Meet George Hahn: humorist, urbanist, satirist, soloist, bicyclist, mid-century modernist, and all around fascinating NYC figure! Check out his podcast Hahn, Solo , a podcast that he does himself (solo). The topics range from city living, entertainment, media, style, dogs, wellness...whatever is on his brilliant mind. For everything George Hahn go to https://georgehahn.com/ . Listen to George Hahn, and EnJOY! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Oct 29, 2024•54 min•Season 2Ep. 14
Meet Rufus Wainwright, praised by the New York Times for his “genuine originality,” Rufus Wainwright has established himself as one of the great male vocalists, songwriters, and composers of his generation. The New York-born, Montreal-raised singer-songwriter has released ten studio albums to date, three DVDs, and three live albums including the Grammy-nominated Rufus Does Judy at Carnegie Hall. He has collaborated with artists such as Elton John, Burt Bacharach, Miley Cyrus, David Byrne, Boy Ge...
Oct 22, 2024•47 min•Season 2Ep. 13
Meet DJ Qualls, actor known for his memorable roles in films like "Road Trip “ and "The New Guy,” as well as popular TV series including "Supernatural," "The Man in the High Castle,” and "Z Nation." With a career spanning over two decades, Qualls has established himself as a talented character actor with a unique presence on both big and small screens. He also co-hosts a new podcast called “Locked and Probably Loaded with DJ and Kelly”. EnJOY! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Oct 15, 2024•49 min•Season 2Ep. 12
Meet Roxane Gay, the prolific and critically acclaimed New York Times -bestselling author, editor, essayist, respected academic and celebrated cultural commentator, whose intellect, charm and singular perspective capture the zeitgeist of our era. Roxane’s next highly anticipated book OPINIONS: A Decade of Arguments, Criticism, and Minding Other People’s Business, an exhilarating collection of her best nonfiction essays on culture, feminism, politics, and everything in between, will be published ...
Oct 08, 2024•47 min•Season 2Ep. 11
The man, the legend, Thomas Lennon is back on the podcast, an American actor, comedian, screenwriter, producer, director, novelist and Craig’s good friend. He plays Lieutenant Jim Dangle on the series Reno 911! Lennon is also an accomplished screenwriter of several major studio comedies, he wrote the Night at the Museum films, The Pacifier , Balls of Fury , and Baywatch . EnJOY! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Oct 01, 2024•45 min•Season 2Ep. 10
Meet A.O. Scott, a critic at large for The New York Times Book Review. In the mid-90s, he abandoned academia for journalism, writing mostly about books for The Nation, The New York Review of Books, Newsday, Slate and The New York Times, which hired him as a film critic at the beginning of 2000. A.O. Scott spent more than 23 years in that job, reviewing thousands of movies, attending film festivals, making Oscar predictions and interviewing the likes of Robert De Niro, Jennifer Lopez and the Coen...
Sep 24, 2024•50 min•Season 2Ep. 9
Meet Valarie Kaur, a Sikh activist, author, lawyer, spiritual leader, and founder of the Revolutionary Love Project. Her children's book WORLD OF WONDER was released on August 20th followed shortly after by her book SAGE WARRIOR on September 10th released by Random House. Additionally, in this crucial election year, Valarie is taking the Revolutionary Love Project on a bus tour across 40+ cities in the United States from September – October. The tour will energize hearts, build community bonds, ...
Sep 17, 2024•50 min•Season 2Ep. 8
Comedian David Cross needs no introduction, Emmy Award winner and two-time Grammy Award nominee David Cross is an inventive performer, writer, and producer on stage and screen. Check out his highly engaging conversation with Craig. From July through December 2024, David will tour theatres in 50 cities across the U.S. with his new show, David Cross: The End Of The Beginning Of The End . Additional international dates are being planned for 2025. All tour dates and tickets available at David’s webs...
