The Best Comedy Podcasts

In Fifty Years We'll All Be Chicks: . . . And Other Complaints from an Angry Middle-Aged White Guy

by: Adam Carolla

Amazon Price: $19.99 (as of 02/15/2012)

In Fifty Years We'll All Be Chicks is Adam Carolla's comedic gospel of modern America. In his signature balls-out style, Carolla rips into the absurdity of the culture that made Steve Miller a rock star, demonized the peanut butter and jelly sandwich, turned the nation's bathrooms into a lawless free-for-all of urine and fecal matter, and put its citizens at the mercy of a bunch of minimum wagers with axes to grind. Peppered between complaints Carolla shares candid anecdotes from his day to day life as well as his past-Sunday football at Jimmy Kimmel's house, his attempts to raise his kids in a society that he mostly disagrees with, his big showbiz break, and much, much more.

Release Date: 11/02/2010

This Has to Be Funny

Amazon Price: $6.59 (as of 02/15/2012)

Marc Maron is easily one of the most talented comedians to emerge from this past decade. I only recently got into him, and I can't believe I hadn't noticed him sooner. Listening to Maron brings backs feelings of listening to Bill Hicks for the first time. But the one thing that Maron has over Hicks and Carlin and other great social critics of our time is that he incorporates his rage and anxiety about his personal life into his comedy in a major way. As a fellow Leftist, pissed off, anxious screw up, I can relate to this dude in a way that I don't really get with other comedians.

Talking Monkeys in Space

Amazon Price: $3.99 (as of 02/15/2012)

Joe Rogan weaves a fantastic psychedelic rant through the first half of this performance. It's polished and delivered with exuberance. The crowd loves it, too, which makes the experience all the better. The second half of the performance is a question and answer session with the crowd that is also successful. Rogan is the master of the room here, performing a funny routine and improvising with his audience.