Caleb Hearon Is Happy Whether You Like It or Not

Leslie Jones joins us to discuss her new stand-up special, "Life Part Two" and take a look back at her time on SNL. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Stand-up comic and podcast host Stavros Halkias talks about his role in Yorgos Lanthimos's 'Bugonia' and whether or not we should call him the Left's Joe Rogan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Phoebe Robinson joins us to talk about her new YouTube special ‘I Don't Wanna Work Anymore’ and being a recovering girl boss. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week on 'Good One', instead of a traditional deep dive interview, comedian Jay Jurden joins Jesse to unpack the biggest comedy news story happening right now – the Riyadh Comedy Festival; Why giant checks warp choices, what “free speech” really means when a contract bans criticism, and the difference between performing in a country and performing for its rulers. Jay talks personal safety as a queer comic, the soft-power calculus behind overpaying American stars, and why “come back safe—then we clown you” is the longstanding rule. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Caleb Hearon stops by to talk about his HBO Max special 'Model Comedian', being extremely online, and why not getting SNL was the best thing that ever happened to him. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Gianmarco Soresi joins us to discuss how he relates to different audiences, his new special 'Thief of Joy', and building a fanbase on social media. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Amber Ruffin joins us to talk about Detroiters, her ten years at Late Night with Seth Meyers, doing improv in Amsterdam of all places, and making even today’s news into comedy on CNN’s Have I Got News for You. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week on Good One, John C. Reilly—one of the greatest actors in comedy or drama—joins us to talk about Walk Hard, Step Brothers, his relationship with Paul Thomas Anderson and Mister Romantic, the cabaret character he’s been performing as around the country, who recently put out an album of standards from the American songbook. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week on Good One, BenDeLaCreme stops by to talk about RuPaul's Drag Race, snatch game, The Jinkx & Dela Holiday Special, and also, culture! 00:00 Intro 00:00:32 Funniest thing of the week 00:01:26 BenDeLaCreme 00:02:42 Drag going mainstrem 00:09:11 Snatch Game 00:26:33 Seeing the matix of Drag Race 00:34:55 How Drag Race helps all drag 00:36:00 Collaboration with Jinx Monsoon 00:45:58 Pee-wee Herman 00:51:11 Drag and Christmas 00:54:17 Shaping DeLa's worldview 01:01:26 Art and Grieving 01:08:53 How Art was Institutionalized 01:17:20 The Laughening Round Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week on Good One, Jinkx Monsoon joins us to talk about RuPaul's Drag Race, Broadway, working with BenDeLaCreme on 'The Jinkx & DeLa Holiday Show', and taking over for Cole Escola in the Tony Award winning play 'Oh, Mary!' 00:00 Intro 00:01:00 Meeting Katy Perry 00:08:10 Meeting Charlie Day 00:13:14 How drag has changed 00:17:14 Broadway and drag 00:26:09 Relating to 'Oh, Mary!' 00:32:34 'Pirates! The Penzance Musical' 00:35:11 Mary Todd Lincoln's makeup 00:37:13 Working with Kumail Nanjiani 00:41:06 Manifesting the MCU 00:43:14 Who should play Mary next? 00:47:16 Drag Race 01:12:13 The Laughening Round Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices