This episode Evan welcomes Star Wars fanatic, pop culture maven and fellow Great Neck, Long Island native Spencer Jawitz. After the initial Great Neck nostalgia, Spencer and Evan break down how each of them raved about the new Running Man movie starring Glen Powell. From the Easter eggs to the messaging, Spencer shares why this movie hit the mark and how he has a connection to cast member Katy O’Brian!

Then they dived into everything Star Wars as Spencer is the co-founder of Virtual Cantina Network (VCN), an online community of Star Wars fans over 100,000 strong! Spencer then gives a primer of how all the additional Star Wars content fits in with the theatrical releases. He also recalls his visit to George Lucas’ Skywalker Ranch and a big upcoming announcement of Star Wars convention in Los Angeles in 2027.

Spencer also mentions how his passion for Star Wars has supplanted his involvement with pro wrestling. However, that didn’t stop him and Evan from talking WWE’s TKO era, an upcoming Wrestlemania in Saudi Arabia, John Cena’s retirement tour and LA Knight.

Get ready for an episode chalk-full of entertaining and insightful takes that make it less awkward, but more geeky.

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Keya Mason is a 3-time Emmy-nominated TV producer and casting director. She has produced for such shows as Dr Phil, Divorce Court, Judge Hatchett and Judge Maria Lopez while casting such reality hits as Love Island USA, The Bachelor, The Bachelor, Queer Eye and Catfish: The TV Show. And she has stories! Hear the behind the scenes of how shows are put together, how she knows whom to cast, and how she was about to convince the Catfisher to come on Catfish!!

Keya was also one of only a handful of people in the world to be in the room when Evan gave his NYU marketing presentation that inspired him to pursue comedy! Does she remember it? Plus, we hear about the time she asked Evan and his wife if they wanted to go on the Divorce Court. All that and the arrival of Mason Castle Productions. Big things on the way! And towards the end maybe Keya stumbles on to her Ted Talk!

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Josh Goldstein (@jgold12) is a hardcore wrestling fan and podcaster – just like Evan. Josh is also from Great Neck, Long Island – just like Evan. Josh was actually live at Wrestlemania 1, 2, 20 and 29! Then hear them break down the full Wrestlemania 41 card. Hopefully they get along.

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Kevin O’Neill and Evan never met. But that didn’t keep them from becoming Facebook friends. Hear how they’re connected, the depths of Kevin’s nerd culture and what are the best phone games out there? Plus, how many ways can Kevin operate on a bunny? (He’s a veterinarian.) So Evan also gets Kevin’s advice on his cats’ occasional vomiting. In addition, Kevin shares his ‘spam whispering’ attempts with Evan and Kevin reveals some data he uncovered about those people on the other end of those spam texts! Too much awkward to go around!

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Katy Grimes is the editor-in-chief of the California Globe and she always has a lot to write about. Focused on politics, Katy and Evan break down the woes of California while talking through prop 47 (addressing retail theft), homelessness, abortion, and more. Plus, what does the future hold for Governor Gavin Newsom? And what about Adam Schiff vs Steve Garvey this November? They even discuss the campaign of Robert F Kennedy, Jr. Katy also gets into the mechanics of journalism and how she acquires (and loses) sources. Finally, Katy and Evan watch along to Evan’s new song, “Radical Left Republican Dad.” There’s the awkward.

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Nicola Cheung met Evan initially when he performed at Landmark College in Vermont back in 2012. Since then Nicola went back to China through the pandemic, but recently returned to the United States living in Connecticut. What made her come back? How is she getting around without knowing how to drive?

Then later, Evan delves deep into Nicola’s unique ability to communicate with spirits as well as predict the future. When did she realize she had these powers? How has it affected her emotionally? Hear amazing anecdotes as we go all-in on the paranormal! With a side of awkward.

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It’s been roughly a month since Wheel of Fortune’s WWE Week and Evan is talking to the champion contestant Grant Salzano. Grant won over $50,000 in cash and WWE-themed prizes over two shows in addition to the grand prize of tickets to Wrestlemania, Smackdown, the Hall of Fame and a Front-Row VIP experience for Monday Night Raw. Evan and Grant relive the key moments in his Wheel journey and how everything fell into place. Plus, he talks about being paired with Natalya Neidhart and how he designed a premium, customized title belt from the experience. All that and some pilot talk as Grant is making the most of his new license to fly. And as always, this episode has a license to be awkward.

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It’s Wheel of Fortune’s WWE Week and Evan has Wheel contestants on to recap and preview their appearances. Tracina Jones from Tampa partnered with Drew McIntyre. What did they talk about? How has her week been since going viral due to her incorrect ball-centric guess. Tracina is joining by Ben Clark who is about to partner with Big E. How did they manage to hit it off so well? And what event will Tracina and Ben even up attending next year? All that plus Tracina and Ben offer their full Wrestlemania predictions, and how Evan ended up as an alternate for WWE week. #playingwithballs

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In their first ever conversation, Evan interviews Matt Duron, someone he hoped would get him a gig at his college (Thiel) back in 2007. Unfortunately, 15 years later, Evan has still not played Thiel but he is still friends with Matt. Hear about Matt’s writing exploits, potential books in the works and his reaction to the pilot of the new Quantum Leap.

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Jim Meskimen is a talented mix of acting, voiceovers, impressions and general artistry. He is also approaching 300 credits on IMDB thanks to appearances on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Gas Lit, Apollo 13 and such commercials as Geico and KFC! Jim is now sharing his wealth of knowledge with a new online course called The Working Actor Method (jimworkingactor.com). Besides laying out the course, Jim and Evan talk about his past credits, his mother Marion Ross from Happy Days and his favorite impressions. Then Evan tries to extract an impression of wrestling commentator Jim Ross just to see if Jim (Ross) Meskimen can impersonate Jim Ross. While enlightening, also enjoy Evan’s awkward technical difficulties!

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