Podcast But Outside
A podcast, but outside. Featuring fascinating interviews with random strangers who happen to walk by. Hosted by Cole Hersch and Andrew Michaan.
233: Outside LA's Hottest Restaurant w/ Mythical's Emily Fleming and Jordan Morris
233: Do you want the scoop on who hangs out in front of LA's hottest restaurant? Well it's this podcast, plus guest cohosts Emily Fleming and Jordan Morris, who are Andrew's pals from Good Mythical Morning. Guests include a young misunderstood musician looking for love at the gas station, a professional touring dancer with an insane resume and a promising new mentee, and a kind and handsome man experiencing homelessness while clearing up very old warrants. Recorded on 8/05/26 on Sunset Blvd in Los Angeles, CA.
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232: Outside The Americana Mall w/ Dropout's Zac Oyama
232: It's time to drop in to this great episode with Dropout's Zac Oyama. We set up in front of The Americana Mall in Glendale and got the scoop on a lot of lore from the Dropout Cinematic Universe. Guests include a strict father with a unique background, the most adorable tiny kid with a perfect British accent, and some teens on their way to buy new shoes to impress their friends. Recorded on 7/30/26 on Brand Blvd in Glendale, California.
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231: Outside AGT Auditions w/ Howie Mandel and Bridger Winegar
Does America have what it takes to be on a podcast??? America's Got Talent invited us to set up in front of an auditions taping to chat with contestants and fans alike. The fantastic Bridger Winegar guest cohosted the whole episode, and even Howie Mandel and Terry Crews hung out with us for a bit. Guests include a nerdy rapping dad hoping to make it big on AGT, a teen with expertly trained adorable dogs, and a PBO fan with truly the best Obama impression we've ever heard. Recorded on 3/21/26 in front of the Pasadena Convention Center in Pasadena...
230: In A Colorado Hippie Town With Andrew's Sweet Mom (R.I.P.)
Some heavy stuff coming your way! Andrew's incredible and lovely mother passed away in April, and he's very thankful that he recorded this episode with her as a guest cohost in February. They set up in her small Colorado town and talked to some wild strangers who walked by. Guests include a young mother raising her daughter in the remote mountains, an odd woman who seems to have completely lost her mind, and a heartbroken emotional guy who gets really mad at Andrew. Recorded on 2/10/26 on Grand Ave in Paonia, Colorado. Thank you for listening to this very special...
229: Fighting the Political Machine w/ Adam Conover and LA Mayoral Hopeful Nithya Raman
Ready, set, VOTE!!! We've got a special episode this week as the politically savvy Adam Conover joins us to discuss the Los Angeles mayoral election with candidate Nithya Raman. If you don't live in LA, don't fret, the chats with strangers are all very fun and interesting to humans everywhere. Guests include a local man who is VERY opposed to a new bike lane, a smart and thoughtful guy from the state government who somehow walked by, and an adorable dancing kid with a sushi obsession. Recorded on 4/8/26 at Echo Park Lake in Los Angeles, California.
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228: At Andrew's Brother's Very Fancy Wedding (w/ Johnny Pemberton!)
Huge news for fans of episodes at Andrew's family weddings! Andrew's awesome younger brother Sam got married to his lovely fiancé Paige and they let Podcast But Outside memorialize their special day. Plus, the wonderful Johnny Pemberton stepped in to expertly cohost. Guests include Andrew's Dad Allen and new mom Yvette, the vice president of production at New Line Cinema, and a guy launching a new g-string company that makes your butt look like a peach. Filmed on 3/14/26 at The Ebell in Los Angeles, California.
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227: Conquering Hollywood w/ Kylie Brakeman
The great and hilarious Kylie Brakeman joins us on Hollywood Blvd for an instant classic of an episode. Guests include a confident woman from Fresno who is eager to cut people out of her life, a young screenwriter who mines his own tragic life for ideas, and a sweet loner accountant who sounds A LOT like Fred Armisen. Filmed on 2/22/26 on Hollywood Blvd in Los Angeles, California.
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226: At A Wild Music Festival (w/ Courtney Miller + Cole Hersch!)
226: Are you ready for a blast from the past but also a brand new unreleased episode of our show!? Cole Hersch is resurrected for one hour and our old friend Courtney Miller drops by to chat with the patrons at a hip music festival. Guests include a young social worker trying to help the most vulnerable, a woman who almost tore her close friend group apart by falling in love with one of them, and an awesome father who works on a soap opera and has SIX EMMY AWARDS. Recorded on 08/10/2024 at Outside Lands Music Festival in Golden Gate...
225: Outside the Hottest Nightclub in Paris (CHAOTIC!)
225: Bonsoir and happy new year to you all! Andrew's awesome girlfriend Lauren joins the podcast as they set up outside of the hottest nightclub in Paris and chat with wild French partygoers until 3AM. Guests include a young guy who gets kicked out of the club for a major party foul, two girls drunkenly debating the existence of god, and France's premiere social media influencer slash night club doorman, Isaak Dessaux. Recorded on 05/16/2025 in front of La Fête in Paris, France!
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224: Outside Panda Express w/ Hollywood Handbook
224: One orange chicken with a side of podcast, please. Sean Clements and Hayes Davenport from the amazing Hollywood Handbook podcast join us in front of Panda Express to talk to all the awesome people walking by. Guests include a musician / Uber driver who turned giving a ride with Lil' Flip into a collab on his next album, young excited tourists from Taiwan who love LA, and a very sweet man experiencing homelessness who generously shared his vulnerable story with us. Recorded on 07/18/25 on Sunset Blvd in Los Angeles.
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223: Chatting w/ Buff Olympians at a USA Track and Field Championship w/ Moshe Kasher
223: Ready, set, PODCAST!!! The great Moshe Kasher joins us on an active track field to chat with athletes as they practice for a championship track event. Guests include a really fast young female runner who maybe didn't like us, a different really fast runner who for sure DID like us, and an inspirational coach guiding his athletes through the physical and emotional whirlwind of competition. Thank you to USATF for bringing us to Oregon to interview these awesome people! Recorded on 07/30/25 on Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon.
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222: Outside in Chinatown NYC w/ Gianmarco Soresi
222: Ni hao, outsiders! The very talented Gianmarco Soresi joins us on the streets of Chinatown to interview some fascinating characters in the vibrant city. Guests include a recently divorced gaffer with a heart and hair of gold, two young actress roommates thriving in the big city, a formerly incarcerated father navigating life on the outside, and a man on the endless quest for big booties. Some truly incredible life stories on this one, don't miss it. Recorded on 05/07/25 on Grand St in Manhattan's Chinatown.
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221: Outside A MASSIVE Premier League Football Game w/ Lisa Gilroy!
Gooooooooal! Premier League, the world's eminent football club, invited us to a Summer Series game at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey! Guests included an uplifting father son duo, a young couple who both felt they had found their future spouse the night they first met, and a couple of scrappy lads who sometimes throw hands at the pub. Recorded on 7/26/25 in front of MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey.
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220: Outside Headgum w/ Amir Blumenfeld, Nicole Byer, and Kristen Schaal!
220: Very special episode time! The Headgum podcast network is turning double digits and to celebrate, cofounder Amir Blumenfeld joins us on the street to interview Headgum cohosts and some random strangers walking by. Guests include Nicole Byer, Kristen Schaal, two high school friends turned lovers, and a WeHo actor with an enviable amount of confidence. Plus a heated stand-off with a food delivery robot! Recorded on 07/24/25 in front of Headgum on Sunset Blvd in Los Angeles.
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219: Outside Tokyo's Shibuya Crossing w/ Lyle the Therapy Gecko
219: It's konnichiwa time yet again! Friend of the podcast Lyle the Therapy Gecko helps us interview folks on the busy streets near Tokyo's Shibuya Crossing. Guests include a Dutch author in a long distance friendship turned relationship, a young computer scientist with an impressive pokémon haul, and a kind Australian child therapist helping kids and their families navigate psychosis. Recorded on 03/03/25 at Shibuya Crossing in Tokyo, Japan.
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218: Outside A Metrolink Train Station (Choo Choo!) w/ Lizzy Cooperman
218: Trains: something you will mostly find outside! Our comedian pal Lizzy Cooperman joined us as we set up at a bustling local train station and met some locomotive commuters and enthusiasts. Guests include a young Honda employee looking for lesbian love in the desert, an aspiring pop solo artist focusing on himself right now, and a train-obsessed sober widower with a secret first name and a really inspirational life story. Recorded on 06/04/25 at the Fullerton Metrolink Station in Fullerton, California.
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217: Outside A Phish Concert w/ Brent Weinbach (CHAOTIC)
Attention Phish Phreaks: this podcast is for you! We set up in front of the jam band Phish's Sunday night show at The Hollywood Bowl and chatted with the wild crew in attendance. Guests include a government employee about to be fired by Elon Musk, two young curious guys exploring their first Phish show, and a really nice hippie artist lady trying to squeeze every dollar out of the band's loyal phanbase. Recorded on 4/27/25 at The Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles.
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216: Outside Another Public Bathroom w/ Nick Kroll + Owen Thiele
Kroll fans rejoice, the king has returned! He brought along the very talented Owen Thiele and we met some really interesting strangers outside of the public bathroom in Griffith Park. Guests include a deadhead who walks way too much, a woman who worked for THE OBAMAS (yes, those Obamas), and a certified hunk who may be hiding some demons in his closet. Recorded on 4/15/25 in Griffith Park, Los Angeles.
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215: Our Creepiest Random Guest Ever! (w/ Katie Marovitch)
215: Katie Marovitch from the Dropout world joins the pod to find a brand new cast of strangers to interview on the street. And only one of them is a total creepy weirdo! The rest of the guests are wonderful and include a talented sensitive poet who needs that extra push to put himself out there, a pair of teen fraternal twins, and two medical students getting chewed up and spit out by nursing school. Recorded on 2/19/25 on Brand Blvd in Glendale, CA.
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214: The End of Capitalism w/ Ben and Emil
214: Past guest cohosts Ben Cahn and Emil DeRosa return for a fantastic episode with incredible random strangers on the streets of Los Angeles. Guests include a young TikTok dancer trying to make it in the city of dreams, a video game voice actor who has some problems with the current political administration, and a guy who recently started monetizing his romantic entanglements. Recorded on 2/20/25 on Sunset Blvd in Los Angeles.
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213: Our Guest Lost Everything After Coming Out (w/ Sophie Buddle)
213: The wonderful Sophie Buddle cohosts this fantastic episode on the streets of West Hollywood. Guests include a once married family man who found out he was gay in a VERY Hollywood way and then lost everything when he came out, a young Instagram entrepreneur famous for engaging in a trendy illicit substance that starts with a K, and a redheaded woman currently walking off a massive fight with her husband. Recorded on 2/9/25 on Santa Monica Blvd in West Hollywood, CA.
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212: Jack Quaid Gets Punched in the Face
Actor and pal and great guy Jack Quaid joins us on a sunny day in the park to interview some really interesting and kind strangers. And most of those strangers end up punching Jack in the face (with his consent). Guests include a computer programmer on a fruitless job hunt, newly coupled up lesbians loving their life together, a pair of high school sweethearts, and a buff father and son duo. Recorded on 2/21/25 in Pan Pacific Park in Los Angeles. GO WATCH JACK STAR IN NOVOCAINE IN THEATERS ON MARCH 14TH!!!
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211: Another Perfect Episode w/ Garrett Watts
Great news if you love perfect episodes of our show: this is one of them! Past guest and hero Garrett Watts sits at the table and helps find some really fun folks off the street. Guests include an accomplished screenwriter, a respectful gang of teen e-bike boys, and one of the most unintentionally hilarious people to ever appear on our show. Recorded on 2/8/25 on Palm Ave in Burbank, California.
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210: A Guest Searches for His Missing Brother (w/ Carey O'Donnell)
210: Get ready to get inspired. Carey O'Donnell joins us on the streets of Hollywood Blvd as we find some lovely guests on a path to change the world. We meet a young woman who had a spiritual encounter in a Tesla, an entrepreneur creating meaningful economic change in the black community, a musician searching for his missing brother, and many more. It's a long one but it's worth sticking around for. Recorded on 12/22/24 on Hollywood Blvd in Los Angeles.
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209: On the Streets of Tokyo, Japan
209: Konnichiwa, outsiders! We finally hopped on a plane and recorded an episode in the wonderful country of Japan. Co-hosted by comedian and friend Vinay Murthy, who has lived in Japan for 23 years! Guests include a young Japanese ramen maker looking for love, foodie brothers from Kuwait, and two pals from Canada on the trip of a lifetime (that they've done many times before). Recorded on 10/18/24 in the Shibuya ward of Tokyo, Japan.
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208: Fixing the Broken Political System w/ Noel Miller
Onward we must bravely march into the terrifying world of outside without our trusty companion Cole Hersch. Noel Miller co-hosts for a fantastic new episode where we solve all the problems in American politics by proposing a much better system of government. Guests include a nice young man we learn absolutely nothing about, a professional movie editor / director, some young women working hard in the exciting world of swimsuit fashion, and a beer guy. Recorded on 10/09/24 in downtown Culver City in Los Angeles.
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207: Cole's FINAL Episode
That's right. Cole is done with outside. Hear why and watch us talk to some strangers for the very last time together in our longest episode ever, at the spot where it all began. Guests include a confident young man who loves to approach women, a nice guy working for the city metro system, a recent widow navigating this unexpected new phase in her life, and a huge surprise blast from our past. Recorded on 10/10/24 in front of Grand Central Market in Los Angeles.
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206: At the Exclusive VIP Section of a Music Festival
Are you ready to hear what VERY IMPORTANT people have to say about life? Well then you're in the right place, because this week we chat with some real VIPs at the Outside Lands music festival. Guests include a 3D printing expert, an innuendo uttering 20-something cat lady, and FOUR awesome young female lawyers. Recorded on 8/10/24 in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, CA.
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205: Outside at Outside Lands Music Festival
An outside podcast at Outside LANDS!? It sounds too good to be true, but it really is. We chat with the crowd at the San Francisco music festival and learn a lot about the outside vibe. Guests include a lovely young couple who eloped to Vegas while on psychedelics, a musician who gets hired to play the violin for proposals, and a guy who gets in some hot water for spilling a cold beer on someone right before joining our show. Recorded on 8/9/24 in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, California.
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204: An Olive Garden Waiter Spills All (w/ Johnny Pemberton from Fallout!)
Get ready for an apocalyptic episode (in a good way)! Our Fallout pal Johnny Pemberton joins us as we navigate the desolate wasteland that is outside. Guests include a very candid celebrity stylist, a single mom to a diehard PBO fan, a Peruvian who used to design shoes for Kanye, and an Olive Garden waiter who dishes all the inner secrets of that sacred establishment. Recorded on 7/26 in Glendale, California.
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203: At A WeHo Gay Bar During Pride
Happy pride! We finally decided to embrace the LGBTQ community and record our podcast in front of a wild gay bar on a Thursday night in West Hollywood. Guests include a gay adult entertainer and dancer, an intense guy who says he loves to “turn straight men”, and a character from the Vanderpump Rules Cinematic Universe. Recorded on 6/20/24 at Beaches in West Hollywood, CA.
