Mike Bridenstine (great pal and author) comes on to talk about his new book where he writes about the MidWest comedy scene in the mid 2000s.

Get his book here: https://www.amazon.com/Kansas-City-Comedy-Unbelievable-Stanford/dp/146717016X

Mike Mitchell (Birthday Boys/The Doughboys Podcast) talks about getting into sketch comedy, what UCB was like when it first opened, and discusses his "holy trinity" of fast food restaurants.

Listen to The Doughboys here: https://headgum.com/doughboys

Subscribe to Brooks' travel substack here: https://brookswheelan.substack.com/

Barry Rothbart (Wolf of Wall street/stand up comic/Brooks' neighbor for a long time) talks about his new podcast "Searching for Allan Rothbart." Brooks and Barry also talk about doing comedy together for almost 20 years.

Check out Barry's new podcast: https://www.audible.com/pd/Searching-for-Allan-Rothbart-Audiobook/B0FH5LVKYC?srsltid=AfmBOoo2uY0fe5y6-4Bj9q6LqdiJlI6rEQCWATfu0ysqS55-MxvcjQ0x

See Brooks live on tour: brookswheelan.com/dates

Whitmer Thomas (friend and currently in the #1 movie in the world) talks about being in Weapons and also just other movie junk. Also Brooks talks about his European adventure. Its a fun episode!

Check out Whit's new music video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VK5Ax6M7vcI

Ryan Rosenberg (UCB/One of Brooks' first friends in LA) talks about taking UCB classes, scooping ice cream in high school, and crushing it at The Cheesecake Factory.

Check Ryan's sketch group Big Grande here: https://biggrandewebsite.com/

Carmen Christopher (The Bear/Joe Pera Talks with You/English Teacher) comes back to talk about going to the University of Iowa the same time as Brooks, being killer salesman in Chicago, and almost joining the military.

Check out Carmen's new special: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MoHTvTrfB2g

Check out Carmen's old special: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-HUeu0QjLY

See Brooks on tour: brookswheelan.com/dates

Charlotte McKinney (model/acrtess/comedian) talks about growing up outside Orlando and modeling for her dad's car dealership, dropping out of high school and moving to Miami to pursue modeling, and ending up in a viral Carl's Jr. Super Bowl commercial.

Check out Charlotte's podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/what-do-they-know-with-lovitz-mckinney/id1783673107

Mike Hanford (Birthday Boys/Sloppy Boys/Comedy Bang Bang!) talks about finding rooms to hide in at work, living with a bunch of other comics, and getting a sketch show made on IFC.

See Mike live: https://www.instagram.com/mikehanford/?hl=en

See Brooks live: brookswheelan.com/dates

watch pool jumpers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GIZ3cN4JwA

Karl Hess and Brooks went and made a proof of concept episode of a new podcast they're working on where they go to every national park and get in way over their heads. It's Earth Day so I felt like we might as well share it!

Chris Estrada (This Fool, Comedy Central) joins Brooks to talk about growing up in Los Angeles, working at Dominoes, a movie theater, and construction sites. All before deciding to start stand up when he was 30.

Check out This Fool on Hulu: https://www.hulu.com/series/18ea1265-5978-41d7-b619-2ad23e075a71