No Fun with Jen Kirkman

No Fun with Jen Kirkman episodes:

• 12.21.2023

  RAY OF LIGHT

  This week: Jen talks about how (and why) this is the closing/final episode of “No Fun” and why there was no penultimate episode last week…being radicalized for Madonna but not seeing her concert, honest truths about 2023 revisiting old thought patterns,...

  
• 12.08.2023

  EPISODE 1: “OVERWHELM” (YOU ARE A LOT - AN ADHD PODCAST)

  In this episode: Jen talks about how the nagging feeling of being overwhelmed brought her to an ADHD diagnosis. Jen also discusses: the difference between actually having too much to do and the phantom feeling of overwhelm which can’t be...

  
• 11.30.2023

  DECISIONS

  This week: Jen talks about a hilarious and heartfelt listener podcast review, how the last 7 years changed her life, what comedy has become, and more spontaneous thoughts!  Sign up for a 7-day free trial of Patreon and get full length,...

  
• 11.09.2023

  ANNOUNCEMENT

  This week: Jen talks about the future of the No Fun Podcast Sign up for a 7-day free trial of Patreon and get full length, ad-free episodes:  https://tinyurl.com/ycy3jrkx Shop in Jen’s online store here: https://tinyurl.com/yc6scbh3 To stream or buy Jen’s last comedy album (2022) “OK, GEN-X” go here: https://800PGR.lnk.to/OKGenXIN To buy Jen a...

  
• 11.02.2023

  PERSONS

  This week: Jen talks about a pilot who hadn’t slept in 40 hours, took mushrooms and tried to bring down a plane, also on Patreon only an exclusive tell-all interview with Dr. Barbara Persons and her new life, listener emails...

  
• 10.26.2023

  FUTURE-ISH

  This week: Jen talks about how robots can’t make burritos which is a good thing, her celebrity stalking plans for Halloween, and why do certain friendships fade away?  Sign up for a 7-day free trial of Patreon and get full length,...

  
• 10.19.2023

  GOSSIP

  This week: Jen talks about the latest Will and Jada bombshell that they’ve been separated for 7 years and so he slapped Chris Rock to defend his….not wife? Jen goes into detail about the whole Jada’s a narcissist and Will’s trauma...

  
• 10.12.2023

  ENDS & BEGINS

  This week: Jen talks about leaving Twitter and remembers the good old days, teenagers are hanging out on LINKED IN?, learning about doorknobs and if they’re haunted, does ADHD help or hurt a career path, and an important talk about...

  
• 10.05.2023

  NAKED

  This week: Jen talks about watching the full frontal nudity on reality TV, the not surprising allegations against Russell Brand and the not surprising response from him, and Jen’s thoughts on the final two episodes of And Just Like That. Sign...

  
• 09.21.2023

  LINT

  This week: Jen talks about being the only non-latch-key-kid in Generation X, teaching teenagers about lint rollers, another gender reveal party results in death, people are misusing the words gaslighting and boundaries and misunderstanding attachment styles, and some advice to...

  
• 09.14.2023

  CONVERSATION

  This week: Jen talks about talking to strangers in NYC, helping strangers take a photo and the kindness of a stranger who snuck her into a subway station. Jen also talks about the art of conversation that doesn’t devolve into...

  
• 08.31.2023

  Q&A WITH JK PART 3

  This week: Jen answers questions from listeners and tells tales of famous comedic movie directors and actors, gives advice on if taking an improv class will cure piano playing anxieties, what to put in an earthquake kit, and good/bad reasons...

  
• 08.24.2023

  SELVES

  This week: Jen talks about helping a mother with her kid without being asked at a Mr. Softee truck, the movie Oppenheimer basically leaves out the contributions women made in nuclear research, are you someone who feels a connection to...

  
• 08.17.2023

  Q&A WITH JK PART 2

  This week: Jen answers questions from Patreon subscribers about: her second tattoo, being on a TV game show, writing for TV, how to be in a relationship with an ADHD-er and more!  Sign up for a 7-day free trial of Patreon...

  
• 08.10.2023

  ARTIFICIAL

  This week: Jen talks about the right way to put sprinkles on ice cream, the night she and Winona Ryder hung out, Jen’s parents want to party with her friends, killing spotted lantern flies in NYC, AI therapists are not...

  
• 08.03.2023

  EPISODE 29 * PATREON ONLY*

  This week’s episode of No Fun: the Jen Kirkman Podcast is entirely Patreon only. It’s a special Q&A with JK where I answer Patreon subscriber questions. It’s a super-sized episode and you can get it by joining at the $2.99...

