Thought Spiral

Andy takes on caregive-or-taking, Josh gets older, The Knicks bandwagon picks up Andy at the last stop, Colbert's last, Nateland, listener questions, and much more Spiraling.

Transcribed - Published: 1 June 2026

Breakfast pretzels, Andy tries to time his Knicks bandwagon boarding, Josh's perma-rage vs ups and downs, the Martin Short doc, Josh's puppet history, listener questions, and much more Spiraling.

Transcribed - Published: 18 May 2026

The guys review their respective gigs, Andy tries to give falling his spin, Cheech and Chong, Josh does a Cameo intervention, questioning Netflix decision making, listener questions, and much more Spiraling.

Transcribed - Published: 11 May 2026

Andy finds new reasons to dislike RFK jr., bespoke sports fandom, ballroom problems, Josh turns an errand into a sentence, Andy hears what he sounds like, listener questions, and much more Spiraling.

Transcribed - Published: 4 May 2026

Ben Franklin seeks InventHelp, Jerry West doc, this week in grapes, end of life preferences, dissecting an Andy feud, listener questions, and much more Spiraling.

Transcribed - Published: 27 April 2026

Josh tries to switch up his attitude, Andy's courageous journey to partially cut his cord, narcissism charts, Josh hits the wall on studio musician docs, Andy draws the line at AI moderation advice, listener questions, and much more Spiraling.

Transcribed - Published: 20 April 2026

Dylan and Lennon in a car, a wishcycling nightmare, Josh gets the full old man treatment, the grape report, no improvising on the set, listener questions, and much more Spiraling.

Transcribed - Published: 13 April 2026

The guys practice convenient resistance, Josh plays to the teachers, "the Cancer Chunk" the art of elderly rock stardom, the attempt to take dissenting voices off the playing field, listener questions, and much more Spiraling.

Transcribed - Published: 6 April 2026

America's Moron, Larry Kindler roleplay, "Is This Thing On?", Andy getting his "chops" back, Josh bakes a hate pie, listener questions, and much more Spiraling.

Transcribed - Published: 30 March 2026

Our annual half-remembering of the Oscars, Andy gets a new phone and considers opening it, booking live shows, Andy tries to figure out what penguins are, Josh looks back on his smoking career, listener questions, and much more Spiraling.

Transcribed - Published: 23 March 2026

Josh explains last week's absence, Andy's triumph of supportiveness, Andy rethinks his entire communications package, pre-code movies, Andy tries to rejoin the Majority, listener questions, and much more Spiraling.

Transcribed - Published: 16 March 2026

Enore of TODD GLASS on Thought Spiral, which includes creating a full fledged space for comedy, the coward's roast, the Andy and Todd origin story, Josh's trip to Acme, separating hacks from their acts, and much more Spiraling.

Transcribed - Published: 9 March 2026

A brief moment of hockey happiness, Andy's failed romance with Red Bull, Josh protects a teetering celebrity's anonymity, Andy loves Marty Supreme, listener questions, and much more Spiraling.

Transcribed - Published: 2 March 2026

Bud Cort and the impact of 'Harold and Maude', Josh does some doc watching, Andy buys headphones and thinks he got a story out of it, Winter Olympics, UFC on LSD, listener questions, and much more Spiraling.

Transcribed - Published: 23 February 2026

Andy tries to shed his new comedy tics, Superbowl post mortems, Josh's "yes, and" strategy, Andy's movie reviews, tapping into your egorithm, listener questions, and much more Spiraling.

Transcribed - Published: 16 February 2026

Andy proposes happier names for serial killers, stereos and other money sucking hobbies, weekend watches, the tinned fish revolution, Josh can't do audiobooks, listener questions, and much more Spiraling.

Transcribed - Published: 9 February 2026

Andy tries to find his kidneys, Josh actually goes to a party, Mel Brooks, Skipping grades, Song Sung Blue, the psychology of check grabbing, listener questions, and much more Spiraling.

Transcribed - Published: 2 February 2026

The password is "Dystopian", Andy sees "Dr. Strangelove" , the assy genius of Orson Welles, Andy obeys gravity, Josh rents shoes, Award season movie catch-up, listener questions, and much more Spiraling.

Transcribed - Published: 26 January 2026

Andy's take on Golden Global affairs, living in a Chinese food desert, Josh laments his procrastination technique, Andy finds professionalism and sanity mesh well, listener questions, and much more Spiraling.

Transcribed - Published: 19 January 2026

Andy's let-down impressions, sorting out the new rules of fascist showbiz, Josh judges Coppola, Andy steps onstage, MNF on LSD, listener questions, and much more Spiraling.

Transcribed - Published: 12 January 2026

Reviewing the holidays, Santa scars of different types, Andy's ban from Conan, Josh revisits the donkey incident, a surprise gift, listener questions, and much more Spiraling.

Transcribed - Published: 5 January 2026

Andy ponders whether to be the boy who cries "guest appearance", the clock is ticking on 60 Minutes, Andy gets in a defensive Croce, Josh rejects Andy's X-Mas trauma for an 8th year, Andy takes aim at 80's road comics, and much more Spiraling.

Transcribed - Published: 29 December 2025

Sorting out the weekend tragedies, the case for Citizen Kane, Andy dives into the Mankiewicz clan, modern anti-semitism, Josh puzzles over his Dick Van Dyke fandom. Listener questions, and much more Spiraling.

Transcribed - Published: 22 December 2025

Andy makes enemies Down Under, Josh reviews "Jay Kelly", Andy does a show, Josh flips a bird, doc talk. listener questions, and much more Spiraling.

Transcribed - Published: 15 December 2025

Turning San Diego into Andy-ego, an unachievable grudge record, Josh hits his lifetime Beatles limit, Andy's gassed-up dental haggling, doc talk, listener questions, and much more Spiraling.

Transcribed - Published: 8 December 2025

An abbreviated episode for Thanksgiving week: Andy still riding the Zeppelin, Trump flips on Mamdani, Ken Burns American Revol…zzzz, Andy braces himself for the cutting room floor, and much more Spiraling.

Transcribed - Published: 1 December 2025

Week-old news from weak old Jews, Andy does a whole lotta Zeppelin, Sean Connery goes downtown, Andy gets bored of wealth, listener questions, and much more Spiraling.

Transcribed - Published: 24 November 2025

Death of a shutdown, Mr Scorsese, cocaine epiphanies, Andy gets fully scoped, more doc talk, listener questions, and much more Spiraling.

Transcribed - Published: 17 November 2025

Andy's loving tribute to Southern fried stand-up, World Series wrap-up, Andy's inter-faith dinner, Josh can't self-promote anymore, Andy embraces working for the weekend, debating cereal, listener questions, and much more Spiraling.

Transcribed - Published: 10 November 2025

Andy unveils his new intoxication schedule, Josh's sailing days, Andy rubs waffles with celebrities, white supremacy's last gasp, liking Springsteen more than his music, World Series talk, listener questions, and much more Spiraling.

Transcribed - Published: 3 November 2025

Andy's showbiz weekend, Josh makes a small effort for democracy, Stiller and Meara doc talk, Andy associates himself with Paul Simon, listener questions, and much more Spiraling.

Transcribed - Published: 27 October 2025

Birthday week at Casa del Kindler, Josh tries to free Andy from a boogeyman, Robin Williams, Narcissist Anonymous, post-season baseball delivers, listener questions, and much more Spiraling.

Transcribed - Published: 20 October 2025

Andy tries to protect SNL from itself and more of his TV scorecard, the joy of post-season baseball, Andy inserting himself into every story, more Saudi hilarity, listener questions, and much more Spiraling.

Transcribed - Published: 13 October 2025

Andy's baseball season comes to an end, comedy in the moral desert, a big dinner out, the good music/mental illness arc, God talk, listener questions, and much more Spiraling.

Transcribed - Published: 6 October 2025

Finding hope in the fallout from 'Kimmelnacht', small room comedy, octogenarian rocking, Andy tries to get his car back, listener questions, an Oxford comma, and much more Spiraling.

Transcribed - Published: 29 September 2025

A light and dark take on the Emmys, the younger old, gamblers and gamers, the fallout of Kimmelnacht, Roasting air fryers, listener questions, and much more Spiraling.

Transcribed - Published: 22 September 2025

Andy furiously renounces anger (again), Josh defends sportscasters rights to speak, the week in Charlies, listener questions, and much more Spiraling.

Transcribed - Published: 15 September 2025

Andy lashes out at Vietnam morning radio, Josh's Heimlich-style heroism, Tennis and ADHD, FRUIT ALERT, Josh takes his judgementalness on the road, listener questions, and much more Spiraling.

Transcribed - Published: 8 September 2025

We're back from break with some classic 1960's grudges, Lunch with Murder Santa, Andy discovers Devo, forced religious training, oops, no questions, and much more Spiraling.

Transcribed - Published: 1 September 2025

Andy compares his anger and his A1C with others, Josh relives Live Aid, Andy defends religion against punks, Josh and Allison's anniversary, taking our summer break, listener questions, and much more Spiraling.

Transcribed - Published: 28 July 2025

EDDIE PEPITONE joins the Spiral for the whole episode to talk about his new special, the fall of society, sorting narcissism from mere self-absorption, thrills and spills, and much more Spiraling.

Transcribed - Published: 21 July 2025

Andy laughs at a butthead's misfortune, Josh gets license to blowhard,  a**hole docs, Andy goes big on sushi, Andy takes a sleep test pass/fail, listener questions, and much more Spiraling.

Transcribed - Published: 14 July 2025

Andy's sarcasm safety net, the "what are you up to?" spiral, Josh flexes his valley seniority, tennis time, listener questions, and much more Spiraling.

Transcribed - Published: 7 July 2025

Josh recounts his return to stand-up, Andy bonds with The Replacements over self-sabotage, arms-length punk rock, Andy nails a table read emotionally, the value of background noise, listener questions, and much more Spiraling. 

Transcribed - Published: 30 June 2025

TODD GLASS joins the Spiral! Creating a full fledged space for comedy, the coward's roast, the Andy and Todd origin story, Josh's trip to Acme, separating hacks from their acts, and much more Spiraling.

Transcribed - Published: 23 June 2025

Josh deals smack to Andy, sports spiral, Josh explains "the stall", Andy hate-watches, Josh preps for his return to stand-up, listener questions, and much more Spiraling.

Transcribed - Published: 16 June 2025

Andy's new wave pants, booking Sha Na Na, Josh alerts Andy to the Trump Musk break-up, telethon watching, Josh gets no boost, listener questions, and much more Spiraling.

Transcribed - Published: 9 June 2025

Andy returns from vacation with precious memories and dreaded disease, adventures on Celebrity Row, Josh tries to shoot himself out of trouble, the Pee Wee doc, listener questions, and much more Spiraling.

Transcribed - Published: 2 June 2025

Andy prepares for his big trip, Josh tries to list Andy's day jobs, Malice at the Palace, Andy's unrealized LSD fantasies, and much more Spiraling.

Transcribed - Published: 26 May 2025

Andy gloms on to the Knicks, ditching your younger self, sorting out Israel feelings, Josh hates Andy's new friend, listener questions, and much more Spiraling.

Transcribed - Published: 19 May 2025