Boom Time

Gaby Dunn is really bad with money. Which actually makes her the perfect human person to host "Bad with Money,” a sassily popular podcast about financial advice. On the other hand, Gaby is also good with being funny. Which also makes her the perfect person to co-create a YouTube comedy series called “Just Between Us.” On this episöde of BOOM TIME, Gaby chit and chats with Flula and Alex about how she got her start as a crime reporter for the Boston Globe, how she made her way into comedy, and about the worst financial advice she has ever received. We also investigate salt lamps. Are they salty and also lamps? Find out at eleven…I mean, find out on this episöde…starting right now! 

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Actor, writer and producer Kelvin Yu joins BOOM TIME for our most wide ranging conversation yet. On this episode we discuss Kelvin's work on the Emmy-winning animated series Bob's Burgers, and how the black mold in their old office might be the secret to their success. Kelvin also talks about working with Sean Penn on the film Milk as well as his role in the series Master of None, and the one episode many people felt defined the series. Finally, Kelvin chats with us about an article he wrote earlier this year in the New York Times regarding a joke on the reboot of Roseanne about Black and Asian TV shows that felt like a "gut punch." Plus like a million other things! All this week on BOOM TIME!

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Ed Helms is an actor, comedian, and bluegrass musician man. He is probably best known for his work on The Daily Show, for being a key member of Here Comes Treble on the American version of The Office, for having a trilogy of Hangovers and most of all for being one of the funniest people on the planet of Earth. On this extremely boomy version of BOOM TIME, Ed discusses growing up in Atlanta and what happened to his southern accent. He also tells us why he connected so much with the character of Andy Bernard from The Office, and how Andy morphed over the run of the series. Finally Flula and Ed jam out on a special musical collaboration that is not to be missed but is to be listened to. BOOM TIME starts right now – or when you hit play – hit play!

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Josh Peck might be known to you for a number of things. In his younger days he was the star of the wildly popular Nickelodeon series "Drake & Josh," but in the years since Josh has been busy appearing in movies and TV series like Red Dawn, The Wackness, and Grandfathered. Josh also recently started his own very sassy podcast, "Curious with Josh Peck," where he has interviewed everybody from John Stamos to Christina Milian. On this episode of BOOM TIME, Josh chats with us about what it was like to go through puberty...in front of millions of TV viewers, Flula tells Josh about the time he lost his "v-card" in a North Carolina supermarket, and finally Josh reveals the secret of life and/or his favorite pizza toppings and also Trader Joes desserts. 

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National Geographic's Mariana van Zeller is a globe-trotting investigative journalist and documentary filmmaker who has won all the awards (Peabody, duPont, etc.) for her incredible reporting. On this episode of BOOM TIME, Mariana talks about how a sand fly once almost killed her, the time she and Alex Simmons visited El Chapo's house, why Phil Collins is HUGE in Portugal, and a special Moroccan goat that climbs trees like a monkey poops out an amazing beauty product. Flula and Mariana also almost come to blows when debating who is the greatest soccer player of all time...let's just say Flula doesn't think it's Cristiano Ronaldo. BOOM TIME with Flula Borg starts right now, or when you press play on the place where you hit play on your device!

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Puberty. A strange time for all humans. But if you think puberty was strange for you, imagine if you were Flula Borg. This week Alex Simmons interviews Flula about his awkward teenage years in Germany. The two discuss wearing shorts in the winter months, what they would tell their younger selves if time travel were legal, and the place in Germany where you go to swim, play ping pong and hang around naked...but not while you are playing ping pong or swimming. All this week on BOOM TIME!

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What was your childhood like? Did you throw liver out the window, practice Bavarian folkloric dancing and listen to P.M. Dawn? Then your name must be Flula Borg! In this episode of BOOM TIME, we flip all the scripts, as Flula is the one who gets interviewed. Alex Simmons interviews Flula about his life growing up in Southern Germany, the time David Hasselhoff changed the course of western civilization, and how he got his start making techno music by making a song inspired by his aunt, vampires and also garlic. Flula's mother also calls in to spill some beans about what Flula was like as a child. The hunter becomes the hunted -- and the gatherer -- all on this episode of BOOM TIME! 

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Things get sudsy on this episode of BOOM TIME as Flula speaks with Allison Raskin, the creator of Gossip, a scripted soap opera podcast. Allison is also 50% of the comedy duo Just Between Us, whose sketches and videos have garnered millions of views on the Tube of You. On this episode Fräulein Raskin helps Flula create his own soap opera podcast, the two of them discuss the viability of a city dedicated to topless living, and Allison explains what it's like to be the third (and rising) most famous person from Scarsdale. Plus, Boom Time director Alex Simmons helps Flula lose several hundred brain cells by forcing him to translate German soap operas into English. 

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Chris Ryan from The Ringer, and co-host of “The Watch” podcast, is a TV expert. Flula enjoys consuming television, literally. On this episode Chris Ryan and Flula discuss some of the 7 trillion series that are on these days and together they guide you, like a malamute on the Iditarod, towards the underrated shows you should watch next. Plus, Chris and Flula discuss Game of Thrones, and who will be murdered, or have relations with a relative, in the final season of the series. Also, a tiny and surprise cameo from a previous BOOM TIME BFF! All this week on BOOM TIME! 

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Riki Lindhome is one half of the comedy musical duo Garfunkel and Oates and she is also the co-creator and star of Another Period on Comedy Central. On this episode of BOOM TIME, Riki and Flula discuss the melding of comedy and music, Riki recounts how Clint Eastwood got her her first big break (and how it only sorta helped) and finally Riki and Flula chit and also chat about the time Riki got into a fight with a woman and was unable to punch her in the dick, because women do not have dicks. Plus Flula nearly has a brain meltdown trying to translate some German words that are not actually German. 

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