If This Doesn’t Work…

Justin Anderson
  • 5.0 (36)
  • Comedy
  • Biweekly

I’m just doing this podcast so people talk to me and I don’t become a domestic terrorist. It really doesn’t have a subject or through-line. It’s just chaotic rambling. Justin IG: thejustintimee

  1. 4d ago

    He Tried to Rob a Hallmark Store. Then He Built a 7-Figure Business.

    Ken Baden went from addiction, homelessness, and jail to building a seven-figure business. Somewhere along the way, he also attempted to rob a Hallmark store with a cell phone pretending to be a gun.Yeah. A Hallmark store.This week on *If This Doesn't Work…*, Justin Anderson sits down with entrepreneur, roofing business owner, and *The Kitchen Table Podcast* host Ken Baden for a wild conversation about the decisions that nearly destroyed his life and what finally changed.Ken opens up about a devastating car accident, prescription painkillers, heroin addiction, multiple trips to rehab, homelessness, and the armed robbery attempt that landed him behind bars.But this isn't just another comeback story.Ken and Justin share their own experiences with addiction, talk about the people who refused to give up on them, and explore how the same obsessive drive that once fueled their worst decisions can be redirected into something worthwhile.From sleeping outside to building a business, finding love, becoming a father, and helping others get a second chance, Ken's story gets pretty unbelievable.And somehow, it's also hilarious.**In this episode:**- The world's least intimidating armed robbery- How a car accident led to opioid addiction- Why Ken's grandmother helped keep him locked up- Nine trips to rehab and the moment everything changed- Sleeping in the woods and accepting homelessness- Going from food stamps to seven figures- Starting a roofing business with a felony record- The importance of mentorship, gratitude, and second chances- Why recovering addicts can make exceptional entrepreneursFollow Ken Baden:YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@officialkenbadenInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/officialkenbaden/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@officialkenbadenThe KitchenTable Podcast: https://thekitchentablepodcast.net/Potamac Custom Remodeling: https://potomaccustomremodeling.com/Blue Collar Ballers Union: https://bluecollarballersunion.com/ 📌 Support the show: Come Be On The Show: https://if-this-doesnt-work.pages.dev/ Join Patreon: https://patreon.com/IfThisDoesntWork?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_fan&utm_content=copyLink Join YouTube Members for $0.99/month for exclusive content, bonus episodes & behind-the-scenes chaos. Click “Join” next to the subscribe button.(you don't actual receive anything, but you'd be really nice for doing it.) Follow the Podcast: 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ifthisdoesn...🎵 TikTok Main: https://www.tiktok.com/@thejustintime...🎵 TikTok Clips: https://www.tiktok.com/@itdw_clips?is... Follow: Justin: https://www.instagram.com/__justin33__/ Mike: https://www.instagram.com/skateguy30/ #KenBaden #IfThisDoesntWork #AddictionRecovery #Entrepreneurship #Podcast#KenBaden #IfThisDoesntWork #AddictionRecovery #Entrepreneurship #Podcast

  2. Oct 19

    He Got Kicked Off a Plane… But THIS Made Him Quit Drinking | David Jones

    Comedian David Jones has been kicked off a plane, survived some unbelievable drunken nights, and worked in an industry everyone loves to hate. But somehow, it was texting his ex that made him seriously reconsider drinking.David joins Justin Anderson and Mike Caropreso on *If This Doesn't Work…* for a ridiculous conversation about stand-up comedy, addiction, bad decisions, growing up in Maryland, life insurance scams, and why he thinks Lil Wayne deserves a little more credit for changing race relations.We get into his wild family stories, the reality of working in insurance, his run-ins with the law, the comedians he actually listens to, and whether getting sober means giving up the fun.It's dark, honest, occasionally ridiculous, and exactly the kind of conversation you expect from *If This Doesn't Work…***In this episode:**- Getting kicked off a plane and deciding to quit drinking- His mother's unbelievable KFC scheme- Growing up around addiction and finding comedy- Lil Wayne's unexpected cultural influence- Whether life insurance is actually a scam- DUIs, relationships, sobriety, and stand-up comedy- Louis C.K., Ali Siddiq, and the comedians worth listening toFollow David Jones on: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thedavejones1212/ LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/DavidJones1212Subscribe for more unfiltered conversations with comedians, creators, and interesting people from Maryland and beyond.📌 Support the show:Come Be On The Show: https://if-this-doesnt-work.pages.dev/Join Patreon: https://patreon.com/IfThisDoesntWork?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_fan&utm_content=copyLinkJoin YouTube Members for $0.99/month for exclusive content, bonus episodes & behind-the-scenes chaos. Click “Join” next to the subscribe button.(you don't actual receive anything, but you'd be really nice for doing it.)Follow the Podcast:📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ifthisdoesn...🎵 TikTok Main: https://www.tiktok.com/@thejustintime...🎵 TikTok Clips: https://www.tiktok.com/@itdw_clips?is...Follow:Justin: https://www.instagram.com/__justin33__/Mike: https://www.instagram.com/skateguy30/#DavidJones #StandUpComedy #IfThisDoesntWork

  3. Oct 12

    Umar Khan: Why Being Famous Isn't Worth It

    Comedian Umar Khan returns to If This Doesn't Work… after two years of touring, performing with some of comedy's biggest names, and figuring out what actually matters in life.Umar talks about traveling through Australia and New Zealand with Mark Normand, his early days alongside Stavros Halkias, working with Tim Dillon, and why chasing success in comedy isn't always what it's cracked up to be.We also get into his painfully awkward interaction with a woman at the gym, the absurdity of men's retreats, whether comedians can ever be truly authentic, the pressure of social media, marriage, choosing not to have kids, and why Umar believes he was simply born to chill.Plus: nicotine pouches, parking habits, recycling, growing older, and a surprising amount of conversation about sandwich crust.**FOLLOW UMAR KHAN**Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/umarkhan821/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@UmarKhan821Check out his comedy specials on YouTube:- Live in Baltimore- Who Cares- Let's Talk About ItFind upcoming shows through Umar's Instagram.📌 Support the show:Come Be On The Show: https://if-this-doesnt-work.pages.dev/Join Patreon: https://patreon.com/IfThisDoesntWork?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_fan&utm_content=copyLinkJoin YouTube Members for $0.99/month for exclusive content, bonus episodes & behind-the-scenes chaos. Click “Join” next to the subscribe button.(you don't actual receive anything, but you'd be really nice for doing it.)Follow the Podcast:📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ifthisdoesn...🎵 TikTok Main: https://www.tiktok.com/@thejustintime...🎵 TikTok Clips: https://www.tiktok.com/@itdw_clips?is...Follow:Justin: https://www.instagram.com/__justin33__/Mike: https://www.instagram.com/skateguy30/If This Doesn't Work… the most mediocre podcast within a 3-mile radius.Subscribe for new episodes every Monday.#UmarKhan #ComedyPodcast #StandUpComedy

  4. Oct 5

    I Became Addicted to Being a Criminal | Menace Monroe

    Baltimore rapper Menace Monroe says the streets didn’t choose him, he chose them. After entering the juvenile system as a kid, serving multiple prison sentences and coming home again this year, Menace is trying to build a life that doesn’t end with another bid.Menace joins Justin to discuss becoming addicted to criminal life before drugs, being incarcerated alongside his brother, facing 63 charges, navigating Maryland prisons, getting sober, rebuilding his music career and learning how to leave the lifestyle without losing the artist people connected with.They also get into his earliest arrests, the worst burglary excuse imaginable, prison violence, crooked juvenile guards, being labeled a “white rapper,” making a sustainable living from independent music and why the criminal voice in his head still occasionally notices armored trucks.Follow Menace Monroe:https://menacemonroe.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/menace_monroe/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@menacemonroetv8841TrapRob Clothing: https://www.traprob.com/📌 Support the show:Come Be On The Show: https://if-this-doesnt-work.pages.dev/Join Patreon: https://patreon.com/IfThisDoesntWork?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_fan&utm_content=copyLinkJoin YouTube Members for $0.99/month for exclusive content, bonus episodes & behind-the-scenes chaos. Click “Join” next to the subscribe button.(you don't actual receive anything, but you'd be really nice for doing it.)Follow the Podcast:📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ifthisdoesn...🎵 TikTok Main: https://www.tiktok.com/@thejustintime...🎵 TikTok Clips: https://www.tiktok.com/@itdw_clips?is...Follow:Justin: https://www.instagram.com/__justin33__/Mike: https://www.instagram.com/skateguy30/If This Doesn't Work… the most mediocre podcast within a 3-mile radius.Subscribe for new episodes every Monday.

  5. Sep 28

    He Had to Become Someone Else | Jeff “Chippy” Taylor Jr.

    Jeff “Chippy” Taylor Jr. came in ready to talk about change and ended up telling a much bigger story.At his heaviest, Chippy was 465 pounds. He lost more than 100 pounds, found running, battled depression and anxiety, checked himself into a psychiatric hospital, went through broken relationships and family trauma, landed in jail after a fight in Federal Hill, and eventually found himself rebuilding his life while on house arrest.We talk about recognizing the worst parts of yourself in your parents, learning to set boundaries, losing relationships because you couldn't communicate, fatherhood, therapy, the night that changed everything, finding Islam while incarcerated, and why Chippy believes everything he's been through is finally pushing him toward the person he actually wants to be.This one gets heavy, but there's plenty of ridiculous shit in between.Follow Jeff “Chippy” Taylor Jr. and Chippy Run Club.If This Doesn't Work… the most mediocre podcast within a 3-mile radius.Subscribe for new episodes every Monday.

