My New Thing with Dan and Zach

Break out the popcorn because Zach and Dan are all buttered up and ready to go back to the movies! Today on the show, we talk to activist and director Brandt Andersen whose new movie I Was A Stranger (2026) explores the hardships of migrants through an action-packed ensemble thriller. The movie is terrific, and we highly encourage you to see it in theaters this January! Also discussed on this podcast: buying a G League team, talking to evil people, and - of course - collecting figurines. This episode is brought to you by ⁠Quince⁠! Go to ⁠quince.com/newthing⁠ for free shipping and 365-day returns. You don't even have to listen to us. Just buy some great clothes after you follow that link to support the show! My New Thing is a comedy podcast featuring interviews with the funniest people on the planet discussing their latest obsessions! We're talking hobbies, sports, video games, and obscure films you can only find on VHS. It's a podcast where comedians talk about anything but how they got started in the biz! What a relief. Hosted by comedians Dan Wilbur (The Onion, Sirius XM) and Zach Sims (Comedy Central) Join us, hobbyholers! Follow us on Instagram! Music by Corn Mo. Art by Jordan Doll. Want to see us live? We host a weekly stand-up show in Park Slope, Brooklyn every Wednesday at Young Ethel's! Email us: MyNewThingPod@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

All the lights are green, so hang on to your spleen... it's another bonus episode! This episode is brought to you by ⁠Quince⁠! Go to ⁠quince.com/newthing⁠ for free shipping and 365-day returns. You don't even have to listen to us. Just buy some great clothes after you follow that link to support the show! Today, Zach and Dan recap the terrific Netflix series Squide Game: The Challenge. During the discussion, we talk about who deserves the money, martyr complexes, times we bombed onstage, and who always looks good in a suit. It's one for the ages (and by that I mean people above the age of 18 because there's a lot of swearing). We're back this Friday with a very special interview! Don't forget to visit ⁠quince.com/newthing⁠ for free shipping and 365-day returns. My New Thing is a comedy podcast featuring interviews with the funniest people on the planet discussing their latest obsessions! We're talking hobbies, sports, video games, and obscure films you can only find on VHS. It's a podcast where comedians talk about anything but how they got started in the biz! What a relief. Hosted by comedians Dan Wilbur (The Onion, Sirius XM) and Zach Sims (Comedy Central) Join us, hobbyholers! Follow us on Instagram! Music by Corn Mo. Art by Jordan Doll. Want to see us live? We host a weekly stand-up show in Park Slope, Brooklyn every Wednesday at Young Ethel's! Email us: MyNewThingPod@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Yes, Chef! We have another episode for you! Right when you thought cooking for Thanksgiving was over, we're coming at you with a very funny and very insightful episode with Danny Solomon (MTV's Ridiculousness, Sorry We Love Football podcast). Danny spent years as a stand-up comedian and TV writer before deciding to switch careers and try his hand at cooking. He talks to us about culinary school, insane chefs, quitting comedy, and the joy of a sharp knife. Plus, Dan talks to Zach about a death in the family. It's quite a journey! My New Thing is a comedy podcast featuring interviews with the funniest people on the planet discussing their latest obsessions! We're talking hobbies, sports, video games, and obscure films you can only find on VHS. It's a podcast where comedians talk about anything but how they got started in the biz! What a relief. Hosted by comedians Dan Wilbur (The Onion, Sirius XM) and Zach Sims (Comedy Central) Join us, hobbyholers! Follow us on Instagram! Music by Corn Mo. Art by Jordan Doll. Want to see us live? We host a weekly stand-up show in Park Slope, Brooklyn every Wednesday at Young Ethel's! Email us: MyNewThingPod@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Wrap your little tentacles around this bonus episode! We're talking about Squid Game: The Challenge again! On today's bonus episode, Dan and Zach get sucked into the Netflix reality competition show and can't get enough of the drama! We're talking about the next four episodes Netflix released if you want to watch first and check back in. We will cover the finale next week! This chat has it all: bullying, Cuomo-bashing, and how Dan wouldn't survive on less than 2,000 calories a day. It's a funny episode! We'll be back Friday with a regular interview. My New Thing is a comedy podcast featuring interviews with the funniest people on the planet discussing their latest obsessions! We're talking hobbies, sports, video games, and obscure films you can only find on VHS. It's a podcast where comedians talk about anything but how they got started in the biz! What a relief. Hosted by comedians Dan Wilbur (The Onion, Sirius XM) and Zach Sims (Comedy Central) Follow us on Instagram! Music by Corn Mo. Art by Jordan Doll. Want to see us live? We host a weekly stand-up show in Park Slope, Brooklyn every Wednesday at Young Ethel's! Email us: MyNewThingPod@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

