Doing the Dishes with Rafferty Thompson

My guest is Mike Sacks! He's the author of two of my favorite books, And Here's the Kicker and Poking a Dead Frog. Both of the books contain interviews he conducted with some of the all-time comedy writing greats like Mel Brooks, David Sedaris, Jack Handey and Adam Mckay, just to name a few. He's also a published humorist, having written Your Wildest Dreams, Within Reason, and he's on the editorial staff of Vanity Fair.

The greatest comedian of all-time, Ahmad Radheyyan, is on the show and we drop the world premiere of the new Doing the Dishes segment, "A Minute with Ahmad." Also, I announce that I will, indeed, be ghost-writing your NaNoWriMo's, for 50 cents a page. If you are interested in me writing your novel, please e-mail me at [email protected]

How can I put out a podcast this week when Marc Maron released one of the all-time great podcasts? He interviewed Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones, and I'm going to give my review of it: IT WAS TREMENDOUS!

This episode is just me talking about Steve Rannazzisi, Nick Lachey and (you guessed it) Hitler. Also, I give my take on Subway.

I am joined by the head writer of THE HARD TIMES, host of EDGELAND, and stand-up comedian, Bill Conway. Not only has THE HARD TIMES been mentioned by the AV Club and Brooklyn Vegan, its articles have been shared and liked by YOU on Facebook and Twitter! In our chat, Bill tells me what is and what isn't punk, and we talk about the time he interviewed Matt Besser, founding member of The Upright Citizens Brigade. You can find THE HARD TIMES at http://thehardtimes.net/ and EDGELAND at http://www.edgelandpodcast.com/

This is my interview with the rapper, KizMet! We talk about homophobia in hip-hop, Fat Joe, and stand-up comedy, which is a topic that I am a LEADING EXPERT on. Check out KizMet's music at https://callmekiz.bandcamp.com/

My guest is Marjorie Sturm, the director of the new, fascinating documentary, The Cult of JT Leroy. The film (which might be one of my all-time favorite documentaries) won the Jury Prize at the San Francisco Independent Film Festival. For more information on the film, check out its website: http://www.jtleroydocumentary.com/

IT'S THE PODCASTING EVENT OF THE YEAR: I will decide my new Twitter Handle ON. THE. AIR.

The show adds a laugh track and I list the things that suck in the world.

On this episode I'm supposed to interview the comedian Steve Hofstetter! Spencer Higginson of McShirehampton's House drops a line.