The Featured Players: An SNL Podcast
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The Featured Players: An SNL Podcast
Bram, Beth & Brendan evaluate the current Saturday Night Live featured cast following each live broadcast. Punkie Johnson, Lauren Holt, and Andrew Dismukes are on our direct radar. We'll be talking about both their presence and their absence. We will also operate as a general pop culture podcast...
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41 episodes
Episode #42 - Timothée Chalamet / Bruce Springsteen (with Nick Bihm)
Timothée Chalamet has a famous aunt and uncle who got him into LaGuardia Airport but this week's guest, Nick Bihm of the "Dan4Lyfe" podcast, joins us...
Episode #41 - Jason Bateman / Morgan Wallen (w/Sean Patrick O'Brien)
Did you miss us? Yeah didn't think so. The Featured Players return to talk Jason Bateman with special guest Sean Patrick O'Brien of Seltzercast and th...
Episode #40 - John Mulaney / The Strokes (w/Skylar Verduzco) [ELECTION 2020]
Skylar Verduzco (@MisnamedPlants) joins the panel to chat all things John Mulaney. Everyone is very sad that NBC’s Connecting was cancelled. There is...
Episode #39 - Adele / H.E.R. (with Deirdre Crean)
Should we give up, or should we just keep chasing podcasts?
Musician/dental assistant’s friend Deirdre Crean from the Mike Myers Movie Club sto...
Episode #38 - Issa Rae/Justin Bieber [w/Kid Cinema (Fesh) and Mr Movies (JZT)]
Jean-Bram and Jean-Brendan continue in their search for Drake, this time joined by JZT and Fesh (Mr. Movies & Kid Cinema) from the "I Was Scared, Too!...
Episode #37 - Bill Burr / Jack White
So many Bs! Beth, Bram, and Brendan return to discuss Bill Burr’s big breakout on SNL! Listen to find out why Beth predicts the season will end before...
Episode #36 - Chris Rock / Megan Thee Stallion
Bram, Beth and Brendan return to talk about the first episode of the season featuring Chris Rock and Megan Thee Stallion. In this episode we evaluate...
Episode #35 - Season 46 Preview
Reboot fever continues! Following their lengthy legal dispute over the podcast’s ownership (and countless NDAs), hosts Bram Benderoff and Brendan Noel...
Episode 34 - Chance the Rapper (with Beth Benderoff) #Chancegiving
Original Airdate: November 23, 2017
Bram and Brendan welcome Beth back to the show to discuss her fav Chance the Rapper's hosting stint on Satur...
Episode #33 - Tiffany Haddish/Taylor Swift (with Beth Benderoff) #LiveFromLAtoVEGAS
Original Airdate: November 17, 2017
This was a challenge to edit but here it is folks.
No time codes but I assure you every minute...
Episode #32 - Larry David/Miley Cyrus #TakingTheKidsToMySMILFS
Original Airdate: November 5, 2017
Brendan & Bram proper return to chat the 2nd Larry David episode of SNL. We waste no time turning the show in...
Episode #31 - Kumail Nunjiani/Pink (with Taylor Cotter) #DriveTimeRadioShow
Original Airdate: October 17, 2017
Brendan & fan favorite Taylor Cotter (host of the podcast Reese's Pieces, about the works of Reese Witherspoo...
Episode #29 - Ryan Gosling/Jay-Z (with Beth cameo) #Null&Void
Original Airdate: October 2, 2017
Bram & Brendan return for Season 43 of SNL, or Season 3 of The Featured Players: An SNL Podcast. Bram's first...
Episode #28 - Melissa McCarthy/Haim (with Beth Benderoff) #DontTrustThe'B'onAmericanIdolonABC
Original Airdate: May 16, 2017
Melissa McCarthy get inducted into the 5-Timer's Club. Bram and Brendan do SNL business for the first hour of the...
Episode #27 - Chris Pine/LCD Soundsystem (with Beth Benderoff) #LikeAKissingBooth
Original Airdate: May 9, 2017
We're back after a long 2 month absence, which for some reason was only 3 episodes? The first ever Featured Player...
Episode #26 - Octavia Spencer/Father John Misty (with Lyndi Malley) #AmericanLaughRiot-UpAllNight
Original Airdate: March 7, 2017
We are back after a month! Episode 25 got lost in the 'This Is Us' crock pot fire (thank you Taylor Cotter for p...
Episode #24 - Kristen Stewart/Alessia Cara #CashMeOutsideHowBowDahFeaturedPlayersSpeedRound
Original Airdate: February 7, 2017
It's been over 8 years since Twilight has been available on iTunes, and somehow Kristen Stewart is just now h...
Episode #23 - Aziz Ansari/Big Sean (with Beth Goodin) #CrashChicago&OtherDeservingBestPictures
Original Airdate: January 22, 2017
Beth's back, Aziz Ansari's finally hosting the show, making him the first South Asian to do so. It's a real g...
Episode #22 - Felicity Jones/Sturgill Simpson #ShowAboutNothing
Original Airdate: January 15, 2017
Bram and Brendan have a disagreement over Sonic Drive-Thrus. Bram 'Boy Meets World' shames Brendan and all on...
Episode #21 - Casey Affleck/Chance The Rapper (with Bode Sulaiman) #AQuarterWaytoSyndication
Original Airdate: December 21, 2016
2 timer Bode Sulaiman returns for our 21st episode on his actual 21st birthday. I am not kidding, Bode very...
Episode #20 - John Cena/Maren Morris (with Shak Lambert) #F*ckAdamSandler
Original Airdate: December 12, 2016
We made it to 20 original episodes of The Featured Players and still no profit margins! Look at em' go. We'v...
Episode #19 - Emma Stone/Shawn Mendes #CulturalPodcastsofSNLforMakeBenefitGloriousCityofPickering
Original Airdate: December 6, 2016
Someone do something, there is an 11 minute tangent about Borat and Bruno in this podcast. Oh, Emma Stone hos...
Episode #18 - Kristen Wiig/The XX (with T.J. Slipko) #BuffaloNYis4Lovers
Original Airdate: November 21, 2016
We break our female streak with T.J. Slipko to discuss the Kristen Wiig special alumni episode of SNL. We ha...
Episode #17 - Dave Chapelle & The Election of Donald Trump (with Frannie Comstock)
Original Airdate: November 16, 2016
Donald Trump is going to be President. Arguably SNL played a role in normalizing Donald Trump when he hosted...
Eouside #16 - Benedict Cumberbatch/Solange (with Beth Goodin) #3IdiotsPraiseMasterofDisguiseforTwoHours
Original Airdate: November 9, 2016
Three Idiots Praise The Master of Disguise for Two Hours
With recurring guest Beth Goodin, we recorded...
Episode #15 - Emily Blunt/Bruno Mars #LittleMosqueonThePodcast
Original Airdate: October 18, 2016
We are nearly as tired as the cast 3 weeks into a new season, but that doesn't mean we don't keep putting out...
Episode #14 - Lin Manuel Miranda/Twenty-One Pilots (with Taylor Cotter) #10YearStudio60Retrospective
Original Airdate: October 10, 2016
Guest Taylor Cotter (@TaylorCotter) of @PostShowRecaps fills in for Bram. Brendan and Taylor discuss Lin-Manu...
Episode #13 - Margot Robbie/The Weeknd (PREMIERE) #SeekingaNewCohostForTheEndofheWorld
Original Airdate: October 4, 2016
Premiere week! Bram and Brendan are confined to a single room and are forced against their will to review the...
Episode #12 - Season 42 Preview & Fall TV #TurntWashingtonsSpys
Original Airdate: September 27, 2016
We're back! Season 42 is a week upon us, and Bram & Brendan return to dish out the sweet sweet season info....
Episode #11 - CW's Mad TV Revival (with Beth Goodin) #MoCollinsNoProblems
Original Airdate: August 15, 2016
Mo Collins No Problems, y'all. We're back for our second summer stint, this time with 2-timer Beth Goodin and...
Episode #10 - Ghostbusters & Emmy Nominations (with Christian Becker) #AllGrimersMatter
Original Airdate: July 20, 2016
Hi Ho! Cherry-O, its finally Episode 10 of the very underwhelming Featured Players podcast. We've made it far en...
Episode #9 - Fred Armisen & The Do-Over & Maya & Marty #OurWorstPodcastEver
Original Airdate: June 9th, 2016
Better late than never. Bram & Brendan are back (on NBC) for their very late and very brief discussions of the...
Episode #8 - Drake (and Fall Upfronts) #AlisonTolmanandaDogFighttheCrimeofInternalDemons
Original Airdate: May 16, 2016
It's the Drake episode but in the end we go full TV Nerd and spend around 90 minutes talking about the Fall upfro...
Episode #7 - Brie Larson/Alicia Keys (with Bode Sulaiman) #DeanEdwardsisnotJeffRichards
Original Airdate: May 9. 2016
The good ol' boys are back and obviously we have forgotten how to podcast. No matter, we have invited Bode Sulaima...
Episode #6 - Julia Louis-Dreyfus/Nick Jonas (with Beth Goodin) #ShamProbs4MyRealFriends
Original Airdate: April 18, 2016
The host was comedy god and SNL alum Julia Louis-Dreyfus. We welcome Beth Goodin from The Adios Amigos to the F...
Episode #5 - Russell Crowe/Margo Price (with Christian Becker) #ThePodcastersvsJonRudnitsky
Original Airdate: April 10, 2016
Brendan is back in action after spending literally a month away from the show. Bram is there too. The guest is...
Episode #4 - Peter Dinklage/Gwen Stefani (with Rob Trench) #Rudnitshe'sAreStandingBy
Original Airdate: April 2, 2016
And we're back after not releasing any episodes during hiatus. Brendan had to sit this episode out (since he tal...
Episode #3 - Ariana Grande (with Lyndi Malley) #WhoIsThePatter
The good ol' Featie boys, Bram & Brendan, are back despite popular demand, ready to over-analyze the Saturday Night Live Featured Cast once again, and...
Episode #2 - Jonah Hill/Future (In Defense of Emily Owens, M.D.)
Original Airdate: March 5, 2016
The boys are back in town. That being Bram and Brendan are finally ready to comment on a regular episode of SNL....
Episode #1 - No. 8 White Boys (Pilot!)
Original Airdate: Feb 25, 2016
Holy Chalupa! Us terrifying TV nerds may have created the 7th or 8th SNL podcast, therefore this will establish s...