Podcast Summary: "What’s Our Website?" w/ Finn Wolfhard
What's Our Podcast? with Beck Bennett and Kyle Mooney
Release Date: December 23, 2025
Host: Headgum
Guest: Finn Wolfhard
Overview
In this episode, Beck Bennett and Kyle Mooney, former SNL cast members and creators of "What's Our Podcast?", are joined by actor, musician, and director Finn Wolfhard. The central theme is building a website for their podcast using Squarespace, with Finn helping guide their process. True to the show’s improvisational and meandering style, the hosts blend sincere conversation, offbeat humor, and wild tangents, as they collectively brainstorm what their ideal podcast website should look like — limos, pickles, fart videos, and all.
Key Discussion Points & Insights
1. Generational Internet Nostalgia
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Beck and Kyle reminisce about their early internet experiences: AOL, old-school hip-hop forums, and the heyday of quirky websites (Ebaum's World, Zanga, MySpace).
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Younger producers (Rochelle and Anya) share their memories of platforms like Zanga and LiveJournal, with nods to the music and internet culture of the 2000s.
"I remember when I first got online, we had AOL and I was really into — there was like a kids-only section..."
— Kyle (10:43)"Zanga, what is Zanga?"
— Beck (10:08) -
Generational Bridge: The show often highlights the difference between the hosts' millennial nostalgia and Finn's Gen Z sensibility, with Finn comfortably riffing on both.
2. The Importance (and Absurdity) of a Podcast Website
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Discussion about why, in today’s internet, having a website is crucial for brand and creative consolidation—beyond just social media.
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Playful riffs about the website's possible “functions,” including:
- Selling live show tickets
- Serving as a “limo school”
- Promoting fart videos
- Showcasing “home base” credibility
"The website is like a home base. You got your Instagram, sure, but the website ties it together."
— Beck (11:32)"Maybe if we really work hard, we could build a website no one has seen before."
— Kyle (13:38) -
Joking laments about aging in internet years and hoping their website might help them “catch up.”
3. Setting up the Site: Live Brainstorming with Finn Wolfhard
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Finn joins and the trio amicably argues over themes, colors, and content, with Finn proposing unexpectedly funny or “cursed” ideas (limo school, humanoid wolf images, SoundCloud widgets).
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Building the site becomes a comedic exercise, with distractions and riffs about font choices, limos, pickles, widgets, and the concept of “slopping out.”
"We're sort of an older generation... We need someone like Finn who knows what young people are up to these days."
— Kyle (29:35)"What if it was a limousine school, like... teaching people how to drive limousines?"
— Finn (37:22)
Website Sections Built On-Air (approximate timestamps)
- Header Naming Debates — [45:00–46:00]
- Choosing Themes/Colors (Pink vs Green) — [43:40–45:10]
- Selecting Images (limos, wolfman, etc.) — [53:40–55:00]
- Composing a Rap for the “About” section — [56:12–59:30]
- Embedding Fart/Hippo Videos & Discussing Widgets — [61:00–66:00]
4. Offbeat Tangents & Comedic Moments
- Ratman: Extended riff about Kyle’s "friend" Ratman, an urban legend-type comedy figure from their past who is "a nice guy, just happens to be a rat." [02:02–05:45]
- Old Website Names: Good Neighbor Stuff confusion; the hosts joke their old comedy group’s website caused branding confusion for years. [23:32]
- Porn Sites: Gleefully admitting to discovering the world’s oddest corners of the web together, in non-sexual friendship. [27:04–28:04]
- "Slop Out": Running joke about “slopping out” that morphs from website UX talk into bodily humor and then a mock-rap. [57:56–59:20]
- Pickles & Limos: As possible visual motifs for the site.
5. Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments
On Building the Website
"Let's get a list. Squarespace was like, 'We want to help you build a website,' and we’re like, hell yeah, that’s actually really, really cool..."
— Kyle (12:04)
“Maybe if we really work hard on this website, we could build a website that nobody has ever seen before.”
— Kyle (13:38)
On Generational Internet
“The Internet's just the great uniter—and divider.”
— Beck (26:40)
On Website Content
"I feel like we go us, microphone, limo, and then Thinker.”
— Beck (55:53)
Website Rap (written live)
"Our podcast is great, don't you know?
We do it with our producers who put on the show.
But don't forget, we love our guests,
And Beck Bennett, please don't make a mess.
I remember the time I first slopped out,
I did it without a paddle."
— Composed by the trio (56:12–60:18)
On Aging in Showbiz
“We’re starting to tap out.”
— Beck (44:18)
On the Oddities of Comedy
“Sometimes you just want to hold hands with your buddy while you see all the images because it can be kind of scary.”
— Beck (27:31)
Episode Structure & Timestamps
- 00:49–04:40 — Opening banter, Ratman folklore, introductions
- 05:52–08:36 — Ad read and riffing on weird YouTube turkey leg commercials
- 08:50–14:59 — Early web nostalgia, the idea of “home base” on the internet
- 15:01–22:31 — Demographics and introduction of Finn Wolfhard
- 22:44–30:09 — Deep dive: Past websites and generational gap
- 30:19–41:45 — Finn arrives, memories of SNL, imposter syndrome, and work-life balance
- 41:54–48:03 — Live website building: themes, colors, fonts, images
- 53:41–62:44 — Widget drama, fart video selection, and comedic banter
- 62:44–67:50 — Final tweaks, inside jokes, affectionate sign-off banter
- Topic Recap & Close — [77:37–79:06]
- (Credits/Others skipped)
Memorable Closing
- Finn plugs new music and the second part of the Stranger Things finale, in theaters and streaming [75:34–76:09]
- Good-natured teasing and sincere thanks from Beck and Kyle.
- The trio jokes about who will get guest list access to Finn’s shows—and about ridiculous vetting processes.
- Running joke about “slopping out” becomes shorthand for both creative goofiness and bodily disaster.
Final Thoughts
The episode is emblematic of Beck and Kyle’s podcasting identity: a mix of absurdist comedic sensibility, deep Gen X/millennial nostalgia, off-the-cuff creativity, mutual support, and genuine curiosity about the younger generation. Finn Wolfhard’s presence brings energy, earnestness, and discordant youthful input into their ongoing identity crisis as podcasters. Their ultimate “website” is an on-brand monument to whimsy, inside jokes, and friendship.
Notable Quotes by Timestamp
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On nostalgia & internet:
"The website is where... it's like a home base." — Beck (11:32) -
On slopping out:
"I remember the time I first slopped out." — Kyle (57:59) -
On Finn's creative drive:
"My personality, I feel like, is just, like, go do a bunch of stuff." — Finn (33:17) -
On loving each other:
"Dude, I feel nothing but love for you." — Finn (72:53)
"I just think I'm in love with you, man." — Beck (73:39)
For First-Time Listeners
This episode uniquely showcases the "What's Our Podcast?" spirit: earnest, absurd, and collaboratively silly. It has plenty of warmth, quick asides, extreme tangents, and genuine admiration for creativity — both from Beck and Kyle’s perspective, and Finn Wolfhard’s boundary-pushing, meme-loving worldview. Whether you’re a fan of their comedy, Finn's work, or Monty Python-esque group dynamics, it’s a joyfully meandering listen with a big heart.
