The Bret Saunders Podcast

Beth Stelling is a stand-up comedian, writer and actress. Her second comedy album "Simply the Beth", was named it one of the top ten comedy albums of 2015. Beth is a writer who contributed to I Love You America with Sarah Silverman on Hulu. She previously wrote for season 1 and 2 of Judd Apatow's HBO series Crashing starring Pete Holmes. She also wrote on the feature film Good Boys. She’s at Comedy Works Downtown this weekend.

Pink Floyd’s The Wall turned 40 this year. In honor of that, we’ve reached back into the archives for an interview with founding member Roger Waters. He talked about the music he scored for the opera Ca Ira (French for "It'll be fine", subtitled "There is Hope"), based on the French Revolution and the personal effect Pink Floyd’s Live 8 reunion had on him.

Following his groundbreaking win on NBC’s Last Comic Standing in 2006, Denver native Josh Blue has risen through the ranks to become a well-established headliner at venues throughout the world. He headlines Comedy Works Dec. 20 & 21st. Along with his current comedy projects, Josh talks about his painting (Josh’s comedy, funny, Josh’s painting, dark), owning a snake…that once got away, his axe throwing expertise, and friendship with the Lumineers.

December 8th is the 39th anniversary of John Lennon’s death. For this podcast we have gone into the archives for a couple of conversations, the first with his wife, Yoko Ono. The occasion was John’s artwork coming to Boulder. Yoko talked about how his art and his music complimented each other and their struggle with the U.S. Government over Lennon’s citizenship. The second is with Dr. Stephan G. Lynn who recalls the night he was called back to Roosevelt Hospital to try and save John Lennon’s life.

Lewis Black, stand-up comedian, author, playwright, social critic, actor, and King Of The Rant. Before his “It Gets Better Every Day” tour comes to Denver in April, Lewis phoned us up to talked about the idea behind the tour name, his early days in Colorado, the eternal weirdness of Colorado Springs, and his role as Anger in the movie Inside Out.

He’s the singer-songwriter, musician, and record producer, known simply as Beck, and his new album is Hyperspace. He talks with Bret about how the Atari video game influenced it, the electricity that’s in all of us, and the movie role he regrettably turned down.

John Fogerty, leader of Creedence Clearwater Revival and a member of the Rock N’ Roll Hall Of Fame. He spoke to Bret about his new concert film shot at Red Rocks, his work with veterans, what it was like to play between the Grateful Dead and Janis Joplin at Woodstock, and his faith in the youth of today.

For this episode, Bret speaks with former Beatle’s drummer Ringo Starr about his new album What’s My Name. Hear about the message and song John Lennon left him, recording with his famous brother in law (guess who?) and being credited with taking the first selfie. And then a conversation from earlier this year with the late Paul Barrere, long time singer and guitarist with Little Feat. Paul talks about those crazy Little Feat album covers and what two songs always went into the set list.

David Sedaris, bestselling author, humorist, and one of the most observant writers addressing the human condition today. David and Bret obsess over their Apple Watches, fining people for using the word awesome, and there’s a funny story about a doomed opossum.

Two from the archives with a couple of guys who sadly, are no longer with us, Rock N’ Roll Hall Of Famer and a founding member of the Cars Ric Ocasek and celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain. Both are funny and insightful, enjoy.