The Need to Fail with Don Fanelli

Justin & Jordan Shipley (Wrecked, Deadbeat) sold the first thing they ever wrote together. Then they had to figure o... Read more

Brandon Scott Jones (Isn't It Romantic, The Good Place) had a pilot he wrote and shot passed on by a network. We chat ab... Read more

Morgan Evans (Netflix, Disney+) had the worst year of his life when he moved to LA, after the movie he wrote was optione... Read more

Paul Welsh (Brooklyn99, Crazy-Ex Girlfriend) was flown out back out to NY after he moved to LA and crushed his Daily Sho... Read more

D'arcy Carden (The Good Place, Broad City) had a creative purge and accepted the fact that acting was just not going to ... Read more

In this episode, I have a super fun conversation with Abbi Jacobson (Broad City, Color This Book) about Philadelphia, Th... Read more

Joe Mande (The Good Place, Parks & Rec) spent many years flailing around doing open mics in NY, directionless, and g... Read more

Special live episode from the UCB Franklin Theatre with Jessica St. Clair (Playing House, Veep)! Jessica shares hilariou... Read more

Will Hines (Wrecked, How to Be the Greatest Improviser on Earth) reveals his failed sketch show that he wrote about New ... Read more

In our Season 3 premiere, renegade comedian Chris Gethard (The Chris Gethard Show, Beautiful/Anonymous) explains why fai... Read more

Natasha Rothwell (Insecure; Love, Simon) faces some serious imposter syndrome the more successful she gets. She discusse... Read more

Jonathan Braylock (Black Men Can't Jump pod, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt) takes us through a series of setbacks - from thi... Read more

Aaron Jackson (The Opposition, Broad City) talks about not being able to land representation for many years, even while ... Read more

After not passing an improv class, Sasheer Zamata (SNL, I Feel Pretty) is motivated to create her own group, which gets ... Read more

Actress/Comedian Nicole Byer (Nailed It, Why Won't You Date Me) tells a heartbreaking story about being fired on set at ... Read more

Larry Owens (A Strange Loop, High Maintenance) got rejected from his top three acting school choices and as a playwright... Read more

Lauren Adams (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Deadbeat) was waking up at 5:30am, waiting in line for hours at hopeless equity... Read more

James Adomian (Trump vs. Bernie, BoJack Horseman) tells his biggest bomb story - opening for Joan Rivers. We chat about ... Read more

Anthony Atamanuik (The President Show, What We Do in the Shadows) had some dark days in Los Angeles. He was doing coke a... Read more

Mary Holland (Veep, The Good Place) has been steadily employed for the last three years here in LA. But the first 7 year... Read more