Unpacking Peanuts
Hosted by Jimmy Gownley and Harold Buchholz and Liz Sumner and Michael Cohen · Jimmy Gownley, Michael Cohen, Harold Buchholz, Liz Sumner
4.8from 106 ratings
- 209
- Episodes
- 18
- Transcribed
- 106
- Ratings
- Bi-weekly
- Cadence
- 2022
- First episode
- 20K
- YouTube views
About Unpacking Peanuts
The show where three cartoonists take an in-depth look at the greatest comic strip of all time-- Peanuts by Charles M. Schulz. Undeniably one of the most influential cartoonists in history, Unpacking Peanuts examines Schulz’s contributions to art, storytelling, and pop culture. Hosts Jimmy Gownley, Harold Buchholz, and Michael Cohen bring their lifelong love and admiration of Peanuts to the conversation. The interaction between the hosts is genuinely funny and insightful as they discuss the strip’s impact on the medium and the world.
- Publisher
- Jimmy Gownley, Michael Cohen, Harold Buchholz, Liz Sumner
- Category
- arts
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 19 Jan 2022
- Latest episode
- 20 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
18 of 209 episodes have a transcript.
20 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Pumpkin Spice Peanuts 1 - Do Falling Leaves Make You Feel Sad?
6 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Acting! With Patrick McDonnell
22 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
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Inside a recent episode
Pumpkin Spice Peanuts 1 - Do Falling Leaves Make You Feel Sad?
Published 20 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] And he was like, all right, well, it has to be in the next two days. I'm like, what? It was like August 15th. I was like, are you kidding me? Wow. Yeah, it's nuts. Well, you know, Schultz really made the most of the autumn season. And he really made the most of just the calendar in general. What do you guys think about that? Just as kind of this kind of metronome that Schultz had, you know, in the background. And it seemed more so than other strips. Yeah. you really felt the passing of the seasons in Peanuts. And it seemed like it was something that really inspired him. What do you guys think about that? […]
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- Patrick McDonnell
- Neil Cohn
- Andrew Farago
- Paige Braddock
Reach and audience
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- YouTube views
- 19,950
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.7 / 5
- 73 ratings
- Spotify
- 5.0 / 5
- 33 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 75 / 100
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- Quality
- 86
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 76
- Engagement
- 85
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Who hosts Unpacking Peanuts?
Jimmy Gownley and Harold Buchholz and Liz Sumner and Michael Cohen host the show. Published by Jimmy Gownley, Michael Cohen, Harold Buchholz, Liz Sumner.
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