That Sounds Like A Lot with Matt Buechele

The Tonight Show, New York & Standup | Alexandria Love

Matt Buechele breaks down the New York Knicks making the NBA Finals for the first time in 27 years, the terrifying possibility of a Manhattan championship riot, and the upcoming UFC fight on the White House lawn featuring a lineup that feels suspiciously close to a county fair sponsored by Monster Energy. Then he sits down with comedian and writer Alexandria Love to talk about surviving late night TV, sharing a tiny office at The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, New York slowly turning you into a louder person, comedy partnerships, sports betting apps, Taylor Swift discourse, and trying to build a creative career while the entertainment industry melts in real time. Topics Covered:  Working for the Tonight Show and being in writer’s room Moving from Oakland to LA and surviving the industry How professional friction builds career skills. Why late-night TV feels like the Titanic. Revisiting the bits that didn’t make the air. Predictions for Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce. Deleting dating apps and modern dating. The rise of AI therapists and digital habits. Oscars: Michael B. Jordan vs. Timothée Chalamet Chapters: 00:00:00 NYC culture and meeting Alexandria Love 00:05:00 Writing for the Tonight Show and After Midnight 00:10:27 Career advice: how professional friction builds skills 00:16:14 The future of the late night TV industry 00:21:00 Stand-up comedy vs. digital content production 00:27:16 Taylor Swift’s new album and pop culture review 00:32:42 Career transitions: from law school to comedy 00:38:53 The reality of living in New York vs. Los Angeles 00:44:17 Behind the scenes: the Tonight Show writer’s room 00:51:50 2026 predictions: Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce 00:57:27 Dating app trends and deleting the Feeld app 01:02:07 Oscar predictions: Michael B. Jordan vs. Timothée Chalamet #AlexandriaLove #ProfessionalFriction #ComedyWriter #TaylorSwiftHotTakes #ModernDating #JordanVsChalamet Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices [https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices]

Love Triangles, Fortnite & Being Open-Hearted | Celine Song

Matt Buechele breaks down Trump’s mysterious $2 billion “slush fund,” why no trustworthy operation has ever used the phrase “slush fund,” and the growing trend of college graduates booing AI commencement speeches delivered by men who look like they own underground bunkers in New Zealand. Then he sits down with filmmaker Celine Song to talk about modern masculinity, internet identity, vulnerability in art, adapting The Seagull in The Sims 4 on Twitch, and their shared addiction to Fortnite and other deeply time-consuming video games. Topics covered:  Personality tests, identity, and labels Social skills and meaningful connections “Past Lives” misinterpretations  Heroic masculinity and men behaving well  Challenging the trope of male characters as lazy or villainous  Consent culture vs. rape culture  The pandemic and creative transitions  The haenyeo, elderly Korean free-divers Addictive personalities and gaming culture  Writing, directing, and acting  Chapters:  00:00:00 Critiquing AI obsession and modern tech culture 00:02:53 Celine Song on astrology and Virgo personality traits 00:05:48 The importance of reading the room and social skills 00:09:10 Vulnerability and open-hearted communication 00:14:00 Why "Past Lives" is not a love triangle movie 00:15:47 The problem with internet film discourse and movie reviews 00:17:35 Depicting heroic masculinity and men behaving well in cinema 00:22:57 Historical context of consent culture and generational decency 00:30:00 The impact of the 2020 pandemic on theater and playwriting 00:37:00 Directing Chekhov’s "The Seagull" inside The Sims 4 00:43:20 Hardcore gaming: Fortnite, Elden Ring, and addictive creativity 00:54:40 Movie franchise predictions and voice acting careers FOLLOW THE SHOW ►Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thatsoundslikealot/ [https://www.instagram.com/thatsoundslikealot/] ►Threads: https://www.threads.com/@thatsoundslikealot [https://www.threads.com/@thatsoundslikealot] FOLLOW MATT BUECHELE ►Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mattbooshell/ [https://www.instagram.com/mattbooshell/] ►TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@mattbooshell [https://www.tiktok.com/@mattbooshell] ►Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/mattbooshell.bsky.social [https://bsky.app/profile/mattbooshell.bsky.social] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices [https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices]

