

Joy, a Podcast. Hosted by Craig Ferguson
Craig Ferguson
Storied late-night talk host Craig Ferguson brings his interview talents and singular world view to a discussion of the modern state of JOY, sitting down with notable guests from the worlds of entertainment, science, government, and more. How's our Joy doing? Bridled? On life support? Where do we find joy in a world that seems by any rational measure to be collapsing around us?
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Dec 26, 2023 • 1h 1min
Joel McHale
Joel McHale, an Italian born-American actor, comedian, television presenter, and Craig's long time friend. He is best known for hosting The Soup and his role as Jeff Winger on the NBC sitcom Community. Take a break from the holiday festivities and listen to this engaging and funny chat between two buds. enJOY!

Dec 19, 2023 • 54min
Robert J. Cerfolio, MD
Meet Robert J. Cerfolio, MD aka "Cerf". He is one of the world's top thoracic surgeons and his peers have voted him one of America's Best Doctors. He is an author of several books and certainly a very interesting and charismatic human being. This conversation is guaranteed to pique your interest. enJOY!

Dec 12, 2023 • 1h 6min
Jay Leno
Jay Leno needs no introduction. He is one of the greats, comedian, long time host of The Tonight Show on NBC and mainly a car enthusiast! Craig and Jay are friends and it shows in their conversation. Tune into a fun hour of jokes, stories and much more. This one is for the books. enJOY!

Dec 5, 2023 • 55min
Mike Massimino
Meet Craig's long time friend Mike Massimino. He served as a NASA Astronaut from 1996 until 2014, flew in space twice and became the first human to tweet from space. His new book titled Moonshot: A NASA Astronaut's Guide to Achieving the Impossible is available here: https://shorturl.at/uwGKR or anywhere you get your books. EnJOY!

Nov 28, 2023 • 1h 1min
Rita Wilson
Rita Wilson, an American actress, singer, and producer. Listen to Craig & Rita talk about religion, Rita's family history and her home town of Los Angeles. EnJOY!

Nov 21, 2023 • 59min
Kathy Kinney
eet Craig's dear friend Kathy Kinney. She is an American actress, voice actress, and comedian. In the late 1990s she starred in the sitcom The Drew Carey Show as Mimi Bobeck, the outrageously made-up, flamboyantly vulgar, and vindictive nemesis of Drew Carey. This is a good one. EnJOY!

Nov 14, 2023 • 1h 15min
Tom Papa
The greatest Tom Papa is on this week's episode of JOY. Judd Apatow said it the best: "Tom Papa isn't just one of our most hilarious comic minds, he is also a big-hearted observer of the human condition." Listen to Craig and Tom simply having a great time hanging out together. EnJOY!

Nov 7, 2023 • 48min
Kimbal Musk
Meet Kimbal Musk, he is a restaurateur, chief, and entrepreneur. In this first ever field trip episode of Joy, Craig visits Kimbal at his house in Colorado and Kimbal makes him his famous & very delicious scrambled eggs. They talk about food, culture and Burning Man! Kimbal's new book titled "The Kitchen Cookbook: Cooking for Your Community" is out on March 12th, 2023 and you can pre-order it now on Amazon here: https://shorturl.at/bh167 EnJOY!

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Oct 31, 2023 • 54min
Pete Holmes
In Craig's words: "Welcome to Pete Holmes. Comedian and philosopher. We talk about God quite a bit so be prepared to disagree and be annoyed or perhaps to agree and be pleased or maybe even all of these things at the same time with a few chuckles thrown in. EnJoy." Pete's brand new stand special called I AM NOT FOR EVERYONE is available on Netflix now! Go watch it!

Oct 24, 2023 • 54min
Adriana Trigiani
This week on JOY, Craig's dear friend Adriana Trigiani. Adriana is The New York Times best selling author of 20 books in fiction and nonfiction, award-winning filmmaker, and host of the blockbuster Facebook Live show, "Adriana Ink". She now hosts the "You Are What You Read" podcast, deep, surprising, and humorous conversations with the great cultural figures of our time about the books that built their souls. EnJOY.