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202: At A Dog Park w/ Cesar Millan
Tsch! Be quiet, because our guest this week loves to whisper, specifically to dogs. Cesar Millan joins us at a dog park to help many lost dog owners make sense of their canine companions. Guests include a woman whose dog won't stop humping, another woman whose dog doesn't respect her at all, and a third woman who rescued her sweet dog from the Chinese meat trade. Recorded on 6/5/24 at Airport Park Dog Park in Santa Monica, CA. Go to MeUndies.com/outside for 20% off plus free shipping! Go to HelloFresh.com/outsideapps for FREE appetizers for life! Check out moonwlkr...
201: Atsuko Helps Us End a Man’s Toxic Relationship
Watch out sucker: this episode is amazing. Our very special guest Atsuko Okatsuka helps us interview the whole darn neighborhood at our live show at the Netflix is a Joke festival. Guests include an incredibly funny woman who has been acting for 50+ years, an accomplished cheerleading vocalist, and a very nice man named Andy who desperately needs to dump his awful boyfriend. Recorded 5/7/24 at the UCB Theater in Los Angeles.
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<...200: Outside Home Depot (w/ Trump's Biggest Fanboy)
Wow, we did it. We did the impossible. We finally set up in front of Home Depot! This is our 200th episode but it's not our special 200th episode, that will come out later. But this is still a perfect episode! Guests include a Guatemalan Christian fiancé, a brand new Dad dishing the dark truth on fatherhood, and a rascal scooter riding Trump loving charming sweetheart angel of a man named Billy Dilley. Recorded on 4/26/24 in front of Home Depot in Glendale, California.
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199: We Interview a Famous Tech CEO (+ Dulcé Sloan!)
Strap on your business attire because we finally interview a CEO (Jack Conte from Patreon!). We learn all about what it takes to run a successful company while also trying to maintain your street cred as an artist. Guests include a rowdy bunch of rappers from Atlanta and comedian Dulcé Sloan from The Daily Show. Recorded 3/14/24 at SXSW in Austin, Texas. Huge thank you to Patreon for making this episode happen!
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198: At SXSW w/ Billy Eichner!
Congrats, we snagged Billy Eichner for the show! The original King-Of-Chatting-With-People-On-The-Street shows us a thing or two about chatting with people on the street. We zip around Austin on a PBO branded pedicab and meet lots of interesting strangers, including a Dominican musician who uses his music to get lucky, a boss-employee duo from England, and a Scottish patron of the arts who lets random musicians sleep at his house in Scotland. A huge thank you to Patreon for making this special episode possible! Recorded on 3/14/24 at SXSW in Austin, Texas.
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197: Outside The DMV Again
Episode 197: Beep beep! We return to everyone's favorite government institution for cars: the DMV! Guests include a man who pops his eyes out for views and his charmingly beautiful kinda-girlfriend, a young Filipino baseball player reluctantly returning to his high school to educate the next generation, and a newly in love birthday celebrator. Recorded 3/5/2024 at the Glendale DMV.
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196: A Psychic Predicts Our Future
Congratulations, we're back! It's time to turn our hiatus into a byeatus. Meaning, we're releasing our show again! We're so excited to see what's next for us that we invited a psychic to predict the future of our show. She also helped predict the future of some lovely strangers along the way. Guests include a man from the South traveling with his grammy-winning nephew, a friendly dog trainer who is way too into putting sunglasses on dogs, and a nice man dedicated to learning all the letters of the Armenian alphabet. Recorded 2/7/2024 on Brand Blvd in Glendale. Go to BlueChew...
195: At An All-Inclusive Beach Resort in Mexico
Feliz Navipod! We're putting our hiatus on hiatus for one week only to gift you a one-off episode that will be our last of 2023. We gotflown across the border to record at the Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya-- an all inclusive resort in Cancun! Guests include a woman known as "The Pickle Lady" who's had a long career in pickles, an introspective lover who decided to get sober at a different Hard Rock hotel, and two young, drunk, 20-somethings whose mom married her rich divorce attorney. Recorded 11/28/2023 in fricken Mexico.
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Taking A Break...
Apologies for the lack of crap lately! Here's a little explanation about what's been going on and what the future has in store for PBO. An endless thank you to you all. Heart emoji.
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