Don't Be Alone with Jay Kogen
Hosted by Jay Kogen · Straw Hut Media
5.0from 156 ratings
- 169
- Episodes
- 37
- Transcribed
- 156
- Ratings
- Weekly
- Cadence
- 2023
- First episode
- 1M
- YouTube views
About Don't Be Alone with Jay Kogen
Don’t Be Alone with Jay Kogen is a comedy/advice podcast trying to fight the isolation of modern life. Each episode, Award winning TV writer/comedian/philosopher Jay Kogen has a conversation with a friend about how to solve the problems on Jay’s mind. These friends happen to be famous comics, musicians, actors, artists, writers, and sometimes even his family. It’s an entertaining, fun, and thoughtful show meant to bond us through humor, experience, and empathy.From Straw Hut Media
- Publisher
- Straw Hut Media
- Category
- comedy · tv & film
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 9 Oct 2023
- Latest episode
- 20 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
37 of 169 episodes have a transcript.
20 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
The Simpsons Writer Who Had to Teach Himself to Be Funny | Brent Forrester
13 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Paul Provenza Knows Way Too Much About Comedy!
6 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Chloe Radcliffe Sold a Movie Before She Knew How to Write One
Inside a recent episode
The Simpsons Writer Who Had to Teach Himself to Be Funny | Brent Forrester
Published 20 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Thank you. Part of it is that I was not naturally funny. This is really true of not me being humble. I mean, I was an aspiring short story writer. I graduated from college. I was like, there's no economy in short story. But Sam Harris's mom seems to be doing okay. So it was after college that I went after comedy and had to teach myself. Through analyzing it, as a result, it makes me a better teacher because I've done the cerebral work. Having said that, I will always reiterate what I'm sure you would point out. People who are good at writing comedy do not generally write it cerebrally. They write it from this part of the body, right? […]
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See plansWho has been a guest on Don't Be Alone with Jay Kogen
Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.
- Brent Forrester
- Paul Provenza
- Chloe Radcliffe
- Robert Arnold
- David Kissinger
Reach and audience
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- YouTube views
- 1,177,954
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 5.0 / 5
- 55 ratings
- Spotify
- 5.0 / 5
- 101 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 85 / 100
A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.
- Quality
- 99
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 86
- Engagement
- 92
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Who hosts Don't Be Alone with Jay Kogen?
Jay Kogen host the show. Published by Straw Hut Media.
How often do new episodes come out?
The show publishes weekly, based on its RSS feed.
Does Don't Be Alone with Jay Kogen take guests?
Yes. Guests have been identified in episode analyses.
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