Daily Detour with Dan Roberts

Guest
John Davis is a dynamic speaker, accomplished leader, and expert in helping people overcome their fears and challenges.

At 22 years old John Davis' spine broke in half, dashing his dreams of being a Stuntman. Doctors told him he may never walk again. Using what he now calls the "Five Fs," John overcame the limiting beliefs of others and brought himself back. He went on to perform over four thousan...

Good News: Haley Sue Crandall loves horses. As soon as she saw her first horse, she wanted to ride. But Haley was born with a heart defect and her dreams wouldn't come true--until now.

Guest: Carrie Seim is the creator of the best-selling Audible series: The Flying Flamingo Sisters, hailed by The New York Times as a Best Audiobook for Road Trips with Kids. Her new middle-grade novel from Penguin is HORSE GIRL, describ...

It's the "Halfway to Halloween" episode!

Guest-David Weiner, director of In Search of Darkness Part 2 talks about his doc, which is now on Shudder. Also discussed: Van Halen, Susannah Hoffs, Halloween Candy, David's time at Entertainment Tonight and Famous Monsters, reuniting Nightmare on Elm Street stars Heather Langenkamp and Robert Englund--and more!

Good News-Prancer the Demon Dog finds a ...

Good News-Stand Up Comedy is coming back!

Interview-Comedian, actor and author Wayne Federman discusses his new book, the History of Stand-Up: From Mark Twain to Dave Chapelle, including:
* Old Time Radio
* Late Night TV
* Strip Clubs
* Richard Pryor
* Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
* Lenny Bruce
* The "Chitlin' Circuit"
* Dick Gregory
* Moms Mabley
* Maria Bamford
* Janean...

Disclaimer: Explicit Language, sex and drug references.

Good News-We can all get vaxxed!

Interview-Author Joel Miller takes us on the road with Stone Temple Pilots, Poison and more in his new book Memoir of a Roadie. It's a rocket-ride of famous faces from rock, film and tv having the time of their lives, so buckle up!

Parody Commercial-Masterpiece Theater presents Memoir of a Roadie.

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The Daily Detour season 1 finale is all about SOUND!

*Guest *
Jodi Krangle is a voice-actor. She also hosts her own podcast, which is all about Audio Branding. Jodi will tell you everything you ever wanted to know about making money with your voice, her new-found love of ASMR, sound-therapy, job-stealing robots and what "golden handcuffs" means in the v.o. industry.

*Hear more from Jodi Krangle at......

Guest  
Latricia Lenhart is founder of the first and biggest Alice Cooper fan-group on Facebook. We talk about our fandom, discuss the new album "Detroit Stories", and play Cooper-themed versions of  This or That and Would You Rather.

Bonus 
From the archives, my dream-come-true interview with Alice Cooper which was recorded in support of his Eyes of Alice Cooper tour.

Good News 
If you’re ...

Disclaimer
It's a comedy podcast. There's explicit language.

Guest 
Andy Kindler from "Bob's Burgers" and "Everybody Loves Raymond" talks about his album "Hence, the Humor" and opens up about his struggles with anxiety and OCD. Also discussed: becoming like Howard Hughes during the pandemic, and his time doing remote broadcast bits for David Letterman. Plus racism, bigo...

Disclaimer  Explicit language.

Announcement  NEW! The Daily Detour now has a blog! This will be a place to find text versions of things you heard on the podcast, with additional info and commentary, and lovely full-color pictures! Check it out here.

Guest  🇮🇪 Derek Hynes lives in Galway, Ireland and helps his family run their 100 year old candy shop.  He loves to travel and is coffee buddies with a porn-star in ...

Good News  A Hawaiian girl moves to Wisconsin and learns that biking to work in the winter is f-ing freezing! If only she can win the car her job is raffling off...
Also: Dan has good news about his mother.

Guest  Comedian Laurie Kilmartin tells us what it’s like to write for a Late Night Night TV talk-show (Conan). She has some advice for moms. And once had a prostitute for a room-mate! Sadly, she also lost her mom to...

Thanks to Dry Bar Comedy for letting us use a concert clip of today's guest. Dry Bar specializes in clean comedy specials, and we can't thank them enough. Check them out here!

Disclaimer  This episode is not clean.

Guest  Comedian Phillip Kopczynski and Dan talk terrorist beards, the Covid map of the U.S., dumb radio show names, the meaning of "Chunder", Honky Tonk bigotry, violence on TV, Seat...

Disclaimer  Explicit language, sex and drug references.

Important Announcement 1  Dan is taking a short hiatus. The podcast will return on February 8th, changing to a weekly podcast for the time-being. More about this on today's episode.

Important Announcement 2  Dan's elderly mother now has Covid-19. Please keep her in your thoughts. Thank you.

Good News  A High School in Texas has a FREE groce...

Disclaimer  Explicit language and drug references.

Covid Update  The UK strain of Covid, has arrived in Nevada.
The Brazil mutation is in Minnesota. 
Also: Does your 2nd vaccine shot need to be from the same company?

Good News  Is a dog man's best friend? This story will leave no doubt.

Guest  Comedian Ian Bagg and Dan discuss life after Covid, what the USA means to immigrants, and whether ...

Guest  Comedian Ian Bagg says everything you want to say about people who don't follow pandemic protocols.

Good News  IKEA buys a forest.

Customer Support Theatre  Dan performs the transcript from his head-spinning customer service chat, in an effort to get HBO Max on his... "streaming device."

Headlines and Punchlines  Bernie Sanders memes are everywhere!
A lawmaker in Oklahoma has int...

Disclaimer Explicit language, including one F-Bomb.

Guest Comedian Andrew Orolfo talks EDM, his celebrity crush, and tells Dan what he really thinks of James Corden.
Good News  A student facing financial hardship gets help from the last place you'd expect.
Headlines  Joe Biden became the 46th President of the United States at noon yesterday.
Kamala Harris became the first female vice-president in our histo...

Disclaimer This episode contains a bit of explicit language.

Good News  The youngest poet laureate ever to recite at a President's Inauguration.
Plus a Greyhound goes viral for imitating his owner's limp!

Guest  Comedian Andrew Orolfo talks about traveling to the Philippines, how he met mentor Jo Koy, and swaps airplane horror stories with Dan.

Headlines  Twelve U.S. Army National Guard memb...

Guest  Comedian Andrew Orolfo is a rising star. He talks with Dan about their mutual pandemic paranoia, who Andrew's influences are, and how a spontaneous trip to an open mic night set him on his comedy path.

Good News  A teenager saves her family from their burning home. Why could she smell the danger, while they could not?

Headlines  President-elect Joe Biden has vowed to cancel the KEYSTONE pipeline.
M...

Guest  Bob Bergen (Porky Pig) discusses a typical work day as a voice-actor, takes a pop-quiz on his own filmography (play along), shares his thoughts on the Cancel Culture, and has Dan thinking about getting an Alexa.

Good News  America's late poet-laureate, Dr. Maya Angelou, gets her very own Barbie!

MLK Day  Today we reflect on the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.  And Dan has some thoughts on that.

Good News  Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson delivers a $30,000 present to an old friend.

Headlines  Dollar General is offering extra pay to their workers who get vaccinated.
Europe has instituted a curfew from 6pm to 6am.
Lady Gaga will perform the National Anthem at President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration.

Showbiz News  McCauley Culkin has expressed his support for removing President Trump's...