Headgum Happy Hour

Jun 26 2024 9 ep. 72 mins 101
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Join us for Headgum Happy Hour, a monthly stand up comedy show! Featuring the talents of Headgum staff and beloved stand ups who were available that night, Headgum Happy Hour is recorded live and dutifully preserved for both historical posterity and your listening pleasure.

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This Too Shall Pass (w/ Charlie Bardey, Natalie Rotter-Laitman, Milly Tamarez, Alise Morales, Steven Phillips-Horst, Lily Marotta, & Mike Hanford)

Jun 26 2024 90 mins  
Headgum Happy Hour is back, recorded live from The Bell House. Jake and Amir try out some new segments and are joined by Charlie Bardey & Natalie Rotter-Laitman to get some insight on how one should speak to their boss, Milly Tamarez and Alise Morales on the making of a viral meme, Steven Phillips-Horst and Lily Marotta on how to ad-lib a perfect podcast ad, and Mike Hanford on

Neighborhood Boys (w/ Janeane Garofalo, Eric Rahill, Jack Bensinger, Charlie Bardey, & Natalie Rotter-Laitman

Dec 20 2023 67 mins  
Jake and Amir are back hosting another Headgum Happy Hour where they introduce their new podcast, Segments, and sample hit segments such as ‘How can we get exactly ten people to raise their hands?’, ‘Which two word phrase will make the other person break?’, and a competition for most embarrassing photo! We’re joined by Janeane Garofalo, Eric Rahill, Jack Bensinger, Charli

Plums vs SSRIs (w/ Charlie Bardey, Natalie Rotter-Laitman, Annabel & Sabina Meschke, Connor Ratliff, Michael Cruz Kayne, Edy Modica, Celeste Yim, and Jo Firestone)

Sep 27 2023 83 mins  
In this episode we revisit the height of Summer in New York with hosts Charlie Bardey and Natalie Rotter-Laitman and comics Annabel and Sabina Meschke, Connor Ratliff, Michael Cruz Kayne, Edy Modica, Celeste Yim, and Jo Firestone. Audiences are tasked with guessing a number, explaining various Wikipedia articles they’ve encountered, rethinking twin narratives, earthing, and crack

Spring Break Forever: A WGA Fundraiser Show (with Jon Gabrus, Ben Rodgers, Max Silvestri, Steph Tolev, Ahamed Weinberg, Robby Hoffman, and Rachel Kaly)

May 31 2023 57 mins  
It's a depressingly rainy spring here in once-beautiful Los Angeles, so we headed to the beloved halls of Dynasty Typewriter to relive spring breaks past with our own crew of rowdy daytrippers and MTV VJ-wannabes: Jon Gabrus, Ben Rodgers, Max Silvestri, Steph Tolev, Ahamed Weinberg, Robby Hoffman, and Rachel Kaly. We lived vicariously through various, troubling spring breaker perso

A Two Person Standing Ovation (with Charlie Bardey & Natalie Rotter-Laitman, Francesca D'Uva & Ruby McCollister, Tim Platt & River Ramirez, and Karen Chee & Josh Gondelman)

Apr 26 2023 73 mins  
It's been a New York minute, but we're back in action with our next east coast installment of Headgum Happy Hour hosted by Jake and Amir! For our fifth episode, we return to the hallowed halls of Caveat and are joined by comedic duos Charlie Bardey & Natalie Rotter-Laitman, Francesca D'Uva & Ruby McCollister, Tim Platt & River Ramirez, and Karen Chee & Josh Gondelma

Our Own Brand of Comedy (w/ Jo Firestone, Aparna Nancherla, Sam Taggart, George Civeris, Dan Licata, Eliza Hurwitz, Charlie Bardey, & Natalie Rotter-Laitman)

Feb 22 2023 86 mins  
We’re not sure what’s in the air, but something about mid-February got us thinking about relationships. For our first New York installment of Headgum Happy Hour hosted by Jake and Amir, we invited some of our favorite comedic duos and headed to Caveat. We were joined by Dan Licata & Eliza Hurwitz, Sam Taggart & George Civeris, Charlie Bardey & Natalie Rotter-Laitman

New Year, Same Us (with Greta Titelman, Carl Tart & Lamar Woods, Jamie Loftus, and Geoffrey James & Reilly Anspaugh)

Jan 25 2023 48 mins  
Our only New Year's resolution was to get Greta Titelman, Carl Tart, Lamar Woods, Jamie Loftus, and Geoff & Reilly all into the green room together at UCB Franklin and, well... now we can take the rest of the year off. For our 3rd ep of Headgum Happy Hour, we asked our comedian friends/colleagues to head to the hallowed stage of UCB, and the ensuing hour of stand-up/improv is

Friendsgiving (w/ Mike Falzone, Mo Welch, Holmes Holmes and Ify Nwadiwe)

Nov 30 2022 75 mins  
We're back, and you're back: it's Headgum Happy Hour, Episode 2! During this second hang in the backyard of our Silverlake studios, we're joined by friends-and-comedians Mike Falzone, Mo Welch, Holmes Holmes and Ify Nwadiwe to talk Thanksgiving, family, ham, buttholes, VR porn, God... you know, the regular stuff that comes up around the holiday table. Hosted by your pals Danny Se

Back to School (w/ Shelby Wolstein and EJ Marcus, Avital Ash, Liza Treyger, Ian Karmel)

Oct 26 2022 65 mins  
Welcome to Headgum Happy Hour, a monthly stand up comedy show! In our inaugural episode, comedians Shelby Wolstein & EJ Marcus, Avital Ash, Liza Treyger, and Ian Karmel take us back to school for some stories to close out the summer. Along the way, the audience becomes an unwilling focus group for Geoff’s Shark Tank ideas. Hosted by: Amir Blumenfeld, Geoffrey James, and Dan