Fat Benji

This week Benji and Ari discuss strippers, adult acting, going on tour, happiness, venting, advice, moving to Santa Monica, show business girls, Buddhism, baseball, Dodgers, Padres, trusting Trump more than Harris, Hasan Minhaj, feeling sexy, getting in great shape, personal trainers, smelling menstruation, Ari dating Benji’s sister, making life changes in Australia, podcasting, women, lesbians, trucks and more! Episode 24 features comedian, writer, and filmmaker Ari Mannis, best known for his podcast Unlicensed Therapy and stand-up. He has toured with Theo Von, Mark Normand, Andrew Santino, Dan Soder, Erik Griffin and Pauly Shore. Ari has performed all over the world, played festivals, and regularly performs at his LA home clubs The Comedy Store, The Laugh Factory, and The Ice House. Follow Ari on Instagram, TikTok, X, and Facebook. Buy his shirt and children’s book. Watch Unlicensed Therapy podcast and go to see him perform stand-up live! Ari Mannis www.youtube.com/@AriMannis https://www.instagram.com/arimannis https://twitter.com/arimannis tiktok.com/@arimannis facebook.com/arimannis https://arimannis.com/ Benji Aflalo https://www.instagram.com/benjiaflalo https://www.twitter.com/benjiaflalo Fat Benji https://www.instagram.com/fatbenjipodcast https://www.tiktok.com/@fatbenjipodcast https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61557918161807 https://youtube.com/@FATBENJIPODCAST Subscribe if you're NOT a body builder! Comment if you ARE a body builder! (leave tips)

Episode 23 features comedian Sara Weinshenk, best known for her podcast Shenk. Sara and Kim Congdon were the first two Regulars ever on Kill Tony where they both debuted a new minute of stand-up every week for years. The two went on to create the show Stoned Science and now host This Bitch Podcast together. Sara is a Paid Regular at The Comedy Store and is a recurring guest on the Joe Rogan Experience. She has appeared on Your Mom’s House, Barstool, Getting Doug with High, Guys We Fucked and Comedy Central. Follow Sara’s on Instagram, TikTok, and X. Watch Shenk and This Bitch podcast. Go to see her perform stand-up live! This week Benji and Sara discuss making content, being vulnerable in art, Lizzy Cooperman, Natasha Leggero, day camping, washing machines, Febreze, cleaning products, Dyson, poor mentality, botox, seeing The Killers live in Vegas, housekeepers, working out at home, Equinox, Sara’s shed, Home Depot, Target, Trucks, Lake Tahoe, Wave Runners, amusement parks, water parks, having kids, hotels, performing stand-up on edibles, dabbing, Oscar De La Hoya, Ilana Glazer changing their pronouns after giving birth, Demi Lovato, Dan St. Germain, being authentic in comedy, Erewhon Market membership, smoothie shops, dads being crazy, being a lost soul and more! Sara Weinshenk https://youtube.com/@sweinshenkhttps://youtube.com/@ThisBitchPodcast https://www.tiktok.com/@princessshenk https://www.instagram.com/princessshenk https://www.twitter.com/princessshenk Benji Aflalo https://www.instagram.com/benjiaflalo https://www.twitter.com/benjiaflalo Fat Benji https://www.instagram.com/fatbenjipodcast https://www.tiktok.com/@fatbenjipodcast https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61557918161807 https://youtube.com/@FATBENJIPODCAST Subscribe for a free smoothie!

Episode 22 features Brian Moses, best known for creating and hosting Roast Battle. He started Roast Battle in the Belly Room, the smallest room at The Comedy Store, and turned it into a TV show on Comedy Central. Roastmaster Jeff Ross joined the show after seeing a battle between Benji Aflalo and Yassir Lester. The TV show featured guest judges including Kevin Hart, Seth Rogen, Jimmy Kimmel, Snoop Dogg, Sarah Silverman, John Mayer, and Pete Davidson. Roast Battle now has leagues all around the world! Brian hosts a podcast about the leagues with Pat Barker. Subscribe to the Roast Battle YouTube page to watch battles and the podcast. Follow Brian on Instagram and X. Get tickets to see Brian host Roast Battle every Tuesday at The Comedy Store in Hollywood, California and monthly at the Comedy Mothership in Austin, Texas.  This week Benji and Brian discuss Italy in August, the Hollywood Improv, a Ralphie May story, going to Paris, Kamala Harris’s ethnicity, their favorite terrorist, ideations leading to shootings, a black gang member meeting an orthodox jewish woman in prison, relationships between black and jewish people, Kendrick Lamar, NWA, Eazy-E, new age media, the Tropical F*ck Storm song “Chameleon Paint”, stand up comedy fan evolution, food talk, diversity, abortion, Roast Battle around the world, positive energy leading to adventures, best friends, comedian social life, defining being rich, life experience improving art, regrets, Ari Shaffir’s lifestyle, creating culture and servicing the community like Nipsey Hussle, feeling life purpose from being the Godfather of Roast Battle, Jeff Ross, Mike Lawrence, joke writing, David Letterman and more! Brian Moses https://www.instagram.com/brianmosestypeshit https://www.twitter.com/racebanning https://youtube.com/@RoastBattle https://roastbattleleague.com/   Benji Aflalo https://www.instagram.com/benjiaflalo https://www.twitter.com/benjiaflalo Fat Benji https://www.instagram.com/fatbenjipodcast https://www.tiktok.com/@fatbenjipodcast https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61557918161807 https://youtube.com/@FATBENJIPODCAST Subscribe to wish Benji a Happy Birthday!!!

Fat Benji Episode 21 features Dan Madonia. He is a stand-up comedian, actor, and writer that has been featured on the SyFy Network, in High Times magazine and performs regularly for the Wounded Warriors. Dan did stunt work for Machine Gun Kelly and was in Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. Follow Dan on Instagram and see him perform stand up live in New York and on the road! This week Benji and Dan discuss New York City, being in your twenties, their friendship, being a door guy at The Comedy Store, road gigs, broken leg leading to marriage, epic adult actress story with Ari Shaffir, Don Barris, and Sam Tripoli, going to jail on mushrooms story, raising kids, Elon Musk’s daughter, growing up with a transexual nanny, moving on from The Comedy Store, getting happy about the success of peers, Tony Hinchcliffe, Brian Moses, Jesus Trejo, Andrew Santino, Theo Von, Bobby Lee, living with Rosa Salazar (Alita: Battle Angel), Mat Edgar, and Sandy Danto in Benji’s family’s apartment building, John Little calls, Deathsquad, Texas and more! Dan Madonia https://www.instagram.com/danmadonia https://www.facebook.com/DanMadonia https://youtube.com/@madlineproductions   Benji Aflalo https://www.instagram.com/benjiaflalo https://www.twitter.com/benjiaflalo Fat Benji https://www.instagram.com/fatbenjipodcast https://www.tiktok.com/@fatbenjipodcast https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61557918161807 https://youtube.com/@fatbenjipodcast SUBSCRIBE, LIKE, COMMENT :)

Fat Benji Podcast episode 20 features the return of comedian Willie Hunter, best known as the co-creator of The Carmichael Show with Jerrod Carmichael featuring Tiffany Haddish, and as part of The Wave in Jeff Ross Presents Roast Battle on Comedy Central and live at The Comedy Store. He is a hilarious stand up comedian and has written on TV shows including the Roast of Alec Baldwin, Head of the Class, Young Love, and Rel featuring Lil Red Howery. Follow Willie on Instagram and X! This week Benji and Willie discuss comedy club bartenders, cholesterol, Freddy Mercury, doctors visit follow up, medications, eating habits, Asian holistic doctors, medical concerns for black people, having herpes since birth, STDs, mango allergies, vertigo, Married with Children moments, drinking habits, Jewish superiority complex, stories about growing up, Republican National Convention, Amber Rose, Obama, Trump, Biden, Hawk Tuah girl, Tenacious D, Al Franken, Jews and Black Behaving Badly game, BET Awards, gun scare stories, nihilism, black republicans, political parties, Which Group is the Most Racist game, ZYN Nicotine Pouches are trending, Maury segment and more! Willie Hunter https://www.instagram.com/willie_hunter https://www.x.com/thewilliehunter https://youtube.com/@UC74JymeJVxmOX6EJmbeEhAQ Benji Aflalo https://www.instagram.com/benjiaflalo https://www.twitter.com/benjiaflalo Fat Benji https://www.instagram.com/fatbenjipodcast https://www.tiktok.com/@fatbenjipodcast https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61557918161807 If you like the vibe, please subscribe! :)

Benji is solo for episode 19 of the Fat Benji Podcast discussing music, The Killers, MGMT, Time to Pretend, Jeff Buckley, Elliot Smith, Bill Hicks, Mushroom Trips, Assassination Attempt on Former President Donald Trump, orange video filter, conspiracies, secret service, Fourth of July, day drinking, Blink-182, Dodger’s game, Rhys Hoskins, yelling at baseball players, getting a physical exam, taking an Israeli tactical class, Shannen Doherty, 90210, Richard Simmons, New York Times article about Trump, Joe Biden, how Republicans should act, George Clooney, Whoopi Goldberg, Alec Baldwin innocent, Elon Musk and more! Fat Benji https://www.instagram.com/fatbenjipodcast https://www.tiktok.com/@fatbenjipodcast https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61557918161807 Benji Aflalo https://www.instagram.com/benjiaflalo https://www.twitter.com/benjiaflalo Richard Simmons Short Film https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjVXPlutAMI MGMT https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9dSYgd5Elk

Fat Benji Podcast episode 18 features Stephanie Simbari who is a funny creative, comedian, actress, writer and host. She’s toured the country as a stand up comedian, including SXSW, and was a series regular on ‘Funny Girls’ on Oxygen. Stephanie has worked on Taken 3 with Liam Neeson, appeared in Netflix’s award winning indie film, Coldwater, and hosted web content for MTV. She previously co-hosted the That’s So Retrograde podcast with Elizabeth Kott. Follow Stephanie on Instagram, X, and subscribe to her substack, Mom and Dad’s House, to hear and read about her current adventures! This week Benji and Stephanie discuss their 20-year friendship, moving out of Hollywood, Malibu, Erewhon, being a mom and a comedian, younger memories, paying bills, relationship with her dad, being Italian and Jewish, Blink-182, So-Fi Stadium, Beyonce, stand-up comedy stories, getting a dead friend’s ashes, Boon Shakalaka, Covid life, gourmet stores, being an influencer, Donnell Rawlings, baseball, yoga, breast milk, being messy, having dogs in bed, hosting Potluck at the Comedy Store, show business dying, cool people, old Hollywood, content creating, living in Los Angeles, inheriting grit, New Yorkers and more! Stephanie Simbari https://www.instagram.com/ssimbari https://x.com/stephsimbari https://stephaniesimbari.substack.com https://www.instagram.com/mom_and_dads_house https://linktr.ee/stephaniesimbari Fat Benji https://www.instagram.com/fatbenjipodcast https://www.tiktok.com/@fatbenjipodcast https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61557918161807 Benji Aflalo https://www.instagram.com/benjiaflalo https://www.twitter.com/benjiaflalo

Fat Benji Podcast episode 17 features comedian Hillary Lowe, best known for her podcast Tits Of The House and voice acting appearances on Robot Chicken. This week Benji and Hillary discuss going to Beverly Hills High School, Koo Koo Roo, seeing Brittney Spears and Justin Timberlake at a nightclub, raising kids, Los Angeles culture, parents, Doctors and baseball players, theater, Second City, Groundlings, UCB, stand up, Pretty Funny Women, being married, mom comedy, Joan Rivers, Roseanne, French Bulldogs, rescuing dogs, guns, religion, grandma being in the hospital, generational differences in sharing feelings, experiential marketing, Holetox, plastic surgery, snacks, fake husband for Instagram posts, girls paying PDA, raves and more! Hillary Lowe https://www.instagram.com/hihillarylowe https://youtube.com/@hihillarylowehttps://youtube.com/@titsofthehousehttps://www.tiktok.com/@hihillarylowe Fat Benji https://www.instagram.com/fatbenjipodcast https://www.tiktok.com/@fatbenjipodcast https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61557918161807 Benji Aflalo https://www.instagram.com/benjiaflalo https://www.twitter.com/benjiaflalo

This week The Fat Benji Podcast features comedian Mat Edgar, best known for his comedy album “Take the L” as well as his appearances on Kill Tony, Comedy Central’s This Is Not Happening, Ari Shaffir’s Skeptic Tank. Mat has toured with Curb Your Enthusiasm’s Jeff Garlin and performed at Legion of Skanks’s Skankfest. This week Benji and Mat discuss being in Austin, Texas, touring with Pauly Shore, performing at Joe Rogan’s comedy club The Mothership, being door guys together and becoming Paid Regulars at The Comedy Store, fertility success, taking testosterone, Brody Stevens, positive check-ins, how the landscape of stand up comedy has changed, old memories, new friends from Los Angeles, John Leguizamo’s NYT’s ad asking people not to vote for white people for Emmy Awards, virtue signaling, diversity in Hollywood, being a white Mexican, Tony Hinchcliffe, Mexican from LA or Just from LA game, The Killers, music, and more! Mat Edgar www.instagram.com/matedgar www.x.com/matedgar https://linktr.ee/matedgar1 Fat Benji https://www.instagram.com/fatbenjipodcast https://www.tiktok.com/@fatbenjipodcast https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61557918161807 Benji Aflalo https://www.instagram.com/benjiaflalo https://www.twitter.com/benjiaflalo

Benji Aflalo is solo this week of the Fat Benji Podcast discussing the end to his fertility adventure, getting back into the steam room, testosterone, being a stoner, twins, the next housing crisis, the rodeo and Four Seasons in Jackson, Trump trial, Jesse the Engineer, Houston being the dirtiest city in America, the new social media sensation "All Eyes on Rafah", whether Not Like Us is antisemitic against Drake, South Park and more! Fat Benji https://www.instagram.com/fatbenjipodcast https://www.tiktok.com/@fatbenjipodcast https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61557918161807 Benji Aflalo https://www.instagram.com/benjiaflalo https://www.twitter.com/benjiaflalo

This week The Fat Benji Podcast features comedian John Campanelli , best known for his appearances on Gotham Comedy Live, Comedy Central, Adult Swim, JFL and his two Comedy Albums “Nervous” and “New Phone, Who Is This?”. John is currently on the ProbleMATTic World Tour w/ Matt Rife. Follow his Instagram, and catch him perform stand up live on tour. This week Benji and John discuss Memorial Day, Flags, New York vs Los Angeles, politics, Pandemic Trauma, running a Sports Card Store with Corinne Fisher, getting robbed, playing division one baseball, going on tour with Russell Peters and Dane Cook, a stripper in Miami that shares her earnings, Microplastics, going to see Kobe Bryant play in both high school and his last game as a Laker with Jim Carrey, and play a game guessing the price of valuable sports cards collectables.and more! John Campanelli https://www.instagram.com/johncampanelli https://about.me/johncampanelli https://x.com/JohnCampanelli1 https://www.tiktok.com/@johncampanelli1 Fat Benji https://www.instagram.com/fatbenjipodcast https://www.tiktok.com/@fatbenjipodcast https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61557918161807 Benji Aflalo https://www.instagram.com/benjiaflalo https://www.twitter.com/benjiaflalo

This week The Fat Benji Podcast features comedian Ryan O'Neill, best known for his podcast Slop Quest with Andrew DeWitt, appearances on Comedy Central's This is Not Happening, as the creator of Daddy Knows Best with Stephen Rannazzisi starring Jade Catta-Preta, and his comedy duo Danish & O'Neill. Watch his podcast Slop Quest, follow his Instagram, and catch him perform stand up live on tour. This week Benji and Ryan discuss growing up on a farm, running a motel, city life, Sean "P Diddy" Combs, ranking criminals, bar fights, The Comedy Store, Dune 2, Christian nationalism, the Apocalypse and more! Ryan O'Neill https://youtube.com/@slopquest https://www.patreon.com/slopquest https://www.instagram.com/ryanoneillcomedy Fat Benji https://www.instagram.com/fatbenjipodcast https://www.tiktok.com/@fatbenjipodcast https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61557918161807 Benji Aflalo https://www.instagram.com/benjiaflalo https://www.twitter.com/benjiaflalo

This week The Fat Benji Podcast features comedian Ari Shaffir, best known for his comedy specials JEW, Paid Regular, Passive Agressive and Double Negative on Netflix. He currently hosts the travel podcast You Be Trippin' on the YMH Network and previously hosted Skeptic Tank. He appears as part of the Protect Our Parks and Sober October episodes of the Joe Rogan Experience with Shane Gillis, Mark Normand, Bert Kreischer, and Tom Segura. Catch him do stand live on tour and with Ari Shaffir's Renamed Storytelling Show (Comedy Central's This is Not Happening). This week Benji and Ari discuss The Roast of Tom Brady, the comedy climate, protests, Mat Edgar, the Art Director's Guild and more! Ari Shaffir https://youtube.com/@arishaffir https://www.arishaffir.com https://www.instagram.com/arishaffir Fat Benji https://www.instagram.com/fatbenjipodcast https://www.tiktok.com/@fatbenjipodcast https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61557918161807 Benji Aflalo https://www.instagram.com/benjiaflalo https://www.twitter.com/benjiaflalo

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Welcome to the first episode of the Fat Benji Podcast. In this episode Benji and cousin Winston debate modern Egyptian productivity, a trans shooter in Texas at Joel Osteen's church, Neiman Marcus CEO in trouble for hiring too many gay men, Bezos moves to Miami, and Israel. FOLLOW US! Fat Benji https://www.instagram.com/fatbenjipodcast?igsh=MWQ1ZGUxMzBkMA== Benji Aflalo https://www.instagram.com/benjiaflalo?igsh=MWQ1ZGUxMzBkMA== https://x.com/benjiaflalo?s=21 See Benji do Stand Up: www.benjiaflalo.com/tour Dallas March 21 Fort Worth March 22 Phoenix April 12 & 13 Don't Tell Phoenix