Episode 112 — Joe Mande: Bit Gremlin, Room Killer, Internet Agent of Chaos

pplpod Episode 112 traces Joe Mande’s lane from indie rooms and internet pranks to one of TV comedy’s sharpest pens. We track the early blog-to-book swerve (Look at This Fcking Hipster*), the alt-scene reps that honed his left-turn tags, and a Netflix detonation with Joe Mande’s Award-Winning Comedy Special. Then it’s the writers’ rooms where his voice snapped into place—Parks and Recreation, Kroll Show, The Good Place, and more—plus on-camera oddball cameos and the long-running bit-economy of his social accounts (stunts, anti-humblebrags, and weaponized deadpan). Inside the craft: premise misdirection, tag density, and a troll-with-a-heart sensibility that makes the meta joke feel oddly warm. We close on touring, podcast mischief, and how Mande turned internet chaos into durable comedy capital.