Obscure Detour Allure ( w/ Jason Van Glass )
Elaborate w/ Jake Lloyd Bacon
Comedian, Writer, Producer and Zine enthusiast, Jason Van Glass is on the couch this week. Talking about obscure obsessions, specific collections, comedy nerdom, chance meetings with Seinfeld writers, cat magic, his bay area childhood, comic shop work, and his opinions on his own general weirdness. All that and much much more, as a normal podcast hour just isn't enough. Check out for awesome Elaborate shirts and mugs! Be a part of the conversation on our official Discord! Follow Elaborate on Social media: Elaborate is a part of the Dragon Wagon Radio independent...
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14 Years Later ( w/ Kortney Shane Williams )
Elaborate w/ Jake Lloyd Bacon
Comedian Kortney Shane Williams joins Jake for an epic catchup. The two became fast friends early in their respective stand-up careers but lost touch for over a decade. The two talk standup and do some reminiscing and Kortney chats about growing up under watch of a minister mother, living nomadically, being an introvert, a fighter, a sibling, a self sustained enthusiast of numbers, and SO much more in what is sure not to be his last appearance on the program. Check out for awesome Elaborate shirts and mugs! Be a part of the conversation on our official Discord! Follow...
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Swimming with Snarks ( w/ Scott Krinsky)
Elaborate w/ Jake Lloyd Bacon
Actor/Comedian/Artist and more Scott Krinsky joins Jake and talks about what it was like playing a geek culture icon on the hit NBC show Chuck without much real life geek cred! Plus the joys of swimming, living life at the beach, finding peace in solo activities, the culinary arts, balancing yourself and the box you've been placed in, the cardboarded glory of Dave Made a Maze, his incredible keytar skills, the lighting in the bottle that was JEFFSTER, and much much more. Check out for awesome Elaborate shirts and mugs! Be a part of the conversation on our official...
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Best at Beasts ( w/ Dru Johnston )
Elaborate w/ Jake Lloyd Bacon
Actor/Sketch Comedian/Improviser/writer and more, Dru Johnston is on the podcast this week. Jake gushes over how his work on The Chris Gethard Show helped get him through the pandemic and then the two dive into being a part of creative communities, adopted families, 50 weeks of Wayne's World, hanging out in grocery store parking lots outside of Seattle, love for the theater, Shakespeare, and a live crowd, playing Beast on stage and at home, artistic validation in quarantine, Almost Live, and all things improv and the often combative relationship between sketch and standup. All that and so much...
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Slack Rope Roasting ( w/ Alex Hooper )
Elaborate w/ Jake Lloyd Bacon
Comedian and Writer Alex Hooper from AGT, Comedy Central's Roast Battle, and much more, joins Jake on the pod to talk about meeting on the set of Kevin Smith's Zack & Miri Make a Porno, creative meandering, forging your own path, meditation, slack rope walking, yoga, managing mental health, and much much more! Get Alex's book "Roast Yourself to Happiness" on Amazon : Check out for awesome Elaborate shirts and mugs! Be a part of the conversation on our official Discord! Follow Elaborate on Social media: Elaborate is a part of the Dragon Wagon...
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Do The Thing
Elaborate w/ Jake Lloyd Bacon
Elaborate is coming back! But first, Jake is sitting down solo on his birthday to catch up and share some thoughts on being dark for all this time, the pandemic and what its highlighted of his shortcomings and strengths, getting older and his current journey of rediscovery, what he's learning about letting go of complete control, perfectionism and its firm and unrelenting grasp around him, the release of his feature film Pinch, music, bikes, comedy, and much much more. Next week Alex Hooper from Comedy Central's Roast Battle and America's Got Talent will be "on the couch" and you don't want to...
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Top Tier Ribbons (w/ Helen Highfield )
Elaborate w/ Jake Lloyd Bacon
Actor and Vocalist is on the couch and she’s sharing tales of growing up to super smart academic parents who also have no shortage of cool factor, being on the cover of her mother’s album, riding show ponies and which equestrian ribbons are and aren't good enough, being an ESL ringer, and giving teachers some much needed advice about discipline. Plus the Zima formula, bad college essays, New York City, school provided fake IDs, the daunting view of life after college, the law and order to booking Law and Order, and learning how to fail. Be sure to check out Helen on I Ship It on CW Seed...
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Your Mark Embarks ( w/ Shane Hartline )
Elaborate w/ Jake Lloyd Bacon
Actor/Producer/Director Shane Hartline is on the couch and sharing tales of a creative kid with a glorious VHS camcorder making home movies, taking improv classes at 13 and calling Universal Studios and Nickelodeon trying to get acting jobs! He also talks about training to be a wrestler at 15 with his supportive father who bought him a wrestling ring and may or may not have unintentionally started a wrestling school. He and Jake discuss their mutual experiences with the pro-wrestling industry and the toxic masculinity and other behaviors that pushed them away from it. They also talk about how...
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Debunk The Hunk ( w/ Michael Wayne Foster )
Elaborate w/ Jake Lloyd Bacon
Actor/Model/Host Michael Wayne Foster is on the couch! Michael and Jake are long time friends and collaborators and the two talk about how they met and instantly clicked. Michael also talks about growing up a big kid in Michigan, childhood insecurities and bullying, high school radio, breaking stereotypes, his tight-knit family and zombified father/son bonding experiences, being on season 3 of "The Bachelorette," Sylvester Stallone comparing him to Ivan Drago, his experience as a high school English teacher, the power of any level of celebrity, and even Energy Vampires! Yea you heard that...
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Dossier of DNA ( w/ Paul Bianchi )
Elaborate w/ Jake Lloyd Bacon
Elaborate First Mate, Paul Bianchi is on the couch this week and joining Jake for a super unique episode in which our host talks about doing one of those ever so popular Ancestry DNA kits. Jake tells a story about how the results lead him to find some truth and discover way more than he bargained for! Be sure to Rate, Review, & Subscribe! Check out for awesome Elaborate shirts and mugs! Elaborate is a part of the Dragon Wagon Radio independent podcast network. Visit for more
info_outlineFrom Groundlings to SNL to Dan Harmon's Community, Jordan Black is ever-present in the business of funny. This week he's on the couch speaking about his small town Illinois upbringing idolizing The Fonz and his supportive and pro-active mother who was the only person he needed to hear "you can do it" from.
He talks about his surprisingly well rounded mindset at young age having a clear picture of what he wanted, how he decided as a perfectly attending class-clown freshman in high school that college simply wasn't gonna work for him, some wise words he hung onto by the great philosopher Lenny Kravitz, and about how he moved to LA before he was even 18.
He also shares his experience being a black man in the mostly white dominated world of sketch/improv, how a lot of the pushback and struggle he faces comes from a place you probably wouldn't expect and how it all led to the critically acclaimed Groundlings show he created called "The Black Version."
Follow Jordan on social media @FakeJordanBlack
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