Boom Time with Flula Borg

The three brothers of Hanson join Flula and Alex to discuss their new album "String Theory," why classical music venues are confused by composers who are still alive, and their tasty craft beer, Mmmhops. Plus Taylor, Isaac and Zac team up with Flula for a game of Name That Tune unlike any you have ever heard before. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Flula answers your burning Halloween questions as well as many other deep and fascinating topics about life, love, and ponies.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Flula answers questions YOU left for us on our Boom Time answering machine. (Have a question for Flula? Make sure to leave one by calling GAGA-4-FLULA.) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Kristen Schaal (legend of acting, comedy, and overall dopeness) joins Flula and Alex to discuss wardrobe malfunctions, the weird mind games people play to survive in Hollywood, and the unexpected impact Oprah Winfrey and Dolly Parton had on Flula's childhood. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Flula has had some weird dreams. (We will never look at a fire extinguisher the same again.) Nick Rutherford, the star of 'Dream Corp, LLC' on Adult Swim, has had his share of crazy dreams too. (Ever tried to race a dolphin in a donut shaped swimming pool?) This week we head to dreamland to explore the crazy sh*t that happens in our brains when we are asleep. Unless this is all a dream? Wake up and hit play! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jenn McAllister aka jennxpenn started filming YouTube videos when she was a twelve-year-old living in Pennsylvania. At first other kids made fun of her for making videos...until her channel blew up and suddenly people who used to bully her were now shouting out, "hey, it's jennxpenn!" Now twenty two and living in Los Angeles, Jenn has been making YouTube videos weekly for nearly a decade, and her channel has over 3 million subscribers. Jenn has essentially grown up on YouTube and today she tells us the pros and also cons that come with that. One pro is that her YouTube success helped open the acting door, as she's now the star of the series 'Foursome" and 'All Night.'  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

'Science Fair' is an exuberant new documentary hailed by critics as "inspirational and invigorating," "brilliant and quirky" and an "ode to the teenage science geeks on who our future depends." Winner of audience awards at Sundance, SXSW and the Flula Borg Sofa-O-Rama Film Fëstival, National Geographic Documentary Films' 'Science Fair' follows nine high school students from all over the earth as they navigate rivalries, fainting spells and, of course, teenage hormones, on their journey to compete at The International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF). On this episode of BOOM TIME, the DuPont Award-winning filmmakers Cristina Costantini and Darren Foster tell Flula and Alex about how they made 'the best movie of 2018,' according to Flula Borg. It's the most science-y episöde yet and it starts right now! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Fun fact: Hannah Hart's first name is "Hannah" which is CRAZY because she happens to co-host a podcast (Hannahlyze This) that has her name in it! In addition to this self-help focused podcast, you may recognize Hannah Hart from My Drunk Kitchen, a series on YouTube where she cooks foods while drunk. Flula once made homemade German noodles with her, and they were drunklicious. On this episöde of BOOM TIME, Hannah gives Flula and Alex life advice, talks about her experiences as a veteran social media maven, and of course we dive into her pretty pleasing passion for puns...and alliteration! All that -- and more -- on this edition of tick tock tick tock BOOM TIME! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Gaby Dunn is really bad with money. Which actually makes her the perfect human person to host "Bad with Money,” a sassily popular podcast about financial advice. On the other hand, Gaby is also good with being funny. Which also makes her the perfect person to co-create a YouTube comedy series called “Just Between Us.” On this episöde of BOOM TIME, Gaby chit and chats with Flula and Alex about how she got her start as a crime reporter for the Boston Globe, how she made her way into comedy, and about the worst financial advice she has ever received. We also investigate salt lamps. Are they salty and also lamps? Find out at eleven…I mean, find out on this episöde…starting right now!  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Actor, writer and producer Kelvin Yu joins BOOM TIME for our most wide ranging conversation yet. On this episode we discuss Kelvin's work on the Emmy-winning animated series Bob's Burgers, and how the black mold in their old office might be the secret to their success. Kelvin also talks about working with Sean Penn on the film Milk as well as his role in the series Master of None, and the one episode many people felt defined the series. Finally, Kelvin chats with us about an article he wrote earlier this year in the New York Times regarding a joke on the reboot of Roseanne about Black and Asian TV shows that felt like a "gut punch." Plus like a million other things! All this week on BOOM TIME! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ed Helms is an actor, comedian, and bluegrass musician man. He is probably best known for his work on The Daily Show, for being a key member of Here Comes Treble on the American version of The Office, for having a trilogy of Hangovers and most of all for being one of the funniest people on the planet of Earth. On this extremely boomy version of BOOM TIME, Ed discusses growing up in Atlanta and what happened to his southern accent. He also tells us why he connected so much with the character of Andy Bernard from The Office, and how Andy morphed over the run of the series. Finally Flula and Ed jam out on a special musical collaboration that is not to be missed but is to be listened to. BOOM TIME starts right now – or when you hit play – hit play! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Josh Peck might be known to you for a number of things. In his younger days he was the star of the wildly popular Nickelodeon series "Drake & Josh," but in the years since Josh has been busy appearing in movies and TV series like Red Dawn, The Wackness, and Grandfathered. Josh also recently started his own very sassy podcast, "Curious with Josh Peck," where he has interviewed everybody from John Stamos to Christina Milian. On this episode of BOOM TIME, Josh chats with us about what it was like to go through puberty...in front of millions of TV viewers, Flula tells Josh about the time he lost his "v-card" in a North Carolina supermarket, and finally Josh reveals the secret of life and/or his favorite pizza toppings and also Trader Joes desserts.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

National Geographic's Mariana van Zeller is a globe-trotting investigative journalist and documentary filmmaker who has won all the awards (Peabody, duPont, etc.) for her incredible reporting. On this episode of BOOM TIME, Mariana talks about how a sand fly once almost killed her, the time she and Alex Simmons visited El Chapo's house, why Phil Collins is HUGE in Portugal, and a special Moroccan goat that climbs trees like a monkey poops out an amazing beauty product. Flula and Mariana also almost come to blows when debating who is the greatest soccer player of all time...let's just say Flula doesn't think it's Cristiano Ronaldo. BOOM TIME with Flula Borg starts right now, or when you press play on the place where you hit play on your device! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Puberty. A strange time for all humans. But if you think puberty was strange for you, imagine if you were Flula Borg. This week Alex Simmons interviews Flula about his awkward teenage years in Germany. The two discuss wearing shorts in the winter months, what they would tell their younger selves if time travel were legal, and the place in Germany where you go to swim, play ping pong and hang around naked...but not while you are playing ping pong or swimming. All this week on BOOM TIME! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

What was your childhood like? Did you throw liver out the window, practice Bavarian folkloric dancing and listen to P.M. Dawn? Then your name must be Flula Borg! In this episode of BOOM TIME, we flip all the scripts, as Flula is the one who gets interviewed. Alex Simmons interviews Flula about his life growing up in Southern Germany, the time David Hasselhoff changed the course of western civilization, and how he got his start making techno music by making a song inspired by his aunt, vampires and also garlic. Flula's mother also calls in to spill some beans about what Flula was like as a child. The hunter becomes the hunted -- and the gatherer -- all on this episode of BOOM TIME!  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices