Good One: A Podcast About Jokes
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. From Vulture and the Vox Media Podcast Network.
Episodes
October 9, 2025 • 56 mins
This week on 'Good One', instead of a traditional deep dive interview, comedian Jay Jurden joins Jesse to unpack the biggest comedy news story happening right now – the Riyadh Comedy Festival; Why giant checks warp choices, what “free speech” really means when a contract bans criticism, and the difference between performing in a country and performing for its rulers. Jay talks personal safety as a queer comic, the soft-power calcul...
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October 2, 2025 • 83 mins
Caleb Hearon stops by to talk about his HBO Max special 'Model Comedian', being extremely online, and why not getting SNL was the best thing that ever happened to him.
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September 25, 2025 • 95 mins
Gianmarco Soresi joins us to discuss how he relates to different audiences, his new special 'Thief of Joy', and building a fanbase on social media.
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September 18, 2025 • 70 mins
Amber Ruffin joins us to talk about Detroiters, her ten years at Late Night with Seth Meyers, doing improv in Amsterdam of all places, and making even today’s news into comedy on CNN’s Have I Got News for You.
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September 11, 2025 • 83 mins
This week on Good One, John C. Reilly—one of the greatest actors in comedy or drama—joins us to talk about Walk Hard, Step Brothers, his relationship with Paul Thomas Anderson and Mister Romantic, the cabaret character he’s been performing as around the country, who recently put out an album of standards from the American songbook.
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September 4, 2025 • 88 mins
This week on Good One, BenDeLaCreme stops by to talk about RuPaul's Drag Race, snatch game, The Jinkx & Dela Holiday Special, and also, culture!
00:00 Intro
00:00:32 Funniest thing of the week
00:01:26 BenDeLaCreme
00:02:42 Drag going mainstrem
00:09:11 Snatch Game
00:26:33 Seeing the matix of Drag Race
00:34:55 How Drag Race helps all drag
00:36:00 Collaboration with Jinx Monsoon
00:45:58 Pee-wee Herman
00:51:11 Drag and Christm...
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August 28, 2025 • 82 mins
This week on Good One, Jinkx Monsoon joins us to talk about RuPaul's Drag Race, Broadway, working with BenDeLaCreme on 'The Jinkx & DeLa Holiday Show', and taking over for Cole Escola in the Tony Award winning play 'Oh, Mary!'
00:00 Intro
00:01:00 Meeting Katy Perry
00:08:10 Meeting Charlie Day
00:13:14 How drag has changed
00:17:14 Broadway and drag
00:26:09 Relating to 'Oh, Mary!'
00:32:34 'Pirates! The Penzance Musical'
00:35:...
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August 14, 2025 • 73 mins
This week on Good One, comedian Ralph Barbosa joins us to talk about his new Hulu special 'Ralph Barbosa: Planet Bosa', writing jokes about immigration, and what it's like to do comedy that ends up going viral on the internet.
00:00 Intro
00:00:53 Funniest thing of the week
00:03:04 Don't Tell Comedy set
00:05:09 Getting political
00:08:03 Immigration
00:23:02 Going on Rogan
00:25:42 Getting personal
00:31:20 Almost going blind
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August 7, 2025 • 68 mins
This week on Good One, Ben Stiller joins us for a conversation about his journey from being a comedy superstar in legendary films like Zoolander, Tropic Thunder and Meet the Parents, to the director and executive producer who brought the creepy, crazy world of Severance to life on Apple TV+.
00:00 Intro
00:01:00 Happy Gilmore 2
00:04:30 Severance
00:18:34 The Mystery of Severance
00:23:48 Severance season finale
00:31:17 The Cable...
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July 31, 2025 • 100 mins
This week on 'Good One' comedian and actor Bill Burr sits down for a conversation about the trajectory of his career, from his early, angry days to his Broadway run and his two-time Emmy nominated special, 'Bill Burr: Drop Dead Years', streaming now on Hulu. The album, 'Drop Dead Years', is available August 1 anywhere you stream music.
00:00 Intro
00:00:52 Funniest thing that happened this week
00:03:19 His most recent special
00:...
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July 24, 2025 • 111 mins
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July 17, 2025 • 59 mins
Vir Das lost his voice just six weeks before he had to film his new Netflix special 'Fool Volume', and on this week's episode of 'Good One' he walks us through how Adele's doctor helped bring him back, facing legal consequences for his work, and how much better it actually is to be an Indian comedian.
00:00 Intro00:01:23 Funniest thing of the week00:03:06 Starting stand-up in Mumbai00:06:23 Being an Indian comic00:07:54 Branchin...
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July 10, 2025 • 116 mins
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Comedian James Acaster joins this week's episode of Good One to talk about the lifecycle of his Kettering FC chant bit, almost deciding to quit stand up, and finally seeing Bo Burnham's 'Inside'.
00:00 Intro
00:01:02 Funniest thing that happened this week
00:04:33 Cold Lasagna Hate Myself 1999
00:09:31 Taking a break from stand-up
00:16:18 Bo Burnham
00:25...
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July 3, 2025 • 64 mins
Comedy veteran Ed Helms joins us to talk about 'The Office', 'The Hangover', and researching government conspiracies for his podcast 'SNAFU' and the accompanying book 'SNAFU: The Definitive Guide to History’s Greatest Screwups'.
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June 26, 2025 • 74 mins
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From doing Zoom shows at the height of the pandemic to going viral on TikTok, Atsuko Okatsuka made a name for herself through Shakira and Beyoncé-inspired dance moves even before she released her two stand-up comedy specials. This week on Good One, she joins our host Jesse David Fox to talk about making comedy for both the stage and the (phone) screen.
Lea...
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June 20, 2025 • 71 mins
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Fresh off her Netflix special ‘A Buteau-ful Mind’ at Radio City Music Hall, Michelle Buteau reflects on all the venues she played to get here, the importance of her Netflix series 'Survival of the Thickest', and why standing up to the worlds biggest comedian is necessary.
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June 20, 2025 • 90 mins
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PodcastThis week on Good One, SNL's Sarah Sherman joins us for a deep dive into how her Weekend Update bits come together, being in the Domingo sketch, and performing with Adam Sandler and David Spade.
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June 19, 2025 • 64 mins
After winning an Emmy for playing Roy Kent on 'Ted Lasso', Brett Goldstein has returned to stand up comedy. He joins us on this week's Good One to discuss his new special 'The Second Best Night of Your Life', visiting 'Sesame Street' and joining the cast of 'Shrinking'.
00:00 Intro
00:00:45 Funniest thing that happened this week
00:02:10 Plays versus musicals
00:08:05 Before Ted Lasso
00:12:00 Ted Lasso
00:15:50 Going to the Emmys...
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June 12, 2025 • 64 mins
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Jason Segel is a master of finding comedy in some of life's most painful moments, a skill he showcases as the star of the AppleTV+ hit series 'Shrinking'. This week on Good One, he shares with Vulture's Jesse David Fox everything to know about his long journey to Emmy nominee from that Dracula musical he could very well still make!
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June 5, 2025 • 69 mins
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Seth Meyers has so many jobs. The current ‘Late Night’ host and former SNL head writer drops in to discuss his nightly hosting duties, how he finds time to make standup specials while maintaining side projects like ‘The Lonely Island and Seth Meyers Podcast’ all while being asked if he wants another big job… taking over SNL whenever Lorne Michaels steps awa...
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