Fast friends, loud riffs, real media chaos.
The Kinda Funny Podcast runs on friendly interruption, pop-culture detours, and jokes that grow out of tiny everyday problems. Its panel bounces from Nintendo shopping and streaming logistics to AI anxiety, space bathrooms, San Francisco parades, and old industry memories.
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The Kinda Funny Podcast is a comedy talk show with the shape of a weekly group hangout and the velocity of a live chat that found microphones. Its center of gravity is the table: Greg Miller, Nick Scarpino, and a rotating set of familiar voices bouncing through games, movies, internet platforms, community calls, and their own lives. The show rarely walks straight at a subject. It starts with something small, then lets the room pile on. A discussion about sending people to space becomes a debate about astronaut bathrooms, camping, and the first practical question anyone should ask before leaving Earth. A trip to the Nintendo Store turns into baby clothes, Mario outfits, San Francisco cold, and the strange seriousness of keeping a child warm. It is silly in a very specific way. The jokes come from interruption, escalation, quick correction, and the confidence that everyone at the table knows the shared references well enough to mangle them out loud. Pop culture is everywhere: Stranger Things, Air Bud, Wonder Man, Lego Batman, Super Meat Boy, retro streams, and whatever game or movie schedule is currently shaping the week. The business side is part of the texture too. Episodes openly talk through Patreon tiers, YouTube memberships, live-stream archives, algorithm problems, sponsor reads, and what it means to keep an 11-person small business running. That transparency keeps the show from feeling like polished banter sealed off from reality. It also gives the community a visible role, especially in happy hour call-ins and feedback episodes about what Kinda Funny should change. The show can turn sincere without making a big production of it. A heavy conversation about the U.S., AI, death, and whether anything is getting better still sounds like the same room, just with more weight in the air. Then the next beat may be a game stream, a joke, or a practical reminder about where to watch the archive. The tone is irreverent but warm. The pace is crowded but inviting for listeners who enjoy keeping up. Its best moments feel less like segments than collisions: games criticism, internet comedy, personal stories, and media-shop logistics all crashing into one another until a real point or a better joke shakes loose.
Made for: Best for listeners who already enjoy games, movies, internet culture, and conversational comedy that moves quickly. It also suits fans who like hearing the backstage realities of an independent media crew alongside the jokes.
What sets it apart: The show stands out by making its digressions, community business, and live-show mechanics part of the entertainment instead of hiding them. It is both a pop-culture hangout and an ongoing record of how Kinda Funny runs itself in public.
Every week 4 best friends Greg “GameOverGreggy” Miller, Tim Gettys, Nick Scarpino, and Andy Cortez hang out to discuss popular culture, the internet, social issues, movies, comic books, video games, and their lives with you and our super cool guests.
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
It turns pop culture, workplace lore and ordinary grievances into conversational comedy through a crew skilled at escalating small details.
The Kinda Funny Podcast lets ordinary conversation keep mutating until a sweater purchase, baby clothes or a trip to the bathroom in space becomes a full comic argument.
A Nintendo baby-clothes haul becomes the friendship spiral you wish your group chat could sustain.
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Astronaut bathroom fears become a warm, messy panel riff on camping, recycled pee, and Snowbike Mike's war-game detour.
Nick Scarpino, Joey Noel, Snowbike Mike, and the panel take astronaut life in a pleasingly undignified direction, turning space travel into a practical anxiety spiral about bathrooms, recycled pee, and the parts of survival no one romanticizes.
A loose hangout that turns YouTube housekeeping into a real conversation.
Kinda Funny opens in a loose, familiar rhythm, with Greg Miller, Roger Picorni, and producer Nick Scarpia joking through Family Matters references, the Urkel bit, and even an Air Bud detour.
Banter, AI unease, and an honest look at where things are headed.
The episode starts with office chatter and energy drink jokes before sliding into Grok, AI trust, and the uneasy pace of the future. The panel keeps it grounded.
IGN office lore gets a lively group rehash, with remote work and old studio memories doing most of the work.
Greg Miller and the panel spend most of their time circling back to how much office space shaped IGN's day-to-day life, moving from the San Francisco setup near Candlestick to Brisbane and then downtown, with remote work lingering in the background.
Nintendo baby clothes steer a loose hangout into a committed Mario-camo bit, then on to Super Battle Golf.
The Kinda Funny Podcast lands on the domestic absurdity of Nintendo baby clothes and lets that small subject do real comic work. What starts with Wonder Man recommendations and a Disney login grudge drifts into Mario onesies, hats, hoodies, and pants, where practical talk about…
A bathroom question gives this space-minded panel its funniest and most grounded orbit.
The Kinda Funny Podcast turns a space conversation into something much more earthbound, sending Nick Scarpino, Joey Noel, Snowbike Mike, and guest Stephen Cole Bear into the practical problem of where everyone poops.
A cotton sweater, a beloved Superman sweatshirt, and a Netflix plan turn everyday fussing into an easy comic ramble.
A London-bought cotton sweater pulls Greg Miller and Nick Scarpino into an easy, very specific back-and-forth about drying instructions, dry cleaning, and why one worn Superman sweatshirt still matters.
Tiny discomforts, argued until they crack.
Christmas in April gets the room spinning right away.
Greg Miller, Nick Scarpino, and guest Parris Lilly open with casual banter about clothing and past missed appearances.
Artemis 2 gives The Kinda Funny Podcast its center of gravity, with Nick Scarpino treating the NASA flyby as the rare news item that cut through his doomscrolling.
Greg Miller opens with Roger Picorni and Nick Scarpia and immediately starts a character bit.
Greg opens the show with Blessing, Nick, and Joey in a loose burst of banter.
This episode is a live March happy hour show where the hosts discuss gaming content, promote Patreon tiers for exclusive access, and interact with the community.
The hosts discuss St.
The hosts discuss Stranger Things, specifically wondering what happened to Dustin's girlfriend Susie Bingham and reminiscing about a standout musical scene from the show.
Gregway opens with a Blaster Goblin question about what has changed in game criticism.
The hosts open with a gripe about a Wonder Man recommendation and a Disney access snag.
The hosts discuss and review the P Diddy documentary produced by 50 Cent, highlighting its shocking content and behind-the-scenes footage.
The hosts discuss their experiences and observations from Comic-Con, including a humorous misunderstanding about Dexter's presence at the event.
This episode of the Kinda Funny Podcast features hosts Greg Miller and Nick Scarpino engaging in humorous banter and teasing upcoming content, including a segment on sex education.
The hosts share a humorous story about a friend buying a cactus as a belated birthday gift to annoy the recipient, leading to awkward situations including on a date.