Doughboys (podcast)

Doughboys
Doughboys cover art
Presentation
Hosted by
Genre
  • Comedy
  • Food
LanguageEnglish
UpdatesWeekly
Length90–160 minutes
Production
Production
  • Emma Erdbrink
  • Amelia Marino
  • Robert Persinger (former)
  • Yusong Liu (former)
Theme music composed byMichael Daniel Cassady[1]
Audio formatMP3
No. of episodes435 (as of March 1, 2024)
Publication
Original releaseMay 20, 2015 (2015-05-20)
Provider
Related
Websiteheadgum.com/doughboys

Doughboys is an audio podcast hosted by Mike Mitchell and Nick Wiger focused on reviewing chain restaurants, including fast food restaurants, fast casual restaurants, and sit-down restaurants.[2] The podcast started in May 2015, and began offering bonus episodes for Patreon supporters in March 2017 under the name Doughboys Double.[3] The theme music for both Doughboys and Doughboys Double were composed and produced by Michael Cassady. Doughboys joined the Headgum network in April 2018, after having previously been members of the Feral Audio network until its disbandment.[4]

The podcast episodes feature a weekly guest, including notable people from the comedy world such as Scott Aukerman, Gillian Jacobs, Sarah Silverman, Ike Barinholtz, Kyle Mooney, Beck Bennett, Matt Besser, Rob Lowe, Matt Kowalick, Haley Joel Osment, Samoa Joe, Heather Anne Campbell, Lauren Lapkus, Bill Oakley, Paul Scheer, Jason Mantzoukas, John Hodgman, Paul F. Tompkins, Jesse Farrar, Chris Pratt, Kumail Nanjiani, Stephanie Beatriz, and D'Arcy Carden. Mitchell and Wiger have also performed live shows across the United States and in Canada.[5][6]

As of March 2023, Doughboys is the 22nd most popular podcast on Patreon and the 56th most popular Patreon page overall, with over 14,900 subscribers.[7]

  1. ^ Malin, Sean (July 31, 2019). "Want to Try Doughboys? Start Here". Vulture. Retrieved February 25, 2022.
  2. ^ "Doughboys with Mike Mitchell and Nick Wiger". Headgum. Retrieved January 20, 2022.
  3. ^ "Doughboys". Patreon. Retrieved January 20, 2022.
  4. ^ Headgum [@headgum] (April 5, 2018). "🥄EXCITING NEWS🥄 We're thrilled to welcome the @doughboyspod to the HeadGum family! Check out the show at http://headgum.com/doughboys or wherever you listen to podcasts!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  5. ^ Reinhart, Brian (December 8, 2017). "America's Funniest Food Critics Visit Dallas and Learn to Love Whataburger". Dallas Observer. Retrieved February 24, 2022. [T]he Doughboys just wrapped up their first national tour [...].
  6. ^ Selected official tweets regarding tour stops:
  7. ^ "Doughboys". Graphtreon. Retrieved March 1, 2024.