This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von

Theo Von has one of the most distinctive comedic voices in podcasting right now, and This Past Weekend is where that voice runs completely unfiltered. The show started back in 2016 as Theo riffing on whatever happened to him recently, and over 500-plus episodes it has grown into one of the biggest interview shows on the planet. He landed at number two on Spotify's US podcast charts, which says a lot about how his audience has exploded. The format is loose but never boring. Some weeks Theo sits down with massive guests like Chris Hemsworth, Bernie Sanders, or Jason Momoa, and the conversations go places you absolutely would not expect. Other weeks he just talks about his week, tells stories from growing up in Covington, Louisiana, and somehow makes a trip to the grocery store sound like a fever dream. His Southern storytelling mixed with absurdist humor creates something you really cannot get anywhere else. What makes Theo special as an interviewer is that he is genuinely curious and completely unpretentious. He asks the kind of questions a regular person would ask, not the polished media-trained ones, and guests tend to open up in ways they do not on other shows. The conversations feel like you are sitting at a kitchen table with two people who actually like each other. With a 4.7-star rating from over 26,000 reviews on Apple Podcasts, this show has built a fiercely loyal community. New episodes drop weekly, and each one runs long enough that you will want to save it for a road trip or a long walk. If you appreciate comedy that comes from a real, slightly weird place, Theo is your guy.