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Aug. 30, 2026
Al Gore Rhythm
Gray's BJ floats away, and Halle's daughter experiments with y-fronts. For the full archive-- ad free! --join us on Supercast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Aug. 23, 2026
Two Birds One Joke with Micah Sterenberg
A local business leader (Micah Sterenberg) wants to get some skits in front of the church. The full Mega experience is on Supercast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Aug. 16, 2026
Come Let Us Warship
Halle and Gray chat hymns, jet skis, and the tragedy around Gray's future mentor. The full archive of Mega is on Supercast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Aug. 9, 2026
Filicide Surprise with Jim Woods
Event planner Tim Foods (Jim Woods) never lets his social anxiety get in the way of a good occasion. The full Mega experience is on Supercast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Aug. 2, 2026
Lamazing Grace
Gray seems allergic to Halle's ideas, even when they're pretty good. The best way to listen to Mega is on Supercast! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
July 26, 2026
Too Much Sausage with Thomas Kelly
Caterer Tumnus Nelly (Thomas Kelly) is former PK serving succulent passed apps. Want more Mega? Join Supercast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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About the Hosts
Holly Laurent
is the creator and cohost of MEGA, and co-host and producer of It's a Wonderful Lie (audiochuck).
Formerly, Holly was a featured contributor and writer on the nationally syndicated radio variety show Live From Here (NPR) and the Onion News Network. She is an alumnus of the Second City main stage in Chicago where she wrote and performed three critically acclaimed revues. She toured with the Second City national touring company and was a featured performer at the TBS Just For Laughs Festival in Montreal. Holly holds an M.A. in Interdisciplinary Arts from Columbia College and is a founding member of the longstanding improv group The Reckoning.
Her film and television credits include A.P. Bio (NBC), All Rise (CBS All Access), Tacoma FD (truTV), Drunk History (Comedy Central), Food: The Source of Life (Adult Swim), Key & Peele (Comedy Central), Barely Famous (VH1), Funny or Die: Exclusives and The Late Late Show with James Corden (CBS).
Holly’s film Brought to You by Satan, which she wrote and directed, premiered in festivals in 2020. Her writing has been featured in Defenestration Magazine and Mayday Magazine. Her essay, Villain, was Nominated for a 2021 Pushcart Prize.
Holly is represented by Brillstein Entertainment Partners.
Greg Hess
is a writer and performer in Los Angeles.
He is a founding member of critically acclaimed ensembles Cook County Social Club and the Improvised Shakespeare Company, and performs regularly at the Upright Citizen's Brigade and Largo at the Coronet.
Greg has developed original pilots for Showtime, Pop, Warner Bros., Adult Swim, and Comedy Central. His humor writing has been published in the New Yorker Shouts & Murmurs, and the American Bystander. He is a former writer and performer on the nationally syndicated public radio show Live From Here (APM).
Film/TV credits include: Yesterday (Dir. Danny Boyle), Playing House (USA), Adam Ruins Everything (Tru), Key & Peele (Comedy Central), Tacoma FD (Tru), LA to Vegas (Fox), and Food the Source of Life (Adult Swim) which he created.
He cohosts and produces It’s a Wonderful Lie which reached #1 on the iTunes Comedy charts.