Earwolf is a comedy podcasting network founded by Scott Aukerman and Jeff Ullrich during the summer of 2010. It started with the preexisting show Comedy Death-Ray Radio but has since grown to include several other podcasts, with the intention of adding even more.
In 2011, they announced a partnership with Funny Or Die.[1]
Comedy Bang Bang is Earwolf's flagship podcast (previously known as Comedy Death-Ray Radio), and the most downloaded. It is hosted by Scott Aukerman and was originally an extension of his weekly live Comedy Death-Ray show [2]. Since then the show has evolved into its own entity, consisting of comedic interviews, characters and impressionists, comedy music and more. Notable guests include Ben Stiller, "Weird Al" Yankovic, Zach Galifianakis, David Cross and Bob Odenkirk of Mr. Show, and many other prominent figures in comedy. The show celebrated its two year anniversary in during its May 2 show and changed its name to Comedy Bang Bang: The Podcast. The A.V. Club listed the show as one of the top comedy podcasts of 2010 [3].
Sklarbro Country was the first show to be added to the Earwolf roster, and has been a part of Earwolf since its launch. It is hosted by Randy and Jason Sklar and is a sports-themed comedy program notably geared towards people that may not necessarily care about or follow sports. In addition to The Sklars, voice actor Chris Cox often performs as various characters including Jerry Jones, Tiger Woods, Sam Elliot, and "Racist Vin Scully." The show has featured a long list of famous guests, including Glenn Howerton and Kaitlin Olson from It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Jeffrey Ross, Patton Oswalt, and Jon Hamm, discussing specific sports stories or general themes of sports in the news. The title is a parody of Marlboro Cigarettes advertising campaign Marlboro Country.
Who Charted?, launched on December 7, 2010, focus on pop culture by analyzing various record charts. Each week Host Howard Kremer and "Chart Keeper" Kulap Vilaysack host a guest from the comedy or music field to review the week's charts and discuss their feelings on them. Towards the end of the episode the guest will play one of a variety of games.
Hosted by Drew Droege of Planet Unicorn and launched on December 7, 2010, Glitter in the Garbage is "a celebration of all thing fancy" that takes the shape of improvised sketches and monologues with Droege and his guests playing "obscure celebrities who celebrate, fight, feast upon, and polish the filth." Notable guests have included Saturday Night Live alums Melanie Hutsell, Michaela Watkins, and Casey Wilson; comedians James Adomian, June Diane Raphael and Groundlings member Stephanie Courtney who is best known for playing Flo in the Progressive Insurance commercials.
A send up of hardboiled detective stories starring Rob Huebel as the metaphor spouting title character, Grey Delisle as Stephanie Client and featuring Neil Campbell as the announcer. After premiering as a backdoor pilot during Comedy Deathray Radio, the first season lasted from January 4 to April 11, 2011.
How Did This Get Made? hosted by Paul Scheer, June Diane Raphael, and Jason Mantzoukas is the only bi-weekly show on the Earwolf network. Each show, which has a new guest, features the deconstruction and mockery of terrible films. Not only are jokes made, but attempts to unscramble plots are often begun before being abandoned. During the show's off week a ".5" episode is uploaded featuring Scheer announcing the next week's movie as well as challenges for the fans.
Premiering in February 2011 and hosted by Jeff Ullrich, The Wolf Den is a behind-the-scenes look at podcasting as a business. Ullrich discusses the business, informally, with prominent podcasters including Marc Maron, Matt Gourley, and Doug Benson.
On March 14, 2011 Earwolf premiered Eardrop. Calling it an "Audio Twitter", Eardrop features a collection of comedians calling and leaving messages to an Earwolf answering machine, and those message then being played with sound effects between.
Cyber Thug Radio was a part of Earwolf for two weeks before being discontinued. It was hosted by Jerry Minor (as "Cyber Thug") with co-host "Miles Archer". Together they talked about hip-hop, athletics, and other urban topics. It launched in November 2010 and was formally announced canceled on December 28, 2010.
The Professor Blastoff podcast premiered in May 2011. Hosted by Tig Notaro, Kyle Dunnigan, and David Huntsberger, Professor Blastoff focuses on science, philosophy, and humanities.
Billed as "America’s first reality podcast", the Earwolf Challenge premiered July 11, 2011 and follows ten podcasts through a reality television-style elimination competition to win a year-long contract with Earwolf. The show is hosted by Matt Besser. It was won by The Totally Laime podcast, hosted by the Los Angeles based husband and wife duo of Elizabeth Laime and Andy Rosen.
A weekly podcast featuring The Apple Sisters.