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Some comedy podcasts feel like you walked into a kitchen at midnight and caught three funny people arguing about dipping sauce. Others feel built in a lab, polished to a shine, then sanded down until nothing surprising survives. A Larry comedians podcast, at its best, lives somewhere in the sweeter middle. It sounds loose, but not lazy. It sounds spontaneous, but not shapeless. Most of all, it understands one thing every comic learns sooner or later, the funniest stories ar

There is a special kind of laughter that only comes from hearing a person calmly describe a sequence of events that should not have happened to anyone, ever, under any circumstances. Not in a movie. Not in a sketch. Not even to that one cousin who somehow gets kicked out of aquariums and weddings with equal consistency. I mean the kind of story where a guy accidentally joins a funeral procession because he is too polite to turn his car around. Or a woman spends three wee

There is a special kind of comedy that only works when somebody is willing to look ridiculous in public and then describe it well afterward. Not polished stand-up material that has been sanded smooth over 200 club sets. Not a neat little sitcom misunderstanding where everybody still has perfect lighting. I mean the sweaty, human, poorly timed, painfully believable kind of embarrassment that makes you hide your face for five seconds and then laugh for ten minutes. That is

There is a special kind of laughter that only arrives after someone says, “No, wait, that part really happened.” Not “based on a true story.” Not “inspired by events.” Really happened. A raccoon did enter the courtroom. A bride did get stuck in a hotel elevator with the groom’s ex and a magician named Keith. A man did accidentally join a competitive cheese-rolling team because he misunderstood a Welsh pub invitation after three ciders. That is the strange little kingd