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Insight with Chris Van Vliet

Dan Soder's PERFECT Macho Man & Andre The Giant Impressions, WWE, Roman Reigns, Stand-Up Comedy

Insight with Chris Van Vliet

Chris Van Vliet

Business, Sports, Mental Health, Wrestling, Health & Fitness, Entrepreneurship

4.93.5K Ratings

🗓️ 9 September 2025

⏱️ 92 minutes

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Summary

Dan Soder (@DanSoder) is an actor and stand-up comedian. He sits down with Chris Van Vliet at West Coast Creative Studioin Los Angeles, CA to discuss his lifelong wrestling fandom, his perfect impressions of Macho Man and Andrw The Giant, the similarities between stand-up comedy and pro wrestling, dealing with hecklers, possibly doing more in the wrestling world, being a massive fan of Roman Reigns' transformation, and more!

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0:00.0

Ladies and gentlemen, Chris Van Fleet.

0:19.3

Welcome back to another one here on Inside. I'm CVV. I'm Chris Van Fleet. Thank you for him play on this episode. And thank you, as always, for helping to make Insight the number one wrestling podcast on planet, Earth. Hit an elbow drop on that follow button on Spotify or Apple Podcasts or wherever you're listening

0:39.1

right now.

0:39.9

So you don't miss any new interviews every Tuesday and Thursday and Ask CVV every Friday.

0:45.7

And this Friday's a big one.

0:46.8

This is Ask CVV number 100 this Friday.

0:52.6

I can't wait.

0:53.6

The hilarious Dan Soder is on the show today. He does the absolute

0:59.2

best macho man impression you have ever heard. Like, because this is just audio, you'll think that

1:05.8

we hit play and you're listening to a recording of macho man. It's that good. Yeah. People that worked with

1:12.6

macho in the 90s have told Dan that this is absolutely the best macho they've ever heard,

1:20.3

that it sounds just like him. He also does an insanely good Andre the Giant. And that's not one

1:25.7

you hear often, and Andre the Giant. So on top of the

1:29.6

impressions, not only is he a fantastic comedian. So funny. He's also a diehard, massive wrestling fan,

1:37.8

which is probably why he nails these impressions. We talk a ton about wrestling. We get real nerdy

1:43.2

about wrestling here. And he's also about to go on tour. So if you live in the U.S., there's a good chance he's coming to a city near you. It's called the Golden Retriever of Comedy Tour kicks off September 25th in L.A., but there's all kinds of cities that he's visiting. The dates are on his website, dan sodder.com.

2:02.6

Snap a screenshot.

2:03.8

Let us know you're along with us on this ride and tag us.

2:07.5

And follow Dan.

2:08.5

He's at Dan Soder.

2:10.0

I'm at Chris Van Fleet.

2:11.8

And let's do this, ladies and gentlemen.

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