List of The Champs episodes

The Champs was a comedy podcast hosted by Neal Brennan, Moshe Kasher, and DJ Douggpound (Doug Lussenhop of the Tim and Eric Show). Guests on the podcast were almost exclusively black.^[1] It was part of the All Things Comedy podcast network.^[2]

Episodes

Release date	Guest/Title	Sources
August 6, 2011	Jerrod Carmichael	^[3]
August 10, 2011	Ian Edwards
August 18, 2011	NBA Star Blake Griffin
August 27, 2011	NBA Star Blake Griffin (part 2) and Comedian Leslie Jones
September 6, 2011	Craig Robinson
September 19, 2011	Donnell "Ashy Larry" Rawlings
September 30, 2011	Tony Rock
October 11, 2011	Robert Townsend
October 21, 2011	David Alan Grier
November 10, 2011	Erik Griffin (Workaholics)	^[4]
November 16, 2011	Adult Film's Lexington Steele
November 24, 2011	Champsgiving: Hugh Moore	^[5]
December 1, 2011	Wayne Brady
December 9, 2011	Eric André
December 19, 2011	Byron Bowers	^[6]

Release date	Guest/Title	Sources
January 11, 2012	The Robot	^[7]
January 19, 2012	Bobby Lee
January 26, 2012	Owen Smith	^[8]
February 1, 2012	Conan's Deon Cole
February 9, 2012	JB Smoove
February 15, 2012	Alonzo Bodden (Last Comic Standing)
February 24, 2012	Adult Film's Sasha Grey and Musician Flying Lotus
March 2, 2012	Sasha Grey and Flying Lotus (Part 2)
March 7, 2012	"Cutty" from The Wire - Chad Coleman
March 15, 2012	Questlove
March 22, 2012	Key (from Key & Peele)
March 29, 2012	Hannibal Buress
April 9, 2012	Jose Canseco
April 17, 2012	Faizon Love ("Big Worm" from Friday)
April 25, 2012	Baron Vaughn
May 3, 2012	Suli McCullough
May 16, 2012	Pras from The Fugees
May 25, 2012	Felipe Esparza (Last Comic Standing Winner)	^[9]
June 6, 2012	Trevor Noah
June 15, 2012	Roy Wood, Jr.
June 25, 2012	Charlie Murphy
July 4, 2012	Retta (From NBC's Parks & Rec)
July 10, 2012	John Legend
July 18, 2012	Ron Funches
July 26, 2012	Blake Griffin Returns
August 6, 2012	Lil Rel	^[10]
August 20, 2012	Maronzio Vance	^[11]
August 28, 2012	Nicole Richie
September 5, 2012	Aziz Ansari
September 12, 2012	Larry Wilmore
September 19, 2012	Rusty Cundieff (Chappelle's Show Director)
October 8, 2012	NBA Legend John Salley
October 18, 2012	Anthony Anderson
October 24, 2012	Russell Peters
November 5, 2012	Riff Raff and Chelsea Peretti
November 20, 2012	Shawn and Marlon Wayans
November 30, 2012	Dwayne Perkins	^[12]
December 6, 2012	CNN and ESPN's LZ Granderson
December 17, 2012	David Alan Grier Returns

Release date	Guest/Title	Sources
January 8, 2013	Mario Joyner
January 15, 2013	Bashir and Diallo	^[13]
January 29, 2013	Kumail Nanjiani
February 6, 2013	Too $hort
February 21, 2013	Jasper Redd
March 5, 2013	Aisha Tyler
March 15, 2013	Ali LeRoi (co-creator of Everybody Hates Chris)
March 20, 2013	Chris Rock
April 17, 2013	Reggie Watts
April 26, 2013	Godfrey
May 6, 2013	Michael Che
May 21, 2013	Lucas Brothers
June 6, 2013	Allen Hughes (Director of Menace II Society and American Pimp)
June 13, 2013	Jay Chandrasekhar
July 3, 2013	Superhead
July 11, 2013	NBA All-Star Baron Davis
July 24, 2013	Kevin Avery	^[14]
August 5, 2013	Jermaine Fowler	^[15]
August 19, 2013	Jordan Peele (Key & Peele)
September 3, 2013	busdriver
September 12, 2013	Aries Spears
October 18, 2013	Pootie Tang - Lance Crouther
November 1, 2013	Roy Wood Returns
November 13, 2013	Corey Holcomb
November 21, 2013	Dean Edwards
November 30, 2013	Felipe Esparza Returns
December 13, 2013	Finesse Mitchell
December 31, 2013	"Q", Founder of World Star Hip Hop

Release date	Guest/Title	Sources
January 10, 2014	MC Serch
January 22, 2014	Big Daddy Kane
January 29, 2014	Maseo from De La Soul
February 5, 2014	Arsenio
February 12, 2014	Action Bronson
February 20, 2014	Charlamagne Tha God
February 27, 2014	Wyatt Cenac
March 13, 2014	Hot 97 DJ Cipha Sounds
March 21, 2014	Daily Show writer Travon Free
March 28, 2014	Hannibal Buress
April 8, 2014	Russell Simmons
April 17, 2014	Freddie Gibbs
April 30, 2014	Cristela Alonzo
May 26, 2014	SNL's Jay Pharoah
June 4, 2014	George Wallace
June 19, 2014	Jean Grae
June 28, 2014	Pharaohe Monch
July 9, 2014	Keith Robinson
July 22, 2014	Marina Franklin
August 21, 2014	Seaton Smith (From Fox's Mulaney)	^[16]
September 22, 2014	Golden State Warrior Harrison Barnes
October 8, 2014	Affion Crockett
October 20, 2014	Danny Brown
November 4, 2014	Damon Wayans, Jr.
November 24, 2014	King Bach
December 4, 2014	Baratunde Thurston

Release date	Guest/Title	Sources
January 7, 2015	Tiffany Haddish
January 20, 2015	Hari Kondabolu
February 4, 2015	Black Thought (The Roots)
February 20, 2015	Ms. Pat
March 12, 2015	Jerrod Carmichael
July 27, 2015	Wanda Sykes
August 18, 2015	New Faces 2015: Selections from the Montreal JFL Festival
August 30, 2015	Nicole Byer
September 30, 2015	Jamar Neighbors
February 28, 2016	Questlove (Champs Farewell)

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