From soup to nuts, this show is a hit! Zach and Dan invite the hilarious Alison Leiby (Broad City, Marvelous Mrs. Maisel) into the old podcast cauldron to talk about her love of soup! We talk about fancy restaurants, private room karaoke, treating yourself, and times women said "my uncle just died" to get out of sleeping with us! It's a hot one! My New Thing is a comedy podcast featuring interviews with the funniest people on the planet discussing their latest obsessions! We're talking hobbies, sports, video games, and obscure films you can only find on VHS. It's a podcast where comedians talk about anything but how they got started in the biz! What a relief. Hosted by comedians Dan Wilbur (The Onion, Sirius XM) and Zach Sims (Comedy Central) Join us, hobbyholers! Follow us on Instagram! Music by Corn Mo. Art by Jordan Doll. Want to see us live? We host a weekly stand-up show in Park Slope, Brooklyn every Wednesday at Young Ethel's! Email us: MyNewThingPod@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Players! Welcome to the most intense podcast yet! Zach and Dan continue their month of trying to enjoy reality TV, and this week, they're all in on Squid Game: The Challenge. Netflix released episodes of the competition show based on the South Korean hit drama Squid Game in three parts. This bonus episode covers the first 3 episodes. We won't spoil anything beyond that, but we guarantee once you start watching, you won't want to stop. We talk about embarrassing dads, strategies for making people like you, and how to throw a tennis ball. It's a blast! Look out for next week's show when we'll discuss the next five episodes of the series, and look out this Friday for a regular episode of our show with Alison Leiby! See you, hobby holers! My New Thing is a comedy podcast featuring interviews with the funniest people on the planet discussing their latest obsessions! We're talking hobbies, sports, video games, and obscure films you can only find on VHS. It's a podcast where comedians talk about anything but how they got started in the biz! What a relief. Hosted by comedians Dan Wilbur (The Onion, Sirius XM) and Zach Sims (Comedy Central) Follow us on Instagram! Music by Corn Mo. Art by Jordan Doll. Want to see us live? We host a weekly stand-up show in Park Slope, Brooklyn every Wednesday at Young Ethel's! Email us: MyNewThingPod@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Let's get ready to crank it (the next episode, that is)! Zach and Dan invite the multi-talented comedian Matt Koff (The Daily Show) into the Hobby Hole to talk about his love for great notebooks and stationery. Matt is an Emmy-award-winning comedian who recently won New York's Funniest Standup at the New York Comedy Festival. We're thrilled he spent time with us talking about great paper, pens, and how he'd like to one day ice skate and possibly build his own lamp. It's a wild one! My New Thing is a comedy podcast featuring interviews with the funniest people on the planet discussing their latest obsessions! We're talking hobbies, sports, video games, and obscure films you can only find on VHS. It's a podcast where comedians talk about anything but how they got started in the biz! What a relief. Hosted by comedians Dan Wilbur (The Onion, Sirius XM) and Zach Sims (Comedy Central) Join us, hobbyholers! Follow us on Instagram! Music by Corn Mo. Art by Jordan Doll. Want to see us live? We host a weekly stand-up show in Park Slope, Brooklyn every Wednesday at Young Ethel's! Email us: MyNewThingPod@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's time to reapply the creams and start living your dreams! Zach and Dan are back with another bonus episode to talk about Season 5, episodes 1 and 10 of Love Is Blind Brazil so they can finally understand what all the fuss is about (over the TV show and having intimate relationships with people). This particular season featured contestants who were all above the age of 50, but many of them we still not ready to commit. Listen to find out if Dan and Zach now know the true meaning of love or if they'll continue to be bitter and cynical. We're back on Friday with another full episode and interview with The Daily Show's Matt Koff My New Thing is a comedy podcast featuring interviews with the funniest people on the planet discussing their latest obsessions! We're talking hobbies, sports, video games, and obscure films you can only find on VHS. It's a podcast where comedians talk about anything but how they got started in the biz! What a relief. Hosted by comedians Dan Wilbur (The Onion, Sirius XM) and Zach Sims (Comedy Central) Follow us on Instagram! Music by Corn Mo. Art by Jordan Doll. Want to see us live? We host a weekly stand-up show in Park Slope, Brooklyn every Wednesday at Young Ethel's! Email us: ⁠MyNewThingPod@gmail.com⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

