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I'm currently on a drive in tour with Hannibal Buress and its new and different and weird. Me, him and DJ Tony Trimm catch up in a hotel room in Butler Pennsylvania to talk about touring during a pandemic and the (apparently) famous DJ Carshmello who is the opening act on the tour . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mike is joined by the Podfather himself, WTF host Marc Maron. They discuss Marc’s unusual life balancing a podcast that is at least somewhat about him and a TV show where he plays a podcaster and comic named Marc Maron, who is an awful lot like him. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Open Mike Eagle has really found something of a soulmate in actor and comedian Baron Vaughn. The two talk about growing up with cable television, setting fires no one knew about, and coping with rampant drugs in their communities. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mike welcomes the comedian and actor Nick Thune for a broad-ranging discussion. The two of them cover everything from why Nick gave up one-liners and the guitar in his act to who Jesus would want to hang out with if he was around today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mike chats with rapper, activist, and spoken word artist B. Dolan about what white rappers owe the Black Lives Matter movement, how white privilege can give you a leg up in the hip-hop world, and their mutual love of Ol' Dirty Bastard. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mike talks with writer and critic Chuck Klosterman about changes in publishing and criticism, the gamble that comes with being interesting, and the fear of accidentally living life wrong. Plus, more new music from Hella Personal Film Festival. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mike hangs out with Slug while the latter does his tour laundry, tells a story about a near-collaboration with a very, very famous musician, and plays a song from his new release, Hella Personal Film Festival. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It’s the 50th episode of Secret Skin and Mike is joined by his friend, the rapper and all-around artist Jean Grae. They discuss everything from black Netflix tropes to Mike’s picky eating/Jean’s crushing dismay when she learns about Mike’s picky eating. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mike talks with his friend, actor/comedian/author John Hodgman, about the overabundance of entertainment, the necessity of doing terrifying things, The Daily Show, and growing into yourself by being someone else (or many, many other people). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mike talks with Chris Gethard, and their wide-ranging conversation covers Chris’s eccentric television program full of human fish, 36-hour no-sleep marathons, and fans who become staff members. Plus, Mike visits his sister in Gary, Indiana. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mike responds to some listener questions, including one about how to feel about white people singing along at rap shows using the n-word. Then, a conversation with Anthony Fantano, creator and host of The Needle Drop. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mike welcomes world-famous comedian and old college pal, Hannibal Buress. They talk about growing up in Chicago, getting started in comedy, and sad private jets. All this plus the first single from Mike's collaboration with Paul White. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mike welcomes the rapper J-Zone on this edition of Secret Skin. J-Zone opens up about discouragement, and how he ended up writing a book of advice for all the rappers who don’t end up becoming superstar millionaires. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mike joins us from Europe where the tour with Serengeti is wrapping up and things have been going much better. We also hear Mike’s interview with Islands/The Unicorns' Nick Thorburn, composer of music for another podcast you might have heard of: Serial. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Open Mike Eagle joins us all the way from Germany, where he is on tour with his Cavanaugh bandmate, Serengeti. They have many stories to tell. Then we hear Mike’s interview with Houston-based rapper Fat Tony. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mike and his good friend T-shirt are on hand to not only answer questions from their mailbag but to sing about it as well. In the interview portion, Mike is joined this time around by the rapper, podcaster, and video maven known as Intuition. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mike is in New York City talking to his old friend, professionally known as Uncommon Nasa. They talk about identity, balancing running a record label and being an artist, and what the musical form known as Prog Rap is all about. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Marcella Arguello comes from the world of stand-up comedy, and met Mike Eagle while doing comedy battle rap. It’s a form that Mike has struggled with, losing every match he enters. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mike takes a road trip with his Cavanaugh bandmate Serengeti, plus an interview with John Robinson, the rapper formerly known as Lil Sci of Scienz of Life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The artist known as Free the Robots joins Open Mike Eagle to talk about a variety of topics, including growing up in Orange County, taking risks with music, and owning and running the restaurant/music venue known as The Crosby. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices