Happy Halloween! Today's episode of the podcast is a recap of this year's 31 Days of Horror, as well as my time at LA Comic Con and more. There was so many incredible locations on this year's 31 Days of Horror. Some of my favorites this year were: The Queen Mary, Rockhaven Sanitarium, The Oman House, The Harris House, and Brand Park, just to name a few. All of the videos are available through my Instagram @timdrake42 or @onthemicpodcast Thank you for following along and sending messages and comm...
Nov 01, 2019•30 min•Ep. 173
On today's episode I have drummer and podcaster, Tony Thaxton! Tony is the drummer for one of my all-time favorite bands, Motion City Soundtrack, as well as the band Don't Stop or We'll Die. Tony also hosts one of my new favorite podcasts, "Bizzare Albums", as well as the "Feliz Navipod" podcast, and is the on-air Producer from Andrea Savage's new podcast "Andrea Savage - Grown Up Woman #Buttholes", and Alison Rosen's podcast, "Alison Rosen is Your New Best Friend". I talked to Tony about growin...
Oct 09, 2019•1 hr 27 min•Ep. 172
Today's episode is a little different from our usual episode as it's a re-release of an old 2014 episode with comedian, Pete Holmes. Normally I wouldn't be a fan of re-releasing an old episode. But with some of the new changes going on with the podcast, going forward I am only going to be keeping the most recent 50 episodes available for download. This chat with Pete was a great talk and he gave some great advice in the episode that I didn't want new listeners to miss out on. I clearly had no id...
Oct 02, 2019•32 min•Ep. 171
On today's episode I have one of my longtime friends, musician David Charles back on the podcast! Dave was previously on the podcast on Episode 1! Back when I was trying to decide if I should start a podcast, I knew Dave would be the perfect person to talk to as he had been touring with Neon Trees as their tour guitarist and we had a history in music together. All these years later Dave is finally back on the show. Even though we just live a few streets away from each other, we rarely get to cat...
Sep 29, 2019•1 hr 54 min•Ep. 170
Today's episode of the podcast is another solo episode! This week wasn't planned to be a solo episode, but after a few guests had to reschedule this week, I decided to improvise. As I mentioned in the first solo episode, one of my biggest issues when I started the podcast years ago was a lack of consistency. This was something I wanted to change and vowed I would. So in the wake of my frustration of not having a guest, I decided to take a deep breath and not let it ruin my week. If you listen to...
Sep 15, 2019•48 min•Ep. 169
On today's episode I recap the news and experiences we had at D23 and Long Beach Comic Con! There's no guest on this episode as I wanted to take the time to share some of the big news from D23 and talk about our experiences at Long Beach Comic Con. We recieved so much news at D23, primarily focused on a lot of the Disney+ programming. There was a lot of news from Star Wars, Marvel, The Muppets, and of course The Simpsons. It was great to return to Long Beach Comic Con this year. It seemed to be ...
Sep 07, 2019•38 min•Ep. 168
On today's episode I have comedian, writer, and musician, Luke Null! Luke is best known for his work on Saturday Night Live as he was part of the Season 43 cast. Luke also just released his first comedy album called, "Guitar Comic", which I cannot suggest enough. Luke and I had never met before, but was somebody I was a fan of that I wanted to learn more about it. I decided to reach out to him and was thrilled that he was willing to come on the show. I talked to Luke about growing up in Ohio, fi...
Aug 31, 2019•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 167
On today's episode I have comedian and writer, Janet Quinonez! Janet and I first crossed paths during my time at Metldown as she and her husband were regulars at shows. I knew Janet had a popular comedy show here in Los Angeles called Drunkalogue, and knew that she would be a great guest to talk comedy and building her career. I talked with Janet about getting her start in radio, living in Texas and moving to LA, deciding to make the career change from the corporate world to TV writing, going th...
Aug 24, 2019•1 hr 31 min•Ep. 166
On today's episode I have viral sensation Alex Kack, aka Green Shirt Guy! Alex became a viral sensation this past week after he was caught on camera laughing at the response of some protesters at a Tuscon City Council meeting. After talking with Alex I also took the time on this episode to talk about two of the recent Emmy FYC events that Netflix invited us to for "Russian Doll" and "When They See Us". I talked with Alex about what it's like to become a viral sensation and know that he will live...
Aug 17, 2019•40 min•Ep. 165
On today's episode I have actor and comedian, Matt Knudsen! Matt and I have been Facebook friends for a few years, but it took us a bit of talking to actually remember how we met. Matt is an incredible actor and comedian who has been seen on CONAN, The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, The Kominksy Method, and The Big Bang Theory, just to name a few. I talked with Matt about moving to Los Angeles and starting comedy, the weird first comedy show he was part of, his stand up...
