Definitely Dying

We're not dead, we just smell funny! After an extended holiday break, Ben & Madeline return to the studio to talk their vacations, their new years resolutions, as well as catch up with Ben Greene on what life is like post-tonsillectomy! Ben & Madeline may be going on a brief hiatus but you can still enjoy the extensive Definitely Dying back catalogue as well as leave us a health or injury stor...

What a year 2017 has been! We laughed! We cried! We sneezed! To celebrate the end of the year & welcome in the holidays, our dying-duo have put together some of their favorite sickly-segments from the year!

What a year 2017 has been! We laughed! We cried! We sneezed! To celebrate the end of the year & welcome in the holidays, our dying-duo have put together some of their favorite sickly-segments from the year!Guests by appearance:1) Deborah Baker Jr - 1:232) Nathan Barnatt - 7:213) Diona Reasonover - 10:274) Tess Paras - 34:315) Mary Sasson - 42:546) Alex Fernie - 50:217) Benita Robledo - 1:10:298...

Writer & stand up Joe Wengert (Big Mouth, Comedy Central) stops by this week to the day he reapplied that everyone is going to die, how he embraced a daily routine to keep his sanity, having a hypochondriac mindset, enjoy brain games, and more!

Director Maureen Bharoocha joins us this week to talk a whole lot about STRESS! How Maureen's love for directing meant she dives head first into work & how that effects her ability to judging if excitement is stress. How a heavy workload turned into a kidney infection, as well as a recent foot injury has places her into a lovely boot

Writer & comedian Joan Ford (Nerdist) joins this week to talk living with a severe life-long peanut allergy combined with growing up with an overprotective mother, the beginning steps of researching HRT (Hormone Replacement Therapy) & the effects it has on the body, and then sticks around to play a wonderful game about food poisoning!

Director Stirling McLaughlin (Cold War) joins the studio to discuss raise a child with Proteus Syndrome (a rare condition characterized by overgrowth of the bones, skin, and other tissues), the medical complications that come along with it, how it’s impacted her day-to-day routine, & how it affects his chill parenting skills. He also goes into detail about how a 6th grade accident lead to a lif...

Actress & comedian Anais Fairweather drops in this week for an extended chat on a live-long fear of nightmares & night terrors which lead to breaking down the meaning of dreams, the group then talks what would be the "perfect last day alive" & wondering if a "perfect" last day could really just be a "normal good" day, then talk Anais' theater based spinal injury, meanings of a good life, and SO...

Comedian & fellow UCB Podcaster Dan Black (Comedians of Wrestling Podcast) stops by to talk fear-based parts growing up jewish & every present anxiety growing up in a community where you're not wanted, the influence of wrestling on Dan & his perspective on health & well being, the fear of wasted potential, playing the “numbers game” when it comes to success, and play a modified game of Fig. 1 C...

Maddy Long Legs & Brown Ben-cluse Axelrad break out the iPod nano for this spooky Halloween minisode! They talk candy, the terror of Hell Night, the need to release your rage, embracing your id, and more!

As part of a pre-Halloween treat, we have in the lovable Hannah Kasulka (The Exorcist, Love) to talk a fear of death when most of your career is spent dying, the constant thought of death & mortality, balancing playing a demon with a religious & spiritual family, being scary for a living, and more spooky topics!

Definitely Dying returns to virtual reality with another partnership with JASH Comedy & Allspice VR! In this live episode the audience IS the guest! Ben & Madeline play a variety of games & quizzes with virtual audience from all over the world! They share injury & sickness stories & answer the ultimate question: would you have rather freeze to death or be burned alive!

Erin Whitehead (Wild Horses) joins to talk finding a strong voice, growing older & getting confident, being annoyed at the word “hypochondriac”, being a good “sick citizen”, the need to evolve & not getting stuck in one persona, and more. Afterward, they gang play a game about self care!

We kick off UCB Comedy Crossover Month tomorrow with Matt Walsh (Veep, UCB Sports & Leisure) to talk the passing of his father & experience of saying goodbye to a loved ones, growing older, taking up smoking at 39, getting rid of vices, weed, parenting, and more. https://twitter.com/mrmattwalshhttps://twitter.com/ucbslinstagram.com/ucbsl

This week host, writer, podcaster, & fan Scott C. Jones joins us this week to talk about his harrowing brush with death. He talks about a lifetime dealing with anxiety & hypochondria, a battle with testicular tumor, & how his near-death experience re-kick started a new outlook on view & gaining the power to say “fuck it”. http://scottcjones.com/https://twitter.com/scottcjonesScott’s Ted Talk: ...

Tess Paras (Crazy Ex Girlfriend, Take My Wife) joins to talk the fear of unexpected death & the concept of leaving behind a legacy, growing up with two doctor parents & a horrifying “birds & the bees” conversations, having a bartholin cyst & having it “marsupirlized“, high school sex ed, & ties things up nicely with a great vagina quiz supplied by special co-host Ben Green! Have a health or in...

