hypochondria & Entourage (the tv show, not the Microsoft/Mac OS email client). Chris & Jonah did this episode in a Matt Mira-free environment, as poor Matt couldn’t get out of the job that actually pays him money.

Episode 38

Rainn Wilson

Rainn Wilson enjoys cookies, spirituality, and the band Pavement. Chris enjoys the Cookie Monster, spirit photography and the smell of new pavement. Jonah enjoys cookie mints and spirit-paving. Matt paved over a bunch of cookies, and now their spirits will eternally haunt him.

Episode 37

Paul Scheer

Paul Scheer is 33% of Human Giant and has a painting of Steve Martin from “The Jerk” that I want to steal. Matt and Jonah would totally help me. (if they want to stay on this ‘show’, that is)

Episode 36

Live @ Bumbershoot 2010!

Special live show! We packed our ironic tshirts and trekked up to Seattle for the insanely fun Bumbershoot Festival! Matt, Jonah & I set up shop in the Charlotte Martin Theatre (within pooping distance of the Space Needle) and were joined by wonderlady comedy duo Garfunkel & Oates, the fantastic David O’Doherty (who is hilarious...

Episode 35

Donald Glover

Donald Glover is on “Community” but has so many talents that someday we’ll all just be tiny moons orbiting his mega-stardom. Chris fails with his #Hardwick4Hulk campaign and Jonah & Matt write a “Back to the Future” musical.

Episode 34

Jonathan Coulton

Jonathan Coulton is an hilarious musical nerd icon. If you don’t know who he is I am surprised, but this is a good place to meet him. We chat about touring, the crafting of nerdy songs, and leaving safe but boring jobs to pursue unsafe but unboring jobs. PLUS JoCo plays a few songs, one...

Episode 33

Bill Maher

Bill Maher and I sat down (standing podcasting is weird) and had a terrific chat about comedy, finding your voice and Johnny Carson.

Episode 32

Paul F. Tompkins

Paul F. Tompkins once yelled at Wierd Al, Chris invents a nerd cereal, Jonah loves Morning Zoos and Matt left his glasses in the car. Probably next to a Dave Matthews tape.

Episode 31

Felicia Day

Felicia Day! How could the Nerdist Podcast series ever be complete without her? Well, it can’t! But now that’s no longer a concern because here she is. Sure “Buffy” and “Dr. Horrible” made her a Nerd pin-up queen, but the massive following of her work on the “The Guild” proved her talents as a smart...

Episode 30

Fred Willard, David Koechner & Tom Kenny LIVE @ Largo!

This podcast was recorded at Largo in front of many wonderful nerds on July 28th and featured the following awesome elements: David Koechner opening the show in character, Fred Willard chatting with us about comedy and Tom Kenny telling a story about the time he met Rodney Dangerfield and then closing the show with a...

Episode 29

MYTHBUSTERS

ALL 5 MYTHBUSTERS IN ONE PLACE: Jamie, Adam, Tory, Grant & Kari! I feel like I should have sealed them in mylar or jammed them all together to form some kind of Mega-Mythbusting Bot, but instead we just chatted in front of a few thousand people about life, near-death and the busting of myths. This...

Episode 28

Rich Sommer

Rich Sommer is “Mad Men” TV department head Harry Crane. He also has a background in comedy, board games and awesomeness. Chris gets a new digital recorder. Jonah and Matt return after a forced vacation without pay. Didn’t seem that heartless since they don’t get paid to show up either.

Episode 27

Allison Scagliotti

BONUS EPISODE! Allison Scagliotti is the “Good Will Hunting” of actresses–wicked smaht, wicked pretty and wicked sweet (I realize that “wicked” is an awkward modifier for “sweet,” but sometimes the truth is awkward). She plays Claudia Donovan on SyFy’s “Warehouse 13.” In this ep she talks about overachieving, self-flagellation and Courtney Love. Get all up...

Episode 26

Scott Sigler

Scott Sigler is the NY Times Bestselling author of Contagious, Infected and the latest smash hit Ancestor. He has also been giving audiobook versions of his work in the form of a FREE PODCAST (that medium will NEVER catch on) for the last five years. Now that is some forward thinkin’ right there… In this...

Episode 25

Maria Bamford

Maria Bamford is FINALLY on this show. She are hilariousness.

Episode 24

Bill Burr

Comedian Bill Burr yelled at Philadelphia, Chris vaguely understands hockey, Jonah understands it even less, and Matt is weirdly not tired of the running “Matt loves the Dave Matthews Band” joke, though I’m sure all of you are.

Episode 23

OZZY

What else can I say here? It’s OZZY. And he is AWESOME. Subscribe on iTunes or download the mp3.

Episode 22

Craig Ferguson Live @ Largo!

Our third “Live @ Largo” show welcomes the amazingly brilliant and charming Craig Ferguson, musician/songstress Sara Watkins, plus surprise guests! Craig talks about his friendship with Peter Cook, explains the socio-political origins of the Daleks, and educates us Americans on the proper use of the “C” word. This episode was mindblowingly fun and I sincerely...

Episode 21

Number 21: iPhone Announcements from WWDC10

BONUS EPISODE! I threw this in as an extra ep this week because I know that not all Nerdist Podcast listeners are Apple drones. If you do live an Apple-centric life, however, this episode is for YOU. After attending the keynote (which I rather enjoyed) I sat down with my pals Ryan Block of gdgt.com,...

Episode 20

Alison Brie

Alison Brie stars in Mad Men and Community. She is hilarious, and if there were a drug for delightfulness, certainly it would be synthesized from her DNA. She also prefers shorts to jeans. Also, Chris lost his virginity to a Belinda Carlisle song, Jonah got locked in his building due a faulty garage gate, and...

Episode 19

Doug Benson

Doug Benson played the role of “Doug Benson” in Super High Me, Chris hasn’t watched American Idol since Season 2, Jonah liked the Derrick Comedy movie “Mystery Team”, and Matt wishes Dave Matthews would come to him in the night and give him “The Eternal Kiss,” like some kind of jazzy vampire. BONUS: Hard ‘n...

Episode 18

Matt Walsh

BONUS EPISODE! Matt Walsh is a founding member of the Upright Citizens Brigade, Chris explains what happened to L.A.’s once-thriving rail system, Jonah loves “Tales From the Crypt” and Matt likes to take romantic baths with the thought that Dave Matthews’ last name is really just his pluralized first name. Walsh is a terrific guy...

Episode 17

“Weird Al” Yankovic

Weird Al is the nicest guy in the world, Chris is nice but tends to get impatient with automated customer service phone menus, Jonah is the same size as John Cusak and Matt is shattered that the Dave Matthews Band is taking a break from touring in 2011. Click here for the mp3!

Episode 16

Live @ Largo w/ Tom Lennon, Mike Phirman and Paul & Storm

Our second live show featured the amazingly funny Tom Lennon, the sublimely hysterical Mike Phirman and the epically hilarious Paul & Storm! Plus a legendarily laugh-inducing surprise guest! Recorded 5/11 at Largo in Los Angeles.

Episode 15

Rob Zombie

Rob Zombie just got rid of his Motorola Sidekick, Chris is “Engineer #2” in Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, Jonah watches “The Little Chocolatiers” and Matt wants to touch the Dave Matthews Band’s boobs.

Episode 14

Stan Lee

This Q&A style podcast was recorded at the NAB Show in Las Vegas on April 14th in front of many fans. As a True Believer, I was already excited to “listen up” because Stan Lee is fifty kinds of awesome. I was even more delighted to learn that, in person, he is FIFTY MORE KINDS....

Episode 13

THE MUPPETS

Yes, THE MUPPETS. The Muppets came on my wee podcast to discuss the Entertainment Business, balancing home & work, digital culture and their recent Webby nominations for their sublimely delightful cover of “Bohemian Rhapsody”. They were thoughtful, articulate and generally wonderful. As a lifelong fan of their work, chatting with them may have been the...

Episode 12

OK Go!

BONUS EPISODE! Normally we’re a once-a-week operation but somehow we’re at a point where we have a few “in the can” as they say in the Entertainment Biz (and I assume the Pornography Biz as well) so I wanted to get these guys on as soon as it was possible. Damian Kulash and Tim Nordwind...

Episode 11

Eugene Mirman & God’s Pottery

Eugene Mirman wants to fire the audience, God’s Pottery gives a shout out to a footless boy, Chris enjoys Russian culture, Jonah is wearing a snazzy jacket that you can’t see, and Matt was late probably because he likes the Dave Matthews Band.

Episode 10

Adam Savage Live @ Largo!

The fantastically brilliant Adam Savage of “Mythbusters” joined us for our very first live podcast! This was recorded at Largo in Los Angeles on April 5th, 2010 in front of a kick-ass crowd of delightful humans. As these people had exchanged hard-earned dollars for seats to this show, we made it a little longer than...

Episode 9

Mike Shinoda

Recently I became email pals with Mike Shinoda of the band Linkin Park and have found him to be two of my favorite things: super-smart and super-nice. This is a special “one-on-one” podcast, with just Mike and myself, as Jonah and Matt were both out of town doing out of town things. Don’t worry, though,...

Episode 8

Jim Gaffigan

Comedian Jim Gaffigan gets mistaken for Philip Seymour Hoffman, Chris gets harassed by a dude, Jonah gets chummy with Steven Wright and Matt gets excited about the Dave Matthews Band.

Episode 7

Andy Richter

Andy Richter talks of Conan and Morrissey, Chris invents “The Golden Parachute,” Jonah tries sitting up straight and Matt likes the Dave Matthews Band.

Episode 6

Joel McHale

Joel McHale dressed his son like a light switch, Chris sings Doggie Michael Bolton, Jonah had a Seacrest sighting and Matt likes the Dave Matthews Band.

Episode 5

Jon Hamm

Jon Hamm discusses his lost SNL sketch, Chris doesn’t understand how beards work, Jonah is a star-maker and Matt likes the Dave Matthews Band.

Episode 4

Rob Huebel & Motion City Soundtrack

Rob Huebel (Human Giant, Children’s Hospital) finds a dog, Motion City Soundtrack plays a song, Jonah has a fake last name, Chris drinks out of a bowl and Matt likes the Dave Matthews Band.

Episode 3

Adam Carolla

Adam Carolla hates Sid & Marty Krofft, Chris accidentally invents a racist beverage, Jonah apparently writes on a television show and Matt likes the Dave Matthews Band.

Episode 2

Drew Carey

Drew Carey exists in Second Life, Chris uses a robot toilet, Jonah demands the whole show be in 8-bit and Matt likes the Dave Matthews Band.

Episode 1

Tom Lennon

The inaugural podcast welcomes Tom Lennon (The State, Reno 911), Se√±or Aboleto delivers a theme song, Jonah sounds far away and Matt likes the Dave Matthews Band. SIDENOTE: I need to get some “P” popping screens for the cardiod mics. I’m aware of this now! Also, Jonah’s mic might be faulty so that’s why he...