Entry Level with Brooks Wheelan

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288

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May 2026

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About the show

This is a podcast about all those jobs we've had that sucked. Each episode Brooks will interview a guest and find out what garbage they had to put up with before they got to the position they're in now. Plus if you have any hellish jobs of your own you want to share email entrylevelwithbrookswheelan@gmail.com

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October 15, 20261 hr 31 min

Episode 277 - Keli Holiday

Keli Holiday (the raddest dude in Australia) talks about creating the coolest music and being the best live performer Brooks has ever seen.

May 21, 20261 hr 38 min

Episode 276 - Alex Cameron

Alex Cameron (rad musician) talks about working at Foot Locker in Sydney, spending his summers in Deep Water, Australia, and how he got into making some of the coolest music out there. Check out Alex's first band Seekae here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2klcVENrEnQ See Brooks on tour: brookswheelan.com/dates

May 5, 20261 hr 14 min

Episode 275 - Rob Sand (the reasonable cool dude running for Governor of Iowa)

Rob Sand (Democratic Nominee for The Governor of Iowa) talks with Brooks about growing in Iowa at the same time only about 30 miles apart. Rob talks about catching chickens when he was 14, working at the McDonalds in Decorah, IA, and becoming an overseas male model almost on accident. It's a great conversation. Rob rocks. You can look more into Rob and donate to his campaign here: https://robsand.com/ You can get Rob's book here: https://www.amazon.com/Winning-Ticket-Uncovering-Americas-Biggest/dp/1640123717 You can catch Brooks on tour here: brookswheelan.com/dates

March 4, 20261 hr 22 min

Episode 274 - Amy Miller

Amy Miller (comic and friend) talks about growing up religious outside San Francisco and what it was like to work in video rental stores. Check out her podcast here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/whos-your-god-a-comedy-and-religion-podcast/id1247629653

November 26, 20251 hr 14 min

Episode 273 - Mike Bridenstine talks about the Kansas City and Chicago comedy scenes

Mike Bridenstine (great pal and author) comes on to talk about his new book where he writes about the MidWest comedy scene in the mid 2000s. Get his book here: https://www.amazon.com/Kansas-City-Comedy-Unbelievable-Stanford/dp/146717016X

October 23, 20251 hr 44 min

Episode 272 - Mike Mitchell ranks fast food and talks about sketch comedy

Mike Mitchell (Birthday Boys/The Doughboys Podcast) talks about getting into sketch comedy, what UCB was like when it first opened, and discusses his "holy trinity" of fast food restaurants. Listen to The Doughboys here: https://headgum.com/doughboys Subscribe to Brooks' travel substack here: https://brookswheelan.substack.com/

August 29, 20251 hr 15 min

Episode 271 - Barry Rothbart talks about comedy in the 2010s

Barry Rothbart (Wolf of Wall street/stand up comic/Brooks' neighbor for a long time) talks about his new podcast "Searching for Allan Rothbart." Brooks and Barry also talk about doing comedy together for almost 20 years. Check out Barry's new podcast: https://www.audible.com/pd/Searching-for-Allan-Rothbart-Audiobook/B0FH5LVKYC?srsltid=AfmBOoo2uY0fe5y6-4Bj9q6LqdiJlI6rEQCWATfu0ysqS55-MxvcjQ0x See Brooks live on tour: brookswheelan.com/dates

August 20, 20251 hr 21 min

Episode 270 - Whitmer Thomas talks about being in WEAPONS

Whitmer Thomas (friend and currently in the #1 movie in the world) talks about being in Weapons and also just other movie junk. Also Brooks talks about his European adventure. Its a fun episode! Check out Whit's new music video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VK5Ax6M7vcI

June 19, 20251 hr 21 min

Episode 269 - Ryan Rosenberg talks about UCB and improv

Ryan Rosenberg (UCB/One of Brooks' first friends in LA) talks about taking UCB classes, scooping ice cream in high school, and crushing it at The Cheesecake Factory. Check Ryan's sketch group Big Grande here: https://biggrandewebsite.com/

May 22, 20251 hr 21 min

Episode 268 - Carmen Christopher talks Iowa and Chicago

Carmen Christopher (The Bear/Joe Pera Talks with You/English Teacher) comes back to talk about going to the University of Iowa the same time as Brooks, being killer salesman in Chicago, and almost joining the military. Check out Carmen's new special: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MoHTvTrfB2g Check out Carmen's old special: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-HUeu0QjLY See Brooks on tour: brookswheelan.com/dates