Thought Spiral

Comedians Andy Kindler (Bob’s Burgers, Maron) and J. Elvis Weinstein (MST3K, Freaks and Geeks) convene weekly to solve the problems of the world but usually end up talking about comedy and various forms of anxiety. Produced by Alex Brizel (ShowBriz Studios).

Test Show #461 08/10/2026

Test Show #461 Andy gets dinged trying to fix a scratch, Dodgers rage, Josh watches himself watching a concert, Andy hears a (the) Who, Josh tries in vain to create a late night clubhouse, listener questions, and much more Spiraling. /episode/index/show/thoughtspiral/id/42371170

Test Show #460 08/03/2026

Test Show #460 Josh sends Andy to BBQ heaven, Andy does a marathon show, Andy misuses drugs of all kinds, Josh gets his scan report, Andy’s SOTI legacy, listener questions, and much more Spiraling. /episode/index/show/thoughtspiral/id/42295670

Test Show #459 07/27/2026

Test Show #459 Josh questions the need for a documentary, the lost art of the charming drunk, World Cup takeaways, Josh guests on “Never Not Funny”, Peter Lassally and late night comedy, listener questions, and much more Spiraling. /episode/index/show/thoughtspiral/id/42219980

Test Show #458 07/20/2026

Test Show #458 Josh brings back the smoke, task previewing, the darkness of 80’s drug taking, Andy falls for fake nostalgia, dueling reading habits, listener questions, and much more Spiraling. /episode/index/show/thoughtspiral/id/42145680

Test Show #457 07/13/2026

Test Show #457 Josh has a worst rib scenario, comparing notes on “Lorne”, tennis time, Dodging the White House, Josh revisits “Philadelphia”, listener questions, and much more Spiraling. /episode/index/show/thoughtspiral/id/42050355

Test Show #456 07/06/2026

Test Show #456 Andy resolves an imaginary feud, Josh gets into a tube and under the hood, 2 New York people docs, Andy glares down 70, listener questions, and much more Spiraling. /episode/index/show/thoughtspiral/id/41968895

Test Show #455 06/29/2026

Test Show #455 Recapping the big name fatalities from last week, AM radio days, the hurdles to ex-patriotism, World Cup numbness, listener questions, and much more Spiraling. /episode/index/show/thoughtspiral/id/41857480

Test Show #454 06/22/2026

Test Show #454 Knicks win! Andy reviews parts of movies, the ice man cometh, the age of showdatabiz, Josh fears an imaginary failure, trouble in Nateland, listener questions, and much more Spiraling. /episode/index/show/thoughtspiral/id/41717920

Test Show #453 06/15/2026

Test Show #453 Andy tackles his Persian breakfast cravings, the censorship of omission, Andy looks to come out of the closet for the Knicks, the war against talent, Josh’s doc-watching, listener questions, and much more Spiraling. /episode/index/show/thoughtspiral/id/41642620

Test Show #452 06/08/2026

Test Show #452 Josh revisits “The Thing”, questioning Mad magazine, This Week in Fruit, Josh resorts to bribery, Andy roasts a roast, listener questions, and much more Spiraling. /episode/index/show/thoughtspiral/id/41564410

Test Show #451 06/01/2026

Test Show #451 Andy takes on caregive-or-taking, Josh gets older, The Knicks bandwagon picks up Andy at the last stop, Colbert’s last, Nateland, listener questions, and much more Spiraling. /episode/index/show/thoughtspiral/id/41485020

Test Show #450 05/18/2026

Test Show #450 Breakfast pretzels, Andy tries to time his Knicks bandwagon boarding, Josh’s perma-rage vs ups and downs, the Martin Short doc, Josh’s puppet history, listener questions, and much more Spiraling. /episode/index/show/thoughtspiral/id/41326880

Test Show #449 05/11/2026

Test Show #449 The guys review their respective gigs, Andy tries to give falling his spin, Cheech and Chong, Josh does a Cameo intervention, questioning Netflix decision making, listener questions, and much more Spiraling. /episode/index/show/thoughtspiral/id/41242025

Test Show #448 05/04/2026

Test Show #448 Andy finds new reasons to dislike RFK jr., bespoke sports fandom, ballroom problems, Josh turns an errand into a sentence, Andy hears what he sounds like, listener questions, and much more Spiraling. /episode/index/show/thoughtspiral/id/41138505

Test Show #447 04/27/2026

Test Show #447 Ben Franklin seeks InventHelp, Jerry West doc, this week in grapes, end of life preferences, dissecting an Andy feud, listener questions, and much more Spiraling. /episode/index/show/thoughtspiral/id/41025930

Test Show #446 04/20/2026

Test Show #446 Josh tries to switch up his attitude, Andy’s courageous journey to partially cut his cord, narcissism charts, Josh hits the wall on studio musician docs, Andy draws the line at AI moderation advice, listener questions, and much more Spiraling. /episode/index/show/thoughtspiral/id/40927470

Test Show #445 04/13/2026

Test Show #445 Dylan and Lennon in a car, a wishcycling nightmare, Josh gets the full old man treatment, the grape report, no improvising on the set, listener questions, and much more Spiraling. /episode/index/show/thoughtspiral/id/40822445

Test Show #444 04/06/2026

Test Show #444 The guys practice convenient resistance, Josh plays to the teachers, “the Cancer Chunk” the art of elderly rock stardom, the attempt to take dissenting voices off the playing field, listener questions, and much more Spiraling. /episode/index/show/thoughtspiral/id/40740265

Test Show #443 03/30/2026

Test Show #443 America’s Moron, Larry Kindler roleplay, “Is This Thing On?”, Andy getting his “chops” back, Josh bakes a hate pie, listener questions, and much more Spiraling. /episode/index/show/thoughtspiral/id/40662465

Test Show #442 03/23/2026

Test Show #442 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 are, Josh looks back on his smoking career, listener questions, and much more Spiraling. /episode/index/show/thoughtspiral/id/40580510

Test Show #441 03/16/2026

Test Show #441 Josh explains last week’s absence, Andy’s triumph of supportiveness, Andy rethinks his entire communications package, pre-code movies, Andy tries to rejoin the Majority, listener questions, and much more Spiraling. /episode/index/show/thoughtspiral/id/40490975

REPEAT: Test Show #408 03/09/2026

REPEAT: Test Show #408 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, Josh’s trip to Acme, separating hacks from their acts, and much more Spiraling. /episode/index/show/thoughtspiral/id/40360410

Test Show #440 03/02/2026

Test Show #440 A brief moment of hockey happiness, Andy’s failed romance with Red Bull, Josh protects a teetering celebrity’s anonymity, Andy loves Marty Supreme, listener questions, and much more Spiraling. /episode/index/show/thoughtspiral/id/40276620

Test Show #439 02/23/2026

Test Show #439 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, UFC on LSD, listener questions, and much more Spiraling. /episode/index/show/thoughtspiral/id/40193655

Test Show #438 02/16/2026

Test Show #438 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 questions, and much more Spiraling. /episode/index/show/thoughtspiral/id/40120750

Test Show #437 02/09/2026

Test Show #437 Andy proposes happier names for serial killers, stereos and other money sucking hobbies, weekend watches, the tinned fish revolution, Josh can’t do audiobooks, listener questions, and much more Spiraling. /episode/index/show/thoughtspiral/id/40035975

Test Show #436 02/02/2026

Test Show #436 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 questions, and much more Spiraling. /episode/index/show/thoughtspiral/id/39956265

Test Show #435 01/26/2026

Test Show #435 The password is “Dystopian”, Andy sees “Dr. Strangelove” , the assy genius of Orson Welles, Andy obeys gravity, Josh rents shoes, Award season movie catch-up, listener questions, and much more Spiraling. /episode/index/show/thoughtspiral/id/39874035

Test Show #434 01/19/2026

Test Show #434 Andy’s take on Golden Global affairs, living in a Chinese food desert, Josh laments his procrastination technique, Andy finds professionalism and sanity mesh well, listener questions, and much more Spiraling. /episode/index/show/thoughtspiral/id/39776230

Test Show #433 01/12/2026

Test Show #433 Andy’s let-down impressions, sorting out the new rules of fascist showbiz, Josh judges Coppola, Andy steps onstage, MNF on LSD, listener questions, and much more Spiraling. /episode/index/show/thoughtspiral/id/39691020

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