Make My Day with Josh Gondelman

Latest Episodes:

My Day Episode 74: Rhythm Empire with Mo Rocca Sep 14, 2021

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Mo Rocca (CBS Sunday Morning, Wait Wait Don't Tell Me) competes to cheer Josh up. During a game of Death Perception, Mo answers questions about life, death, and life after death! He then donates his winnings to the Inner-City Scholarship Fund. Plus, pep talks for morticians and teabags.

Donate to the Inner-City Scholarship Fund: https://www.innercityscholarshipfund.org/

See Mo in Fairycakes Off-Broadway: https://fairycakestheplay.com/

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Make My Day Episode 73: Fluids Are Drama with Natalie Walker and Sarah Hagi Sep 07, 2021

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Natalie Walker and Sarah Hagi (Search Party, Gawker) compete to cheer Josh up. During a game of Know More Drama, Natalie and Sarah answer questions about...drama! They then donate their winnings to the Lilith Fund and Fort York Food Bank. Plus, pep talks for Jennifer Hudson and people who are here to make friends.

Buy tickets to Natalie's upcoming NYC shows: https://54below.com/events/bonnie-milligan-and-natalie-walker-celebrate-fifty-years-of-friendship/

Read Sarah in Gawker: https://www.gawker.com/profile/sarah-hagi-1911902

Donate to the Lilith Fund: https://www.lilithfund.org/donate

Donate to Fort York Food Bank: https://fyfb.com/donate/

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Make My Day Episode 72: Time Or Whatever with Jia Tolentino Aug 31, 2021

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Jia Tolentino (Trick Mirror, The New Yorker) competes to cheer Josh up. During a game of Lies on the Prize, Jia answers questions about lies, mostly in a good way. She then donates her winnings to a local chapter of Food Not Bombs. Plus, pep talks for new parents and people who don't like how they look in photographs.

Read Jia in The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/contributors/jia-tolentino

Buy Trick Mirror: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/567511/trick-mirror-by-jia-tolentino/

Donate to Food Not Bombs: http://foodnotbombs.net/new_site/donate.php

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Make My Day Episode 71: Casual Statues with Ian Karmel Aug 24, 2021

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Ian Karmel (The Late Late Show, All Fantasy Everything) competes to cheer Josh up. During a game of Your Roots Are Showing, Ian answers questions about the concept of hometowns. He then donates his winnings to Planned Parenthood. Plus, pep talks for embarrassing childhood pictures and people eating almond butter as a snack.

Listen to All Fantasy Everything: https://headgum.com/all-fantasy-everything

Donate to Planned Parenthood: https://www.plannedparenthood.org/

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Make My Day Episode 70: Just Text It to Me with Patton Oswalt and Meredith Salenger Aug 17, 2021

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Patton Oswalt and Meredith Salenger (new podcast Did You Get My Text? out now) compete to cheer Josh up. During a game of Text-it Strategy, Meredith and Patton discuss text messaging techniques, preferences, and etiquette. They then donate their winnings to Alice's Kids and the Teak Fellowship. Plus, pep talks for wrong number texts, people who feel uncomfortable visiting unvaccinated relatives, and MFA students with unsatisfying day jobs.

Listen to Did You Get My Text?: https://starburns.audio/podcasts/did-you-get-my-text/

Donate to Alice's Kids: https://aliceskids.org/

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Make My Day Episode 69: Utility Robes with Laura Stevenson Aug 10, 2021

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Laura Stevenson (new album Laura Stevenson out now) competes to cheer Josh up. During a game of Cribs Notes, Laura takes Josh on an MTV Cribs style tour of her home. She then donates her winnings to Black Mamas Matter Alliance. Plus, pep talks for people who had to sell their cars after Xzibit "improved" them, and people with messy refrigerators.

Listen to Laura Stevenson: http://dongiovanni.co/LauraStevenson

Black Mamas Matter Alliance: https://blackmamasmatter.org/

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Make My Day Episode 68: All About the Cookies with Maris Kreizman Aug 03, 2021

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Maris Kreizman (The Maris Review, Slaughterhouse 90210) competes to cheer Josh up. During a game of Sense of Shelf, Maris gives incredible answers to questions about books. She then donates her winnings to T1 International. Plus, pep talks for unread books and employees at bookstores.

Listen to The Maris Review: http://www.mariskreizman.com/the-maris-review

Donate to T1 International: https://www.t1international.com/donate/

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Make My Day Episode 67: God's Wave Pool with Gonzalo Cordova and Travis Helwig Jul 27, 2021

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Gonzalo Cordova and Travis Helwig (Edith, Tuca & Bertie, Lovett or Leave It) compete to cheer Josh up. During a game of Sound Advice, Travis and Gonzalo offer . The pair donate their winnings to A Purposeful Rescue and Americans for Immigrant Justice. Plus, three pep talks that are all over the place.

Listen to Edith: https://crooked.com/podcast-series/edith/

Donate to A Purposeful Rescue: https://www.apurposefulrescue.org/donate

Donate to Americans for Immigrant Justice: https://floridaimmigrant.org/donate-today/

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Make My Day Episode 66: Encyclopedia of Gratitude with Bridger Winegar Jul 20, 2021

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Bridger Winegar (I Said No Gifts, Black Monday) competes to cheer Josh up. During a game of Exchange Greats, Bridger answers questions about gift-giving excellence. He then donates his grand prize winnings to The Literacy Lab. Plus, pep talks for philosophers and upstairs neighbors.

Listen to I Said No Gifts: https://www.exactlyrightmedia.com/i-said-no-gifts

Follow Bridger on Twitter: https://twitter.com/bridger_w

Donate to The Literacy Lab: https://theliteracylab.org/

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Make My Day Episode 65: No Lull Detected with Jordan Morris Jul 13, 2021

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Jordan Morris (Bubble; Jordan, Jesse, Go!) competes to cheer Josh up. During a poorly named game of Science Fiction answers questions about made-up science facts. He then donates his grand prize winnings to 826 LA. Plus, pep talks for philosophers and upstairs neighbors.

Purchase the Bubble graphic novel: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250245557

Listen to the Bubble podcast: https://maximumfun.org/podcasts/bubble/

Listen to Jordan, Jesse, Go!: https://maximumfun.org/podcasts/jordan-jesse-go/

Donate to 826 LA: https://826la.org/donate/

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