Test Show #421
Birthday week at Casa del Kindler, Josh tries to free Andy from a boogeyman, Robin Williams, Narcissist Anonymous, post-season baseball delivers, listener questions, and much more Spiraling.
Oct 20, 2025•1 hr 49 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 #420
Andy tries to protect SNL from itself and more of his TV scorecard, the joy of post-season baseball, Andy inserting himself into every story, more Saudi hilarity, listener questions, and much more Spiraling.
Oct 13, 2025•1 hr 46 min
Test Show #419
Andy's baseball season comes to an end, comedy in the moral desert, a big dinner out, the good music/mental illness arc, God talk, listener questions, and much more Spiraling.
Oct 06, 2025•2 hr 3 min
Test Show #418
Finding hope in the fallout from 'Kimmelnacht', small room comedy, octogenarian rocking, Andy tries to get his car back, listener questions, an Oxford comma, and much more Spiraling.
Sep 29, 2025•1 hr 50 min
Test Show #417
A light and dark take on the Emmys, the younger old, gamblers and gamers, the fallout of Kimmelnacht, Roasting air fryers, listener questions, and much more Spiraling.
Sep 22, 2025•2 hr 3 min
Test Show #416
Andy furiously renounces anger (again), Josh defends sportscasters rights to speak, the week in Charlies, listener questions, and much more Spiraling.
Sep 15, 2025•1 hr 50 min
Test Show #415
Andy lashes out at Vietnam morning radio, Josh's Heimlich-style heroism, Tennis and ADHD, FRUIT ALERT, Josh takes his judgementalness on the road, listener questions, and much more Spiraling.
Sep 08, 2025•1 hr 50 min
Test Show #414
We're back from break with some classic 1960's grudges, Lunch with Murder Santa, Andy discovers Devo, forced religious training, oops, no questions, and much more Spiraling.
Sep 01, 2025•1 hr 37 min
Test Show #413
Andy compares his anger and his A1C with others, Josh relives Live Aid, Andy defends religion against punks, Josh and Allison's anniversary, taking our summer break, listener questions, and much more Spiraling.
Jul 28, 2025•1 hr 55 min
Test Show #412
EDDIE PEPITONE joins the Spiral for the whole episode to talk about his new special, the fall of society, sorting narcissism from mere self-absorption, thrills and spills, and much more Spiraling.
Jul 21, 2025•1 hr 14 min
Test Show #411
Andy laughs at a butthead's misfortune, Josh gets license to blowhard, a**hole docs, Andy goes big on sushi, Andy takes a sleep test pass/fail, listener questions, and much more Spiraling.
Jul 14, 2025•1 hr 51 min
Test Show #410
Andy's sarcasm safety net, the "what are you up to?" spiral, Josh flexes his valley seniority, tennis time, listener questions, and much more Spiraling.
Jul 07, 2025•1 hr 37 min
Test Show #409
Josh recounts his return to stand-up, Andy bonds with The Replacements over self-sabotage, arms-length punk rock, Andy nails a table read emotionally, the value of background noise, listener questions, and much more Spiraling.
Jun 30, 2025•1 hr 53 min
Test Show #408
TODD GLASS joins the Spiral! 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.
Jun 23, 2025•1 hr 13 min
Test Show #407
Josh deals smack to Andy, sports spiral, Josh explains "the stall", Andy hate-watches, Josh preps for his return to stand-up, listener questions, and much more Spiraling.
Jun 16, 2025•1 hr 50 min
Test Show #406
Andy's new wave pants, booking Sha Na Na, Josh alerts Andy to the Trump Musk break-up, telethon watching, Josh gets no boost, listener questions, and much more Spiraling.
Jun 09, 2025•1 hr 58 min
Test Show #405
Andy returns from vacation with precious memories and dreaded disease, adventures on Celebrity Row, Josh tries to shoot himself out of trouble, the Pee Wee doc, listener questions, and much more Spiraling.
Jun 02, 2025•1 hr 12 min
Test Show #404
Andy prepares for his big trip, Josh tries to list Andy's day jobs, Malice at the Palace, Andy's unrealized LSD fantasies, and much more Spiraling.
May 26, 2025•1 hr 11 min
Test Show #403
Andy gloms on to the Knicks, ditching your younger self, sorting out Israel feelings, Josh hates Andy's new friend, listener questions, and much more Spiraling.
May 19, 2025•1 hr 44 min
Test Show #402
Andy cruises the mall, Josh struggles to lower his anecdote standards, Kindler on Kindler crime, comedian children's books, listener questions, and much more Spiraling.
May 12, 2025•1 hr 42 min
Test Show #401
Andy reunites with Arsenio, doing sets at 85, Andy gets cheated out of a murder, the new Kindlermobile, Josh can't remember what he added to the show as he writes this description, listener questions, and much more Spiraling.
May 05, 2025•1 hr 48 min
Test Show #400
That's right, 400! Andy has grinding anxiety, living in the Pope gap, Andy shifts into car buying gear, Josh's poli-pod theory, Andy drains the tragedy from The Dead, listener questions, and much more Spiraling.
Apr 28, 2025•2 hr
Test Show #399
Andy milks the Elks, the age of bailing, Andy's golf buzz, Josh finds the limits of his dilettantism, Art Spiegelman, Hair Club for Jeremy, and much more Spiraling.
Apr 21, 2025•1 hr 47 min
Test Show #398
Josh fires up his stand-up radar, Andy goes searching for himself…on Reddit, holy license plates, Andy milks the Cowsills doc, listener questions, and much more Spiraling.
Apr 14, 2025•1 hr 50 min
Test Show #397
Josh has a good vibe adventure, Andy unsatisfied by JFK files, Andy suffering from L.S., Bluesky Almanac, Andy loves celebrities, listener questions, and much more Spiraling.
Apr 07, 2025•1 hr 58 min
Test Show #396
Andy wakes up to the wrong people, Josh's attention span in the Trump era, the party Andy imagines himself at, Josh heading out of town, and much more Spiraling.
Mar 31, 2025•1 hr 23 min
Test Show #395
Finding a form of productive powerlessness, Josh's age denial in his early career, Andy's face bounces back, Josh goes to a screening of "The Big Whoop", listener questions, and much more spiraling.
Mar 24, 2025•1 hr 48 min
Test Show #394
Josh has jury duty again, Andy can't stand up for falling down, the joy of part of a cigar, Chuck Schumer disappoints, Josh likes a movie, Andy likes a show, listener questions, and much more Spiraling.
Mar 17, 2025•1 hr 45 min
Test Show #393
Andy sniffs out a scam, Oscar round-up, kid-scaring movies, more grudges and beefs, Josh sees the value of atheists, listener questions, and much more Spiraling.
Mar 10, 2025•1 hr 57 min
Test Show #392
Bouncing back from a spat, Andy does a gig outside the comfort district, Andy looks for people to talk yacht rock with, listener questions, and much more Spiraling.
Mar 03, 2025•1 hr 5 min
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