Inside Conan: An Important Hollywood Podcast

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Conan writers Mike Sweeney and Jessie Gaskell are giving listeners the inside story on some of Conan’s most iconic late-night moments, stretching from his 1993 debut on NBC’s Late Night to his recent CONAN on TBS finale. Starting from the very beginning, they’ll speak with some of Conan’s most iconic guests, writers, and the man himself.We’ve got all kinds of great stories this season - like that time Conan got in hot water with the government of Finland, or how the Late Night team helped Jack McBrayer land 30 Rock. Other guests include Masturbating Bear creator Brian Reich, former intern Vanessa Bayer, even Liza Powell O’Brien shares what it was like to meet her future husband on a remote involving a chainsaw. Subscribe now!

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Recent Episodes
  • Conan O’Brien Must Go Writers Roundtable
    Apr 19, 2024 – 00:15:32
  • Conan O'Brien & Jeff Ross Return
    Aug 2, 2023 – 01:16:43
  • Jim Gaffigan Revisits The Origins of Pale Force
    Jul 26, 2023 – 00:54:05
  • Listener Questions (Feat. David Hopping)
    Jul 19, 2023 – 00:48:16
  • Sam Richardson Revisits CONAN in Ghana
    Jul 12, 2023 – 01:14:12
  • Sarah Silverman Revisits Loss, Her First Late Night Appearance in 1993, and Lighting The Human Centipede Menorah
    Jul 5, 2023 – 01:04:56
  • Conan Head Writers Roundtable with Robert Smigel, Jonathan Groff, and Matt O'Brien
    Jun 28, 2023 – 01:26:17
  • Chris Hayes Revisits His Epic Visit to Taco Bell's Headquarters
    Jun 21, 2023 – 01:12:25
  • Jimmy Pardo Revisits the Last CONAN Shows at Largo and His Classic Behind the Scenes Series Pardo Patrol
    Jun 14, 2023 – 01:18:53
  • Deon Cole Revisits Introducing Conan to Soul Food
    Jun 7, 2023 – 01:15:18
  • Pete Holmes Revisits His Foray Into Late Night Television
    May 31, 2023 – 01:30:46
  • Andy Richter Revisits His Favorite Remotes & CONAN in Berlin
    May 24, 2023 – 01:10:17
  • The Fixers: Lady May & Maritza Carbajol Revisit CONAN in Ghana and Mexico
    May 17, 2023 – 01:00:35
  • Jordan Schlansky, Jason Chillemi, and Frank Smiley Revisit CONAN in Italy & Japan Part 2
    May 10, 2023 – 00:50:34
  • Jordan Schlansky, Jason Chillemi, and Frank Smiley Revisit CONAN in Italy & Japan
    May 3, 2023 – 00:53:48
  • Colton Dunn Revisits the Classic Late Night Comedy Sketch Dudez-A-Plenti
    Apr 26, 2023 – 00:58:39
  • Brian Stack, Andy Blitz, and Jon Glaser Revisit the Origins of Slipnutz
    Apr 19, 2023 – 01:11:05
  • Laurie Kilmartin Revisits Traveling to Qatar For MISSION CONAN
    Apr 12, 2023 – 01:07:32
  • Flula Borg Revisits CONAN in Berlin
    Apr 5, 2023 – 01:16:47
  • Billy Eichner Revisits His CONAN Remotes and Madonna Obsession
    Mar 29, 2023 – 01:03:02
  • Sona Revisits CONAN in Armenia (Feat. Joel McHale and Conan O'Brien)
    Mar 22, 2023 – 01:14:20
  • Mike and Jessie Enter the Weird Place
    Nov 1, 2022 – 00:01:48
  • Remembering Brian Reich
    Sep 22, 2022 – 00:50:54
  • Remembering Bill Tull
    Aug 2, 2022 – 00:39:17
  • Mike and Jessie Get Historical
    Jul 22, 2022 – 00:03:23
  • Conan O'Brien & Jeff Ross Look Back
    Jun 24, 2022 – 01:27:52
  • Dana Carvey Looks Back
    Jun 17, 2022 – 01:08:58
  • Revisiting CONAN at Largo w/ Mark Flanagan
    Jun 10, 2022 – 01:08:54
  • Revisiting Comic-Con w/ Andres du Bouchet, Levi MacDougall, and Dan Cronin
    Jun 3, 2022 – 01:10:50
  • D’Arcy Carden Revisits Meeting Conan (And Then Meeting Him Again)
    May 27, 2022 – 01:01:54
  • Reggie Watts Revisits His Surreal CONAN Performances
    May 20, 2022 – 01:00:30
  • Kimmy Gatewood Revisits Her Many CONAN Sketches
    May 13, 2022 – 00:55:15
