

The Champs with Neal Brennan + Moshe Kasher
The Champs
Neal Brennan (Chappelle's Show), and Moshe Kasher (Chelsea Lately) welcome a different (black) guest every week to the podcast to discuss stupid things in a stupid way.
Episodes
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Jun 6, 2013 • 1h 30min
Allen Hughes (Director - Menace II Society + American Pimp)
Hollywood director Allen Hughes sits down with the Champs to discuss his early work and subsequent beef with Tupac, the making of Menace, and what it's like to direct Denzel Washington. This is possibly the name-droppiest episode of The Champs. Also, it's an audio nightmare, but it's a good one.

May 21, 2013 • 56min
Lucas Brothers
The Champs welcome their first twins, the Lucas Bros, who have a show on Fox's ADHD Saturday night line-up this Fall. They discuss growing up in duplicate, snitching, and their father going to jail for most of their lives. Good shit.

May 6, 2013 • 1h 11min
Michael Che
Native NYer Michael Che sits down with the Champs to discuss growing up around crackheads in the projects and white kids at school, and how he started stand-up in 2009, quickly landing on Letterman and a writing job at SNL.

Apr 26, 2013 • 1h 11min
Godfrey
Comedian Godfrey sits down with the Champs to discuss hookers in Brazil, why he's not more famous and why Neal's sort of an asshole.

Apr 17, 2013 • 1h 19min
Reggie Watts
Comedian/Musician Reggie Watts sits down with the Champs to discuss his days in drama club, how his style was born, and his love of nonsense. Also, he performs three awesome songs. Also, Doug quit.

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Mar 20, 2013 • 1h 14min
Chris Rock
Comedy great Chris Rock sits down with The Champs to discuss his early exposure to white people, influential comedians like Martin Lawrence, and the impact of Eddie Murphy's fame and funny lifestyle.

Mar 14, 2013 • 1h 3min
Ali LeRoi (co-creator "Everybody Hates Chris" - "Chris Rock Show")
Writer and former comedian Ali LeRoi sits down with the Champs to discuss his years opening/writing for Bernie Mac and Chris Rock, the pitfalls of being a black writer in Hollywood, and what's wrong with comedian's personalities.

Mar 5, 2013 • 1h 11min
Aisha Tyler
The new host of "Who's Line is it, Anyway" sits down with the Champs to discuss bombing onstage, marrying her ex-boyfriend's best friend, and being a black girl at an Ivy League school.

Feb 21, 2013 • 1h 7min
Jasper Redd
Comedian Jasper Redd sets the record for quietest guest ever, so Neal talks about having lunch with Michael Moore and Dick Gregory, then they debate who's had it worse, Jewish people, Native Americans or black people.

Feb 7, 2013 • 1h 30min
Too $hort
Legendary OAKLAND rapper Too $hort sits down with the Champs to discuss his unprecedented four decade long hip-hop career: from selling mix-tapes on the streets to opening for N.W.A. to "Blow The Whistle." This is a crazy-good episode and Moshe was hard the entire time.