
Thought Spiral
Entertainment & Media
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).
Location:
United States
Description:
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).
Twitter:
@thought_spiral
Language:
English
Episodes
Test Show #388
2/3/2025
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.
Duration:02:00:29
Test Show #387
1/27/2025
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.
Duration:01:56:35
Test Show #386
1/20/2025
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.
Duration:01:42:58
Test Show #385
1/13/2025
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.
Duration:01:47:00
Test Show #384
1/6/2025
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.
Duration:01:56:45
Test Show #383
12/23/2024
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.
Duration:01:46:55
Test Show #382
12/16/2024
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.
Duration:01:45:32
Test Show #381
12/9/2024
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.
Duration:02:03:10
Test Show #380
12/2/2024
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.
Duration:01:01:56
Test Show #379
11/25/2024
Andy plans his getaway, Josh’s new metaphor, getting back to bad gigs, keeping murder fresh, RIP Andy Paley, listener questions, and much more Spiraling.
Duration:01:52:10
Test Show #378
11/18/2024
The X-odus to Bluesky, the folly of assigning blame, writing sucks, Josh uses the prefix “micro” 3 times in an hour, brain management in the Trump era, Andy cranks up the gigs, listener questions, and much more Spiraling.
Duration:01:57:30
Test Show #377
11/11/2024
2 Hours, 2 moods this election week. the elastic ethics of insult comedy, documentary ruts, coping plans for Trump 2, bad information voters, the age of picking your fights, Hi Gruber, listener questions, and much more Spiraling.
Duration:02:03:25
Test Show #376
11/4/2024
Going to a Garden party, Josh slaps back at the Kindlers, last pre-election takes, debating dog capacities, A Grateful Death, Josh replaced his memories with jokes, listener questions, and much more Spiraling.
Duration:02:02:09
Test Show #375
10/28/2024
Andy puts the Mets to bed for the year, Andy’s movie shoot, state of the podcast, Josh gets an alcohol ambush, pre-election feels, IRL lunch report, listener questions, and much more Spiraling.
Duration:01:56:09
Test Show #374
10/21/2024
Birthday week in Kindlerville, Josh tries to gin up some baseball rivalry, the drag of celebrities, sleep strategy, Andy tries to de-Google, listener questions, and much more Spiraling.
Duration:01:49:40
Test Show #373
10/14/2024
Andy’s got Mets playoff fever, confessing to comedy crimes, Andy goes full Kindler on SNL and gets hot about Coldplay, Josh tames the tiny beast in his bed, kinks in the Slinky, listener questions, and much more Spiraling.
Duration:01:57:05
Test Show #372
10/7/2024
Andy ties one on, Kris Kristofferson, sorting out generations, Andy tries to watch baseball correctly, considering Pink Floyd, listener questions, and much more Spiraling.
Duration:01:53:17
Test Show #371
9/30/2024
Andy defends Rock and Roll romanticism, documentary viruses, a schadenfreude moment, “Freaks and Geeks” anniversary, reading “Being There”, listener questions, and much more Spiraling.
Duration:01:59:27
Test Show #370
9/23/2024
JAMES ADOMIAN joins the Spiral for the first hour to talk about his new stand-up special “Path of Most Resistance” plus: Andy tries to construct a point out of song lyrics, listener questions, and much more Spiraling.
Duration:01:58:31
Test Show #369
9/16/2024
Looking for A.I., Andy hears more books, the downside of musical elitism, post-debate kvellling, Andy gets called to cartoon duty, Josh worries about new visitors in the neighborhood eating his dog, tales of forced judaism, listener questions, and much more Spiraling.
Duration:01:41:15