The Koz Effect

Thomas McCarthy - This actor turned writer-director has created some of the most intelligent indie films of the past decade or more, with THE STATION AGENT, THE VISITOR and WIN WIN. He talks with Koz about his latest movie - with Adam Sandler - THE COBBLER, plus tells the story of discovering Peter Dinklage, the ongoing relevance to the immigration debate of THE VISITOR, what made WIN WIN special and his current work prepping the bombshell drama SPOTLIGHT, about the Boston Globe's groundbreaking expose of the Catholic Church's priest molestation scandals in Boston (starring Michael Keaton and likely out this fall

We have another walkout, as conservative panelist Larry Meyers hung up and quit before we even got through Dr. David Robinson’s “The Week We Were” news jokes. But Koz, Tymon and Dave still had fun expressing outrage over Oklahoma’s racist frat brothers and their bizarre house mother’s use of the “N word” while rapping along to a song, all sorts of other racist issues, and then to frightening new GOP Sen. Tom Cotton’s open letter to the Iranian government stating that Congress could interfere or shut down the country’s current nuclear negotiations, when in fact, they really aren’t allowed. A very funny episode filled with humorous outrage!

Koz says Mahalo! to the King of Podcasting, in this special episode recorded AT Carolla's Glendale-based media empire. They talk about Carolla's new move ROAD HARD, and the world of standup comedy and life on the road, plus a walk through some of the more outrageous moments of his career and whether PC-ness is killing American speech again

T. Sean Shannon - This guy from Texas went to the Mt. Everest of Comedy- "SNL" - for eight years as a writer from 1998- 2006 (aka The Will Ferrell/Tracy Morgan years). He now makes movies, but in the wake of SNL 40, he sat down with Koz to dish on all sorts of fascinating stories from his time on the show, along with sharing hilarious stories from the time he and Fred Willard freaked out an elevator full of tourists at the Roman Colosseum!