The Lou Perez Podcast
Lou Perez is a comedian, producer, and author of That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore. You may have seen him on FOX's Gutfeld! and Open to Debate (with Michael Ian Black). Lou was the head writer and producer of the Webby Award-winning comedy channel We the Internet TV and produces Comedy Is Murder, a sketch comedy series with Free the People. Lou is a FAIR-in-the Arts fellow, on the advisory board of Heresy Press, and hosts the live debate series The Wrong Take and The Lou Perez Podcast. During my tenure at We the Internet, I made the kind of comedy that gets you put on lists and your words in the Wall Street Journal: “How I Became a ‘Far-Right Radical.” How’d I start out? I began doing improv and sketch comedy while an undergrad at New York University, where I was part of the comedy group the Wicked Wicked Hammerkatz. For years, I performed at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater (both in NYC and L.A.) in sketch shows with the Hammerkatz and my comedy duo, Greg and Lou. G&L are probably best known for our sketch "Wolverine's Claws Suck," which has over 20 million views across online platforms. I was a writer for Fox Sports' @TheBuzzer; produced The Attendants with the Above Average Network; produced pilots for FOX Digital and MSN Games; and was a comedy producer on TruTV's Impractical Jokers. I hosted the stand-up show Uncle Lou's Safe Place in Los Angeles, performed at the Big Pine Comedy Festival, Bridgetown Comedy Festival, and co-created the political comedy podcast Unsafe Space. I’ve opened for Jimmy Dore, Rich Vos, Dave Smith, and Rob Schneider. I’m currently on tour with Scott Thompson. I taught creative writing at the City College of New York, "writing the web series" for Writing Pad, and comedy writing workshops for the Moving Picture Institute.
Episodes
My friend Paul Rossi joins me to talk about the Terra Firma Teaching Alliance, the impact of A.I. on education, how “objectivity is white supremacy,” and the magic of calculus. Paul was kind enough to make the drive to Ogunquit, Maine to see me open for the dangerously funny Scott Thompson. (He found out I’m shorter in person.)
Earlier this year, my friend Matt Himes (managing editor of The Blaze’s Align) lost his home in the California fires, but he didn’t lose his sense of humor or his willingness to try a lot of things he’s bad at.
It was great catching up with Matt on life after the fire, what it’s like to live out a George Carlin bit, “
The great Amy Alkon returns to my podcast to talk about her new book, Going Menopostal: What You (and Your Doctor) Need to Know About the Real Science of Menopause and Perimenopause and to reveal everything I ever wanted to know about Amy’s superhuman genetics, carnivore diet, and hot hot flashes—which I blame for all the times her video freezes. It was a fun one. If you...
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I always have fun talking with my friend Larry Sharpe of The Sharpe Way. On this episode, I come to him for advice on how to get my child to put/keep his pants on and insights into how bad New York real...
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On this episode I talk with filmmaker and co-host of The System is Down, Dan Smotz, about collapsitarians (my new favorite word), wedding videography, and Who Is Roger Ver? If ...
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This is my first podcast release since joining the Lions of Liberty Podcast Network. Paid subscribers to my Substack, as well as subscribers to Lions of Liberty, will have early access to new episodes a...
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I got to talk with mystery novelist Daniel Friedman about his Buck Schatz series (which includes Don’t Ever Get Old) and some true-crime favorites. https://amzn.to/3G0ZFLj
What do Serial,...
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My good friend, collaborator, and now producer of The New York Sun’s Sanity podcast, Boris Khaykin, returns to TLP to talk about his days as a 17-year-old phone scammer at the New Jersey call center featured in the HBO documen...
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I love getting to talk with my friend Charles Love, author of Race Crazy: BLM, 1619, and the Progressive Racism Movement and co-host of the Cut the Bull! Podcast with Wilfred Reilly
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I had a good time with Mike Lukas, comedian and author of My Effin' Joy Strategy: A Cranky Comic's Game Plan to Find More Happiness in Daily Life and Finding Your Fun...
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I really enjoyed my conversation with writer and teacher of statistics, Hunter Ash. We talked about “trans widows,” my mission to normalize dudes with breasts, as well as the impact of psychedelics on Hunter’s ideological and ...
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Executive Protection sounds like a John Grisham novel. And if it was its protagonist would be Brady Pesola: U.S. Marine Corps veteran, firearms instructor, and executive protection professional with extensive experience training civilians, law enforcement, and military personnel in firearms, survival, preparedness, and self-...
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My guest Joshua Rainer, the host of Rainer Radio, tells me, “The butthole never lies.” And it’s the truth: The butthole never lies. Especially this butthole, Lou Perez. Believe me: You’re going to enjo...
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My mother drank Budweiser when she was pregnant with me, so this episode of The LPP on Bud Light is close to my heart. (Albeit Mom was a Bud-Heavy drinker.) I hope you enjoy my very sober conversation with Anson Frericks, a former president at Anheuser-Busch and author of Last Call for Bud Light. https://amzn.to/4i7kCSz
We ...
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My boy Sean Malone (Return on Ideas) stops by to discuss our affection for Florida, David Lynch (who should have been from Florida), and Rick Beato. We take time to goof on the European Union. We mock the greatest living communist, Richard Wolff, who our boy Gene Epstein demolished at their Soho Forum debate. Forget the 100 ...
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I’m joined by my friend Tran Hoang Calvin of Nodehaus to talk about what’s so special about TikTok, being mistaken for Chinese by Chinese people (we’ve all been there), the iPhone’s insistence that you...
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“Finding oneself [is] a misnomer: a self is not found but made.” – From Dawn to Decadence
Big thanks to my guest Jon Miltimore for turning me onto the ever so quotable Jacques Barzun (quo...
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The next four years are going to be a lot of fun. In no small part because of my good friend Hatem Gabr, with whom I’ve co-produced live shows with Jimmy Dore, Colin Quinn, and the first Rutherford Comedy Festival.
On this special colla...
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When it comes to crime and policing, Peter Moskos is one of my go-tos. He’s a former Cop in the Hood and author of several books, including the aforementioned Cop in the Hood, Greek Amer...
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On this episode, I’m joined by Canadian comedian, actuary, and curler Peter Stewart to talk immigration, say goodbye to Justin Trudeau, and slide into the sport of curling, with all its controversies.
Have you he...
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