Episodes

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Overview[edit]

How Was Your Week was first released on March 8, 2011. Regular episodes are released weekly on Fridays, barring unforeseen circumstances.

Episodes before 165 will require a Premium Subscription. A Premium Subscription entitles you to access to How Was Your Week archives. Without premium access, only the most recent 25 episodes are available for free download.

Premium Extrasodes are available to listeners who have a premium subscription to How Was Your Week through Libsyn. These include live shows and exclusive interviews. They are great.

Regular Episodes[edit]

Episode Date Guests
Episode 1: "Oscar Madison Won't Let You Pack Your Bags" March 8, 2011 Julie's Parents and Natasha Vargas-Cooper
Episode 2: "The Taste of Christmas Morning" March 19, 2011 Jesse Murray, Anthony Atamanuik
Episode 3: "A Smiling Bruce Vilanch" March 26, 2011 Billy Eichner, Megan Amram
Episode 4: "I Did Fiddler!" April 1, 2011 Ronna & Beverly, James Urbaniak
Episode 5: "The One With Joan Rivers" April 7, 2011 Joan Rivers
Episode 6: "Polar Bears on Moonbeams" April 15, 2011 Patton Oswalt, Holly Schlesinger
Episode 7: "The Pottery Scene From GREASE" April 23, 2011 Rachel Dratch and Rachel Shukert
Episode 8: "All The Way To Canada" April 29, 2011 Neko Case, Joe Mande
Episode 9: "In The Face" May 6, 2011 Seth Rudetsky, Baratunde Thurston
Episode 10: "Pico Won't Know Our Baby" May 14, 2011 Jen Kirkman, Andrea Rosen, John Gemberling
Episode 11: "Enter Dancing" May 20, 2011 Sally Kellerman, Paul Scheer
Episode 12: "The Young & The Messy" May 27, 2011 Jackée
Episode 13: "The Ballad of Buddy Longo" June 3, 2011 Julieanne Smolinski
Episode 14: "Our Congressman In His Underpants" June 10, 2011 Michelle Collins, Eugene Mirman
How Were Your Tonys? Special Minisode June 13, 2011 Scott Brown
Episode 15: "What's This? It's The Style" June 17, 2011 Ira Glass, Anaheed Alani
Episode 16: "So Many Ethans" June 24, 2011 Ana Gasteyer, Vanessa Bayer
Episode 17: "Cat Bride" July 1, 2011 Michael Rapaport, Larry Murphy
Episode 18: "Giant Pictures of Hamburgers" July 8, 2011 Tom Scharpling
Episode 19: "She's A Cold Soup" July 15, 2011 Rob Delaney, Michelle McNamara
Episode 20: "Bev's Bananas" July 22, 2011 Maria Bamford
Episode 21: "In The Business Of Lying To You" July 29, 2011 Dave Hill, John Ross Bowie
Episode 22: "Rave Withdrawal" August 5, 2011 Steve Agee, Bryan Safi
Episode 23: "America's Jelly" August 12, 2011 Laraine Newman, Lisa F. Jackson
Episode 24: "Half A Face" August 19, 2011 Paul F. Tompkins, Jamie Denbo
Episode 25: Best of HWYW Vol. 1 August 26, 2011 Joan Rivers, Patton Oswalt, Holly Schlesinger, Neko Case, Billy Eichner, James Urbaniak
Episode 26: "Count Chocula's Other Teeth" September 2, 2011 Michael Musto, Jake Fogelnest
Episode 27: "Shelf Of Justice" September 9, 2011 David Rakoff
Episode 28: "Sherry" September 16, 2011 Jackie Collins, Amy Schumer
Episode 29: "This Is Lowell" September 23, 2011 Patton Oswalt, Daniel Kibblesmith
Episode 30: "Upstairs Coke" September 30, 2011 Susie Essman, Gabe Delahaye
Episode 31: "My Birds" October 7, 2011 Sandra Bernhard, Jeffrey Self
Episode 32: "Tiny Faces" October 14, 2011 Amy Poehler, Rich Fulcher
Episode 33: "Pondering Tonya" October 21, 2011 Martha Plimpton
Episode 34: "Satchel" October 28, 2011 Sarah Silverman, Mike Albo
