Coastal Idiots

Comedian, cartoonist, and PBS host Mo Welch joins Shane Torres and Katherine Blanford for another gloriously ridiculous episode of Coastal Idiots! Is Katherine's exterminator secretly a giant insect wearing a human suit? Also Mo talks about her new PBS series The Drawing Room and retiring from recreational basketball (Is recreational basketball worth destroying your knees?), and Shane reflects on the strange world of stand-up comedy. And should anyone ever trust Shane Torres with a marker? The Idiots and Mo attempt to recreate illicit drawings traced on each other's backs.

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Comedian, musician, and HBO star Whitmer Thomas joins Shane Torres and Katherine Blanford for an episode that goes completely off the rails. Starting with Whitmer revealing how he made his comedy special for peanuts while also admitting that he spent most of his life thinking the Statue of Liberty was a handsome young man. Whitmer also discusses growing up in Alabama, and all the dumb things that make life worth living, eventually revisiting Whitmer's early years in the Los Angeles comedy scene.

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Comedian, actor, and writer Joel Kim Booster came to Coastal Idiots and immediately proved he's lived several completely different lives. He married his first post-lockdown hookup, grew up hunting and shooting guns which evolved into taking his wedding party to a gun range years later, and recently totaled his car while arguing with his husband. The Idiots Crew also get into Marvel movies, impossibly jacked superheroes, getting older in comedy, and a game involving adopted celebrities that probably sounded much more reasonable before they started playing it. Plus, the gang attempts to determine whether adorable adopted children grew up to make the world better—or much, much worse. You’ll never think of adoption the same after this bone-headed episode!

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Coastal Idiots is a weekly comedy podcast where each week your host Shane and Katherine are joined by a friend or two where they do something very stupid and hilarious. Follow Katherine and Shane so they have a reason to keep going. The show is produced by the marvelous Keida Mascaro. Some of the art on the walls by the great Perry Shall. Music by Gymshorts and Alex Orange Drink. Your favorite idiots are now available wherever you listen to podcasts! Stream video on Spotify or Youtube, to drink in every detail of Katherine Blanford & Shane Torres' shenanigans and insane sketches. Listen to audio on all podcast platforms. Welcome to the ATC family! Let's get weird. Let's get Coastal.

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Produced by Keida Mascaro

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Theme Song by GYMSHORTS

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Logo & Artwork by Perry Shall

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Singer-songwriter Jessica Lee Mayfield joins Shane Torres and Katherine Blanford for one of the wildest life stories we’ve ever heard. Jessica takes us from growing up on a bus with her family’s bluegrass band, singing for tips on the streets of Nashville, barely going to school and eventually launching a music career of her own. Later, Confessions in a Bottle exposes everything from bathroom disasters to Jessica being secretly tested for demonic possession—and she closes out the episode with a live performance from her album Miss Obliteration.

Plus Bonus: gas station food, bodily functions, fake hair, terrible touring accommodations and more secrets than anyone needed to know including meeting LeBron James in their hometown of Akron, Ohio. It’s ALL packed in this episode!

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Coastal Idiots is a weekly comedy podcast where each week your host Shane and Katherine are joined by a friend or two where they do something very stupid and hilarious. Follow Katherine and Shane so they have a reason to keep going. The show is produced by the marvelous Keida Mascaro. Some of the art on the walls by the great Perry Shall. Music by Gymshorts and Alex Orange Drink. Your favorite idiots are now available wherever you listen to podcasts! Stream video on Spotify or Youtube, to drink in every detail of Katherine Blanford & Shane Torres' shenanigans and insane sketches. Listen to audio on all podcast platforms. Welcome to the ATC family! Let's get weird. Let's get Coastal.

Don't forget to call our Coastal Idiots hotline and leave a message, we might just publish it!

Coastal Idiots Hotline: (510) 974-3349

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More Shane! IG: https://www.instagram.com/shanetorres/

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Produced by Keida Mascaro

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠IG: https://www.instagram.com/keidamascaro/

Alphabet City

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠IG: https://www.instagram.com/alphabetcitystudios

Presented by: All Things Comedy

IG: https://www.instagram.com/allthingscomedy/

Theme Song by GYMSHORTS

IG: https://www.instagram.com/gymshortsmusic/

Logo & Artwork by Perry Shall

IG: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/perryshall/

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BEFORE Jeremiah Watkins discovers he's apparently been dead since 2006, he makes a triumphant return to Coastal Idiots and somehow survives his second visit where he breaks down the making of his new special Crazy Pizza, Katherine goes from the high of taping her special to bombing at a casino, and Shane recounts the beautiful misery of performing at the Edinburgh Fringe for audiences that may or may not have understood him.

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Comedy! Mark Normand joins the Coastal Idiots and immediately proves there's no uncomfortable social situation he hasn't developed an insane workaround for. Somehow we end up talking about OnlyFans, foot fetishes, New Orleans voodoo, bachelor parties, Sydney Sweeney and joke stealing. Mark also reveals his strategies for surviving some of life's most awkward situations like uncomfortable eye contact or the art of pretending you remember someone's name followed by Katherine and Shane hitting him with a rapid-fire round of terrible decisions. It's educational, if you're willing to dramatically lower your definition of education.

* This is a special episode of Coastal Idiots shot in New York, and some of the audio, lighting and set design we are accustom to in our home Los Angeles studio is not represented.

Coastal Idiots is a weekly comedy podcast where each week your host Shane and Katherine are joined by a friend or two where they do something very stupid and hilarious. Follow Katherine and Shane so they have a reason to keep going. The show is produced by the marvelous Keida Mascaro. Some of the art on the walls by the great Perry Shall. Music by Gymshorts and Alex Orange Drink.

Your favorite idiots are now available wherever you listen to podcasts! Stream video on Spotify or Youtube, to drink in every detail of Katherine Blanford & Shane Torres' shenanigans and insane sketches. Listen to audio on all podcast platforms. Welcome to the ATC family! Let's get weird. Let's get Coastal.

Don't forget to call our Coastal Idiots hotline and leave a message, we might just publish it!

Coastal Idiots Hotline: (510) 974-3349

More Mark!

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More Katherine!

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More Shane!

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Edited by Keida Mascaro

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Produced & Recorded by Launch Pod Studios

Presented by: All Things ComedyIG: https://www.instagram.com/allthingscomedy/

Theme Song by GYMSHORTS

IG: https://www.instagram.com/gymshortsmusic/

Logo & Artwork by Perry Shall

IG: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/perryshall/

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Baltimore’s favorite son Ryan Sickler is in the living room! He joins the Coastal Idiots for an episode packed with unbelievable childhood stories, old-school comedy nostalgia, and the kind of life experience that makes you wonder how he made it out alive. Ryan talks about growing up in Baltimore, losing his father as a teenager, essentially raising himself alongside his twin brother, and eventually packing up his Honda Civic to chase comedy in Los Angeles—only to wake up the morning of his move and discover the Northridge earthquake had just destroyed the school he was headed to. Then things get even weirder when Ryan plays “Twin or Stolen,” featuring identical siblings, stolen identities, mistaken criminals, and some truly insane real-life coincidences.

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Comedian Steph Tolev is in the studio, and Shane and Katherine quickly discover there may be no story she isn’t willing to tell. We’re talking foreskin endorsements, death threats, comedy club con artists, bedbugs and lice. Yuk. And that’s not all… the crew plays Never Have I Ever and uncovers everything from Steph faking medical emergencies as a kid to sleeping with her high school crush years later. Somehow, those aren't even the grossest stories in the episode. Strap in—this one gets gross.

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Zach Zucker joins Shane Torres and Katherine Blanford for an absolutely unhinged episode of Coastal Idiots! Zach talks about the decade-long journey of turning Stamp Town into a Netflix special, the anxiety of finally getting his dream opportunity, and why he believes comedy desperately needs more risk-takers.

He also breaks down the strange world of clown and Buffon, explains why Sacha Baron Cohen is a perfect example of the art form, and gets brutally honest about his complicated relationship with the modern clown scene.

Somewhere along the way, the gang discusses bisexual biceps, eating Legos, getting naked on stage, disgusting old costumes, road rage with rubber chickens, and plays a chaotic round of Two Truths and a Lie: Stage Edition featuring some of the wildest stage stories we've heard yet!

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Comedian Kelsey Cook joins Katherine and Shane for an episode that winds down the road of sobriety and terrible old jobs to dementia, active shooters, and the surprisingly cutthroat world of professional foosball.

Kelsey reminisces about leaving Los Angeles for Minnesota, shooting her Netflix special Happy Hour that drops September 18, growing up with professional foosball players for parents, and the savage days when she’d hustle unsuspecting guys at foosball by pretending she didn’t know how to play.

Word to the wise, never assume an unsuspecting person at the foosball table won’t leave with your wallet, mortgage and your pride!

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