Julian McCullough is a very funny man. He has hosted MTV2′s Guy Code and TBS’s Very Funny News, and co-hosted Love You, Mean It with Whitney Cummings. He also interviewed many of the acts at this year’s South By Southwest, in a very entertaining fashion. He is quite adept at gaugin... [Read More]

Jerry Seinfeld, who has his own web show called “Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee,” has been keeping himself busy this coffee week. On Friday, April 26, he called in to National Public Radio’s Morning Edition during the show’s... [Read More]

It's fair to say that the comedy podcast boom would not exist without Jesse Thorn. Thorn, who began doing his public radio show, The Sound of Young America, as a college student in 2000, began podcasting the often comedy-centric show in 2004. (He also taught Marc Maron how to podcast.) In 2011, The ... [Read More]

On today’s episode of Alec Baldwin’s podcast Here’s The Thing, the 30 Rock star chats with This is 40 writer and director Judd Apatow about his wife, actress Leslie Mann’s sex scenes — “[My wife] was shooting a sce... [Read More]

When someone mentions the name Gaylord “Greg” Focker to you. There’s a chance you get a fond and funny thought in your head recalling the Ben Stiller character from the movie franchise Meet The Parents which co-starred Robert DeNiro. Well the guy behind the million dollar franchise... [Read More]

Blue collar fanatics everywhere are jumping up and down because their cigar smoking, scotch drinking leader Ron White is coming back with a new stand-up special called A Little Unprofessional on September 25th. The king of tater salad will self-release the special via his website www.ronwhitespecial... [Read More]

Sign up to get the latest updates instantly. Sign Up ► More Instant Alert Options ► Mike Birbiglia has gotten a surprising amount of mileage out of telling the story of his early days in stand-up comedy and the sleep disorder that forced him to take stock of his life. First, it was material for his act. Then he did an episode of NPR's "This American Life" based on that material. Then he developed it into a book. Now, based on that book and all the other previous versions, he's finally t... [Read More]

Dunham talks about creating the show, as well as her own experiences navigating life in New York City after graduating from college. She also addresses some of the criticisms lobbed at Girls, and details how she came up with the ideas for many of the scenes in the show. Interview highlights are below. [Read More]

His newest stand-up comedy special Dangerously Delicious was released on his official website with no warning at all. But since that time, Aziz Ansari has been making the rounds to help push his new project. His latest stop was on Fresh Air, NPR̵... [Read More]

You may be familiar with the NPR quiz-show staple, "Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me." But in Britain, they'd already been having fun with the news on a weekly basis for two decades before "Wait Wait" with "The News Quiz." And with the 2012 U.S. Presidentia... [Read More]