Family Trips with the Meyers Brothers

This week on the pod, Seth and Josh welcome comedian Brooks Wheelan! Brooks talks about growing up in Iowa with few family vacations, spending summers on his grandparents’ farm in Missouri, and taking memorable trips to the Wisconsin Dells. He shares stories about not seeing the ocean until he was 21, discovering travel later in life, and finding himself on adventures everywhere from Corsica, where cigarettes became currency, to an 18-day rafting trip through the Grand Canyon. Plus, Brooks talks about his new comedy special "Alive in Alaska," and he's out on tour with Seth! Watch this episode on the Family Trips YouTube or Spotify, or listen wherever you get your podcasts!

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This week on the pod, Seth and Josh welcome Tatiana Maslany! Tatiana shares what it was like growing up in Regina, Saskatchewan, AKA the “middle of nowhere,” her multilingual upbringing, learning German as a baby, doing French improv as a kid, vivid memories of adventurous family trips filled with hiking, biking, cross-country skiing, and long drives to Banff, plus stories of Regina Beach fish and chips, dead-goldfish “graveyards,” moose sightings, walking pneumonia on vacation, and a snowboarding accident that left her with two sprained wrists. Plus, she also chats about starring in Apple TV’s darkly comedic thriller “Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed."

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Josh is joined by a very special guest for this month’s listener episode of Family Trips with the Myers Brothers...his dad, Larry Meyers! The two chat about Larry’s recent cruise through Morocco, Spain, and Portugal, a stressful lost-passport situation in Porto, podcasting’s shift toward video, and of course, the family’s beloved Old English Sheepdog, Albert VI.

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This week on the pod, Seth and Josh welcome Ziggy Marley! Ziggy talks all about growing up in Kingston as the son of Bob Marley, what his father’s fame felt like during his childhood, and the family trips that shaped him: from modest weekends in the Jamaican countryside to traveling to Zimbabwe for the country’s 1980 independence celebration. He also shares stories about moving to Delaware for a year, experiencing snow for the first time, visiting Miami, and meeting half-siblings during rides in the family’s yellow VW. Plus, Ziggy also chats about his upcoming studio album "Brightside," out now!

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This week on the pod, Seth and Josh welcome Billy Eichner! Billy talks all about growing up in Queens with supportive parents, his early dreams of becoming a child actor, and how his live comedy show eventually evolved into Billy on the Street. He also shares family trip stories including annual Miami and Disney vacations, seeing Starlight Express on Broadway, and a memorable San Francisco motel stop just to watch Madonna open the VMAs.
Plus, Billy discusses writing and recording his audiobook memoir, Billy on Billy, out on May 19!

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This week on the pod, Seth and Josh welcome Anna Konkle! Anna talks all about growing up between Vermont and Scituate, Massachusetts, meeting her PEN15 creative partner Maya Erskine in an experimental theater program in Amsterdam, stories from her family’s annual Vermont camping week, communal dinners, lake traditions, a delivered RV, and a terrifying storm that traumatized her daughter.
Anna also opens up about her parents’ divorce, their unusual house-sharing arrangement, a father-daughter Carnival cruise to the Bahamas that ended in an unforgettable sunburn, and the complicated relationship she later rebuilt with her father while caring for him during cancer. Plus, she discusses her memoir The Sane One!

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This week on the pod, Seth and Josh welcome Colby Minifie! Colby talks all about growing up on the Upper East Side in an apartment that’s been in her family for years, what it was like having an opera-singer dad who would break into song anywhere—from Central Park to the canals of Venice. She shares stories about biking around NYC, her dad’s larger-than-life upbringing in a 40-room church rectory, a legendary Christmas involving a frozen horse, childhood trips abroad thanks to her mom’s work at Gourmet magazine, discovering MTV in Rome and watching her sister become an accidental Italian star, Broadway at 13 years old, hiking the Grand Canyon in a day, and so much more! Plus, Colby talks about the 5th and final season of The Boys!

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Seth and Josh are back with the monthly listener episode and this one’s got it all! We hear some incredible listener stories including one recalls Oregon coast family trips, visiting The Goonies filming locations, and bluffing his way into Ecola State Park during the filming of a movie with a very famous actor (Arnold), another shares a honeymoon arrival in Barcelona during the International Women’s Day march that turns into a taxi nightmare; and finally, a spring break trip to Delaware goes completely off the rails with missing linens, a beach bomb warning, and a box truck accident.

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This week on the pod, Seth and Josh welcome Andy Serkis! Andy talks about growing up in a multicultural family with an Iraqi-Armenian father and British mother, being one of five siblings, and feeling caught between two very different worlds: Middle Eastern adventures and classic British caravan holidays. He also shares incredible stories including spending summers in Baghdad, traveling to places like Syria, Babylon, and Lebanon, and camping under the stars in the desert, his father’s narcoleptic tendencies while road tripping, and so much more. Plus, he shares his experiences second-unit directing in The Hobbit trilogy, directing his latest film, Animal Farm, and his upcoming directing venture in The Hunt for Gollum.

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About the Show:

Lifelong brothers Seth Meyers and Josh Meyers ask guests to relive childhood memories, unforgettable family trips, and other disasters!

New Episodes of Family Trips with the Meyers Brothers are available every Tuesday.

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Executive Producers: Rob Holysz, Jeph Porter, Natalie Holysz

Creative Producer: Sam Skelton

Coordinating Producer: Derek Johnson

Video Editor: Josh Windisch

Mix & Master: Josh Windisch

Episode Artwork: Analise Jorgensen

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This week on the pod, Seth and Josh welcome Elizabeth Banks! Elizabeth chats all about growing up in Western Massachusetts in a big Irish Catholic family, what she learned from her Finding Your Roots results, and why she changed her name. She also shares some truly wild family travel stories, from being tossed off a train into a snowbank to accidentally leaving her sister at a Mass Pike rest stop, plus a chaotic Canada trip involving Niagara Falls, the Thousand Islands, and more. Elizabeth also talks about her love of trains and card games, learning Mahjong, and what it’s like raising two close-in-age sons. Plus, she discusses her new Peacock show The Miniature Wife!

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