Nick and Darren in Conversation: Recent Episodes
Dean Young
A podcast in which comedians Darren Springer and Nick Nemeroff engage in probing, insightful conversation with today's prominent figures.
GRACIE THE 23 YEAR OLD HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT (featuring Spencer Litzinger)
Nick was unable to grace us with his regal presence this week, so Darren chats with a 23 year old high school student named Gracie with a dramatic life story and distinctive voice!
IRA GLASS (FEATURING SELBY NIXON): Nick was unable to make this episode due to passing away, so Darren talks to This American Life host Ira Glass...or tries to, anyway.
(FEATURING ANDREW COOK!) Nick couldn't make it this week, quite literally, so Darren is joined by a local dad with an unusual degree of fondness for red-hot hot dogs.
HOUSING EXPERT: Darren is sitting this episode out due to being drafted by the NBA, so Nick talks to a Toronto housing expert who turns out to have odd legal troubles.
Nick is MIA this week due to being dead, so Darren chats with a porn star with something very surprising (or so he says) to reveal. Our guest this week is Porn actor extraordinaire Donnie Grass
SAMMY PRANKS (featuring Sam Burns)- Nick fell into the Grand Canyon as a prank, so Darren is left alone this week to talk to Youtube jokester Sammy Pranks! (WARNING: Sammy is one loco dude, so if you're easily offended, well...we easily don't care!)
NICK'S NIECE (featuring Marisa Bettino) Nick couldn't be here this week (like, literally), so Darren talks with Nick's niece, whose troubled existence reveals some troubling aspects of Nick's family life!
Darren was predisposed this week, so Nick speaks with true crime author Gabriel Parker, whose new book about a notorious serial killer is available now on Amazon (probably)! It's an arresting interview, to say the least
Nick couldn't make it this week, so Darren talks to CFL legend Boyd Ducharme, revealing some things you MIGHT not have wanted to know about Boyd in the process!
In an exceedingly rare occurrence, this time around it's Darren who's MIA, so Nick chats with Sal Belanger, a middle-aged social media "star". Why is "star" in quotation marks? You'll have to listen or read to the end of this sentence to find out (it's because he isn't really)!
Nick, as usual, couldn't make it in this week, so Darren chats with Craig End, a comedy megafan and performer in this year's Toronto Fringe Festival. Are those two things related? You'll have to listen (or read to the end of this sentence) to find out (they are)!
It's almost Christmas, so what would be more fitting than talking to a certain jolly fellow with a red suit and white beard? Well, Darren couldn't make this episode, so Nick finds out all by his lonesome!
Nick couldn't make this episode because he climbed inside a barrel and wouldn't come out (VERY Nick), so Darren chats with the owner of the very first comedy club outside of Earth- in Saturn, to be specific! Jeff Dunham and at least two of his puppets loved this episode!
Darren took a vacation this week (even though he knew we were supposed to record a f'in podcast!!) so Nick is joined in studio by a man who switched minds with a baby (Sam Burns). In arguably the least cohesive episode of the podcast the duo are later joined by Nick and Darren's biggest fan, the little baby's mother (Ben Beauchemin of CBC's Kim's Convenience).
Darren couldn't make it this week unfortunately so Nick is joined by upcoming super hero and busker The Irish Elephant (Ben Beauchemin). The two discuss the trials and tribulations of breaking into the industry when they are interrupted by the Irish Elephant's eventual sidekick (Sam Burns).
Neither Nick nor Darren is available this week due to some unfortunate circumstances, so guest host the Fuckdog (host of the shock-radio program At Your Throat) talks to Nick's twin brother. A distressingly in-depth discussion of the Fuckdog's sexual exploits ensues!
Darren chats with a police officer who is posing as a teenager in order to bust up a drug ring operating out of a high school. It's not going well!
Nick is out this week, so Darren talks to the Doogie Howser of the animal medicine world, a young child who may or may not be emotionally ready to be a vet.
Just a general notice to our loyal listeners, it turns out Nick Nemeroff is in fact alive and well! Nick and Darren are both in studio this week to chat with former ESPN blogger and Grantland founder Bill Simmons. Darren only knows pop culture, Nick only knows about sports. Luckily, Bill knows about both, and is all too happy to yoke 'em together!
In Nick's absence, Darren speaks to a terminally ill man who asked to make an appearance in order to make a record of his life for his young son. Sound heavy? Not to worry- things still get a little...kooky!
No Nick this week, so Darren speaks to Dr. Alan Fudge, a figure of some recent controversy in the medical field. Unfortunately, this involved deceiving him into thinking that this is a medical podcast, but fortunately, Darren does an immaculate job of keeping up the charade!
Nick is absent yet again, so Darren alone talks to a man who won a guest spot on the podcast at a very unusual charity auction. Is that the only strange thing about him? Brother, not even by half!
Nick's Mom in Nick's Body, Part Two Nick's mom, currently trapped in Nick's body due to a supernatural occurrence, returns to update us on her new life as a mid-20's male alt-comic.
It's one of those rare weeks in which Nick and Darren are actually in the studio together, so Darren sets out to interview his friend and cohost. For supernatural reasons, that isn't quite what happens...
This week In Conversation with Nick and Darren, Nick sits down with two members of the Baldwin acting dynasty! Although Alec ends up taking over the interview for a surprising reason.
Darren is honoured to chat with Izzy, the first dog ever to pilot a plane. Thanks to Humber College's Grandma Dressing program for co-sponsoring this episode!
Darren and Nick's two-episode streak of appearing on the same episode is sadly over, as a solo Nick talks to William Shakespeare's great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great grandson Colter.
Nick and Darren are in the studio together AGAIN, a trend that we're sure will continue from now on! They're joined by a big shot talent agent/producer with a very unorthodox approach to his work.
Saints alive, Nick and Darren FINALLY managed to be in the studio at the same time! And what great timing, because this guest's a doozy: it's former Full House star John Stamos!