What an episode! We have a ton of guest stars (thank you!), and Brookelynn Constant is back, yay!!! Brookelynn is so smart and knows so much more than Holly, time capsules are stupid (there are real life examples we discuss), and there were biblical references up in this episode?! Plus, so much BTS and Twilight talk!!!!! Thank you Jeanne Simpson , Carlo Mendez , and Kelly Hawthorne for sending in voice memos and Jeffrey Markle for sending emails! Don't forget to follow us on Instagram and Twitte...
Aug 18, 2022•2 hr 27 min
YOU GUYS! Dexhart is an amazing guest and I have a feeling some of you haven't heard it yet! Please enjoy how excited we are by how excited HE IS about this show! We love when someone on the show is as big a fan as we are! Please remember you can ask him for personal messages via Cameo and don't forget he's not as sleazy in real life but he will Kevin's YouTube!: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEQdbINKqPfzDhm7LFMG_2g Social Media: @thekevinsymons Get a personalized message on Cameo!: https://w...
Aug 11, 2022•2 hr 2 min•Season 2Ep. 43
It's flu season ya'll! Aka the most iconic episode with the most random references (so many sports), improv lines, and WAFFFLESSSSSS. "Stop Pooping" "Internet connectivity problems" "Leslie Monster" " You had me at Meat Tornado" "My body is a microchip" I mean I don't know if we need to say any more right?! Join Tom at Spawnee and then question with us why Ann doesn't get sick even though she's surrounded by sick people. Thank you to Crystal Leigh for joining us, we always love having you!!!!!! ...
Aug 04, 2022•1 hr 51 min•Ep. 42
Join Holly, Madi and Sean as we go on the cringiest episode of Parks yet! Ann goes out with Chris to entice him to give money to the Parks department and Leslie throws her under the bus for it. Tough look. Meanwhile, Andy is in love with April but she has a new Venezuelan boyfriend! And then Ron flaunts his new lover Wendy so Tom is a jerk to Lucy at the basketball game making everyone look awful and selfish. Oh dear, chaos! But now we have the Harvest Festival idea, yay!!!! Thanks to David Tric...
Jul 28, 2022•1 hr 22 min•Ep. 41
This week we're joined by the amazing Cooper Thornton aka Dr Harris!!!!! He was wonderful to talk to and answered all of our questions with such generosity! We talk all about Parks and his process for Dr Harris, but did you know he was in the Office (yes! - sadly it was cut), he went to the Welsh School of Drama (and did fight choreo at his professor's wedding?!), he is a competitive swimmer and he's from Nashville?!? (Holly was excited) Please enjoy Cooper's interview and be sure to follow him ...
Jul 14, 2022•1 hr 14 min•Ep. 40
This is a long one because we start this episode talking about the terrible, heartbreaking loss of lives that happened in Uvalde. Since we've recorded this episode, there have been AT LEAST 2 more mass shootings and we NEED to do something about it. Text ACT to 644-33 to email your senators and then text MARCH to 954954 to find out where you can find a "March for Your Lives" event near you. It really is so quick to do this, please please do this. RESOURCES: Follow Everytown on Instagram and go t...
Jun 09, 2022•3 hr 13 min•Season 2Ep. 39
Welcome back to Part 2 of the Master Plan where we start right where we left off! WOOMPF, there it is!!! (Ben's inauguration song) Our amazing friend April Eden comes back (aka Trish) and she gave us some AMAZING details on what it was like to be on set that day - ALSO CONGRATS ON BEING A NASA AMBASSADOR YAY! Then, Andy and April and Ann have an accidental love triangle moment (and Jean Ralphio wedges his way in somehow....) plus Leslie and Ann get super drunk and we see the budding of a new fri...
May 26, 2022•59 min•Season 2Ep. 38
TED! Ben is here!!!!!! It's the moment we've all been waiting for- the time when Ben and Chris arrive! We split this episode into two parts because it was just TWO good (get it because TWO parts, omg, wow) and we needed to cover everything! Join us as we go on deep dives about the Swiss Police Force, Hydrox vs Oreo, Jack London (why is Leslie obsessed with him?) and of course we spend the last minutes going over Adam Scott and Rob Lowe, hello?!?! Grab a drink and a friend and catch up with us! L...
