A shaggy comic hang that gradually turns into a real conversation with Greg Brown.
The Dunk Tank leans into comic cross-talk, with baby-class jokes, stand-up money talk, and hosts who keep needling one another instead of settling down.
The Dunk Tank with Brian Dunkleman and Chet Wild
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Comedian Brian Dunkleman gets his second wind when fellow-comic and co-host Chet Wild moves to LA. And they have guests. Follow on twitter: @DunkTankPodcast
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Based on 4 episodes we listened to · September 2026
The Dunk Tank makes comedian interviews candid by treating career setbacks, parenthood and club life as material for shared jokes and honest comparison.
Brian Dunkleman and Chet Wild turn comedian interviews into loose, personal conversations about how a comic life actually works. Their own auditions, improv classes, stand-up competitions, money worries and parenting stories become prompts for guests to compare notes.
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Brian celebrates an audition he didn't book; you know the small-win math.
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- Brian and Chet to treat an improv class graduation like a career milestone, with plenty of teasing
- comics to talk honestly about what parenting does to club time, sleep, and freedom
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Best episodes of The Dunk Tank with Brian Dunkleman and Chet Wild
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A loose comic hang built around Brian's audition, Chet's competition run, and Al DelBene's parenting talk.
The episode moves in a comfortable lane between career update and comic hangout: Brian's first TV audition of 2013, Chet's San Francisco Comedy Competition win, and Al DelBene's working-comic view keep the conversation grounded.
A loose comic hang that keeps sincerity one step from the punchline.
Ryan Singer lands in a loose, profane conversation that drifts from dunk-tank nonsense into comedy, perseverance, spiritual growth, and a very specific case for not masturbating for two months.
Loose banter, a tense birth story, and a guest who turns the ending into the main event.
Chet's improv-class graduation gives the episode its starting point, but The Dunk Tank mostly earns its appeal through the easy back-and-forth between buddy banter, guest conversation, and parenting talk, with Kira Soltanovich folding into that rhythm fast.
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Episodes
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Episode 36 - Adam Tod Brown
Adam Tod Brown turned a 2007 Cracked submission into a writing career after pitching unnecessary greatest-hits albums.
Jun 12, 2014·1h 9m·2 clips - 2
Episode 35 - Mark Agee
Hidden gemMark Agee recounts starting comedy at the Addison Improv on September 12, 2001, one day after the September 11 attacks.
May 28, 2014·1h 12m·2 clips - 3
Episode 34 - Justin Foster
May 16, 2014·1h 10m - 4
Episode 33 - Erikka Innes
May 6, 2014·1h 10m - 5
Episode 32 - Josh Mattingly
Apr 29, 2014·1h 12m - 6
Episode 31 - Back From Hiatus: Just Dunkleman and Chet, Part Deux!
Apr 22, 2014·1h 23m - 7
Episode 30 - Just Dunkleman and Chet
Nov 16, 2013·1h 4m - 8
Episode 029 - Rick Matthews and Shaun Murphy
Nov 4, 2013·1h 10m - 9
Episode 028 - Dave Waite
Oct 20, 2013·1h 12m - 10
Episode 027 - Greg Brown
Hidden gemBrian Dunkleman opens with a bizarre Baby Jimboree story about a nine-month-old Asian girl, a teacher, and baby soccer.
Oct 13, 2013·59m·3 clips - 11
Episode 026 - Al Del Bene
Hidden gemBrian opens with a small win.
Sep 18, 2013·1h 7m·3 clips - 12
Episode 025 - Brian Baldinger
Sep 9, 2013·50m - 13
Episode 024 - Mick Betancourt
Aug 18, 2013·1h 12m - 14
Episode 023 - Flip Schultz
Aug 12, 2013·1h 3m - 15
Episode 022 - Bob Zany
Aug 5, 2013·1h 2m - 16
Episode 021 - Frazer Smith
Jul 29, 2013·59m - 17
Episode 020 - Charlie Gerencer
Jul 16, 2013·1h 21m - 18
Episode 019 - Who Needs A Guest Anyway?
Jul 8, 2013·59m - 19
Episode 018 - Avi Liberman
Jul 1, 2013·1h 31m - 20
Episode 017 - John Gammon
Jun 17, 2013·1h 10m - 21
Episode 016 - David "Nuzzy" Nussbaum
Jun 10, 2013·1h 10m - 22
Episode 015 - Ryan Singer
Hidden gemBrian Dunkelman and Chet open with more personal growth and a ridiculous dunk-tank business pitch.
Jun 3, 2013·1h 26m·5 clips - 23
Episode 014 - Dennis Haskins
May 27, 2013·1h 1m - 24
Episode 013 - Kira Soltanovich
Hidden gemChet comes off his first improv-class graduation and Brian immediately turns it into a roast.
May 22, 2013·1h 14m·4 clips - 25
Episode 012 - Billy Riback
May 13, 2013·1h 8m - 26
Episode 011 - Darren Carter
May 6, 2013·1h 10m - 27
Episode 010 - Henry Phillips
Apr 29, 2013·1h 20m - 28
Episode 009 - Comedian Shang
Apr 22, 2013·1h 31m - 29
Episode 008 - Shelby & Tieg
Apr 17, 2013·1h 5m - 30
Episode 005 - Rick Overton
Apr 1, 2013·58m - 31
Episode 001 - Jimmy Shubert
Mar 12, 2013·1h 6m