What is Holmes Even Doing?
Elvis Duran and the Morning Show ON DEMAND
Elvis Duran Podcast Network and iHeartPodcasts
4.9 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 15 January 2026
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
Kyles kicks the New Year off right by celebrating creativity & silliness with actor, comedian & writer extraordinaire, Holmes. The OVERCOMPENSATING castmates discuss what it was like making the show & using improv to bring the iconic Hailey to life, why they feel more comfortable as characters than themselves, the internet as nonbinary, TWIN PEAKS & David Lynch’s one-of-a-kind talent, the healing powers of live improv & laughter, the impact catering to an audience has on art, Holmes’ love for timers & THE BACHELOR, the lasting importance of queer representation & an unforgettable round of “Would You Rather”.
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Executive Producers: iHeart Media, Elvis Duran Podcast Network, and Full Picture Productions
Executive Produced for Full Picture Productions by Desiree Gruber & Anne Walls Gordon
Produced by Ben Fingeret, Nora Faber, and Maia Mizrahi
Editing by Mikey Harmon and Nicholas Giuricich
Research by Kimberly Walls
Music by Yatta
Art by Danica Robinson
Additional GFX by Chris Olfers/The Southern Influence
Styling by Dot Bass
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| 0:00.0 | This is an IHeart podcast. |
| 0:02.6 | At first you were like, random. My ADD is going to have me hanging on to her like a pet. What do you think internet's giving me more boy or girl? But I really didn't have much of a filter growing up. I love your hair. It's called Ombre. And I think you've always been goofy. Now why the fuck did you say something like that? Doing improv every single night was it felt like sweating for my brain. I actually had an ex-boyfriend who was like, you should improvise online, and I was like, you shouldn't be calling. |
| 0:24.2 | Will you tell me if I'm bored? Did you say something like that? Doing improv every single night was it felt like sweating for my brain. |
| 0:21.1 | I had actually the ex-boyfriend who's like, you should improvise online. |
| 0:23.1 | And I was like, you shouldn't be calling. |
| 0:24.2 | Will you tell me if I'm boring, you ever? You would never say. I have not watched the bachelor. This is amazing. The pansexual president. I do not enjoy a prank, chunky glitter cheek. It was on the card. Hmm. Where I was like God men are in a prison |
| 0:35.5 | I had no idea about. |
| 0:36.7 | How much yellow does it take to get to opaque? |
| 0:38.7 | I don't know. |
| 0:39.3 | What do we even do? |
| 0:41.1 | Oh my. Where I was like, God men are in a prison I had no idea about. How much yellow does it take to get to opaque? |
| 0:38.7 | I don't know. |
| 0:39.3 | What are we even doing? |
| 0:44.3 | What are we even doing? |
| 0:48.5 | Hey, I'm Kyle, and we're here with what are we even doing? |
| 0:51.8 | This is where we sit down with artists, creative, musicians, actors, and we talk about their |
| 0:55.5 | creativity, their process, how they use the internet. |
| 0:58.5 | And today we have a very, very, very special guest. |
| 1:02.0 | Who is it? |
| 1:02.6 | Brilliant comedian, writer, actor, known for the roles in hacks. |
| 1:08.1 | I watched that scene. |
| 1:09.0 | Overcompensating. |
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