Headgum
Address: Los Angeles, CA, USA
Headgum is an LA-based comedy podcast network
Website: headgum.com
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About Headgum
Headgum is an LA & NY-based podcast network creating premium podcasts with the funniest, most engaging voices in comedy to achieve one goal: Making our audience and ourselves laugh. The network produces hit shows such as Doughboys, Dead Eyes, Newcomers with Lauren Lapkus & Nicole Byer, We’re Here To Help with Jake Johnson & Gareth Reynolds, Senses Working Overtime with David Cross, and Not Another D&D Podcast.
Latest news
- Jun 24: The Downside with Gianmarco Soresi has been picked up by comedy podcast network Headgum. Stand up comedian and lifelong cynic Gianmarco Soresi and Russell Daniels interview guests ranging from up-and-coming comedians to people more famous than them, and encourage their guests to complain about their childhood, careers and daily lives.
- Mar 6: Headgum launches Wayne Brady's What If?! with Jonathan Mangum today - the actor, producer, singer, dancer, songwriter, author, and television personality Wayne Brady and fellow improviser Jonathan Mangum interview special guests about their life and career, creating “What If?!” scenarios along the way that evolve into fully improvised songs, games, and scenes, with live musical accompaniment in every episode. Creative Artists Agency (CAA), which represents Headgum and Brady, brokered the deal.
- Dec 4, 2024: Exclusive: Since 2019, Andrew Michaan and Cole Hersch have set up their folding table and microphones for Podcast But Outside - interviewing strangers and celebrities alike, all for a guest fee of $1. The show today moves to comedy podcast network Headgum, which has had quite the acquisition spree recently. We also hear that Cole is to leave the show - today's new episode is his last.
- Nov 15, 2024: Headgum are making you an offer you can't refuse - a new comedy podcast called Chicken Podmesan. NYC-based comedians, Dan Licata (SNL, Late Night with Seth Meyers) and Nick Naney (The Tonight Show) are hosting the six-episode part improv / part interview comedy series, where they play characters interviewing Italian-American figures and comedians, discussing all aspects of Italian American life - from the food and their family antics to why there are so many guys named Tony.
- Nov 5, 2024: Why Won’t You Date Me? with Nicole Byer has joined comedy podcast network Headgum. The first show under the new partnership features an interview with comedian and personal friend of Nicole, Lauren Lapkus (Orange Is the New Black, Crashing, The Big Bang Theory). As part of the deal, Nicole will begin recording video episodes from Headgum’s LA and NYC studios. Headgum will also manage the show’s ad sales through Gumball.
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