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Episodes: 149
Frequency: Weekly
Rating: 5.0/5.0
Estimated listeners: 1k-10k
Gender skew: Male
Location: USA
Instagram: 14.0k followers
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Host
Jay Kogen - Award-winning TV writer, comedian, and philosopher who hosts Dont Be Alone with Jay Kogen. The show centers on conversations with creative peers (often famous comics, musicians, actors, artists, wr...
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Recent Guest Discussions
Larry Karaszewski - Film Fandom Roots; How They Choose Ideas And Develop Scripts; Loyalty To The Script And Filmmakers; Balancing Awards/criticism; What Makes A Good Story From Real Life; Process And Character Choice (outsiders/losers); The Comedy Of Creative Work.
Scott Alexander - Origin Stories As Movie/film Nerds; Idea Development And Writing Process; What Makes Stories Work; Outsiders/odd Characters; Industry Criticism/awards; Film Programming And Influence Of Early Cinema; Creative Randomness; Screenwriting/producers; Themes Of Narrative About Real People; Life-preserving Hobbies Like Pickleball.
Bennett Yellin - Friendship And Long-term Collaboration; Personal Background (including Orthodox Jewish Family Upbringing); Substance Abuse In College; Writing Process And Creative Teamwork; Views On Criticism/rotten Tomatoes.
Peter Farrelly - Meeting/co-writing Origin Story With Bennett Yellin; Humor And Lifelong Connection; Career Luck (eddie Murphy, Zucker Brothers); Work Style And Loyalty; Critique Of Rotten Tomatoes; Collaboration Dynamics.
Cheri Oteri - Growing Up And Using Performance/attention As Escape; Moving To LA And Early Work; Groundlings/snl Writing Pipeline; Mentorship And Collaboration; Sitcom Craft As Pure Fun; Personal Optimism And Change-making Via Everyday Rituals.
Episodes
Screenwriting Legends Scott Alexander & Larry Karaszewski Love Movies but Don’t Love Jay
June 09, 2026
Screenwriting Legends SCOTT ALEXANDER and LARRY KARASZEWSKI discuss their origin stories of being film nerds, drive-in movies, how looking on the back of Variety was glorious when they were kids, how Shakey's Pizza's silent movies influenced them, meeting the first hour at school and deciding to go to the Nuart Theater in Los Angeles, why they program screenings including The Wrong Guy, what makes a good story from real life, why offbeat losers make better subjects than heroes, how directors ...
Friends/Co-writers Peter Farrelly & Bennett Yellin Talk About Lifelong Connection & How Jay Has None Of That
June 02, 2026
Bennett Yellin and Peter Farrelly talk about meeting each other in school and immediately connecting over their shared sense of humor. Bennett talks about substance abuse in college, while Peter discusses being a very hard driver at work. You talk about getting very lucky working with Eddie Murphy and David Zucker, and about bringing Bobby Farrelly into the group when they were writing movies together. Peter talks about being extremely loyal, living in Ojai, and never feeling like Los Angeles...
Actress/Writer Cheri Oteri Is Optimistic About Everything But Jay
May 26, 2026
Cheri talks about growing up in a rough house with a lot of kids and a young mom and pretending to escape and maybe grab some attention. She talks about imitating TV shows, soap operas and Joe Cocker. She talks about moving from Pennsylvania to California to pursue dreams of acting after a break-up and found herself in the heart of Panorama City nowhere near Hollywood. Later she found early success in LA @ A&M RECORDS. In fact she was so successful it was a little hard to give it up when it ...
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