Don't Be Alone with Jay Kogen

Your Life Isn’t as Interesting as You Think — Bill Martin & Mike Schiff

What happens when two veteran comedy writers start questioning everything they were taught about writing? Jay sits down with Bill Martin and Mike Schiff, the longtime wr

King of Queens Writer/director Michael Weithorn - Learning to be THE BOSS

Michael J. Weithorn knows a thing or two about making television work — and about what happens when it doesn’t. The creator of The King of Queens joins Jay Kogen to talk

Does Nerve Run in the Family? Comedy Siblings Allan & Phyllis Katz on Risk & Spit Takes

Can comedy run in the family? M*A*S*H and Laugh-In writer/producer Allan Katz and Groundlings pioneer Phyllis Katz join Jay Kogen to compare the wildly different paths t

When Should You Push? When Should You Back Off? | Christian Duguay (Valley Heat)

When does pushing for what you want become pushing too far? Jay sits down with comedian, writer, performer, and Valley Heat creator Christian Duguay for a conversation a

Why This Arrested Development Writer Hates Having a Boss

From Arrested Development to insubordinate rebels: John Levenstein tells all. Long before podcasting was cool, John Levenstein (Arrested Development, Kroll Show) was alr

Can America Still Be Saved? | PoliticsGirl

Is America really doomed or is there still a path forward? In this episode of Don't Be Alone, Jay Kogen sits down with Leigh McGowan, better known as Politics Girl, for

Writer/Life Coach, Barbara Heller Turns An On Stage Panic Attack Into A Life Quest

Barbara Heller talks about walking away from the perfect man just before her wedding and breaking down with a mid-life panic attack on stage and committing to being a Jew

Writing Legend Don Reo Makes It Look Easy. Jay Makes It Look Awkward

Show Notes: On this episode legendary writer and show creator talks about being the first white guy on stage at the Apollo, getting a show about alcoholics cancelled beca

Leah Rudick Succeeds at Acting, Stand-up, Writing & Jay Doesn't

Brilliant comic, Leah Rudick, talks about growing up in Ohio, being a drama kid, writing and doing sketch comedy, and eventually moving out to LA and becoming a stand-up.

Claudia Lonow & Jonathan Schmock Pioneer Making Films While Jay Pioneers Eating Snacks

 What happens when two people with complicated pasts — failed marriages, sobriety journeys, and a chance meeting at a 4th of July party — fall in love but decide not to m

Re-Broadcast: Directing Legend James Burrows Explores Why Jay Lacks “That Certain Magic”

In memory of the great James Borrows we rebroadcasting this episode of "Dont Be Alone with Jay Kogen". We talk with James Burrows about his reign as Hollywood's greatest

Harper Steele Found Her Authentic Self While Jay Is A Total Fake

Harper Steele talks about transitioning and the differences in how she experiences the world as a woman and how the world experiences her.  The differences in parenting,

Screenwriting Legends Scott Alexander & Larry Karaszewski Love Movies but Don’t Love Jay

Screenwriting Legends SCOTT ALEXANDER and LARRY KARASZEWSKI discuss their origin stories of being film nerds, drive-in movies, how looking on the back of Variety was glor

Friends/Co-writers Peter Farrelly & Bennett Yellin Talk About Lifelong Connection & How Jay Has None Of That

Bennett Yellin and Peter Farrelly talk about meeting each other in school and immediately connecting over their shared sense of humor. Bennett talks about substance abuse

Actress/Writer Cheri Oteri Is Optimistic About Everything But Jay

Cheri talks about growing up in a rough house with a lot of kids and a young mom and pretending to escape and maybe grab some attention. She talks about imitating TV show

Michael Elias wrote "The Jerk", Jay IS The Jerk

Writer, Michael Elias, talks about growing up in the Catskills, where you had to make your money in the summer to survive the winter, and how that created a lot of tensio

Author/Actress Annabelle Gurwitch Has Cancer Yet Jay Is The Worst Thing That Ever Happened to Her.

Actress/Author Annabelle Gurwitch talks about living with stage 4 cancer, dating a hard rock tour manager, making each day count, the search for cures, ketamine fails, fi

Actor/writer Paul Greenberg Gets Along With Everyone But Jay

Actor/writer talks about being in The Vacant Lot, the sketch show immediately after Kids In the Hall and how the CBC tanked it, what it takes to be a bad waiter, why Cana

Stand-up Great Wendy Liebman Says Jay Should Keep Performing, Just Not Around Her.

Wendy Liebman - talks about her joke prompts as a help for writing, people who want to be picked on in the audience, being an actress as and turning to stand-up, slowing

Comic Al Madrigal Is The Pride Of His People. Jay Is The Pride Of Nobody.

Comic/Writer/Actor/Podcast-Entrepreneur Al Madrigal talks to Jay about representing our culture in our work.  We also chat about the dangers of a guest based podcast, the