Have You Heard This? with Aaron Hertzog

This week's episode is a crossover episode with The Stretch Four Podcast (Aaron's weekly pod that talks about hoops, hip-hop, culture, and life with Keenan Willis.)

Aaron's city is on fire and Keenan joins him to discuss the situation in Los Angeles and reactions to it from the news and social media. They talk about the devastating power of nature, the devastating power of a lack of empathy, the complete lack of purpose for a polic...

⁠Pat Barker⁠ is a comedian, writer, Commissioner of the International Roast Battle League, and most importantly, Aaron’s longtime friend. Fresh off his work as a writer for Netflix’s Roast of 2024 and the upcoming Golden Globe awards, Pat joins Aaron for a look back at the previous year. They talk about his experience as a writer for these year-end events, the stories that captured Pat’s heart from the past year, and even take a li...

Pete Kuempel thought he would be ready for the apocalypse. He watched movies like Mad Max and pictured himself running the rugged terrain, leather-clad from head to toe, leading bands of roaming armies against those who would wish him harm. But now, he’s old. And with armageddon potentially around the corner, he must shift his perception of his role during the end of the world. Pete joins Aaron to discuss facing the end of it all a...

Chip Chantry returns to the show this week for a discussion inspired by Edward Hopper’s 1942 oil on canvas work Nighthawks.

Chip’s favorite painting kicks off a conversation that covers a wide range of topics including the feeling of being in a normally crowded place in the quiet after-hours of the middle of the night, how diners are one of the great equalizers of American society, and how everything is better when you focus on “t...

Philadelphia comedian Sylis P joins Aaron for a conversation inspired by Unsolved Mysteries. You can hear the theme song in your head now, can't you. They talk about the wild range of topics the show covers, and the tone shifts that can cause in the flow of an episode. They also get into other shows in the 80's and 90's true-crime reenactment genre and their effects on the true crime craze of today. It's fun!

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On the triumphant return of the Have You Heard This podcast, Los Angeles comedian Sam Lindsey joins Aaron to talk about the future. At the time of recording this episode "the future" included both Halloween and the US Presidential Election. They go beyond the then-future-now-past to talk about emerging technologies, space travel, stupid rich people, and more.

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In the return episode of Have You Heard This, Aaron is joined by his former An Offer You Can’t Refuse podcast co-host, writer Stephanie Mickus (Billions, Hope Springs Eternal). The two discuss their friendship, their former podcast, and the television writing process and then outline a brand new half-hour comedy pilot from a randomly generated word.

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Are you afraid of the dentist? Is everybody afraid of the dentist? What’s an appropriate level of fear to have of the dentist? Aaron is joined by comedian Doogie Horner (America's Got Talent) to explore these questions and more.

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Aaron is joined by comedian John Hastings (America’s Got Talent, Just for Laughs) for a discussion about a time John was forced to give a last-minute eulogy at his friend’s funeral. The conversation touches on formalities and social obligations, how different people process grief, imposter syndrome, and more.

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