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Matt Wilstein
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Senior editor at The Daily Beast and host of The Last Laugh podcast: https://pod.link/1456474041 | [email protected]
You can now watch this really great conversation with the brilliant @pattonoswalt.bsky.social — and subscribe to our new YouTube channel while you’re at it...

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Patton Oswalt Takes on Trump, Kimmel, Comedy’s Civil War
YouTube video by The Daily Beast‘s Obsessed
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November 21, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Third appearance from @pattonoswalt.bsky.social just might be the best yet!

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Patton Oswalt: Trump, Kimmel, and the State of Stand-Up Comedy
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November 19, 2025 at 12:27 PM
“Look, I am clearly no stranger to sharing upsetting numbers with my audience, but please do kill me if I ever start doing pedophile math.”

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John Oliver Unloads on Megyn Kelly’s ‘Pedophile Math’
“Look, I am clearly no stranger to sharing upsetting numbers with my audience...” the “Last Week Tonight” host quipped.
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November 17, 2025 at 5:24 AM
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NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.

Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
“I don’t imagine that anyone really thinks that. Maybe I’m delusional, but I think deep down everybody knows, like, come on.”

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‘Portlandia’ Star Responds to Trump’s Fake Portland War
The “Saturday Night Live” and “Portlandia” star says he isn’t so sure anyone—besides Donald Trump—actually believes that Portland is on fire.
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November 15, 2025 at 12:41 AM
New podcast episode today with a true all-timer…

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Fred Armisen: SNL, ‘Portlandia,’ and ‘100 Sound Effects’
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November 12, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Of course Cheryl Hines chose Bill Maher over Larry David.

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Cheryl Hines Goes After Larry David With Bill Maher: ‘That Was Crazy’
“I didn’t even read it,” Maher admitted of David’s essay slamming him in “The New Yorker.”
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November 10, 2025 at 9:46 PM
New podcast episode with the writer of the most 2025 movie of 2025…

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‘Bugonia’ Writer Will Tracy: ‘The Onion,’ John Oliver, and ‘Succession’
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November 5, 2025 at 3:37 PM
What a career this woman has had… we talk all about it on this week’s podcast!

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Alex Borstein: ‘MADtv,’ ‘Family Guy,’ and ‘Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’
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October 29, 2025 at 4:38 PM
🙏 LA Press Club
October 28, 2025 at 10:38 PM
“Me and him would text each other in the middle of the night. Kenan even said, you and Lorne’s relationship is fucking weird. And I was like, I’m telling you, if me and Lorne met [back in the day], I would’ve been his baby mama.”

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Leslie Jones Tells All on Trump, Lorne, and Life After ‘SNL’
The “Saturday Night Live” all-star goes deep on her struggles and successes at the show and her electric new stand-up hour “Life Part 2.”
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October 23, 2025 at 8:16 PM
So many insane stories in this new podcast ep today with Leslie Fucking Jones!

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SNL’s Leslie Jones: Lorne Michaels, Donald Trump, and ‘Life Part 2’
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October 22, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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This is what the 25th Amendment is for.
Trump posts AI video showing him literally dumping shit on America
October 19, 2025 at 5:42 AM
This week on The Last Laugh podcast — Colin Hanks goes deep on the life and legacy of John Candy

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‘John Candy: I Like Me’ Director Colin Hanks
Podcast Episode · The Last Laugh · 10/15/2025 · 46m
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October 15, 2025 at 3:04 PM
“Seeing Larry in a MAGA hat was so jarring, it would be like seeing Trump in a NAACP hat.”

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How Larry David Ended Up Wearing a MAGA Hat on ‘Curb’
In this exclusive excerpt from the new oral history book “No Lessons Learned” cast and crew break down the iconic image from the show’s 10th season.
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October 9, 2025 at 3:16 PM
New podcast episode today with the dope queen herself, Phoebe Robinson!

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Spotify – Web Player
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October 8, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Hard to believe we’re back here again.

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Sherri Shepherd Sounds Alarm on ‘SNL’ Casting ‘Emergency’
“SNL, do not disappoint us,” Shepherd said on her show Monday.
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October 6, 2025 at 6:10 PM
This is exactly what Saudi Arabia was paying for.

“It’s easier to talk here than it is in America.”

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Dave Chappelle Uses Saudi Show to Slam America on Free Speech
The comedian cited Charlie Kirk as an example of the things he can’t “talk about in America.”
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October 2, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Will Forte is back on The Last Laugh podcast this week!

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SNL’s Will Forte: ‘SNL50,’ ‘The Four Seasons,’ and ‘Haunted Hotel’
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October 1, 2025 at 4:07 PM
“We hit both sides equally and we try to make everybody laugh... so really I just keep my head down and make sure the jokes are funny.”

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Jimmy Fallon ‘Keeping His Head Down’ After Kimmel Suspension
The “both sides” late-night host awkwardly dodged a question about he may or may not stand up to Trump’s FCC goon.
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September 30, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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Dave Chappelle looking dead inside while promoting the Riyadh Comedy Festival
September 28, 2025 at 11:41 PM