Good One: A Podcast About Jokes Vox Media Podcast Network
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Good One: A Podcast About Jokes is a podcast about - well - jokes, and the people who tell them. Each week, a comedian will play one of their jokes and then break it down with Vulture.com Senior Editor Jesse David Fox.
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Ego Nwodim’s “Lisa from Temecula”
Before this most recent season, Ego Nwodim had already found a place for herself at Saturday Night Live. But it was this year, where she really making the show her own, getting on some of the silliest characters in the shows long history. On this week’s Good One, Nwodim talks with host Jesse David Fox about the characters that got her there.
Sketches/Clips Mentioned:
Pasta
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwzdTW0pJXk
Entre Clip
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XadmCTKTibQ
Cat clip
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIRRmzc1TOI
SECOND LISA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xY_DeNYWtIo
THIRD LISA CLIP
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDzrvVYgkgQ
LOKO Clip
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lk7jW7qRZYM
Dionne CLip
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHQbl3byYiY
RICH AUNTIE CLIP
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0VtbXLPjBY&t=168s
STINGRAY CLIP
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UlWbT3owys
Nat Geo Clip
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UlWbT3owys
Father lawrence clip
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjBrLbOJXHA
Mid-Day clip
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGqtZmShIkw
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John Early’s “After the Gold Rush”
This week on Good One, host Jesse David Fox welcomes John Early back to the podcast. John talks about his 2023 HBO special, Now More Than Ever, and specifically a 20-minute section on millennials, modern life, and the internet that Jesse has been obsessed with for a year. They have so much fun!
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Mike Birbiglia’s “No Breath Holding” Sign
This week on Good One, host Jesse David Fox welcomes Mike Birbiglia back to the podcast. Mike walks Jesse through the joke at the climax of his most recent Netflix special, The Old Man and the Pool. The two also discuss making Good One: A Show About Jokes, the Peacock documentary special adaptation of this podcast, of which Mike was the subject of.
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Alex Edelman’s Christmas Story
This week on Good One, host Jesse David Fox welcomes Alex Edelman podcast to talk about his special, Just For Us, which premiered on Max earlier this year. Alex walks Jesse through incarnations of the same story about the time his Orthodox Jewish family celebrated Christmas.
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Kyle Kinane's Dirt Nap
This week on Good One, host Jesse David Fox welcomes Kyle Kinane back to the podcast to talk about his sixth stand-up special, Dirt Nap, which is currently available on YouTube. Kyle discusses putting together the incredible, nearly 50-minute story that he closes the special with me.
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Ramy Youssef's Phone Call
This week on Good One, host Jesse David Fox welcomes Ramy star/co-creator Ramy Youssef to the podcast to discuss his newest stand-up HBO special, More Feelings. Ramy had been touring his hour for years, but the set really came to focus in the weeks following October 7. This episode they discuss the first joke he wrote about what is happening in Gaza.
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