Chris Renfro and DarylJim are friends and teammates on Filipino AF, and today they are on the MEAT! First we talk about taking up interests of the people we love. DarylJim shares a story about his first time getting pulled over. Chris shares a story about going on a good date on a bad stomach. These true stories inspire improvised scenes about NFT …

For episode 275, we welcome teammates from Wimbledon, and all around exceptional humans John-Michael Sedor (Bet the Spread) and Hanna-Lee to talk fitting in, parents falling in love, and a long-running, over the phone acting job! These lead to scenes about God coming down to lose money and love, oversharing during an audition, and organized crime d…

We welcome fan and Meat favorites Mikey Stephens (@MikeyLovesMikey, Bitchin') and Jonny Svarzbein (@jjscomedy, Fuckable) to talk navigating the tides of a party, pranking someone who flips you off, dealing with movers who hit on your partner, and having a baby! These lead to scenes about inner thoughts on pie, misreading innuendos, shooting your sh…

This week on the podcast we have Mary Anthony & Madison Lanesey! First we talk about Josh's fancy trip to the Soho house and Madison's celebrity run ins she had while working there. Mary shares a story about her mom's badass history as a Target security guard. Madison talks about a recent trip to Hawaii and how she became a badass cool kid. These t…

From the podcast Jam Space Pod, we have friends and musicians Janine Hogan (j9_Hogan) and Scott Rodgers (Outline Your Feature) to talk artist projects, IDing someone in a line-up, making friends with a head wound victim, making your own music and the new album Hit Machine by Dead Drummer Friends. These lead to scenes about Paul McCartney's new set,…

This week we have Seth Mason (Monks & Mason Complain) and Suzie Riemer (CARversations) on to discuss real success and a whole lot more. Seth shares a true story of breaking his toe while hiking barefoot. Suzie talks about the good and bad times she had couc surfing around Europe. These true stories inspire improvised scenes about Jamie from the Pro…

This week we welcome teammates on German Supermarket Lani Engstrom (Yello Yoga) and Lehr Beidelschies (Everything Is Terrible) to talk sporting event value, spiritual advisors to Beyonce, afterlife, wikipedia journalism and more! These lead to scenes about load managing the toilets, dying in the civil war, frat bro interns, plane pals, Pennywise an…

This week on the MEAT we have Matt Adams & Chris Howard from the team PB&J! Matt tells a story about a time the ceiling collapsed at a movie theater he worked at! Chris shares a story of a jackass stunt gone.. right? These true stories inspire improvised scenes about dumb uncles, sexy bass players, John MalkaMonk and a whole lot more. Support the s…

This week we welcome two of the funniest Alex Bigelow and Phillip Arliss (Springfield Tornadoes) to talk wedding plans, reservoir security and getting hit in Hawaii. These stories lead to some of our more insane improv scenes involving rat weddings, no buttholes in the water, dog poop investigators, and I assure you, more! Support this podcast at —…

This week we have Curtis Retherford (McSweeney's) and Ruha Taslimi (Blocks) from the UCB Harold team Ghost to share some stories and play! Curtis shares a story about a wild week working for a traveling carnival. Ruha tells a story about a time they communicated with cows on mushrooms. These true stories inspire improvised scenes about a man reluct…

We welcome to new guests from Loose Caboose Isabella Escalante and Joe Knopke to talk book organizing, bike wrecks, and celebrating fun art at a funeral. Joe Knopke talks his worst birthday ever, broken and bleeding in an AM/PM and Isabella talks about funeral stories and her father's following. These lead to scenes about Barney's autobiography, lo…

This week we welcome our old pals Gilli Nissim (The Other Two) & Dave Theune (Good Girls) on the show to share stories of times they've won something, beached whales & the bros who love them, and 3rd grade moments that shape our lives. These true stories inspire improvised scenes about cake's courting for their eaters, haunted seal skulls, a guy wh…

Quite possibly two of the funniest people and wonderful friends, Rachel Van Ness (Reductress, Pencilmation) and Lauren Knutti (Marvelous And The Black Hole, Golden Arm) join The Meat to get down and dog dirty. Rachel shares a story about a clingy condom and Knutti talks about the time a large date took her cinnamon roll. These lead to scenes about …

This week we have the hilarious improvisers & teammates, Miriam Katz (Cosmo, Sharon is Karen) & Aaron M. Lichtanski (Cosmo, At Home with Pam). First we get to the bottom of why polish jokes exist at Josh's insistence. Then we hear true stories about getting high with famous authors in Russian baths & moms driving through tornadoes in the family van…

Please enjoy this spectacular episode with Cory Wilis (Illuminati Improv, BurnCoryBurn) and Joe Uhlarik (EmphaticPictures) where we talk small concerts, prom in the ass machine and rocking till the bands go home in NYC. These stories lead to scenes about Planet Awesome's shock at their fans, non-humans getting a paintjob, finding a hobby in limo dr…

Linsay Deming & Blake Edwards play together on a team called Tooth Pasta and they stopped by the MEAT to tell stories of a nuisance named Peaches & a slap happy theater director. These true stories inspire improvised scenes about Peyton Manning's theme park, life after death, a jury with a queen and a bunch more nonsense. Support the show on Patreo…

We welcome Julie Brister (Goliath, Superstore) and Andy Morrison (German Supermarket, Chauffeurs) to talk the MCU, catching up during quarantine, a summer trist in France and a lying roommate who loses her shit. This leads to scenes about spreading pornography during an audition, writing comics for love, time traveling with Joe Biden, lovers over c…

This week we have a special 3 guest episode! Lisa Gilroy (Conversations with my Period), Cathryn Mudon (Broad City) and Rekha Shankar (Animaniacs) join the show to tell stories about driver's ed, an all you can eat fish fry sham, a baby in a hot outfit and excellent pandemic customer service. These true stories inspire improvised scenes about child…

This week we welcome party dudes Jason Palmer (NFL on FOX, jpalmercomedy.com) and Matt Noonan (ClydeMcFly.com) to talk concert prep, opting not to "party," and getting arrested with Carlton. These stories lead to scenes about shoes for specific occasions, denying bird watching, Jon Bon Jovi's brother's restaurant, and more! Thanks for listening and…

This week on The MEAT we bring back some old friends in Marina Mastros (New Rockstars on YouTube) and Michael Capristo (UCB Harold & Maude)! First we talk about one year in quarantine and the difficulties of asking favors. Marina tells a story about a desperate situation at an LA gas station. Michael talks about his short-lived career as a bartende…

This week we welcome two marvelous humans, improvisers, and friends Lydia Hensler (Teacher's Lounge, Old Yorkers) and Marcy Jarreau (Relationship Goals, KarDishinIt) to talk 90 Day Fiance, reality TV, planning your own funeral and asking out Spider-Man. These stories lead to scenes about full coverage TV, helping your kid plan their funeral, the du…

Leonard Smith Jr. and Quinn Boyes are the hosts of the Film Vs. Film podcast, but today they are on The MEAT sharing stories about breaking and entering by accident and nearly dying at a waterpark. These true stories inspire improvised scenes about Minute Maid marketing men, tattoos chosen by your nephews, neighborhood porn and a whole lot more. If…

We're joined by the hosts of "P.S. I Love Rom Coms" Allie Jennings (Keep Calm and Tampon, Little Women) and Mia Schauffler (The Underdogs, LEROY) to talk rom-com tropes, real life rom-com moments and more! These lead to scenes about crystal sales dating, you touch you take, bad girls on planes, making your man Benedict, and more! Check out Allie an…

It's still MEAT CUTE month over here at MEAT headquarters, which means we are featuring real live comedy couples on the show! This week, it's a little bit different, because the couple is Lani Engstrom (Basic Aliens) and our very own host, Josh Simpson. Thankfully, Rachael Mason (Assembly, UCB) came on to talk and improvise with us so Josh didn't m…

This week on The MEAT's MEAT-Cute we welcome real life couple Lilan Bowden (Andi Mack, Lilan and Wilder, Rococo) and Nick Mandernach (Duncanville, I Feel Bad, JV) to talk their ten year friendship leading up to their relationship and the time they were witness to public sex at a board game hotel. This leads to scenes about the ruling costume design…