  6. Sep 21

    You Have to Be Delusional to Do Stand-Up | Bam Jacobs & Dom Solesky

    Bam Jacobs won McGooby’s New Comedian of the Year. Dom Solesky got second and seems to be processing it beautifully.Bam and Dom return to talk about comedy competitions, Dom’s JFL audition, disastrous New York trips, bombing in the wrong room, the delusion required to keep doing stand-up, public freakouts, terrible customer service, and their upcoming short film Easy Money.Along the way, Bam admits what happened after McDonald’s took 25 minutes to make a Happy Meal, Dom explains why he jokes during funerals, Mike remembers getting choked unconscious by a wrestler, and Justin takes a broken pickleball paddle to war with Dick’s Sporting Goods.Follow Bam Jacobs and Dom Solesky, support live comedy, and subscribe for a new episode of If This Doesn’t Work… every week.Follow Dom:📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/soleskywho?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&igsh=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw==🎵 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@soleskywho?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pcYoutube: https://www.youtube.com/@soleskywhoLinkTree: https://linktr.ee/solesky?utm_source=linktree_profile_share<sid=185730b9-599d-44b1-8f77-d216ca3fbc40Follow Bam:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bam.jacobs/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bam.jacobs.2025/YouTube: https://youtube.com/@bamjacobs9162?si=yTHUpTPzySWrv3PJ📌 Support the show:Come Be On The Show: https://if-this-doesnt-work.pages.dev/Join Patreon: https://patreon.com/IfThisDoesntWork?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_fan&utm_content=copyLinkJoin YouTube Members for $0.99/month for exclusive content, bonus episodes & behind-the-scenes chaos. Click “Join” next to the subscribe button.(you don't actual receive anything, but you'd be really nice for doing it.)Follow the Podcast:📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ifthisdoesn...🎵 TikTok Main: https://www.tiktok.com/@thejustintime...🎵 TikTok Clips: https://www.tiktok.com/@itdw_clips?is...Follow:Justin: https://www.instagram.com/__justin33__/Mike: https://www.instagram.com/skateguy30/

    You Have to Be Delusional to Do Stand-Up | Bam Jacobs & Dom Solesky

  7. Sep 14

    We Built a Live Fact-Checker. It Immediately Lied to Us.

    Check Out the Website: https://if-this-doesnt-work.pages.dev/Justin and Mike are back for a two-man episode that starts with one surprisingly serious question: why is saying “I love you” so much harder than just saying “love you”?Then everything falls apart.This week we're digging into the Ig Nobel Prizes, frozen poop knives, cockroach milk, military dolphins, zebra-striped cows, a 103-year-old Pasadena legend, stolen PBR, missing Mozart statues and some of the strangest real research ever attempted.We also finally put Mike's new live fact-checker to work which means we discovered very quickly that “HIGH CONFIDENCE” does not necessarily mean “correct.”Plus: what Charleston White figured out about letting the internet create your content for you, Mike's questionable theory about keeping his dating standards grounded, and the deal that could finally get Mike into therapy:10,000 SUBSCRIBERS = MIKE DOES THERAPY ON THE PODCAST.Check the link below for the new If This Doesn't Work site. You can suggest a guest, apply to come on the show, send us a story to discuss, or submit something completely anonymously.Subscribe, comment, send us something weird and tell your friends you love them.Actually say the whole thing.“I love you.”📌 Support the show:Join Patreon: https://patreon.com/IfThisDoesntWork?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_fan&utm_content=copyLinkJoin YouTube Members for $0.99/month for exclusive content, bonus episodes & behind-the-scenes chaos. Click “Join” next to the subscribe button.(you don't actual receive anything, but you'd be really nice for doing it.)Follow the Podcast:📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ifthisdoesn...🎵 TikTok Main: https://www.tiktok.com/@thejustintime...🎵 TikTok Clips: https://www.tiktok.com/@itdw_clips?is...Follow: Justin: https://www.instagram.com/__justin33__/ Mike: https://www.instagram.com/skateguy30/

  8. Sep 7

    Mo Noor Got Way Too Honest | Therapy, Men’s Groups & Bad Decisions

    Mo Noor is back, and somehow this turns into therapy again.We get into men’s groups, why chaos can feel normal, comedy, relationships, weird childhood memories, cult-ish behavior, sexual awakenings, and the kind of personal shit that probably wasn’t supposed to come up on a podcast.Mo also talks about getting back to making his own stuff, including his micro-podcast and comedy clips.Follow Mo Noor:📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mo_noor_lol/Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@Mobitzlolhttps://linktr.ee/mo.noor?utm_source=linktree_profile_share<sid=ba271310-e2f3-4737-b9c2-32c89dc9b425Subscribe to Bits, Bits, Bits on Youtube!📌 Support the show:Join Patreon: https://patreon.com/IfThisDoesntWork?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_fan&utm_content=copyLinkJoin YouTube Members for $0.99/month for exclusive content, bonus episodes & behind-the-scenes chaos. Click “Join” next to the subscribe button.(you don't actual receive anything, but you'd be really nice for doing it.)Follow the Podcast:📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ifthisdoesn...🎵 TikTok Main: https://www.tiktok.com/@thejustintime...🎵 TikTok Clips: https://www.tiktok.com/@itdw_clips?is...

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I’m just doing this podcast so people talk to me and I don’t become a domestic terrorist. It really doesn’t have a subject or through-line. It’s just chaotic rambling. Justin IG: thejustintimee

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  • Creator
    Justin Anderson
  • Years Active
    2018 - 2026
  • Episodes
    252
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Justin Anderson
  • Show Website
    If This Doesn’t Work…