Don't Be Alone with Jay Kogen
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Episodes: 129
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Don’t Be Alone with Jay Kogen is a comedy/advice podcast trying to fight the isolation of modern life. Each episode, Award winning TV writer/comedian/philosopher Jay Kogen has a conversation with a friend about how to solve the problems on Jay’s mind. These friends happen to be famous comics, musicians, actors, artists, writers, and sometimes even his family. It’s an entertaining, fun, and thoughtful show meant to bond us through humor, experience, and empathy.From Straw Hut Media
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Firesign Theater Legend Phil Proctor Discusses How Jay Has Changed The Face of Nothing
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Feb 10, 2026 |
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Writer/creators Kohan & Mutchnick Compare Their Success with Jay’s Failure Part 2
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Feb 03, 2026 |
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Writer/creators Kohan & Mutchnick Compare Their Success with Jay’s Failure Part 1
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Jan 27, 2026 |
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Performer/Writer Jim Wise Has 40 Years of History with Jay but Still Has Questions
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Jan 20, 2026 |
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Screenwriters & Scriptnotes Podcasters, John August & Craig Mazin, Wonder If Writing’s Really the “Right Fit” for Jay
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Jan 13, 2026 |
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Michael McKean Says "Dignified & Beloved" May Not Be In Jay's Future.
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Jan 06, 2026 |
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Gammill & Pross Disparage Kogen & Wolodarsky
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Dec 30, 2025 |
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UnCabaret Founder, Beth Lapides, Says Creativity Belongs To Everyone But Jay
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Dec 23, 2025 |
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Shane Black, Fred Dekker, Jim Herzfeld, & David Silverman of “The Pad O’ Guys”, explains why I’m not “Pad O Guys” Material
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Dec 16, 2025 |
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Rebel Comedy Writer/Director Larry Charles Chats About Jay’s Lack of Courage
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Dec 09, 2025 |
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Universally Loved Actor/Writer Michael Hitchcock, Explains Why Jay Isn't
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Dec 02, 2025 |
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TV Legend Dave Thomas Talks About A Life of Creating and How Jay Just Can’t
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Nov 25, 2025 |
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Comedy Legend Dave Foley Believes In Aliens More Than Jay’s Career
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Nov 18, 2025 |
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Kathy Griffin Tells Jay He’s Not Worth Gossiping About
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Nov 11, 2025 |
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Intellectual Influencer Douglas Rushkoff Says A New Society Will Save Everyone but Jay
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Nov 07, 2025 |
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"BONUS EPISODE! Author/Director Rick Beren Says Jay Would Learn More In Jail "
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Nov 07, 2025 |
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David Koechner Says Jay Is Too Old To Get Laughs
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Oct 28, 2025 |
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Writer Mike Rowe Says Jay Should Have Been Run Out Of Hollywood Years Ago
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Oct 22, 2025 |
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Friends Helen Hunt & Helen Slater Tell Jay Why He’s Not Friend Material.
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Oct 14, 2025 |
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Actor Gary Anthony Williams Can Get Alone With Anyone Except Jay
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Oct 07, 2025 |
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Ken Marino: Being Present Works For Everyone Except Jay
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Sep 30, 2025 |
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”Wicked” Scribe Winnie Holzman Attributes Her Success To Mentors, Drive, Luck, & Not Working with Jay
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Sep 23, 2025 |
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Political Guru, Mike Murphy, Says The People Have Spoken & They Don’t Want Jay
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Sep 16, 2025 |
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BONUS EPISODE! Writer Rob Kutner Encourages Jay To Be Anti-Anti-Semitic
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Sep 11, 2025 |
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Writer/Showrunner Peter Murrieta Explains Jay Needs To Give Back Everything Now
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Sep 09, 2025 |
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Simpsons Showrunner Mike Scully Confirms Jay Will Never Be Beloved
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Sep 02, 2025 |
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Joely & Tricia Leigh Fisher Remind Jay His Childhood Was Boring
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Aug 26, 2025 |
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Amy Brenneman Talks About “Normal” and How Jay Isn’t It.
