Thought Spiral
Episodes
Test Show #442
23 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Our annual half-remembering of the Oscars, Andy gets a new phone and considers opening it, booking live shows, Andy tries to figure out what penguins ...
Test Show #441
16 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Josh explains last week's absence, Andy's triumph of supportiveness, Andy rethinks his entire communications package, pre-code movies, Andy tries to r...
REPEAT: Test Show #408
09 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Enore of TODD GLASS on Thought Spiral, which includes creating a full fledged space for comedy, the coward's roast, the Andy and Todd origin story, Jo...
Test Show #440
02 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
A brief moment of hockey happiness, Andy's failed romance with Red Bull, Josh protects a teetering celebrity's anonymity, Andy loves Marty Supreme, li...
Test Show #439
23 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Bud Cort and the impact of 'Harold and Maude', Josh does some doc watching, Andy buys headphones and thinks he got a story out of it, Winter Olympics,...
Test Show #438
16 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Andy tries to shed his new comedy tics, Superbowl post mortems, Josh's "yes, and" strategy, Andy's movie reviews, tapping into your egorithm, listener...
Test Show #437
09 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Andy proposes happier names for serial killers, stereos and other money sucking hobbies, weekend watches, the tinned fish revolution, Josh can't do au...
Test Show #436
02 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Andy tries to find his kidneys, Josh actually goes to a party, Mel Brooks, Skipping grades, Song Sung Blue, the psychology of check grabbing, listener...
Test Show #435
26 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The password is "Dystopian", Andy sees "Dr. Strangelove" , the assy genius of Orson Welles, Andy obeys gravity, Josh rents shoes, Award season movie c...
Test Show #434
19 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Andy's take on Golden Global affairs, living in a Chinese food desert, Josh laments his procrastination technique, Andy finds professionalism and sani...
Test Show #433
12 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Andy's let-down impressions, sorting out the new rules of fascist showbiz, Josh judges Coppola, Andy steps onstage, MNF on LSD, listener questions, an...
Test Show #432
05 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Reviewing the holidays, Santa scars of different types, Andy's ban from Conan, Josh revisits the donkey incident, a surprise gift, listener questions,...
Test Show #431
29 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Andy ponders whether to be the boy who cries "guest appearance", the clock is ticking on 60 Minutes, Andy gets in a defensive Croce, Josh rejects Andy...
Test Show #430
22 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sorting out the weekend tragedies, the case for Citizen Kane, Andy dives into the Mankiewicz clan, modern anti-semitism, Josh puzzles over his Dick Va...
Test Show #429
15 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Andy makes enemies Down Under, Josh reviews "Jay Kelly", Andy does a show, Josh flips a bird, doc talk. listener questions, and much more Spiraling.
Test Show #428
08 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Turning San Diego into Andy-ego, an unachievable grudge record, Josh hits his lifetime Beatles limit, Andy's gassed-up dental haggling, doc talk, list...
Test Show #427
01 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
An abbreviated episode for Thanksgiving week: Andy still riding the Zeppelin, Trump flips on Mamdani, Ken Burns American Revol…zzzz, Andy braces him...
Test Show #426
24 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Week-old news from weak old Jews, Andy does a whole lotta Zeppelin, Sean Connery goes downtown, Andy gets bored of wealth, listener questions, and muc...
Test Show #425
17 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Death of a shutdown, Mr Scorsese, cocaine epiphanies, Andy gets fully scoped, more doc talk, listener questions, and much more Spiraling.
Test Show #424
10 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Andy's loving tribute to Southern fried stand-up, World Series wrap-up, Andy's inter-faith dinner, Josh can't self-promote anymore, Andy embraces work...
Test Show #423
03 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Andy unveils his new intoxication schedule, Josh's sailing days, Andy rubs waffles with celebrities, white supremacy's last gasp, liking Springsteen m...
Test Show #422
27 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Andy's showbiz weekend, Josh makes a small effort for democracy, Stiller and Meara doc talk, Andy associates himself with Paul Simon, listener questio...
Test Show #421
20 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Birthday week at Casa del Kindler, Josh tries to free Andy from a boogeyman, Robin Williams, Narcissist Anonymous, post-season baseball delivers, list...
Test Show #420
13 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Andy tries to protect SNL from itself and more of his TV scorecard, the joy of post-season baseball, Andy inserting himself into every story, more Sau...
Test Show #419
06 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Andy's baseball season comes to an end, comedy in the moral desert, a big dinner out, the good music/mental illness arc, God talk, listener questions,...
