ListenerReader reports the newsworthy moments from the podcast world: who said what, why it matters, and where to hear it. Recaps, interviews, and analysis across the shows that drive the conversation.https://listenerreader.com/en-ushttps://listenerreader.com/story/don-lincoln-has-spent-30-years-looking-for-dark-matter-and-has-absolut/https://listenerreader.com/story/don-lincoln-has-spent-30-years-looking-for-dark-matter-and-has-absolut/The Fermilab physicist makes a compelling case for something he cannot find, cannot name, and cannot stop thinking about.Tue, 02 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTinterviewshttps://listenerreader.com/story/gayle-kings-cheating-story-is-a-perfect-disaster-and-megyn-kelly-canno/https://listenerreader.com/story/gayle-kings-cheating-story-is-a-perfect-disaster-and-megyn-kelly-canno/A bath towel, a Jamaican nanny, a pair of psychologists, and one very long ride to the train station.Tue, 02 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTinterviewshttps://listenerreader.com/story/dr-abud-bakri-knows-where-the-peptides-come-from-and-its-all-china/https://listenerreader.com/story/dr-abud-bakri-knows-where-the-peptides-come-from-and-its-all-china/A 33-year-old internal medicine physician walks into the Huberman Lab and proceeds to explain why millions of people are injecting compounds sourced from one Croatian research group and one country.Mon, 01 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMThealthhttps://listenerreader.com/story/ex-google-insider-mo-gawdat-says-your-job-has-about-three-years/https://listenerreader.com/story/ex-google-insider-mo-gawdat-says-your-job-has-about-three-years/The former Google X chief business officer comes to The Diary of a CEO with a countdown clock and a dim view of Sam Altman's recent pivot to optimism.Mon, 01 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTmoneyhttps://listenerreader.com/story/jessie-inchausp%C3%A9-says-your-breakfast-is-why-you-feel-terrible-by-10-am/https://listenerreader.com/story/jessie-inchausp%C3%A9-says-your-breakfast-is-why-you-feel-terrible-by-10-am/The Glucose Goddess on sugar crashes, aging like a chicken in an oven, and why orange juice is basically a can of Coke.Mon, 01 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTmoneyhttps://listenerreader.com/story/joe-mcmoneagle-says-he-found-russias-typhoon-sub-with-his-mind-a-sovie/https://listenerreader.com/story/joe-mcmoneagle-says-he-found-russias-typhoon-sub-with-his-mind-a-sovie/The CIA's star remote viewer told the National Security Council about a monster submarine. They called it fantasy. Then they took the photos.Mon, 01 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTinterviewshttps://listenerreader.com/story/mark-bowden-reads-the-room-meghans-empty-plaza-blakes-fury-and-kylies-/https://listenerreader.com/story/mark-bowden-reads-the-room-meghans-empty-plaza-blakes-fury-and-kylies-/The Nerve's body language expert makes his case that fame is just insecurity in expensive linen.Sat, 30 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTinterviewshttps://listenerreader.com/story/benjamin-hardy-says-youre-measuring-yourself-wrong-and-he-has-the-vikt/https://listenerreader.com/story/benjamin-hardy-says-youre-measuring-yourself-wrong-and-he-has-the-vikt/The organizational psychologist behind 'The Gap and the Gain' explains why hitting your goals might make you feel worse, and what Mr. Beast figured out at 17 that most adults never do.Fri, 29 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTmoneyhttps://listenerreader.com/story/don-lincoln-wants-you-to-understand-why-time-is-weirder-than-you-think/https://listenerreader.com/story/don-lincoln-wants-you-to-understand-why-time-is-weirder-than-you-think/A Fermilab physicist walks Lex Fridman through the history of spacetime, and the most interesting part is what nobody actually understands.Fri, 29 