It's February, which means that every week on the podcast we will have a real life couple on the show to tell us all about how they met and how they're making it work. This week we have Casey Feigh (Family Time podcast) & Rebecca Lee (How the Fuck Did You Get So Confident podcast) on to discuss fart politics, talking to strangers, weddings in the t…

We made it to 250! And do we have a treat for you! From The Dragons, Jessica Jean Jardine (Kar Dishin' It, Buzzfeed) and Dickie Copeland (Marie Antoinette II, @it'sonwith)! Jess talks going to a movie set in her school and Dickie talks about being the family member to make a big decision. This plus talking therapy leads to scenes about investigatin…

Ronnie Adrian (White Women) & Sarah Claspell (Asian AF) are great improvisers and now, members of The MEAT 3 timers club. Sarah shares a story about a not so great birthday surprise. Ronnie shares the story of his sleeping bag-less camping trip. These stories inspire improvised scenes about an aggressive Orkin Man, the complicated nature of gym loc…

We have a very special episode reuniting Jake and Josh's team Puddy with Wayland McQueen (Bitchin) and Clay Larsen (ClayLarsenPhotography)! We talk masks and footie slippers, getting lost in the woods for twenty minutes and hitting deer and loading them up. These lead to scenes about thoughtful bank robbers, horny Clay, ghost fears, and getting los…

May Darmon & Ivan Ngo perform together at WE Improv and today they are sharing stories and improvising for our first episode of 2021! First we talk about the new year, Disney World during the pandemic and talking to your parents about politics. Ivan shares a story about a time he got jumped working at a movie theater. May talks about a traumatizing…

Here is part two of the Best of The MEAT 2020! What a fucking year, but we still managed to have a blast with some of the funniest people and best of friends! Every year we have a hard time picking, and there are always scenes we missed, so this year we went with the scenes where the laughter was the hardest and arguably the most distracting! Sorry…

2020 is finally (almost) over, so once again, for our 5th straight year, we have compiled some of our favorite scenes from the year into TWO best of episodes! This is the first Best of 2020 SLABTACULAR QUARANTINI EXTRAVAGANZA Part 1. We had a lot of great guests this years, tons of awesome stories and a bunch of great scenes. Let us know if we miss…

Holiday Episode spectacular and we welcome Suzi Barrett (Just Roll With It, Sentimental Lady) and Rebecca Drysdale (The Tonight Show, Key & Peele) to talk the holidays and more! Suzi shares when she learned Santa didn't exist and Suzi and Beck share their own Happiest Season story. This leads to scenes about a to-go toilet, moms and dads keeping th…

This week we have Matt Jones (Bob Hearts Abishola, Breaking Bad) and Allie Jennings (P.S. I Love Rom-Coms, Little Women) on The MEAT! Allie shares a story about a time a french tour guide hit on her and her mom. Matt talks about his precocious 5-year-old and his curious interest in DB Cooper and Unsolved Mysteries. These stories inspire improvised …

Holy cow, do we have a big mac of an episode for you with teammates and friends Casey Rosario (Wild Child, Flop Culture) and Garrett Palm (Wild Child, SMOSH) to bring you VR turds, public sex in Target, children posing as jockeys and more! Casey shares a story about stumbling onto a public sex party and Garrett talks about the calming effects of Fr…

This week, we have Greg Gallant (Speechless, Firsthand podcast) & Carl Tart (Brooklyn 99, The Flagrant Ones) from the UCB team Queen George! Greg tells a story about a time a woman broke up with him through a mean play. Carl talks about his foray into golf and the dumb etiquette that pisses him off. We also chat about Thanksgiving in the time of co…

This week we welcome the wonderful Amanda Sitko (Brockmire) and Anna Bezahler (Loose Caboose, Tooth Pasta, Pastor Bedtime) to talk high school parties and raising swearing kids! These stories lead to scenes about experienced prisoners, panic in the conference room, writer wealth and more! Thanks for listening. If you'd like to support the show, you…

This week, we have Laura Chinn (creator & star of Florida Girls!) and Alex Fernie (Bajillion Dollar Properties, Convoy) on the show to discuss the 2020 election and the longest year of our lives. We talk about Chris Cuomo, Trump doing rallies until he dies, what a Biden presidency might look like and a whole bunch more. These discussions inspire im…

