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Synopsis
A bi-weekly podcast hosted by comic Vanessa Gritton. Two people take a walk to an interesting place. Then they talk about that place. To hear all the Unpops Network shows every week, completely ad-free, sign up on our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/unpops
Episodes
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The Hollywood Canteen
02/03/2018 Duration: 45minNes and Jess talk to comedian Katie Merriam about the Hollywood Canteen, a former LA landmark where military men and women were waited on (and cleaned up after) by the biggest entertainment names of the day.
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Comfort Foods From Home
25/02/2018 Duration: 44minVanessa and Jessica talk to Anna Valenzuela and Cindy Aravena (from the Brujaja Podcast) about foods that make you miss home when you're sick (or just homesick).
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The Clubhouse
16/02/2018 Duration: 44minNes and Jess talk to comedians Sean Hyatt and Ryan O'Toole about LA improv venue The Clubhouse
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India (w/Sameer Suri)
09/02/2018 Duration: 42minThe girls sit down with Sameer Suri to talk about India, history, the desire to eat post tragedy and the cruelty of third world tailors.
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Road Trippin'
02/02/2018 Duration: 40minNes and Jess meet with husband and wife, tattoo artist Emily Effler and comedian John-Michael Bond to talk day trips, the Madonna Inn, things to do when you have 12 hours in a new city and following strangers into the desert on alien based promises.
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Sacramento With Nadav
26/01/2018 Duration: 41minNes and Jess meet with return guest Nadav Fleisher to talk about wandering around someone else’s home town during the holidays, prison shanks, Fish hatcheries, Folsom Prison and how Nadav almost ruined Vanessa’s life with a katana.
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Social Dates with Aubrey
19/01/2018 Duration: 41minVanessa and Jenn meet with LA Comedian Aubrey Jacobowitz to discuss her month of coffee dates. They discuss how to be social when you’re dealing with anxiety, putting yourself out there and giving yourself the same courtesies you give others. Oh and of course Jessica got everyone ridiculously stoned.
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Let’s All Go To The Library
03/01/2018 Duration: 50minIt’s Jessica Singer’s first episode as Co-host! Vanessa and Jess meet with LA Meekly’s Greg Gonzales to talk about the Brand Library for arts and music, scholastic book fairs, the most overdue books in the world, local resources and the worst ad read by far. We’re really excited about this one.
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Drinking Holes
22/12/2017 Duration: 01h15minVanessa joins a tipsy Kevin Anderson, Casey Clark and Radostin Zahariev to discuss their favorite drinking holes, young and dumb horror stories, play a drinking game and make a very special announcement.
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The Return of Rivers Langley and The Mexican Hat Dance of Doom
01/12/2017 Duration: 01h18minSouthern comfort Rivers Langley from episode one returns with more research and LA insanity to talk about all of the bonkers history surrounding Griffith Park and billionaire madman Griffith J Griffith (yes his name is Double Griffith). They discuss curses, history and hat dances.
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A Very Guinea Episode
07/11/2017 Duration: 52minVanessa meets with utter fucking lunatic and comedian David Rosenberg to talk all things guinea pigs, the current rescue crisis at the LA Guinea Pig shelter, she tries to talk about the importance of volunteering at shelters before David goes an a million tangents about rodents, bananas and his Jewish family. This may be the weirdest episode to date.
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Keeping the Gentleman in Gentleman’s Club
24/10/2017 Duration: 01h09minVanessa meets with Radostin Zahariev, Evan Kessler and Ian Ager to talk about LA strip club Jumbo’s Clown room as well as strip club etiquette, weird late nights and Rad’s 5 min awkward comedy album
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Nadav and the Underground Dodgeball League
17/10/2017 Duration: 38minVanessa and Nadav get together to discuss the Sandlot-ian dodgeball game of his youth, the importance of friends and groups, why grown up's are weird and angry sometimes, and why Adam is so f***ing wrong about apples, red delicious are terrible mush, ADAM.
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Hollywood Boulevard and Delusions
10/10/2017 Duration: 53minVanessa meets with comedian Justin Williams to discuss theme bars, ripoff superhero characters, if delusion is just a necessary flavor of hope and lottery tickets.
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Meltdown Comics
26/09/2017 Duration: 58minVanessa and 2/3rds of the This is Rad trio sit down to talk about the magic of Meltdown, finding the other weirdos in the world, the importance of having an open mind about passions and hosting an open mic. Also, Vanessa used to be kind of an intense maniac.
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Coral Castle and Other Monuments To Eccentricity
12/09/2017 Duration: 58minVanessa Gritton meets with old friend John Fahy to discuss the Coral Castle, the weirdest shit they've ever done for love, empty millionaires and the life's works of weirdos on display.
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The North Carolina Hardcore Scene
29/08/2017 Duration: 51minVanessa meets with Brian Cox and emergency sound guy Kasey Clark to discuss why Waffle House is the greatest dining chain of all time, the hardcore scene in North Carolina, and why no one does bloody marys or hospitality like the south.
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The Los Angeles Murder Map (Pt. 3)
22/08/2017 Duration: 57minIn the final episode of the murder map arc (downloadable custom map coming soon) Vanessa meets with the Bleak In Review boys Matt Brousseau and Kevin Anderson where they're joined by a wandering Travis Clark to discuss ghost stories, force Travis to improvise on a found guitar, bully Kevin and read Matt's insane word art manifesto. It's a weird one.
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The Los Angeles Murder Map (Pt. 2)
15/08/2017 Duration: 01h11minVanessa welcomes the duo behind the LA Meekly podcast for more talk about famous murder locations in Los Angeles