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Aug 19, 2025 |
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For Writer Felipe Torres Medina USA Has Been An Amazing Journey Until He Met Jay
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Aug 12, 2025 |
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Jay’s Dad, Arnie Kogen, Talks About How Having Kids Held Him Back
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Aug 05, 2025 |
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BONUS EPISODE! Writer Turned Therapist, Phil Stark, Says Jay Should Have Given Up By Now
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Aug 01, 2025 |
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Writer/Legend Carl Gottlieb Always Makes The Scene, Jay Doesn’t.
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Jul 29, 2025 |
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Will Forte Says, “Everyone Follow Your Dream” But Maybe Not Jay
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Jul 21, 2025 |
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James L. Brooks Explains Why Jay’s Such A Disappointment
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Jul 15, 2025 |
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Writer/Comic/Activist Steve Skrovan Explores How Jay Isn’t Making Life Better For Anyone
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Jul 08, 2025 |
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Comedy Legend Thomas Lennon Explains Why Jay Is Lazy
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Jul 01, 2025 |
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Film Makers Byron Manuel & Justin Graves Say Jay’s Art Isn’t Worth Suffering For
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Jun 24, 2025 |
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Rachel Bloom Found Her People & They Are Not Jay
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Jun 17, 2025 |
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Kenya Barris Credits Jay with The Disappointing Parts of His Career
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Jun 10, 2025 |
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Director Jon Turteltaub Explains Why Jay Shouldn’t Be Happy.
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Jun 03, 2025 |
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Comic Andrea Abbate’s Hard Life Was Easier Before Jay
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May 27, 2025 |
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Maggie Baird Tells Jay Why He’s Ruining His Son’s Career
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May 20, 2025 |
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Neal Brennan Says Happiness Is Possible For Everyone But Jay
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May 13, 2025 |
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Bruce Vilanch Tells Jay He Needs To Market Himself Better
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May 06, 2025 |
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BONUS EPISODE! Actor Jim Turner Gets Stuff Done While Jay Doesn’t.
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May 02, 2025 |
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Manager Liz Kamlet Proves Jay’s Destroying His Son’s Music Career
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Apr 29, 2025 |
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BONUS EPISODE! Comic J. Elvis Weinstein Says Jay Jokes Wrong
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Apr 25, 2025 |
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Jay Gets Andy Kindler Angry
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Apr 22, 2025 |
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Zak Penn Explains Why Jay Knows Nothing About Show Business
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Apr 15, 2025 |
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Mo Welch Claims Jay’s Utter Lack of Fame Is A Blessing
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Apr 08, 2025 |
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Andy Gordon Loves Writing while Jay Podcasts to Avoid Writing
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Apr 01, 2025 |
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Actress/Activist Meredith Salenger Says Jay Needs To Fight The Mediocre Fight
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Mar 25, 2025 |
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Marianne Williamson Tells Jay That Maybe He’s Not Cut Out For Self Actualization
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Mar 18, 2025 |
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Writer Dan Ewen Says Jay's A Spoiled Brat
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Mar 11, 2025 |
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Cartoonist Extraordinaire David Silverman Explains Why Jay’s Writing The Simpsons Wasn’t What Made It Good.
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Mar 04, 2025 |
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Patton Oswalt Part 2 - The Reckoning
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Feb 25, 2025 |
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Patton Oswalt Explains Why Jay Isn’t Cool
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Feb 18, 2025 |
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Oscar Winner, Jim Rash, Knows He’ll Never Befriend Jay
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Feb 11, 2025 |
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Annie Sertich & Mindy Sterling Question Jay’s Ability To Have Friends.
