People We Know
PEOPLE WE KNOW is a podcast dedicated to our enthusiasm for and fascination with fictional characters from every creative medium. Join your host, comedian Andy Sell and his guests and co-hosts as they explore a new character each week.
- Update frequency
- every 15 days
- Average duration
- 93 minutes
- Episodes
- 29
- Years Active
- 2013 - 2014
#29 Z-Man (Beyond the Valley of the Dolls), Featuring Greg Franklin (The Drawn Together Movie)
On today's episode, Andy has a happening and it freaks him out! Animation titan Greg Franklin stopped by to talk about Z-Man, the villain (?) from the gonzo, nutso, totally whackadoo 1970 cult classi…
01:28:40 |
Thu 20 Nov 2014
#28 Frankenstein (Mary Shelley's Tortured Psyche), Featuring Rivers Langley (The Good From The Woods)
Okay, here's the deal. We've been away for a while. We know, and we're sorry, and we promise we're not going to leave you again, baby. And to prove our love (and celebrate Halloween in style) we're d…
02:31:38 |
Tue 28 Oct 2014
#27 Scrooge McDuck (Ducktales), Featuring Greg Edwards (Thug Notes)
Sparky Sweets himself, Greg Edwards, stops by the Woodry's Hardware Studios to extol his love for the 1% duck himself, Scrooge McDuck! Along the way we talk privilege, plantations, and Producer John'…
01:32:55 |
Thu 23 Oct 2014
#26 Michael Jordan (NBA Basketball), Featuring Jeff Sewing
You thought we were gone forever, but you can't keep a good podcast down! People We Know is back in your earholes, talking to Jeff Sewing about Michael Jordan and makin' Leah watch Robocop. Dig it!
01:22:27 |
Thu 25 Sep 2014
#25 Hobbes (Calvin & Hobbes), Featuring Adam Cayton-Holland (Grawlix, Those Who Can't)
We're headin' back to our childhoods this week with Adam Cayton-Holland, guys! He came all the way to LA to talk with us about the best imaginary friend ever, Calvin's best friend Hobbes. And in the …
01:16:13 |
Thu 29 May 2014
#24 Spider-Man (Does Whatever a Spider Can), Featuring Jeff May
LA-based comic, comic book nerd, and super-yoked dude Jeff May paid us a visit to talk about his favorite hero of all time, your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man! He, Andy, and Leah talk about him, J…
01:39:03 |
Tue 13 May 2014
#23 The Dude (The Big Lebowski), Featuring Ryan Pfeiffer (Crabdiving)
Spark up a doob and turn on some whale songs as we explore the Tao of the Dude with Ryan Pfeiffer, who is basically the Dude if he were into telling dirty jokes throughout the Southland. And Leah kic…
01:22:26 |
Mon 28 Apr 2014
#22 The House Lannister (Game of Thrones), Featuring Joe Dosch
It gets Machiavellian as hell this week on People we Know as we welcome Joe Dosch back to the Woodry's Hardware Studio to talk about why the House Lannister might not be all that bad. Hint: it's all …
02:04:07 |
Mon 14 Apr 2014
#21 The Undertaker (WWE), featuring Paul Laier
To celebrate Wrestlemania 30 this Sunday, Paul Laier came by to discuss his favorite pro wrestler, the Dead Man himself - The Undertaker! The audio quality's kinda dodgy, but it's a great conversatio…
01:48:58 |
Thu 03 Apr 2014
#20 Silver Surfer (Marvel Comics), Featuring Phil Gould
Chicago's own Stephanie Hasz steps up to the co-host mic to fill in for Leah, as we sit down with the hilarious Phil Gould to talk about Marvel's greatest cosmic character (and Phil's spirit animal),…
01:32:18 |
Tue 11 Mar 2014
#19 Peter Venkman (Ghostbusters), Featuring Rye Silverman (Chick Like Me)
We could tell you what we ain't afraid of, but you probably already know. Rye Silverman came by the Woodry's Hardware Studios to talk about most peoples' favorite Ghostbuster, Peter Venkman. Come for…
01:19:46 |
Mon 03 Mar 2014
#18 Phil Connors (Groundhog Day), Featuring Adam Allgood
Andy and Leah gather 'round the table with Los Angeles-based comedian Adam Allgood to talk about Groundhog Day's Phil Connors, enlightenment, and the vast, reachless despair of Phil's existence in a …
01:18:21 |
Tue 18 Feb 2014
#17 Bane (Batman), featuring John Gallagher
John Gallagher stops by the Woodry's Hardware Studios to talk about comics' (narratively) thinnest villain, Bane. Along the way, we get a pretty thorough outline of the politics of a typical straight…
01:16:08 |
Mon 03 Feb 2014
#16 Vinnie Chase (Entourage), featuring Will Weldon
We know two things about Will Weldon: he's funny as hell, and he's both fascinated and repulsed by Entourage's Vinnie Chase. Join us in the Woodry's Hardware Studio as we brave multiple awkward edit …
01:28:52 |
Wed 22 Jan 2014
#15 Chief Tyrol (Battlestar Galactica), featuring Dave Ross (Terrified with Dave Ross)
Comedian and host of the Nerdist podcast "Terrified", Dave Ross, blows into the Woodry's Hardward Studio like a wonderful hurricane to talk about internet shock culture, working class heroism, workin…
02:01:08 |
Mon 23 Dec 2013
#14 The Doctor (Doctor Who) - Part 1, featuring Rye Silverman (Chick Like Me Blog) and Monika Scott (End of the World Show)
To celebrate the upcoming 50th anniversary of Doctor Who, Andy sits down with a whole bunch of Whovians who explain why they love the show so much, and try to convince him to give the show a chance.
01:28:27 |
Wed 20 Nov 2013
#13 Monsters We Know Part 4 - Halloween Halloween Roundtable, feat. Robert Kerr, Dan Ast, and more!
To celebrate the 35th anniversary of arguably the greatest horror film of all time, we assemble a team of fans and newcomers for a roundtable discussion of the Halloween franchise. Happy Halloween, F…
01:49:55 |
Wed 30 Oct 2013
#12 Monsters We Know Part 3 - Ash Williams (The Evil Dead Trilogy) featuring JC Currais
Listen up, you primitive screwheads! JC Currais is our guest this week as we have a chin-wag about Ash from the Evil Dead series. Leah watches Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Andy feels sorry for Ichabod…
01:31:21 |
Sat 26 Oct 2013
#11 Monsters We Know Part 2 - Vincent Price (House on Haunted Hill, Abominable Dr. Phibes, and more!), featuring Bill Kopp (Eek! the Cat himself!)
In a Very Special episode, Eek! the Cat himself, writer/director/animator/voice actor Bill Kopp joins us to discuss the Vengeful Characters of Iconic Horror Legend Vincent Price. Leah watches Re-Anim…
01:31:52 |
Fri 18 Oct 2013
#10 Monsters We Know Part 1 - Chucky (Child's Play), featuring Zack Kahn, and more!
We kick off our month-long Halloween celebration with comedian/musician/writer Zack Kahn discussing his obsession with America's favorite wise-cracking murderous doll, Chucky! Leah shares her thought…
01:36:17 |
Sat 12 Oct 2013
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