The Lou Perez - Daniel Friedman
The Lou Perez Podcast
Check out my book, That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore: On the Death and Rebirth of Comedy I got to talk with mystery novelist about his Buck Schatz series (which includes ) and some true-crime favorites. What do Serial, Making a Murderer, and The Central Park Five have in common? (Spoiler alert: They all did it.) How dumb are serial killers? Why is firing squad more humane (and honest) than lethal injection? Was ? Catch me on tour, opening for the brilliant . (Dates Below) Tickets here: Seattle, WA - APRIL 21 Portland, OR - APRIL 22 Eugene, OR - APRIL 24 Louisville, KY...
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The Lou Perez Podcast - Boris Khaykin
The Lou Perez Podcast
Check out my book, That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore: On the Death and Rebirth of Comedy My good friend, collaborator, and now producer of The New York Sun’s Sanity podcast, , returns to TLP to talk about his days as a 17-year-old phone scammer at the New Jersey call center featured in the HBO documentary series, Telemarketers. We also talk about my heart health, stationary bikes, and end on praising great things that make the both of us happy, like: Boris’s one-liners, Herb Albert and Tijuana Brass, Dick Cavett, and The Old Grey Whistle Test. Catch me on tour, opening for...
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The Lou Perez Podcast - Mike Lukas
The Lou Perez Podcast
PODCAST COPY Check out my book, That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore: On the Death and Rebirth of Comedy I had a good time with Mike Lukas, comedian and author of and . We talked about how crowd-work clips are hurting comedy, what it’s like to return to the grind after taking a decade off, and the upside of addiction: all the material. I’ve been rocking wares. ! You can . Support me at Join my newsletter Apple: Spotify: Amazon: YouTube: Who am I? Lou Perez is a comedian, producer, and...
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The Lou Perez Podcast - Hunter Ash
The Lou Perez Podcast
Check out my book, That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore: On the Death and Rebirth of Comedy I really enjoyed my conversation with writer and teacher of statistics, . We talked about “trans widows,” my mission to normalize dudes with breasts, as well as the impact of psychedelics on Hunter’s ideological and physical transformations. I’ve been rocking wares. ! You can . Support me at Join my newsletter Apple: Spotify: Amazon: YouTube: Who am I? Lou Perez is a comedian, producer, and author...
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The Lou Perez Podcast - Brady Pesola
The Lou Perez Podcast
Check out my book, That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore: On the Death and Rebirth of Comedy Executive Protection sounds like a John Grisham novel. And if it was its protagonist would be Brady Pesola: U.S. Marine Corps veteran, firearms instructor, and executive protection professional with extensive experience training civilians, law enforcement, and military personnel in firearms, survival, preparedness, and self-defense. I got to talk with Brady about the heightened dangers of protecting executives and CEOs in a time where people are openly applauding assassins. We talked about my own fears as a...
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The Lou Perez Podcast - Joshua Rainer
The Lou Perez Podcast
Check out my book, That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore: On the Death and Rebirth of Comedy My guest , the host of , tells me, “The butthole never lies.” And it’s the truth: The butthole never lies. Especially this butthole, Lou Perez. Believe me: You’re going to enjoy this scrumptious, easily digestible episode of The LPP. I talk with Josh about his past lives: Instagram fitness influencer, Caveman Coffee mascot, and farmer. We dish on raw milk, the political divide over food, the NFL’s DK Metcalf’s candy diet, and the Hindu lobby’s war on beef tallow. Josh...
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The Lou Perez Podcast - Anson Frericks
The Lou Perez Podcast
Check out my book, That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore: On the Death and Rebirth of Comedy My mother drank Budweiser when she was pregnant with me, so this episode of The LPP on Bud Light is close to my heart. (Albeit Mom was a Bud-Heavy drinker.) I hope you enjoy my very sober conversation with Anson Frericks, a former president at Anheuser-Busch and author of Last Call for Bud Light. We talked about Dylan Mulvaney, Shareholders vs Stakeholders, millionaires hating billionaires, and how much European ass the US of A is kicking. I’ve been rocking XX-XY Athletics wares. WORK OUT, SPEAK OUT!...
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The Lou Perez Podcast - Sean Malone
The Lou Perez Podcast
Check out my book, That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore: On the Death and Rebirth of Comedy My boy Sean Malone (Return on Ideas) stops by to discuss our affection for Florida, David Lynch (who should have been from Florida), and Rick Beato. We take time to goof on the European Union. We mock the greatest living communist, Richard Wolff, who our boy Gene Epstein demolished at their Soho Forum debate. Forget the 100 million dead, Wolff’s bit on the PlayStation 5 is the strongest argument against communism. And Sean and I remember our collaboration on FEE’s animated series, Common Sense Soapbox....
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The Lou Perez Podcast - Tran Hoang Calvin
The Lou Perez Podcast
Check out my book, That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore: On the Death and Rebirth of Comedy https://amzn.to/3VhFa1r I’m joined by my friend Tran Hoang Calvin of to talk about what’s so special about , being mistaken for Chinese by Chinese people (we’ve all been there), the iPhone’s insistence that you remember you’re mortal, and how you might want to change your name (and/or gender) for SEO purposes. Calvin has a great series, where he produces elaborate voicemail recordings. You can watch each one being made in real time …that is until TikTok is gone. We’re 13 days into...
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The Lou Perez Podcast - Jon Miltimore
The Lou Perez Podcast
Check out my book, That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore: On the Death and Rebirth of Comedy https://amzn.to/3VhFa1r “Finding oneself [is] a misnomer: a self is not found but made.” – Big thanks to my guest Jon Miltimore for turning me onto the ever so quotable (quoted above). On this episode, Jon and I talk about the culture of wrestling—whose default setting is tough-as-nails—and we grapple with “Minnesota nice,” shitty service, and women who start fights their men have to finish. I’ve been reading Jon’s work for years, but if you’re looking for a good place to...
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Happy New Year! I’m kicking off 2025 with a great conversation with Ilana Redstone, author of The Certainty Trap: Why We Need to Question Ourselves More―and How We Can Judge Others Less.
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Who am I?
Lou Perez is a comedian, producer, and author of That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore. You may have seen him on FOX's Gutfeld! and Open to Debate (with Michael Ian Black). Lou was the head writer and producer of the Webby Award-winning comedy channel We the Internet TV and produces Comedy Is Murder, a sketch comedy series with Free the People. Lou is a FAIR-in-the Arts fellow, on the advisory board of Heresy Press, and hosts the live debate series The Wrong Take and The Lou Perez Podcast.
During my tenure at We the Internet, I made the kind of comedy that gets you put on lists and your words in the Wall Street Journal: “How I Became a ‘Far-Right Radical.”
How’d I start out?
I began doing improv and sketch comedy while an undergrad at New York University, where I was part of the comedy group the Wicked Wicked Hammerkatz.
For years, I performed at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater (both in NYC and L.A.) in sketch shows with the Hammerkatz and my comedy duo, Greg and Lou. G&L are probably best known for our sketch "Wolverine's Claws Suck," which has over 20 million views across online platforms.
I was a writer for Fox Sports' @TheBuzzer; produced The Attendants with the Above Average Network; produced pilots for FOX Digital and MSN Games; and was a comedy producer on TruTV's Impractical Jokers.
I hosted the stand-up show Uncle Lou's Safe Place in Los Angeles, performed at the Big Pine Comedy Festival, Bridgetown Comedy Festival, and co-created the political comedy podcast Unsafe Space.
I taught creative writing at the City College of New York, "writing the web series" for Writing Pad, and comedy writing workshops for the Moving Picture Institute.