  • Producer Jason Chillemi Revisits Classic CONAN Remotes
    May 6, 2022 – 00:53:13
  • Matt O’Brien & Meghan Sinclair Revisit Their CONAN Romance
    Apr 29, 2022 – 01:06:36
  • Nikki Glaser Revisits Her Conan Obsession
    Apr 22, 2022 – 01:09:10
  • Adam Pally Revisits His Crazy CONAN Costumes
    Apr 15, 2022 – 00:58:25
  • Prop Masters Bill Tull & John Rau Revisit 28 Years of Props
    Apr 8, 2022 – 00:56:05
  • Will Forte Revisits His Buffalo-Riding Ted Turner Appearances
    Apr 1, 2022 – 00:48:40
  • 100th Episode Special w/ Robert Smigel, President Halonen, and Jordan Schlansky
    Mar 25, 2022 – 01:21:24
  • Sona Movsesian & Rodman Flender Revisit the Prohibited Tour
    Mar 18, 2022 – 01:00:41
  • Steven Ho Revisits Beating Up Conan (Many, Many Times)
    Mar 11, 2022 – 00:55:30
  • Bill Carter Revisits the War for Late Night
    Mar 4, 2022 – 01:36:06
  • Ian Roberts Revisits His Baby’s Late Night Debut
    Feb 25, 2022 – 01:10:29
  • Kevin Dorff Revisits Old Timey Baseball
    Feb 18, 2022 – 01:04:52
  • Colin Quinn Revisits His One-Sided Feud With Conan
    Feb 11, 2022 – 00:57:36
  • Steven Wright Revisits His Late Night Appearances
    Feb 4, 2022 – 00:49:16
  • Writer José Arroyo Revisits His Many Fumbling Technocrats
    Jan 28, 2022 – 00:57:58
  • Vanessa Bayer Revisits Her Summer at Late Night
    Jan 21, 2022 – 01:03:10
  • Jack McBrayer Revisits His Many Late Night Deaths
    Jan 14, 2022 – 01:12:16
  • Liza Powel O’Brien Revisits Chainsaw Meet-Cute
    Jan 7, 2022 – 01:15:36
Recent Reviews
  • LucidDreamer39
    More for '24!
    Conan O'Brien Must Go, and now it's time for more of Sweeney, Jessie, and the usual suspects--but mostly Sweeney and Jessie! Here's five stars of encouragement for a new season!
  • vecnavp
    Kedakai!
    As God made her!
  • The Fragrant Vintner
    Love these two!!!
    Conan is great but I can listen to Mike & Jessie talk about anything! Team Coco - just give them a regular week show about whatever! Glad to see its back!
  • GuyfromVirginia2017
    Love it!!!
    Flula is a riot
  • Not Tom Selleck
    Fun content but stop interrupting!
    I mostly enjoy the reminiscing about fun Conan moments, but one thing continues to irritate me and that is Jessie constantly interrupting the guests. Stop stepping on them as they’re in the middle of a sentence or a story. Let your guest speak. It’s the reason you have them on! You have the whole beginning of the show to talk without a guest usually, but cutting them off is rude and frustrating to listen to. You don’t need to blurt out every thought as it rattles in your head, regardless of who’s already talking!
  • Vesmic
    Nope
    Please stop playing this on Conan Radio
  • muso_65
    More Mike & Jessie Puhleeezzz 🧡
    Why are these two menschs being hidden away? Last season was a blip. Jessie and Mike are the ballz. Funny, super nice, yet wary and ridiculously wry, ok that’s Mike. Jessie’s laugh could defeat Satan, that’s how full of light it is. But it’s just a dearth of new episodes lately. During these times of “The Sparseness”, I may have to resort to AI Mike and Jessie, to get my MiJe fix. Idea! The pandemic era home episodes were super swell and fun. MiJe was relaxed, and likely pants-less. Was a great vibe. Plz consider WFH ‘filler episodes’ to fill out the year, creating a never ending story of Jessie and Mike! <3
  • RoeLuv
    🤣
    The Deon Cole Ep was so Funny!!
  • Kockarooo!
    Air of self importance
    I’m sure the hosts are nice people, but I find them to be phony and arrogant. I feel sorry for the guests who get stuck with them. I can listen to Conan, Andy, Sohna, and Matt talk for hours on any topic or no topic at all.
  • DoakBoyFresh
    It’s the Conan show!