May 19, 2022•1 hr 26 min•Season 2Ep. 37
Let’s Dia-beat-this! Today, Leslie tries to show her a$$ again (for a good cause), Detlef gets a 15 minute tangent because that guy is incredible and so many guest stars that we’ve interviewed come back to make their appearance! Wild! Thanks to Sean Trainor for joining us, Linda Montana aka Denise Yermley (Pawnee's most bookable talent!) for sending in a video, Burly and John Balma aka Barney for the emails (if you have/know a dog in need of caretaking in San Francisco please reach out to sfstow...
May 05, 2022•1 hr 46 min•Season 2Ep. 36
As Madi says in her summary, "LET THE CHAOS BEGIN!" Join Holly and welcome our amazing friend Crystal Leigh, as we go OFF the literal deep end with deep dives about the Turnbill mansion, all the wild relationships AND talk to 7 (SEVEN!!!) of the costars who had meetings with the Parks crew, either via voice memo, emails or phone conversation! AMAZING! PLUS a very special message from our very own Christopher Murray aka Nick Newport Sr himself! Big thank you to Crystal Leigh who joined us on this...
Apr 21, 2022•2 hr 51 min•Season 2Ep. 35
This week we are re-airing one of our most favorite episodes and our very first interview ever, Vincent Jones!!!! We talked about Vincent last year so we wanted to go ahead and share this for those of you who haven't heard! Even if you have, this one is a treat and such a fun time to hear true behind the scenes stories: can you even imagine Parks without this theme song?! We'll be back for fresh episodes in two weeks because podcasting is a real job and we all need a break sometimes. Enjoy this ...
Apr 07, 2022•1 hr 9 min•Season 2Ep. 34
Please welcome Emmy award winner, Director and Director of Photography extraordinaire, Michael Trim! He DP'd a lot of Parks and Rec and also directed legendary episodes like Park Safety, April and Andy's Fancy Party, and Fluoride along with DP'ing some of the most iconic music videos ever including Express Yourself by Madonna, Crash and Burn by Savage Garden, and Love Is Strong by the Rolling Stones! This was such an eye opening interview for us and we loved hearing a different perspective and t...
Mar 31, 2022•1 hr 44 min•Season 2Ep. 33
This week we start off with a little therapy moment because it's been a WEEK. Then we dive into Summer Catalog - is it spelled Catalog or Catalogue? Either way, we meet former Parks department heads and we have all sorts of love situations with Anndanawitz and April/Andy (celeb couple name TBD). ALSO our favorite JJ's waitress Marta ( Ana Rey-Oktay ) comes on the show to share her experience behind the scenes! Thank you so much Ana! PS Look at this Summer Catalog from NBC! Yay!!! https://parksan...
Mar 24, 2022•1 hr 44 min•Season 2Ep. 32
"Sometimes the best way to maintain a strong team is just by letting someone know they are still a part of it." - Leslie Knope Please welcome back our fav theme song writer, Sean Trainor to the pod! Join the parks gang to have a full on JERRY EPISODE, meet the Park Rangers (HI ANDY SAMBERG!) PLUS Andy, April and Ann have a little love triangle moment. Thank you to Courtney Lamb for sending in a voice memo, we love it! Article about monkey jealousy: https://www.dailypress.com/news/dp-xpm-20050305...
Mar 17, 2022•1 hr 27 min•Season 2Ep. 31
Time to catch a possum! Leslie and co. work together to catch a possum that's been terrorizing Pawnee Municipal golf course (animal control alert!), Mark helps Ron with city codes for his woodshop expansion and April housesits for Ann in addition to having some *drama* with Andy. ooOOOOoooOooo AND we hear from Lyle Kanouse who plays Mr. Campopiano himself! This is a tangent/deep dive filled episode, enjoy! Things we discussed on the show: Holy Moly game show: https://abc.com/shows/holey-moley Jo...
Mar 10, 2022•1 hr 51 min•Season 2Ep. 30
This week we are joined by the amazing Kris Carr ( @actorkriscarr ) to talk about our favorite Woman of the Year, Ron Swanson! Wait, I mean Leslie... I mean Ron? Come with us as we talk about institutional gratification, Andy searches for an apartment and Tom tries to get everyone to invest in our favorite club, The Snakehole Lounge. Also guest star galore! Thank you to Sara Sanderson aka Cindy and Andy Milder aka Freddy for sending in voice memos! We are forever grateful and LOVE all the storie...
Feb 10, 2022•1 hr 47 min•Season 2Ep. 29
We were total fan girls this episode (mostly Holly) and we are not afraid to admit it! Today we talk to the wonderfully genuine and talented Andrew "Burly" Burlinson aka Burly in Mouse Rat! (Or Rat Mouse depending on how you look at it) We are so beyond honored to talk about his time being a part of the biggest band ever, some serious behind the scenes gems and his life and career as an actor/musician! (Did you know he was in Blue Man Group?!) We were hanging off the edge of our seats! Thank you...
Feb 03, 2022•1 hr 30 min•Season 2Ep. 28
What a master class in film we had this week! We are so honored to welcome Shana Hagan to the podcast!!!! Shana was one of the camera operators on Parks for Seasons 1-4 and oh my, we asked SO many questions including specific scenes (Li'l Sebastian and possums anyone?), how she got her start in the business, how she got the nickname Tweep and also incredible advice for anyone wanting to be in the entertainment industry. It was so enlightening to hear what the life of a camera operator is: you gu...
Jan 21, 2022•2 hr 3 min•Season 2Ep. 27
We love John Balma! What a true treat for US to experience his presence! We talk all about his start in Hollywood, his sort of typecasting (you've seen him in Friends and Scrubs!), his pivot to a career in dog care (OMG George Cluny is his sweet dog’s name and we are HERE FOR IT), living in San Francisco and we also hear the FUNNIEST story about his time on Star Trek. Please join us and please support his dog business below! Thank you so much John, you are and always will be a friend of the pod!...
Jan 13, 2022•1 hr 32 min•Season 2Ep. 26
HAPPY GALENTINE'S DAY Y'ALLLLL!!!! This week we start with our talk to Christopher Murray aka Mr. Sweetums himself, Nick Newport Sr! We talk all about his makeup for the show, his time on set AND his music video "Hold On" with Justin Bieber! (Linked below- YOU MUST WATCH BUT GET THE TISSUES READY OMG) Then we deep dive into Galentine's Day where the gang volunteers at the Senior Center Valentine's Day dance while Leslie and Justin try to reignite an old Marlene flame. Although more flames are ar...
Dec 23, 2021•2 hr 3 min•Season 2Ep. 35
We're back!!!!! We hit the ground running with David Hadinger's interview (thank you so much David- also omg should we buy merch?), and we also hear from our favorite chanting townsperson, Jeffrey Markle! (His music is linked below too, what!) Then we finish things off with some gasp worthy deleted scenes and of course a vote on what the town should do about Sweetums in the Parks concessions. Thank you again so much to all of the amazing people who joined us for this episode, you make our dreams...
Dec 16, 2021•1 hr 18 min•Season 2Ep. 34
If you can't beat em, SWEETUMS!!!! Today is our origin story dream come true about our beloved Sweetums! Join us as Leslie and Ron head up a public forum to see if NutriYums are worth selling in the Parks and the gang helps move Tom out of his house with Wendy. And by help we mean do all of it. Thank you so much to our awesome guest star Brooke Baumer who emailed us back with incredible voice messages! WE LOVE YOU AND WILL SEE YOU ON THE NEXT EPISODE YOU'RE ON! Stay tuned for Part 2 with even MO...
Dec 09, 2021•1 hr 22 min•Season 2Ep. 33
IT HAPPENED! We talked to a director, THE nicest director in town, Alex Hardcastle! We talk about so much!!!! Like his time directing Practice Date and Leslie's House, plus pivots in his directing career and omg, THE PIGEONS! We really nerded out about directing and we are so glad Alex came along for the ride. Alex, you changed our lives and we are so grateful for the incredible amount of time you shared with us! THE BEST! Can't wait to see Senior Year!!!!!!! Senior Year 2022: (Alex is directing...
Nov 18, 2021•1 hr 57 min•Season 2Ep. 32
We have so much to talk about hence the LONGEST podcast we've ever done, but it's not out fault! Justin had way too many things we needed to deep dive and we couldn't stop talking about all the cool guest stars that were on this week! Thank you to Jennifer Hasty and Stewart Skelton for sending us amazing voice memos! (We love the quality too btw!) And thanks to David Diaan and Bonita Fredericy for exchanging emails And of course THANK YOU to our listeners! ENJOY AND SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL PARKS! htt...
Nov 11, 2021•2 hr 38 min•Season 2Ep. 31
Please welcome Kyle the shoe shine guy to Park Pals!!!!!! A true delight: we had such a great time laughing at awkward jokes, talking about Kyle's backstory and reliving our favorite Kyle moments. We can't wait to continue any questions we have for future Kyle episodes. Thank you so much for being on Andy!!!! Please follow all of his projects below! Andy's Sketch Show: www.Stillwatching.us Andy's Movie: https://youtu.be/L4xT-sB0j58 Andy's iMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0286595/ Please rate an...
Nov 04, 2021•1 hr 13 min•Season 2Ep. 30
This week we go back to our roots of connecting via therapy! Learn of Madi's wedding planning and career moves, and the atrocity that is Holly's dating life. Let us know if you have any thoughts or therapy moments of your own, you can always send us DM's or voice memos, we'd be happy to hear. Thank you and have a great week! Please rate and review us! Questions? Comments? Email us! parkpalspodcast@gmail.com Truly, Holly and Madi @parkpalspodcast Music by @seantrainormusic Art cover by @sketch.it...
Oct 28, 2021•57 min•Season 2Ep. 29
Guest stars galore! Will Arnett, Justin Theroux, Sean Trainor, oh my! Why in the heck does Leslie have such awful dates and why is Ann being weird about her "friend?" Join us as we meet a bunch of new people, new relationships are discovered and blossomed, April gets friendly with Ron and Andy (in different ways, duh) and we meet THE Jean Ralphio omg!!!!! The Matrix 4 Trailer OMG!: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ix7TUGVYIo Swimfan trailer in case you didn't know: https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
Oct 21, 2021•1 hr 39 min•Season 2Ep. 29
Oh my, do we have a true TREAT for you today! Today we talk to the lovely, intelligent, wonderful April Eden who plays Trish in the Beauty Pageant, Chair Model in the Office AND TECHNICALLY she is a Parks employee (through Griffith Observatory of course)! She is also an incredible scientist, tour guide (once she goes back to LA she'll be doing that in person, go see her!), and hopefully a NASA Ambassador!!!! We talk at length about Parks of course but also pivots in life, careers and doing what ...
Oct 08, 2021•1 hr 28 min•Season 2Ep. 28
Time for a SEXY DEXY CHRISTMAS SCANDAL!!!! Leslie goes on Pawnee Today to defend herself and her friend, April subtly flirts with Andy and we all have a jolly merry Christmas time! Thanks to Mo Collins (aka Joan!) for sending a voicemail and thank you to Gillian Vigman and Jonathan Goldstein for trading emails! We hope to hear from you very soon! And thank you all so much for your amazing reviews! Keep them coming, we love it! Please rate and review us! Questions? Comments? Email us! parkpalspod...
Sep 30, 2021•1 hr 32 min•Season 2Ep. 27
Sooooo you got a divorce, of course of course. This week we talk about Tom's divorce! We go on the longest tangent you ever heard about strip club experiences, deleted scenes and SO MANY WONDERFUL GUESTS! We hear from the Divorce Horse himself, Jon Paul Burkhart! He gave us so many AMAZING behind the scenes details that you will go wild over! We also hear from Seabiscuit (aka Sierra), Cheryl Texiera AND we hear from Wendy's flabbergasted date James Ball! This episode is packed with goodies, don'...
Sep 23, 2021•2 hr 17 min•Season 2Ep. 26
