The Lou Perez Podcast:
All Episodes

Arts and culture writer David Hiroshi Jager talks with comedian Lou Perez about the Venice Biennale, Artforum's meltdown, October 7th, and supporting Israel.

Former public defender Maud Maron talks with comedian Lou Perez about Nikole Hannah-Jones, crime in New York City, the DSA, and why she's done with the Democratic Party.

Writer Bretigne Shaffer talks with comedian Lou Perez about self-publishing, horror, COVID fiction, and why no publisher will touch the honest pandemic story.

China Insider's David Zhang talks with comedian Lou Perez about how the CCP silences critics abroad, TikTok as a weapon, China's economy, and the joke that got stand-up banned.

Aidan Grogan, who went undercover at Socialism 2026, talks with comedian Lou Perez about family abolition, the fat genocide panel, and the DSA platform.

Psychologist Andrew Hartz talks with comedian Lou Perez about activist therapists, the APA, race-based diagnoses, and humor as a mature defense mechanism.

Barry Maher, who woke from brain surgery with a novel in his head, talks with comedian Lou Perez about brain cancer, writing, and a Lady Gaga earworm.

UFC Hall of Famers Don Frye and Dan Severn talk with comedian Lou Perez about the early UFC, Pride FC, and fighting back when nobody knew the rules.

A FreedomFest panel of comedians and pundits talks with comedian Lou Perez about Colbert, the economics of late night TV, Kill Tony, and Gutfeld!

Writer Jon Miltimore talks with comedian Lou Perez about California wildfires, Bob Dylan concerts, the making of Rocky, and the case for travel sports.

Literary critic Liza Libes talks with comedian Lou Perez about Marxist theory at Columbia, Hemingway and Ezra Pound, and Christopher Nolan's Odyssey film.

World record traveler Michael Angelo Zervos talks with comedian Lou Perez about visiting every country, getting jailed in Liberia, and life in North Korea.

Venezuelan exile Germania Rodriguez Poleo talks with comedian Lou Perez about fleeing socialism, voting for Bernie Sanders, and the tragedy of exile.

Writer Meghan Murphy talks with comedian Lou Perez about her Twitter ban over "men aren't women," Canada's speech laws, life in Mexico, and being single.

Aaron Brown talks with comedian Lou Perez about bad statistics, gun control studies, The Lancet's US aid claim, and how to spot a number that's BS.

Former Hollywood producer Rambo Van Halen talks with comedian Lou Perez about what producers really do, the feminization of Hollywood, and MeToo.

Informed.now founder Kira Shishkin talks with comedian Lou Perez about news by text message, information warfare, primary sources, and media bias.

Salih Hudayar of the East Turkistan Government in Exile talks with comedian Lou Perez about China's occupation, the Uyghur genocide, and organ harvesting.

Comedian and Supreme Robot founder Victor Varnado talks with comedian Lou Perez about Richard Pryor, AI, disability gaming tech, and competitive tic-tac-toe.

Fitness trainer Jason Gagne talks with comedian Lou Perez about beginner workouts, consistency over intensity, functional training, and the 85/90 rule.

Investigative journalist Rob Rosen talks with comedian Lou Perez about media bias, the Michael Brown case, "hands up, don't shoot," and the real BLM story.

Manhattan Institute analyst Stu Smith talks with comedian Lou Perez about infiltrating the DSA, its armed security task force, salting, and Zohran Mamdani.

Pirate Wires lead editor Harris Sockel talks with comedian Lou Perez about AI, humanoid robots, data center myths, and California's billionaire exodus.

Manhattan Institute's Rafael Mangual talks with comedian Lou Perez about crime in New York City, the Gracie Mansion IED attack, and Mayor Zohran Mamdani.

German historian Rainer Zitelmann talks with comedian Lou Perez about his criminal investigation for a Putin meme, Section 86a, and free speech in Europe.

NYC nightclub legend Tommy Dorfman talks with comedian Lou Perez about Sound Factory, mob run-ins, club drugs, and his 15-year fight against Live Nation.

Comedy producer Hatem Gabr talks with comedian Lou Perez about Ramadan, Team USA's Olympic hockey gold, the Eileen Gu debate, and Trump's locker room call.

Neoborn Caveman talks with comedian Lou Perez about the Alice in Wonderland protocol, David Duchovny, shadowbanning, and COVID-era gaslighting.

Returning guest Randall Bock talks with comedian Lou Perez about cities, family life, COVID, and institutional collapse as the world lost its marbles.

Clarinetist James Zimmermann talks with comedian Lou Perez about Broadway as a kid, blind auditions, DEI in orchestras, and the Nashville Symphony.

Sean Malone talks with comedian Lou Perez about being a new (old) dad, how fatherhood radicalizes you, anti-aging, and who gets shut out of Hollywood.

Jeremy Kauffman talks with comedian Lou Perez about the psychology of libertarians, homeless encampments, homeschooling, and Scott Adams's legacy.

Writer and comedian Robert George talks with comedian Lou Perez about mixtapes, New York accents, Mayor Zohran Mamdani, and not being Jason L. Riley.

