Podcast
Entry Level with Brooks Wheelan
Hosted by All Things Comedy · EN
This is a podcast about all those jobs we've had that sucked. Each episode Brooks will interview a guest and find out what garbage they had to put up with before they got to the position they're in now. Plus if you have any hellish jobs of your own you want to share email entrylevelwithbrookswheelan@gmail.com
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Episode 276 - Alex Cameron
1w ago01:38:06Tap to summarizeAlex Cameron (rad musician) talks about working at Foot Locker in Sydney, spending his summers in Deep Water, Australia, and how he got into making some of the coolest music out there. Check out Alex's first band Seekae here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2klcVENrEnQ See Brooks on tour: brookswheelan.com/dates
Transcribe →Episode 275 - Rob Sand (the reasonable cool dude running for Governor of Iowa)
3w ago01:14:07Tap to summarizeRob Sand (Democratic Nominee for The Governor of Iowa) talks with Brooks about growing in Iowa at the same time only about 30 miles apart. Rob talks about catching chickens when he was 14, working at the McDonalds in Decorah, IA, and becoming an overseas male model almost on accident. It's a great conversation. Rob rocks. You can look more into Rob and donate to his campaign here: https://robsand.com/ You can get Rob's book here: https://www.amazon.com/Winning-Ticket-Uncovering-Americas-Biggest/dp/1640123717 You can catch Brooks on tour here: brookswheelan.com/dates
Transcribe →Episode 274 - Amy Miller
Mar 401:22:06Tap to summarizeAmy Miller (comic and friend) talks about growing up religious outside San Francisco and what it was like to work in video rental stores. Check out her podcast here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/whos-your-god-a-comedy-and-religion-podcast/id1247629653
Transcribe →Episode 273 - Mike Bridenstine talks about the Kansas City and Chicago comedy scenes
Nov 2601:14:40Tap to summarizeMike Bridenstine (great pal and author) comes on to talk about his new book where he writes about the MidWest comedy scene in the mid 2000s. Get his book here: https://www.amazon.com/Kansas-City-Comedy-Unbelievable-Stanford/dp/146717016X
Transcribe →Episode 272 - Mike Mitchell ranks fast food and talks about sketch comedy
Oct 2301:44:37Tap to summarizeMike Mitchell (Birthday Boys/The Doughboys Podcast) talks about getting into sketch comedy, what UCB was like when it first opened, and discusses his "holy trinity" of fast food restaurants. Listen to The Doughboys here: https://headgum.com/doughboys Subscribe to Brooks' travel substack here: https://brookswheelan.substack.com/
Transcribe →Episode 271 - Barry Rothbart talks about comedy in the 2010s
Aug 2901:15:41Tap to summarizeBarry Rothbart (Wolf of Wall street/stand up comic/Brooks' neighbor for a long time) talks about his new podcast "Searching for Allan Rothbart." Brooks and Barry also talk about doing comedy together for almost 20 years. Check out Barry's new podcast: https://www.audible.com/pd/Searching-for-Allan-Rothbart-Audiobook/B0FH5LVKYC?srsltid=AfmBOoo2uY0fe5y6-4Bj9q6LqdiJlI6rEQCWATfu0ysqS55-MxvcjQ0x See Brooks live on tour: brookswheelan.com/dates
Transcribe →Episode 270 - Whitmer Thomas talks about being in WEAPONS
Aug 2001:21:27Tap to summarizeWhitmer Thomas (friend and currently in the #1 movie in the world) talks about being in Weapons and also just other movie junk. Also Brooks talks about his European adventure. Its a fun episode! Check out Whit's new music video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VK5Ax6M7vcI
Transcribe →Episode 269 - Ryan Rosenberg talks about UCB and improv
Jun 1901:21:22Tap to summarizeRyan Rosenberg (UCB/One of Brooks' first friends in LA) talks about taking UCB classes, scooping ice cream in high school, and crushing it at The Cheesecake Factory. Check Ryan's sketch group Big Grande here: https://biggrandewebsite.com/
Transcribe →Episode 268 - Carmen Christopher talks Iowa and Chicago
May 22, 202501:21:06Tap to summarizeCarmen Christopher (The Bear/Joe Pera Talks with You/English Teacher) comes back to talk about going to the University of Iowa the same time as Brooks, being killer salesman in Chicago, and almost joining the military. Check out Carmen's new special: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MoHTvTrfB2g Check out Carmen's old special: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-HUeu0QjLY See Brooks on tour: brookswheelan.com/dates
Transcribe →Episode 267 - Charlotte McKinney talks about being in a viral Super Bowl ad
May 15, 202500:57:46Tap to summarizeCharlotte McKinney (model/acrtess/comedian) talks about growing up outside Orlando and modeling for her dad's car dealership, dropping out of high school and moving to Miami to pursue modeling, and ending up in a viral Carl's Jr. Super Bowl commercial. Check out Charlotte's podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/what-do-they-know-with-lovitz-mckinney/id1783673107
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