Paying More For Less & Why Books Are Sexy | Chloé Cooper Jones

Matt Buechele breaks down the impossible cost of modern life, and why everything feels like a luxury experience or a gambling app. Then, on his way to jury duty, Matt reflects on America’s inability to sit quietly in a room for three hours without pretending to be racist to get out of it. Then he sits down with writer and journalist Chloé Cooper Jones for a conversation about chaotic weekends in upstate New York, swimming in lakes that may or may not heal you spiritually, and the strange intimacy of male friendship. They also talk about disability, ambition, why reading is sexy, and the freedom that comes with getting old enough to stop caring what strangers think of you. Topics covered:  - The Fiddler on the Roof audition  - Disability in the media - Writing for the 14-year-old self - Looksmaxxing & longevity biohacking through reading - The “saintly” trap & disability as inevitability  - The labor of being seen - Mortal peril as a love language - The Anti-Inspiration Narrative - G-suite infidelity Chapters: 00:00:00 Dynamic Pricing and the Rising Cost of Living  00:01:26 Matt’s Jury Duty Experience  00:03:13 The Used Swim Goggles Gift  00:05:28 The Farm Stand Fiasco & "Trump Ate My Dog" Shirt  00:11:52 Lake Minnewaska and the "Pearl vs. Maniac" Dynamic  00:17:17 Running 18 Miles to the Beaches of Normandie  00:25:22 Growing Up in Kansas and the Power of Libraries  00:31:38 The Theater Audition That Changed Everything  00:40:42 Rejecting Expectations and Chloe's "Easy Beauty" Memoir  00:58:04 Dilemmas: Sharing a Car with an Ex & G-Suite Infidelity  01:08:55 Teaching Writing at Columbia and the Reality of AI  01:18:19 Final Predictions: Politics, Handwriting, and Florida  FOLLOW THE SHOW ►Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thatsoundslikealot/ [https://www.instagram.com/thatsoundslikealot/]  ►Threads: https://www.threads.com/@thatsoundslikealot [https://www.threads.com/@thatsoundslikealot]  FOLLOW MATT BUECHELE ►Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mattbooshell/ [https://www.instagram.com/mattbooshell/]  ►TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@mattbooshell [https://www.tiktok.com/@mattbooshell]  ►Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/mattbooshell.bsky.social [https://bsky.app/profile/mattbooshell.bsky.social] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices [https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices]

Operation Epic Fury & Spirit Airlines | Jay Jurden

Matt Buechele rants through the escalating Iran conflict, Operation Epic Fury, the collapse of Spirit Airlines, and why it suddenly feels like Americans are paying more for everything while somehow getting the bolted-down lawn chair version of life. Then he sits down with comedian Jay Jurden to talk about accidentally wandering into the Ralph Lauren mansion on the Upper East Side, the changing comedy landscape, internet masculinity, growing up queer in Mississippi, and why suddenly every man in his 30s seems to be on Propecia. Topics: - Luxury fever dreams - Consumerism vs. longevity - The "death of expertise" - The manosphere pipeline - Captive audiences and "murder world" death machines. - Men’s maintenance era - Crypto is chlamydia - Pixelated sexual awakenings - The mandatory metropolitan draft - Remarkable vs. Relatable - The "Sheriff of the C-Train" - Aging and persistence - Comedic predictions CHAPTERS 00:00:00 Operation Epic Fury and the Spirit Airlines Rosary 00:06:33 The Vacation Tax: Mississippi Parents vs. London Weddings 00:13:45 The Death of Expertise: Why Vibes Ruined the Skillset 00:19:30 Being Remarkable vs. Relatable: The Magician's Craft 00:26:03 The Mr. Beast Pipeline and the Rise of Aggrieved Youth 00:32:30 From AOL Chatrooms to the Mandatory Metropolitan Draft 00:39:01 American Ninja Industry: Holding onto the Next Career Grip 00:45:30 Commercials for Opinions: Readjusting Post-2020 Expectations 00:52:42 Crypto is Chlamydia: Captchas and Investment Red Flags 00:58:45 The Men's Maintenance Era: Propecia and Aging Gracefully 01:04:36 Luxury Grievances: The Delta One TSA Disaster 01:11:30 The Accidental Boomer and Predicting the First Queer NBA Star That Sounds Like A Lot is produced by Rabbit Grin Productions and Port Royale in partnership with Vox Media and AND Media. Music by Matt Buechele. FOLLOW THE SHOW ►Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thatsoundslikealot/ [https://www.instagram.com/thatsoundslikealot/] ►Threads: https://www.threads.com/@thatsoundslikealot [https://www.threads.com/@thatsoundslikealot] FOLLOW MATT BUECHELE ►Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mattbooshell/ [https://www.instagram.com/mattbooshell/] ►TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@mattbooshell [https://www.tiktok.com/@mattbooshell] ►Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/mattbooshell.bsky.social [https://bsky.app/profile/mattbooshell.bsky.social] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices [https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices]

Dinner And A Show At The White House | Zach Zimmerman

Matt Buechele walks-and-talks his way through the White House Correspondents' Dinner chaos, the case for adding ballrooms to every school in America, and why we've gotten numb to political violence to the point that half the country just calls it staged. This is That Sounds Like a Lot, the show where comedian Matt Buechele breaks down the news of the week (even when it’s way too much) and talks to interesting people about what’s actually worth paying attention to. This week, Matt sits down with comedian and author Zach Zimmerman to talk about dating apps (Zach is a bi king now), attachment styles, and growing up around conservative religion. Topics - Body image and online presence - Dating, bisexuality, and polyamory - Attachment styles and over-pathologizing - Religious upbringings and family dynamics - Standup, career motivation, and creative risk - Phones, attention, and “the brick” - Consumer rewards, coffee, and everyday economics - Substances: weed, gummies, and shrooms - Listener advice - “too much” or manageable situations - Zach’s new book: Ship Mother and parent-child reconciliation - Art-making in dark times and “hope as a discipline” - Comedic predictions CHAPTERS 00:00:00 White House Correspondence Dinner and Gunman Manifestos 00:03:00 Zach Zimmerman on the Video Podcast Body Reveal 00:04:59 Entering the Bi King Era and Dating App Boundaries 00:07:55 Roasting Matt Buechele’s Avoidant Attachment Style 00:13:02 The Pastor to Comedian Pipeline and Religious Upbringing 00:18:32 Using the Brick Phone to Kill the Scroll 00:21:35 The Aging Crisis and Creative Resistance 00:26:05 Dunkin Rewards Point Inflation and Loyalty Program Betrayal 00:34:24 That Sounds Like A Lot Construction Worker Woods Poop 00:41:27 Ship Mother and the Chaos of a Bermuda Cruise 00:53:29 Hope is a Discipline and Creating Art During a War 01:01:46 The Protestant Theology of the Rapture and Vanishing People That Sounds Like A Lot is produced by Rabbit Grin Productions and Port Royale in partnership with Vox Media and AND Media. Music by Matt Buechele. FOLLOW THE SHOW ►Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thatsoundslikealot/ [https://www.instagram.com/thatsoundslikealot/] ►Threads: https://www.threads.com/@thatsoundslikealot [https://www.threads.com/@thatsoundslikealot] FOLLOW MATT BUECHELE ►Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mattbooshell/ [https://www.instagram.com/mattbooshell/] ►TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@mattbooshell [https://www.tiktok.com/@mattbooshell] ►Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/mattbooshell.bsky.social [https://bsky.app/profile/mattbooshell.bsky.social] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices [https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices]