Make My Day with Josh Gondelman

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Make My Day is a pop culture and politics game show where comedians compete to put a positive spin on the news and cheer up host Josh Gondelman. Josh is an optimist at heart, but even he needs some help from his friends to stay upbeat. If you want to know what's going on in the world without actually reading the news or wading through the cesspool of social media, Make My Day is the show for you.We wanna make the podcast even better, help us learn how we can: https://bit.ly/2EcYbu4 For advertising opportunities please email PodcastPartnerships@Studio71us.com   Privacy Policy: https://www.studio71.com/us/terms-and-conditions-use/#Privacy%20Policy

Recent Episodes
  • Make My Day Episode 84: A Cornucopia of Pep Talks
    Nov 23, 2021 – 45:38
  • Make My Day Episode 83: Kind Of The Perfect Man with Dave Holmes
    Nov 16, 2021 – 36:05
  • Make My Day Episode 82: You Can't Stop a Billionaire with Jackie Kashian
    Nov 9, 2021 – 33:38
  • Make My Day Episode 81: Destination Guy with Gavin Matts
    Nov 2, 2021 – 32:44
  • Make My Day Episode 80: A Light in the Storm with Casey Johnston and Ashley Feinberg
    Oct 26, 2021 – 33:03
  • Make My Day Episode 79: Sobby Lobby with Michael Cruz Kayne
    Oct 19, 2021 – 33:52
  • Make My Day Episode 78: Pineapple Telegraph with Anthony DeVito
    Oct 12, 2021 – 33:04
  • Make My Day Episode 77: Shut Up, I'm Slacking Off with Rax King
    Oct 5, 2021 – 32:29
  • Make My Day Episode 76: Middle Feet with Ophira Eisenberg
    Sep 28, 2021 – 33:27
  • Make My Day Episode 75: It's a Math Thing with Broti Gupta and Dylan Gelula
    Sep 21, 2021 – 32:39
  • My Day Episode 74: Rhythm Empire with Mo Rocca
    Sep 14, 2021 – 33:26
  • Make My Day Episode 73: Fluids Are Drama with Natalie Walker and Sarah Hagi
    Sep 7, 2021 – 32:20
  • Make My Day Episode 72: Time Or Whatever with Jia Tolentino
    Aug 31, 2021 – 34:40
  • Make My Day Episode 71: Casual Statues with Ian Karmel
    Aug 24, 2021 – 34:08
  • Make My Day Episode 70: Just Text It to Me with Patton Oswalt and Meredith Salenger
    Aug 17, 2021 – 36:37
  • Make My Day Episode 69: Utility Robes with Laura Stevenson
    Aug 10, 2021 – 34:53
  • Make My Day Episode 68: All About the Cookies with Maris Kreizman
    Aug 3, 2021 – 34:00
  • Make My Day Episode 67: God's Wave Pool with Gonzalo Cordova and Travis Helwig
    Jul 27, 2021 – 31:31
  • Make My Day Episode 66: Encyclopedia of Gratitude with Bridger Winegar
    Jul 20, 2021 – 32:43
  • Make My Day Episode 65: No Lull Detected with Jordan Morris
    Jul 13, 2021 – 33:15
  • Make My Day Episode 64: Subtle Flex with Sydnee Washington
    Jul 6, 2021 – 33:15
  • Make My Day Episode 63: Classic Wood Questions (with guests from Wait Wait Don't Tell Me)
    Jun 29, 2021 – 57:20
  • Make My Day Episode 62: Art Quotes Dot Com with Taylor Garron and Eva Victor
    Jun 22, 2021 – 32:46
  • Make My Day Episode 61: Sunday Rebrand with Alison Roman
    Jun 15, 2021 – 34:07
  • Make My Day Episode 60: The One-Third Rule with Chris Gethard
    Jun 8, 2021 – 32:55
  • Make My Day Episode 59: Goo and a Snap with Dave Schilling and Jesse David Fox
    Jun 1, 2021 – 32:24
  • Make My Day Episode 58: Fedora Museum with Michelle Collins
    May 25, 2021 – 33:34
  • Make My Day Episode 57: Who Fights the Firefighters? with Rhea Butcher
    May 18, 2021 – 31:43
  • Make My Day Episode 56: Seltzer Territory with Eva Hendricks
    May 11, 2021 – 33:18
  • Make My Day Episode 55: John Adams Type Beat with James Harris and Lawrence Schlossman
    May 4, 2021 – 30:20
  • Make My Day Episode 54: Untrustworthy Accents with Alice Fraser
    Apr 27, 2021 – 33:57
  • Make My Day Episode 53: Resort to Magic with Jared Logan
    Apr 20, 2021 – 33:41
  • Make My Day Episode 52: My Verb, My Rules with Ayo Edebiri
    Apr 13, 2021 – 32:38
  • Make My Day Episode 51: Is My Mom Mad At Me? with Jason Concepcion
    Apr 6, 2021 – 34:32
  • Make My Day Episode 50: Tabula Reno with Caleb Hearon
    Mar 30, 2021 – 33:41
  • Make My Day Episode 49: Everybody's Out of Bones with Sadie Dupuis
    Mar 23, 2021 – 33:42
  • Make My Day Episode 48: Hose It Down with Naomi Ekperigin and Amy Solomon
    Mar 16, 2021 – 33:03
  • Make My Day Episode 47: Y'all Want to Hunt Some Demons? with Tarik Davis
    Mar 9, 2021 – 32:29
  • Make My Day Episode 46: Under the Cheese with Emily Heller
    Mar 2, 2021 – 32:22
  • Make My Day Episode 45: Make It Easy For the Bartender with Craig Finn
    Feb 23, 2021 – 33:54
  • Make My Day Episode 44: A Pie is Full of Secrets with Ron Funches
    Feb 16, 2021 – 31:05
  • Make My Day Episode 43: These Teeth Are From Me with Jo Firestone and Chris Duffy
    Feb 9, 2021 – 33:17
  • Make My Day Episode 42: Sunset Style with Open Mike Eagle
    Feb 2, 2021 – 28:43
  • Make My Day Episode 41: Tender Science Fiction with Tom Thakkar and Tommy McNamara
    Jan 26, 2021 – 33:35
  • Make My Day Episode 40: The Birds of Barcelona with Emily Yoshida
    Jan 19, 2021 – 34:38
  • Make My Day Episode 39: Bullet Points with Negin Farsad
    Jan 12, 2021 – 32:11
  • Make My Day Episode 38: The Magic Followed Us Outside with Matt Braunger
    Jan 5, 2021 – 33:30
  • Make My Day Episode 37: A Tankard of Sherbet with Linda Holmes
    Dec 29, 2020 – 35:40
  • Make My Day Episode 36: Self-Grandparenting with Molly Lambert and Tess Lynch
    Dec 22, 2020 – 34:24
  • Make My Day Episode 35: Candlemania, a Livestream Hanukkah Special with Gary Gulman, Emmy Blotnick, and Niccole Thurman
    Dec 15, 2020 – 01:00:29
Recent Reviews
  • Raincloud06
    Love it so much
    Please please please come back! We need this type of uplifting comedy in the world.
  • aew2022
    Love this
    I love this podcast. Where are more episodes. They went on break and didn’t come back
  • communitynewspodcast
    please, please, please
    book "Paul" and "Sasha" or whoever they really are from the podcast "Community News with Paul and Sasha". Like you they are smart, funny, quick, and full of heart. I love your show and theirs and would so much love to hear an episode of you all together talking about life...or about anything.
  • Vrex149
    A Genuine Delight
    This show is just really funny, uplifting and sweet. The pep talks at the end of every episode are great, the host Josh Gondelman is great, guests are great, it’s all great. I hope that we can get new episodes sometime in the future.
  • literate larry
    Make my day
    Love the show. Please! New episodes!
  • Mdesharn
    Gentle fun
    Do you like nice people who are also genuinely funny? This is the game show podcast for you.
  • Memphis Jay
    This was the only podcast, alas
    I suppose it’s over. BRB throwing away my phone
  • CaitK17
    Love it!
    This show is such a treat. It’s nice to laugh out loud during a long commute. Thank you!!
  • djrysifih
    Josh Gondelman
    The cornucopia of pep talks was delightful to listen to. Thanks for putting together this witty collection. It helped make the long drive home after Thanksgiving weekend a little more tolerable.
  • BB Philly
    Delightful!
    Witty and upbeat. I’ve been binge listening to all the previous episodes instead of reading the news.
  • NetflixGeneration
    You’re missing out!!
    If you haven’t been listening to this show (like I wasn’t until all too recently), then you’re missing out! This podcast is smart, joyful, and inspiring. You will not find a better way to spend 30 minutes at the end of your week. Josh is a ray of sunshine who brings out the very best in all of his guests.
  • Britta17
    Pure joy
    I love this podcast so much. It’s hilariously funny and relentlessly positive without a hint of cheesiness. Host Josh Gondelman is absolutely delightful with a warm heart and a quick wit.
  • eaglesfanintn
    Absolute Fun
    I just found this show a few weeks ago after first hearing Josh on Wait Wait... Don't Tell me and The Bugle. He's such a positive person and this show is fun and uplifting. I've been catching up on the old episodes and I've enjoyed them all.
  • diat
    Pure joy
    the best podcast! just a complete delight every time. perfect for introverts who wish they could hang out with their funniest friends without feeling pressed to contribute and also for extroverts pained that they ever have to spend time alone (now you don’t! here are some friends making each other laugh). basically the ideal podcast for anyone who likes laughter and joy and good things. the only reason you wouldn’t like this is if you don’t like good things.
  • MaryAlena
    Love
    The best part of my week
  • PDXHamsterCat
    Delightful
    Love the guests, love the point system, love the pep talks. It truly makes my day.
  • Numbbaby
    Give it a shot
    I used to commute more, therefore I listened to podcasts more, therefore I’ve had to cull to bare ‘essentials’ that I have to actually make time for rather than using to pass the time. ‘Make My Day’ has risen to the top of my list. I’ve listened to comedy podcasts for years…Josh is one of the fastest, funniest minds out there. And you can’t beat how unapologetically the show makes the guests, Josh and you feel a bit better for having joined them. Listening to serious podcasts has its place. So does doing something for you. Give it a shot.
  • Newborn Parents
    Appointment podcasting
    Come for the laughs, stay for the pep talk 🤣 Such a great listen every week!!
  • rabaker4
    I stopped getting pulled over in traffic after listening to this podcast
    Make My Day is Prozac in audio format. Josh Gondelman’s interview style and banter are the bubbles after every refreshing sip of top shelf seltzer water at the end of the day. A much needed beacon in the nightmare that was 2020, Make My Day has made me a GondelFAN for life (or at least until he sells out for seltzer ads).
  • fa11.bright
    Utterly Charming, Completely Hilarious
    Every time I ever heard Josh Gondelman appear on anything, I always found him entirely delightful. Finally, after appearing on an episode of Judge John Hodgeman, and finding he had a podcast of his own, and I've been hooked ever since. The genuine delight the host takes in the answers to his questions is infectious. He has an unerring instinct for guest selection, and can turn on a dime to follow an unexpected converstaional detour. His humor is smart, lightning fast, and always rendered with optimism and kindness that feels earnest without feeling hokey. Highly recommended
  • LKBFischer
    Deeelightful
    I found this pod through Josh being on Wait Wait & I’m so happy I did! I can’t get enough of his witty, silly humor & I've loved being introduced to some of the awesome guests I wasn’t familiar with. A perfect, much-needed lightness for my day!
  • Flies twice a week
    Listen to this
    Pleasant to the ear and mind
  • aliehahaha
    Pure Joy
    What a delight! Josh Gondelman is the most uplifting voice in podcast land. I checked this out cause Gondelman was my fave guest on “Lovett or Leave It”, “Wait Don’t Tell Me”, and “Judge John Hodgman”. His pod is positive, creative, quirky, always silly and sometimes quite sincere without ever being saccharine. Ep 43: “These Teeth Are From Me” literally made me sob with laughter. I listened to it 3 times and still cried every time. I might just listen to it again right now...
  • Tukays
    Just delightful!
    Creative in its concept with buoyant humor throughout, what a fun, refreshing listen this is with Josh and his fantastic guests. Every single episode is a true delight!
  • Ashleigh Poteat
    Why is there no warning for choking hazards?
    My only complaint about this otherwise exemplary show is the lack of warnings. Not only did I spit out water multiple times, but when I switched to coffee I choked on that. I also laughed too hard to breathe during several episodes. If I had had a warning going in, I would know to only listen to this podcast when there is another person nearby to save my life when I die from laughing too much. But at least I will die happy thanks to this show.
  • oasis3582
    Amazing podcast that has really hit its stride
    If you know anything about his standup, you know Josh Gondelman is hilarious. He has now developed and refined a unique podcast format...which is notable given all the podcasts out there! All that is to say, listen and subscribe! You will smile and laugh a lot!
  • Rain Drop 60
    No lie. Josh really does Make My Day.