Justin Kramm of Shitshow Creative talks with comedian Lou Perez about advertising, adopting manatees, George A. Romero, and why zombies should be slow.

Tony Ortiz of Current Revolt talks with comedian Lou Perez about Grubgate, Sheila Jackson Lee, a state rep's alleged affair, and a blackface panty raid.

Jazzman Steve Salerno talks with comedian Lou Perez about baseball, Chet Baker, getting canceled over Charlie Kirk, and John Leguizamo's new play.

Armanet's Ibrahim Pataudi talks with comedian Lou Perez about gun censorship, James Bond thumbnails, hunting in Pakistan, doom, and drones for self-defense.

Lonis of Próspera talks with comedian Lou Perez about the libertarian startup city on Honduras's island of Roatán, its tax rates, and its many challenges.

Filmmaker Rob Montz talks with comedian Lou Perez about his Pacific Palisades fire documentary, losing his childhood home, and who let the LA fires burn.

Patrick Dorinson, the Common Sense Cowboy, talks with comedian Lou Perez about cowboy hat etiquette, California history, Trump, and mentoring young men.

Matt Balaker talks with comedian Lou Perez about living in bubbles, blocking cowards on Facebook, Charlie Kirk, and touring with Scott Thompson.

Former LAPD cop Raymond E. Foster talks with comedian Lou Perez about policing, driving 10,000 Uber rides, a naked shootout, and what Hollywood gets wrong.

Filmmaker Jason Noto talks with comedian Lou Perez about saving movie theaters, indie film and streaming, and working with Timothée Chalamet and Elisabeth Moss.

Comic book artist Brett R. Smith talks with comedian Lou Perez about Marvel and DC, woke comics, Gen X movies, Yellowstone, and why Val Kilmer was underrated.

Pop culture historian Mathew Klickstein talks with comedian Lou Perez about Troma, The Kids of Widney High, Lloyd Kaufman, and disability representation.

Author Lisa De Pasquale talks with comedian Lou Perez about losing 170 pounds, Ozempic, weight loss surgery, CPAC, and whether Gen X is the best generation.

Oil painter Kendric Tonn talks with comedian Lou Perez about classical painting, Florence, the Prado, how to look at a Rothko, and starting an art collection.

FIRE's David Josef Volodzko talks with comedian Lou Perez about The New Yorker's racist staff writers, the word Latinx, Raja Jackson, and free speech.

Comedian Michael Regilio talks with comedian Lou Perez about punk rock, young Republicans, flag burning, getting canceled in Dallas, and AI.

The Free Press's Lucy Biggers talks with comedian Lou Perez about leaving climate alarmism, her start at NowThis, dung stoves, and California fire relief.

Video essayist and novelist Rian Stone talks with comedian Lou Perez about culture as a weapon, Bill Burr, Dean Cameron, and The Naked Gun reboot.

Pistons fan Kirk Wilcox talks with comedian Lou Perez about Warped Tour, the 2004 Detroit Pistons, Marc Maron, and FDR via Amity Shlaes's The Forgotten Man.

Havana-born Gaby Blanco of the Dissident Project talks with comedian Lou Perez about food rationing, medical slavery, and growing up in communist Cuba.

NBA veteran and Survivor contestant Scot Pollard talks with comedian Lou Perez about his heart transplant, meeting his donor's family, and life in the NBA.

Isaac Simpson of The Carousel talks with comedian Lou Perez about Jean Garnett's New York Times essay "The Trouble with Wanting Men" and heterofatalism.

Filmmaker Thomas Quiter talks with comedian Lou Perez about The Power to Move, dangerous power wheelchairs, the right to repair, and Medicare rules.

Anti-feminist psychiatrist Hannah Spier talks with comedian Lou Perez about feminism's impact on therapy, narcissists, Cluster B, and neurodivergence.

Paul Rossi of the Terra Firma Teaching Alliance talks with comedian Lou Perez about AI in education, calculus, and "objectivity is white supremacy."

Align managing editor Matt Himes talks with comedian Lou Perez about losing his home in the California fires, a George Carlin bit, and rebuilding his life.

Amy Alkon, author of Going Menopostal, talks with comedian Lou Perez about menopause science, estrogen, evidence-based medicine, and heart health.

Larry Sharpe of The Sharpe Way talks with comedian Lou Perez about how bad New York really is, the migrant crisis, and the homeless industrial complex.

Filmmaker Dan Smotz talks with comedian Lou Perez about Roger Ver, Bitcoin, collapsitarians, The Last of Us, and keeping liberty activism local.

Adam Coleman talks with comedian Lou Perez about fatherhood, discipline, apologizing to your kids, family breakdown, and renouncing Black victimhood.

Mystery novelist Daniel Friedman talks with comedian Lou Perez about Serial, Making a Murderer, the Central Park Five, and the history of executions.

Producer Boris Khaykin talks with comedian Lou Perez about being a teenage phone scammer at the call center in HBO's Telemarketers and Herb Alpert.

Race Crazy author Charles Love talks with comedian Lou Perez about progressive racism, serving on the school board, reparations, and what a "tether" is.

Comedian and author Mike Lukas talks with comedian Lou Perez about crowd-work clips hurting comedy, returning after a decade off, and the upside of addiction.

Writer and statistics teacher Hunter Ash talks with comedian Lou Perez about trans widows, detransitioning, psychedelics, and his ideological transformation.

Marine veteran and executive protection pro Brady Pesola talks with comedian Lou Perez about guarding CEOs, gun ownership, and why you shouldn't start a fight.

Rainer Radio host Joshua Rainer talks with comedian Lou Perez about raw milk, seed oils, the politics of food, carnivore diets, and why the butthole never lies.

Former Anheuser-Busch president Anson Frericks talks with comedian Lou Perez about Bud Light, Dylan Mulvaney, ESG, and shareholders versus stakeholders.

Sean Malone of Return on Ideas talks with comedian Lou Perez about Florida Man, David Lynch, Rick Beato, Richard Wolff's PS5, and the European Union.

Tran Hoang Calvin of Nodehaus talks with comedian Lou Perez about TikTok, going viral, being mistaken for Chinese, and changing your name for SEO.

Writer Jon Miltimore talks with comedian Lou Perez about wrestling culture, "Minnesota nice," Jacques Barzun, and the decline of good service at Starbucks.

Comedy producer Hatem Gabr talks with comedian Lou Perez about New York City's congestion pricing, technology and terrorism, and the California fires.

Former cop Peter Moskos talks with comedian Lou Perez about the NYPD, the 1990s crime drop, squeegee men, subway crime, and judging safety beyond murder.

Canadian comedian, actuary, and curler Peter Stewart talks with comedian Lou Perez about curling, Broomgate, Justin Trudeau, and why Canadians are funnier.

FIRE's Angel Eduardo talks with comedian Lou Perez about free speech on Substack and Bluesky, James Baldwin, congestion pricing, and Dominican Instagram.

Author Ilana Redstone talks with comedian Lou Perez about The Certainty Trap, sociology's bad rap, cultural appropriation, and taking online fights offline.

Scott Thompson and Paul Bellini of The Kids in the Hall talk with comedian Lou Perez about Buddy Cole, Mouth Congress, and their new punk album.

New York Post columnist Kirsten Fleming talks with comedian Lou Perez about the Daniel Penny trial, subway safety, and St. John's coach Lou Carnesecca.

Author Andrew Heaton talks with comedian Lou Perez about Tribalism Is Dumb, Hanlon's razor, independent voters, Daryl Davis, and dating across political lines.

Ben Kawaller of The Free Press talks with comedian Lou Perez about finding common ground, getting sober, RFK Jr., and how Lou became a libertarian.

Writer Brandon Bassham talks with comedian Lou Perez about horror, dark comedy, writing sketches, Troma, and his films Fear Town, USA and Bring on the Damned!

Brooks Crenshaw of The Daedulus Thread talks with comedian Lou Perez about Greek mythology, washing out of BUD/S, the power of story, and Thomas Massie.

José Cordeiro, author of The Death of Death, talks with comedian Lou Perez about reversing aging, Bryan Johnson, cryonics, and teaching Javier Milei.

Comedians Boris Khaykin and Harry Terjanian talk with comedian Lou Perez about going bald, pranks, Tony Hinchcliffe at MSG, and a canceled show.

Political philosopher Chris Freiman talks with comedian Lou Perez about degrowth, automation, pickleball, Cuba, and why the United States is so rich.

New York State Senate candidate Yiatin Chu talks with comedian Lou Perez about local politics, Queens, public education, migrant shelters, and crime.

Ten-time Emmy winner Robert Steinfeld talks with comedian Lou Perez about the WNBA, Howard Cosell, Monday Night Football, and Bill Walton.

Marine veteran Jesse Burkhart talks with comedian Lou Perez about raising sons, addiction, getting sober in the Marines, stolen valor, and hiding money.

Dr. Randall Bock talks with comedian Lou Perez about male gynecologists, a bar-fight stabbing, addicted moms-to-be, and what to do when someone faints.

Prax Ben Williams talks with comedian Lou Perez about communism, the Holodomor, housing as a human right, Soviet rent, and TikTok censorship.

Magician and comedian Doc Dixon talks with comedian Lou Perez about fooling Penn & Teller, pulling rabbits out of hats, and Teller's Shadows lawsuit.

Diane Yap talks with comedian Lou Perez about who is really attacking Asian Americans, toxic empathy, San Francisco, and whether "Asian" means anything.

Teacher and Instagram creator Will Reusch talks with comedian Lou Perez about good influencers, tampons in the boys' bathroom, and dodging civil war.

Economist Ááron Sepúlveda-Cué talks with comedian Lou Perez about his bullfighter father, social capital, the tragedy of the commons, and why fathers matter.

Steve Faktor talks with comedian Lou Perez about why cars were a bad idea, broke suburbs, zoning, libertarianism, and how the tax code steals your time.

Writer Peachy Keenan talks with comedian Lou Perez about homeless privilege, leaving the left, Daniel Penny, and whether we're winning the culture war.

Speech-language pathologist Exulansic talks with comedian Lou Perez about I Am Jazz, the Cass Review, puberty blockers, and the brain science of aphasia.