Thought Spiral
Entertainment & Media
Comedians Andy Kindler (Bob's Burgers, Maron) and J. Elvis Weinstein (MST3K, Freaks and Geeks) convene weekly to solve the problems of the world but usually end up talking about comedy and various forms of anxiety. Produced by Alex Brizel (ShowBriz Studios).
Location:
United States
Description:
Comedians Andy Kindler (Bob's Burgers, Maron) and J. Elvis Weinstein (MST3K, Freaks and Geeks) convene weekly to solve the problems of the world but usually end up talking about comedy and various forms of anxiety. Produced by Alex Brizel (ShowBriz Studios).
Twitter:
@thought_spiral
Language:
English
Episodes
Test Show #444
4/6/2026
The guys practice convenient resistance, Josh plays to the teachers, "the Cancer Chunk" the art of elderly rock stardom, the attempt to take dissenting voices off the playing field, listener questions, and much more Spiraling.
Duration:01:56:50
Test Show #443
3/30/2026
America's Moron, Larry Kindler roleplay, "Is This Thing On?", Andy getting his "chops" back, Josh bakes a hate pie, listener questions, and much more Spiraling.
Duration:01:53:29
Test Show #442
3/23/2026
Our annual half-remembering of the Oscars, Andy gets a new phone and considers opening it, booking live shows, Andy tries to figure out what penguins are, Josh looks back on his smoking career, listener questions, and much more Spiraling.
Duration:01:57:25
Test Show #441
3/16/2026
Josh explains last week's absence, Andy's triumph of supportiveness, Andy rethinks his entire communications package, pre-code movies, Andy tries to rejoin the Majority, listener questions, and much more Spiraling.
Duration:01:52:35
REPEAT: Test Show #408
3/9/2026
Enore of TODD GLASS on Thought Spiral, which includes creating a full fledged space for comedy, the coward's roast, the Andy and Todd origin story, Josh's trip to Acme, separating hacks from their acts, and much more Spiraling.
Duration:01:13:05
Test Show #440
3/2/2026
A brief moment of hockey happiness, Andy's failed romance with Red Bull, Josh protects a teetering celebrity's anonymity, Andy loves Marty Supreme, listener questions, and much more Spiraling.
Duration:01:54:01
Test Show #439
2/23/2026
Bud Cort and the impact of 'Harold and Maude', Josh does some doc watching, Andy buys headphones and thinks he got a story out of it, Winter Olympics, UFC on LSD, listener questions, and much more Spiraling.
Duration:01:56:28
Test Show #438
2/16/2026
Andy tries to shed his new comedy tics, Superbowl post mortems, Josh's "yes, and" strategy, Andy's movie reviews, tapping into your egorithm, listener questions, and much more Spiraling.
Duration:01:57:49
Test Show #437
2/9/2026
Andy proposes happier names for serial killers, stereos and other money sucking hobbies, weekend watches, the tinned fish revolution, Josh can't do audiobooks, listener questions, and much more Spiraling.
Duration:02:01:18
Test Show #436
2/2/2026
Andy tries to find his kidneys, Josh actually goes to a party, Mel Brooks, Skipping grades, Song Sung Blue, the psychology of check grabbing, listener questions, and much more Spiraling.
Duration:01:59:01
Test Show #435
1/26/2026
The password is "Dystopian", Andy sees "Dr. Strangelove" , the assy genius of Orson Welles, Andy obeys gravity, Josh rents shoes, Award season movie catch-up, listener questions, and much more Spiraling.
Duration:02:02:49
Test Show #434
1/19/2026
Andy's take on Golden Global affairs, living in a Chinese food desert, Josh laments his procrastination technique, Andy finds professionalism and sanity mesh well, listener questions, and much more Spiraling.
Duration:02:01:52
Test Show #433
1/12/2026
Andy's let-down impressions, sorting out the new rules of fascist showbiz, Josh judges Coppola, Andy steps onstage, MNF on LSD, listener questions, and much more Spiraling.
Duration:01:57:52
Test Show #432
1/5/2026
Reviewing the holidays, Santa scars of different types, Andy's ban from Conan, Josh revisits the donkey incident, a surprise gift, listener questions, and much more Spiraling.
Duration:02:09:40
Test Show #431
12/29/2025
Andy ponders whether to be the boy who cries "guest appearance", the clock is ticking on 60 Minutes, Andy gets in a defensive Croce, Josh rejects Andy's X-Mas trauma for an 8th year, Andy takes aim at 80's road comics, and much more Spiraling.
Duration:01:13:41
Test Show #430
12/22/2025
Sorting out the weekend tragedies, the case for Citizen Kane, Andy dives into the Mankiewicz clan, modern anti-semitism, Josh puzzles over his Dick Van Dyke fandom. Listener questions, and much more Spiraling.
Duration:01:59:03
Test Show #429
12/15/2025
Andy makes enemies Down Under, Josh reviews "Jay Kelly", Andy does a show, Josh flips a bird, doc talk. listener questions, and much more Spiraling.
Duration:02:00:46
Test Show #428
12/8/2025
Turning San Diego into Andy-ego, an unachievable grudge record, Josh hits his lifetime Beatles limit, Andy's gassed-up dental haggling, doc talk, listener questions, and much more Spiraling.
Duration:01:59:32
Test Show #427
12/1/2025
An abbreviated episode for Thanksgiving week: Andy still riding the Zeppelin, Trump flips on Mamdani, Ken Burns American Revol…zzzz, Andy braces himself for the cutting room floor, and much more Spiraling.
Duration:00:58:20
Test Show #426
11/24/2025
Week-old news from weak old Jews, Andy does a whole lotta Zeppelin, Sean Connery goes downtown, Andy gets bored of wealth, listener questions, and much more Spiraling.
Duration:01:49:00