It’s been ten years since Kristen Wiig and Bill Hader starred in the comedy drama The Skeleton Twins, and what better way to celebrate than talking to them both. Join my vulture colleague, Kathryn Van-Arendonk, for an onstage reunion of two friends as we look back on their years of collaboration, culminating in a true indie classic.

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This week, Director Kevin Smith joins Jesse David Fox for a look back at the classic religious satire Dogma, 25 years after it first blasphemed. Recorded live during 2024's Vulture Festival, you’re invited to sit in on this blessed event that sure will make you thank God, and by that we mean Alanis Morissette.

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This week on Good One, we bring you back to 2024’s Vulture Festival, at which Vulture awarded the writing staff of Abbott Elementary the first ever Roomie Award. The Roomie Award is an award for writers’ rooms who exhibit the special art of writing collectively. Joining the show’s creator and star Quinta Brunson was Kate Peterman, Justin Tan, Riley Dufurrena, Lizzy Darrell, Brittani Nichols, Brian Rubenstein, Joya McCrory, Patrick Schumacker, Ava Coleman, Justin Halpern, and Jordan Temple.

Vulture TV Critic Roxanne Hadadi moderated the panel.

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This week on Good One, host Jesse David Fox welcomes Kathryn VanArendonk back to the podcast to discuss the best comedy specials of 2024.

Kathryn’s list:

10. Ali Wong, Single Lady (Netflix)

9. Langston Kerman, Bad Poetry (Netflix)

8. Ramy Youssef, More Feelings (Max)

7. Kyle Kinane, Dirt Nap (YouTube)

6. Courtney Pauroso, Vanessa 5000 (Dropout)

5. Anthony Jeselnik, Bones and All (Netflix)

4. Nikki Glaser, Someday You’ll Die (HBO)

3. Adam Sandler, Love You (Netflix)

2. Jacqueline Novak, Get on Your Knees (Netflix)

1. Ali Siddiq, Domino Effect Part 3: First Day of School (YouTube)

Read more here: https://www.vulture.com/article/best-comedy-specials-2024-new-stand-up.html

Jesse’s list:

10. Hannah Einbinder, Everything Must Go(Max)

9. Marlon Wayans, Good Grief (Prime Video)

8. Hasan Minhaj, Off with His Head (Netflix)

7. Sal Vulcano, Terrified (YouTube)

6. Kyle Kinane, Dirt Nap (YouTube)

5. Courtney Pauroso, Vanessa 5000 (Dropout)

4. Nikki Glaser, Someday You’ll Die (HBO)

3. Jacqueline Novak, Get on Your Knees (Netflix)

2. Ali Siddiq, Domino Effect Part 3: First Day of School (YouTube)

1. Adam Sandler, Love You (Netflix)

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This week on Good One, host Jesse David Fox welcomes Nate Bargatze back to the podcast. This time, he is joined by Saturday Night Live castmember Mikey Day and co-head writer Streeter Seidell, the duo Bargatze worked with on the mega-viral “Washington’s Dream” sketches.

If you want to watch the interview, head over to https://youtu.be/3AAhzApSGGE

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This week on Good One, host Jesse David Fox celebrates to 30th anniversary of “Lisa on Ice,” the beloved Simpsons classic about when Bart and Lisa played for rival hockey teams. Recorded live at Vulture Festival in LA, Fox is joined by Nancy Cartwright and Yeardley Smith, the voices of Bart and Lisa respectively, writer Mike Scully, seasons five and six showrunner David Mirkin, and consulting producer/animator David Silverman.

Watch the ever over at Youtube.com/Vulture!

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This week on Good One, Katt Williams returns to the podcast. Recorded live at 2024’s Vulture Festival, Williams discusses his Club Shay Shay interview, his upcoming comedy tour, and how he taught Steph Curry to shoot. Watch the interview over at Youtube.com/Vulture!

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This week on Good One, host Jesse David Fox interviews comedy icon Mike Myers. The conversation touches on Myers’s entire legendary career, from Wayne’s World to Austin Powers to Shrek. Recorded live at 2024’s Vulture Festival, Myers was the recipient of Vulture’s Honorary Degree, an award given out every year to an artist with a lasting impact on the culture. Watch the interview over at Youtube.com/Vulture!

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It's that time of year again! Vulture dropped their annual list of all the future stars of comedy. In honor of this special occasion, we compiled mini Good One episodes featuring each list-honoree so they could introduce themselves to you personally.

This week—in alphabetical order by first name—we present to you the Comedians You Should and Will Know, 2024:

Sabrina Brier

Sam Campbell

Nico Carney

Aaron Chen

George Civeris

Francesca D'Uva

Brandi Denise

Malik Elassal

Roz Hernandez

Skyler Higley

Chloe Hillard

Leslie Liao

Mandal

Gavin Matts

Youngmi Mayer

Vic Michaelis

Brennan Lee Mulligan

Courtney Pauroso

Chloe Radcliffe

Rekha Shankar

Veronika Slowikowska

Gianmarco Soresi

Emil Wakim

Eagle Witt

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As we do every June, host Jesse David Fox brings Vulture critic Kathryn VanArendonk review on the podcast to share her list of the best comedy specials of the year so far (yeah, it's a short list).

The specials discussed:

Alex Edelman, Just for Us (HBO/Max)

Nikki Glaser, Someday You’ll Die (HBO/Max)

Kyle Kinane, Dirt Nap (YouTube)

Jacqueline Novak, Get on Your Knees (Netflix)

Ali Siddiq, The Domino Effect Part 3 and 4 (YouTube)

Taylor Tomlinson, Have it All (Netflix)

Ramy Youssef, More Feeling (HBO/Max)

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This week on Good One, host Jesse David Fox welcomes Tig Notaro back to the podcast. Tig walks through her entire career via her best jokes with a new format called “Joke Superlatives.” Tig newest special, Hello Again, is out now on Prime Video. The film she co-wrote and co-directed, Am I Ok? is out now on Max. Stream her podcast, Handsome, wherever you get your podcasts.

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