Calling Our Cool Friend
Calling Our Cool Friend is an improv comedy podcast in which Ben and Dru are enamored with their cool friend, who becomes more and more improbably amazing over the course of the season.
Episodes
42 episodes
S4:E10 Patrick Didn't Want Us to Destroy the Internet
The internet's been down for a week, and Dru is thriving, but there's always gonna be haters. Lazer and Small Drew got extradited, and Ben's probs gonna write a book about the whole thing. As the boys wait to start Phase Two of The Plan, Patric...
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36:03
S4:E9 Shutting Down the Internet
Dru and Husky Dave are working on the final stages of shutting down the internet, and Ben's doing B-plot stuff. Julia from Ontario demands a cool hacker nickname. Ben and Dru talk about how nobody's ever died in a plane crash. Ben has his final...
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Season 4
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Episode 9
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27:52
S4:E8 Lazer's Fully Back on Salvia
Husky Dave came to Smegmar to help Dru destroy the internet. Gotta keep it quiet though--the mayor doesn't really get the Patrick stuff, so there's a concern that she might tattle. Meanwhile, Lazer's back on the salvia, and he's hunting Ben? So...
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Season 4
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Episode 8
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28:53
S4:E7 Patrick Wants Us to Destroy the Internet
Ben's in the woods in Africa, but Lazer's hunting him now, so that's bad. In better news: Husky Dave cracked the code, and Patrick Cotnoir wants us to destroy the internet. So, yeah. We're gonna go do that.
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Season 4
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Episode 7
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30:00
S4:E6 Ya Gotta Sit with the Hints
Turns out, Lazer *really* wasn't supposed to leave consulate in Cairo, and now Ben's waiting for the cops to finish searching Small Drew (doesn't go well). In a major plot twist, Dru has become close personal friends with the mayor of Day...
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Season 4
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Episode 6
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29:06
S4:E5 Troubles with Authorities
Patrick leaves a voicemail, but Dru's bad at using his phone. The mayor of Dayton, Texas is trying to force Dru to sell his grain elevator, Smegmar. Lazer and Small Drew kept pushing the envelope until they got detained. Patrick tweets ou...
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Season 4
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Episode 5
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33:33
S4:E4 Pushing the Envelope
Lazer and Small Drew are hanging out with Ben, but they keep trying to push the envelope like those edgy comedians that get mad when you call them racist. Dru's trying to figure out what Patrick wants him to do--something about refinancing a ca...
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Season 4
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Episode 4
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32:36
S4:E3 Smegmar, Lazer, and Dionne Warwick
So Dru bought this grain elevator in Dayton, Texas--turns out she's a sentient being named Smegmar, and she's not a fan of Bojack Horseman. Ben landed in Egypt for his research trip, and he just joined Twitter, so that's exciting! Turns out tha...
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Season 4
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Episode 3
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32:58
S4:E2 A Song of Podcasts and Grain Elevators
Ben has some complaints about the Podcast and Streaming Producers Guild, but it's the first time Dru's heard about Ben's podcast. Dru's pretty sure that Patrick wanted him to buy a grain elevator, so he did. Turns out it might be a full on Chri...
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Season 4
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Episode 2
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32:03
S4:E1 Patrick Begins: Origin of the Code
Dru just got back from NYC, and you'll never guess, but he ran into Patrick Cotnoir, his old friend he went to Hampshire College with! Ben and Dru think about how fucking rad that dude was. And also Dru is pretty sure Patrick is sending s...
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Season 4
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Episode 0
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26:58
S3E5: Joey Becomes the Internet
Joey's trying to fix everything, and Ben's in charge of keeping his computer shit at a perfect 65 degrees. Houston's pretty messed up at the moment, and Dru talks about life in the after-scape. Then Joey becomes the internet.
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Season 3
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Episode 5
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42:18
S3E4: Dougie Did Something Bad but Ben Beefed It
Dougie did something bad, and Dru ends up in an awkward situation. So that's no good. Ben fills us in on the Pocket Rocket Gang and art films. Basically everybody's using the app now, and it's making Dru feel weird. Ben beefed it, like, big tim...
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Season 3
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Episode 4
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48:54
S3E3: The Dog's Sick
Ben got a promotion (maybe?), and he talks about getting teased in prison. Dru still can't get the app to work, and his social isolation has driven him to conspiracy theories. Turns out Smegmar's part of the Pocket Rocket Gang, but Ben's got a ...
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Season 3
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Episode 3
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49:55
S3E2: Smegmar Begins
Joey's app has blown up and has millions of users, but Dru can't get it to work. Ben talks about the romantic limits of living in a van. They talk about music while waiting for tech support to pick up Dru's call.
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Season 3
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Episode 2
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41:08
S3E1: Joey made an app
Dru complains about the summer heat in Houston, but Ben--recently released from prison--just moved to San Fransisco to take a job at the hottest tech start up: PRCVE. Turns out, their old friend Joey founded the company (which makes sense becau...
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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42:46
An Earth Day Interview with the Earth
This Earth Day, Ben and Dru interview their cool friend Alicia, who recently became the earth. Ben and Dru get into a fight over the podcast. They talk geological timescales and theology. And finally, a deep dive into the toxic BDSM lobster com...
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34:12
The Tax Day Spectacular
For some reason, Ben and Dru think their respective accountants should be dating each other, so they try to set them up.Special thanks to Fianna O'Brien and Erik Olsen
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40:43
The April Foolapalooza
While they didn't do any pranks this April Fools' Day, Ben and Dru reflect on the subtle and complex nature of their pranks of yore. Suddenly, a flood of pranked people call demanding answers, and it looks like Ben and Dru have a copycat.
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42:34
The Saint Patrick's Day Intervention Special
On this very special Saint Patrick's Day, Ben and Dru give their most Irish friend an intervention.
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44:48
S2E10: Alicia becomes the Earth
It's a double Waco. Alicia's working on becoming the earth. Ben's hanging with Double Black Diamond. Dru got a slide whistle. Husky Dave's got a rocket launcher. An intrepid young upstart in the ATF named Diane has a trojan horse full of plasti...
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Season 2
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Episode 10
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38:27
S2E9: Everything is Beautiful at the Compound
You know how sometimes you're trying to watch Zathura and then get carbon monoxide poisoning? Ben gives his assassin performance notes, which leads to a productive correspondence. Dru raves about life in Alicia's compound, which is all...
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Season 2
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Episode 9
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45:29
S2E8: Double Black Diamond
The Pines Brothers don’t get that Husky Dave saved the day, and they’re pissed off for some weird reason. On a related note, there’s a ski-themed hit man trying to kill Ben, but thankfully he’s bad at his job. Dru talks about life in the compou...
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Season 2
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Episode 8
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33:33
S2E7: We Were Right
The simp’s gone, which is a good thing for a lot of reasons. No one did anything wrong, and it’s weird that you'd even ask. Alicia gives Husky Dave a well deserved award, which is also a good thing. Ben and Dru learn about Alicia’s new compound...
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Season 2
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Episode 7
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29:45
S2E6: The Simp II: External Threats
Mayor Ezekiel Pines Sr. is missing (Dru had nothing to do with it), and the Pines Brothers are pretty broken up about the whole thing. As Ben and Dru weigh how to feel about this horrible man’s disappearance, they see a message from the Simp th...
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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35:03