Aug 09, 2019•1 hr 47 min•Ep. 164
Today's episode of the podcast is a change of pace from our normal episode. There's no guest today, no co-host today, it's just me. Leading up to the San Diego Comic-Con episode, I didn't release an episode for 2 months. I wasn't taking an hiatus or anything of that nature, episodes just simply didn't happen. I went through a lot during those two months. A lot of self discovery, and a lot of loss in someways. During that time I found my way to Ron Funches new podcast "Gettin' Better", which ulti...
Aug 04, 2019•51 min•Ep. 163
On today's episode we are coming to you LIVE from San Diego Comic-Con 2019! This is our fifth year returning to SDCC to do a live show, and this years show did not disappoint! A few days leading up to Comic-Con, I actually didn't know if this panel/show was even going to happen. Guests continued to fall through, and a few days before the convention my co-host also dropped out. Luckily though with moments notice, Todd Masters and Stacie Carver from Toddland quickly jumped on as guests. I knew my ...
Jul 28, 2019•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 162
On today's episode I have the Creators & Producers of the new Netflix show, "Historical Roasts", Eddie Furth and Ryan Pigg! I first met Eddie and Ryan very briefly in passing during my time at Meltdown when Historical Roasts and Fictional Roasts were regular shows at NerdMelt. However, this was the first time we've actually sat down and talked and it was such a great time! I talked with Eddie and Ryan about their time as interns at NerdMelt and how they created the show during one of their s...
May 27, 2019•1 hr 37 min•Ep. 161
On today's episode I talked with writer Guinevere Turner and Director Mary Harron! Guinevere and Mary are best known for writing and directing the hit film, "American Psycho", and their new film "Charlie Says" is in theaters now! I was so incredibly excited to talk with Guinevere and Mary as "American Psycho" is one of my favorite films. I actually didn't know I would be talking to Mary on this episode. As soon as I hung up with Guinevere, their publicist let me know they actually had Mary for m...
May 14, 2019•44 min•Ep. 160
On today's episode, Actor, Writer, Director, and Producer, Brooke Trantor returns to the podcast! Brooke made her first appearance on the podcast on Episode 98, almost exactly 2 years ago! It was great to have Brooke back on the show to catch up and talk about her new film "Yours Are Mine", which is currently on the film festival circuit. Brooke and I talked about loving our East Hollywood neighborhood after realizing we only live a few streets apart, going to the movies, social media and career...
Mar 26, 2019•59 min•Ep. 159
On today's episode, I have Writer and Director Nathan Catucci. Nathan's first feature film, "Impossible Monsters", premiers this Satuday, March 9th at the Cinequest Film Festival in San Jose. I rarely go back and watch a film twice when prepping to record shows, but "Impossible Monsters" is such a fun, twisted thriller that I wanted to make sure that I didn't miss anything. "Impossible Monsters" follows an ambitious professor who gets caught up in the murder of a participant in his sleep study, ...
Mar 08, 2019•25 min•Ep. 158
Today's episode is Part 3 of our Oscar Week coverage! Today's films come to us from the Live Action and Documentary Short categories. I talked with 3 of the Oscar nominated filmmakers, starting with Guy Nattiv from "Skin", Jeremy Comte from "Fauve", and Marshall Curry from "A Night at the Garden". Today's collection of films are all incredibly intense films with powerful themes and messages. I talked with each of the filmmakers about how their films stories came about, how Marshall learned about...
Feb 23, 2019•44 min•Ep. 156
Today's episode is Part 2 of our Oscar week coverage! Today's films focus soley on the Animated Short film category as I talk with 4 of the Oscar Nominated filmmakers, starting with Louise Bagnall from "Late Afternoon", David Fine and Alison Snowden from "Animal Behaviour", and Trevor Jimenez from "Weekends". The animated categories are always some of my favorite because animation offers a lot of freedom to story telling that you can't do with live action, and really lets the filmmakers imaginat...
Feb 22, 2019•37 min•Ep. 155
Today's episode is Part 1 of our Oscar week coverage! All this week I am interviewing the Directors behind the Oscar Nominated short films. Today's episode features 3 filmmakers, Skye Fitzgerald from the Documentary Short "Lifeboat", Ed Perkins from the Documentary Short "Black Sheep", and Andrew Chesworth and Bobby Pontillas from the Animated Short "One Small Step" I talked with all of these filmmakers about finding out their films were nominated for an Oscar, as well as all of the individual a...
Feb 21, 2019•52 min•Ep. 154
On today's episode, I have two-time Emmy winner, head of Conan Digital, and creator of "Clueless Gamer", Aaron Bleyaert! I first met Aaron at one of the final Meltdown shows and have always been a fan of his work on Conan. It was great to finally make this episode work with Aaron's incredibly busy schedule. On the episode I talked with Aaron about his recent visit to the Sundance Film Festival, finding your own voice in entertainment, discovering his love for TV at Michigan State, videos that in...
Feb 14, 2019•1 hr 27 min•Ep. 153
Happy New Years, Everybody! Today is our annual New Years Eve episode of the podcast! Austin and I sat down and reflected on the whirlwind of a year that 2018 has been. With our first full year living in Los Angeles under our belts, we have a lot to look forward to in 2019. So often we see the circular post of "this past year was horrible, here's to next year" only to be repeated time and time again on New Years Eve. We've instead decided to look at how things may have beaten us up this year, an...
Dec 31, 2018•57 min•Ep. 151
On today's episode I have actor and podcaster, James Simenc! James is another member of the Nerdist Showroom family that I had the pleasure of working with and this was great time catching up with James and finding out about all of the incredible projects James has been working on. James is a regular sketch actor on CONAN which we loved talking about. James and I talked about working on CONAN sketches, working at The Nerdist Showroom at Meltdown running into each other at San Diego Comic-Con, ge...
Dec 22, 2018•1 hr 57 min•Ep. 149
On today's episode I have comedian and writer, Max Kerwien! Max and I first became friends while doing stand up and working at the Nerdist Showroom at Meltdown together. We always had such a great time at Meltdown and this was the first time we've had a chance to catch up since it closed back in March. Max just released a new comedic book of poetry called "Poems to Ruin Dinner With" that is now available on Amazon. I talked with Max about stand up and some of our favorite Meltdown stories, battl...
Dec 14, 2018•2 hr 5 min•Ep. 148
On today's episode I have comedy writer, Caitlin Kunkel! I first got to know Caitlin as one of my teachers at The Second City and have continued to follow her career as she as her comedy writing partners launched The Belladonna Comedy in New York. Caitlin and her Belladonna Comedy team recently released the hilarious new satire book, "New Erotica for Feminism". I talked with Caitlin about how she got her start in comedy writing, teaching at The Second City, what inspires her to write, creating a...
Nov 30, 2018•31 min•Ep. 147
On today's episode I have actor and musician, Schuyler Fisk! I have been a fan of Schuyler's for year since I first saw her in "Orange County" and knew I had to have her on the podcast. She was already out of town for Thanksgiving, but still took the time to call into the podcast to promote her new film "Every Other Holiday" that premiers tomorrow night (Nov. 23rd) at 10PM on Lifetime. I also talked with Schuyler about getting her start in acting, support of her family, making her own career and...
Nov 22, 2018•26 min•Ep. 146
On today's episode, Austin and I go through the last month and talk about all of our experiences filming our "31 Days of Horror". We've had such a great time filming at all of these haunted locations and telling their history and their stories. We of course are skeptical on these kind of stories, but we love telling them. While filming, we definitely had some weird experiences that we talked about on the episode. We also talked about my weekend at LA Comic Con and Austin's weekend back in Salt L...
Oct 31, 2018•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 145
Today's episode is the 4th in our series of special Halloween Episode! We decided to cover a topic that we realized there wasn't very many of... Halloween Songs. We usually just hear "The Monster Mash" on repeat over and over again, but we found a few of the other songs we enjoy that are also part of Halloween. We talked about what makes a good Halloween Song, some creepy stories behind some of the songs, new songs that we hadn't heard yet, "Nightmare Before Christmas" cover songs, and possibly ...
Oct 26, 2018•35 min•Ep. 144
On today's episode I have Beowulf Jones! Beowulf is the Producer of the RISK! Podcast Live LA shows, as well as the Host and Producer of the storytelling show "Turtle" at The Ruby here in LA. I first met Beowulf when I was working at the Nerdist Showroom at Meltdown. Beowulf was one of the main techs at Meltdown and one of the first people to welcome me into Meltdown fold. I talked with Beowulf about growing up in Canada, working on Wall Street, getting started in comedy, moving to New York, wor...
Oct 20, 2018•1 hr 40 min•Ep. 143
Today's episode is our 3rd episode in our special Halloween episodes! Today we are talking about two of our favorite book series when we were kids, Goosebumps and Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark. Don't be thrown off in the episode by the fact that I'm an idiot and keep calling Scary Stories, "Scary Tales". For some reason I couldn't get "Scary Tales" out of my head. We talked about all of our favorite Goosebump books, the art in the books, going to bookfairs, the Goosebumps movies, the Scary S...
Oct 16, 2018•37 min•Ep. 142
On today's episode, we have comedian and actor Moses Storm! We've wanted to have Moses on the show for a while and were so glad he was able to fit us into his incredibly busy schedule. I first saw Moses' comedy last year when he performed on CONAN. During the same time he was on CONAN, he was also working on the YouTube Red show "Youth and Consequences" with Austin. On the episode we talked with Moses about getting his start in comedy, moving to LA, working out his CONAN set, hosting the monthly...
Oct 13, 2018•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 141
