My First Time: Recent Episodes
My First Time Podcast
My First Time Hilarious and terrible tales of truly awkward firsts. Hosted by Groundlings alums Mary Jo Smith and Colleen Smith (No relation) and new special guests every month!
The Mysterious Historian sits down with Mr. Clarence Mills to discuss The History of Baseball!Starring:Colleen SmithSpecial Guest:Hal RudnickMusic by:Ian Smith
The Mysterious Historian sits down with Prof. Gregory Staph to discuss the History of Brass Instruments. Fake historians, real history!Starring: Colleen Smith Special Guest: Tom Lenk Music by: Ian Smith
The Mysterious Historian sits down with Mr Alfie Bowman to discuss the History of SoccerFake historians, real history!Starring:Colleen SmithSpecial Guest:Andrew FriedmanMusic by:Ian Smith
The Mysterious Historian sits down with Prof. Irina Reveskya to discuss Halloween!Starring:Colleen SmithSpecial Guest:Peggy EtraMusic by:Ianscreams
The Mysterious Historian sits down with Dr. Gavin Phelps to discuss the history of puppetry!Starring: Colleen SmithSpecial Guest: Grant BacioccoMusic by: Ian SmithFake Historians! Real History!
The Mysterious Historian sits down with Dr. Rogelio "Hot Rod" Hernandez to discuss Professional Wrestling!Starring: Colleen SmithSpecial Guest: Ithamar EnriquezMusic by: Ian SmithFake Historians! Real History!
The Mysterious Historian sits down with Journalist Shame Albert to discuss Prince and Barbara Streisand!Starring:Colleen SmithSpecial Guest:Jordan BlackMusic by:Ian SmithFake Historians! Real History!
The Mysterious Historian sits down with Prof. Loretta Bones-Cornbush to discuss the Plastic Surgery!Starring:Colleen SmithSpecial Guest:Margee MageeMusic by:Ian SmithFake Historians! Real History!
The Mysterious Historian sits down with Prof. Lyman J Logan to discuss the history of US Presidents. Real history! Fake Historians!In this mostly true, entirely improvised podcast!Starring:Colleen Smith With Special Guest:Kevin Berntson Music byIan Smith @theianscreams on TikTok
The Mysterious Historian sits down with Dr. Buddy Corman to discuss the Oscars! Starring:Colleen SmithSpecial Guest:Mitch SilpaMusic by:Ian SmithFake Historians! Real History!
The Mysterious Historian sits down with Prof. Margaret Andrew Higgenbothem to discuss Medieval Times!Starring:Colleen SmithSpecial Guest:Dana PowellMusic by:Ianscreams
The Mysterious Historian and her friends discuss what time period they'd like to live in.
The Mysterious Historian asks her two friends Dr. Jean Stripe and Prof. Peppercorn Pockets who they would kill if they could go back in time.
Won't you be our neighbor... in our second quarantine episode? This month's guests discuss the people who live around them and make their lives... better? Worse? Or at least, more interesting. Special Guests: Nicol Paone Derek Ringold Alex Stein
Hello, and welcome to the Apocalypse! How is your quarantine going? Do you see light at the end of the tunnel? This month's guests discuss the ways they are coping/thriving/unraveling in these unique (or not unique?) times. Special Guests: Patrick Bristow Amanda Maddock Sam Pancake
This month we stripped down to basics and did another roundtable of themes. They're like our cheesecake episodes. Google Golden Girls and Cheesecake episodes if you don't understand the reference. Enjoy!
