Make My Day with Josh Gondelman

Natalie Walker and Sarah Hagi (Search Party, Gawker) compete to cheer Josh up. During a game of Know More Drama, Natalie and Sarah answer questions about...drama! They then donate their winnings to the Lilith Fund and Fort York Food Bank. Plus, pep talks for Jennifer Hudson and people who are here to make friends.

Buy tickets to Natalie's upcoming NYC shows: https://54below.com/events/bonnie-milligan-and-natalie-walker-celebrate-fifty-years-of-friendship/

Read Sarah in Gawker: https://www.gawker.com/profile/sarah-hagi-1911902

Donate to the Lilith Fund: https://www.lilithfund.org/donate

Donate to Fort York Food Bank: https://fyfb.com/donate/

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Jia Tolentino (Trick Mirror, The New Yorker) competes to cheer Josh up. During a game of Lies on the Prize, Jia answers questions about lies, mostly in a good way. She then donates her winnings to a local chapter of Food Not Bombs. Plus, pep talks for new parents and people who don't like how they look in photographs.

Read Jia in The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/contributors/jia-tolentino

Buy Trick Mirror: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/567511/trick-mirror-by-jia-tolentino/

Donate to Food Not Bombs: http://foodnotbombs.net/new_site/donate.php

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Ian Karmel (The Late Late Show, All Fantasy Everything) competes to cheer Josh up. During a game of Your Roots Are Showing, Ian answers questions about the concept of hometowns. He then donates his winnings to Planned Parenthood. Plus, pep talks for embarrassing childhood pictures and people eating almond butter as a snack.

Listen to All Fantasy Everything: https://headgum.com/all-fantasy-everything

Donate to Planned Parenthood: https://www.plannedparenthood.org/

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Patton Oswalt and Meredith Salenger (new podcast Did You Get My Text? out now) compete to cheer Josh up. During a game of Text-it Strategy, Meredith and Patton discuss text messaging techniques, preferences, and etiquette. They then donate their winnings to Alice's Kids and the Teak Fellowship. Plus, pep talks for wrong number texts, people who feel uncomfortable visiting unvaccinated relatives, and MFA students with unsatisfying day jobs.

Listen to Did You Get My Text?: https://starburns.audio/podcasts/did-you-get-my-text/

Donate to Alice's Kids: https://aliceskids.org/

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Laura Stevenson (new album Laura Stevenson out now) competes to cheer Josh up. During a game of Cribs Notes, Laura takes Josh on an MTV Cribs style tour of her home. She then donates her winnings to Black Mamas Matter Alliance. Plus, pep talks for people who had to sell their cars after Xzibit "improved" them, and people with messy refrigerators.

Listen to Laura Stevenson: http://dongiovanni.co/LauraStevenson

Black Mamas Matter Alliance: https://blackmamasmatter.org/

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Maris Kreizman (The Maris Review, Slaughterhouse 90210) competes to cheer Josh up. During a game of Sense of Shelf, Maris gives incredible answers to questions about books. She then donates her winnings to T1 International. Plus, pep talks for unread books and employees at bookstores.

Listen to The Maris Review: http://www.mariskreizman.com/the-maris-review

Donate to T1 International: https://www.t1international.com/donate/

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Gonzalo Cordova and Travis Helwig (Edith, Tuca & Bertie, Lovett or Leave It) compete to cheer Josh up. During a game of Sound Advice, Travis and Gonzalo offer . The pair donate their winnings to A Purposeful Rescue and Americans for Immigrant Justice. Plus, three pep talks that are all over the place.

Listen to Edith: https://crooked.com/podcast-series/edith/

Donate to A Purposeful Rescue: https://www.apurposefulrescue.org/donate

Donate to Americans for Immigrant Justice: https://floridaimmigrant.org/donate-today/

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Bridger Winegar (I Said No Gifts, Black Monday) competes to cheer Josh up. During a game of Exchange Greats, Bridger answers questions about gift-giving excellence. He then donates his grand prize winnings to The Literacy Lab. Plus, pep talks for philosophers and upstairs neighbors.

Listen to I Said No Gifts: https://www.exactlyrightmedia.com/i-said-no-gifts

Follow Bridger on Twitter: https://twitter.com/bridger_w

Donate to The Literacy Lab: https://theliteracylab.org/

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Sydnee Washington (Unofficial Expert podcast) competes to cheer Josh up. During a game of Ma'am, It's a Hot One, Sydness answers questions about how to have the hottest summer ever. She then donates her grand prize winnings to a person who has been single for the entire pandemic. Plus, pep talks for people who hate the beach and anyone working in entertainment.

Follow Sydnee on Instagram: 

https://www.instagram.com/justsydbw/

Listen to the Unofficial Expert podcast: 

https://foreverdogpodcasts.com/podcasts/the-unofficial-expert/

Check out Comedy at the Knitting Factory: 

https://www.knittingfactory.com/event/tw-artistinfo/Comedy+At+The+Knitting+Factory/

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EPISODE SUMMARY:

A recording of our recent livestream show. Paula Poundstone, Tom Bodett, and Peter Sagal compete to cheer Josh up. Karen Chee pops in as well and is delightful in a non-competitive setting. Quick note for listeners who didn't watch the livestream: Paula Poundstone repeatedly pretends to cut her head off with a saw over the course of the episode. Ticket sales from the live show benefitted HatchSpace, a not-for-profit woodworking collective in Vermont that Tom co-founded.

Donate to HatchSpace: https://hatchspace.org/Donate

Listen to Wait Wait Don't Tell Me: https://www.npr.org/programs/wait-wait-dont-tell-me/

Check out Peter's books: https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/authorpage/peter-sagal.html

Listen to Paula's podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/nobody-listens-to-paula-poundstone/id1410611499

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