Philly musician and comedian Pat Finnerty joins Brian and Charlie for a discussion about the burdens of being a "hat prisoner", the shock of others at the bald reveal moment, how The Beatles wouldn't be The Beatles if they had a bald member, and what it was like for Pat to jam with Dave Grohl. Plus! A follow up check in to see if Pat has escaped hat prison since he was first interviewed! Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
Mar 03, 2021•1 hr 15 min
Iconic and accomplished actor Fred Melamed (WandaVision, A Serious Man) joins Brian and Charlie to discuss how the shag hair style is just a sophisticated mullet, how it feels to be told you will be bald at the age of 14, and that no matter how far you’ve come or what you’ve accomplished, you still feel like you’ve got fuzz in the front and shag in the back. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
Feb 24, 2021•1 hr 7 min
Bald super model Christie Valdiserri joins Brian and Charlie for a conversation about what it's like being the first bald model to be featured in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition, founding her "Baldtourage", and breaking barriers in the modeling and dance world. They also discover that all three of them have done dramatic bald reveals on television - Brian's even done two! Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
Feb 17, 2021•1 hr
Voted one of the Best Bassists of ALL TIME, Tony Levin has played with everyone from Peter Gabriel to Stevie Nicks to John Lennon, and of course his influential prog-rock band King Crimson. He discusses being an early adopter of shaving it off, his wig wearing alter ego, Vinny, and how bald musicians are the unicorns of the rock world. Brian and Charlie also nerd out hard with questions about his countless gigs and recording sessions with legends of the music world. Learn more about your ad-choi...
Feb 10, 2021•1 hr 6 min
Rob Huebel zooms in to Bald Talk to join Brian and Charlie in a conversation about Rob originally dyeing his hair for an SNL audition, keeping even hair coloring on the road, laser combs, and the fact that Ben Franklin wanted the turkey to symbolize American, not the bald eagle. Also Charlie apologizes to Rob for being mean to him on a recent zoom and learn an important lesson... we're all human. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
Feb 03, 2021•1 hr 18 min
The man behind Keith Apicary and the Dad Series, comedian and prodigious creator, Nathan Barnatt breaks down the trope of bald as pervert, tells some great ghost stories, and pitches that he might be Buster Keaton reincarnated. All three baldies remember the glory days of trashing the UCB theater. And Charlie has internet problems, finally taking the curse of Brian. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
Jan 27, 2021•1 hr 17 min
Josh Gondelman, fantastic stand-up comedian and producer for the late night show "Desus & Mero," joins Brian and Charlie to discuss early hair loss, people recognizing you only when you remove your hat for a bald reveal, and what a joy it is being a producer for "Desus & Mero." Also, Josh and Brian team up to ease Charlie's intense anxiety about the attempted right-wing coup that just happened. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
Jan 20, 2021•1 hr 11 min
Co-host of The Daily Zeitgeist podcast and 90s media aficionado Miles Gray joins Brian and Charlie to discuss what reflective surfaces you first catch your reflection in and realize you're going bald, his male relatives overwhelming hairlessness, 90s bald icons, and having pirate facial hair. Also they discuss Brian being the Bruce Willis of comedy baldness. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
Jan 13, 2021•1 hr 4 min
Hilarious stand up comedian Maz Jobrani joins Brian and Charlie to discuss his Iranian American mother's crazy bald solution she tried on his head, how salesman characters are bald in every culture, and where to get the best Iranian food in Los Angeles. They also dig into the hat game and all of the various varieties of hats. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
Jan 06, 2021•1 hr
Hilarious actress/stand up, Alice Wetterlund and her musician boyfriend, Garret Lang, couldn't be more in love! Alice admits how baldness used to be a deal breaker before meeting Garret and how the real issue might be that he plays jazz bass. A barrage of new bald terminology is generated, Garret's California style upbringing is examined, and Charlie goes deep with Alice about the creepy niceness of Minneapolis. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
Dec 30, 2020•1 hr 17 min
One of the great character actors of our time, as well as a writer and storyteller, Stephen Tobolowsky is truly a bald icon. He openly shares some of the most harrowing "going bald" tales ever told on the podcast, examines the personal advantages of baldness, and reveals some dark secrets about mechanic shops in the South. Brian's starstruck excitement leads him to pitching himself as Stephen's brother on "One Day at a Time". __ Show Information Twitter: @baldtalkpodcast Instagram: @baldtalkpod ...
Dec 23, 2020•1 hr 3 min
Brian and Charlie get educated on a topic they've lived with for decades and have been doing a podcast about for months - baldness. Their guest this week is Dr. Justin E. Rome, a hair restoration surgeon who discusses his altruistic career move to help people struggling with baldness, the actual scientific reasons for baldness, and myths about hair restoration medication. Also Brian and Charlie marvel at the strange sci-fi world of robots in which Dr. Rome exists. Learn more about your ad-choice...
Dec 16, 2020•1 hr 12 min
Kelci Parker has worked at Adult Swim, as the director of talent & development at Comedy Central, with director Spike Jonze and is now senior manager of comedy at Hulu. She explores how losing her hair to alopecia at age seven has influenced her in a positive way, how important the National Alopecia Areata Foundation (https://www.naaf.org/) was to her growing up, and gets into the weird specifics of wig maintenance. Also, Charlie and Brian stumble onto some bald based projects they want to p...
Dec 09, 2020•1 hr
Prolific director Adam Bernstein has directed such shows as 30 Rock, Fargo, Better Call Saul, and many, many more. He also directed a lot of your favorite music videos including the Beastie Boys video "Hey Ladies". He's also bald. He, Brian, and Charlie discuss casting bald people, Adam's failed attempt to avoid baldness by drinking Cel-Ray soda, and how in his publicity photo he's wearing a wig. Also, Brian reveals his passionate feelings about the Bare Naked Ladies. Learn more about your ad-ch...
Dec 02, 2020•59 min
Colin Mochrie of Who's Line Is It Anyway and much more talks with Charlie and Brian about how his skull shape prevents him from going "full Bic'd" like Charlie and keeps him in the "classic ring" zone with Brian, recounts some hurtful bald slights from friends and fans, and all three do a deep dive into their shared love of improv. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
Nov 25, 2020•1 hr
The actor from Life in Pieces, Veep and Legit defends why a shaggy male pattern ring is hilarious, the definition of character actor, and his wife's initial disappointment that he was bald. Three baldies in the same room, recorded pre-pandemic!! Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
Nov 18, 2020•54 min
Will Hines is an actor, writer, comedian, podcaster, and author. He's also bald. Will discusses with Brian and Charlie such topics as when he first saw he had a bald spot in a security camera, how, unlike Charlie, his brothers are balding, and bald dating. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
Nov 11, 2020•38 min
From Corporate, Adam Ruins Everything, and CollegeHumor, Adam shares heartbreaking tales of bald mockery from children, too many bald jokes in his stand up and the freedom he felt when he took the hairless plunge. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
Nov 04, 2020•59 min
The Senior Programmer for the Tribeca Film Festival and founding member of the hip-hop group Dujeous, Loren Hammonds, is bald. He discusses going from having a lot of hair to no hair very quickly, moving from going to barbers to shaving your own head, what he looks for when he is programming the Tribeca Film Festival, and much more. Also, there is an adorable cameo from Loren's daughter. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
Oct 28, 2020•1 hr
Matt Walsh of Veep and co-founder of The Upright Citizen's Brigade Theater discusses how his red hair is his more dominant trait than his bald head, the vicious bald insults his character Mike McLintock and Brian's character Leon West received on Veep, and how being bald is worse than being very tall. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
Oct 21, 2020•1 hr 5 min
Colton Dunn, of Key & Peele, Parks & Rec, Superstore, and much more chats with Brian and Charlie about who's hair he would have if he could have hair, why he and Brian have beards, and how Colton's fingers have mysteriously gotten skinnier during the pandemic. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
Oct 14, 2020•52 min
Hollywood's top wig maker, Amy Gibson, tells Brian and Charlie how not-traumatizing at all it was to start going bald at 13 while being a child soap opera star, tells the incredible tale of how she spun her character so as not to reveal her baldness, and gives some tips on how to get intimate if you're a bald woman. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
Oct 07, 2020•1 hr 6 min
Multi-credited TV and movie actor Rob Corddry shares his bald father's terse advice, breaks down the commercial he and Huskey shot together that couldn't have two bald guys in it, and gets real about the pandemic when Brian's drops off the Zoom momentarily. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
Sep 30, 2020•57 min
Brad Morris of "Playing House", "Cougar Town", and much more discusses becoming suddenly bald by way of Alopecia, how it affected his acting career, and the few but powerful bonuses of having no hair at all. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
Sep 23, 2020•45 min
The "Black Monday" star dissects the bald head/action hero rule with Charlie and Brian, and opens up about how MTV made him wear a hat for his sketch show "Human Giant". Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
Sep 16, 2020•53 min
The most handsome, and bald, of the "Queer Eye" crew shares his thoughts on self acceptance, the secret society of one named celebs and his new skin care line, Mantl. Charlie opens up with a self love story. Check out Mantl here!: https://mantl.co/ Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
Sep 16, 2020•50 min
The hilarious SNL alum recounts his bald adventures from show business, shares tips on how to survive a pandemic, and declares himself the Covid Warrior through song. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
Sep 16, 2020•1 hr 13 min
Bald comedians Brian Huskey and Charlie Sanders interview bald performers, bald celebrities, and anyone bald about being bald. (And sometimes a hairy person might be in the mix.) While the conceit of the show is silly, the interviews and conversations are a platform for discussions about vulnerability, vanity, insecurity, and self image. That is just what happens when people have a good old fashioned Bald Talk. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
Sep 08, 2020•2 min