That's me in the corner, that's me in the spotlight, releasing a new episode! Today in the Hobby Hole, Zach and Dan welcome the hilarious Ariel Elias (Kimmel, Colbert) to discuss her obsession with the TLC reality show Welcome to Plathville. The show focuses on a religious family discovering new things about themselves throughout the years, and we decide to all share things we've learned about our own spiritual lives but in a funny, non-threatening way. We talk about Judaism, swimming, Baptist churches, and video games. It's a hoot! Check out Ariel's new special A Jewish Star! My New Thing is a comedy podcast featuring interviews with the funniest people on the planet discussing their latest obsessions! We're talking hobbies, sports, video games, and obscure films you can only find on VHS. It's a podcast where comedians talk about anything but how they got started in the biz! What a relief. Hosted by comedians Dan Wilbur (The Onion, Sirius XM) and Zach Sims (Comedy Central) Join us, hobbyholers! Follow us on Instagram! Music by Corn Mo. Art by Jordan Doll. Want to see us live? We host a weekly stand-up show in Park Slope, Brooklyn every Wednesday at Young Ethel's! Email us: ⁠MyNewThingPod@gmail.com⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Let's tear down the walls and open up our hearts! It's time for another bonus episode. This week, in honor of our previous episode about Big Brother with Ashley Brooke Roberts, Zach and Dan discuss the good, the bad, and the ugly of the Netflix reality series Love Is Blind. We recap the first episode and the reunion of Season 9. It's a real wild one. Join us on Friday for another regular episode! My New Thing is a comedy podcast featuring interviews with the funniest people on the planet discussing their latest obsessions! We're talking hobbies, sports, video games, and obscure films you can only find on VHS. It's a podcast where comedians talk about anything but how they got started in the biz! What a relief. Hosted by comedians Dan Wilbur (The Onion, Sirius XM) and Zach Sims (Comedy Central) Join us, hobbyholers! Follow us on Instagram! Music by Corn Mo. Art by Jordan Doll. Want to see us live? We host a weekly stand-up show in Park Slope, Brooklyn every Wednesday at Young Ethel's! Email us: ⁠MyNewThingPod@gmail.com⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Boo! That's what you'll be saying after hearing this episode! On this very special and spooky Halloween edition of the podcast, Zach and Dan invite The Boo Boys to talk about their new book of scary stories! Zach Broussard (The Late Late Show) and Nate Fernald (The Pete Holmes Show) are comedians who also love the magic of horror fiction. That's why they wrote Scary Stories to Make You Scared of Stories, a book of hilarious and terrifying tales. Also, Dan fails to land a joke three times, Nate reads a story to us, and we talk about what we love about Halloween! My New Thing is a comedy podcast featuring interviews with the funniest people on the planet discussing their latest obsessions! We're talking hobbies, sports, video games, and obscure films you can only find on VHS. It's a podcast where comedians talk about anything but how they got started in the biz! What a relief. Hosted by comedians Dan Wilbur (The Onion, Sirius XM) and Zach Sims (Comedy Central) Join us, hobbyholers! Follow us on Instagram! Music by Corn Mo. Art by Jordan Doll. Want to see us live? We host a weekly stand-up show in Park Slope, Brooklyn every Wednesday at Young Ethel's! Email us: ⁠MyNewThingPod@gmail.com⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"We could be that mistake!" Zach and Dan end their obsession with the NY Times 100 Best Movies of the 21st Century by discussing #100 on the list, Superbad (2007). It's a conversation about wild parties, late bloomers, and what makes comedy work. It's a fun trip down memory lane with a movie that holds up! This is a bonus episode! Join us on Friday for a very special spooky edition of the regular podcast. My New Thing is a comedy podcast featuring interviews with the funniest people on the planet discussing their latest obsessions! We're talking hobbies, sports, video games, and obscure films you can only find on VHS. It's a podcast where comedians talk about