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 #409 06/30/2025

Test Show #409 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, the value of background noise, listener questions, and much more Spiraling. /episode/index/show/thoughtspiral/id/37210895

Test Show #408 06/23/2025

Test Show #408 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, separating hacks from their acts, and much more Spiraling. /episode/index/show/thoughtspiral/id/37126100

Test Show #407 06/16/2025

Test Show #407 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 much more Spiraling. /episode/index/show/thoughtspiral/id/37017770

Test Show #406 06/09/2025

Test Show #406 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 much more Spiraling. /episode/index/show/thoughtspiral/id/36907910

Test Show #405 06/02/2025

Test Show #405 Andy returns from vacation with precious memories and dreaded disease, adventures on Celebrity Row, Josh tries to shoot himself out of trouble, the Pee Wee doc, listener questions, and much more Spiraling. /episode/index/show/thoughtspiral/id/36810275

Test Show #404 05/26/2025

Test Show #404 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. /episode/index/show/thoughtspiral/id/36706120

Test Show #403 05/19/2025

Test Show #403 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 Spiraling. /episode/index/show/thoughtspiral/id/36618635

Test Show #402 05/12/2025

Test Show #402 Andy cruises the mall, Josh struggles to lower his anecdote standards, Kindler on Kindler crime, comedian children’s books, listener questions, and much more Spiraling. /episode/index/show/thoughtspiral/id/36525350

Test Show #401 05/05/2025

Test Show #401 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 as he writes this description, listener questions, and much more Spiraling. /episode/index/show/thoughtspiral/id/36427650

Test Show #400 04/28/2025

Test Show #400 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 tragedy from The Dead, listener questions, and much more Spiraling. /episode/index/show/thoughtspiral/id/36330550

Test Show #399 04/21/2025

Test Show #399 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 more Spiraling. /episode/index/show/thoughtspiral/id/36238545

Test Show #398 04/14/2025

Test Show #398 Josh fires up his stand-up radar, Andy goes searching for himself…on Reddit, holy license plates, Andy milks the Cowsills doc, listener questions, and much more Spiraling. /episode/index/show/thoughtspiral/id/36119075

Test Show #397 04/07/2025

Test Show #397 Josh has a good vibe adventure, Andy unsatisfied by JFK files, Andy suffering from L.S., Bluesky Almanac, Andy loves celebrities, listener questions, and much more Spiraling. /episode/index/show/thoughtspiral/id/36031580

Test Show #396 03/31/2025

Test Show #396 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 Spiraling. /episode/index/show/thoughtspiral/id/35927335

Test Show #395 03/24/2025

Test Show #395 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 Whoop”, listener questions, and much more spiraling. /episode/index/show/thoughtspiral/id/35832935

Test Show #394 03/17/2025

Test Show #394 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 a show, listener questions, and much more Spiraling. /episode/index/show/thoughtspiral/id/35718860

Test Show #393 03/10/2025

Test Show #393 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 Spiraling. /episode/index/show/thoughtspiral/id/35599765

Test Show #392 03/03/2025

Test Show #392 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 more Spiraling. /episode/index/show/thoughtspiral/id/35507010

Test Show #391 02/24/2025

Test Show #391 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 questions, and much more Spiraling. /episode/index/show/thoughtspiral/id/35402275

Test Show #390 02/17/2025

Test Show #390 Super Bowl recollections, Josh is a water hero, finding cultural harmony with pastrami, Andy wakes up drunk, lotsa docs, listener questions, and much more Spiraling. /episode/index/show/thoughtspiral/id/35300005

Test Show #389 02/10/2025

Test Show #389 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 questions, and much more Spiraling. /episode/index/show/thoughtspiral/id/35216905

Test Show #388 02/03/2025

Test Show #388 Downhill from the Greatest generation, Andy thinks he should be doing Dylan covers on TV, Josh goes rollerblading, Andy watches the “The Fiddling Horse”, audition memories, the current SNL doc gauntlet, listener questions, and much more Spiraling. /episode/index/show/thoughtspiral/id/35123960

Test Show #387 01/27/2025

Test Show #387 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, Josh listens and occasionally comments, listener questions, and much more Spiraling. /episode/index/show/thoughtspiral/id/35022570

Test Show #386 01/20/2025

Test Show #386 The guys discuss their near brush with the brushfire, Josh betrays his possessions, how social media bad feelings have evolved, alert fatigue, coping strategies for the coming era, and much more Spiraling. /episode/index/show/thoughtspiral/id/34918515

Test Show #385 01/13/2025

Test Show #385 Andy attempts football empathy, the week in watching, bravery triggers, LA on fire, local disaster coverage, Andy scratches his Manson itch, listener questions, and much more Spiraling. /episode/index/show/thoughtspiral/id/34830150

Test Show #384 01/06/2025

Test Show #384 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 questions, and much more Spiraling. /episode/index/show/thoughtspiral/id/34729480

Test Show #383 12/23/2024

Test Show #383 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 questions, and much more Spiraling. /episode/index/show/thoughtspiral/id/34575935

Test Show #382 12/16/2024

Test Show #382 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, listener questions, and much more Spiraling. /episode/index/show/thoughtspiral/id/34460090

Test Show #381 12/09/2024

Test Show #381 Pre-natal grudges, Andy finds his booze match, Josh gets haunted, Doc watching reports, Andy vs truck, Josh vs chihuahua, listener questions, and much more Spiraling. /episode/index/show/thoughtspiral/id/34341680

Test Show #380 12/02/2024

Test Show #380 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 fixed income, and much more Spiraling. /episode/index/show/thoughtspiral/id/34221975

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