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.
Episodes
June 26, 2025 • 76 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.
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June 20, 2025 • 70 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 • 92 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 • 66 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 • 63 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 • 71 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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February 18, 2025 • 68 mins
Inspired by the Dropout show Game Changer, join us for an event that will completely change every ten minutes. Will Dropout all-stars Rekha Shankar (Smartypants), Vic Michaelis (Very Important People), Jordan Myrick (Gastronauts), and Jacob Wysocki (Make Some Noise) improvise, talk thoughtfully about their work, play an elaborate game of “Simon Says” with the audience, or all of the above? That remains to be seen, but no matter wha...
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February 11, 2025 • 57 mins
Comedian Julio Torres joins us for an in-depth discussion about that which colors our lives: color. Warm colors, cold colors, hot colors, bold colors, all of it will be up for discussion in this exploration of the Fantasmas creator, director, and star’s work and life.
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February 4, 2025 • 35 mins
Grab your roommates and your cutest PJs for a comfy brunch celebrating The Sex Lives of College Girls. Creator Justin Noble and cast members Alyah Chanelle Scott, Ilia Paulino, Renika Williams and more will be cozying up with Vulture writer Jason Frank, for a conversation about everything that makes this Max hit our favorite campus sex comedy.
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January 28, 2025 • 49 mins
It’s been ten years since Kristen Wiig and Bill Hader starred in the comedy drama The Skeleton Twins, and what better way to celebrate than talking to them both. Join my vulture colleague, Kathryn Van-Arendonk, for an onstage reunion of two friends as we look back on their years of collaboration, culminating in a true indie classic.
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January 21, 2025 • 80 mins
This week, Director Kevin Smith joins Jesse David Fox for a look back at the classic religious satire Dogma, 25 years after it first blasphemed. Recorded live during 2024's Vulture Festival, you’re invited to sit in on this blessed event that sure will make you thank God, and by that we mean Alanis Morissette.
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January 14, 2025 • 67 mins
This week on Good One, we bring you back to 2024’s Vulture Festival, at which Vulture awarded the writing staff of Abbott Elementary the first ever Roomie Award. The Roomie Award is an award for writers’ rooms who exhibit the special art of writing collectively. Joining the show’s creator and star Quinta Brunson was Kate Peterman, Justin Tan, Riley Dufurrena, Lizzy Darrell, Brittani Nichols, Brian Rubenstein, Joya McCrory, Patrick ...
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January 7, 2025 • 115 mins
This week on Good One, host Jesse David Fox welcomes Kathryn VanArendonk back to the podcast to discuss the best comedy specials of 2024.
Kathryn’s list:
10. Ali Wong, Single Lady (Netflix)
9. Langston Kerman, Bad Poetry (Netflix)
8. Ramy Youssef, More Feelings (Max)
7. Kyle Kinane, Dirt Nap (YouTube)
6. Courtney Pauroso, Vanessa 5000 (Dropout)
5. Anthony Jeselnik, Bones and All (Netflix)
4. Nikki Glaser, Someday You’ll Die (HBO)
3...
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December 24, 2024 • 96 mins
This week on Good One, host Jesse David Fox welcomes Nate Bargatze back to the podcast. This time, he is joined by Saturday Night Live castmember Mikey Day and co-head writer Streeter Seidell, the duo Bargatze worked with on the mega-viral “Washington’s Dream” sketches.
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December 17, 2024 • 70 mins
This week on Good One, host Jesse David Fox celebrates to 30th anniversary of “Lisa on Ice,” the beloved Simpsons classic about when Bart and Lisa played for rival hockey teams. Recorded live at Vulture Festival in LA, Fox is joined by Nancy Cartwright and Yeardley Smith, the voices of Bart and Lisa respectively, writer Mike Scully, seasons five and six showrunner David Mirkin, and consulting producer/animator David Silverman.
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December 10, 2024 • 59 mins
This week on Good One, Katt Williams returns to the podcast. Recorded live at 2024’s Vulture Festival, Williams discusses his Club Shay Shay interview, his upcoming comedy tour, and how he taught Steph Curry to shoot. Watch the interview over at Youtube.com/Vulture!
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December 3, 2024 • 65 mins
This week on Good One, host Jesse David Fox interviews comedy icon Mike Myers. The conversation touches on Myers’s entire legendary career, from Wayne’s World to Austin Powers to Shrek. Recorded live at 2024’s Vulture Festival, Myers was the recipient of Vulture’s Honorary Degree, an award given out every year to an artist with a lasting impact on the culture. Watch the interview over at Youtube.com/Vulture!
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September 5, 2024 • 96 mins
It's that time of year again! Vulture dropped their annual list of all the future stars of comedy. In honor of this special occasion, we compiled mini Good One episodes featuring each list-honoree so they could introduce themselves to you personally.
This week—in alphabetical order by first name—we present to you the Comedians You Should and Will Know, 2024:
Sabrina Brier
Sam Campbell
Nico Carney
Aaron Chen
George Civeris
Frances...
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June 18, 2024 • 79 mins
As we do every June, host Jesse David Fox brings Vulture critic Kathryn VanArendonk review on the podcast to share her list of the best comedy specials of the year so far (yeah, it's a short list).
The specials discussed:
Alex Edelman, Just for Us (HBO/Max)
Nikki Glaser, Someday You’ll Die (HBO/Max)
Kyle Kinane, Dirt Nap (YouTube)
Jacqueline Novak, Get on Your Knees (Netflix)
Ali Siddiq, The Domino Effect Part 3 and 4 (YouTube)
Tay...
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June 11, 2024 • 69 mins
This week on Good One, host Jesse David Fox welcomes Tig Notaro back to the podcast. Tig walks through her entire career via her best jokes with a new format called “Joke Superlatives.” Tig newest special, Hello Again, is out now on Prime Video. The film she co-wrote and co-directed, Am I Ok? is out now on Max. Stream her podcast, Handsome, wherever you get your podcasts.
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