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[Contains explicit content] Comedian Kurt Braunohler (IFC's Bunk, Audible's Wedlock) once found enlightenment in the oddest of places: an Apple store bathroom. There, the seeds of inspiration were planted in his mind and he decided to take an unconventional break from his (then) long-term relationship. Eugene Mirman sat Kurt down to hear how that unusual plant went and to ask a few burning questions.

[Contains explicit content] An appreciation for quality tunes is not something anyone is born with; babies have poor taste in music. No, the love of great bands like Led Zeppelin is developed and discovered as one grows into adulthood. Comedian John Mulaney (Oh, Hello on Broadway, Saturday Night Live, The Comeback Kid on Netflix) tells a story about finding music and learning hard truths, as he takes Eugene Mirman back to a pivotal summer of his youth.

Jim Gaffigan is a very successful comedian and that means he gets to perform in interesting places for interesting people. On this extra special episode of Hold On, host Eugene Mirman brings Jim into the studio to tell a live story on the spot. The story in question? The time Jim did stand-up comedy as an opening act for Pope Francis in Philadelphia, at an event attended by hundreds of thousands of people.

[Contains explicit content] Mike Lawrence is an excellent comedic competitor on shows like @Midnight and Roast Battle, but his adversaries on those shows might set their sights on his pre-comedy pursuits for japes and jabs if only they knew...in high school he was big into slam poetry. Thankfully, Eugene Mirman is a friendly fellow who's curiosity trumps any temptation to mock. Mike shared his story of coming up through the slam poetry open mic scene in Florida in a story for RISK!

[Contains explicit content] “Queen of Mean” Lisa Lampanelli has an innate ability to put people in their place with her barbed wit, but behind that sharp comedic talent there’s a lot of heart. You can hear some of that heart – and some of those barbs – in Lisa’s story about a wonderful, memorable man she dated and the health concern that drove her away. Where do comedians go when they want to answer questions about stories they’ve told? They come right here, to Hold On.

[Contains explicit content] Storytelling can bring together people from many different cultures and, at the Just for Laughs Festival in Montreal, it brought together Eugene Mirman and Gad Elmaleh for a special live recording of Hold On. Montreal was a fitting place to hear the tale of Gad's transition from the French tradition of live comedy to a more casual North American stand-up style. It's also fitting that Eugene was on hand to casually interject with thoughtful and funny questions.

[Contains explicit content] A Tantric "shaman" teaches Kurt and Lauren a new trick for the bedroom and they talk to a furry about different ways to ask for what you want.

[Contains explicit content] With a baby on the way, Kurt and Lauren get parenting advice from comedian Jim Gaffigan, his wife Jeannie, a group of five year olds and a dog psychic.

[Contains explicit content] Kurt and Lauren learn how to resolve domestic disputes from a hostage negotiator and comedian Kyle Kinane drops by for a session of "fight therapy."

[Contains explicit content] Kurt and Lauren talk to a world-famous "camgirl" about cheating and some "close relatives" give them lessons in fidelity.

Comedian Kurt Braunohler and his actress-writer-comedian wife Lauren Cook explore the sexy, serious and very silly sides of human commitment. Their adventures lead them to conversations with a hostage negotiator and a webcam girl, as well as a visit to a clothing-optional resort.

[Contains explicit content] Kurt and Lauren share the biggest personal crisis they have faced as a couple and then take a trip to Ohio to face a more physical challenge.

Mike Daisey is a fierce storyteller, one minute hilarious, the next minute sweet, with a fine-tuned ear for digression. He circles in on his uneasy subject matter, closer and closer, until he exposes the raw heart. The New York Times calls him "the master storyteller" and he has been compared to Garrison Keillor, Spalding Gray, and David Sedaris.

Bloomsday on Broadway celebrates June 16, 1904, the most famous fictional date in literature, when Leopold Bloom walked around Dublin in the pages of James Joyce's Ulysses. Since 1981, hundreds of acclaimed actors have joined avid Joyceans, writers, critics, and scholars on stage at Symphony Space to read selections from the book that heralded the birth of modern literature.

Mike Daisey is a fierce storyteller, one minute hilarious, the next minute sweet, with a fine-tuned ear for digression. He circles in on his uneasy subject matter, closer and closer, until he exposes the raw heart. The New York Times calls him "the master storyteller" and he has been compared to Garrison Keillor, Spalding Gray, and David Sedaris.

Judy Toll calculates that she's gained and lost over 400 pounds. This is her story.

An inspirational comedy set by Beth Lapides about Dr. Emoto, beach bodies, and getting evicted - from Los Angeles and the Piscean Age!

John Riggi dishes out a heaping portion of truly funny stories about the Weight Watchers meetings he attends.

A deeply funny story by Julie Rottenberg about her genes.

Two deeply funny stories by Peter Mehlman. One is an epistle to Albert Einstein, and the other is about trying to have an opinion about our confusing world.