{"id":365,"date":"2016-04-01T00:25:36","date_gmt":"2016-04-01T04:25:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nickzaino.com\/departmentoftangents\/?p=365"},"modified":"2016-11-09T05:45:45","modified_gmt":"2016-11-09T10:45:45","slug":"interview-flashback-josh-gondelman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nickzaino.com\/departmentoftangents\/2016\/04\/01\/interview-flashback-josh-gondelman\/","title":{"rendered":"Interview Flashback: Josh Gondelman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.joshgondelman.com\/\">Josh Gondelman<\/a> has been on one hell of a hot streak the past two weeks. The Last Week Tonight with John Oliver writer\u2019s new album, <em>Physical Whisper<\/em>, was number one on iTunes for comedy for a week, made number four on the Billboard Comedy Album charts, and hit number five on Billboard\u2019s Heatseekers: Northeast Region. He also made his late-night stand-up debut with a fine performance on Conan (see below), and oh yeah, he got engaged. <\/p>\n<p>I spoke with Gondelman in November to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bostonglobe.com\/arts\/theater-art\/2015\/12\/15\/josh-gondelman-nice-and-funny\/509EixfLZMCR3XeIqdBqLK\/story.html\">preview his album taping for the <em>Boston Globe<\/em><\/a>, and we talked about his \u201cnice guy\u201d reputation. He is this week\u2019s Interview Flashback.  <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"450\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/256076162&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;visual=true\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Gondelman on <em>Conan<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TfCyDmsBpcA\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\namzn_assoc_placement = \"adunit0\";\namzn_assoc_enable_interest_ads = \"true\";\namzn_assoc_tracking_id = \"deparoftange-20\";\namzn_assoc_ad_mode = \"auto\";\namzn_assoc_ad_type = \"smart\";\namzn_assoc_marketplace = \"amazon\";\namzn_assoc_region = \"US\";\namzn_assoc_linkid = \"761964524ce5e886ef0fe307f09837b2\";\namzn_assoc_emphasize_categories = \"130,195209011,301668\";\namzn_assoc_rows = \"1\";\namzn_assoc_fallback_mode = {\"type\":\"search\",\"value\":\"Josh Gondelman\"};\namzn_assoc_default_category = \"All\";\n<\/script><br \/>\n<script src=\"\/\/z-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/onejs?MarketPlace=US\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Josh Gondelman has been on one hell of a hot streak the past two weeks. 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