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTinterviewshttps://listenerreader.com/story/five-guests-on-the-secret-to-a-good-marriage-and-one-of-them-is-actual/https://listenerreader.com/story/five-guests-on-the-secret-to-a-good-marriage-and-one-of-them-is-actual/Shawn Ryan asks five people the same question and gets five answers that range from profound to a GPS dog collar ad.Fri, 29 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTinterviewshttps://listenerreader.com/story/david-bachs-2740-sermon-is-both-simple-and-incomplete-which-is-exactly/https://listenerreader.com/story/david-bachs-2740-sermon-is-both-simple-and-incomplete-which-is-exactly/The 'Automatic Millionaire' guy brought a brick of cash to London and made a very clean argument for a very messy reality.Thu, 28 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTmoneyhttps://listenerreader.com/story/dr-tara-narula-wants-you-to-stop-trying-to-bounce-back/https://listenerreader.com/story/dr-tara-narula-wants-you-to-stop-trying-to-bounce-back/The cardiologist and TV medical correspondent makes the case that resilience isn't recovery, it's transformation, and your cardiovascular system is paying close attention either way.Thu, 28 May 2026 00:00:00 GMThealthhttps://listenerreader.com/story/nate-bargatze-is-building-a-theme-park-with-his-own-money-and-he-knows/https://listenerreader.com/story/nate-bargatze-is-building-a-theme-park-with-his-own-money-and-he-knows/The cleanest comedian in the game comes on This Past Weekend to talk about his new movie, his Nashville theme park, and why he thinks stand-up is the last place you can hear a real person.Wed, 27 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTcomedyhttps://listenerreader.com/story/tina-fey-has-no-beef-with-timoth%C3%A9e-chalamet-and-god-is-fair/https://listenerreader.com/story/tina-fey-has-no-beef-with-timoth%C3%A9e-chalamet-and-god-is-fair/The 30 Rock creator stops by New Heights to settle the great Knicks game manspreading controversy once and for all.Wed, 27 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTculturehttps://listenerreader.com/story/tina-fey-on-athletes-almonds-and-why-she-cant-get-her-kids-to-watch-30/https://listenerreader.com/story/tina-fey-on-athletes-almonds-and-why-she-cant-get-her-kids-to-watch-30/The Kelce brothers haul in Tina Fey and Nate Bargatze for an episode that somehow covers manspreading at MSG, a Cleveland Guardians ownership stake, and the origin of Nashville hot chicken.Wed, 27 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTculturehttps://listenerreader.com/story/michio-kaku-says-were-probably-not-in-a-simulation-and-he-has-71-years/https://listenerreader.com/story/michio-kaku-says-were-probably-not-in-a-simulation-and-he-has-71-years/The string theory co-founder visits Diary of a CEO and does something rare: he actually answers the big questions, then politely dismantles one of the internet's favorite cosmic theories.Wed, 27 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTculturehttps://listenerreader.com/story/martin-mallaloy-flew-to-austin-from-cleveland-and-stole-kill-tonys-ent/https://listenerreader.com/story/martin-mallaloy-flew-to-austin-from-cleveland-and-stole-kill-tonys-ent/A 60-year-old schizophrenic comedian with an enlarged prostate, a frog-killing past, and a Opie & Anthony legacy walks into the Comedy Mothership and leaves with a golden ticket.Tue, 26 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTcomedyhttps://listenerreader.com/story/daniel-pink-has-26000-regrets-to-show-you-and-thats-the-good-news/https://listenerreader.com/story/daniel-pink-has-26000-regrets-to-show-you-and-thats-the-good-news/The author of 'The Power of Regret' joins Mel Robbins to make the case that the emotion you've been running from is actually the most useful one you have.Mon, 25 May 2026 00:00:00 GMThealthhttps://listenerreader.com/story/jeff-cavaliere-says-your-back-pain-is-a-glute-problem/https://listenerreader.com/story/jeff-cavaliere-says-your-back-pain-is-a-glute-problem/The Athlean-X founder makes the case that the small muscles everyone ignores are the only reason the big lifts keep working.Mon, 25 May 2026 00:00:00 GMThealthhttps://listenerreader.com/story/michio-kaku-will-not-tell-you-whether-aliens-exist-no-matter-what-you-/https://listenerreader.com/story/michio-kaku-will-not-tell-you-whether-aliens-exist-no-matter-what-you-/The theoretical physicist comes prepared with one answer for every question: maybe.Sat, 23 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTculturehttps://listenerreader.com/story/ari-matti-came-to-america-for-stand-up-and-ended-up-in-stanley-park/https://listenerreader.com/story/ari-matti-came-to-america-for-stand-up-and-ended-up-in-stanley-park/The Estonian comedian tells Theo Von about gay cruising, communist censorship, and why a wet foot at 34 is a medical emergency.Fri, 22 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTcomedyhttps://listenerreader.com/story/steve-carell-and-amy-poehler-compare-notes-on-bombing-boston-and-the-b/https://listenerreader.com/story/steve-carell-and-amy-poehler-compare-notes-on-bombing-boston-and-the-b/Two Second City survivors swap war stories, and the most revealing thing either of them says is about failure.Tue, 24 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTcomedyhttps://listenerreader.com/story/will-ferrell-didnt-know-he-wrote-elf-and-other-things-harland-williams/https://listenerreader.com/story/will-ferrell-didnt-know-he-wrote-elf-and-other-things-harland-williams/The Harland Highway podcast reunites two Superstar co-stars, produces a fake ancestry reveal, and somehow ends with a cappella cowbell.Tue, 24 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTcomedyhttps://listenerreader.com/story/jennifer-lawrence-knows-exactly-what-shes-doing/https://listenerreader.com/story/jennifer-lawrence-knows-exactly-what-shes-doing/On Good Hang, Lawrence shows up as the rare famous person who is simultaneously very funny, very real, and apparently very willing to flash Amy Poehler on a podcast.Tue, 20 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMTcomedyhttps://listenerreader.com/story/kristen-wiig-tells-amy-poehler-she-packed-up-her-car-after-a-dollar-a-/https://listenerreader.com/story/kristen-wiig-tells-amy-poehler-she-packed-up-her-car-after-a-dollar-a-/Two SNL legends talk Groundlings, ghosts, Real Housewives of Salt Lake City, and the particular horror of being asked to tell a story at a dinner party.Tue, 30 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMTcomedyhttps://listenerreader.com/story/john-mulaney-john-mayer-jimmy-carr-jim-gaffigan-and-jim-downey-walk-in/https://listenerreader.com/story/john-mulaney-john-mayer-jimmy-carr-jim-gaffigan-and-jim-downey-walk-in/Five guests, one episode, and a running lawsuit fantasy that somehow becomes the most coherent bit of the whole thing.Fri, 12 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMTcomedyhttps://listenerreader.com/story/aubrey-plaza-tells-amy-poehler-about-the-gorge-inside-her-grief/https://listenerreader.com/story/aubrey-plaza-tells-amy-poehler-about-the-gorge-inside-her-grief/The most requested guest in Good Hang history shows up with sunglasses on, a sick dog, and more to say than she lets on.Tue, 19 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMTcomedyhttps://listenerreader.com/story/tina-fey-tells-amy-poehler-she-has-to-kill-every-time/https://listenerreader.com/story/tina-fey-tells-amy-poehler-she-has-to-kill-every-time/The first episode of Good Hang is less a podcast debut than a reunion special where the guest happens to be the host's comedy wife.Tue, 18 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMTcomedyhttps://listenerreader.com/story/adam-sandler-on-happy-gilmore-2-bobby-bouchers-nfl-career-and-why-he-s/https://listenerreader.com/story/adam-sandler-on-happy-gilmore-2-bobby-bouchers-nfl-career-and-why-he-s/The Sandman shows up on New Heights and turns a sports podcast into a forty-minute masterclass in being exactly yourself.Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMTcomedyhttps://listenerreader.com/story/will-ferrell-drafted-ron-burgundy-as-qb-and-bombed-his-snl-debut-hes-f/https://listenerreader.com/story/will-ferrell-drafted-ron-burgundy-as-qb-and-bombed-his-snl-debut-hes-f/The Anchorman star visits New Heights to talk hockey stunts, getting rejected twenty times on Anchorman, and why Lorne Michaels is constitutionally incapable of a compliment.Fri, 10 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMTcomedyhttps://listenerreader.com/story/bill-hader-and-ted-danson-bond-over-the-one-thing-funnier-people-are-s/https://listenerreader.com/story/bill-hader-and-ted-danson-bond-over-the-one-thing-funnier-people-are-s/Two of the most decorated comedy actors alive spend ninety minutes comparing anxiety attacks, SNL nightmares, and the specific horror of bombing in front of a Sarah Palin crowd.Wed, 13 Nov 2024 00:00:00 GMTcomedyhttps://listenerreader.com/story/adam-sandler-on-bombing-kevin-meany-and-why-he-said-yes-to-the-netflix/https://listenerreader.com/story/adam-sandler-on-bombing-kevin-meany-and-why-he-said-yes-to-the-netflix/Two hours and forty minutes of comedians talking about comedy, and almost none of it is boring.Tue, 13 Aug 2024 00:00:00 GMTcomedyhttps://listenerreader.com/story/bill-hader-on-celebrity-text-chains-van-halen-brothers-and-the-oompa-l/https://listenerreader.com/story/bill-hader-on-celebrity-text-chains-van-halen-brothers-and-the-oompa-l/The Barry creator stops by The Best Show to discuss fake press conferences, David Lee Roth's inexplicable EP, and a pitch to the Roald Dahl estate that died on arrival.Wed, 24 Jul 2024 00:00:00 GMTcomedyhttps://listenerreader.com/story/tina-fey-on-las-culturistas-great-americans-mozzarella-stick-math-and-/https://listenerreader.com/story/tina-fey-on-las-culturistas-great-americans-mozzarella-stick-math-and-/The woman who wrote Mean Girls shows up, delivers a masterclass in institutional wisdom, and tells Bowen Yang his podcast career has maybe one year left.Wed, 07 Feb 2024 00:00:00 GMTcomedyhttps://listenerreader.com/story/john-mulaney-ate-hot-wings-at-11-am-and-told-the-truth-about-rehab/https://listenerreader.com/story/john-mulaney-ate-hot-wings-at-11-am-and-told-the-truth-about-rehab/Baby J is Mulaney's best special, he says, and on Hot Ones he gave you the receipts between tears and fish-food flavors.Thu, 29 Jun 2023 00:00:00 GMTcomedyhttps://listenerreader.com/story/john-mulaney-tells-theo-von-about-the-gorilla-in-his-head/https://listenerreader.com/story/john-mulaney-tells-theo-von-about-the-gorilla-in-his-head/Two comedians who have spent serious time in the wreckage compare notes on cocaine, sobriety, and chasing the version of yourself that existed before things got dark.Tue, 18 Apr 2023 00:00:00 GMTcomedyhttps://listenerreader.com/story/john-mulaney-on-arenas-addiction-and-the-snl-writer-who-thought-he-cou/https://listenerreader.com/story/john-mulaney-on-arenas-addiction-and-the-snl-writer-who-thought-he-cou/Mulaney joins Dana Carvey and David Spade to talk sobriety, Madison Square Garden, and why Mickey Rooney wanted to shoot a serial killer.Fri, 07 Oct 2022 00:00:00 GMTcomedyhttps://listenerreader.com/story/will-ferrell-runs-a-hamster-wheel-50-feet-in-the-air-and-still-had-to-/https://listenerreader.com/story/will-ferrell-runs-a-hamster-wheel-50-feet-in-the-air-and-still-had-to-/A quarantine-era Conan interview that doubles as proof Will Ferrell genuinely cannot stop performing, even when strapped inside a steel contraption above a film set.Tue, 07 Jul 2020 00:00:00 GMTcomedyhttps://listenerreader.com/story/will-ferrell-thought-the-last-dab-was-just-ceremonial-it-was-not/https://listenerreader.com/story/will-ferrell-thought-the-last-dab-was-just-ceremonial-it-was-not/The comedy legend shows up without Julia Louis-Dreyfus, with an active ulcer, and still eats every wing.Thu, 20 Feb 2020 00:00:00 GMTcomedy