Pizza Pod Party

POLITICO's Sam Stein is our guest, there's pizza news, and the pizza topic is: "is New Haven, the pizza capital of America?"

Sam Stein is Deputy Managing Editor for Politics at Politico. He is a former politics editor for the Daily Beast and the senior politics editor for the Huffington Post. Sam is a regular contributor to MSNBC and a native to the New Haven area of Connecticut.

We talk about how Sam got on this program by trolling ...

Our guest is comedian and SiriusXM host John Fugelsang. SiriusXM personality Chris Hauselt is our special guest for pizza headlines, and our pizza topic is: "Jersey Shore Boardwalk Pizza".

John Fugelsang is a comedian, actor, and SiriusXM Host. He was a VH1 VJ and host of America’s Funniest Home Videos. He currently hosts Tell Me Everything with John Fugelsang, on SiriusXM Progress, channel 127.

Our special guest is Chris Hauselt, th...

Twisted Sister's founding guitarist and manager, Jay Jay French is the guest. There's pizza headlines, and the pizza topic is: "Jerry Garcia and 'The Pizza Tapes'". 

Jay Jay French is a guitarist and manager of the multi platinum selling band, Twisted Sister. He hosts the The Jay Jay French Connection: Beyond the Music podcast. He has been a columnist for Inc.com and is the author of 2021’s “Twisted Business: Lessons from My Life in...

The guest is comedian Marina Franklin, there's pizza news, and the topic is: "Chicago Tavern Style. Are you a middle or an edge?"

Marina Franklin is a standup comedian and actor based out of New York City. She has toured with Conan O’Brien and can be seen in the film Trainwreck, and the shows Chappelle’s Show, Inside Amy Schumer, and Crashing. She also wrote for the HBO show Divorce. Marina hosts the podcast “Friends Like Us”. Get h...

Comedian and impressionist, JL Cauvin is the guest, there's pizza headlines, and the pizza topic is: "Mozzarella".

JL Cauvin is a New York based stand up comic and impressionist. His recent comedy special is titled, “HALF-BLACKFACE”. He hosts the 2 podcasts, “Rain on Your Parade” and “Making Podcasts Great Again”. To get tour dates and links to his youtube channel and socials go to JLCauvin.com

JL discusses Bronx pizza, New Jersey pi...

ESPN baseball insider, Buster Olney is the guest, there's pizza news, and the topic is: "pizza in baseball parks".

Buster Olney is a longtime sports broadcaster and journalist for ESPN. He previously covered the New York Giants and Yankees for the New York Times. He’s the author of 2004’s “ The Last Night of the Yankee Dynasty” and 2010’s “How Lucky You Can Be: The Story of Coach Don Meyer”. You can see him regularly on ESPN’s Baseb...

Tony Dokoupil of CBS Mornings is the guest, there's pizza news, and the topic is: "5 steps to confidently launch your pizza".

Tony Dokoupil is the co-anchor of CBS Mornings. Formerly of Newsweek and the Daily Beast. He also was a reporter for NBC News. He is the author of 2014’s “The Last Pirate: A Father, His Son, and the Golden Age of Marijuana”. Tony also owns an Ooni oven.

Tony discusses maintaining a diet while playing D-1 baseb...

The great Cari Champion is the guest, there's pizza news, and the pizza topic is "Ranch and Pizza".

Cari Champion is a former anchor on ESPN’s Sportscenter, former host of ESPN2’s First Take and co-host of Vice’s Cari & Jemele  Won’t Stick to Sports. Cari currently hosts the podcast Naked, with Cari Champion, and is a CNN contributor. She is the host of Amazon Prime’s The Cari Champion Show. 

Cari discusses drinking in Bristol, Conne...

It's the Pizza Pod Party pizza and drinks special with three notable drink experts. John Holl, Noah Rothbaum, and David Wondrich!

John Holl is the editor of All About Beer, he hosts the Drink Beer, Think Beer podcast, and co-hosts Steal This Beer podcast. He is the author of numerous books including “Drink Beer, Think Beer” and “The Craft Brewery Cookbook”.

Noah Rothbaum, he was the co-host of the Life Behind Bars podcast. He’s the f...

