Test Show #450
Breakfast pretzels, Andy tries to time his Knicks bandwagon boarding, Josh's perma-rage vs ups and downs, the Martin Short doc, Josh's puppet history, listener questions, and much more Spiraling.
May 18, 2026•1 hr 50 min
Thought Spiral
Comedians Andy Kindler (Bob's Burgers, Maron) and J. Elvis Weinstein (MST3K, Freaks and Geeks) convene weekly to solve the problems of the world but usually end up talking about comedy and various forms of anxiety. Produced by Alex Brizel (ShowBriz Studios).
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Episodes
Test Show #449
The guys review their respective gigs, Andy tries to give falling his spin, Cheech and Chong, Josh does a Cameo intervention, questioning Netflix decision making, listener questions, and much more Spiraling.
May 11, 2026•1 hr 49 min
Test Show #448
Andy finds new reasons to dislike RFK jr., bespoke sports fandom, ballroom problems, Josh turns an errand into a sentence, Andy hears what he sounds like, listener questions, and much more Spiraling.
May 04, 2026•2 hr 9 min
Test Show #447
Ben Franklin seeks InventHelp, Jerry West doc, this week in grapes, end of life preferences, dissecting an Andy feud, listener questions, and much more Spiraling.
Apr 27, 2026•2 hr 6 min
Test Show #446
Josh tries to switch up his attitude, Andy's courageous journey to partially cut his cord, narcissism charts, Josh hits the wall on studio musician docs, Andy draws the line at AI moderation advice, listener questions, and much more Spiraling.
Apr 20, 2026•2 hr 4 min
Test Show #445
Dylan and Lennon in a car, a wishcycling nightmare, Josh gets the full old man treatment, the grape report, no improvising on the set, listener questions, and much more Spiraling.
Apr 13, 2026•2 hr 8 min
Test Show #444
The guys practice convenient resistance, Josh plays to the teachers, "the Cancer Chunk" the art of elderly rock stardom, the attempt to take dissenting voices off the playing field, listener questions, and much more Spiraling.
Apr 06, 2026•1 hr 57 min
Test Show #443
America's Moron, Larry Kindler roleplay, "Is This Thing On?", Andy getting his "chops" back, Josh bakes a hate pie, listener questions, and much more Spiraling.
Mar 30, 2026•1 hr 53 min
Test Show #442
Our annual half-remembering of the Oscars, Andy gets a new phone and considers opening it, booking live shows, Andy tries to figure out what penguins are, Josh looks back on his smoking career, listener questions, and much more Spiraling.
Mar 23, 2026•1 hr 57 min
Test Show #441
Josh explains last week's absence, Andy's triumph of supportiveness, Andy rethinks his entire communications package, pre-code movies, Andy tries to rejoin the Majority, listener questions, and much more Spiraling.
Mar 16, 2026•1 hr 53 min
REPEAT: Test Show #408
Enore of TODD GLASS on Thought Spiral, which includes creating a full fledged space for comedy, the coward's roast, the Andy and Todd origin story, Josh's trip to Acme, separating hacks from their acts, and much more Spiraling.
Mar 09, 2026•1 hr 13 min
Test Show #440
A brief moment of hockey happiness, Andy's failed romance with Red Bull, Josh protects a teetering celebrity's anonymity, Andy loves Marty Supreme, listener questions, and much more Spiraling.
Mar 02, 2026•1 hr 54 min
Test Show #439
Bud Cort and the impact of 'Harold and Maude', Josh does some doc watching, Andy buys headphones and thinks he got a story out of it, Winter Olympics, UFC on LSD, listener questions, and much more Spiraling.
Feb 23, 2026•1 hr 56 min
Test Show #438
Andy tries to shed his new comedy tics, Superbowl post mortems, Josh's "yes, and" strategy, Andy's movie reviews, tapping into your egorithm, listener questions, and much more Spiraling.
Feb 16, 2026•1 hr 58 min
Test Show #437
Andy proposes happier names for serial killers, stereos and other money sucking hobbies, weekend watches, the tinned fish revolution, Josh can't do audiobooks, listener questions, and much more Spiraling.
Feb 09, 2026•2 hr 1 min
Test Show #436
Andy tries to find his kidneys, Josh actually goes to a party, Mel Brooks, Skipping grades, Song Sung Blue, the psychology of check grabbing, listener questions, and much more Spiraling.
Feb 02, 2026•1 hr 59 min
Test Show #435
The password is "Dystopian", Andy sees "Dr. Strangelove" , the assy genius of Orson Welles, Andy obeys gravity, Josh rents shoes, Award season movie catch-up, listener questions, and much more Spiraling.
Jan 26, 2026•2 hr 3 min
Test Show #434
Andy's take on Golden Global affairs, living in a Chinese food desert, Josh laments his procrastination technique, Andy finds professionalism and sanity mesh well, listener questions, and much more Spiraling.
Jan 19, 2026•2 hr 2 min
Test Show #433
Andy's let-down impressions, sorting out the new rules of fascist showbiz, Josh judges Coppola, Andy steps onstage, MNF on LSD, listener questions, and much more Spiraling.
Jan 12, 2026•1 hr 58 min
Test Show #432
Reviewing the holidays, Santa scars of different types, Andy's ban from Conan, Josh revisits the donkey incident, a surprise gift, listener questions, and much more Spiraling.
Jan 05, 2026•2 hr 10 min
Test Show #431
Andy ponders whether to be the boy who cries "guest appearance", the clock is ticking on 60 Minutes, Andy gets in a defensive Croce, Josh rejects Andy's X-Mas trauma for an 8th year, Andy takes aim at 80's road comics, and much more Spiraling.
Dec 29, 2025•1 hr 14 min
Test Show #430
Sorting out the weekend tragedies, the case for Citizen Kane, Andy dives into the Mankiewicz clan, modern anti-semitism, Josh puzzles over his Dick Van Dyke fandom. Listener questions, and much more Spiraling.
Dec 22, 2025•1 hr 59 min
Test Show #429
Andy makes enemies Down Under, Josh reviews "Jay Kelly", Andy does a show, Josh flips a bird, doc talk. listener questions, and much more Spiraling.
Dec 15, 2025•2 hr 1 min
Test Show #428
Turning San Diego into Andy-ego, an unachievable grudge record, Josh hits his lifetime Beatles limit, Andy's gassed-up dental haggling, doc talk, listener questions, and much more Spiraling.
Dec 08, 2025•2 hr
Test Show #427
An abbreviated episode for Thanksgiving week: Andy still riding the Zeppelin, Trump flips on Mamdani, Ken Burns American Revol…zzzz, Andy braces himself for the cutting room floor, and much more Spiraling.
Dec 01, 2025•58 min
Test Show #426
Week-old news from weak old Jews, Andy does a whole lotta Zeppelin, Sean Connery goes downtown, Andy gets bored of wealth, listener questions, and much more Spiraling.
Nov 24, 2025•1 hr 49 min
Test Show #425
Death of a shutdown, Mr Scorsese, cocaine epiphanies, Andy gets fully scoped, more doc talk, listener questions, and much more Spiraling.
Nov 17, 2025•1 hr 57 min
Test Show #424
Andy's loving tribute to Southern fried stand-up, World Series wrap-up, Andy's inter-faith dinner, Josh can't self-promote anymore, Andy embraces working for the weekend, debating cereal, listener questions, and much more Spiraling.
Nov 10, 2025•1 hr 44 min
Test Show #423
Andy unveils his new intoxication schedule, Josh's sailing days, Andy rubs waffles with celebrities, white supremacy's last gasp, liking Springsteen more than his music, World Series talk, listener questions, and much more Spiraling.
Nov 03, 2025•1 hr 58 min
Test Show #422
Andy's showbiz weekend, Josh makes a small effort for democracy, Stiller and Meara doc talk, Andy associates himself with Paul Simon, listener questions, and much more Spiraling.
Oct 27, 2025•1 hr 32 min
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