    Put on your hat, it’s the Conan show!
  • Phelps
    Endlessly Fascinating
    I love hearing the behind the scenes and inner workings of Late Night and Conan. Mike and Jessi have a great rapport.
  • jpark1917
    My favorite Team COCO podcast
    I love this podcast. I look forward to it every week. In fact, I love it more than the OG podcast, Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend, because I feel like Mike and Jessie are my friends. Keep the hour plus episodes coming. Solidarity for WGA and SAG-AFTRA.
  • Klh398
    Love this show!
    I love this show! The newest season about Outside Conan is really great! Jessie and Mike are so easy to listen to and both have fantastic podcast voices.
  • carawithacee
    FANTASTIC
    save it just so I can listen and laugh on my walks!
  • ThePhuckingPharoh
    It’s glowing!
    This review and my phone are both glowing!
  • Dayna486
    Feedback: Let your guests talk and finish their thoughts
    The premise of the podcast is great but Jessie and mike (especially Jessie) keep interrupting their guests. The convo is basically them jumping in with their own thoughts and reactions which totally throws off the flow of the convo and defeats the purpose of the guest sharing their behind-the-scenes scoops. They are talented writers and learning how to be podcast hosts but they need to be more comfortable with silence , letting the guest think and speak, and not speaking out of the need to fill the space . Let them explain the story or remote, etc without doing it yourself. The podcast could really improve by the hosts improving on their moderating skills . To me, this podcast is not enjoyable to listen to.
  • bloodymoomoo
    Z
    Z
  • Art_Teacher_Mr_F
    Fun Inside Peek
    An enjoyable look behind the scenes of Conan O'Brien's television work. Worth a listen!
  • Bleepea
    Very Important Fans
    So pleased that Jessie and Mike are back! I love knowing that whoever listens to this podcast simply has to be a cool, funny, intelligent, probably nostalgic, and definitely a silly loving kook and so I am happy to be one of the gang. On behalf of us very important fans of the Hollywood podcast- We love you right back, Jessie and Mike!
  • Carito_reviews
    What is happening?
    Where are the new episodes? Thanks for coming back.
  • -c peters
    Steven wright
    I found this show while searching for some fun, Steven Wright info. What a great show! I love both of these hosts, but I may be a little bit biased. I feel like comedians are just the smartest people out there so they continue to get to the heart of what’s fun and entertaining. Can’t wait for more from these two.
  • iiRukus
    Alway Waiting
    For the next episode!
  • mamayoke101214
    Funny
    They are pretty entertaining and funny for Conan fans. Has a natural conversation flow which is great.
  • cure for nothing
    If I had to be inside Conan, I’m glad it’s with Mike & Jessie
    Fantastic show — I especially love Mike’s and Jessie’s banter and as of late Conan crashing in. This podcast is a hit!
  • Ann Opinion
    Always fun
    Love Jessie and Mike's energy. Interesting guests and stories connected to one of my all time favorite shows. When Conan visits, I always think it would be fun to listen to a Conan writers room podcast where in the end a finished piece is presented. Always love watching the monologue and skits Conan, Andy and Team Coco come up with. No one makes me laugh more!
  • Trashook
    Conan without Borders
    I enjoyed the latest episode so much I found Conan without borders on HBO Max and started streaming then. Thank you! I really enjoy having this one stop shop for all things Conan 👍
  • wolffarmer
    Great to have a new season!!!
    I was so happy to see a new episode show up on my feed and know we will have an entire season! Hope there will be a lot more seasons to come!
  • pbarn2000
    Great 2023 Surprise!
    Boom! I was not expecting to see/hear a new episode at all! Thank you for coming out of the gate with this particularly “classic” episode. Hoping to hear more into the coming months (years?)!
  • Ggghggf
    What a rip roaring time
    Great to go back and hear about all the inner workings of every iteration of Conan. Could use more Pender talk, but what couldn’t. Otherwise, no notes
  • Dennis Lerpiss
    A must listen for any Conan fan
    Get behind the laughs, and learn a few things along the way.
  • LaBamba99
    Yesss
    It’s perfect. 😄
  • Vikadelic
    Content and Presentation is Awesome
    I’ve always been somewhat of a TV and radio nerd in that I love to hear how things came together to create the final product so this is totally in my wheelhouse. Jesse and Michael do a fantastic job of finding people with interesting anecdotes and memories about one of my favorite set of TV shows. I especially enjoy it when the guest reminds one or both of them about a story they had forgotten about. Looking forward to more episodes.
  • warrenrtw
    Great hosts
    This is a great show, for fans of Conan and otherwise. I’ve become a big fan of hosts Mike and Jessie. They are of course funny and insightful about show business and the Conan universe, but they are also good interviewers. Most important, I have enjoyed getting to know them a bit. Listening to the podcast feels a bit like being part of the conversation, so give it a whirl. There, Mike and Jessie—I’ve rated and reviewed. Happy?
  • wolfy v.e.
    It’s Perfect
    Love y’all, these are so fun to listen to. It’s great to hear more about the bits I grew up on. Thanks Jessie and Mike
  • kedaki
    Serendipity!!!
    Love you guys this is fabulous!! Listen why did Conan do the last show at the wiltern when he had filmed and been filming at the largo? Hadn’t he filmed the finale with Jack black segment at the largo ? Once again this is absolutely fascinating !!Thank you Verg
  • AlsFixed
    TBS Shows ?
    This last season was excellent. No reason to change anything. Come back when y’all can have Conan on to lead off AND close the season as last guest. So many more people and sketched to talk about. Especially the coronavirus sketch. Filmed in March 2020 I believe I would like to know everything. Love the show! Also any idea when the TBS episodes will be on Conan’s late night site? Thanks!
  • just.e.m.
    More Conan telling the story
    Hearing the origin of the Conan show was amazing! From Lorne seemingly choosing him and Jeff Ross out of thin air to Shandling passing and all the other kismet moments in between and beyond. Teasing us with the Late Night story is beyond thrilling! Let’s hear him tell more!!!!
  • kado321
    Need more Inside Conan!
    Great show, great hosts! This has become one of my favorite podcasts! Please continue with the show!
  • 9innbaseball
    Love This Show!
    Mike and Jessie are great! They’re both super funny and they have so many interesting guests that have great anecdotes. If you’re a fan of Conan you’ll love it!
  • NHSTAD
    Love It
    I look forward to this show every week. The most recent episode with Conan and Jeff Ross was hilarious. Jessie’s line about the car payments for the ‘92 Taurus at &12/mo was laugh out loud funny!!! I look forward to the next season.
  • My Odd Sock
    Love this podcast!
    Mike & Jessie take you behind the cameras in a fun & effortless way! I enjoy the insights behind comedy writing for late night tv. Conan is…meh.
  • IrritatedGamer030415
    Behind-the-Scenes Gold
    Please let there be a next season! The episode with Jeff Ross (Jeff Ross!) and Conan was so enlightening and seems to have only scratched the surface of launching this juggernaut! It’s so much fun to hear how bits began, how then-unknown personalities got their start (interns, UCB) and how the writers often threw everything at the wall to see what MIGHT stick, then maybe give up and revert to a fan-favorite based on how close the talent lived to the studio. Makes me wish I’d stayed up late more often! I always enjoyed the show(s) when I watched, but missed so much. Thank goodness for the internet! To this day, I still randomly break out into song: “In the year two thousannnnnnd”!
  • Edropkilla
    We like you and we love you!
    Mike and Jesse are a delight, listening to them feels like sitting down with two old friends to just shoot the breeze, comfortable and fun. Also their guests are amazing and their interviews insightful. This podcast is a true gem and I am greatly saddened that it seems like it may be wrapping up.
  • DefFyF1
    Funny and entertaining
    Mike and Jessie are great hosts! I love hearing the origin stories and behind the scenes treats. They are hilarious and very entertaining, like how so many people got on there by luck plus hard work and now they are household names. I loved hearing from the people who booked the guests and musical acts. Such a different world.
  • CPR21134
    Great!
    Love Conan and love hearing the behind the scenes stories of the shows over the years. Very cool
  • BesusHFresh
    Great show
    Funny, informative, and genuinely interesting. A consistently great listen - I hope they keep it going for a good, long, while.
  • Ambar23
    I look forward to listening!
    I get excited when ever I see that there’s a new episode! Mike and Jessie are a fun duo and I love their energy. ❤️ They even have the perfect podcast voices. Love it, keep them coming!
  • M_Tak
    The 100th episode special = TERRIFIC!
    Love the podcast. Listened to it twice, and rewatched the classic Triumph segment as he lovingly roasted Star Wars fans.
  • SunnyDaysLA
    The best way to stay apprised of what the new Conan show will be
    Not that you get a lot of that info, but it’s good for a Conan obsessive like me to hear little tidbits here and there and know it’s still coming!
  • Kevin554499
    Facts
    Jessie and Mike always bringing BDE on the podcast. 🍆⚡️🍆. And Keep it 💯.
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