SPECIAL PEOPLE

A podcast about the most important people in our lives. With jokes. Hosted by Tom Cowell.

Ep. #38: Jennie Sutton 03/15/2016

Ep. #38: Jennie Sutton Jennie Sutton is a comic, ex-Letterman monologue writer, and part-time humanitarian. /episode/index/show/specialpeoplepodcast/id/4181408

Ep. 37: Daniel Perafan (part 2) 03/08/2016

Ep. 37: Daniel Perafan (part 2) Daniel Perafan returns. He lost 155lbs in five months. And it almost killed him. /episode/index/show/specialpeoplepodcast/id/4179867

Ep. #36: Alexis Guerreros 03/01/2016

Ep. #36: Alexis Guerreros Alexis Guerreros is a comic and broadcaster. He grew up in Newark NJ, with gangsters, goons, + ne'er-do-wells. /episode/index/show/specialpeoplepodcast/id/4179908

Ep. #35: Selena Coppock 02/23/2016

Ep. #35: Selena Coppock Selena Coppock is a comic, podcaster, author and Guns N' Roses obsessive. We rap. /episode/index/show/specialpeoplepodcast/id/4162290

Ep. #34: Chris Calogero 02/16/2016

Ep. #34: Chris Calogero Chris Calogero (@RealChrisCal) is a comic. His best friend and roommate passed away in their home last year. We talk about it. /episode/index/show/specialpeoplepodcast/id/4113757

Ep. #33: Diego Lopez 02/09/2016

Ep. #33: Diego Lopez Diego Lopez () is a retired cage fighter. Now he's a comic. We talk about it. /episode/index/show/specialpeoplepodcast/id/4113713

Ep. #32: Monroe Martin 02/02/2016

Ep. #32: Monroe Martin Comedian Monroe Martin () grew up in foster care. He lived in 15 homes in 14 years. We talk about it. /episode/index/show/specialpeoplepodcast/id/4113702

Ep. #31: Oiver Chin 01/26/2016

Ep. #31: Oiver Chin Oliver Chin () is a comedian and storyteller. When I first met him, his name was Rita. We talk about it. /episode/index/show/specialpeoplepodcast/id/4100361

Ep. #30: Alyssa Limperis 01/19/2016

Ep. #30: Alyssa Limperis Alyssa Limperis () is a comic and good person. We talk dads, and the 2012 Miss Universe winner. /episode/index/show/specialpeoplepodcast/id/4087669

Ep. 29: Tovah Silbermann 01/12/2016

Ep. 29: Tovah Silbermann Tovah Silbermann () is a and other joyful things. She used to be a Hassidic Jewish lady. Then she stopped. We talk about it. /episode/index/show/specialpeoplepodcast/id/4071219

Ep/ #28: Serge Kovaleski 01/05/2016

Ep/ #28: Serge Kovaleski Serge Kovaleski is a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter for the New York Times. We talk Trump, biker gangs, Harper Lee, and more. /episode/index/show/specialpeoplepodcast/id/4051256

Ep. #27: Chris Bannon 12/15/2015

Ep. #27: Chris Bannon Chris Bannon () is the Chief Content Officer of Midroll, and one of the wisest people I know. He mocks me without mercy. Loved it. /episode/index/show/specialpeoplepodcast/id/4014255

Ep. #26: Megan Gailey 12/08/2015

Ep. #26: Megan Gailey Megan Gailey () is my friend. She just did stand-up on Conan. WE. BROKE. IT. DOWN. Highs, lows, middles, + mothers. /episode/index/show/specialpeoplepodcast/id/4000921

Ep. #25: Brooke Arnold 12/01/2015

Ep. #25: Brooke Arnold Brooke Arnold () grew up in the same Christian fundamentalist movement as the Duggar family. She didn't like it. At all. /episode/index/show/specialpeoplepodcast/id/3983043

Ep. 24: Bob Hansen 11/24/2015

Ep. 24: Bob Hansen Bob Hansen () is a former professional wrestler. You may know him better as Bob Thrash. He takes me into The Squared Circle. /episode/index/show/specialpeoplepodcast/id/3967277

Ep. #23: Ahri Findling 11/10/2015

Ep. #23: Ahri Findling Comic, writer and producer Ahri Findling () was bullied as a child. Brutally bullied. But even if he could, he wouldn’t go back and change a thing. It made him who he was: a guy he (mostly) likes. /episode/index/show/specialpeoplepodcast/id/3935806

Ep. #22: Doug Smith 11/03/2015

Ep. #22: Doug Smith Doug Smith () is a comedian and a new father. Two months ago, his son Mason entered the world. The kid's journey - from conception to EXTREMELY difficult birth - is a wild one. Doug tells it brilliantly. It's a hairy ride with a happy ending. Enjoy. /episode/index/show/specialpeoplepodcast/id/3892669

EP. #21: 'Arthur' 10/27/2015

EP. #21: 'Arthur' My friend 'Arthur' talks us through the entire story of his marriage. And his divorce... after just one year of matrimony. This is intense stuff. /episode/index/show/specialpeoplepodcast/id/3890573

