List of The Champs episodes explained

The Champs was a comedy podcast hosted by Neal Brennan, Moshe Kasher, and DJ Douggpound (Doug Lussenhop of the Tim and Eric Show). Guests on the podcast were almost exclusively black.[1] It was part of the All Things Comedy podcast network.[2]

Episodes

2011

Release dateGuest/TitleSources
August 6, 2011Jerrod Carmichael[3]
August 10, 2011Ian Edwards
August 18, 2011NBA Star Blake Griffin
August 27, 2011NBA Star Blake Griffin (part 2) and Comedian Leslie Jones
September 6, 2011Craig Robinson
September 19, 2011Donnell "Ashy Larry" Rawlings
September 30, 2011Tony Rock
October 11, 2011Robert Townsend
October 21, 2011David Alan Grier
November 10, 2011Erik Griffin (Workaholics)[4]
November 16, 2011Adult Film's Lexington Steele
November 24, 2011Champsgiving: Hugh Moore[5]
December 1, 2011Wayne Brady
December 9, 2011Eric André
December 19, 2011Byron Bowers[6]

2012

Release dateGuest/TitleSources
January 11, 2012The Robot[7]
January 19, 2012Bobby Lee
January 26, 2012Owen Smith[8]
February 1, 2012Conan's Deon Cole
February 9, 2012JB Smoove
February 15, 2012Alonzo Bodden (Last Comic Standing)
February 24, 2012Adult Film's Sasha Grey and Musician Flying Lotus
March 2, 2012Sasha Grey and Flying Lotus (Part 2)
March 7, 2012"Cutty" from The Wire - Chad Coleman
March 15, 2012Questlove
March 22, 2012Key (from Key & Peele)
March 29, 2012Hannibal Buress
April 9, 2012Jose Canseco
April 17, 2012Faizon Love ("Big Worm" from Friday)
April 25, 2012Baron Vaughn
May 3, 2012Suli McCullough
May 16, 2012Pras from The Fugees
May 25, 2012Felipe Esparza (Last Comic Standing Winner)[9]
June 6, 2012Trevor Noah
June 15, 2012Roy Wood, Jr.
June 25, 2012Charlie Murphy
July 4, 2012Retta (From NBC's Parks & Rec)
July 10, 2012John Legend
July 18, 2012Ron Funches
July 26, 2012Blake Griffin Returns
August 6, 2012Lil Rel[10]
August 20, 2012Maronzio Vance[11]
August 28, 2012Nicole Richie
September 5, 2012Aziz Ansari
September 12, 2012Larry Wilmore
September 19, 2012Rusty Cundieff (Chappelle's Show Director)
October 8, 2012NBA Legend John Salley
October 18, 2012Anthony Anderson
October 24, 2012Russell Peters
November 5, 2012Riff Raff and Chelsea Peretti
November 20, 2012Shawn and Marlon Wayans
November 30, 2012Dwayne Perkins[12]
December 6, 2012CNN and ESPN's LZ Granderson
December 17, 2012David Alan Grier Returns

2013

Release dateGuest/TitleSources
January 8, 2013Mario Joyner
January 15, 2013Bashir and Diallo[13]
January 29, 2013Kumail Nanjiani
February 6, 2013Too $hort
February 21, 2013Jasper Redd
March 5, 2013Aisha Tyler
March 15, 2013Ali LeRoi (co-creator of Everybody Hates Chris)
March 20, 2013Chris Rock
April 17, 2013Reggie Watts
April 26, 2013Godfrey
May 6, 2013Michael Che
May 21, 2013Lucas Brothers
June 6, 2013Allen Hughes (Director of Menace II Society and American Pimp)
June 13, 2013Jay Chandrasekhar
July 3, 2013Superhead
July 11, 2013NBA All-Star Baron Davis
July 24, 2013Kevin Avery[14]
August 5, 2013Jermaine Fowler[15]
August 19, 2013Jordan Peele (Key & Peele)
September 3, 2013busdriver
September 12, 2013Aries Spears
October 18, 2013Pootie Tang - Lance Crouther
November 1, 2013Roy Wood Returns
November 13, 2013Corey Holcomb
November 21, 2013Dean Edwards
November 30, 2013Felipe Esparza Returns
December 13, 2013Finesse Mitchell
December 31, 2013"Q", Founder of World Star Hip Hop

2014

Release dateGuest/TitleSources
January 10, 2014MC Serch
January 22, 2014Big Daddy Kane
January 29, 2014Maseo from De La Soul
February 5, 2014Arsenio
February 12, 2014Action Bronson
February 20, 2014Charlamagne Tha God
February 27, 2014Wyatt Cenac
March 13, 2014Hot 97 DJ Cipha Sounds
March 21, 2014Daily Show writer Travon Free
March 28, 2014Hannibal Buress
April 8, 2014Russell Simmons
April 17, 2014Freddie Gibbs
April 30, 2014Cristela Alonzo
May 26, 2014SNL's Jay Pharoah
June 4, 2014George Wallace
June 19, 2014Jean Grae
June 28, 2014Pharaohe Monch
July 9, 2014Keith Robinson
July 22, 2014Marina Franklin
August 21, 2014Seaton Smith (From Fox's Mulaney)[16]
September 22, 2014Golden State Warrior Harrison Barnes
October 8, 2014Affion Crockett
October 20, 2014Danny Brown
November 4, 2014Damon Wayans, Jr.
November 24, 2014King Bach
December 4, 2014Baratunde Thurston

2015-16

Release dateGuest/TitleSources
January 7, 2015
January 20, 2015 Hari Kondabolu
February 4, 2015 Black Thought (The Roots)
February 20, 2015 Ms. Pat
March 12, 2015 Jerrod Carmichael
July 27, 2015 Wanda Sykes
August 18, 2015 New Faces 2015: Selections from the Montreal JFL Festival
August 30, 2015 Nicole Byer
September 30, 2015 Jamar Neighbors
February 28, 2016 Questlove (Champs Farewell)

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Best Podcast Los Angeles 2014: The Champs . Westhoff . Ben . . November 5, 2019 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141224133343/http://www.laweekly.com/los-angeles/best-podcast/BestOf?oid=5108130 . December 24, 2014.
  2. Web site: The Champs . September 30, 2019 . All Things Comedy . November 5, 2019.
  3. Web site: Jerrod Carmichael (@NotoriousROD) . Twitter . November 5, 2019 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160903013816/https://twitter.com/NotoriousROD . September 3, 2016.
  4. Web site: Erik Griffin (@ErikGriffin) . Twitter . November 5, 2019.
  5. Web site: Hugh Moore (@Hugh_Moore) . Twitter . November 5, 2019.
  6. Web site: Byron Bowers (@byronbowers) . Twitter . November 5, 2019.
  7. Web site: Karl Lake . IMDb . November 5, 2019.
  8. Web site: Owen Smith (@OwenSmith4Real) . Twitter . November 5, 2019.
  9. Web site: Felipe Esparza (@funnyfelipe) . Twitter . November 5, 2019.
  10. Web site: Lil Rel Howery (@LilRel4) . Twitter . November 5, 2019.
  11. Web site: Maronzio M. Vance (@MaronzioVance) . Twitter . November 5, 2019.
  12. Web site: Dwayne perkins (@funnydp) . Twitter . November 5, 2019.
  13. Web site: Bashir and Diallo . Facebook . November 5, 2019.
  14. Web site: Kevin Avery (@KevinAvery) . Twitter . November 5, 2019.
  15. Web site: Jermainefowler (@jermaineFOWLER) . Twitter . November 5, 2019.
  16. Web site: Seaton Smith (@SeatonSmith) . Twitter . November 5, 2019.