The Mutant Season: Recent Episodes
The Mutant Season
Gil is joined by the incredible Claire Schwartz to talk about her work with JPL and more!
Gil is joined by Caitlin Durante to talk about comedy, being program director of NerdMelt and The Bechdel Cast!
Gil is joined by Nolan Fabricius! Nolan is an illustrator, animator, video game lover and manager of the NerdMelt Theater!
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Gil talks Raptors, Wrestling and Roasts with Eddie Furth!
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Sam Spina joins Gil to talk about story boarding on Regular Show, comic books and his Nickelodeon short Hole!
Beau Ryan, Chloe May and Lan Bui join Gil to talk about MineChest (Minecraft subscription box), call of duty and Gil plays MineCraft VR!
Sean Bonner sits down with Gil to about what Safecast does, how to measure radiation and Japan!
Gil chats with fellow Nerdist network podcaster Alexi Wasser about her podcast Love, Alexi, how she came up with the idea for her show and more!
Gil talks to Adam Popescu about why he wanted to be a writer, people he has interviewed and how kids today are too addicted to their cell phones!
Gil talks to artist Randy Martinez about how he became an artist, doing Star Wars and comic book art and more!
Bianca Moran talks about her company Susi, what a sustainable shoe is, being vegan and much more!
Gil and Derrick VanDerMillen talk about working at Meltdown, "knowing" Green Lantern and Star Wars!
Artist and VP of Creative at Cartoon Network, Rick Blanco, chats with Gil about working as an artist under the name Dienzo, how he got into art and what he does at Cartoon Network!
Managing Partner of TripleClix, Chris Erb, talks to Gil about his past jobs at EA, Legendary and what his company TripleClix does!
Gil takes Mutant Season on the road to special effects artist Tony Gardner's studio to talk all things special effects and his work on the upcoming Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse!
Actor and voice actor Eric Edelstein talks to Gil about being the voice of Grizz on We Bare Bears, getting eaten by a dinosaur in Jurassic World and more!
Ethan Eyler from Lyft chats with Gil about how Lyft was founded, what he does for the company and the history of the pink mustache!
Muralist Eyeone chats with Gil about how he became an artist, that inspires his work and more!
The director, producer and one of the stars of Astro Boy & the God of Comics chat with Gil about what a multimedia play is, how they all met and where people can see the show!
Writer and producer on Bob's Burgers Jon Schroeder chats with Gil about how the show came to be, what goes into writing an episode and how much improv they do on the show!
Actor Oscar Dietz hangs out with Gil to talk about being from Denmark, how he got into acting and getting the role of Antboy!
Comedian and writer Sean O'Connor talks with Gil about how he became a writer on The Late Late Show, how they come up with ideas for bits and sketches on the show and their love of spoilers!
Kyle Clark hangs out with Gil to talk about hosting the NerdMelt open mic and Simpsons trivia show, what cartoons they love and Kyle asks Gil a few questions about kids today!
Eddie Cordova, who works at the pop up shop Phat Collectibles within Meltdown Comics, chats with Gil about what Phat Collectibles does, organizing nerdy events and playing video games!
Artist/TV host Justin Bua talks to Gil about LA street art, his TV show Street Art Throwdown and more!
Ashley Esqueda chats with Gil about her job as co-host of Tomorrow Daily on CNET, how she got into tech reporting and her favorite video games!
Nicole Campos, Partner and Promotions Manager at Loot Crate, chats with Gil about her job at Loot Crate, how they choose what is in each box and she brings Gil a couple boxes to open up!
Matt Gourley talks to Gil about his podcasts James Bonding, Superego and what it's like to be the spokesman for Volkswagon. They also talk about the many James Bond movies and do Bane impressions!
Podcast producer at Nerdist, Aristotle Acevedo, chats with Gil about how he started producing podcasts, working at Meltdown and their favorite movies of last year!
Cole Stratton hangs out with Gil to talk about being a founder of SF Sketchfest, hosting the Pop My Culture podcast here on Nerdist and more!
Artist Dana Lechtenberg chats with Gil about how he became an artist, where he gets inspiration and doing art for Nerdist podcasts!
Kyle Hill returns to talk more science fun! He talks about his new position as Science Editor at Nerdist.com, his video show Because Science and what's happened in the world of science recently!
Actor Marc Evan Jackson hangs out with Gil to talk about all the shows Marc has acted in, doing the voice of Sparks Nevada in The Thrilling Adventure Hour and the importance of learning improv. They also talk about their mutual fascination with space!
Realtor Daniel Carson tells Gil what it has been like being a realtor in Los Angeles for over 20 years, some of the weirdest houses he has sold and how buying and selling a house works!
Wrestler Chavo Guerrero, Jr. and executive producer Eric Van Wagenen sit down with Gil to talk about their new tv show Lucha Underground, how Chavo got into wrestlingand creating the complex set to film on!
Actor Jacob Hopkins hangs out with Gil to talk about being the voice of Gumball in Cartoon Network's The Amazing World of Gumball, how he got into acting and what he thinks of the world in The Amazing World of Gumball!
Director Nacho Vigalondo, along with friend Spencer Hickman sit down with Gil to talk everything movies!
A couple of the voices from The Regular Show, Sam Marin (voice of Pops, Benson and Muscle Man) and Bill Salyers (voice of Rigby) hang out with Gil to talk about what led them to voice acting, how the think of the voices for their characters and more!
Actor, improvist and the head of the Nerdist School Ptolemy Slocum talks to Gil about his current projects, what the Nerdist school does and more!
Nerdist family member Jessica Chobot hangs out with Gil on The Mutant Season! She talks about how she became the host of Nerdist News, her podcast Bizarre States, they exchange some scary stories and talk about what's new in video games!
Christian Parkes and Grant Moninger of Beyond Fest (and Humans From Earth podcast) return to the show to talk to Gil on what they've all been up to and what they have planned for this year's Beyond Fest!
It's a very special episode of The Mutant Season! Live from SDCC 2014, it's the Nerdist Podcast Super Panel with Matt Mira, Jonah Ray, Janet Varney, Cole Stratton, Gil Letelier, Ben Blacker, Ben Acker, Sandra Daughtery and Dave Ross!
Gil takes questions for YOU, the listeners! Gil answers questions about the podcast, superheroes and what life is all about!
Independent artist and production coordinator at Disney Animation hangs out with Gil to talk about what a production coordinator is and how he comes up ideas for his drawings!
Comedian and fellow podcaster Matt Braunger hangs out with Gil to talk about how he comes up with jokes, how Matt got into comedy and their mutual hatred of movie magic!
Movie critic Devin Faraci and Gil talk about what movies they are looking forward to this summer, they get deep about the new Planet of the Apes movie and they discuss how Devin started writing about movies!
Emily Gordon and Kumail Nanjiani return to The Mutant Season to talk about their new Comedy Central TV show, The Meltdown!
Ben Acker chats with Gil about TV writing, The Thrilling Adventure and why Gil's face should have it's own Twitter!
Willy Roberts hangs out with Gil to talk about making films for Channel 101, playing in a costume dodgeball league and they talk sci-fi controversy!
Avi Cohn hangs out with Gil to talk about his job as a computer engineer for nanosatellites, how they test equipment that is sent to space and creating programs to help doctors look inside brains!
Gil learns about 3D printing and laser cutting hands on! Jonathan Schwartz from HexLab Makerspace brings in a 3D printer and prints out a toy right in the studio while he and Gil talk about how it works and more!
Musician Andrew London hangs out with Gil to talk about how he got into music, releasing his first solo record and Gil's new band!
Thomas Middleditch stops by the podcast to talk to Gil about his new show Silicon Valley, acting out panic attacks and how much he actually knows about computers!
Gil takes questions for YOU, the listeners! Gil answers questions about the podcast, superheroes and what life is all about!
Comedic improvisor Dan Van Kirk chats with Gil about the process of improv, how he got started in comedy and his different characters!
Authors of The Humor Code sit down with Gil to talk about what inspired them to write the book The Humor Code, how humor is different from around the world and what they think is the funniest thing in the world!
Neuroscientist Crystal Dilworth chats with Gil about getting people interested in science, doing studies on the brain and more!
Comedian Josh Fadem hangs out with Gil to talk about his inspiration for his sketches, making funny videos and more!
The events coordinator for LA Makerspace, Jeremy Yanofsky, sits down with Gil to talk about what LA Makerspace is, the importance of being creative and making fun projects!
Adam Rodrigues hangs out with Gil to talk about growing up in Hawaii, working on Jonah Raydio and more!
Terri Wahl and Michelle Risucci from Auntie Em's Kitchen in Eagle Rock bring some treats to the studio and sit down with Gil to talk all things desserts!
The legendary comic book writer, Len Wein, joins Gil in the studio! They talk about how he became a comic book writer, coming up with Wolverine and what real wolverines look like!
Scientist Kyle Hill returns to The Mutant Season! He and Gil talk more science news, video games and, of course, aliens!
Comic book writer Tom Pinchuk hangs out with Gil to talk Max Steel and all thing comic books!
Gil sits down the with the guys of The Grawlix (comedians Adam Cayton-Holland, Andrew Orvedahl and Ben Roy) to talk about how they come up with sketches, the Denver Broncos losing the Super Bowl and Ben drinks ALL the water in the studio!
Tony Thaxton returns to the show! He and Gil talks about what inspired him to do a year-round Christmas podcast, life after Motion City Soundtrack and their thoughts on the Super Bowl!
Aaron H. Baker hangs out with Gil to talk about everything he does at the NerdMelt Showroom!
Gil's own uncle Francisco hangs out with Gil to talk about building the website for Meltdown, the time there was an epic Nerf fight at the store and much more!
Gil sits down with comic book writer Eric Esquival to talk about his work on Bravest Warriors, Adventure Time and more and the importance of not being a couch potato!
Gil sits down with comic book writer Eric Esquival to talk about his work on Bravest Warriors, Adventure Time and more and the importance of not being a couch potato!
Uncle Grandpa creator and voice actor Peter Browngardt comes on the show to talk all things Uncle Grandpa! How he came up with the idea, doing the voice of Uncle Grandpa and more!
The hilarious voice actor Eric Bauza does lots of silly voices for Gil, talks about how he comes up with voices for characters and working on Uncle Grandpa!
It's yet another Mutant Season field trip! This time Gil goes to the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles to talk to educators Bailee Desrocher and Anya Hunter about what they do at the museum, all the dinosaur fossils at the museum and what the world might have been like when dinosaurs were alive!
It's a Mutant Season field trip to the California Science Center! Gil interviews the curator of Aerospace Programs, Dr. Ken Phillips, all about the Endeavour space shuttle, how it came to the science center and whether or not they think there is life on other planets!
Voice actor legend John DiMaggio sits down with Gil to talk about being the voice of Bender and Jake, his documentary about voice acting and how recording voices for cartoon characters actually works!
Science writer/blogger for Scientific American and science correspondent for Al Jazeera America hangs out with Gil for his longest podcast yet! They nerd out about the science of zombies, aliens, superheroes and more!
Friend of the show Matt Bennett returns to the show! He and Gil talk about his new pilot, his music and more!
Entomologist Phil Torres sits down with Gil to talk all about bugs! He talks about what an entomologist does, tells stories of scary bugs and talks about his work with bugs in the Amazon!
The guys behind Beyond Fest, Christian, Adam, Grant and Spencer stop by The Mutant Season! They talk about how they all met, what they each do and what Beyond Fest is!
Designer Darren Romanelli sits down with Gil to talk about how he became a designer, what exactly he does and weird fabrics he has made clothes out of!
The Vice President of animation at Cartoon Network, Curstin Lelash, talks to Gil about what exactly his job is, what a typical day at work is like and they talk about their favorite cart
It's Gil's ONE HUNDREDTH EPISODE! Chris Hardwick stops by to say hi and the Gil and Katie reminisce about the past guests and talk about what more is going to come!
Comedian, musician, DJ and punk rock connoisseur Joe Sib hangs out with Gil to talk about his days as a musician, how he got into punk rock and having a positive attitude!
Comedian and self-declared nerd Jackie Kashian hangs out with Gil to talk about all the nerdy things they life, places she has traveled to do comedy and much more!
Voice-over extraordinaire Chris Smith sits down with Gil to talk about how he got into voice-acting, his favorite role and how taxing voice-acting can be!
Scientist and TV host Cara Santa Maria hangs out with Gil to talk about what a neurobiology is, how tornadoes work and digging for dinosaurs in her backyard!
Dungeons and Dragons Dungeon Master Spencer Crittenden comes on the show to talk about how he got into DnD, what a Dungeon Master does and playing DnD on the podcast Harmontown!
Matt Fosburg from Sticky USA candy hangs out with Gil to talk about living a life surrounded by candy!
Podcast producer and audio engineer Dustin Marshall hangs out with Gil to discuss podcasting, the universe and more!
The always fun Tom Wilson returns to the podcast to talk about what he has planned for the summer and more!
The Director of Creative for Disney Interactive Video Matt Wyatt hangs out with Gil to talk about directing, filming in Disneyland in the middle of the night and the days before DVR's!
Special effects make-up artist Lawrence Mercado talks to Gil about how he got into the special effects business, how he comes up with ideas and he tells a crazy alien story!
Musician Nick Thorburn comes on the show to talk about how he got into music, how singing can be scary sometimes and having interesting animals as pets!
Film Crit Hulk hangs out with Gil to talk about what movies they both like, what movies they are looking forward to and the personalities of super heroes!
The legendary Bobcat Goldthwait sits down with Gil to talk about directing films, stand-up comedy and Bigfoot and other urban myths!
Matthew Burnside hangs out with Gil to talk about testing video games for The Indoor Kids, new consoles and their favorite video games!
Toy distributor Dov Kelemer sits down with Gil to talk about how he got into the toy business, what a toy distributor does and more!
Artist Josh Karp hangs out with Gil to talk about drawing hands, how he became an artist and his family!
Artist Dave Kloc comes on the show to talk about how he became an artist, what inspires him and how he started making the posters for the Meltdown Comedy Show!
Mike Manasewitsch hangs out with Gil to talk about what a director does, how he got into directing and ALIENS!
Documentary filmmaker Steven Feinartz sits down with Gil to talk about how he got into film-making, what a documentary is and more!
Chef Michael Voltaggio hangs out with Gil to talk about how he went from a picky eater to a professional chef, what vegetables kids hate the most and scary bugs!
Matt Mira comes by to talk to Gil about how the Nerdist podcast got started, the problem with running zombies and what it was like to see a space shuttle launch into space!
Johnny Wickham from the Nerdist YouTube Channel hangs out with Gil to talk about how shows on the channel come to be, being good at bowling and zombies!
Chef Becky Reams sits down with Gil to talk about how she became a chef, what foods she likes to make and much more!
Candi Crawford from Best Friends Animal Society sits down with Gil to talk about what her organization does, ways to help shelter pets and the NKLA campaign!
Steven Yeun hangs out with Gil to talk about what it's like playing Glenn on The Walking Dead, how he got into comic books and what he would really do in a zombie apocalypse!
Art curator for La Luz de Jesus Gallery comes on the show to talk about what a curator does, different types of art and comic books!
Mike Nissen and Daniel Norman from the band A House For Lions hang out with Gil to talk about their favorite music, their favorite guitar chords and they play a song!
Gil's uncle Shigeyuki Someya a.k.a. Monster5 is in town from Japan and sat down with Gil to talk about his toy company, how he became a model maker and what life in Japan is like!
Aaron Bleyaert, content producer on Conan, hangs out with Gil to talk about Canadian bacon, video games and debate whether zombies can run or not!
Comic book writers and artists Frank on and Becky sit down with Gil to talk about their comics Tiny Kitten Teeth, getting (human) teeth pulled and traveling to different countries!
Comedian Adam Cayton-Holland hangs out with Gil to talk about comedy, writing, bird watching and his dog, Annabel!
Actor and acting coach Chambers Stevens comes on the show to talk about how he became an actor, why he decided to teach acting, and The Chambie Awards!
It's The Mutant Season live from Meltdown Comics! Gil hosts guests Tom Wilson, Kumail Nanjiani, Matt Bennett and more!
Andy and Justin from Stickam sit down with Gil to talk about what Stickam is, what kind of shows they do and much more!
Stop motion animator Mike Johnson sits down with Gil to talk about how he got into stop motion, how it works and all the movies he has worked on!
Writer on Mad TV invites Gil to his office on the WB lot to talk about Mad magazine, Mad the TV show and how the magazine was converted into a TV show!
Tom Wilson hangs out with Gil to talk about how he became an actor, different guitar chords and much, much more!
Photographer Tyler Ross sits down with Gil to talk about being a professional photographer, being afraid of roller coasters and their favorite movies!
Lawyer Adam Silverstein comes on the show to talk about the law with Gil! He talks about how he became a lawyer, what kind of cases he works on and being a lawyer who also loves comic books!
Ryan and Jake from MELTCAST 2.0 hang out with Gil to talk about their favorite comic books, what they would do in a world without comic books and eat some candy!
Gil takes The Mutant Season on a field trip to NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory! He gets a tour of the campus and then sits down with Bobak Ferdowsi, the flight director of the Mars Curiosity Rover to talk about Mars, spaceships and life on other planets!
Comedian Chris Fairbanks hangs out with Gil to talk about learning how to skateboard, how Chris got into comedy and launching bagels off buildings!
Model maker, art director and special effects guy Trevor Tuttle sits down with Gil to talk about how he got into the movie business, how he envisions sets and models for films and his work on Gil's favorite movie, Mars Attacks!
Creator of Regular Show, J.G. Quintel hangs out with Gil to talk about where he got the idea of Regular Show, his favorite episodes and getting in trouble with the cops!
Comedian Daniel Kinno hangs out with Gil to talk about doing comedy in other countries, traveling the world and eating buffets!
Comic book writer, Caleb Monroe (Batman; STEED & MRS. PEEL; ICE AGE and HUNTER'S FORTUNE) hangs out with Gil to talk about writing comics, communicating with comic book artists and they both talk about their favorite comics of all time!
Friend (and mayor) of Meltdown Adam Dorsey comes on the show to talk about looking at cat pictures for a living, working as a video game tester and funny memes!
Gil gets to talk to the owners of his favorite hot dog truck! They talk about hot dogs, bacon, more hot dogs and more bacon!
Mo, Ben and Jenny from the Nerdist YouTube show Nerdterns comes on the show to talk about making a webseries, their favorite school subjects and more!
It's another Mutant Season field trip! Gil goes to DC Comics to sit down with Chief Creative Officer Geoff Johns and talk about what Geoff does, his favorite comic books, and his favorite heroes and villains!
Dan Harmon hangs out with Gil to talk about Minecraft, living on the moon and Gil's future!
Editor-in-Chief of BOOM! Studios sits down with Gil to talk about comic books, what an editor-in-chief does and zombies!
Grant Imahara, from Discovery Channel's Mythbusters, comes on the show to talk about blowing stuff up, zombie defense, Legos and Star Wars!
Creator of Ren and Stimpy and other amazing cartoons, John Kricfalusi comes on the show to talk about Ren and Stimpy, flying cars and their favorite cartoons!
Paleontologist Trevor Valle from The La Brea Tar Pits comes on the show to talk about finding fossils and bones, what the tar pits exactly are and some really cool prehistoric animals!
Parry Gripp hangs out with Gil to talk funny YouTube videos, being in the band Nerf Herder and making music for TV shows!
Writer and animator for Phineas and Ferb, John Mathot, comes on the show and geeks out about animation and Phineas and Ferb with Gil! And they talk about John's live show "Horrible Movie Night"!
Alexis Henry from Surfrider Foundation comes on the show to talk to Gil about what Surfrider is, what they fight for and, of course, surfing!
Doug Brochu (Sonny with a Chance and So Random!) sits down with Gil to talk about acting, comic books and more!
Morgan Wyenn, attorney at NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council) comes on the show to discuss climate change, electric cars and ways people can help protect the earth!
Justin Willman returns to the show to talk about his new show on The Nerdist YouTube Channel, performing magic at The White House and, of course, cupcakes!
Actor and artist comes on the show to tell Gil about acting and his art! There's also talk about the tooth fairy and a philosophical conversation about consciousness!
Gil visits the set of Nickelodeon's Figure It Out and interviews Matt Bennett, Avan Jogia and the host Jeff Sutphen!
Drummer of Motion City Soundtrack, Tony Thaxton, hangs out with Gil to talk about how he became a drummer, where his band has traveled and The Country Bear Jamboree!