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Feb 04, 2025 |
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Adam Pally Thinks People Hate Jay Kogen
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Jan 28, 2025 |
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Jay Makes Lew Schneider’s House Burning Down All About Jay
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Jan 21, 2025 |
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Writer/Directors Maya Forbes & Wallace Wolodarsky On Why Jay Is A Lousy Partner
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Jan 14, 2025 |
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Jay’s Work Friends, Nicole Sullivan & Jerry Trainor, Explain That Jay’s Has No Real Friends\
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Jan 07, 2025 |
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Matt Selman Says Jay’s Big Failure Was Leaving The Simpsons
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Dec 31, 2024 |
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Kelly Carlin-McCall Says Her Dad Is Better than Jay’s
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Dec 24, 2024 |
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Directing Legend James Burrows Explores Why Jay Lacks “That Certain Magic”.
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Dec 17, 2024 |
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Simon Rich Explains Why Jay Isn't A Good Writer.
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Dec 10, 2024 |
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Comedy Legend Jon Lovitz Say That Acting Is Easy, Comedy Is Hard, and Tennis is Even Harder And Jay Is Terrible At All Of Them.
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Dec 03, 2024 |
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Moon Zappa Says Size Doesn’t Matter When It Comes To Jay’s Trauma
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Nov 19, 2024 |
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Comic Fahim Anwar Knows Jay’s Stand-up Will Fail
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Nov 12, 2024 |
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Showrunner Jonathan Groff Questions Why Jay Would Book Him & Not the Broadway Star Jonathan Groff
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Nov 05, 2024 |
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Jennifer Tilly Explains Why Jay Is Clueless About The Plight of Actresses
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Oct 29, 2024 |
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Writer/Philosopher Eric Kaplan Dumbs It Down For Jay
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Oct 22, 2024 |
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Singer/Songwriter Steven Page Explains Why Jay’s Writing Partner Was Right To Leave Him
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Oct 15, 2024 |
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Tim Bagley Counsels Jay On Why His Bad Self Image Is Still Too Positive
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Oct 08, 2024 |
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Paul Reiser Insists Jay Isn’t Nuanced Enough
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Oct 01, 2024 |
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Grief Expert David Kessler Tells Jay He’s Going To Die Wrong
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Sep 24, 2024 |
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Actors Lawrence & David Pressman Explain Show Biz Is A Family That Jay Is Not Part Of
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Sep 17, 2024 |
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Liza Powel O’Brien Feels Jay Will Never Be a Good Partner
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Sep 10, 2024 |
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Richard Rushfield Blames Jay For The End of Show Business
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Sep 03, 2024 |
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Comic Sierra Katow Proves Jay Doesn’t Have The Will To Succeed
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Aug 27, 2024 |
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Actor/Writer Husein Madhavji & Jay Are Surprisingly Similar But Jay Is Clearly Worse.
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Aug 20, 2024 |
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Laraine Newman Says Jay Squandered His Success
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Aug 13, 2024 |
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Judd Explains Jay’s Show Ruins People's Day
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Aug 06, 2024 |
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Billy Ray Details How Jay Could Lose The Election for Kamala
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Jul 30, 2024 |
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Matt Groening Says, The Simpsons Aside, Jay’s Life Is Meaningless
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Jul 23, 2024 |
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Jade PettyJohn Tells Jay How He Destroyed The Lives of Child Actors
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Jul 16, 2024 |
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Actor Craig Bierko Warns Jay To Never Ride A Horse
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Jul 09, 2024 |
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Jim Colucci & Frank DeCaro Explain Why Jay Alienates Stars
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Jul 02, 2024 |
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Stephen Markley, Accuses Jay Of Destroying The Earth
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Jun 25, 2024 |
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Larry Wilmore Tells Jay He’s Podcasting Wrong.
