1587 Comedians JL Cauvin and Myq Kaplan
Stand Up! with Pete Dominick
Pete Dominick
4.8 ā¢ 1.2K Ratings
šļø 4 May 2026
ā±ļø 86 minutes
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Summary
My conversation with JL opens the show and Myq and I start at about 38 minutes
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Myq "Mike" KaplanĀ has appeared on theĀ Tonight Show, Conan, Letterman, James Corden, Seth Meyers, Comedy Central, Last Comic Standing, and America's Got Talent. His newest specialĀ "Rini"Ā is out on YouTube starting November 19, 2025 at 8pm Eastern Time. He also has a half-hour special onĀ Comedy Central, a one-hour standup special on Amazon calledĀ "Small, Dork, and Handsome,"Ā and a Dry Bar special calledĀ "Live From The Universe,"Ā as well as two podcasts,Ā "The Faucet"Ā andĀ "Broccoli and Ice Cream," and a book of his jokes illustrated by Ramin Nazer called "Heart Brain Art Train."Ā His debut album,Ā "Vegan Mind Meld,"Ā was one of iTunes' top 10 comedy albums of the year, and his last album,Ā "A.K.A.,"Ā debuted at #1 and was called "invigoratingly funny" by the NY Times!
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hey guys, as promised, I've got my conversations with comedians Mike Kaplan and J.L. Covan that I taped live, I believe, on Thursday. Maybe it was Friday. Either way, both great conversations. And I think you're really going to enjoy them. And I wanted to share them here in audio form. You can watch them on Substack and YouTube. |
| 0:21.5 | My conversation with Mike Kaplan is interesting as always. |
| 0:24.2 | We talked about his new stand-up comedy special, Men v. |
| 0:28.1 | Which you should watch. |
| 0:29.3 | It's very, very funny. |
| 0:30.9 | And we talked about all about men. |
| 0:32.5 | And I love the conversation about gender and men, especially when we're talking about guys our age. |
| 0:38.9 | So it was really interesting and funny and thoughtful as always, and that is coming up at 38 minutes. |
| 0:45.4 | But first, my conversation with J.L. Covan. |
| 0:48.0 | He wants you to go check out Dictator for a Day, which you can find in the links in today's |
| 0:54.1 | show notes. |
| 0:54.9 | And of course, see him live whenever you get the opportunity and support him on Patreon |
| 0:59.5 | and on Cameo and everywhere else. |
| 1:02.6 | Always a great conversation. |
| 1:03.9 | We talked with jail about voting rights and so much more. |
| 1:06.7 | So let's do it right now. |
| 1:09.0 | I'm going to tell you right now, you got to get Steve Vladick on the show. |
| 1:28.3 | Yeah, I've had Steve Vladic on. You have? Not the podcast. I talked to him quite a bit on the old Sirius ExCent. He's got a funny voice. He's got a voice twin. Who is it? I forget. But yeah, he's very smart. He's one of the most respected con-loss scholars in the country. |
| 1:29.8 | But why do you like it? The Shadow Docket book was just. yet. But yeah, he's very smart. He's one of the most respected con-loss scholars in the country. |
| 1:28.4 | But why do you like it? The Shadow Docket book was just breathtaking to me because it was such a, |
| 1:34.9 | it's a rare gift. And I know Jeffrey Toobin had his scandal, but he is obviously a gifted legal writer. |
| 1:41.8 | It's rare the people who can write about legal things in like a very accessible, |
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