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Jim Gaffigan has a three peat on the Nerdist! He talks about his new special Obsessed, how Chris would become president if there was a zombie apocalypse, who their first crushes were and where they think the world of comedy is heading! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The hilarious Eddie Izzard returns to the Nerdist podcast for his own episode! He talks about performing comedy in different languages and foreign countries, beginning his comedy career in the birth of alt comedy and his view on the strange world of politics! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jim Rash returns to the podcast! He, Chris and Jonah play some improv games, they find a new adjective for traffic and talk about his show The Writers Room on Sundance Channel Fridays at 9pm! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The hilarious Rhys Darby hangs out with Chris to discuss the differences between America and New Zealand, the growing comedy scene in New Zealand, climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro and his new show Short Poppies available now on Netflix! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The hilarious Lewis Black sits down with Chris to talk about the process of writing “edgy” material, the importance of keeping busy as you get older, his shows being a destination for family outings and his newest special Old Yeller! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The legendary William Shatner chats with Chris and Jonah about his upcoming show Shatner’s World in movie theaters around the country, his love of making people laugh and his thoughts on the future! See Shatner's World this Thursday April 24th at a theater near you! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Brian Henson and Chris sit down to talk about their pet dogs, the technique of puppetry, growing up in the hey-day of The Muppet Show and the show Jim Henson's Creature Shop Challenge on SyFy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It’s another spontaneous hostful! They talk about how lovely LA is when everyone is at Coachella, Matt and Jonah get into a bit that probably lasts too long and they read a scary ghost story! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The very talented John de Lancie sits down with the guys to talk about his role as Jane’s father on Breaking Bad, starting his career in the theater, his time on Star Trek and the Brony documentary he produced! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Pat Healy and Sara Paxton chat with Chris and Jonah about starting out in comedy, Sara having to use a typewriter all throughout high school, their different approaches to auditioning and their new movie Cheap Thrills! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The wonderful Bob Saget returns to the Nerdist podcast! He and Chris talk about his new book and dealing with death through humor, and they try to keep on track but keep getting into tangents! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mike Mignola talks with Chris on creating the comic book Hellboy, the process of writing the storyline for comic books over time, working with Guillermo Del Toro and the 20th anniversary of the series! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The guys sit down with linguist David J. Peterson to discuss how he makes up new languages, working on movies and shows like Game of Thrones and the history and evolution of dialects and languages around the world! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Very funny comedian Todd Barry comes on the show to talk about his new crowd work special, doing shows that have to be “G rated” and why you shouldn’t go pee right before a set on Letterman! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Adam Carolla returns to the Nerdist for a FOURTH time! They talk about Adam’s dream to have a pet Pegasus, and the fight against patent trolls who are currently suing Adam and other podcasters by claiming they are violating a patent on podcasting! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Eric Stonestreet hangs out with Chris to play a celebrity name game, they pretend to be radio DJ’s and he shares his dream of being called a turd by Dennis Franz! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hilarious comedian Hannibal Buress sits down with Chris and Jonah to talk about freaking out while high, performing in clubs versus theaters, creative ways to react when a joke bombs and what he wants to do outside of stand up! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A sportswriter on the Nerdist podcast?? Jonah Keri sits down with Chris and Matt in a quest to get Chris to like sports. They talk about why certain sports are more popular in different countries, presenting the facts of baseball while still making it interesting to everybody, and Matt and Jonah nerd out about the Red Sox! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Chris and Jonah sit down with The Terminator himself, Arnold Schwarzenegger! They talk about the need to push yourself to be the best you can be, his story of becoming an entrepreneur at a young age, he teases Terminator 5 and the sequel to Twins and talks about his new movie Sabotage! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The hilarious Will Arnett hangs out with Chris and Matt to talk about what they would do with a billion dollars, his new show The Millers on CBS, the importance of having a good editor and French-Candian swear words! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Chris Kluwe loved the Nerdist podcast so much, he came back! He, Chris and Jonah talk about what video games they are playing right now, what happened to his NFL career since he decided to stand up for marriage equality, and what he hopes for the future of openly gay athletes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jared Leto comes on the podcast to talk about being nominated for his role in Dallas Buyers Club, his Thirty Seconds to Mars documentary and how the crazy financial system of musicians! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It’s some hostful deliciousness for your week! Jonah wants to go to Japan, Matt still has a big head (literally) and Chris doesn’t like going to spas! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nerd hero Curtis Armstrong hangs out with Chris and Jonah to talk about playing Booger in Revenge of the Nerds, his many other roles in Risky Business, Better Off Dead, and Moonlighting, being at the first Star Trek convention ever, and working on King of the Nerds! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