Jon Gabrus (High & Mighty, Actionboiz) drops by the studio & immediately jumps into talking health & body image, he discussing realizing his weight has begun to affect his athletic abilities & pass times, beginning the early stages of having kids, growing up in a “mean house” and how it lead to his sense of humor, eating “health adjacent” food, and more! Afterward, he & Ben play a round of Made...

Writer Codi Elizabeth Fischer & special guest co-host Joe Saunders join us this week to talk about the need to always be in control, high school drug us, the importance of therapy, a scare with HPV, cervical cancer, turning down laughing gas before getting a cervical biopsy & more. Have an injury story you’d like to share? Leave a voice at (323) 388 3879!

Ronnie Adrian (White Women, Drive Share) stops by to share his thoughts on shifting thoughts on death & dying, the important of family, why he laughs instead of cries, his wildly unhealthy diet, & more. Have an injury story you’d like to share? Leave a voice at (323) 388 3879!

Actress & Comedian Veronica Osorio (Hail, Caesar!, Trek and the City Podcast) joins us to talk childhood depression, a life changing motorcycle accident & how it’s affect her outlook on life, career, & relationships. Veronica also shares stories about being held a gunpoint as a child, her dad being kidnapped, discuss the best ways to die, and more. Guest Twitter: @verovidettaTreks and the City...

Artist & writer Stacy Dacheux joins Ben & Madeline to discuss her unique experience working with hospice & navigating a work environment directly tied to dealing with death & dying, working at homeless shelters & understanding the homeless community, motherhood, & more. Have an injury story you’d like to share? Leave a voice at (323) 388 3879! IG:@pizzastacyTwitter: @StacyDacheuxSite: http://...

Actor, comedian, and super fan Mano Again (Bajillion Dollar Propertie$, Horny 4 Horror Podcast) join us to talk an ever present fear of getting cancer whenever life is going “too good”, walks us through a groin pain & how it lead to an umbilical hernia, shares a timeline of all his major personal injuries, & finishes off the episode with a Taco Bell food ingredients quiz (and does WAY better th...

Writer, Director, & sleep science expert Zach Borenstein (SNL, Jimmy Kimmel Live) stops by to breakdown some cool facts about how the brain works while we sleep, turning a first date into an ER visit, his early day working in a sleep lab, & even manages to work in a fun game about sleep!

Accident prone actress/comedian Deborah Baker jr. (Stan Against Evil, The Great Indoors) joins us to talk her long history of accidentally hurting herself: cutting off a finger as a kid, being thrown from a boat, or getting hit by a car. She shares the importance of having a constantly worrying mother, belief in ghosts, and rounds out her interview with a new game: Deb Against Evil!

Actress Rebecca Johnson (Netflix’s GLOW, The Apple Sisters) joins us to talk growing up with a fear of being kidnapped, living with an anxiety disorder that causes fainting, & the side effects of taking anxiety medications as a teen, managing her disorder on her own, how motherhood has made her stronger, the workplace of GLOW, and she even sticks around to be a fun game about surviving the Zomb...

Director/Comedian, Jefferson Dutton (Birthday Boys) stops by to the studio to talk outgrowing his youthful invincibility, how losing grandparents & pets help children deal with death, talks an untreated a cliff diving spine injury, the group shares their own stories about fear thresholds & moments they realized actions have consequences, & Madeline tells use the time she broke a girl’s fingers....

Ben & Madeline celebrate the deathliest holiday weekend with our very 1st Def Dying mini-sode by sharing the top 11 reasons people visit the ER for July 4th.

Writer, comedian, & fashionable person Jessica Jean Jardine stops by the studio to chat it up about developing a very real fear of flying,the negative impact it's had on her life, & how she overcame it,fear of being in public settings, anxiety linked IBS, managing your health, and so much more.

Long time friend of the show, musician, & all around great guy Casey Trela stops by to chat with Ben & Madeline about living with diabetes, going to therapy & the positive effects it's had on his life, his sweet insulin pump, & more!

Helloooo! This week Mary Sasson (Winslow) stops by to talk her early days on her college rowing team, dealing with the sudden loss of people you know, getting a wedding related glass injury, uploading your consciousness into a robot brain, & more!

Lauren Lapkus (Crashing, With Special Guest) joins us in studio to share a shinglers story, the numerous problems that can arise from being a compulsive worker, learning when to say “no”, learning to embrace embarrassment, Crohn’s Disease, not having enough guilt, being plagued with social media, and more.

Director Alex Fernie (Bajillion Dollar Properties, Children's Hospital) talks with Madeline & Ben about dealing with the loss of a close friend & the fall out, dealing with anxiety, stress, & the temperament of directing, comedy, and more.

Alison Rich (SNL, Party Over Here) stops by to chat with Ben & special go-host Ben Greene to talk her thoughts on the afterlife, what a post-human world looks like, how jaw surgery affected her first college years, death, and more!

David Phillips (Brooklyn 99, Rick & Morty) joins Ben & special guest co-host Jennier Pierson (Powerless) to talk his fear of being murdered by home invaders, a powerful fight or flight response, Hawaiian beach fights, willingness to protect others, and A LOT more.

