Hey We're Back!
Episodes
#72 - This Might Sound Familiar - Melissa Galsky, Tom Leopold, Jon Benjamin, and Tom Snyder.
15 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Blasts from the past, a new album, and a new-from-the-archives sketch."Venison-only Restaurant", "Books On Tape", and "Home F...
#71 - Raw Shandling - Garry Shandling, Laura Silverman
13 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Unbeknownst to me, over an hour of Garry Shandling's unique voice was living on my computer. Featuring: Garry Shandling, Laura SilvermanMusic by:...
#70 - Strange and Dangerous Missions - Jon Benjamin, Melissa Galsky, Eugene Mirman, and Laura Silverman
24 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It’s almost like a family reunion, but we’re not related. This is a great episode for Peeping Toms, and is dedicated to Dr. Katz/ Bob’s Burger...
# 69 - Friends for Life - Wendy Liebman, Susie Essman, Joy Behar
19 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
I've known Susie Essman and Joy Behar since I started doing comedy almost 6400 years ago. Laura I join them for some candid conversation. We al...
# 68 - The Inception of Dr. Katz - Loren Bouchard, Tom Snyder, Laura Silverman
19 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Wonder how Dr. Katz came to be? Curious about animation? This episode is really about collaboration, luck, timing and perseverance.Featuring: Loren ...
#67 - Courtesy Laughing Gas - Kevin Nealon, Wendy Liebman, Laura Silverman
21 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
My special guest for Episode 67 is Kevin Nealon. Not only is Kevin a brilliant comedian, he's also a funny guy. This episode begins with me in th...
#66 - Trial and Error: Paw Paw - Andy Kindler, Laura Silverman
05 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This is a ridiculous episode! Luckily Laura Silverman (who has been my co-host for more than twenty years) is there to explain to Andy Kindler that a ...
#65 - Fun With Mental Health - Wendy Liebman, Subhah Agarwal
19 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
First as a therapist, and now as a patient.Featuring: Wendy Liebman, Subhah AgarwalMusic by: Mike Shapiro, Billy Novick, and Guy Van DuserEditing and ...
#64 - One Of These, One Of Those - Lewis Black, Laura Silverman, Andy Kindler, Sarah Silverman, Dana Gould, Eugene Mirman, Susie Essman
05 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This is an episode artfully curated by Dana Friedman from my vast audio library. Featuring: Jonathan Wilson, Lewis Black, Maggie Surovell, Tom Snyder,...
#63 - Choices - Lew Schneider, Amy Miller
21 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Comedian/Writer Lew Schneider and friends invite me to participate in one of the most difficult decisions comedian Amy Miller will ever have to make.F...
#62 - Easy Listening, But Not That Easy - Kathy Griffin, David Cross, Bob Odenkirk, Erica Rhodes, Paula Poundstone
07 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Music was my first love, if you don’t count Susan Feinbloom Featuring: Kathy Griffin, Frank Morgan, Davina, Dean Olsher, David Cross, Bob Odenkirk, ...
# 61 - 02459: The Zip Code - Bill Braudis, Brian Kiley, Wendy Liebman
24 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Bill Braudis, Brian Kiley, and the right number with Wendy LiebmanMusic by Mike Shapiro, Billy Novick, and Guy Van Duser (with Ross Levinson)Mastering...
# 60 - It Makes Me Laugh - Wendy Liebman, David Paymer, Laura Silverman, Dom Irrera, Bob Saget
10 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This episode was curated from the Hey We're Back archives by our producer Dana Friedman. It's some of my favorite work!Featuring: Wendy Li...
#59 - The Making of "Sklars And Stripes" - The Sklar Brothers
26 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Every once in a while somebody reminds me of why I'm in the comedy business. This happened with Randy and Jason Sklar.Featuring Randy Sklar, Jaso...
#58 - Two Jews Walk Into A Podcast - Judy Gold
12 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A long overdue reunion fraught with comedy, sincerity and mutual respect.Featuring Judy GoldMusic by Mike Shapiro, Billy Novick, and Guy Van DuserMast...
#57 - Comedy Times Three - B.J. Novak, Gianmarco Soresi, Marc Maron
29 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We start off the episode with a Hey We're Back classic: "Holding For Miss Kiley".B.J. Novak shares an amazing high-school stunt, Marc M...
#56 - Odd Jobs - Maria Bamford, H. Jon Benjamin, Tom Leopold, Morgan Murphy, Erica Rhodes, Laura Silverman
15 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Before comedy I had a series of odd jobs. Some of them bordered on illegal. None of them bordered on profitable. Joining me today are Tom Snyder, To...
#55 - 13 Divided by 2 - Louis CK, Erica Rhodes
01 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A heart-racing game show played by special guests: Erica Rhodes, Louis CK, and Newton, Massachusetts.Featuring: Jonathan Wilson, Wren Ross, Louis CK, ...
#54 - Don't Die! - Sarah Silverman, Garry Shandling, Andy Kindler
15 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Getting to interview Sarah Silverman was like talking to a more attractive version of myself—much more attractive. She would probably say the exac...
#53 - New Haven - Jon Dore, Robin Williams
21 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we are introduced to the superb comedy of Jon Dore, and the musical talent of the late Robin Williams. I call this episode "New H...
#52 - Pitching Movies, Meeting Women and Flirting - H. Jon Benjamin
24 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode you hear me pitching movie ideas to a Hollywood producer with mixed results, trying to place a personal ad with mixed results, and fli...
#51 - Sentimental Phone Numbers - Andy Kindler
14 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Featuring: Andy Kindler, Anna TesslerMusic by: Mike Shapiro, Billy Novick, and Guy Van DuserProduced by: Katie Shannon
#50 - Tough Questions - Jon Benjamin, Eugene Mirman
27 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, I discovered that by simply asking a tough question, I might reveal more to myself than to my audience.Featuring: Jon Benjamin and Eu...
#49 - Audio Roulette
19 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode I try and rely on luck and the enormous audio archive in my home. Sometimes it's the sound effects that win in the end. Featuring...
#48 - Lucky Guy - Tom Leopold
16 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is about a guy who has been lucky enough to “succeed” in the restaurant business, in comedy, and to meet the late great Barry White.F...
#47 - Miss Information 1985 - Lauren Dombrowski
15 Sep 2016
Contributed by Lukas
For most people 411 are numbers. For me, it has become a way of life.Featuring: Lisa Mendy, Lauren Dombrowski, Melissa Galsky, Myla Pitt, Mary Katheri...
#46 - Telephony - Lewis Black
11 Aug 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Phone sex? I like the phone part. My guests are two real phone sex operators, Lewis Black, and a partridge in a pear tree.Featuring: Two phone-sex ope...
#45 - The Courage to Fail - Amy Miller, Lew Schneider
01 Jul 2016
Contributed by Lukas
This is an unedited recording of an event that took place in April at the Kelley Writers House at UPenn. There I was enjoying the hospitality of my go...
#44 - Assisted Living - David Cross, Bob Odenkirk, Erica Rhodes
15 May 2016
Contributed by Lukas
“Assisted Living” is not as sexy as that sounds. I talk about my need for assistance and my need for an assistant with name recognition.Featuring:...
#43 - Unrealistic Expectations - Andy Kindler
29 Jan 2016
Contributed by Lukas
I make Andy Kindler an offer he can refuse, and together we discover the amateur inventor that is him.Featuring: Max Simon, Andy KindlerMusic by: Mike...
#42 - The Gifted Child - Erica Rhodes
24 Jun 2015
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, I talk about three ways in which I consider myself “gifted”: My ability to hear dead people, to write a catchy tune, and to inven...
#41 - Frugal and Friendship - Mark Schiff
11 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
The first half of this episode deals with a really cheap way to make a voiceover demo, and the second half is road stories with a comic named Mark Sch...
#40 - Friends and Strangers - BJ Novak, Todd Barry, Ken Reid, Tom Snyder
19 Dec 2014
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode I turn the tables on some guy in tech support, I ask BJ Novak and Todd Barry about geography, we hear comedian Ken Reid, the band Park...
Willa Mamet and Paul Miller
22 Oct 2014
Contributed by Lukas
A clip of musical guests Willa Mamet and Paul Miller performing their song Louisiana off their album East Hill Road.http://willamamet.bandcamp.com/alb...
Hey We’re Back LIVE!
19 Aug 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Special Guest Comedian Jenny Zigrino and Singer/Songwriter Frank Morgan.Featuring “Solid Ground” by Frank MorganClick HERE to see VIDEO from the s...
NPR Lite
10 Aug 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Music by: Leo Sayer
#39 - Old Habits Die Hard
03 Jun 2014
Contributed by Lukas
I explore how some people use technology to keep other people at a distance. I take a look at the upside and downside of being placed on hold and I al...
#38 - Misplaced Sympathy - Paula Poundstone
11 Apr 2014
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode I am talking to my good friend, comedian Paula Poundstone, and even though I am on the wrong side of this “argument” I can’t see...
#37 - Musical Ambivalence
05 Nov 2013
Contributed by Lukas
I’ve been apologizing for my music for the last twenty years and I’m not planning to stop anytime soon.
The Real Miley Cyrus
01 Oct 2013
Contributed by Lukas
My Audio Tweet 2
13 Sep 2013
Contributed by Lukas
My Audio Tweet
10 Sep 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Tweeting aloud.
#36 - Pushing Myself - David Feldman
09 Jul 2013
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode I try to live up to three different ways I have challenged myself. One of them includes a massage from comedian David Feldman, a truly...
#35 - Stranger Than Fiction - David Feldman
26 May 2013
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode comedian, producer, and writer David Feldman takes a break from comedy. We also get to see a side of David, the loving son, that might...
#34 - The Quiet Before the Storm
05 Apr 2013
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 34 two women let me down gently and one woman not so gently.Featuring: Rachel Simon, Two very patient women in the awards businessMusic by:...
#33 - The Human Spirit - Tom Leopold
15 Feb 2013
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode I pose the question, “What would you do if you got a collect call from the Pope?” I ask whether it’s possible for a man to be to...
#32 - What’s In A Name?
28 Dec 2012
Contributed by Lukas
In this, the second episode of Season 3, I reveal the limitations of the web, and look into refinancing our home.Music by: Mike Shapiro, Billy Novick,...
#31 - Talking Out Of Both Sides Of My Couch - Eugene Mirman, Susie Essman
09 Aug 2012
Contributed by Lukas
In episode 31 I make a live appearance courtesy of Eugene Mirman at the Paradise in Boston, I find myself, Jonathan Katz, in therapy with Dr. Katz and...
#30 - “a rolling stone…” -
02 Jul 2012
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode I am trying to discover why my band, Katz and Jammers, never got the recognition it deserved. I also share a short clip from a romanti...
#29 Creating Problems I Don’t Really Have
13 May 2012
Contributed by Lukas
The long anticipated 29th episode of “Hey We’re Back!” A talk about problems I don’t really have, and how they’re not really solved.Featurin...
#28 - Then and Way Back Then - Sarah Silverman, Andy Kindler, Tom Leopold
25 Jan 2011
Contributed by Lukas
I don’t live in the past, but if you are trying to find me, I don’t recommend the present. In this–my last audio only episode–I return to an o...
#27 - When Bad Things Happen To Good Ideas
23 Nov 2010
Contributed by Lukas
“Worst Case Scenario” is an old radio show I loved as a kid. Tom Silver, the host, is interviewing Arthur Köeppler, a leading expert on traffic s...
#26 - The Work Force - Joy Behar
09 Sep 2010
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode I deal with the subject of THE WORK FORCE from three different angles; I talk to many hardworking Americans with “thankless jobs.”...
#25 - Women’s Lib and Pop Music - Tom Leopold
28 Jul 2010
Contributed by Lukas
Where do I start? Thanks for your patience. In this episode I have strayed from my usual format because of an interview I did with singer/feminist Hel...
#24 - Growing up Franklin, My Jewish Roots
10 Feb 2010
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, I explore my Jewish roots, tracing all the way back to New York City in 1959. I am also proud to introduce “America’s Next Top Op...
#23 - Good Dreams Sidney Katz - H. Jon Benjamin, Laura Silverman
10 Sep 2009
Contributed by Lukas
This episode, begins with a relapse. I fall back into my “city and listing” habit and I do it all in the name of one of the dopiest jokes I have...
#22 - Precise, Yet Ambiguous
29 Jun 2009
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode I pay a visit to a dentist. I learn, once again, that my comedy is not for everybody. She feels the same way about my teeth, but is su...
#21 - A Sentimental Slob - Wendy Liebman, David Paymer
27 May 2009
Contributed by Lukas
The first segment of this episode is a conversation with Wendy Liebman, a woman who has been making me laugh for years. Wendy reminded me how much fun...
#20 - Almost Biblical - Todd Barry, Jane Brucker
19 Apr 2009
Contributed by Lukas
This episode was actually recorded in front of an audience in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It was a group of people so willing to laugh it was depressing...
#19 - Live From Logan Airport - Ron Lynch, Laura Silverman
11 Mar 2009
Contributed by Lukas
This episode was recorded live at Logan Airport in Boston—until airport security realized I wasn’t going anywhere. They suggested that I go home. ...
#18 - Good Manners - Kathy Griffin
27 Jan 2009
Contributed by Lukas
The first stop is my favorite cafeteria in NYC, at the Cornell medical building. I used to meet my dad there for lunch. After lunch I decided to take ...
#17 - My Shortcomings
04 Dec 2008
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, I explore my shortcomings as a soul singer, my success with weddings and bar mitzvahs, and some of the more subtle differences betwee...
#16 - Scams–Not Just The Bad Kind
09 Oct 2008
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is about scams: I get scammed by a young woman on the phone, just by dropping my guard for one second.Then I try and scam a guy who works...
#15 Old Friends, and Fathers and Sons - H. Jon Benjamin
13 Aug 2008
Contributed by Lukas
TOUGH ROOMOnce in a while I show up at a stand-up gig but when I get there I am clearly not who they had in mind.OLD FRIENDSAbout a year ago I visited...
#14 - Compassion and Dr. Katz - Laura Silverman, Andy Kindler
16 Jul 2008
Contributed by Lukas
The first piece is about moody microchips. I am not sure if it’s me or them.Then we go to San Francisco where we staged Dr. Katz Live with H. Jon Be...
#13 - Dr. Katz and Religion - Sarah Silverman
16 May 2008
Contributed by Lukas
We begin the episode with a visit to the office of Nick Delicato, the overcautious detective from the old radio show Better Safe than Sorry. From ther...
#12 Telephone Sex and The Death Row Diet - Tom Leopold
26 Mar 2008
Contributed by Lukas
I try and help out a friend trying to promote her yoga business, I lend my support to the telephone sex industry, and I also get to spend some time on...
#11 - The Strength Of Humanity - Jon Benjamin
20 Feb 2008
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode I take a hard look at "Just how smart are computers?", I spend some time with Hannah Montana, and explore the world of men...
#10 - Was I A Funny Kid? - Tom Leopold
29 Jan 2008
Contributed by Lukas
We meet two guys who have opened a venison-only restaurant in midtown Mahattan; a real life hero of mine, two-time United States table tennis champion...
#9 - All Over The Place - Bob Saget
29 Dec 2007
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, I introduce a new segment called Housecalls. This time, I am visiting a neighbor—my neighbor. I spend some time trying to help out ...
#8 - Not For The Squeamish, Not For The Amish - Jon Benjamin
16 Nov 2007
Contributed by Lukas
The first scene is a reunion I have with an old Hebrew school friend. The guy was a natural athlete and it was great hearing that he still competes. M...
#7 - Personal Ads and Bob Dylan
14 Oct 2007
Contributed by Lukas
I finally get a chance to talk to Bob Dylan about his life before music. It is a story that you will probably be hearing for the first time. But first...
#6 - Telephone Support, with Jane Brucker
27 Sep 2007
Contributed by Lukas
I experience a rude intrusion into my otherwise sedate life. It happens while I am holding for some help from my bank. Then we hear freelance journali...
#5 - The Political Landscape with Tom Snyder
19 Sep 2007
Contributed by Lukas
Sandy Briscoe was my roommate at Oxford. We were doing post grad work and became bosom buddies. We shared everything, and then one day, we lost track…...
#4 - Who's Really In Charge?
10 Sep 2007
Contributed by Lukas
I continue my love/hate relationship with directory assistance, we hear about a guy who has opened a toll booth on his own block, and we get a close...
#3 - The Supreme Court - Jane Brucker, David Lander
01 Sep 2007
Contributed by Lukas
I have yet another run-in with directory assistance, a surprise visit from Aretha, a behind-the-scenes look at the nomination of Harriet Miers to the ...
#2 - Giving Bad Medical News - Tom Leopold, Will Lebow
24 Aug 2007
Contributed by Lukas
I take a brief trip into my past in search of an old friend. Then I try and lend a helping hand to the medical industry working with the theory that e...
Hey We're Back (Premiere)
03 Aug 2007
Contributed by Lukas
For the past year or so I’ve been creating a weekly radio show called HEY WE’RE BACK. The show has featured a number of famous and not-so-famous g...