Sep 10, 2024•52 min•Season 2Ep. 7
Meet Natalie Cuomo, born and raised in Queens, NY, Natalie was named one of New York Comedy Festival's "Comics To Watch" in 2023 and has been featured in Time Out NY, LA Times, New York Magazine, Inked Magazine, and Metal Injection. She hosts her own podcast called Help! With Natalie Cuomo. She is also currently on tour, check out her full list of dates here . Listen to Natalie and Craig discuss all things comedy and life. EnJOY! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Sep 03, 2024•49 min•Season 2Ep. 6
The amazing and charming Dr. Cerf is back! He is one of the world’s top thoracic surgeons and his peers have voted him one of America’s Best Doctors. He is also here to deliver the exciting news that NYU ranked number one in U.S. News & World Report in lung cancer surgery and lung surgery. EnJOY this enlightening conversation between Dr. Cerf and Craig! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Aug 27, 2024•51 min•Season 2Ep. 5
Meet Molly Kearney, an American stand-up comedian and actor best known for her work on NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live. Molly and Craig discuss growing up in religious environment, being an outsider and reasons why one might become a comedian. EnJOY! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Aug 20, 2024•49 min•Season 2Ep. 4
Meet Robert Smigel, a writer, producer, actor and director known best for his Saturday Night Live “TV Funhouse” cartoon shorts and as the creator and voice of Triumph, the Insult Comic Dog, the foul-mouthed puppet who mercilessly mocks celebrities and others in the style of a Borscht Belt comedian. Triumph debuted on Late Night with Conan O’Brien , for which Robert served as the first Head Writer/Producer. Watch Robert’s latest live video from Triumph the Insult Comic Dog’s San Francisco perform...
Aug 13, 2024•1 hr 10 min•Season 2Ep. 3
Meet Susie Essman who needs no introduction! She is best known for her role as Susie Greene on Curb Your Enthusiasm. Susie talks to Craig about her stand up career and why she is not doing it anymore, her growing up in the Bronx, the family dynamics and of course everything Curb Your Enthusiasm. Absolutely do not miss this episode and check out her podcast titled The History Of Curb Your Enthusiasm With Jeff Garlin & Susie Essman here . EnJOY! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy informat...
Aug 06, 2024•55 min•Season 2Ep. 2
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson Reunion with Josh Robert Thompson who was Geoff Peterson the sassy robot and Joseph Bolter who was the Secretariat aka the sassy horse. This one is for all the late late show fans! EnJOY! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jul 30, 2024•1 hr 2 min•Season 2Ep. 1
Meet Stephanie Boswell, an internationally acclaimed pastry chef, creator of the Faberge Egg, a signature dessert that has received worldwide recognition and the Foie Gras Candy Bar, which the late Anthony Bourdain called a “must-do in Las Vegas.” Catch her on first season of NEXT BAKING MASTER now, enJOY! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jul 23, 2024•52 min•Season 1Ep. 52
Meet Eric Mourlot. For onwards of 152 years, Fernand Mourlot (Eric’s grandfather) has been synonymous with the resurgence of lithography – a process which under his influence, attracted the greatest artistic masters of our time. The medium provided a new avenue of expression, a new realm of possibilities for the likes of Picasso, Matisse, Chagall, Miró, Braque, Dubuffet, Léger, and Giacometti to enrich their own work as well as fine art in general. As a child, Eric Mourlot participated in the pr...
Jul 16, 2024•49 min•Season 1Ep. 51
Meet Scott Aukerman, the founder of podcast. He began his comedy career as a writer and performer on HBO’s Mr. Show with Bob and David. In 2009, he debuted a comedy radio show featuring real-life guests and improvised characters, which is now called Comedy Bang Bang: The Podcast! In 2010, he co-founded the Earwolf Podcast Network. In 2012, he started a television series based upon his podcast, Comedy Bang! Bang!, which completed five seasons on IFC. Scott co-created and directs the Funny or Die ...
Jul 09, 2024•1 hr 4 min•Season 1Ep. 50
Steve Guttenberg needs no introduction, an actor, author, businessman, producer, and director. His lead roles in films include Cocoon , Police Academy , Three Men and a Baby and many many others. Steve has a new book out titled ’Time to Thank: Caregiving for my Hero’ and you can buy it here . The book chronicles the fun journey Steve took getting to Hollywood to become an actor, but also talks about how he recently had to put all on hold when he tended to his father after he was diagnosed with k...
Jul 02, 2024•58 min•Season 1Ep. 49
Welcome to the young comedian special with Kalea McNeill & Andrew Rivers, two great comics and rad people! Tune in for fun conversation about what the life of a true comedian is like in the modern age. Andrew's brilliant brand new special is out now titled Hello, Beautiful and you can click here to watch it. Kalea’s new hilarious set on Comedy Central can be seen here and her special "Sma'am" is currently on Prime Video, visit her website for more info on all things Kalea http://kaleamcneill...
Jun 25, 2024•49 min•Season 1Ep. 48
Meet Kate Micucci, an American actress, comedian, and musician who is half of the musical comedy duo Garfunkel and Oates . Kate talks about Hollywood, family life, mental health and her experience with postpartum depression, splitting her life between LA and NYC and much more. She fills Craig in on what her experience micro dosing mushrooms has been like and closes the episode with amazing airplane story. Tune in and EnJOY! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Jun 18, 2024•53 min•Season 1Ep. 47
Meet Dave Foley, a Canadian-American actor, stand-up comedian, director, producer and writer. He is best known as a co-founder of the comedy group The Kids in the Hall . Listen to Craig and Dave catch up and talk Hollywood, religion and UFOs. EnJOY! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jun 11, 2024•1 hr 9 min•Season 1Ep. 46
In Craig’s words "Aisha Tyler is so cool I’m always aghast that she agrees to hang out with me. Come share her elegance, poise and intelligence and my (a)ghastliness on this weeks Joy.” Check out Aisha’s new cocktail company losophe and catch her on new season of Criminal Minds premiering June 6th. EnJOY! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jun 04, 2024•1 hr 5 min•Season 1Ep. 45
"This week on Joy - Justin Willman - who for my money is the most entertaining practitioner of craft since Houdini - explains why magic makes you cynical and I tell him how to meet a ghost. Top notch episode," Craig Ferguson says. Willman is best known for hosting and executive producing the Netflix series Magic for Humans — showcasing a diverse array of tricks, from mind-bending mentalism to classic sleight of hand. His new Netflix series, The Magic Prank Show premiered April 1st (April Fool’s ...
May 28, 2024•1 hr 1 min•Season 1Ep. 44
Meet Craig’s friend Ariel Tweto, Ariel was a frequent guest on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, has a recurring voice role on the Fox animated sitcom The Great North, playing a teenage girl named Kima Evanoff and is best known for TV show called Flying Wild Alaska that features the Tweto family from Unalakleet, Alaska who run the Alaska airline Era Alaska. EnJOY this conversation about psychology, flying planes and friendship! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
May 21, 2024•52 min•Season 1Ep. 43
Meet Craig’s friend Tom Straw. Straw published his first mystery novel, The Trigger Episode , in 2007. Subsequently, writing as Richard Castle, he authored seven more crime novels, all of which became New York Times Bestsellers. Buzz Killer is Tom Straw’s first book under his own name since that blockbuster Nikki Heat series. He is also an Emmy- and Writer’s Guild of America-nominated TV writer and producer having written and produced Night Court, Parker Lewis Can’t Lose, Dave’s World, Grace Und...
May 14, 2024•50 min•Season 1Ep. 42
Please Meet Craig’s long time friend John Henson, an American comedian, actor, and talk show host. He was the co-host of ABC 's Wipeout with John Anderson . Sit back and listen to two friends in an engaging conversation, catching up and bringing jokes and joy to you today, enJOY! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
May 07, 2024•53 min•Season 1Ep. 41
Meet Kevin Heffernan & Steve Lemme, two fifths of the funniest comedy troupe in America called Broken Lizard! They are responsible for hilarious films such as Beerfest, Super Troopers, Super Troopers 2 and the tv show Tacoma FD. Don’t miss Craig, Kevin and Steve just straight up riffing for an hour, laughs guaranteed, EnJOY! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Apr 30, 2024•52 min•Season 1Ep. 40
Meet Matt Walsh, an American comedian and actor. He is best known for his role as Mike McLintock in Veep and for being one of the founding members of the Upright Citizens Brigade . Listen to Craig and Matt discuss Hollywood, improv, family and much more. Matt is one of the best out there. EnJOY! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Apr 23, 2024•56 min•Season 1Ep. 39
Meet Matt Williams, the creator of hit shows Roseanne and Home Improvement among many other successful project s. Matt never focused on red carpets and glitzy parties during his lengthy and successful career in the entertainment industry. Rather, he says, what sustained him, guided him, and inspired him were divine glimpses of goodness and grace. Listen to Matt talk about that and so much more in this interview. Matt’s new book Glimpses is out now and he is donating all the money from this book ...
Apr 16, 2024•47 min•Season 1Ep. 38
Meet Sung Kang, an American actor best known for his role as Han Lue in the Fast & Furious franchise. Tune in this week and listen to Sung talk about his time growing up in the American south, his enthusiasm for cars and his love for acting and directing. Listen to his podcast Car Stories with co-host Emelia Hartford wherever you get your podcasts. EnJOY! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Apr 09, 2024•53 min•Season 1Ep. 37