Comic book writer and artist Felipe Smith comes on the show to talk about how he got into comic books and working in Japan for the past four years!
Director, writer, voice actor and puppeteer Dan Milano sits down with Gil to talk about shows like Robot Chicken and Warren The Ape are made!
Jeremy Shada, the voice of Finn on Adventure Time, sits down with Gil to talk about voice acting, annoying siblings and their favorite episodes of Adventure Time!
Sgt. Eric Schwartz hangs out with Gil to discuss what it takes to be a Marine and talk about his job as the media liaison for movies and TV shows!
The Nerdist himself, Chris Hardwick, sits down with Gil to talk about being a nerd, horror movies, and comedy!
Mike Wood and Deborah Cloyd from Samy's Camera come on the show to talk about photography, film making and their photography classes for kids!
Brett Weiner, filmmaker for Channel 101 and other projects, talks to Gil about scriptwriting, directing and Gil shares some of his movie ideas!
Comedian and fellow Nerdist Industries podcaster, Pete Holmes, sits down with Gil to talk about jokes, writing and the stock market!
Comic book and TV writer Adam Beechen hangs out with Gil and the two come up with some great ideas for comic books!
It's the first Mutant Season road trip! Gil goes to the Henson studios to interview Drew Massey about how he became a puppeteer, how it works and more!
Producer of this show and the Nerdist Network, Katie Levine, and co-host of this show, Mo Fathelbab, get interviewed by Gil about jobs, podcasting and more!
Emily Gordon and Kumail Nanjiani sit down with Gil to talk about how they met, Halo and their cat, Bagel!
Pat Kilbane and Gil talk about his book The Braineaters Bible, Mad TV, cavemen and more!
TV writer, movie writer, co-creator of The Thrilling Adventure Hour and host of the Nerdist Writers Panel podcast sits down with Gil to talk writing, his favorite movies and TV show and aliens!
Mark and Jane Frauenfelder, hosts of Apps for Kids from BoingBoing.net, hang out with Gil to talk inventions, funny videos and what apps they like!
Julia Vickerman and Erin Pearce, of the show Yo Gabba Gabba, stop by to discuss what they do on the show and talk about cartoons!
Stuntman Eddie Perez comes by to talk about all the crazy and dangerous stunts he has done and what being a stunt coordinator is like!
The Chief Service Office for the mayor of Los Angeles, Rafael Gonzales, comes on the show to talk about government, the environment and taking care of the city you live in!
Adam Weissman, Art Director at Stussy, sits down with Gil to talk about his career in clothing, graphic design, directing and music!
Comedian/actor/writer DC Pierson hangs out with Gil to talk comedy, book writing, rap battles and much, much more!
Beau Ryan, of RadNerd and Machinima, sit down with Gil to talk about internet careers, nerd stuff and more!
Gil's fencing coach, Victor Cervantes, sits down with Gil to discuss fencing, other sports, science and much more!
Stephen Glickman, from Big Time Rush, sits down with Gil and a few friends to talk comedy, jelly beans and more!
Comedian and Halo fanatic Colton Dunn join Gil and his friend Christian to talk about Halo, Halo and more Halo.
Magician and "Cupcake Wars" host Justin Willman comes on the show to do a few tricks, tell the story of how he became a magician and talk about eating cupcakes as a job!
Kevin Eastman, creator of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, talks with Gil about the creation of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, their love of Mars Attacks and more!
Jessie Usher and Aimee Carrero from Cartoon Network's Level Up sit down with Gil and Mo to talk about the movie and show, Thanksgiving and their careers as actors.
Gil has George McClements on the show to discuss his job of designing Disney merchandise, their favorite Disney films and more!
Matt Bennett (from Nickelodeon's Victorious) joins Gil and Mo to talk about working as an actor, his favorite shows as a kid and more!
Don Murphy, producer of Real Steel, Transformers and more, sits down with Gil to discuss movie making secrets and, of course, robots!
For the premiere episode of The Mutant Season, Gil invites DC comic book writer Scott Lobdell on the show to talk about comic books. And some other stuff.
Candi Crawford from Best Friends Animal Society sits down with Gil to talk about what her organization does, ways to help shelter pets and the NKLA campaign!