Episode 35: "Full Petula" November 4, 2011 Mink Stole, John Mulaney
Episode 36: HWYW Live November 10, 2011 Fred Armisen, Billy Eichner, Paul F. Tompkins, more
Episode 37: "The Juiciest Chicken You've Ever Had" November 18, 2011 Sonja Morgan, Richard Lawson
Episode 38: "Steampunk Goodfellas" November 25, 2011 Mike Daisey, Gil Ozeri
Episode 39: "Horror-curious" December 2, 2011 Nick Kroll, Gabe Liedman
Episode 40: "Twittertudes" December 9, 2011 Kristen Schaal, Ari Graynor
Episode 41: "You-know-what-icide Season" December 16, 2011 Ted "Teddy" Leo, Ramona Singer
Episode 42: "Spa-cast" December 23, 2011 Kurt Braunohler, Cecily von Ziegesar
Episode 43: "Tommy Mattola for Nothing' December 30, 2011 Mike Doughty
Episode 44: "Twiddling and Eight-balls" January 6, 2012 Rob Tannenbaum
Episode 45: "Many Parts of a Pine Tree" January 13, 2012 Frank DeCaro, Kate Beaton
Episode 46: "Consequences" January 20, 2012 Chris Gethard, Katie Notopoulos
Episode 47: "What Someone's Mom's Idea of a Nightclub Is" January 27, 2012 David Cross, Eliot Glazer
Episode 48: Best of HWYW Vol. 2 February 3, 2012 Patton Oswalt, John Mulaney, Mike Daisey, Ted Leo
Episode 49: "Me and My Stupid Bat" February 10, 2012 Kristen Johnston
Episode 50: "What About a Macaroni Salad?" February 17, 2012 Jenny Johnson, Max Silvestri
Episode 51: HWYW Live January 24, 2012 Sandra Bernhard, Tom Scharpling, Ira Glass, Joe Mande
How Were Your Oscars? Special Minisode February 27, 2012 Dave Itzkoff, Tom Scharpling, Gary Tha Squirrel
Episode 52: "Jolly Roger" March 2, 2012 Lizz Winstead, Adam Wade
Episode 53: "On Improv" March 9, 2012 Simon Doonan, Eric Lefcowitz
Episode 54: "The Crunch Factor" March 16, 2012 Rickie Lee Jones, Kambri Crews
Episode 55: "A Jaw That Could Open a Can of Tuna Fish" March 23, 2012 Mo Rocca, Dave Cullen
Episode 56: "Jam Ghetto" March 30, 2012 Sharon Needles, Whitney Jefferson
Episode 57: "Dog Valet" April 6, 2012 Chris Parnell, Jon Daly
Episode 58: "College Hounds" April 13, 2012 Susan Orlean, Jon Hendren
Episode 59: "The Boyfriend Experience" April 20, 2012 Michael K, Jessica St. Clair, Lennon Parham
Episode 60: "Fig Bar Bender" April 26, 2012 Nellie McKay, Dodai Stewart
Episode 61: "Something Something Justin Timberlake" May 4, 2012 David Yazbek, Damien Lemon
Episode 62: "The Front of a Crocodile" May 11, 2012 Will Leitch, Sara Schaefer
How Was Your Smash? Special Extrasode May 17, 2012 Nate Harris, Jason Grote, Rachel Shukert
Episode 63: "Help the Street Animals of Morocco" May 18, 2012 Curtis Gwinn, Choire Sicha
Episode 64: "Library Water" May 25, 2012 Patton Oswalt, Retta
Episode 65: "My Least Favorite Eagles Song" June 1, 2012 Eddie Pepitone, Paula Pell
Episode 66: "The Mingus Method" June 8, 2012 Kurt Loder, Nathan Rabin
How Were Your Tonys? 2012 June 12, 2012 Ana Gasteyer, Seth Rudetsky
Episode 67: "Space Ireland" June 15, 2012 Adam Pally, Eric Drysdale
Episode 68: "Crazy Person F.I.T." June 22, 2012 Tavi Gevinson, Jessi Klein
Episode 69: "Is This Jazz?" June 29, 2012 Rob Sheffield, Michael McMillian
Episode 70: "Do You Shred?" July 6, 2012 Carole Radziwill, Kevin Allison
Episode 71: HWYW Live July 13, 2012 Martha Plimpton, Jim Gaffigan, Katie Notopoulos, Mike Daisey, VIDS
Episode 72: "Side of Fries" July 20, 2012 Tig Notaro, Steve Kandell
Episode 73: "The Sneaker Nap" July 27, 2012 Bobcat Goldthwait, Simon Amstell
Episode 74: "Most of the Nooks" August 3, 2012 Gabe Liedman, Alison Rich
Episode 75: "Doc Hopper Realness" August 9, 2012 Alex Stone
HWYW Special Minisode August 10, 2012 David Rakoff
Episode 76: Best of HWYW Vol. 3 August 17, 2012 Patton Oswalt, Carole Radziwill, Eddie Pepitone, Sara Schaefer, Dave Cullen
Episode 77: "The Fajitas" August 24, 2012 Andy Kindler, Adira Amram
Episode 78: "Girls Named Heather Fixing Their Skirts" August 31, 2012 Max Read, Kurt Metzger
Episode 79: "C Skeleton" September 7, 2012 W. Kamau Bell, Wayne White, Neil Berkeley
Episode 80: "Ubu's Owner" September 13, 2012 David Sirota
Episode 81: "The Best Mother on Television" September 21, 2012 Fran Drescher, Adrian Chen
Episode 82: "Lapland" September 27, 2012 Jon Ronson
Episode 83: "P is for Pizza" October 4, 2012 Jodi Lennon, Jessica Grose
Episode 84: "Where's Grandpa?" October 11, 2012 Andrew McCarthy, Frank Conniff
Episode 85: "No Breast Buds" October 19, 2012 Mike Birbiglia, Peaches Christ
Episode 86: "How Was Your Shriek Live" October 25, 2012 Kristen Johnston, Scharpling & Wurster, Gabe Liedman, Gary Tha Squirrel
Episode 87: "How Was Your Storm" November 2, 2012 Chris Spooner, Jack Fagan
Episode 88: "Angry Horseback Riding" November 9, 2012 Todd Oldham, Nikki Glaser
Episode 89: "Blowhole Junction" November 15, 2012 Tim Heidecker, Lisa Hanawalt
Episode 90: "Night Trote" November 23, 2012 David Rees, Laura Benanti
Episode 91: "Meet the Flickers" November 30, 2012 Siggy Flicker
Episode 92: "Banana Steaks" December 7, 2012 Kyle Dunnigan, Beth Hoyt
Episode 93: "Skin Flesh" December 14, 2012 Michael Ian Black, Will Hines
Episode 94: "I'm Stayin'" December 21, 2012 Jackie Hoffman, Bill Persky
Episode 95: "Leon Pancetta" December 28, 2012 Hunter Bell
Episode 96: "Exactly Like a Cornish Hen" January 4, 2013 Starlee Kine, Noah Garfinkel
Episode 97: "Glug Glug" January 11, 2013 Carrie Brownstein, Danielle Henderson
Episode 98: "All That Gurgling" January 18, 2013 Richard Kind, Issa Rae
Episode 99: "Fridge Leaners" January 25, 2013 Bridey Elliot, Colman Domingo
Episode 100: "One Hundred" January 31, 2013 Tom Scharpling, Jesse Thorn
Episode 101: "Heavy Things Onto Stages" February 8, 2013 David Ozanich, Michael Kupperman
Episode 102: "Men of the '90s" February 15, 2013 Peter Grosz, Craig Bierko
Episode 103: "How Was Your Exorcist" February 22, 2013 Ted "Teddy" Leo, Jesse Murray
Episode 104: "Battlefield Girth" March 1, 2013 DC Pierson, Alex Timbers
Episode 105: "An Egg Without Salt" March 7, 2013 David Wain, America Ferrera
Episode 106: "In the Presence of Poison" March 15, 2013 Claudia Lonow, Carol Sue Gershman
Episode 107: "Santas, Attack!" March 22, 2013 Chad Carter, Ted Travelstead[1]
Episode 108: "Photos of Jackets" March 29, 2013 Room 237 Filmmakers Rodney Ascher & Tim Kirk
Episode 109: "Canal Street" April 5, 2013 Marc Spitz, Nicole J. Georges
Episode 110: HWYW Live April 12, 2013 Chris & Bridey Elliott, Aimee Mann, Siggy Flicker, Pichet Ong, Max Silvestri, more
Episode 111: "Ann-Margret's P-Belt" April 19, 2013 Christina Gausas, Craig Rowin
Episode 112: "Wesleyan as a Human Being" April 26, 2013 Rachel Lichtman, Jena Friedman
Episode 113: "Pete Ubu" May 3, 2013 Jim Gaffigan, Ophira Eisenberg
Episode 114: "Battling Bots" May 10, 2013 Jean Grae
Episode 115: "Madame, No" May 17, 2013 David Sedaris
Episode 116: "The Human Condition on TV" May 24, 2013 Emily Bazelon, Abbi Crutchfield
Episode 117: HWYW Gems 4 May 31, 2013 Tom Scharpling, Jon Ronson, Rachel Lichtman, Emily Heller & Lisa Hanawalt, Danielle Henderson
Episode 118: "Wayne and Garth" June 7, 2013 Shelby Fero, Bridget Everett
Episode 119: "Curating the Linens" June 14, 2013 Harris Wittels, Ben Nugent
Episode 120: "We're All Smart" June 21, 2013 Kat Dennings, Chiara Atik
Episode 121: "Silver Dollar Pancakes" June 28, 2013 Gillian Jacobs, Louis Virtel
Episode 122: "Rosie's Meds" July 5, 2013 Ted "Teddy" Leo, Andrea Arden, Marrilee Wilson
Episode 123: "The Patient Zero of Food" July 12, 2013 Freedy Johnston
Episode 124: "Dicks for Days" July 19, 2013 Brent Weinbach, Gabe Durham
Episode 125: "Shitty Shoes" July 26, 2013 Pichet Ong, Halle Kiefer
Episode 126: "Cool Story, Dennis" August 2, 2013 Danny Zuker
Episode 127: "Like Fuddruckers but Expensive" August 9, 2013 Tami Sagher
Episode 128: "America's Morning" August 16, 2013 Sklar Brothers
Episode 129: "A Hanna-Barbera Cartoon About Carnage" August 23, 2013 Gaylord Fields
Episode 130: "I'll Chew on a Dog" August 30, 2013 Beau Willimon
Episode 131: "The Poetry of Her Tchotchkes" September 6, 2013 Michael Urie, Jonathan Tolins
Episode 132: "Julie Klausner on a Citi Bike Dot Com" September 13, 2013 Therese Mahler
Episode 133: "Chive Teef" September 20, 2013 Lin-Manuel Miranda
Episode 134: "Eat a Carb!" September 27, 2013 Dr. Irene Pepperberg & Emily Wick
Episode 135: "Walking Ballads" October 4, 2013 Tom Ruprecht
Episode 136: "Layla" October 11, 2013 Nicole Holofcener
Episode 137: "Houdini's Waffles" October 18, 2013 Chris Elliott & Jason Woliner
Episode 138: "Oooooh!" October 25, 2013 Julianne Moore
Episode 139: "More Suicide Than The Average Bear" November 1, 2013 Peter Bagge
Episode 140: "A Charmless Joy Behar" November 8, 2013 Camille Paglia
Episode 141: "Congratulations" November 15, 2013 Emily Altman
Episode 142: "Betty 1, 2, 3" November 22, 2013 Jill Soloway, Danny Tedesco
Episode 143: "The Crime of Being Delicious" November 29, 2013 Steve Young
Episode 144: "P Pocket" December 6, 2013 Jamala Johns
Episode 145: "Death Fedora" December 13, 2013 Adam Conover
Episode 146: "The Opposite of Rock & Roll" December 20, 2013 Liz Wollman
Episode 147: "I Don't Do Mushrooms, Henry" December 27, 2013 Sasheer Zamata
Episode 148: "Goodbye, Spoony" January 3, 2014 James Wilson
Episode 149: "Here's a Sconce" January 10, 2014 Aimee Mann
Episode 150: "HWYW Gems Vol. 5" January 17, 2014 Brent Weinbach, Rachel Lichtman, Freedy Johnston
Episode 151: "To Talk to You About Rembrandt" January 24, 2014 Karen Kilgariff
Episode 152: "Bret Easton Ellis Brainstorming" January 31, 2014 Dana Gould
Episode 153: "Strings and Levees and Pulleys" Febryar 7, 2014 Nicole Byer
Episode 154: "Shakespeare on my Bike" February 14, 2014 Maria Thayer
Episode 155: "Andrew and Sunshine" February 21, 2014 Morgan Murphy
Episode 156: "Karen O-scars" February 28, 2014 Jake Fogelnest
Episode 157: "Doing A Voice Things" March 7, 2014 Aisha Muharrar
Episode 158: "She's a Car" March 14, 2014 Katie Dippold
Episode 159: "Python Run" March 21, 2014 Karina Longworth
Episode 160: "God" March 28, 2014 Tiffany Haddish
Episode 161: "Things That Demonstrate Physics" April 4, 2014 Merrill Markoe
Episode 162: "Praying to Fonts" April 11, 2014 Brian Stack
Episode 163: "Talking Gump" April 18, 2014 Bruce McCulloch
Episode 164: "That's The Twist" April 25, 2014 Juliette Danielle
Episode 165: "A Working Heart" May 2, 2014 Seth Rogan
Episode 166: "That Bellevue Glow" May 9, 2014 Liza Dye
Episode 167: "Unable to Close Her Eyes" May 16, 2014 Mitch Hurwitz
Episode 168: "The Current Incarnation of Alec" May 23, 2014 Linda Simpson
Episode 169: "Pus Town" May 30, 2014 Jolie Kerr
Episode 170: "Our Generation's Nessie" June 6, 2014 Tara Ariano
Episode 171: "Brillsplaining" June 13, 2014 Jason Nash
Episode 172: "Pellet of Pleasure" June 20, 2014 Max Silvestri
Episode 173: "HWYW Gems 6" June 27, 2014 Merrill Markoe, Brian Stack, Andy Kindler
Episode 174: "Occasional Benevolence Based On Their Scratch Parts" July 4, 2014 Emily Gould
Episode 175: "Barbershop Quartet of Bullying Doom" July 11, 2014 Jamies Poniewozik
Episode 176: "False Chunk" July 18, 2014 Scott King
Episode 177: "The Smaller The Cats" July 25, 2014 Nathan Fielder
Episode 178: "One of the Few Living People That Has A Ghost" August 1, 2014 Matt Berman
Episode 179: "Rita Moreno Was Going Through Some Stuff" August 8, 2014 David Rees
Episode 180: "My Dog Hates Me" August 15, 2014 Joshua Wolf Shenk
Episode 181: "STANLEY" August 22, 2014 Natasha Lyonne
Episode 182: "A Cup and Saucer Made Out of a Daffodil" September 5, 2014 Joan Rivers
Episode 183: "Starship Truthers" September 12, 2014 Steven Hammel
Episode 184: "HWYW Live (Premium)" September 15, 2014 Jake Fogelnest, Danielle Henderson, Nellie McKay
Episode 185: "Sucking In" September 19, 2014 Charles Graeber
Episode 186: "IF HIS NAME WAS WOODEN SPOON" September 26, 2014 John Early
Episode 187: "Hershey Nestlebaum" October 3, 2014 Andrea Martin
Episode 188: "Her Own Carol" October 10, 2014 Advanced Style
Episode 189: "Australian Mars" October 17 2014 Cole Escola
Episode 190: "A Handsome On Your Test" October 24, 2014 Louis Peitzman
Episode 191: "My Waxy Parts" October 31, 2014 Caitlin Moran
Episode 192: "You Have To Take Care Of The Baby" November 7, 2014 Sadie Stein
Episode 193: "The Ol' Not That" November 14, 2014 Katie Notopoulos
Episode 194: "Hearing Yourself Breathe" November 28, 2014 Jodi Lennon
Episode 195: "She's a Hurricane" December 27, 2014 John Safran
Episode 196: "Satan's Interns" March 27, 2015
Episode 197: "Full Deeny" April 3, 2015
Episode 198: "Heather Pizza" April 10, 2015
Episode 199: "Take This Chainsaw" April 24, 2015
Episode 200: "Schmoo on a Hook" May 22, 2015 Chris "Spoony" Spooner, Thomas Middleditch
Episode 201: "A Woman With A Grudge" May 29, 2015
Episode 202: "Via Night Pig" June 19, 2015 Robin Lord Taylor
Episode 203: "À la Française" July 3, 2015 none
Episode 204: "A Complicated Woman" July 17, 2015 none
Episode 205: "Stick and Pins" August 8, 2015 none
Episode 206: "A Smidgen of My Fudge" August 21, 2015 Difficult People Commentary w/ producer Scott King
Episode 207: "Your Loser Shorts" September 4, 2015 Difficult People Commentary w/ producer Scott King
Episode 208: "The Kevin Show" October 17, 2015
Episode 209: "Pleased As Punch" November 6, 2015
Episode 210: "You've Got Bubble Tea" May 14, 2016
Episode 211: "I'm Your Neighbor" May 29, 2016
Episode 212: "Like Your Bodies Are On Fire" June 21, 2016
Episode 213: "Where's The Ouija Board" July 24, 2016
Episode 214: "Something My Body Is Doing" August 1, 2016
Episode 215: "A Bell Tolling" July 24, 2017
Episode 216: "A Ramekin Full of Lye" September 12, 2017
Episode 217: "The Burlington Mouse" February 14, 2018


Episode 218: "Consider the Mollusk" February 24, 2018


Episode 219: "Three Gay Birds" Mar 6, 2018


Episode 220: "Basically Air" April 19, 2018


Episode 221: "Learning Audiences" May 4, 2018


Episode 222: "Can't Climb Up the Stairs" May 14, 2018


Episode 223: "Kenny Contour" May 25, 2018


Episode 224: "Mumps High" June 14, 2018


Episode 225: "Chaotic Tumescence" June 28, 2018


Episode 226: "Jew Hands" July 14, 2018
Episode 227: "All This Horrible Stuff" August 24, 2018
Episode 228: "I Wanted a Vegetarian Meal" October 1, 2018
Episode 229: "Into a Box of Mike and Ike's" November 30, 2018
Episode 230: "Poppins Grappling" January 25, 2019
Episode 231: "Shmine-Eleven" March 18, 2020
Episode 232: "A Top Hat" April 3, 2020
Episode 233: "Astronaut Heavy" April 17, 2020
Episode 234: "Hannigan-core" May 1, 2020
Episode 235: "Animals Are Unpredictable and Untrained" May 15, 2020
Episode 236: "Let's Start With Similes" May 29, 2020

Premium Extrasodes[edit]

Episode Date Guests
"How Was Your Manson?" October 28, 2013 Jeff Guinn, Jake Fogelnest, Chris "Spoony" Spooner
"How Was Your Kathleen Hanna" November 25, 2013 Kathleen Hanna
"We Has Risen: JCS Live" April 23, 2014 Ted Leo, Jean Grae, AC Newman, Leslie Kritzer, Triumph the Insult Comic Dog, A chorus of professional showbiz children, VIDS
Episode 184: "HWYW Live (Premium)" September 15, 2014 Jake Fogelnest, Danielle Henderson, Nellie McKay