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Mark Hamill is on the Nerdist! Chris and Mark recorded this in front of a live audience at the "BAFTA Los Angeles Behind Closed Doors Evening with Mark Hamill" and they discuss character acting versus playing yourself, funny foreign expressions and a little film called Star Wars! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The amazing Peter Farrelly is on the Nerdist Podcast! He sits down to talk about how he and his brother got into film making, his directing process and working with some comedy legends! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It's a special episode with some titans of Youtube! Grace Helbig, Harley Morenstein and Hannah Hart sit down with Chris to talk new media, content creation, and vagina jokes! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It's the Nerdist live from the Twin Cities! Special guest Doug Benson joins Chris, Matt and Jonah for some fun and Quemments! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The lovely Amber Benson (from Buffy the Vampire Slayer!) sits down with Chris and Matt to talk about dolphin sex, what her writing process is and selling interesting things on E-Bay! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Everyone is sick in this hostful! And by everyone, we just mean Jonah (who has the flu) and Chris (who is fighting the flu). Producer Katie Levine sits in with Chris and Matt to talk about hair plugs, bagging your own groceries and sports! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

WWE Champion Chris Jericho sits down with Chris and Matt to have a riveting conversation about network mergers, talk about Jericho's love of comedy and classic TV show spin-offs! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Gabe Newell part two! In this episode Chris and Chloe sit down with Gabe to talk about the business side of video games, how Valve came to be and their mutual love for Dr. Who! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It's the first episode with the co-founder and director of video game development at Valve, Gabe Newell! In this episode he sits down with Chris, Chloe and Wil Wheaton and Robin Walker and David Sawyer to talk all things video games! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The hilarious Anthony Jeselnik sits down with Chris and Jonah to talk about the Comedy Central Roasts, the craft of creating offensive jokes and they make fun of Jonah! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Timothy Olyphant sits down with Chris and Jonah to talk about his character Raylan on Justified, the story of Deadwood ending, and his short affair with stand-up comedy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The amazing author Warren Ellis is on the podcast! He talks about his new book Gun Machine, coming up with ideas for his novels and the monster that is social networking! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Tom Morello invites Chris and Jonah into his home studio to talk about how he became the guitarist of Rage Against The Machine, baby music classes and just how nerdy Tom really is! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Treat your ears to some hostful holiday goodness! The guys talk in some silly voices, Jonah shares another meaning of his name and Matt brought his guitar! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Since Tom Lennon was the guest for episode #1, it's only appropriate that he returns for episode #300! Chris, Jonah and Matt return to Tom's house to see how things have changed since that first episode... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Voice actor extraordinaire Tom Kenny comes on the show to talk about doing silly voices, getting out of speeding tickets and how crappy Christmas songs can make you feel! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Paul Gilmartin joins Chris, Matt and Jonah for the morning zoo to talk about feelings, making artwork out of old computers and how he decided to start his podcast about mental illness! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

WWE Champion CM Punk invites Chris into his home to teach him about wrestling! They also talk about being on The Talking Dead, acquiring injuries, and how the professional wrestling world has evolved over the years! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The extremely hilarious and brilliant John Hodgman sits down with Chris talk about working in a video rental store, how dogs would use heroin and they come up with an idea on how to never have to sleep again! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The extremely talented and wonderful Malcolm McDowell sits down with Chris to discuss the nostalgia of old Hollywood, his days on set of A Clockwork Orange and much more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The hilarious and talented Judd Apatow is finally on the podcast! He talks about growing up in a comedy environment, tells some stories from The Ben Stiller shows and how his real life has inspired his movies! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Legendary musician Paul Williams sits down with the Nerdist guys to talk about his amazing career in music and entertainment and the documentary about his life, Still Alive! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Demetri Martin is FINALLY on the podcast! Everyone talks about their disdain for technology, dressing inappropriately on dates and the preparation that goes into preparing a comedy special! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The awesome Ron Perlman sits down with Chris and Matt! They talk about their old days as karaoke singers, the importance of your first tweet and how Ron got into acting! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Fill up on your hostful for the week! Chris, Matt and Jonah talk about movies they have recently seen, play DJ with their iPods, and Matt makes up an excuse for why he missed Chris's birthday party! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

