The Dana Gould Hour

By Dana Gould

Comedy

What's The Dana Gould Hour about?

Comedian Dana Gould takes a look at our world... through his eyes... for your benefit. Joined by fellow comedians and other interesting people with a focus on the weird and the real. Conversation. Music. Monologues. With Ken Daly, Andy Paley and more.

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Date Night!

11.29.2021

Rob Cohen is with us. Rob and I collaborated on the late lamented Super Adventure Team way back in the dark ages, Rob directed Stan Against Evil and is currently the director of YouTube's hairy sensation, Hanging With Dr. Z. ...

The Dana Gould Hour episodes:

11.29.2021 Date Night! Rob Cohen is with us. Rob and I collaborated on the late lamented Super Adventure Team way back in the dark ages, Rob directed Stan Against Evil and is currently the director of YouTube's hairy sensation, Hanging With Dr. Z. ...
10.15.2021 House Of Halloweenery Trick or treat indeed! It’s that tiiiiiiime! And unlike last year, I think we’re actually going to do it. Carefully indeed, but fingers crossed the kids can get out there and do some trick or treating. Every child has the ...
09.24.2021 Acting! John Ross Bowie of the new Household Faces podcast & so much more is here. Also we have MelanieChartoff with her new book Odd Woman Out! https://DanaGould.com
08.26.2021 Squirmtown, USA Cult movie director Jeff Lieberman is here. Jeff has done such classics as Squirm, Blue Sunshine, Just before Dawn, Remote Control. He’s worked with Rod Serling, almost did a Broadway show with John Lennon. He’s got stories for days and ...
07.21.2021 A Hot Summer Plight Bobcat Goldthwait is with us. Bob is one of my best friends, and we’ve got a movie coming out together in the fall that we made called Joy Ride that we’re going to tell you a little about, as well ...
07.01.2021 Angelenos Mon Amor We have two fantastic guests. Karie Bible came to Los Angeles by way of Texas, fell in love with LA and its history, and submerged herself in that history by way of the Hollywood Forever Cemetery, where she has been ...
05.20.2021 Hey, Moe! Our guest is Wayne Federman, a very funny comedian and actor and now author. He has written a book called The History Of Stand Up: From Mark Twain To Dave Chapelle. Last year we had Kliph Nesteroph on to talk ...
04.21.2021 Important Portents! We have two guests, sort of an old school double shot, our old buddy Kliph Nesteroff is here to talk about his new book, We had A Little Real Estate Problem: The Unheralded Story Of Native Americans & Comedy. It's ...
03.23.2021 Hooray For North Hollywood! My guest today is a very good friend of mine, and I’m proud to say that. She is a crazily talented woman, one of the original Not Ready For Prime Time Players, Laraine Newman is here. Laraine has a new ...
02.17.2021 Proops Positive! A month and half into 2021 and already I feel better. Vaccines are pouring forth like sap from a tree in winter and Trump escaped trying to get his own Vice President murdered. But as the wise man once said, ...
01.20.2021 Goin' Underground My guest today is the very funny Amy Miller. In addition to being a hilarious comedian, Amy has an excellent podcast called Who’s Your God? In which people, many from comedy, discuss their religious beliefs or the lack thereof.
12.23.2020 Quaran-Tidings To You Anne Serling is with us. Anne is the daughter of none other than Rod Serling, he the creator of The Twilight Zone, The Night Gallery, screenwriter of requiem For A Heavyweight, Seven Days In May and that Ape movie we’ve ...
11.24.2020 Hail The Non-Monsters A post-election but not-too-political wrap up with John Hodgman (Judge John Hodgman, Medallion Status). A True Tales deep dive into Roswell, NM. When conspiracies were fun!
10.22.2020 Carnival Of Halloweenery Trick or treat! It’s that time of year everybody, and everyone is getting into the Halloween spirit. Everyone’s in a mask and the world itself is dressed up as it’s favorite scene from Contagion. But we will proceed, undaunted!
09.25.2020 Silly London Comedian April Richardson talks about bugging out of America and moving to England. Also, mods, rockers and moral panics. https://DanaGould.com
09.01.2020 Scaramanga’s Nipple! MME Champion Josh Barnett talks about how he got started (it's not what you think) and the benefits of Roger Moore's James Bond! Also, WINCH! The craziest showbiz memoir in existence. If you thought ventriloquists had a dark side, you ...
08.05.2020 Mask-A-Palooza We do have a great show for you today. Formerly known as TV's Frank and Prof. Clayton Forrester, as well as the voice of Crow, now known as The Mads, Frank Conniff and Trace Beaulieu. Thanks to Zoom, the new ...
07.14.2020 Cruel, Cruel Summer It's a cruel, cruel summer as Banarama sang. Or as we called them, the banana rammers. We continue to struggle through this mess. And who better to guide us through than The Bitter Buddha himself, Eddie Pepitone. We do have ...
06.24.2020 Interesting Times! My guest is the co-host of one of my favorite podcasts Hacks On Tap, which is a weekly political round up that he co hosts with David Axelrod. Mike is a political strategist, a Republican never Trumper and an all-around ...
05.12.2020 Agoraphabulous! We’re back! So soon? Why not? The rules are out the window! What the hey? I was on the phone with my good friend Danny Bland, punk rocker, poet, rock star tour manager… and he was telling me a hilarious ...
05.04.2020 X Marks Their Spot There have been, so far, only two positives from this pandemic that I can see. One, Zoom technology has finally lead to the long delayed question, “Wait, all this time I could have been doing your podcast from my house?” ...
04.06.2020 Makin’ It Legal My guest is Roger Nygard, an incredibly talented director and writer best known for the hit documentary Trekkies. He also made a brilliant film called The Nature Of Existence and his new documentary is called The Truth About Marriage. It’s ...
03.20.2020 Quarantastic! The Chinese have a curse. May you live in interesting times. Interesting times indeed. Our first episode of the social distancing era gets off to a germ-free start with the hilarious Matt Braunger. Matt has a new album out called ...
02.24.2020 Kang and Kogen? We're back! My guest today is Jay Kogen. Now that name is probably mostly familiar to you if you have been a fan of The Simpsons since day one, as he has been there that long. Jay, with his then ...
02.05.2020 Who Is Comic Book Girl 19? My guest gained online notoriety as Comic Book Girl 19, and is now rebranding herself simply as Danika. But she is one of those people who is smart, funny and interesting. And her job is being online. We met her ...
12.23.2019 Happy Holidapes Happy Holiday! Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Joyous Kwanza, Stellar Snowman Independence Day, Spooky Snow Halloween! Whatever it takes! Pixies guitarist Joey Santiago is here. The Pixies have been one of my favorite bands since I first started seeing them when ...
10.27.2019 Jack O’ Weenery It is Halloween, the most wonderful time of the year, when we bring you the episode of the podcast that we hope, we try, will stand head and shoulders above the rest. Joining us are Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski, ...
10.12.2019 Octo-Bonus An October bonus as we prepare the Halloween show. Hole drummer Patty Schemel with an amazing story of grunge rock, the Cobains, drugs and a survivor's ability to see it all in the rearview. https://DanaGould.com A bonus ep with Eddie ...
09.07.2019 Whoopee Cushion Floaty Today we have one of my favorite guests, he of the podcast Advice From A Dipshit, Mr. Matt Braunger is here. Matt had a new special out on Amazon prime called Finally Live In Portland. Also, if you heard the ...
07.17.2019 Music For Weirdos This episode is a three-hour punk-stravaganza! John Doe of X, Tom DeSavia, Tony Hawk, Charlotte Caffey of the Go-Go's, Pleasant Gehman from the Screaming Sirens and Rob Zabrecky of Possum Dixon! https://DanaGould.com
06.05.2019 The Apes From The Black Lagoon We have two interviews, specific to the world of special effects makeup. The Lady From The Black Lagoon by Mallory O’Meara tells the story of Millicent Patrick. Millicent worked in the Universal Studios makeup department in the early 1950s and ...
05.06.2019 Dana Gould Hour Live! A rare, live show from Dynasty Typewriter in Los Angeles, with Eddie Pepitone, Blaine Capatch, Eliza Skinner, Tom Kenny and the High Seas. Also John Ennis, Two Guys From Boston, the ghost of Johnny Carson & more! DanaGould.com
04.02.2019 It's Your Thang! We have some amazing guests. John and Bjo Trimble started the letter writing campaign that saved Star Trek. Thanks to them, Star Trek had three seasons, which allowed it to be syndicated, which allowed it to catch on, find its ...