    I just recently found out about this podcast and I’m now hooked. Josh has the most contagious laugh and an amazing assortment of wonderful guests. I love the premise, it’s clever & fun and a little bit different each week. I think my favorite parts are the pep talks at the end. Of course we never know for sure if a host is really the person they are presenting as they perform, but Josh comes across as a very kind & genuine person, someone with whom you’d just love to spend some time. So I do. Every Tuesday. Thank you Josh. You really do Make My Day.
  • caitlin02131
    Makes my day
    Throughout the pandemic I have gone to work at my actual workplace once a week. As the mother of two young boys that fight all the time and have been out of school this entire year, that day has become my favorite day of the week. The day gets even brighter because it is the day Make My Day Comes out and I listen to it while doing librarian things in an empty library. Josh and guests never fail to delight me and so because this review isn’t entirely about me, it’s just mostly about me, I had to award this podcast 5 points (stars). Seriously, I love it so much, doctors should prescribe it for ennui.
  • Keltyyy
    Makes MY Day
    I get excited every Tuesday that I have a new Make My Day to listen to. If you’re looking for something to cheer you up for just a moment in this bleak world, please give it a lesson. Definitely worth your time!
  • shellquoi
    Lovely and clever
    This podcast is a mood booster. If you need respite from bleakness but are allergic to saccharine content, put this in your ears; feel your heart leap up; and notice your eyes do not roll.
  • Eash Ro
    So fun and upbeat!
    This podcast is what we all need right now. Fun, funny, upbeat and sweet!
  • faenun
    Sweet and uplifting
    Josh finds light and quirk everywhere. Listening to this podcast makes me feel hopeful.
  • LJRMILL
    Fantastic
    Such a great show!! I look forward to it each week!! The creativity and humor are both incredible!!
  • jilsef
    consistently makes my day too!
    I could not be happier to have discovered not only this podcast, but also Josh himself! I enjoy every single episode and it never fails to improve my day, particularly the pep talks!
  • AudibleAngel
    Wonderful
    I discoveredJosh on “Wait Wait Don’t Tell”. He is my favorite panelist on the show and I am always super happy when he is on. This week I finally figured out that he had his own podcast and I’m loving it.
  • Gompy
    Josh is funny
    This is a funny show and Josh is a real sweetie pie
  • amiller92
    Just what you needed
    This show is a refreshing break from the weight of the world.
  • Vogelchords
    A weekly jolt of joy
    When I laugh really hard, my dog gets super excited and she starts doing zoomies. This show made me laugh hard enough that she zoomied headfirst into a door.
  • lookimwritingareview
    A real boost.
    This is such a brilliant idea, and such wonderful execution. I absolutely love listening, the guests are consistently great, and Josh really has a talent for spotlighting some of the best parts of each of them.
  • Donna Wardenaar
    A shot of serotonin
    By far the most delightful podcast I listen to. Both Josh and the guests exude warmth and a good natured humor. As if that wasn’t enough, it is also hilarious.
  • B Smizzle
    A gosh darn delight
    Josh Gondelman is a gosh darn delight and the sound of his laugh is a treat. The guests are always warm and funny. It’s just a terrific show to listen to when you want something light and soothing. I mean, do I really need a murder podcast keeping me up night? (The answer is “no”. No I do not.)
  • Josh, not Josh
    5
    Man did I need a laugh today, and listening to the Tender Science Fiction episode I had 20. Day made.
  • anfieldassassins
    Very good show
    Josh is very good. The show is very good. You will feel very good listening to Josh host this show.
  • Dan Jankowski
    Love it!
    Josh, I apologize to you and Apple for listening to the podcast on Spotify.
  • BingoDimond
    Josh is amazing even when he is doing...
    literally ALL OF THE COCAINE. ❤️
  • VBinNV
    Spectacular show but…
    …the FCC is investigating it for scoring irregularities. Josh is a great and gracious host.
  • timesabillion
    Josh is so loveable
    and endearing as a host. This podcast makes my day every week and regularly makes me laugh out loud
  • AngiePeach
    Perfect
    Love this show, especially in light of how messed up everything else is right now. Josh is positive and funny and picks great guests. I’m late to the party but I’m enjoying going back through everything I’ve missed. Thank you!
  • JonPernisek
    A wonderful treat for the ears!
    Just listened to my first episode (with guest Emily Y) and I can already tell this is going to find a home in my regular rotation. Five stars!
  • Artemis Buffington
    A Goddamn Delight
    It's a goddamn delight.
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