218: Trains: something you will mostly find outside! Our comedian pal Lizzy Cooperman joined us as we set up at a bustling local train station and met some locomotive commuters and enthusiasts. Guests include a young Honda employee looking for lesbian love in the desert, an aspiring pop solo artist focusing on himself right now, and a train-obsessed sober widower with a secret first name and a really inspirational life story. Recorded on 06/04/25 at the Fullerton Metrolink Station in Fullerton, ...
Jun 18, 2025•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 218
Attention Phish Phreaks: this podcast is for you! We set up in front of the jam band Phish's Sunday night show at The Hollywood Bowl and chatted with the wild crew in attendance. Guests include a government employee about to be fired by Elon Musk, two young curious guys exploring their first Phish show, and a really nice hippie artist lady trying to squeeze every dollar out of the band's loyal phanbase. Recorded on 4/27/25 at The Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles. Go watch Brent's standup special Po...
Jun 04, 2025•1 hr 18 min•Ep. 217
Kroll fans rejoice, the king has returned! He brought along the very talented Owen Thiele and we met some really interesting strangers outside of the public bathroom in Griffith Park. Guests include a deadhead who walks way too much, a woman who worked for THE OBAMAS (yes, those Obamas), and a certified hunk who may be hiding some demons in his closet. Recorded on 4/15/25 in Griffith Park, Los Angeles. Go see Andrew in London! AndrewMichaan.com/live for tickets! Go watch Adults on FX/Hulu on May...
May 21, 2025•1 hr 17 min•Ep. 216
215: Katie Marovitch from the Dropout world joins the pod to find a brand new cast of strangers to interview on the street. And only one of them is a total creepy weirdo! The rest of the guests are wonderful and include a talented sensitive poet who needs that extra push to put himself out there, a pair of teen fraternal twins, and two medical students getting chewed up and spit out by nursing school. Recorded on 2/19/25 on Brand Blvd in Glendale, CA. Go see Andrew on tour if you're in NYC or Lo...
Apr 16, 2025•1 hr 18 min•Ep. 215
214: Past guest cohosts Ben Cahn and Emil DeRosa return for a fantastic episode with incredible random strangers on the streets of Los Angeles. Guests include a young TikTok dancer trying to make it in the city of dreams, a video game voice actor who has some problems with the current political administration, and a guy who recently started monetizing his romantic entanglements. Recorded on 2/20/25 on Sunset Blvd in Los Angeles. Go see Andrew live! http://andrewmichaan.com/live/ This is a Headgu...
Apr 02, 2025•1 hr 22 min•Ep. 214
213: The wonderful Sophie Buddle cohosts this fantastic episode on the streets of West Hollywood. Guests include a once married family man who found out he was gay in a VERY Hollywood way and then lost everything when he came out, a young Instagram entrepreneur famous for engaging in a trendy illicit substance that starts with a K, and a redheaded woman currently walking off a massive fight with her husband. Recorded on 2/9/25 on Santa Monica Blvd in West Hollywood, CA. This is a Headgum podcast...
Mar 19, 2025•1 hr 31 min•Ep. 213
Actor and pal and great guy Jack Quaid joins us on a sunny day in the park to interview some really interesting and kind strangers. And most of those strangers end up punching Jack in the face (with his consent). Guests include a computer programmer on a fruitless job hunt, newly coupled up lesbians loving their life together, a pair of high school sweethearts, and a buff father and son duo. Recorded on 2/21/25 in Pan Pacific Park in Los Angeles. GO WATCH JACK STAR IN NOVOCAINE IN THEATERS ON MA...
Mar 05, 2025•1 hr 19 min•Ep. 212
Great news if you love perfect episodes of our show: this is one of them! Past guest and hero Garrett Watts sits at the table and helps find some really fun folks off the street. Guests include an accomplished screenwriter, a respectful gang of teen e-bike boys, and one of the most unintentionally hilarious people to ever appear on our show. Recorded on 2/8/25 on Palm Ave in Burbank, California. This is a Headgum podcast. Follow Headgum on Twitter , Instagram , and Tiktok . Advertise on Podcast ...
Feb 19, 2025•1 hr 25 min•Ep. 211
210: Get ready to get inspired. Carey O'Donnell joins us on the streets of Hollywood Blvd as we find some lovely guests on a path to change the world. We meet a young woman who had a spiritual encounter in a Tesla, an entrepreneur creating meaningful economic change in the black community, a musician searching for his missing brother, and many more. It's a long one but it's worth sticking around for. Recorded on 12/22/24 on Hollywood Blvd in Los Angeles. Check out Carey O'Donnell on social media...
Feb 05, 2025•1 hr 50 min•Ep. 210
209: Konnichiwa, outsiders! We finally hopped on a plane and recorded an episode in the wonderful country of Japan. Co-hosted by comedian and friend Vinay Murthy, who has lived in Japan for 23 years! Guests include a young Japanese ramen maker looking for love, foodie brothers from Kuwait, and two pals from Canada on the trip of a lifetime (that they've done many times before). Recorded on 10/18/24 in the Shibuya ward of Tokyo, Japan. This is a Headgum podcast. Follow Headgum on Twitter , Instag...