anything but how they got started in the biz! What a relief. Hosted by comedians Dan Wilbur (The Onion, Sirius XM) and Zach Sims (Comedy Central) Follow us on Instagram! Music by Corn Mo. Art by Jordan Doll. Want to see us live? We host a weekly stand-up show in Park Slope, Brooklyn every Wednesday at Young Ethel's! Email us: ⁠MyNewThingPod@gmail.com⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We hope you're ready for another healthy portion of us telling you how to live your life! Today on the show, the very funny Caitlin Reese (The Onion, Amazon Prime) tells Zach and Dan about her occasional obsession with not eating animals. We discuss IKEA's vegan food options, slaughterhouses, how to get your protein, and which animals deserve to live. It's morally conscious but not in an annoying way. We think? You tell us. My New Thing is a comedy podcast featuring interviews with the funniest people on the planet discussing their latest obsessions! We're talking hobbies, sports, video games, and obscure films you can only find on VHS. It's a podcast where comedians talk about anything but how they got started in the biz! What a relief. Hosted by comedians Dan Wilbur (The Onion, Sirius XM) and Zach Sims (Comedy Central) Join us, hobbyholers! Follow us on Instagram! Music by Corn Mo. Art by Jordan Doll. Want to see us live? We host a weekly stand-up show in Park Slope, Brooklyn every Wednesday at Young Ethel's! Email us: ⁠MyNewThingPod@gmail.com⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're back at it with another bonus episode about -- what else? -- movies! Zach and Dan remain obsessed with validating the New York Times list of the 100 Best Movies of The 21st Century, and this week, they discuss the masterpiece Children of Men (2006). We talk about heroism, alcoholism, and spitting a ping pong ball into your lover's mouth. This show has it all! The regular show is back this Friday with Caitlin Reese! Listen to the previous interviews including last week's with actor Peter Grosz from The Menu. It was a great time. My New Thing is a comedy podcast featuring interviews with the funniest people on the planet discussing their latest obsessions! We're talking hobbies, sports, video games, and obscure films you can only find on VHS. It's a podcast where comedians talk about anything but how they got started in the biz! What a relief. Hosted by comedians Dan Wilbur (The Onion, Sirius XM) and Zach Sims (Comedy Central) Follow us on Instagram! Music by Corn Mo. Art by Jordan Doll. Want to see us live? We host a weekly stand-up show in Park Slope, Brooklyn every Wednesday at Young Ethel's! Email us: ⁠MyNewThingPod@gmail.com⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We hope you're hungry...for another episode! Today, Zach and Dan talk to actor, comedian, and improvisor Peter Grosz (The Menu, Veep, The President Show) about his obsession with seeing how restaurants prepare before they raise the curtain and serve patrons. We also talk about Peter's big acting gigs in movies and the old Sonic ads as well as his early obsessions with SNL and photography. We all learned something about comedy and about ourselves. It's a fun episode! My New Thing is a comedy podcast featuring interviews with the funniest people on the planet discussing their latest obsessions! We're talking hobbies, sports, video games, and obscure films you can only find on VHS. It's a podcast where comedians talk about anything but how they got started in the biz! What a relief. Hosted by comedians Dan Wilbur (The Onion, Sirius XM) and Zach Sims (Comedy Central) Join us, hobbyholers! Follow us on Instagram! Music by Corn Mo. Art by Jordan Doll. Want to see us live? We host a weekly stand-up show in Park Slope, Brooklyn every Wednesday at Young Ethel's! Email us: ⁠MyNewThingPod@gmail.com⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The saga continues! Zach and Dan are still discussing the NY Times list of the 100 Best Movies of The 21st Century since "watching stuff" seems to be their only hobby. In this bonus episode, we talk about Bong Joon Ho's Parasite, a brilliant rumination on the trappings of capitalism. We talk about treating others like human beings, great moments in Korean cinema, why you should go to the theater to see movies, and more! If you haven't seen the movie, there are many spoilers! Watch it and come back to us. Thank you for listening to this experimental bonus content. We will be back Friday with a new interview! Follow us on Instagram! Music by Corn Mo. Art by Jordan Doll. Email us: ⁠MyNewThingPod@gmail.com⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We must be the new Taylor Swifts because here we are appearing in your wildest dreams! Today in the Hobby Hole, Zach and Dan talk to the very funny Natasha Vaynblat (from The Tonight Show and Comedy Central) about her experiences with lucid dreaming. It's a fascinating discussion about an alternative form of therapy that leaves you well-rested instead of doing whatever recreational substances might do to your body. We also discuss if we'd ever skydive, bucket lists, and what lamps taste like. It's a good time! My New Thing is a comedy podcast featuring interviews with the funniest people on the planet discussing their latest obsessions! We're talking hobbies, sports, video games, and obscure films you can only find on VHS. It's a podcast where comedians talk about anything but how they got started in the biz! What a relief. Hosted by comedians Dan Wilbur (The Onion, Sirius XM) and Zach Sims (Comedy Central) Join us, hobbyholers! Follow us on Instagram! Music by Corn Mo. Art by Jordan Doll. Want to see us live? We host a weekly stand-up show in Park Slope, Brooklyn every Wednesday at Young Ethel's! Email us: ⁠MyNewThingPod@gmail.com⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today, Dan and Zach present their very first bonus episode! We're talking about the important and enduring film All The President's Men (1976). We talk about jobs we'd have if we quit comedy, if Watergate would even matter if it happened in 2025, and Robert Redford. We also discuss The Kuleshov Effect, phone anxiety, subtle acting, and why we're both obsessed with this movie! Our bonus episodes feature deep dives about our current obsessions as well as trial runs of what previous guests have asked us to get into! This episode is brought to you by guest Gabe Pacheco's episode about films from the 1970s. We hope you're ready to hear us talk about sports, reality TV, old movies, and cults, probably. Is there something you think we should try for a bonus episode? Have more feedback? Email us at mynewthingpod@gmail.com My New Thing is a comedy podcast featuring interviews with the funniest people on the planet discussing their latest obsessions! We're talking hobbies, sports, video games, and obscure films you can only find on VHS. It's a podcast where comedians talk about anything but how they got started in the biz! What a relief. Hosted by comedians Dan Wilbur (The Onion, Sirius XM) and Zach Sims (Comedy Central) Join us, hobbyholers! Follow us on Instagram! Music by Corn Mo. Art by Jordan Doll. Want to see us live? We host a weekly stand-up show in Park Slope, Brooklyn every Wednesday at Young Ethel's! Email us: ⁠MyNewThingPod@gmail.com⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We hope you're in your happy place now because this week, we're going to the dark side! Comedian Carmen Lagala (from The Late Show with Stephen Colbert) joins Dan and Zach in the abandoned mine they call their podcast studio to discuss the art of wandering into places you're not supposed to go. We're talking cemeteries, old amusement parks, the woods, and more! Anywhere you'd go to scare yourself a little. We also talk about old bumper stickers, how to protect yourself when you're alone, and the dangers of squatting. It's a fun one! My New Thing is a comedy podcast featuring interviews with the funniest people on the planet discussing their latest obsessions! We're talking hobbies, sports, video games, and obscure films you can only find on VHS. It's a podcast where comedians talk about anything but how they got started in the biz! What a relief. Hosted by comedians Dan Wilbur (The Onion, Sirius XM) and Zach Sims (Comedy Central) Join us, hobbyholers! Follow us on Instagram! Music by Corn Mo. Art by Jordan Doll. Want to see us live? We host a weekly stand-up show in Park Slope, Brooklyn every Wednesday at Young Ethel's! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Meeeow! Get those kitties out and take a listen to this! Today in the Cat Cafe, Zach and Dan talk to Emmy-award winning writer and comedian James Hamilton (VICE, NBC Sports) about his newfound love of Cat TV, videos specifically created to entertain felines. It's funny and quite sad. We also talk about the movie Weapons, midlife crisis hobbies, and what it would take to start making films specifically for pets.  My New Thing is a comedy podcast featuring interviews with the funniest people on the planet discussing their latest obsessions! We're talking hobbies, sports, video games, and obscure films you can only find on VHS. It's a podcast where comedians talk about anything but how they got started in the biz! What a relief. Hosted by comedians Dan Wilbur (The Onion, Sirius XM) and Zach Sims (Comedy Central) Join us, hobbyholers! Follow us on Instagram! Music by Corn Mo. Art by Jordan Doll. Want to see us live? We host a weekly stand-up show in Park Slope, Brooklyn every Wednesday at Young Ethel's!   Send us feedback! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices