By The Way, In Conversation with Jeff Garlin

By The Way, In Conversation with Jeff Garlin is an eavesdroppers paradise. Recorded live at Largo in LA, its a series of casual talks between the host and his most interesting show business friends. Agendas are out the window and no topics are off limits in these revealing chats.

Episodes

34 Benmont Tench

February 12, 2015 • 72 mins

Benmont Tench is a great piano player, composer, producer, and exquisite gentleman. He joins Jeff in the Earwolf studio to talk about honoring Bob Dylan, touring with Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers, getting transported and offended by music, and his favorite piano players.

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33 Bill Burr

January 16, 2015 • 73 mins

Bill Burr has an amazing comedic mind and is one of the best stand-ups around. Bill & Jeff chat about performing with Robin Williams, the hilarious YouTube experience, the time Bill had to look up the word gazebo in the dictionary, and witnessing a stripper quite onstage.

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Adam Resnick, Bob Odenkirk

January 1, 2015 • 61 mins

Adam Resnick is one of the great comedic minds of our time. Adam has written for Late Night with David Letterman as well as co-created Get A Life with Chris Elliot. Adam has had a very interesting life which he has written about in his book Will Not Attend: Lively Stories of Detachment and Isolation. Adam joins Jeff to chat about some of those moments in his book which include why a childhood crush never spoke to him ever again and...

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Jon Favreau

December 22, 2014 • 74 mins

Jon Favreau is a wonderful director, actor, writer, and one of Jeff's longtime pals. Jon & Jeff chat about Dinner for Five, the old Second City days, the idea of being present as one of the themes in the film Chef, Jon's upcoming film Jungle Book, Jeff’s obsession with the product placement in Ironman, and how Bill Murray is very aware that he is Billy Murray to everyone around him.This episode is brought to you by Mailchimp .

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30 Stephen Merchant

December 4, 2014 • 63 mins

Stephen Merchant is a handsome man, a funny man, and a smart man. Stephen & Jeff chat about Stephen's hotel fantasy inspired by James Bond, a period of films in the 80s that feel like they were made by aliens, learning about dogging through a text Stephen received once, and the time Stephen tried to make a America's Funniest Home video with his friends as a kid.

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29 Andrew Bird

November 20, 2014 • 106 mins

Andrew Bird is a wonderful musician and a phenomenal human being. Andrew & Jeff chat about the early days of touring in a van, the extensive Andrew Bird Street Team, the times where Andrew was isolated from the public on his farm, his love of comedians, what he would get out of a trip to a lotion shop, and the process of writing of a song.

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28 Michael Sheen

November 6, 2014 • 83 mins

Michael Sheen is a raconteur, a brilliant actor, and an adorable person with a true sense of wonder. Michael & Jeff chat about the best concert ever, how the Universal Studios studio tour is connected to the perfect Columbo episode, Frasier, one of Michael's greatest moments in his life, and one of the most difficult scenes Michael shot for Masters of Sex.

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27 Jenji Kohan

October 23, 2014 • 66 mins

Welcome back to By The Way, In Conversation with Jeff Garlin. Jenji Kohan, creator and writer of Orange Is the New Black is a very talented risk taker. Jenji & Jeff chat about how success makes you more of what you are, crossing paths on Mad About You, the Electric Slide, the one time Jenji tried one of the gifts she received while working on Weeds, and the belief of happiness as a goal.

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15 Amy Poehler

July 25, 2013 • 78 mins

Jeff could not believe that Amy Poehler existed the first time they met. Amy explains why the podcast is like the new student film, shares some of the cool questions her children ask her, and tells us what kind of advice the older version of herself would give her present self. It’s a delightful conversation filled with talk of writing, bar mitzvahs, and public nudity.

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3 Jeff Tweedy

February 7, 2013 • 102 mins

Wilco frontman Jeff Tweedy is the inspiration behind Garlin’s venture into recording these candid conversations. The two Jeffs bond over their love of naps, the joy they get from hating things, and both having moments where their success could mean nothing to their high school peers. We also hear about Tweedy’s pure enjoyment of a certain reality TV show, the best display of anger he’s seen towards him onstage, and the nicest thing...

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2 Lena Dunham

January 24, 2013 • 89 mins

Girls creator/star Lena Dunham might be Garlin’s new best friend. We hear about Lena’s biggest regrets, some of her red carpet adventures, and being horrified by The Client List. Jeff expresses how she has inspired him with her vulnerability, shares some of their wonderful texts, and predicts that she will win a Golden Globe (she totally did). Also, Lena explains why happiness is an empty e-mail inbox. (Photos by: Lincoln Andrew D...

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1 Larry David

January 10, 2013 • 82 mins

Curb Your Enthusiasm star Larry David admits he never would've agreed to this sort of malarky had Garlin not been such a close friend. Luckily for us, the magnetic misanthrope plays nicely with others, participating in audience games and revealing deep convictions without reservation. During this off-the-cuff chat, we learn why Larry 1. would prefer to do crossword puzzles than voluntarily listen to music, 2. feels nervous at a din...

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By The Way, In Conversation with Jeff Garlin

Episodes

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Adam Resnick, Bob Odenkirk

Jon Favreau

30 Stephen Merchant

29 Andrew Bird

28 Michael Sheen

27 Jenji Kohan

15 Amy Poehler

3 Jeff Tweedy

2 Lena Dunham

1 Larry David

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