1000 w/ Ron Placone Podcast
1) Getting US Citizenship In Trump's America, Finding the Intersection of Comedy and Science - Matt Kirshen 124
Matt Kirshen is a comedian, writer, and podcast host. He’s one of the co-hosts of Probably Science, one of my favorite comedy podcasts that incorporates science news. Matt and I first met at a live sh...Show More
2) Origin of the Radical Publishing House, PM Press - Ramsey Kanaan 123
Ramsey Kanaan is a musician, anarchist, and publisher. He is the founder of AK Press and, later, PM Press. I’ve been a fan of PM Press for many years, I highly recommend diving into their catalog if y...Show More
3) Running One of London's Coolest Comedy Clubs, From Drama School to LA, David Whitney - 122
David Whitney is a London-based actor and comedian. He helps run one of my favorite comedy clubs in the world, not an exaggeration, the Backyard Comedy Club in London. Turns out David went from Drama ...Show More
4) Going Local For Political Change, The Tricky Science of Platforming, Mary Houlihan - 121
Mary Houlihan is a comedian, writer, and artist. She’s the host of the Mary Houlihan Show and she paints live on Twitch. She had an interview with Martin Shkreli that I thought was hilarious and expos...Show More
5) Launching a Theater Run From Start To Finish, Sharing a Florida Hometown with Hulk Hogan and Scientology, Sara Kay Godot - 120
Sara Kay Godot is an actress, comedian, and producer. Her and I have collaborated on an awful lot. She was in Loner, Left At Wall, and Termination Fee. Termination Fee began as a read through at a piz...Show More
6) Capturing Solitude In Film With Nothing But a SmartPhone, "Quitter" - Tim Warner - 119
Tim Warner is a comedian, podcaster, and filmmaker. Most importantly, though, he’s Tim Warner. I’ve known Tim for a long time. We did comedy together in Seattle when I was first starting out, he had b...Show More
7) Forgiveness in a Friendship, Lucy & Ron, Art & growing up Greek - Chris Liatsis - 118
Chris Liatsis is an artist and illustrator. He is the other half of Lucy & Ron. I would write them, Chris would draw them. Lucy & Ron was a labor of love for us for a long time, out of necessity, it w...Show More
Forgiveness in a Friendship, Lucy & Ron, Art & growing up Greek - Chris Liatsis - 118
1:13:02 | Dec 16th, 2025
8) Escaping the Alex Jones Cult, Finding Your Creative Tribe, Andrew Saxena - 117
Andrew Saxena. You’ve heard that name before on this show, Andrew does the music for 1000. Andrew Saxena is a filmmaker, musician, actor, and podcaster. Andrew and I met a few years back in the lefty ...Show More
Escaping the Alex Jones Cult, Finding Your Creative Tribe, Andrew Saxena - 117
1:05:26 | Dec 9th, 2025
9) Battling Stage 4 Cancer in your 20s, the complexities of Friendship, Probably Science - Jesse Case - 116
Jesse Case is a comedian, writer, and podcaster. Jesse’s one of the best comedians I know, and he’s a good friend. We spent our early comedy days in Seattle, Jesse went off to LA, and then, he was dia...Show More
10) Italian-American Leftist History That the Powers-That-Be Suppress, Steve Cerulli - 115
Steve Cerulli is an Italian-American Historian. Like Steve, I’m an Italian-American, too. The Italian-American identity seems to be very right-wing-presenting, at least in the mainstream. But, that is...Show More
Italian-American Leftist History That the Powers-That-Be Suppress, Steve Cerulli - 115
1:20:00 | Nov 25th, 2025