J.R. Havlan (@jrhavlan) is an eight-time Emmy Award winner and an 16-year writing vet for The Daily Show on Comedy Central. He also hosts The Writer's Bloc Podcast where he interviews the finest TV writers in the business. We talk about Jon Stewart, Bassem Youssef, and the high school guidance counselor who's off-hand remark put his life on track to success.

Jonathan Van Tulleken (J, to his friends) is a filmmaker. We have been friends for 25 years. He talks about his teacher at Columbia Film School, Eric Mendelsohn. We also discuss the merit of small talk, and the peerless joy of paintball.

Comedian @AnthonyDeVito_ is one of the Rad Dudes of the RadDudeCast. He stopped by, very early in the life of this podcast. What resulted was an insane conversation. It went everywhere, and was enormous fun. This was an early "sketch" of Special People, which due to my tecnhical incompetence didn't sound quite as good as later shows. If you're a new fan of this show, don't judge us ENTIRELY on this episode. But if you're a longtime fan, don't skip it: it's great.