Zeke Nicholson (The Good Place, White Women) checks in with Maddy & Ben to discuss having confidence, how a childhood devoted to sports & martial arts impact him today, some sweet puke stories, a seemingly unwavering love for Malibu’s Most Wanted, and more.

Mary Holland (Veep, Mike & Dave Need Wedding Dates) stops by to chat it up about her the afterlife, her early days at at medieval Times, Maddy's sense of guilt, a WHOLE lot of talk about teeth & dentistry, anxiety, and more! Mary even sticks around to play a fun game of "Hospital or Nots-pital"! Got a wild injury/death/sickness story? Leave us a voicemail on the Definitely Dying Hot-Line (323)...

Writer Leann Bowen (Dear White People) sits down with our dying duo & wastes absolutely no time diving into detailing her days in college dropping WAY too much acid, having an addictive personality, gaining “healthy addictions”, mediation, her father’s battle with cancer, and more.

Brian Huskey (Mr. Neighbor’s House, Preacher) joins us on our 50th episode to talk a range of topics: coping with death after the lose of his parents & grandparents, the immense pain of having chronic kidney stones, having “experience based hypochondria”, raising a daughter, and more. After the interview, Madeline has ENTIRELY too much fun hosting a retrospective disease quiz.

Definitely Dying officially enters the world of Virtual Reality thanks to the awesome people at JASH Comedy & Altspace VR! In this special live VR episode, Ben & Maddy engage with an audience of Definitely Dying fans from around the world and play quizzes about a variety of workplace injury, share their own best (worst) injuries stories, and have returning guest Nathan Barnatt share some of sto...

Jennie Pierson (Powerless) stops by the studio for a candid conversation about processing her feelings & anxiety over the loss of loved ones to cancer, her history with therapy, Ben’s own history with mental illness, how Madeline copes & controls her anxiety, Jennie’s long history & experiences with therapy that can trace it’s way back to her childhood, and much more.

Director/comedian Jon Mackey (Funny or Die, Big Grande) stops by the studio to talk the weird concept of Heaven & Hell, his unwillingness to get regular check up by doctors, dealing with funeral & close-calls of friends & family members as an adult, his odd addiction to diet- coke, therapy struggles, & more. Afterward, Ben introduces a the crew to a game about addiction.

Writer Jane Becker (Rick & Morty) joins us to talk living in constant fear of death & using humor (& Twitter) to cope, her history of OCD, dealing with scary men on the streets, her chronic 3-year cough, cyst, and more! Afterward Jane checks in for a round of What you Rather: Death Edition!

Comedian Josh Sharp (Josh Sharp Sings!, Go 90's Thanksgiving) is in studio this week to talk the nature of maturing & becoming "fearless", dealing with his mother's battle with cancer, appreciating life experiences as we grow older, and so much more. Afterward Josh plays a round of Kombucha: Gross or Cool?

Hi folks! This week Benita Robledo (Teen Wolf, Gossip Girl) stops by the studios to chat it up about discovering, diagnosing, & treating her OCD, the most annoying ways to die, east coast rabies vs west coast rabies, and more! She sticks around afterward for another edition of "What's Shaky Baby...Syndrome?"

Writer/Actor Mel Cowan (The Arrangement, Parks & Rec) stops by the studio to chat with our dying-duo about dealing with anxiety & stress working in the creativity field, feeling inadequate, his approaching 40th birthday, learning to let things go, mouth problems and more! Afterward Mel sticks around to play a game of Genie in a Pill Bottle!

Actress Lilan Bowden (Andi Mack, Filthy Preppy Teen$) stops by the studio to talk the logistics of dying, dealing with the passing of loved ones, setting high expectations when getting sick, the last time she cried, and more! Lilan sticks around afterward to celebrate the return of Dr. Laura!

Hey definitely-diehards! In this special Valentine’s Day episode record live at UCB Sunset our dying-duo sit down with real-life couple Michael Cassady (Love, Comedy Bang Bang!) and Deanne Russo (Bajillion Dollar Propertie$, The League) to talk taking care of a sick partner, the effects of pregnancy has on a relationship, love, sex, and more! Later Ben Greene (Son of Zorn) joins Madeline for a ...

Comedian/musician/whimsical stunt enthusiast Nathan Barnatt stops by our sickly-studio to chat about his old days hopping cargo trains , his terrifying experience trying edibles, the pros & cons of being a physical comedian, almost being murdered by desert squatters and more! At the end, Nathan plays a lightening round of Would You Rather: Tack Edition!

Mike Hanford (Birthday Boys, Comedy Bang Bang) stops in to talk with our dying-duo about what he'd have to do to get into Hell, food poisoning, the secret dangers of coconut water, Mike’s fondness for marathons, and more!

Writer, actress Diona Reasonover (Clipped, Adam Ruins Everything) sits down with our sickly-hosts to talk growing up in Detroit, getting MRSA in college, triangle boobs, being afraid of death, and more! Afterward, Madeline hosts a Healthy Peanut Butter Taste Test.