William Katt sits down with Chris to talk about his days on The Greatest American Hero, his role in the original Carrie, growing up in the San Fernando Valley back when nothing was there and his new comic book based movie Sparks! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It’s a three peat with astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson! They start off their conversation about how the universe works, then talk about science of bottomless pits, the importance of asking questions, and the new Cosmos! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It's a bonus episode with the amazing Crispin Glover! He talks about the commercialization and propaganda of movies, the controversial lawsuit over Back to the Future, how different the 80's would have been for him if he had the internet to release projects and tell his side of stories and his new film The Bag Man! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The hilarious Andy Daly hangs out with Chris and Jonah to talk about the differences of doing character work at clubs and alt rooms, how parents trick their kids into behaving and his new TV show Review on Comedy Central, Thursdays at 10pm! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The lovely Jaimie Alexander sits down with Chris to talk about her role as Sif in Thor, she explains how to use a knife to Chris, getting satisfaction of seeing their high school bullies living crappy lives and bringing Sif onto Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D on March 11th! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The lovely Michelle Monaghan hangs out with Chris and Matt to talk about growing up in a town of 700 people, making a show about open relationships and her love of college sports! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The hilarious Donald Faison comes on the podcast! He talks to Chris and Jonah about starting a family, his time on Scrubs, and their favorite shows currently on TV! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Musician St. Vincent sits down with Chris and Jonah to talk about what compels people to become artists, what inspires her to write songs, and how they deal with disgusting microphones while on tour! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jon Snow himself, Kit Harington, hangs out with Chris to talk about his beloved Manchester United, filming Game of Thrones in freezing Iceland while his co-workers film in sunny Croatia and his new film Pompeii! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Abbi Jacobson and Ilana Glazer join Chris and Matt and special guest co-host Craig Rowin to talk about how they started working together, coming up with their tv show Broad City and Craig dishes on what it’s like to live with Matt! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jennette McCurdy comes on the show to talk about her time as an accidental country music artist, what she wants to do after Sam & Cat, and what movie inspired her to get into acting! Also, Matt talks about Frasier and Chris isn’t good at parties. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Nerdist returns to SF with special guest Tom Lenk (Buffy, Angel, Much Ado About Nothing)! Tom and Jonah bond over their love of Beaches, Matt talks about Fraiser and Chris tries to keep the podcast on track! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Morgan Murphy stops by the show! She and Chris go in deep about coming up in the LA comedy scene together, performing comedy in front of your idols and her new special, Irish Goodbye, available on Netflix! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Topher Grace is on the podcast! He sits down with Chris and Jonah to talk about his re-cut of Star Wars, being better at life in person than in social media, and his new website CerealPrize.com! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Robert Kirkman returns to the podcast! He talks about reading comics on the toilet, The Walking Dead Escape obstacle course and what he has planned for the future of The Walking Dead, both comic and TV show! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The new Robocop Joel Kinnaman hangs out with Chris to talk about being in the Robocop suit for 14 hours a day, moving from Sweden to a small town in Texas and how action movies have changed over the years! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

B.J. Novak hangs about with the guys to reminisce about their days of doing open mics together, his time at the Harvard Lampoon and what inspired him to write a book of short stories! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The amazing duo James Mercer (The Shin) and Brian Burton (Danger Mouse) that make up Broken Bells invite Chris and Jonah to their studio to talk! They discuss their process for coming up with songs, Brian talks about how he started producing albums for other artists and their upcoming album After the Disco, out February 4th! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The amazing Paul Williams returns to the podcast! He and Chris sit down at ASCAP to talk about his upcoming book about addiction called Gratitude and Trust, being the president of ASCAP and he sings a song just for Chris! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The guys sit down for another somewhat serious hostful. Chris and Jonah talk out some problems they have been having and Matt mediates! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Christina Ricci sits down with Chris to talk about how different it was being a child actor when she was young, being an unintentional meme generator, and the different challenges woman have to go through in the media! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The hilarious Jon Daly hangs out with Chris and Jonah to talk about his many different stand up and sketch characters, Sappity Tappity the rollerskating Christmas tree, and his new show on Amazon Betas! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aaron Eckhart sits down with Chris to talk about the best way to start conversations with women, practicing for his roles in front of his dog and his new movie I, Frankenstein; out Friday January 24th! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The hostful goodness is continuing! The guys sit down to chat and end up talking about all things love. Their first loves, first heartbreaks and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Neal Brennan comes on The Nerdist to talk about his days on Singled Out with Chris, falling into the comedy scene and he tells the story of how he and Dave Chappelle ended up writing Half Baked! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The charming Richard Madden sits down with Chris! They talk about his new role on Discovery Channel's Klondike, being naked onstage, growing up in Scotland, and, of course, his character of Robb Stark on Game of Thrones! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices