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EXCLUSIVE: iHeartPodcasts has teamed pinch Workaholics alums Blake Anderson, Adam Devine and Anders Holm — nan creators of their deed podcast This Is Important — connected Look Back At It, a caller comedic history podcasts hosted by stand-ups Sam Jay and Alex English that launches April 29.
Emerging from a accumulation business betwixt the This Is Important trio and iHeart, nan play bid will find hosts Jay and English hopping into a metaphorical clip instrumentality to walk a time successful nan past successful dream of knowing nan chaos that is judge to beryllium nan future. From popular civilization and governmental news to technological markers and aesculapian breakthroughs, nan duo will clasp up a reflector to nine and ask: “Did we really study anything, aliases did we conscionable go dumber?”
Look Back At It is distributed by iHeartPodcasts and will beryllium disposable connected nan iHeartRadio app and everyplace podcasts are heard. Special guests will see Larry Wilmore, Crissle West, Marc Lamont Hill, Tone Bell, Judy Gold, Clayton English, Mouse Jones, Sydnee Washington, Marie Faustin, Carl Jones, and more.
Listen to a trailer here.
“I americium genuinely thrilled to beryllium doing this podcast pinch iHeart and nan guys from ‘This Is Important.’ We person been homies for a while now truthful nan chance to activity pinch them connected this task is what each creator dreams of—doing thing cool pinch group you really like,” said Jay. “And ‘Look Back At It’ is gonna fresh good successful their universe. Can’t hold for y’all to fastener successful and listen!! A clip will beryllium had for sure.”
The This Is Important trio joked, “Let’s look nan facts. The world needs much podcasts. Thankfully Adam Devine, Anders Holm and Blake Anderson from ‘This Is Important’ listened and are bringing you much podcasts that are nan astir critically, crucially, important podcasts that will displacement nan world disconnected its axis and alteration nan trajectory of humankind… Allegedly.”
The trio added, “We are excited to thief motorboat ‘Look Back At It.’ Sam Jay is personification we’ve ever recovered hilarious, pinch a disarming, caller return connected each things important, and Alex English is nan cleanable sidekick to her earthy and original humor. We cognize this is nan cleanable first measurement successful expanding nan franchise pinch our favourite firm overlord iHeart!”
Best known arsenic nan big and executive shaper of HBO’s play late-night series Pause pinch Sam Jay, Jay besides co-created and co-starred successful nan Peacock bid Bust Down pinch Langston Kerman, Jak Knight, and Chris Redd. She’s a two-time Emmy and WGA Award nominee for her penning connected Saturday Night Live and antecedently put retired nan typical Salute Me aliases Shoot Me pinch HBO. Her solo show We The People conscionable wrapped a successful tally astatine nan Edinburgh Fringe, wherever it was nominated for Best Comedy Show and won The Uprise Award. She is repped by WME, Avalon, and Schreck Rose Dapello.
English is an Emmy-nominated writer and comedian whose credits see nan upcoming Barbershop adaptation for Amazon, Bad Thoughts for Netflix, and 3 seasons penning connected Saturday Night Live. His different penning credits see the National Lampoon Radio Hour podcast, B.E.T’s The Rundown pinch Robin Thede, and Netflix’s The Fix with Jimmy Carr. As a performer, he has appeared connected specified shows arsenic Paramount+’s Inside Amy Schumer, HBO Max’s That Damn Michael Che, HBO’s Pause pinch Sam Jay and High Maintenance. He besides appeared connected Peacock’s New York After Dark and nan Ilana Glazer-produced Tight Five for Comedy Central Digital. He is repped by WME and Dixon Talent.
Anderson, Devine, and Holm are repped by CAA, Avalon, and Yorn, Levine, Barnes.
