Wayne Brady's What If?! with Jonathan Mangum
Wayne Brady and Jonathan Mangum are improv nerds! They’ve made stuff up for shows like “Whose Line Is It Anyway?” and “Let’s Make A Deal”, and now they’re bringing that same energy to the podcast world with WHAT IF?! On the podcast, Wayne and Jonathan invite smart, funny, and engaging guests from the worlds of comedy, science, & pop culture to have a conversation. The results are spontaneous scenes, songs, and riffs that explore the WHAT IFs of life, the multiverse, and everything! Watch this episode on Youtube! Improvisation is a conversation baby! No script, no net, just WHAT IF?! This is an All Things Comedy podcast. Follow ATC on Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube.
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October 27, 2026 • 72 mins
Joel Kim Booster (Loot, Fire Island, KPop Demon Hunters) joins Wayne and Jonathan in the studio to talk about the birds and the bees, growing up gay in a religious household, and whether or not we’re currently living in a simulation. Whether it’s improvising a christian hip-hop song about the sex talk with your kids, being afraid of Gen Z, or playing a game of Superhero or Sex Act, Joel, Wayne and Jonathan spend a laugh...
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October 20, 2026 • 81 mins
Eliot Glazer (Broad City, New Girl, Younger) spends some time with Wayne and Jonathan discussing the right and wrong ways on how to be a “proper” gay guy. From his book, The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Gay, Eliot guides our hosts through the places every gay guy seems to vacation, how he navigated his first year out of the closet, and improvises a dating game show with three very questionable bache...
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October 13, 2026 • 64 mins
Tim Baltz (The Righteous Gemstones, Deli Boys, Widow’s Bay) drops by the studio to talk all things improv with the improv legends themselves, Wayne and Jonathan. Growing up in Joliet, IL, Tim spent all his free time taking the train into the city to catch an improv or sketch show at the Second City, only to find himself performing on the Second City’s Main Stage a decade or so later. From traveling back and forth from C...
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October 6, 2026 • 68 mins
Dan Povenmire (Phineas and Ferb, Hamster & Gretel, Family Guy) spent some time in the studio with Wayne and Jonathan talking about all things animation! Since the age of 12, Dan always knew he wanted to draw. From his start on Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and the Simpsons, to his writing and animating days at Rocko’s Modern Life and Family Guy, all the way to creating his own hit show Phineas and Ferb and Hamster & Gr...
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September 29, 2026 • 57 mins
This week, Wayne and Jonathan spend some one-on-one time talking about friendship, betrayal, and everything in between. With the help of their audience, they improvise through a first date at the Griffith Observatory, sing about a heartbreak in middle school, and play wiki-roulette, where a random wikipedia page is chosen for Wayne and Jonathan to improvise songs based on that page (what exactly is Knutsford Terrace?) Learn a...
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September 22, 2026 • 80 mins
Ben Schwartz (Sonic the Hedgehog, Parks and Recreation, DuckTales) joins Wayne and Jonathan in the greatest short-form, long-form improv set in What If?!’s history. Ben is no stranger to the improv world, traveling the country with his show Ben Schwartz & Friends where he, a couple of friends, and four chairs are all it takes to entertain a room full of people for two hours straight. Whether he’s performing for two ...
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September 15, 2026 • 55 mins
Carter Vail (100 Cowboys, Dirtman) joins Wayne and Jonathan in the studio for a music filled episode you won’t want to miss. From Connecticut to college in Miami, to the musical streets of Nashville and Los Angeles, Carter takes us through his musician’s journey from going to school to become an audio engineer to discovering his love for comedic (and serious) songwriting. Join them as Carter teaches Wayne and Jonathan a...
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September 8, 2026 • 60 mins
Angela Giarratana (Smosh, Dropout, Starkid) drops in on Wayne and Jonathan for an episode filled with music, laughter, and a whole lot of conflict resolutions. Join them as Wayne talks about a real life street fighter moment that ended in handcuffs (but was it him or the other guy??), Angela recaps her most memorable “Am I the a**hole” scenario on Dropout, and how she prefers to handle conflict (that wraps up with a son...
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September 1, 2026 • 56 mins
Zach Zucker (Stamptown) and Viggo Venn (Britain’s Got Talent) spend an afternoon clowning around with Wayne and Jonathan. After meeting at a clown school in France, Zach and Viggo quickly became good friends, venturing into comedy together. Sit down and get intimate as they talk about their journey through the comedy scene, their love for the stupid and dumb, how clowning changed their lives, and an improvised song about fing...
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August 28, 2026 • 61 mins
Edi Patterson (The Righteous Gemstones, Vice Principals) joins Wayne and Jonathan in a laugh-out-loud interview as she reminisces about a British school teacher she once had in rural Texas, a surprise visit from her popular character Beandip, some improvised infomercials, and an in depth conversation about her iconic and beloved character Judy Gemstone and her time on the Righteous Gemstones.
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August 18, 2026 • 48 mins
Morgan Jay (Hulu, NBC, and Comedy Central) joins Wayne and Jonathan in a hilarious and very musical interview as he sings to us about his “chill proposal” to his girlfriend, an improvised song about how to make a proper pretzel, a story about Prince and an intimate after party, and a proper rizz-off with a musically talented audience member.
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July 3, 2025 • 60 mins
Doug Benson (Doug Loves Movies, Super High Me) joins Wayne and Jonathan for a hilarious What If?! sesh! Doug talks about getting stoned with his fans after shows, doing prop comedy with Judd Apatow in the Valley back in the day, how he almost became an entertainment journalist, and more! <3
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June 26, 2025 • 53 mins
Brennan Lee Mulligan is one of the world's most beloved dungeon masters, and he joins Wayne and Jonathan to roleplay a prison escape, talk about how his players love to sneak in Austin Powers and Kendrick Lamar references into their games, and how D&D prepared him for his eventual career... in D&D!
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June 19, 2025 • 54 mins
The incredible Utkarsh Ambudkar, aka UTK (Ghosts, Pitch Perfect, Free Guy) joins Wayne and Jonathan on the Headgum couches to talk and spit rhymes about being "kinda rich", start (and end) beef with Kevin Hart and Kevin James, and dish about "Ghosts." Plus, an Andre 3000 fist bump story to remember!
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June 12, 2025 • 59 mins
James Adomian (Harley Quinn, Krapopolis, Jimmy Kimmel Live!) joins Wayne and Jonathan to perform an incredible medley of improvised impressions, including a scene where Bane and Blade meet in a laundromat. Plus Jonathan's surprise character cameo, Saturday morning cartoons, an Elon Musk rap, and more!
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June 5, 2025 • 64 mins
Drew Carey is a TV legend for hosting shows like "The Price Is Right" and "Whose Line Is It Anyway," but he's in the guest seat today! Wayne and Jonathan talk to Drew about seeing Phish live in Vegas, what people yell at Drew on the street, feeling your feelings as a man, and more!
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May 29, 2025 • 49 mins
Amir Blumenfeld (CollegeHumor, Headgum co-founder) inspires Wayne and Jonathan to write a song about NBA Jam, plus Shaq eating a twinkie, haunted hotels, and the secret room at Headgum studios dedicated entirely to liquor!
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May 22, 2025 • 55 mins
Sam Sanders (Vibe Check, The Sam Sanders Show) joins Wayne and Jonathan to talk about craving Moo-Deng, shake-that-ass music, dating "I can fix you" type folks and more on a pop culture-recapping, freestyle-rapping, toe-tapping episode of What If?!
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May 15, 2025 • 70 mins
The legendary LeVar Burton (Star Trek, Reading Rainbow, Roots) joins Wayne and Jonathan LIVE onstage in LA for the first-ever What If?! in front of an audience! From rap battles to sci-fi adventures to a hilariously off-the-rails game of trivia, this episode boldly goes where no episode of What If?! has gone before!
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May 8, 2025 • 59 mins
Mary Holland (Ghosts, Nightbitch, The Big Door Prize) joins Wayne and Jonathan for a hilarious episode that includes hot tubbin', Mary flouting her flute-playing, the one word at a time game, Blumhouse horror parodies, Wayne gifting Jonathan his 40 acres, and a very touching story about a piece of toast who dreams of becoming a registered nurse!
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