Today, we have a guest from Season 1 Episode 6, "Rock Show" - Stephanie Erb! Stephanie played Ron's date/Tammy 2's "Younger, prettier sister" - go back and watch it as a refresher, so fun! We have a really great walk-down-memory-lane on this episode in particular and discuss her journey in acting, booking her first big role, our fav TV shows and of course our favorite things about Parks and Rec!! Yes, they deserve all the Emmys! Plus, so cool to see the symbolic green bench at the pit in Season ...
Aug 14, 2025•1 hr 25 min
ALL THE GUEST STARS! Voice memo guest stars from The Pawnee Eagleton Tip Off Classic AND all the guest star appearances on Doppelgangers! Today, I'm solo, but never fear - Madi sent in her summary and we are off to the races! We meet the Eagleton Parks crew to find out who stays and goes, Leslie crashes out about Ann, and Ben/Chris have a nostalgic moment. Did you know the Beaufort scale was invented by Sir Beaufort to measure wind? Did you know Sam Elliott and Nick Offerman are like... friends?...
Aug 07, 2025•2 hr
Classic episode alert! Leslie struggles with Ben being on her side, Tom and Donna try to get Ron off the grid, and April and Ann learn about making tough decisions by trusting your gut. :) Things we learned: - Not everyone was super pleased with this episode when it came out, what?! - Aubrey Plaza is a huge fan of Chris Bosh and told a hilarious story on Conan about meeting Bosh. (link below) - "How you like them apples?" was made famous by Good Will Hunting. (Madi knew, I did not lol) Check it ...
Jul 17, 2025•2 hr 4 min
What a learning week! Things we learn: -Hugh Jackman is not what a wolverine looks like. LOL -Coffee grounds can in fact drive slugs away, but it's not always 100% effective. -Stonehenge is 2 hours away from London, so Andy REALLY missed the train. -Mongolia is super interesting to learn about and Khongordzol is a Queen. -Reindeer (caribou) is definitely eaten in Scandinavian countries. Sorry, Vixen. -The people around you love you and respect you more than you know. And they're showing you even...
Jul 03, 2025•1 hr 26 min
WE'RE BACK! Season 6 baby! The Parks gang heads to London for Leslie to accept an award (thank you April for submitting!), Andy and Ben get a wild twist of fate with Lord Covington, and Tommy learns who is behind his intellectual property being stolen!!!! We also learn about how Jerry and Donna eventually get their name in the opening sequence! We also get wonderful voice memos with behind-the-scenes details from Heather McPhaul, who was in the montage of angry citizens "caring loudly" at Leslie...
Jun 26, 2025•1 hr 28 min
I loved this conversation so much!!!!! Full disclosure, we kept thinking of things to talk about, so enjoy our many "endings" that turned into other stories LOL Brian Stack played Ted in Article Two, and the jeweler when Ann and Chris go to the jewelery store, BUT he was a writer on Conan for 18 years, he currently writes for Stephen Colbert and I talked his ear off about it all! We discuss his beginnings in Second City in Chicago, how he knew Amy Poehler, and advice for young sketch performers....
Apr 03, 2025•1 hr 45 min
We feel better off, and that is IMPORTANT OKAY!? And while I would like to burn the Recall Knope float to the ground, we are going to review this episode anyway 😂😂 And in the words of Ben, the more you accomplish, the more heat you get. Leslie faces counterpoints even though she has made the town healthier, Tom faces an obstacle with Rent-A-Swag and someone is pregnant?!?!?! What a way to end a season!!!! We love that all the guest stars are returning, and how cool to have a mystery/dramatic m...
Mar 27, 2025•1 hr 22 min
It's putt putt time! And why don't you melt the cheese!? Leslie and Ron fight to get what they think is best for the community, Andy re-discovers Mouse Rat music is his passion and Ann and Tom have a Mona Lisa meltdown! Also, we learn where this putt putt actually takes place, and hear some super fun deleted scenes! "You two make a guy feel like a real lady" -Jamm LOL Don't forget to check out the interview with Andrew Burly Burlinson!!!! He's so wonderful and we are so grateful to get to talk t...
Mar 20, 2025•1 hr 6 min
🎶🎶 Eggs, bacon and toast! 🎶🎶🎶 It's Jerry Day! (or what I'm calling Jerry Day) We hear from Julie Brister, who plays the incredibly funny guard at the executive dining hall ("His dream, really?) Check her out on St. Denis Medical coming out soon! Thank you for sharing your audition story, being coached/taught by THE Amy Poehler herself and explaining more about your night shoot! Go ahead and follow her! Julie's Insta! https://www.instagram.com/bristahsouljah/ Ann and Chris have more awkward ...
Mar 13, 2025•1 hr 31 min
Omg it's Ted Party day!!!!!!! aka Star Wars/Patton Oswalt Day! Today, we get some behind-scenes on removing some Pawnee charter rules, Chris and Ron debate which motivation tactic is better, and Ann and Ben join forces to figure out Leslie's incessant anniversary gifts. Kudos to Leslie for moving Pawnee forward and bringing our town into the future while finding a compromise that suits its citizens best. :) Today, we also get a voice memo from my past improv teacher at iO West, Jaime Moyer! She ...
Mar 06, 2025•1 hr 12 min
Starting this episode with our Partridge park ranger, Clark Freeman! Thank you so much for talking about your original audition (not a park ranger!), getting the call the NIGHT BEFORE and how sweet Adam Scott is! Plus, keep an eye out for his project! IMDB Instagram But we MUST talk about how amazing Adam Scott is and how nice he was to respond to my fan theory on Severance, omg! Peep 9:14 minute mark!!!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vztTLzRXCSw Then I start the Animal Control episode paying ...
Feb 27, 2025•1 hr 12 min
We're headed to Partridge, people! Ben on painkillers is the absolute best, Jamm gets Jammed, and Chris and Ann are... not doing great compatibility-wise. We have a lot to discuss and Madi is back! We get to hear an awesome deleted scene from Ben's doctor and discuss at length the forced feeling of Chris and Ann, which is a bummer. Love that the Parks team gets payback for Ron though, we love!!! Omg, plus JK Simmons!!! Don't forget to rate and review and subscribe and all the things! xoxo Suppor...
Feb 20, 2025•1 hr 18 min
HAPPY GALENTINES! Let's celebrate by reviewing a classic Parks episode! New guests coming in hot! (Jenny Slate/Mona Lisa omg!!!) Parks and business mix with a quintessential Ron and Leslie moment! And we discuss/rant about how in the heck did Chris go from sperm donor to dad? Also, why does Ann care so much about April liking her? PS - we love Mara Marini's episode (Aka THE Brandi Maxxxx), check it out here! She is a queen among queens! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/our-conversation-with...
Feb 13, 2025•52 min
Oh, the awkwardness. April asks Chris to be a sperm donor and I go on a tangent about how it didn't have to be this way. Leslie gets her jokes stolen and Donna saves the day with her magical prowess by finding the thief! (it wasn't Jerry) Plus, there's a super funny gag reel and an amazing voice memo from Morgan Parker Brown who plays Charles (the server/Sweetums assistant) with INCREDIBLE details! Oh and also Nick Offerman directs for the first time!!!!! Thank you Morgan and please be sure to c...
Jan 30, 2025•54 min
I love you and I like you! The moment we've been waiting for! So many guest stars from our last episode too! It's been a long and winding road as Tom says for these lovebirds, but we are so excited and honored to review this very special, tender moment. SO BEAUTIFUL! Thank you to all of our guest stars!!! And thank you to Kirston Mann for reminding me that the costume department DID in fact sew Leslie's dress with paper on fabric, so perfect. Peter Allen Vogt: (amazing BTS about all the improv a...
Jan 16, 2025•1 hr 32 min
50,000 dollars is so much money to raise in one episode, but we can do it!!!!! Especially in this season! Leslie is called away to work on an emergency preparedness test for the city while the Parks gang takes over the fundraising gala to get this park going! Thank you so much to Will McLaughlin who plays Officer Killnose for sending great behind-the-scenes memories! So fun to hear about your character name! We appreciate it so much! Also some amazing deleted scenes to share and was there a body...
Jan 09, 2025•1 hr
The episode that started it all! (Or at least the name of our show... "I guess we're Park Pals" *wink*) But honestly, I think our name comes from the true amazing park pals we get to come on this show and share their stories. Words can't really describe how much it means to me that actors and crew take time out of their day to contribute to our podcast and give us such incredible stories. This Pawnee community is so wonderful and something that I love to shed light on. <3 On that note, today ...
Dec 19, 2024•1 hr 37 min
All the guest stars this week, so exciting! Thank you so very much to everyone who sent in these awesome, detail-filled behind-the-scenes messages, we love! Women can do anything. The end, bye! :) Tim Trobec (construction worker who finds the penis candy haha!): https://www.instagram.com/timtrobec11/ https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1617308/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t24 Joe Foust (server at St. Elmo's Steakhouse): https://www.instagram.com/joefoustart/ https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1724467/?ref_=fn_all_nme_1 Ki...
Dec 12, 2024•1 hr 26 min
How did Newt Gingrich get here? Is there such a thing as too many penis shaped things? Can Jerry kick a field goal? Are the Colts super cool? Discover all that and more on this week's episodes of Two Parties! The compassion, the friendship, the happiness, that's what's important in life. And also making fun of the white man. :) Thank you Iker Amaya and Joe Foust for sending in such WONDERFUL voice memos! We loved hearing all of these stories omg! Please follow them below! https://www.instagram.c...
Nov 27, 2024•1 hr 25 min
Did you know some of the woodworkers in this episode are real woodworkers!? So much wood to be worked - we love Tammy omg Plus, Leslie is meeting Diane, Diane is meeting Tammy, Chris is meeting Millie's fiance, WE ARE MEETING GAYLE! Ben and Leslie play emotional support roles to their friends, some of the Parks gang learns a Christmas lesson for Jerry, and we learn how the amazing Christie Brinkley got her role on Parks. Also, do you guys like egg nog? Christian Becksvoort (Shaker Style Woodmake...
Nov 07, 2024•1 hr 18 min
Some of you haven't listened to the amazing conversation I had with Yvans Jourdain and you need to!!!! We absolutely loved talking about all things spiritual, acting, overcoming insecurities and the journey life takes you on! PS - He's in a Paxlovid commercial and I just LOVE seeing Parks people out in the wild. 😜 Yvans played Councilman Howser and I LOVED getting to hear about the backstory and how his character is the father figure to them all :) We hope you enjoy and don't forget to rate, re...
Oct 17, 2024•1 hr 43 min
Yay, we're talking about the Park that started it all! First we start with jazz plus jazz equals jazz, then we get into Eagleton vs. Pawnee while Tom shows such a great growth arc and Burt Macklin hangs up his shades. Did you know Brad Hall aka Wreston St. James is married to Julia Louis Dreyfuss?!! Also, we talk about Julia's show Wiser Than Me, it's INCREDIBLE. Please take a listen. Plus, thank you to Derek Baynham for the wonderful email giving us amazing behind-the-scenes details about his t...
Oct 10, 2024•1 hr 39 min
This week, we're discussing whose side you're on! Leslie or April or was there a way to compromise? Seems like we all had different gut reactions, but we all know we could (and did) compromise somehow :) ALSO PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN HELLO!!!!!! Also, random side fact, did you know the Sweetums molasses explosion was based on a true story? Meanwhile, Ben gets a million job offers (and saddens the accounting firm... again) while Tom gets rejections and Andy and Chris go through the realities of being ...
Oct 03, 2024•54 min
Yay, welcome Mary Faber to the pod, the iconic Kathryn Pinewood of the Pawnee Restaurant Association!! First, we talk about all things Parks, like auditioning, working with her old college pal Gregory Levine (script supervisor), improvising some lines and being the nememis to Leslie! Then I dive into asking questions about her professional Broadway experiences! (she's been in Avenue Q, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying and American Idiot!) I loved getting to hear her process and h...
Sep 26, 2024•58 min
Are you a Twizzlers or Red Vines family? Should we invest in gold? Who did Adam Scott originally audition for? All that and more on this new episode where we break down meeting Ben's parents, Chris's emotional rollercoaster, and the growth of Tom! Plus, a wonderful guest cast to talk about and insider cab driver details! Please rate and review and share with all of your friends! Support the show Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts! Follow us @parkpalspodcast on Instagram! Or email us at parkpal...
Sep 12, 2024•1 hr 42 min
Hi! Throwing you a bonus today, because I hit record and we didn't know this cool chat about therapy would happen <3 We discuss our therapists, (which leads wonderfully into Chris being open about his therapy journey), what works best for you and how to relate to people and all the things. We also talk about introversion and extroversion (you should read the book "Quiet: The Power of Introverts In A World That Can't Stop Talking"). Hope you enjoy and that this helps you feel in community with...
Sep 05, 2024•16 min
Yay, Halloween is here, a sad Fart Attack, and the LERPISS FAMILY!! We learn what the real Halloween movie name that's shown at the Parks Dept (it's called Blood Hook from the 80's), Tom invents Rent-A-Swag, and Ron, Leslie and Ben all take steps in their relationships! IT'S SO WONDERFUL AND EMOTIONAL!!!! Plus, Jerry has some super insightful, wise moments and we love. We do go on some tangents, sorry not sorry. THANK YOU so much to our amazing guests! Ryan Radis - unwilling to pay $300 for a us...
Aug 29, 2024•1 hr 48 min
"Great news! Lots of old people have chlamydia." This week, we discuss abstinence-only vs Leslie's sex education! (Where for some reason we have bananas, a cucumber, a pineapple AND a watermelon?) Also, this story line was based on a real discussion at this time - STD's were spreading everywhere through old folks homes. Thank you Alan Yang and Craig Zisk for giving us this gem of an episode. <3 We also discuss social media and how it's only gotten worse, but can be used as a tool and for joy ...
Aug 15, 2024•1 hr 46 min
Hi I saw a video on Tik Tok (Surprise, surprise) about a focus wheel and I wanted to share my exercise with you! I've always found manifesting difficult to wrap my head around, because I'd like to experience peace and contentment now, not when "X" thing happens. This seemed like a good balance, but maybe I'm just delusional and isn't that really the point? Money comes to me. I am debt free. Those are my statements. What are yours? Feel free to venmo me at any time by the way LOL @hollyxconstant ...
Aug 07, 2024•23 min
THE PERM. MUST. WAIT. We start this episode discussing the Olympics (GO USA AND BEYONCE AND CELINE AND SIMONE AND EVERYONE!) then we dive into how a bill becomes a law!!! What a great episode to set up some wonderful characters for the Parks gang to add to their crew! And we don't know about you, but seeing Ron start a healthy relationship is so emotional! We decide we'd love a road trip with Ben, the amazing Jamm (Jon Glaser!) joins the cast and of course Diane, our super cool badass lady shows...
Jul 31, 2024•1 hr 23 min