This week we welcome Tyler Schnupp (Reactivator, Tooth Pasta) and Stephanie Burchinow (Springfield Tornadoes) to talk alien invasions, college professors reaching out and ghosts hanging out. Stephanie shares the time she got to go to the opera in college and the professor that berated the class for providing solicited feedback. And Tyler talks abou…

This week we have James Saldivar & Joe Sette from the indie teams Silver Sharpies and Cosmo! First we talk about weird recordings and Kelsey Grammar's feud with the dog from Frasier. James shares a story about a time he got kicked out of a punk show as a kid for something he did not do. Joe talks about his adventures in fixing his own teeth. These …

We're joined by Mike Leffingwell (Johnny Test) and Monika Smith (Punk'd) to talk zoom set-ups, writing stuff down, therapy notes, and having your kids raise you! Then Monika shares about the first time she got bullied and Mike shares the news of his first baby. These lead to scenes about bros surfing on bros, bully art, Space Jam 2 sequels for expe…

This week, we've got Anna Garcia (Superstore, It's Always Sunny) and Marshall Givens (Comedy Bang! Bang!, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend) on the show! First we get our obligatory sandwich talk out of the way, then Anna shares a story about a time she got jumped by French police. Marshall talks about a time he partied with Jim McMahon dressed as a bunny in Chi…

This week we're joined by Celeste Busa (Week by Week) & Casey Gullickson (Supes Pregnant) to talk being new parents, getting stoned and getting self-help, subtle seahorses, sexy pic sharing, and Kyra Segwick. This leads to scenes about birth DJs, the weed Oscars, strikes, gists, and going back at the movie theatres, Kyra sightings and of course sub…

This week on The MEAT we have Pallavi Gunalan (Funny or Die, Laugh Factory) and Dhruv Uday Singh (Good Trouble, Prodigal Son) on to tell stories and assure everyone that their private parts are fine. Pallavi tells the story about her disaster of a first time. Dhruv shares the tale of the first time he got stoned in India. These true stories inspire…

Ashley Ward (Baby Wants Candy), and Jessica Elaina Eason (Big Show Show, Babysitters Club) join Jake and Josh to talk the public school response to divorce in the south and not wearing underwear to be punk. These lead to very funny scenes involving the Cena brothers, above ground bush, girl scout crisis, shredding your mistakes and more! Thanks for…

Ben Cassil and Alyssa Sabo are hosts of the Totally Rad! podcast set in 1996, but today they are in the year 2020 to tell stories and improvise on The MEAT. Alyssa talks about losing her liver and her Christian faith. Ben talks about a 12 hour tour of China he took with his wife. These true stories inspire improvised scenes about a family full of c…

We welcome Scott Rodgers (Jam Space, Desperados) and Leonard Smith Jr. (Lemon Pepper Wet, Lotions 11) to talk L.A. tourist spots, hotel stays, and acting gigs. Scott tells about an early acting gig involving karaoke and Maroon 5 and Leonard talks about his first L.A. boat experience! These lead to scenes about FBI prank informants, hanging in the d…

Sam Di (UCB's Roxbury, Second City) & Jamie Gaul (UCB's Cardinal Redbird, Grey's Anatomy) join The MEAT to talk about dreadlocked authors, brushes with the CIA and middle school crushes! These true stories inspire improvised scenes about desert island crushes, HBO Max's new boob-centric programming, photo booth scandals and a whole lot more. If you…

This week we welcome old friends Brian Palatucci (Squeeze, Visit California, The Sopranos) and Jonny Svarzbein (Teacher's Lounge, Tournament of Nerds) to talk the NBA bubble, getting drunk and married, and getting drunk and ??? These stories of marital bliss, being fathers in the quarantine, and getting sauced on the sweet stuff lead to typos in th…

Jon Mackey (Big Grande, Teacher's Lounge) and Mary Sasson (Robbie, Party in the Back) are teammates on UCB's Winslow, but today they are telling stories on The MEAT! Mary shares stories indicative of the kind of mischief she gets into while she's drunk. Jon talks about a field trip he went on that saved him from a life of crime. These true stories …