My friend Kelly brings her baby in studio and I pretend to “voice” it, making it say all sorts of horrible things. Very cerebral stuff, but I think you’ll figure out the laughs. Follow this episode’s cast on Twitter and Instagram! Eva Kriksciun – Twitter – @OrchardEva, Instagram – @OrchardEva […]
Papa’s Basement is a comedy podcast, whose topics are free-ranging and really just there in the service of laughs. Sure, this episode we discuss mortality through the lens of Top Gun: Maverick, but it’s bigger than that. I just have to pick one thing to focus on to come up […]
There’s some great stuff in this episode, which is co-hosted by DC-area comedy stalwarts Mikael Johnson and Joe Gagliardi. We debate what my newfound love of the show POSE means for my love life, what Mikael’s love of pastel shirts say about his, and Joe reveals his tactics for mentally […]
The 600th episode of Papa’s Basement explores what A Star Is Born would have been like had Bradley Cooper been a food addict instead of an alkie, and if the activities depicted in Black Mirror’s Striking Vipers episode count as “gay,” “not so gay,” or “gay as a mf.” Let […]
I’m not going to get clever with the description, as this is far too important a topic to trivialize. With the help of our listeners, we list off America’s best sandwiches, both homemade and restaurant-created, and debate just what goes into a perfect sandwich. After recording this episode, my only […]
Personal opinion: Most funny songs aren’t actually funny. I don’t know what it is, but comedy tends to go with music the way cats go with a seafood buffet: Two things I love, but then the cats get into your shrimp, and it’s a whole thing. But, occasionally, comedy and […]
Hear the fantastic story of John Papageorgiou and co-host Joe Gagliardi getting into it with a deranged homophobe in DC’s famed gay district, Dupont Circle. If you think it would be funny getting homophobic hate speech screamed at you when you’re straight, well, IT IS!! Comedian Mikael Johnson’s also in […]
DC-area comedy mainstay Mikael Johnson swings by the show to tell us all the wisdom he’s gained from a life of playing baseball, performing improv, and breaking hearts. Oh, and we discuss the most common and outrageous urban legends from our youths. I remember that. I actually remember something from […]
Co-host Bill talks his action-packed vacation to the island of Roatán, nerds rejoice as a 48 hour span sees the release of Avengers: Endgame, the final battle with Game of Thrones’ Night King, the end of the Magic: the Gathering’s Nicol Bolas saga and the NFL draft (we real nerds […]