  
• 07.27.2023

  SCARES

  This week: Jen talks about a very chatty customer service phone operator for Jet Blue, being afraid of the woods at night, debunking government conspiracy alien craft crash theories, and the Next Door app’ers are freaking out over a creepy...

  
• 07.20.2023

  ACTORS

  This week: Jen talks about the excitement of the SAG-AFTRA Union joining the WGA on strike, Jen’s parents are pro Matt Damon and anti-billionaire, the downfall of Jonah Hill as a mental health role model, Jen is worried that Madonna...

  
• 07.20.2023

  BONUS: AND JUST LIKE THAT RECAP S2 EP 1

  Every week Jen recaps the most recent episode of And Just Like That - going over everything that makes no sense, drives us all insane, makes us miss Samantha and the old series, makes us question what happened to Miranda,...

  
• 07.20.2023

  BONUS: AND JUST LIKE THAT RECAP S2 EP 2

  Every week Jen recaps the most recent episode of And Just Like That - going over everything that makes no sense, drives us all insane, makes us miss Samantha and the old series, makes us question what happened to Miranda,...

  
• 07.20.2023

  BONUS: AND JUST LIKE THAT RECAP S2 EP 3

  Every week Jen recaps the most recent episode of And Just Like That - going over everything that makes no sense, drives us all insane, makes us miss Samantha and the old series, makes us question what happened to Miranda,...

  
• 07.20.2023

  BONUS: AND JUST LIKE THAT RECAP S2 EP 4

  Every week Jen recaps the most recent episode of And Just Like That - going over everything that makes no sense, drives us all insane, makes us miss Samantha and the old series, makes us question what happened to Miranda,...

  
• 07.20.2023

  BONUS: AND JUST LIKE THAT RECAP S2 EP 5

  Every week Jen recaps the most recent episode of And Just Like That - going over everything that makes no sense, drives us all insane, makes us miss Samantha and the old series, makes us question what happened to Miranda,...

  
• 07.13.2023

  SHIPS

  SEASON 11: EPISODE 26: SHIPS RELEASE DATE 7/13/2023 This week: Jen reads a thread on the Next Door app about a couple who were appalled that teenaged boys threw eggs at them. Jen goes to a crappy Titanic exhibit in NYC, the...

  
• 07.06.2023

  LIMITATIONS

  This week: Jen is very scattered but manages to talk about her addiction and then crash watching Married At First Sight when she was sick for a week, great advice on the futility of time management from a book Jen...

  
• 06.29.2023

  NON-HUMAN

  This week: Jen talks about whistleblower David Grush testifying that there is a secret government committee that has recovered “non-human” spacecraft, nobody is afraid of aliens, the Gen-Z trend of “bed-rotting” which Jen calls “Bedquarters”, a Rona rebound, someone on...

  
• 06.22.2023

  STOVES

  This week: Jen talks about Kim Cattrall’s upcoming cameo on “And Just Like That” and the annoying line from Carrie in the trailer about using the stove for shoes. Also Jen talks about getting the Coco after 3 1/2 years...

  
• 06.15.2023

  BOXES

  This week: Jen reads and gives her commentary on Jack Smith’s indictment of Donald Trump for having boxes of classified info at Mar-A-Lago, Seth Rogan is a child-free hero, not having kids isn’t interesting to talk about - why do...

  
• 06.08.2023

  FRIENDSHIP

  Jen talks about how her podiatrist thought Jen was upset because she is “old”, making new friends as an adult, coping with a fear of building heights and elevators with Klonopin and oversharing, watching The Notebook for the first time...

  
• 06.01.2023

  "THERAPY"

  This week: THE FULL EPISODE 7, SEASON 11 FROM 2/15/23 TITLED “THERAPY” IS NOW UNLOCKED AND AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC. ALL NO FUN EPISODES CAN ONLY BE HEARD AD-FREE AND IN FULL ON PATREON. THIS IS ONE OF THE SPECIAL...

  
• 05.25.2023

  MTV

  This week: Jen talks about MTV News hosted by Kurt Loder being canceled and the shockwaves it sent through Generation-X, hot gossip about models dating writers from the WGA picket lines, throwing out ADHD medication by mistake, going to Target with...

  
• 05.18.2023

  INFLUENCE

  This week: Jen talks about a Tik Tok Influencer who left Coachella early for mental health reasons and disagrees with the backlash she got, more tales from the WGA picket lines, and Jen gets defensive about an article that states that...

  
• 05.11.2023

  SINGLES

  This week: Jen talks about what it’s like on the WGA picket lines, how no one should compromise how they like to sleep and wake-up for a relationship, the Dalai Lama sucks, the Church of England wants to honor single people...

  
• 05.04.2023

  CANCEL

  This week: Jen talks about how real friends cancel plans on each other last minute, the details of the Writer’s Strike and the evils of corporate greed, RIP to the Park Slope alligator, and Jen finds out that she’s been blocked...

  
• 04.27.2023

  BONUS RE-RELEASE OF SEASON 1 EPISODE 4\8 “SUMMERTIME AND THE LIVING IS VACATION-Y"

  This week: In a throwback episode from 2012 - the 8th episode of this podcast…Jen sits in bed to talk to you about summertime, including tales of a creepy gym teacher from 1986, her hatred of The Cars, fireworks, and coconuts....

  
• 04.27.2023

  SKETCHES

  This week: Jen talks about a maskless woman in Target being offended by Jen’s sneeze, calling bs on Harry Styles femme outfits, a prediction that Trump will be the first President who lives in jail while serving a term, courtroom sketch...

  
• 04.20.2023

  MARKETS

  This week: Jen talks about informing a Gen-Z that reversible jackets are not new, listener emails celebrating the No Fun 11 year anniversary, going to the New York Stock Exchange, dress codes, watching Love is Blind and being confused how young...

  
• 04.20.2023

  BONUS RE-RELEASE SEASON 1 EPISODE 4 “HEADPHONE HEALING”

  This week: In a throwback episode from 2012 - the 7th episode ever of this podcast…Jen sits in bed to talk to you about a woman she saw who did something wildly out of character during the last fifteen minutes of...

  
• 04.13.2023

  SNIFFLES

  This week: Jen answers a listener email about if it’s ever okay to heckle - even in the name of disgracing woman-hating, racist, homophobic, etc. bad comedians? And then Jen talks about how having a cold turned into a complete existential...

  
• 04.13.2023

  SEASON 1: EPISODE 2 RE-RELEASE “Customer Service is Dead and Small Talk is Killing Me.”

  This week: In a throwback episode from 2012 - the second episode ever of this podcast….Jen has big thoughts on Customer Service and she is a friend of the worker. Jen was a waitress, cashier, someone who stuffed chocolates in...

  
• 04.06.2023

  ANNIVERSARY

  This week: Jen talks about her plan for April 2023 which is the month of the 11-year-anniversary of this podcast. She talks about listening to episodes from Season 1 and how they might be better than current episodes. Jen also takes...

  
• 04.06.2023

  RE-RELEASE SEASON 1, EP 1 “What’s The Hook?"

  This week: It’s the very first episode of No Fun: The Jen Kirkman Podcast - back when it was called “I Seem Fun: The Diary of Jen Kirkman Podcast.” There isn't a hook. Jen talks into a microphone. By herself....

  
• 03.30.2023

  CHICKENS

  This week: Jen talks about her four hour morning self-care ritual, fear of scary movies even in the morning, a dream about Kurt Cobain coming back to life, the horror when you accidentally send an email ABOUT someone TO that someone...

  
• 03.23.2023

  CATS

  This week: Jen talks about her leftover thoughts on the Academy Awards and Chris Rock’s new stand-up special. Is the documentary Inside The Mind Of A Cat going to help bring cats some due respect? Leaving a therapist who hated cats....

  
• 03.16.2023

  UNLOCKED FULL EPISODE “FOOT "

  This episode (like all episodes) was only available in full and ad-free on Patreon - but for a special bonus this month, this episode is unlocked and available to all free subscribers.  SEASON 11: EPISODE 2: “FOOT” ORIGINAL RELEASE DATE 1/12/2022: Jen...

  
• 03.09.2023

  FOOTBALL

  This week: Jen talks about Tom Brady’s future as a stand-up comedian, people who tape their mouth shut to sleep, rom-com movie tropes she’s sick of like kissing before brushing teeth or falling in the front door kissing while removing coats,...

  
• 03.02.2023

  ALLIGATORS

  This week: Jen talks about a found alligator in Brooklyn and laments not being the one to find it, the vulnerability of talking about money goals, not feeling the need to find a purpose in life, and the “life is meaningless...

  
• 02.23.2023

  LANDLINE

  This week: Jen talks about how when making a doctor’s appointment she was told she couldn’t unless she remembered her landline phone number from 1998, celebrities need to talk about menopause, the UK has decided that women can’t get menopause relief...

  
• 02.16.2023

  "THERAPY"

  This week: Jen shares stories clients who left their kooky therapists after one session, ghosting her own therapist after a decade, everyone is mad at Marie Kondo for giving up cleaning, advice for people with ADHD, Jen’s final conclusion in the...

  
• 02.09.2023

  “STRANGERS”

  This week: Jen talks about watching a guy on a subway ask a woman he doesn’t know if she’s a poet, Jen’s secret life of talking to strangers about their lives, loving talking about other people’s jobs, why is everyone acting...