One of our favorites, Maria Bamford, returns to the show! They talk about the similarities before comedy and relationships, her new stand up special and the seriousness of mental health! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Chris, Matt and Jonah sit down with a legend! The amazing Mel Brooks comes on the show to tell some hilarious stories about pitching his movies, how he and Carl Reiner still get each other to laugh and much more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Pelle Almqvist and Vigilante Carlstroem from the amazing band The Hives were nice enough to sit down with Chris and Jonah before their show at The Wiltern! They talk about the differences between Sweden and Los Angeles, their musical influences, and drinking etiquette in different countries! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The always hilarious Dave Attell returns to the Nerdist to talk about his favorite porns of all time, his new show Dave's Old Porn and some more stuff about porn! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The hilarious Jimmy Kimmel is on the show! He sits down with Chris to reminisce about their glamorous days at KROQ, almost getting killed on the job and making his mark in the late night world! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It's some more hostful fun to start your weekend! The Nerdist family sits down to talk about serious matters such as questionably named items on menus, the theme to Blossom and, of course, zombies! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Screenwriter Max Landis sits down with Chris, Matt and Jonah to talk about the realms of sanity, the different stages of writing and pitching scripts, and they discuss how falling in love and having to use the bathroom can feel similar! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Comedy LEGENDS Eric Idle, Eddie Izzard, Billy Connolly and Sophie Winkleman sit down with Chris and Jonah to talk about their new project What About Dick, they share some stories from their various comedy careers, and just be insanely hilarious! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The awesome Zach Braff is on the show! He sits down with Chris, Jonah and Matt to talk about how he has the perfect name to say while burping, his love for photography, and growing up as a theater nerd! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The hilarious and lovely Angela Kinsey hangs out with Chris, Matt and Jonah to talk about what happens when in a group of comedians, getting VIP tours at theme parks and Jonah defends penguins even though everyone else thinks they're kind of gross! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

All around awesome guy Kevin Bacon invites Chris and Jonah to visit him on set of his new show The Following in New York! Kevin talks about the dangers of New York City back in the day, how he turned Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon into something that helps people and his favorite roles he's done over his career! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It's some hostful goodness to start your weekend right! Jonah talks about his new podcast Jonah Raydio, Matt talks about the new G4, and Chris talks about interior decorating! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The amazing and brilliant Neil deGrasse Tyson returns to the Nerdist podcast! He enlightens us even more about current astronomy news and talks to Chris about the reality of Star Trek! Also, stay tuned for a special Halloween ghost story from Liam Lynch at the end! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The wonderful Anthony Edwards invites Chris to his apartment to talk about his past roles from Revenge of the Nerds to Top Gun to Gotcha to ER to his new show, Zero Hour! Anthony also talks about traveling around the globe and the ways he is trying to make the world a better place! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Andy and Lana Wachowski (The Matrix) and Tom Tykwer (Run Lola Run) come on the show to talk about their new movie Cloud Atlas! They talk about the different steps in adapting a book into a movie and we find out the real reason why British people are skeptical to be in American films! See Cloud Atlas, out in theaters, today, October 26th! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Awesome filmmaker (and guy!) Darren Bousman comes on the show to talk about directing the Saw movies, Repo! The Genetic Opera and The Devil's Carnival, the rise of the horror movie industry and society's addiction to technology! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This episode of Nerdist from NY Comic Con almost didn't happen! This amazing show at The Best Buy theater with Guillermo Del Toro, Joel Hodgson and Travis Beacham accidentally didn't get recorded, but then (thanks to the magic of iPhones and social media) we found someone who had recorded it from the audience. So now you get to hear it! Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It's more goodness from The Walking Dead for your ears! Andrew Lincoln sits down with Chris to talk about all the different sides of his character Rick Grimes in season 2, the arc of the storyline in the show and, of course, killing zombies! WARNING! There are spoilers in this episode up through the end of season 2, but nothing about season 3! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The ridiculously hilarious Andy Kindler is finally on the show! He joins Chris, Matt and Jonah for the live show in Toronto at the JFL42 festival. They talk about writing insulting jokes, make references that Canadians don't understand, and Andy works out some jokes! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The king of interviews, Larry King is on the podcast! He sits down with Chris to talk about some of his most hilarious interviews, living his dream as a broadcaster and his love for making people laugh! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

With the return of The Walking Dead this weekend, who better to have on than Lauren Cohan?! She talks about how her character Maggie kills zombies, living as a nomad and where the cast of The Walking Dead hangs out when they're not fighting zombies! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Musician, puppeteer, director, writer and all around awesome guy, Liam Lynch, sits down with Chris and Jonah to talk about e-cigarettes, favorite music videos and creating songs for Sifl and Olly! Keep listening at the end for a special Dr. Who song by Liam! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Tom Hanks! Tom. Motherf--king. Hanks. What more of a description do you NEED than that? Is the fact that we talk about Tom's career, NASA logos, Storage Wars, vintage typewriters and blasting caps going to influence your decision any further to enjoy this very special and hilariotastic episode?? Well I guess it should, because Tom made those all really fun things to talk about. And those rumors about his being the nicest most down-to-Earth fellow? ENTIRELY TRUE. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Comic book writer from Man of Action Studios (Wildcats 3.0, Uncanny X-Men, Adventures of Superman and more!) Joe Casey sits down with Chris, Matt and Jonah! Chris and Joe bond over living in Tennessee, Joe talks about creating comic books and Chris is super excited about his new car! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Rich Sommer returns to the show! He talks about receiving Mad Men fan art, tells the story of meeting Sigourney Weaver and they ask Siri some questions! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices