Podcast But Outside
A podcast, but outside. Featuring fascinating interviews with random strangers who happen to walk by. Hosted by Cole Hersch and Andrew Michaan.
Episodes
Ready, set, VOTE!!! We've got a special episode this week as the politically savvy Adam Conover joins us to discuss the Los Angeles mayoral election with candidate Nithya Raman. If you don't live in LA, don't fret, the chats with strangers are all very fun and interesting to humans everywhere. Guests include a local man who is VERY opposed to a new bike lane, a smart and thoughtful guy from the state government who somehow...
Huge news for fans of episodes at Andrew's family weddings! Andrew's awesome younger brother Sam got married to his lovely fiancé Paige and they let Podcast But Outside memorialize their special day. Plus, the wonderful Johnny Pemberton stepped in to expertly cohost. Guests include Andrew's Dad Allen and new mom Yvette, the vice president of production at New Line Cinema, and a guy launching a new g-string company that mak...
The great and hilarious Kylie Brakeman joins us on Hollywood Blvd for an instant classic of an episode. Guests include a confident woman from Fresno who is eager to cut people out of her life, a young screenwriter who mines his own tragic life for ideas, and a sweet loner accountant who sounds A LOT like Fred Armisen. Filmed on 2/22/26 on Hollywood Blvd in Los Angeles, California.
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226: Are you ready for a blast from the past but also a brand new unreleased episode of our show!? Cole Hersch is resurrected for one hour and our old friend Courtney Miller drops by to chat with the patrons at a hip music festival. Guests include a young social worker trying to help the most vulnerable, a woman who almost tore her close friend group apart by falling in love with one of them, and an awesome father who work...
225: Bonsoir and happy new year to you all! Andrew's awesome girlfriend Lauren joins the podcast as they set up outside of the hottest nightclub in Paris and chat with wild French partygoers until 3AM. Guests include a young guy who gets kicked out of the club for a major party foul, two girls drunkenly debating the existence of god, and France's premiere social media influencer slash night club doorman, Isaak Dessaux. Rec...
224: One orange chicken with a side of podcast, please. Sean Clements and Hayes Davenport from the amazing Hollywood Handbook podcast join us in front of Panda Express to talk to all the awesome people walking by. Guests include a musician / Uber driver who turned giving a ride with Lil' Flip into a collab on his next album, young excited tourists from Taiwan who love LA, and a very sweet man experiencing homelessness who ...
223: Ready, set, PODCAST!!! The great Moshe Kasher joins us on an active track field to chat with athletes as they practice for a championship track event. Guests include a really fast young female runner who maybe didn't like us, a different really fast runner who for sure DID like us, and an inspirational coach guiding his athletes through the physical and emotional whirlwind of competition. Thank you to USATF for bringi...
222: Ni hao, outsiders! The very talented Gianmarco Soresi joins us on the streets of Chinatown to interview some fascinating characters in the vibrant city. Guests include a recently divorced gaffer with a heart and hair of gold, two young actress roommates thriving in the big city, a formerly incarcerated father navigating life on the outside, and a man on the endless quest for big booties. Some truly incredible life sto...
Gooooooooal! Premier League, the world's eminent football club, invited us to a Summer Series game at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey! Guests included an uplifting father son duo, a young couple who both felt they had found their future spouse the night they first met, and a couple of scrappy lads who sometimes throw hands at the pub. Recorded on 7/26/25 in front of MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey.
220: Very special episode time! The Headgum podcast network is turning double digits and to celebrate, cofounder Amir Blumenfeld joins us on the street to interview Headgum cohosts and some random strangers walking by. Guests include Nicole Byer, Kristen Schaal, two high school friends turned lovers, and a WeHo actor with an enviable amount of confidence. Plus a heated stand-off with a food delivery robot! Recorded on 07/2...
219: It's konnichiwa time yet again! Friend of the podcast Lyle the Therapy Gecko helps us interview folks on the busy streets near Tokyo's Shibuya Crossing. Guests include a Dutch author in a long distance friendship turned relationship, a young computer scientist with an impressive pokémon haul, and a kind Australian child therapist helping kids and their families navigate psychosis. Recorded on 03/03/25 at Shibuya Cross...
218: Trains: something you will mostly find outside! Our comedian pal Lizzy Cooperman joined us as we set up at a bustling local train station and met some locomotive commuters and enthusiasts. Guests include a young Honda employee looking for lesbian love in the desert, an aspiring pop solo artist focusing on himself right now, and a train-obsessed sober widower with a secret first name and a really inspirational life sto...
Attention Phish Phreaks: this podcast is for you! We set up in front of the jam band Phish's Sunday night show at The Hollywood Bowl and chatted with the wild crew in attendance. Guests include a government employee about to be fired by Elon Musk, two young curious guys exploring their first Phish show, and a really nice hippie artist lady trying to squeeze every dollar out of the band's loyal phanbase. Recorded on 4/27/25...
Kroll fans rejoice, the king has returned! He brought along the very talented Owen Thiele and we met some really interesting strangers outside of the public bathroom in Griffith Park. Guests include a deadhead who walks way too much, a woman who worked for THE OBAMAS (yes, those Obamas), and a certified hunk who may be hiding some demons in his closet. Recorded on 4/15/25 in Griffith Park, Los Angeles.
215: Katie Marovitch from the Dropout world joins the pod to find a brand new cast of strangers to interview on the street. And only one of them is a total creepy weirdo! The rest of the guests are wonderful and include a talented sensitive poet who needs that extra push to put himself out there, a pair of teen fraternal twins, and two medical students getting chewed up and spit out by nursing school. Recorded on 2/19/25 o...
214: Past guest cohosts Ben Cahn and Emil DeRosa return for a fantastic episode with incredible random strangers on the streets of Los Angeles. Guests include a young TikTok dancer trying to make it in the city of dreams, a video game voice actor who has some problems with the current political administration, and a guy who recently started monetizing his romantic entanglements. Recorded on 2/20/25 on Sunset Blvd in Los An...
213: The wonderful Sophie Buddle cohosts this fantastic episode on the streets of West Hollywood. Guests include a once married family man who found out he was gay in a VERY Hollywood way and then lost everything when he came out, a young Instagram entrepreneur famous for engaging in a trendy illicit substance that starts with a K, and a redheaded woman currently walking off a massive fight with her husband. Recorded on 2/...
Actor and pal and great guy Jack Quaid joins us on a sunny day in the park to interview some really interesting and kind strangers. And most of those strangers end up punching Jack in the face (with his consent). Guests include a computer programmer on a fruitless job hunt, newly coupled up lesbians loving their life together, a pair of high school sweethearts, and a buff father and son duo. Recorded on 2/21/25 in Pan Paci...
Great news if you love perfect episodes of our show: this is one of them! Past guest and hero Garrett Watts sits at the table and helps find some really fun folks off the street. Guests include an accomplished screenwriter, a respectful gang of teen e-bike boys, and one of the most unintentionally hilarious people to ever appear on our show. Recorded on 2/8/25 on Palm Ave in Burbank, California.
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210: Get ready to get inspired. Carey O'Donnell joins us on the streets of Hollywood Blvd as we find some lovely guests on a path to change the world. We meet a young woman who had a spiritual encounter in a Tesla, an entrepreneur creating meaningful economic change in the black community, a musician searching for his missing brother, and many more. It's a long one but it's worth sticking around for. Recorded on 12/22/24 ...
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