Jan 15, 2025•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 209
Onward we must bravely march into the terrifying world of outside without our trusty companion Cole Hersch. Noel Miller co-hosts for a fantastic new episode where we solve all the problems in American politics by proposing a much better system of government. Guests include a nice young man we learn absolutely nothing about, a professional movie editor / director, some young women working hard in the exciting world of swimsuit fashion, and a beer guy. Recorded on 10/09/24 in downtown Culver City ...
Dec 18, 2024•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 208
That's right. Cole is done with outside. Hear why and watch us talk to some strangers for the very last time together in our longest episode ever, at the spot where it all began. Guests include a confident young man who loves to approach women, a nice guy working for the city metro system, a recent widow navigating this unexpected new phase in her life, and a huge surprise blast from our past. Recorded on 10/10/24 in front of Grand Central Market in Los Angeles. This is a Headgum podcast. Follow...
Dec 04, 2024•1 hr 47 min•Ep. 207
Are you ready to hear what VERY IMPORTANT people have to say about life? Well then you're in the right place, because this week we chat with some real VIPs at the Outside Lands music festival. Guests include a 3D printing expert, an innuendo uttering 20-something cat lady, and FOUR awesome young female lawyers. Recorded on 8/10/24 in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, CA. Visit http://BetterHelp.com/OUTSIDE today to get 10% off your first month! For some mental clarity, go to https://www.magicmind...
Sep 03, 2024•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 206
An outside podcast at Outside LANDS!? It sounds too good to be true, but it really is. We chat with the crowd at the San Francisco music festival and learn a lot about the outside vibe. Guests include a lovely young couple who eloped to Vegas while on psychedelics, a musician who gets hired to play the violin for proposals, and a guy who gets in some hot water for spilling a cold beer on someone right before joining our show. Recorded on 8/9/24 in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, California. C...
Aug 20, 2024•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 205
Get ready for an apocalyptic episode (in a good way)! Our Fallout pal Johnny Pemberton joins us as we navigate the desolate wasteland that is outside. Guests include a very candid celebrity stylist, a single mom to a diehard PBO fan, a Peruvian who used to design shoes for Kanye, and an Olive Garden waiter who dishes all the inner secrets of that sacred establishment. Recorded on 7/26 in Glendale, California. Go to http://MeUndies.com/outside for 20% off plus free shipping! Visit http://BetterHe...
Aug 07, 2024•1 hr 20 min•Ep. 204
Happy pride! We finally decided to embrace the LGBTQ community and record our podcast in front of a wild gay bar on a Thursday night in West Hollywood. Guests include a gay adult entertainer and dancer, an intense guy who says he loves to “turn straight men”, and a character from the Vanderpump Rules Cinematic Universe. Recorded on 6/20/24 at Beaches in West Hollywood, CA. Go to http://MeUndies.com/outside for 20% off plus free shipping! Go to http://HelloFresh.com/outsideapps for FREE appet...
Jul 17, 2024•1 hr 15 min•Ep. 203
Tsch! Be quiet, because our guest this week loves to whisper, specifically to dogs. Cesar Millan joins us at a dog park to help many lost dog owners make sense of their canine companions. Guests include a woman whose dog won't stop humping, another woman whose dog doesn't respect her at all, and a third woman who rescued her sweet dog from the Chinese meat trade. Recorded on 6/5/24 at Airport Park Dog Park in Santa Monica, CA. Go to MeUndies.com/outside for 20% off plus free shipping! Go to Hell...
Jun 19, 2024•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 202
Watch out sucker: this episode is amazing. Our very special guest Atsuko Okatsuka helps us interview the whole darn neighborhood at our live show at the Netflix is a Joke festival. Guests include an incredibly funny woman who has been acting for 50+ years, an accomplished cheerleading vocalist, and a very nice man named Andy who desperately needs to dump his awful boyfriend. Recorded 5/7/24 at the UCB Theater in Los Angeles. Head over to Moonwlkr.com and use the code OUTSIDE for 30% off! Save $1...
Jun 05, 2024•1 hr 23 min•Ep. 201
Wow, we did it. We did the impossible. We finally set up in front of Home Depot! This is our 200th episode but it's not our special 200th episode, that will come out later. But this is still a perfect episode! Guests include a Guatemalan Christian fiancé, a brand new Dad dishing the dark truth on fatherhood, and a rascal scooter riding Trump loving charming sweetheart angel of a man named Billy Dilley. Recorded on 4/26/24 in front of Home Depot in Glendale, California. Go to MeUndies.com/outsid...
May 15, 2024•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 200
Strap on your business attire because we finally interview a CEO (Jack Conte from Patreon!). We learn all about what it takes to run a successful company while also trying to maintain your street cred as an artist. Guests include a rowdy bunch of rappers from Atlanta and comedian Dulcé Sloan from The Daily Show. Recorded 3/14/24 at SXSW in Austin, Texas. Huge thank you to Patreon for making this episode happen! Support us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/podcastbutoutside ! Head to http://...
Apr 17, 2024•51 min•Ep. 199
Congrats, we snagged Billy Eichner for the show! The original King-Of-Chatting-With-People-On-The-Street shows us a thing or two about chatting with people on the street. We zip around Austin on a PBO branded pedicab and meet lots of interesting strangers, including a Dominican musician who uses his music to get lucky, a boss-employee duo from England, and a Scottish patron of the arts who lets random musicians sleep at his house in Scotland. A huge thank you to Patreon for making this special e...
Apr 03, 2024•52 min•Ep. 198
Episode 197: Beep beep! We return to everyone's favorite government institution for cars: the DMV! Guests include a man who pops his eyes out for views and his charmingly beautiful kinda-girlfriend, a young Filipino baseball player reluctantly returning to his high school to educate the next generation, and a newly in love birthday celebrator. Recorded 3/5/2024 at the Glendale DMV. Go to http://BlueChew.com and use promo code OUTSIDE to receive your first month FREE! Visit http://BetterHelp.com/...
Mar 20, 2024•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 197
Congratulations, we're back! It's time to turn our hiatus into a byeatus. Meaning, we're releasing our show again! We're so excited to see what's next for us that we invited a psychic to predict the future of our show. She also helped predict the future of some lovely strangers along the way. Guests include a man from the South traveling with his grammy-winning nephew, a friendly dog trainer who is way too into putting sunglasses on dogs, and a nice man dedicated to learning all the letters of t...
Mar 06, 2024•1 hr 22 min•Ep. 196
Feliz Navipod! We're putting our hiatus on hiatus for one week only to gift you a one-off episode that will be our last of 2023. We gotflown across the border to record at the Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya-- an all inclusive resort in Cancun! Guests include a woman known as "The Pickle Lady" who's had a long career in pickles, an introspective lover who decided to get sober at a different Hard Rock hotel, and two young, drunk, 20-somethings whose mom married her rich divorce attorney. Recorded 11...
Dec 20, 2023•59 min•Ep. 195
Apologies for the lack of crap lately! Here's a little explanation about what's been going on and what the future has in store for PBO. An endless thank you to you all. Heart emoji. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .
Nov 06, 2023•4 min•Ep. 206
And for that reason, we're out... side. This week we set up in front of what is perhaps humanity's most revolutionizing contribution to this world... the Pink Wall where influencers pose for the gram. Shark Tank's Daymond John joins us for an awkward episode and helps us interview those who may be the entrepreneurs of the next generation: our country's youth. Guests include some begrudged fans of Laufey who've been waiting in the sun for over three hours, a tattoo artist obsessed with words, and...
Oct 18, 2023•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 194
Hay boos. It's that time of year where we're haunted by fear, and there's no better place for a scare than right here: at the Los Angeles Haunted Hayride! Friend and Otherworld host Jack Wagner joins us to talk to strangers about their creepy lives. Guests include a woman who only came to this event because she had just been kicked out of a different event, an ex-abusive father/cop/gang member who's turned a new leaf since doing ayahuasca 27 times, and some middle schoolers who are too afraid to...
Oct 04, 2023•1 hr 14 min•Ep. 193
Boy howdy and yeehaw, we hit the dirty streets of Austin to see what the nightlife is like. Guests include a guy who has a huge problem with Jewish girls, a young man whose father is struggling with a certain X-Rated addiction, a comedian who explains the pros (and mostly cons) of being on a reality show, + many, many more! Recorded 4/21/2023 on E 6th street in Austin, TX. Go to http://earthbreeze.com/outside to get 40% off. This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp — go to http://betterhelp.com...
Sep 20, 2023•1 hr 28 min•Ep. 192
Vroom, but also, beep. And, in addition, honk. We spent the day talking to car people about their weird cars! Guests include a fashion influencer who thinks it's tacky to buy someone else's car, a guy who's proudly part of the “Jurassic-Park-Modified-Vehicle” community, a man that calls himself “Uncle Mikey” who likes to make love in the back of his very strange, hot-pink van, + many more! Recorded 7/22/23 in Los Angeles. Go to http://hellofresh.com/50outside and use code 50outside for 5...
Sep 07, 2023•1 hr 17 min•Ep. 191
Oops! All Ads! We got a bit carried away with our favorite brands this episode, and our wallets don't regret it! We set up in Weho (the gay neighborhood) during pride month (the gay month). Guests include a pastry assistant who loves to go out by herself, a retail employee trying to break into the fashion world, and a couple of knackered UK blokes on holiday in the states trying to shack up with a non-pretentious bird. Recorded on 6/23/2023 in front of Koontz Hardware in West Hollywood, CA. This...
Aug 16, 2023•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 190