Comedian Ted Alexandro is the guest, there's pizza news, and our topic is: "Pizza Expo".

Ted Alexandro is a super respected New York comic, who has done Letterman, Conan, Kimmel, and has had two half hour specials on Comedy Central. His recent special “CUT/UP” can be found on YouTube. He is also Jim Gaffigan’s opening act. Check out tour dates at tedalexandro.com.

Ted makes us laugh about his Wikipedia inaccuracies, making pizzas wit...

Western New York native, and politics managing editor for NBC News, Amanda Terkel is the guest. There's pizza headlines and the pizza topic is: "Buffalo Pizza".

This week’s guest is Amanda Terkel. She’s the politics managing editor for NBC News. Amanda was editorial director and Washington bureau chief at HuffPost. She was Deputy Research Director at the Center for American Progress and the Managing Editor of ThinkProgress.org. She’...

New York Times columnist and David Letterman biographer Jason Zinoman is the guest. There's pizza news, and the pizza topic is: "Pizza Jokes" (or, at least, that's what Arthur's trying to call them).

In 2011, Jason Zinoman became the first comedy critic for The New York Times, writing the On Comedy column. Before that, he wrote theater criticism for The New York Times and Time Out New York. He is the author of 2017’s “Letterman: The...

Christy Lemire of RogerEbert.com and Matt Singer of ScreenCrush talk all about pizza in the movies. There's also pizza news!

Christy Lemire is a film critic for RogerEbert.com and the co-host of the Breakfast All Day podcast and YouTube show. For 15 years, she was the film critic for The Associated Press. Get her newsletter at ChristyLemire.com.

Matt Singer is also a film critic and the editor of ScreenCrush. He was the on-air host o...

NBC News' Christine Romans is the guest, there's pizza headlines, and the pizza topic is: "the Pizza Subway Connection".

Christine Romans is NBC News’ senior business correspondent. She spent over 20 years at CNN where she ended up anchoring both On the Money, and Early Start. Last year it was announced she was moving to NBC. You can now see Christine’s reporting across NBC News, including the TODAY Show, NBC Nightly News with Leste...

It's "How I Built This" host Guy Raz, pizza news, and the pizza topic is "pizza cheese terminology."

Guy Raz is a podcast institution. He was a reporter for CNN and NPR, and weekend host of All Things Considered. Since 2016, Guy has hosted the critically acclaimed and super popular podcast “How I Built This.” He is the founder of Built-It Productions and Tinkercast. Guy is the author of 2020’s “How I Built This: The Unexpected Paths...

Hollywood power couple,  Patrick Wilson and Dagmara Domińczyk are the guests for this Valentine's Day pizza special. There's pizza headlines and the topic is: "pizza poetry".

Dagmara Domińczyk is an actress you know from movies like Rock Star, the Count of Monte Cristo, Running with Scissors, The Assistant, The Lost Daughter, and many more. You also saw her in all 4 seasons of the HBO mega hit Succession, where she played Karolina, ...

Popular podcast host Anna Sale joins the party. There's pizza news, and the pizza topic is: "Last-meal pizza."

Anna Sale is an award-winning podcast host and writer. Since 2014, WNYC has carried her very popular and critically acclaimed podcast, Death, Sex & Money. In late 2023, news broke that the podcast would have no official home. However, it was announced in January that Death, Sex & Money would be part of Slate. Anna is also t...

Former showrunner for the Simpsons, Bill Oakley is the guest. There's pizza news, and the topic is: "Pizza portafoglio."

Bill Oakley is an Emmy-award-winning TV writer and producer. He famously wrote for The Simpsons from season 3 to season 9. He was the showrunner for seasons 7 and 8. Bill has written for Futurama, The Cleveland Show, and Portlandia, to name a few. He is a co-executive producer for Netflix's Disenchantment, and cur...

There's pizza headlines and the topic is: Pizza and Lines. But first, our guest is Jonathan Capehart!

Jonathan Capehart is a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist. He’s Associate Editor at the Washington Post where he writes their PostPartisan blog and hosts “Capehart”, a Washington Post podcast. On television you can see him host The Saturday Show and Sunday Show with Jonathan Capehart Saturdays and Sundays on MSNBC at 6pm.

Jonathan dis...