Ep. #20: Betsy Capes 10/13/2015

Ep. #20: Betsy Capes Betsy Capes is the founder of , that helps artists and creative professionals achieve their goals. It's not a "trust falls and Scientology"-type deal. It's the real deal. She has a fascinating story. Here it is. /episode/index/show/specialpeoplepodcast/id/3851806

Ep. #19: Daniel Perafan 10/06/2015

Ep. #19: Daniel Perafan My friend talks Colombians, cousins marrying, drugs, weight-loss and what it feels like to be catfished. Yes. That happened to him. /episode/index/show/specialpeoplepodcast/id/3843742

Ep. #18: Joe Zimmerman 09/29/2015

Ep. #18: Joe Zimmerman Comedian Joe Zimmerman (, Comedy Central Half-Hour) stops by to discuss social media diets, 1 success out of 100, and the art of the short written funny thing. /episode/index/show/specialpeoplepodcast/id/3827827

Ep. #17: Mike Sacks 07/21/2015

Ep. #17: Mike Sacks Mike Sacks () has written for precisely EVERYONE: Vanity Fair, Esquire, GQ, The New Yorker, Time, The New York Times, The Washington Post, McSweeney’s, Radar, Funny or Die, MAD, New York Observer, Premiere, Believer, Vice, Maxim, Women’s Health, and Salon. He's most celebrated for his books. His first, (2009) featured conversations with George Meyer, Harold Ramis, Al Jaffee, Buck Henry, Bob Odenkirk, Stephen Merchant, David Sedaris, Jack Handey, Robert Smigel, and Daniel Clowes. The sequel, (2014) contains interviews and advice from Mel Brooks, Jim Downey, Adam McKay, Amy Poehler, Terry Jones, Diablo Cody, James L. Brooks, Kay Cannon, Patton Oswalt, Marc Maron, George Saunders, and many more. /episode/index/show/specialpeoplepodcast/id/3682352

Ep. #16: Ryan Beck 07/14/2015

Ep. #16: Ryan Beck Ryan Beck () is a writer and comedian, the brains behind , and an all-round good guy. /episode/index/show/specialpeoplepodcast/id/3672404

Ep. #15: Jenn Welch 06/16/2015

Ep. #15: Jenn Welch Haitian therapists. Yoga ball sex. Nicholas Cage's birthday party. This episode has everything. Jenn Welch () stops by to talk sobriety, sexual awakenings, and why watching grown men play Tony Hawk on Playstation is not strictly considered foreplay. /episode/index/show/specialpeoplepodcast/id/3615072

Ep. #14: Ronnie Fleming 06/09/2015

Ep. #14: Ronnie Fleming This was f**king fun. Ronnie Fleming () is about to start a podcast. He wrote me a message asking for advice. I said "yes, if we can record it". So we did. Think of this as a "meta"-episode, commenting on its own creation as we make it. Like the movie Barton Fink. Or any episode of Animaniacs. /episode/index/show/specialpeoplepodcast/id/3604177

Ep. #13: J.R.Havlan 05/19/2015

Ep. #13: J.R.Havlan J.R. Havlan () is an eight-time Emmy Award winner and an 16-year writing vet for The Daily Show on Comedy Central. He also hosts where he interviews the finest TV writers in the business. We talk about Jon Stewart, Bassem Youssef, and the high school guidance counselor who's off-hand remark put his life on track to success. /episode/index/show/specialpeoplepodcast/id/3562487

Ep. #12: Jonathan Van Tulleken 05/12/2015

Ep. #12: Jonathan Van Tulleken Jonathan Van Tulleken (J, to his friends) is a filmmaker. We have been friends for 25 years. He talks about his teacher at Columbia Film School, Eric Mendelsohn. We also discuss the merit of small talk, and the peerless joy of paintball. /episode/index/show/specialpeoplepodcast/id/3550386

Ep. #11: Anthony DeVito 05/05/2015

Ep. #11: Anthony DeVito Comedian is one of the Rad Dudes of the He stopped by, very early in the life of this podcast. What resulted was an insane conversation. It went everywhere, and was enormous fun. This was an early "sketch" of Special People, which due to my tecnhical incompetence didn't sound quite as good as later shows. If you're a new fan of this show, don't judge us ENTIRELY on this episode. But if you're a longtime fan, don't skip it: it's great. /episode/index/show/specialpeoplepodcast/id/3534023

Ep. #10: Kyle Ayers 04/28/2015

Ep. #10: Kyle Ayers Comedian Kyle Ayers () talks about his high school English teacher Ms. Veitor. He went through something terrible one year. She pulled him out of it and changed his outlook forever. /episode/index/show/specialpeoplepodcast/id/3518622

Ep. #09: David Ebert 04/21/2015

Ep. #09: David Ebert David Ebert () is a writer, actor, comic and TV star. He's a regular on both MTV2's Guy Code and their newest show, Joking Off. He grew up in a Christian cult in Western New York. One man made him hate it. Another man helped him understand what life could be like outside it. /episode/index/show/specialpeoplepodcast/id/3501999

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