Test Show #418
29 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Finding hope in the fallout from 'Kimmelnacht', small room comedy, octogenarian rocking, Andy tries to get his car back, listener questions, an Oxford...
Test Show #417
22 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A light and dark take on the Emmys, the younger old, gamblers and gamers, the fallout of Kimmelnacht, Roasting air fryers, listener questions, and muc...
Test Show #416
15 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Andy furiously renounces anger (again), Josh defends sportscasters rights to speak, the week in Charlies, listener questions, and much more Spiraling.
Test Show #415
08 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Andy lashes out at Vietnam morning radio, Josh's Heimlich-style heroism, Tennis and ADHD, FRUIT ALERT, Josh takes his judgementalness on the road, lis...
Test Show #414
01 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We're back from break with some classic 1960's grudges, Lunch with Murder Santa, Andy discovers Devo, forced religious training, oops, no questions, a...
Test Show #413
28 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Andy compares his anger and his A1C with others, Josh relives Live Aid, Andy defends religion against punks, Josh and Allison's anniversary, taking ou...
Test Show #412
21 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
EDDIE PEPITONE joins the Spiral for the whole episode to talk about his new special, the fall of society, sorting narcissism from mere self-absorption...
Test Show #411
14 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Andy laughs at a butthead's misfortune, Josh gets license to blowhard, a**hole docs, Andy goes big on sushi, Andy takes a sleep test pass/fail, list...
Test Show #410
07 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Andy's sarcasm safety net, the "what are you up to?" spiral, Josh flexes his valley seniority, tennis time, listener questions, and much more Spiralin...
Test Show #409
30 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Josh recounts his return to stand-up, Andy bonds with The Replacements over self-sabotage, arms-length punk rock, Andy nails a table read emotionally,...
Test Show #408
23 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
TODD GLASS joins the Spiral! Creating a full fledged space for comedy, the coward's roast, the Andy and Todd origin story, Josh's trip to Acme, separa...
Test Show #407
16 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Josh deals smack to Andy, sports spiral, Josh explains "the stall", Andy hate-watches, Josh preps for his return to stand-up, listener questions, and ...
Test Show #406
09 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Andy's new wave pants, booking Sha Na Na, Josh alerts Andy to the Trump Musk break-up, telethon watching, Josh gets no boost, listener questions, and ...
Test Show #405
02 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Andy returns from vacation with precious memories and dreaded disease, adventures on Celebrity Row, Josh tries to shoot himself out of trouble, the Pe...
Test Show #404
26 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Andy prepares for his big trip, Josh tries to list Andy's day jobs, Malice at the Palace, Andy's unrealized LSD fantasies, and much more Spiraling.
Test Show #403
19 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Andy gloms on to the Knicks, ditching your younger self, sorting out Israel feelings, Josh hates Andy's new friend, listener questions, and much more ...
Test Show #402
12 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Andy cruises the mall, Josh struggles to lower his anecdote standards, Kindler on Kindler crime, comedian children's books, listener questions, and mu...
Test Show #401
05 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Andy reunites with Arsenio, doing sets at 85, Andy gets cheated out of a murder, the new Kindlermobile, Josh can't remember what he added to the show ...
Test Show #400
28 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
That's right, 400! Andy has grinding anxiety, living in the Pope gap, Andy shifts into car buying gear, Josh's poli-pod theory, Andy drains the traged...
Test Show #399
21 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Andy milks the Elks, the age of bailing, Andy's golf buzz, Josh finds the limits of his dilettantism, Art Spiegelman, Hair Club for Jeremy, and much m...
Test Show #398
14 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Josh fires up his stand-up radar, Andy goes searching for himself…on Reddit, holy license plates, Andy milks the Cowsills doc, listener questions, a...
Test Show #397
07 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Josh has a good vibe adventure, Andy unsatisfied by JFK files, Andy suffering from L.S., Bluesky Almanac, Andy loves celebrities, listener questions, ...
Test Show #396
31 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Andy wakes up to the wrong people, Josh's attention span in the Trump era, the party Andy imagines himself at, Josh heading out of town, and much more...
Test Show #395
24 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Finding a form of productive powerlessness, Josh's age denial in his early career, Andy's face bounces back, Josh goes to a screening of "The Big Whoo...
Test Show #394
17 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Josh has jury duty again, Andy can't stand up for falling down, the joy of part of a cigar, Chuck Schumer disappoints, Josh likes a movie, Andy likes ...