02.26.2019 Potty Mouthery! We have an astounding episode for your listening pleasure. But let me warn you, it has some potty mouthery in it. To begin with From Kids In The Hall and Newsradio, Dave Foley is here, joined by his wife, Crissy ...
01.24.2019 The Light & The Dark Author of the book The Comedians, a walking, talking, show business encyclopedia, Kliph Nesteroff is here. As well as a man who truly belies description. Raconteur? Gadfly? Human Special Effect? You decide. The great Mike Carano is here, as well ...
12.06.2018 Post-Hallowgiving! Thanksgiving is over and it’s time for holiday panic. If you are like me, it’s time for planning trips, buying gifts, wrapping gifts, wondering how you’re going to pay for it all, realizing you can’t, and finally throwing up your ...
10.27.2018 Phantom Of The Halloweenery Yes, it's that time of year, October. The fall! Halloween. We've got two amazing guests. A man who needs no introduction, Mr. Patton Oswalt is here. You can follow his many adventures on twitter and try to catch him live ...
09.28.2018 Jail Guitar Doors September. It is officially pre-halloween season and we have a great pre-halloween episode. Wayne Kramer, the legendary lead guitarist for the MC5 and père ubu is here. He's written a new book entitled "The Hard Stuff." As well, we have ...
08.25.2018 Hot Talk, Cool Dudes We have an amazing show this month! From Turner Classic Movies, Ben Mankiewicz is here. Ben is smart, funny, knows everyone in show business, comes from a family of Hollywood royalty and DC political insiders. Talk about connected. What’s he ...
07.11.2018 Story Time Hello all! This is our annual messed-up mid-summer episode. I didn't have time to do my laundry properly, much less get a podcast going, but I didn't want the month to go by with nothing to show for it. So, ...
06.06.2018 Bikini Season! Ahhh summer. The kids are getting ready for finals, vacations are being planned, and if you're me, you’re in Atlanta making your friends hang out in a swamp as you film season three of Stan Against Evil. Our guests include ...
05.01.2018 Candy-Colored Clown Aaaaaaand we’re back. Spring has sprung and we’re busy as bees! But out of chaos comes order and, if not order, a podcast. This month we have our old buddy Alison Rosen, whose new book, Tropical Attire Encouraged And Other ...
03.31.2018 Critters! We have a terrific show for you this month. The host of TV Guidance Counselor, the great Ken Reid is here. And real life Forrest Gump, star of Animal Planet’s Emergency Vets and former bouncer for some of the greatest ...
03.02.2018 Joe Frank This is something of a different episode of the show. It's dedicated, almost in its entirety to one man, a brilliant writer and radio performer named Joe Frank. Joe Frank started his career by and large on WBAI in New ...
01.26.2018 Runalot Jumpalot Happy 2018 everybody. Getting right at it, we have a great line up for you. The hilarious and recently-married Matt Braunger is with us. Look for Matt’s new comedy special, later this year. An comedian and human woman, Emma Arnold ...
12.21.2017 Merry Krampus! It IS December, and that calls for a year-end recap. Last year, prior to election day, we all thought we knew how the year was going to turn out. Well it didn’t quite work out that way, did it? So ...
11.30.2017 Aging Disgracefully Today’s show features two amazing guests, author, actor, podcaster, husband, father, men’s facial hair advocate John Hodgman is here. He has an excellent new book out now called Vacationland and he is here to discuss that, and so much much ...
10.26.2017 The Abominable Dr. Halloweenery! It's Halloween Times, and we have a veritable pillowcase full of treats in store for you. Joe Dante, the director of Gremlins, The Howling, Pirahan, Matinee, Small Soldiers, Gremlins 2, The Burbs, Twilight Zone: The Movie. Josh Olson, the Academy ...
09.30.2017 Arma-Get-Outta-Here! Valerie Tosi, held over from last month to make room for big dead Jerry Lewis is here, Valerie is an incredibly funny comedian and an LA transplant from Boston, so yeah, we had more than a little to talk about. ...
08.29.2017 Tympani! Our guests are the brilliant and hilarious Mike Carano. If you are a fan of comedy, you may not know him, but every comedian you know knows him. Also, director Steve Kessler, who directed Vegas Vacation, The Independent and Paul ...

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