The first of all firsts! This month we traveled to San Francisco SketchFest and told the ultimate first times. Special Guests: Patty Guggenheim Oscar Nunez Bryan Safi
Africa is so huge you could fit 2 or 3 other continents inside of it. It's the origin of civilization and of mankind. It's ancient and new. And our guests have touched just the slightest bit of it. This month they tell the story of their first trip to Africa! And sorry, but no one blessed any rains. Special Guests: Kelly Ewing Roxana Ortega
When was the first time you kept your mouth shut? And when did you first let out a delicious secret? This month we discuss the shame, joy and confusion of the truth and all it's lies. Special Guest: Raymond Carr
For the first time, we're doing something for the second time. We've gathered the family around a bowl of random topics and a time limit. It's all over the place! (In a good way) Special Guests: T. Chick McClure Jennifer Smith
Stop thief! Have you ever broken the 8th commandment? What have you stolen? Money? Drugs? Hearts? This months guests confess their crimes. Special Guests: Jay Keith Van Straaten Julie Welch and Ian Smith
Calling all Florence Nightingales! This months episode focuses on the call to heal and care. Oh and maggots! Special Guests: Sherieda Black Brenda Dixon-Smith
Tis the season! Hark the herald! May the 4th be with you! This month's guests discuss holidays away from home, and the havoc they wrought. Special Guests: Margee Magee Jack Plotnick
Dating is the worst! But our guests still chose to brave the dangers. This month we cover all the horrors of searching for Mr. or Mrs. Right! Special Guests: Alex Enriquez Jeff Galante Kimrie Lewis
Calling all booze hounds! Listen up, you winos! Snap to, you functioning alcoholics! This month's episode is all about the sauce. Special Guests: Rachel Ramras Derek Ringold & T. Chick McClure
What was your first porn? Did you sneak a peek? Did you rub one out? This weeks episode is XXX, Hard-Core storytelling. Special Guests: Natasha Estrada Mick Morgana Ignis Sheila Traviss
Who lied to you first? Who made you a foolish fool of a fool? What was the grift, the scam, the con? This month's guests tell tales of the first time they were bamboozled. Special Guests: Katierose Donohue Ian Gary
This month we decided to keep it in the family with a round robin of random topics and wine! Special Guests: T Chick McClure Jennifer Smith
How crafty are you? What have you made, built, sewn, baked or birthed? This month's guests spill their DIY secrets. Special Guests: Tom Lenk Drew Massey Christine McConnell
Have you ever traveled with your parents? Was is a dream vacation or a series of horrors that you're still recovering from? This months guests tell the tales of their journeys with the ones that made em. Special Guests: Chris Farah Stephen Kearin Hal Rudnick
Happy Halloween! Mmwwhahaha! Welcome to an episode of horror! Our guests discuss their most memorable Halloweens and spooky encounters! Special Guests: Jordan Black "Cat crossing your path" Misty "Haunted Hilltop with the ghost of Marilyn" Monroe-Clark Patton "Pending on horror" Oswalt
What is your first movie? Did you see it in the theater? Did you make it? Did you make it AND see it in the theaters?! This months guests discuss the insides and outsides of the art called Cinema! Special Guests: Todd Berger Ethan Erwin Dana Powell
Have you ever left town for work? Did you need a visa, or a translation app or several vaccines? This months guests discuss the first time they worked away from home.
The great outdoors! When was the first time you communed with Mother Nature? This month's guests tell us harrowing and hilarious tales of the wild. Special Guests: Steven Cragg Mike Rose Ian Smith
School is back in session. We have tales from Boarding schools, Catholic schools, Military schools, Home schools and Cold War era Russian schools. We went all out for this deluxe episode. Special Guests: Tony Cavalero Katya Duft Brian Henson Danielle Morrow
Have you ever been lost? Physically? Emotionally? Physically and emotionally? How did you find your way back? Did you find your way back? This month's guests tell tales of when they got off track and how they made it home. Special Guests: Erica Blumfield Margee Magee Jonathan Tipton Meyer
Have you ever had a baby? Pushed life out between your legs and stared screaming into the void!? Well our guests have! We've got your miracle of life right here. Special Guests: Abby Cohen Michelle Noh Christen Sussin
Have you ever left the country? Did it involve drugs, knives, nudity, crime, cops, ambassadors, porn, vomit and weeping? Well our stories do. Take a listen to our tales of international intrigue. Special Guests: Eliot Schwartz Ian Bond-Smith Alex Staggs
Have you ever bought a house? You appraised and escrowed and mortgaged! Was it a dream house or a HELL HOUSE? This months guests talk about the first time they took that risk to be a part of the American Dream. Special Guests: Damon Jones Kate Frisbee
Happy New Year! So what do you despise? What crawls under your skin and festers and rots till you're filled with a boiling rage that threatens to consume you alive?!?! This months guests tell us the people and things that drive them insane. Special Guests: Diana Dinerman Stephen Guarino Mindy Sterling
Come on Champs! Get in the game! Do you love sports? Or do they make you break out in a cold sweat? This months guests discuss their physical aptitude and their love for the game. Special Guests: Bill Barretta Taran Killam Nicol Paone
Who was your first crush? Did you, like Alicia Silverstone in The Crush, try to kill Cary Elwes's girlfriend? Or did you just write Mrs. Cary Elwes over and over in your diary like everyone else? Either way, listen to this month's guests talk about how they handled the intense emotions of a first crush. Oh and watch The Crush. It's a delight. Special Guests: H Michael Croner Katie Molinaro