Test Show #393
10 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Andy sniffs out a scam, Oscar round-up, kid-scaring movies, more grudges and beefs, Josh sees the value of atheists, listener questions, and much more...
Test Show #392
03 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Bouncing back from a spat, Andy does a gig outside the comfort district, Andy looks for people to talk yacht rock with, listener questions, and much m...
Test Show #391
24 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Josh slays a false narrative for Andy, SNL 50th, actors vs athlete's dysfunction, the old rock star experiment, Andy watches Yacht Rock Doc, listener ...
Test Show #390
17 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Super Bowl recollections, Josh is a water hero, finding cultural harmony with pastrami, Andy wakes up drunk, lotsa docs, listener questions, and much ...
Test Show #389
10 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Andy's Grammy recap, working geek skills into stand-up, Parsing Randy Newman. Josh waits for America to hit bottom, Andy does a gig, listener question...
Test Show #388
03 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Downhill from the Greatest generation, Andy thinks he should be doing Dylan covers on TV, Josh goes rollerblading, Andy watches the "The Fiddling Hors...
Test Show #387
27 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ignoring the inauguration, Andy's gig report, the right to be wrong, Andy's de-X-ing process, Andy finally puts The Curly Shuffle in its place, Jo...
Test Show #386
20 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The guys discuss their near brush with the brushfire, Josh betrays his possessions, how social media bad feelings have evolved, alert fatigue, coping ...
Test Show #385
13 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Andy attempts football empathy, the week in watching, bravery triggers, LA on fire, local disaster coverage, Andy scratches his Manson itch, listener ...
Test Show #384
06 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Happy New year, the guys give their holiday recaps, Andy finds his old age drink, Josh's youth drinking, Denny's Andy, the week in watching, listener ...
Test Show #383
23 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Andy has fresh watchings, Josh's people habits, deep diving one of Andy's top shelf grudges, rock and roll affectations, our christmas break, listener...
Test Show #382
16 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Josh questions Andy's diagnostic skills, Andy seeks justice for JonBenet, Andy celebrates a Met get, Josh watched stuff, Andy gets a name for his pain...
Test Show #381
09 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Pre-natal grudges, Andy finds his booze match, Josh gets haunted, Doc watching reports, Andy vs truck, Josh vs chihuahua, listener questions, and much...
Test Show #380
02 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
An abbreviated Spiral due to thanksgiving travel, fear of a black spatula, forgetting 80's stand up, Andy's ode to soup, Josh's bro theory, Andy's f...
Test Show #379
25 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Andy plans his getaway, Josh's new metaphor, getting back to bad gigs, keeping murder fresh, RIP Andy Paley, listener questions, and much more Spirali...
Test Show #378
18 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The X-odus to Bluesky, the folly of assigning blame, writing sucks, Josh uses the prefix "micro" 3 times in an hour, brain management in the Trump era...
Test Show #377
11 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
2 Hours, 2 moods this election week. the elastic ethics of insult comedy, documentary ruts, coping plans for Trump 2, bad information voters, the age ...
Test Show #376
04 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Going to a Garden party, Josh slaps back at the Kindlers, last pre-election takes, debating dog capacities, A Grateful Death, Josh replaced his memori...
Test Show #375
28 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Andy puts the Mets to bed for the year, Andy's movie shoot, state of the podcast, Josh gets an alcohol ambush, pre-election feels, IRL lunch report,...
Test Show #374
21 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Birthday week in Kindlerville, Josh tries to gin up some baseball rivalry, the drag of celebrities, sleep strategy, Andy tries to de-Google, listener ...
Test Show #373
14 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Andy's got Mets playoff fever, confessing to comedy crimes, Andy goes full Kindler on SNL and gets hot about Coldplay, Josh tames the tiny beast in hi...
Test Show #372
07 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Andy ties one on, Kris Kristofferson, sorting out generations, Andy tries to watch baseball correctly, considering Pink Floyd, listener questions, and...
Test Show #371
30 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Andy defends Rock and Roll romanticism, documentary viruses, a schadenfreude moment, "Freaks and Geeks" anniversary, reading "Being There", listener q...
Test Show #370
23 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
JAMES ADOMIAN joins the Spiral for the first hour to talk about his new stand-up special "Path of Most Resistance" plus: Andy tries to construct a poi...
Test Show #369
16 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Looking for A.I., Andy hears more books, the downside of musical elitism, post-debate kvellling, Andy gets called to cartoon duty, Josh worries about ...