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Jun 18, 2024 |
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Sklar Bros Defend Jay’s Moronic Love of Sports
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Jun 11, 2024 |
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Conan O’Brien Explains That Jay Needs to Just Shut Up
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Jun 04, 2024 |
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Weird Al Perfects His Craft While Jay Clearly Doesn't
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May 28, 2024 |
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Tony Shalhoub Declares Jay’s Too Shallow
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May 21, 2024 |
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Toby Huss Explains Why Jay Can’t Handle Adventure
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May 14, 2024 |
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Author Kliph Nesteroff Tells Jay He's Remembering His Life Wrong
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May 07, 2024 |
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David Wild’s 30 Year Party With Music’s Biggest Names & Why Jay’s Not Invited
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Apr 30, 2024 |
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Writer Eugene Garcia-Cross Explains Why Jay Isn’t Happy Enough
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Apr 23, 2024 |
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Singer Nicole Atkins Tells Jay He’s Been Squandering His Creativity
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Apr 16, 2024 |
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John Ross Bowie Explains Why He Can Meet His Heroes and Jay Can’t
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Apr 09, 2024 |
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Director Paul Feig Encourages Jay To Completely Remake Himself ASAP!
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Apr 02, 2024 |
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Millennials Tell Jay Why The Youngs Will Never Love Him.
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Mar 26, 2024 |
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Writing Legend Rob Edwards Exhorts Jay To Avoid Showbiz Disaster
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Mar 21, 2024 |
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Kevin Nealon Explains Why Jay’s Son Will Never Respect Jay
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Mar 12, 2024 |
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Actress Suzy Nakamura Explains Why Jay’s A Hack
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Mar 05, 2024 |
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Gary Gulman Explains Why Jay’s Latchkey Childhood Ruined Him
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Feb 27, 2024 |
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Bryan Cranston Details Why His Life Is So Much Better Than Jay's
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Feb 20, 2024 |
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Rizwan Manji tells Jay to not box himself in already!
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Feb 13, 2024 |
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Comedy Legend Lew Schnieder Scolds Jay for Crossing The Comedy Line
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Feb 06, 2024 |
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Kevin Nealon Shames Jay for Not Being A True Artist
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Feb 02, 2024 |
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Stephen Root Tells Jay Why He’ll Never Fit In
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Jan 30, 2024 |
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Andy Richter Explains Why It’s Great Jay Has No Chance At Being Famous
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Jan 22, 2024 |
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Jamie Denbo tells Jay Why He’ll Never Get What He Wants
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Jan 16, 2024 |
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Singer/Songwriter, Charlie Kogen, Explains Why Jay’s A Terrible Dad
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Jan 09, 2024 |
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Lisa Kudrow Explains Jay’s Marriage To Writer, Brown Kogen
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Jan 02, 2024 |
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Phil Rosenthal Tells Why Jay Doesn’t Deserve Good Things
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Dec 26, 2023 |
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Greg Grunberg Rescues Jay From The Loneliness of Modern Life
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Dec 19, 2023 |
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Richard Kind Explains Why He’s Allowed To Say Anything He Wants and Jay Isn’t
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Dec 12, 2023 |
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Dave Foley Tells Jay About UFO’s, Friendship, Comedy and Other Mysteries
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Dec 05, 2023 |
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Dana Gould Talks About Jay’s Newfound Irrelevance
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Nov 28, 2023 |
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Actor Kevin Pollak Explains to Jay Why Irresponsible Gambling Makes Sense
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Nov 21, 2023 |
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Joshua Malina Shows Jay How Social Media Doesn’t Have to Ruin Your Life
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Nov 14, 2023 |
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Wayne Federman Decides If Jay’s Too Old To Be Funny
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Nov 07, 2023 |
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Pete Holmes Explains How Jay Can Be Less Sh*tty
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Oct 31, 2023 |
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Aimee Mann Explains How to Survive the Music Industry
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Oct 27, 2023 |
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Julia Sweeney Fights Jay’s Fear of Parties
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Oct 27, 2023 |
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Steven Weber Explains Show Business
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Oct 27, 2023 |
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Introducing Don't Be Alone with Jay Kogen
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Oct 09, 2023 |