Have you ever taken a huge risk? Have you ever made that huge leap of faith that changed your life? This months guests discuss the irresponsible, reckless and brave things they did that changed their lives. If only for a brief time. Special Guests: Charlotte Newhouse Jim Rash Lynne Stewart
Well aren't you the trickster! Playing games on people! You filthy prankster! Do you feel terrible for what you did? Or horribly alive? This months guests discuss the first prank they committed or were the victim of. Special Guests Jillian Bell Tessa Goss Michael Oosterom
When did you first feel sexual feelings? Who was that forbidden crush? What was your first dirty book? And why did it all feel so bad and sooooo good? This months guests talk about those moments in their lives when their hearts were racing and their loins were inflamed! Special Guests: Nicole Burch Navaris Darson Natasha Estrada
What is your relationship with boobs, breast, honkers? Do you love them or hate them? This months guests discuss their complicated relationship with their fun bags. Special Guests: Ally Loprete Chick McClure Allison Wolcott
Fatherhood! What does it mean to be a father? How do you take care of a tiny human life? Our dads tell the tales of biological, foster and adopted children. Special Guests: Jason Allen Andrew Friedman Mike Loprete
When did you first win? How did victory taste? Like a sweet delicious elixir of power and life? This month's guests do not have stories like that. But still they're all winners! Special Guests: Sarah Baker Bronston Jones Pete Zias
This month our guests open up about a very intense subject. It's hard to describe and so we won't. Special Guests: Poorna Jagannathan Amy Smallman-Winston
Where was the first place you landed after you left your parents house? Was is everything you dreamed of? Or was it a horrible pit of loneliness and grief? Either way, Happy Housewarming! Special Guests: Michael Hitchcock Tom Lenk Paul F. Tompkins
Do you remember your first car? Was is freedom made of steel and wheels and music? This month's guests tell the tales of their first sweet ride. Special Guests: Artemis Pebdani Gary Anthony Williams Jim Wise
We're starting the New Year off right! With a hilarious topic, Cancer! This months guests talk about their experiences with the dreaded C-word. Special Guests: Jocelyn Heaney Steve Mallory Tim McKernan
This month we get into the real of racism. That first moment when you realize people are judging you by the color of your skin. Special Guests: Jordan Black Neel Nanda Roxana Ortega
Hey girl! Smile and make me a sandwich! When was the first time you realized a lot of people think being a girl isn't the best in the world? Our guest talk about the first time they and their dirty lady parts encountered sexism. Be warned, they're very shrill and bossy! Special Guests: Jean Black Jennifer Coolidge Povi-Tamu Bryant Chase Winton
Birth! Life! Death! Have you ever put on a one man show? Have you ever plumed the depths of your life to entertain the masses? This month guests show us the many layers of their onions. Breath and enjoy. Special Guests: Drew Droege Misty Monroe Sam Pancake
When was the first time you got into trouble with the Cops? The Fuzz? The P. I. G. ? This months guests tell us of their criminal pasts. Colleen is out of town so Ian Smith takes her place in this very special episode as a guest and host. Special Guests: Christina Karaba Ben Wells
When is the first time things got really real between you and your sibling(s)? Did you laugh, weep or beat the crap out of each other? Or all of the above? This months guests talk about pivotal moments with their brothers and sisters. Special Guests: Michael Aspinwall Colleen O'Neill Patrick Marks
Hey there Hep Cats! When was the first time you danced with Mr Brownstone? Or chased the White Rabbit? Or did a bunch of Nyquil? Well this month's guests open up about the first time they Chased the Dragon! (No dragons were harmed in the making of this episode) Special Guests: Peggy Etra Deanna Oliver Ian Smith
Have you ever been a victim of a crime? Did you freeze, run, pee your pants or turn vigilante? This moths guests tell us their terrible and hilarious tales of true crime. Special Guests: Jayne Entwistle Andrew Friedman Nicol Paone
When did your heart first skip a beat? Who or what made you fell truly alive for the first time? Do you, perchance, love them still? This month's guests tell us about the first time they fell in love! Special Guests: Kevin Berntson Karri Turner Michaela Watkins
Hey Asshole! If you turned, this episode is for you. Face it, you know at some point you we're a horrible excuse for a human being. Special Guests: Tim Bagley Kyle Dunnigan Jimmy Fowlie
Ahh parenting. They says it's the hardest job in the world. Well we're here to tell you the first time or several times our parents really proved that ol' chestnut of a saying. With Stories By Jeremy Rowley Amy Proccaci
Do you remember the first time you punched in? Or uniformed up? Or said "Hello and welcome to..."? Well we do. This month's guests discuss the joyous flush of employment and the bitterness of termination. With Stories By - Darren Herczeg, Mike Zara and Jennifer Smith
Eventually our bodies will turn on us. It's just a matter of time. This month's episode is five hilarious, terrible and revealing tales of what can go wrong with the human body. Special Guests: Ilana Cohn-Sullivan Peter Fluet Tanya McClure
This months our guests explore that moment when they figured out which gender they wanted to make sweet sweet love to. Performed live at Comedy Central Stage. With Stories By: Patrick Bristow Drew Droege Fortune Feimster
This episodes deals with the grossest moments of our guests lives. Drugs! Feces! Blood! Pubic Hair! The world is not enough! With Stories By: Roxana Ortega Craig Cox Mitch Silpa
This month's episode focuses of the first time our guest found or lost their religion. REM is not involved. With Stories By: Jordan Black Margee Magee
Do you remember your first pet? Did they have a proper name? Did you actually take care of them like you promised your parents? Did they get to sleep in your bed? With Stories By: Candace Brown T Chick McClure Karen Maruyama