Test Show #368
09 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Andy cleans up his feelings on Biden's decision, Josh cares about tennis for a minute, Andy still trying to get the grudge release concept down, Andy ...
Test Show #367
02 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We're back from vacation! Andy's face-plant-based diet, Josh rejects Andy's grudge, content anhedonia, Moon Zappa's book, Olympics and other August ha...
Test Show #366
29 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Our last show before summer break, adjusting to the new Presidential race, Andy quizzes Josh on his ancestry, an X posting post mortem, sports fan ide...
Test Show #365
22 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Processing last weekend's events, Larry Kindler's workplace, Josh collects ice cream market data, Andy is right about everyone, listener questions, an...
Test Show #364
15 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A rare IRL interaction between the guys, more Joe-riatric discussion, Andy tries Josh's latest ice cream, the world of confirmation bias, Josh escapes...
Test Show #363
08 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Week 2 of America trying to take grandpa's keys, pegging the Thought Spiral golden age, Discussing meat guilt, Josh defends ambivalence, Andy tries to...
Test Show #362
01 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Andy turns a comedy grudge into a hockey grudge, Crying and kissing on film, Andy does a Sopranos aria, Dealing with debate shock, Andy goes in for bo...
Test Show #361
24 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Everything's coming up Hitler, a callous response from the dentist, defending and attacking this week's watchings and listenings, auditions versus cro...
Test Show #360
17 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Andy survives his first white-knuckle weekend, Josh cracks his own code, Andy takes his hand into the shop, Andy enrages Lawrence of Astoria, Weinstei...
Test Show #359
10 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Andy plots to infiltrate the Vanderpumps, the allure of reality shows, Andy opens his three year old gift, crippling grandiosity, the search for "no s...
Test Show #358
03 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Andy emotionally preps for another podcast, stoicism rage, Josh's addiction dodging, Andy's Naked Lunch, staying in the moment with the Trump verdic...
Test Show #357
27 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Andy turns the tables on 60 Minutes, Josh continues his frozen adventures, Tiny Grudges, Andy retries the Hurricane, Josh ages again, and much more Sp...
Test Show #356
20 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Andy strides confidently back to TV, more Beatle-ology, , Roger Corman, Josh's new dangerous hobby, and much more Spiraling.
Test Show #355
13 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Andy's early season Mets dysfunction. Josh gets frosty with 'Unfrosted', the wrong crowd conundrum, Andy gets some hands-on doctor action, RIP Steve A...
Test Show #354
06 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Andy finds religion with a flute solo, Josh sets off a lunch grudge, a French king dies again, the limits of performative awfulness, Crameos, and much...
Test Show #353
29 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Andy recaps his trip to Moontower, Josh turns his back on doom, Sy Attica and other painful characters, Andy gets his ducts in a row, Josh does a lot ...
Test Show #352
22 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Andy reacquaints himself with his chops, Josh learns a Rat Pack fact, Andy cops to golf watching, huge invisible careers, Andy's off to Austin, and mu...
Test Show #351
15 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The eclipse casts a shadow on the proceedings, Old joke or new Andy joke?, Jerry Lee Lewis, Andy stumbles into the wrong show, Josh tries a half-heart...
Test Show #350
08 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Andy has a public banter misfire, Josh reports on the Steve Martin docs, Andy does an ailment inventory, Remembering Joe Flaherty, Andy starts his fin...
Test Show #349
01 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Mark Twain shrugs in his grave, Showrunner disease, Josh goes mindless, A Talking Heads-to head, Andy digs in on his job, Andy defends the Royals, and...
Test Show #348
25 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Andy listens closely to himself not listening, Josh gives a Bar Mitzvah report, Andy gets doc rage, Andy gets less help, gestures to the Universe, and...
Test Show #347
18 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Recapping the Oscars, Andy flips on Kimmel, re-voting past best pictures, Josh dives into the Midnight Special, Andy still optimistic about his gig, t...
Test Show #346
11 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Friend of the pod JEN KIRKMAN returns for a guest spiral in the second hour, but first: Andy resets his comedy sites, Remembering Richard Lewis, Josh ...
Test Show #345
04 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Comedian/author GARY GULMAN joins Andy in the 2nd hour for a Guest Spiral! But first, Josh and Andy discuss Joe Flaherty, Conan nostalgia, Jewdar, Act...
Test Show #344
26 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Andy keeps working on the new set, SNL what-ifs, a listener pep talk for Andy, a fundraiser of the damned, Hitler updates, plenty of movies and TV wat...