Rachel and Griffin McElroy
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Small joys, lovingly overexamined.
Wonderful! follows Rachel McElroy and Griffin McElroy through relaxed, affectionate conversations about whatever has recently caught their attention. A game anthem, airport kindness, cheese-board anxiety, poetry craft, hockey mustaches, and family creative projects can all become worthy subjects.
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Wonderful! is a conversational comedy show about affection, attention, and the weird little objects that can brighten a week. Rachel McElroy and Griffin McElroy frame each episode around things they are currently enjoying, but the charm comes from how quickly a topic opens into memory, trivia, vulnerability, or a shared bit. The scale is intentionally small. Cheese boards matter. Airport bartenders matter. A game song matters. So does the uncomfortable crust of a baguette. Recent episodes show the range clearly: Mortal Kombat's music legacy, Dorian Lux's poetry advice, Ecco the Dolphin, curling curiosity, hockey trades, wardrobe staples, sustainability jokes, and the emotional lift of finishing creative work. The show can get nerdy, but it stays conversational. Griffin may bring notes on a song or a cultural reference, while Rachel keeps the exchange grounded with questions, reactions, and dry reality checks. Their married dynamic is central without becoming closed off; the audience gets the feeling of overhearing a long-running partnership that still delights in making each other laugh. The humor often starts as a fake premise, a mock-formal introduction, or a half-serious claim that gets gently corrected. Then the conversation swerves. A podcast setup becomes a joke about professionalism. A book announcement becomes a run of imagined book-club calls. A cheese preference turns into anxiety about becoming a new cheese person in public. The show is also comfortable being earnest. Travel disorientation, illness, creative fatigue, family pride, and gratitude for audience support all appear without heavy dramatics. The result is cozy, brisk, and specific rather than glossy. Sponsor reads and MaxFunDrive appeals are present in the recent run, sometimes occupying large portions of episodes, but the identity of the show remains the same: two familiar voices making room for delight where the week allows it. It is best for listeners who like casual comedy with callbacks, personal texture, pop-culture detours, and low-stakes enthusiasm treated as something worth protecting.
Made for: Best for fans of gentle conversational comedy, domestic banter, pop-culture tangents, and sincere appreciation of oddly specific pleasures. It especially fits listeners who enjoy warmth without polished self-importance.
What sets it apart: The show makes tiny subjects feel eventful without inflating them. Its strength is the mix of married shorthand, quick self-correction, silly premises, and genuine curiosity about everyday delights.
Welcome to Wonderful! It’s an enthusiast podcast by Griffin and Rachel McElroy in which they discuss Very Good Things, and the Things that Make Them Good. Got a Good Thing you’re excited about that you want them to talk about on the show? Shoot ‘em an email at [email protected].
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Rachel McElroy and Griffin McElroy find comedy in the peculiar details that turn casual interests into full-blown personal enthusiasms.
Rachel McElroy and Griffin McElroy turn personal enthusiasms into conversational comedy, letting a specific delight become the starting point for jokes, memories, and affectionate disagreement.
Like overhearing your funniest friends at dinner, only the topics are Mortal Kombat techno and intimidating baguettes.
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A focused, funny celebration of Techno Syndrome that keeps opening up in unexpected ways.
Rachel and Griffin spend the whole episode on the odd staying power of Techno Syndrome, and that narrow lane works in their favor. They move from Mortal Kombat tie-in to techno touchstone to the Scott Pilgrim version without losing the thread, and the back-and-forth has the…
A goofy, affectionate hang about podcast futures, the talent bit, and two hosts riffing comfortably together.
Wonderful opens with a joke about where podcasting goes next, drifting from audio to video and then, in the most ridiculous direction possible, to touch.
A warm, funny chat that turns cheese insecurity into a real running joke.
This episode opens with a Jack White song stuck in the hosts' heads and settles into a loose, funny chat about cheese, crackers, and the awkward business of feeling like a new cheese guy.
A warm, goofy winter ramble that moves from coat jokes into Christmas-movie chatter.
Rachel and Griffin keep the episode in a light, self-contained lane: coat jokes, winter chatter, and a long stretch of Christmas-movie talk. The best part is the quick bounce between them, especially when the banter slides from being "hot stuff" to The Spirit of Christmas,…
A sensory fall riff that stays funny, specific, and a little gross.
Rachel and Griffin keep this one warm and easy to follow. The smell of beefy chili, fall weather, pumpkins, Polaroids, Outkast, and party confidence all come through as small anchors, and the back-and-forth gives the episode a lived-in feel.
A small, funny episode that treats solar panels and guitar nerdery with equal affection.
Rachel and Griffin turn a solar panel install into a very them episode: part domestic update, part sustainability joke, and part affectionate gripe about drilling overhead.
Creative work, personal stories and affectionate interruptions.
Peter Sagal leads NPR's live news quiz, pairing celebrity guests with listener call-in games.
A stranger calls. Chris Gethard listens. Anything can surface.
Solar panels start the whole thing.
Rachel McElroy and Griffin McElroy open with their usual banter before Rachel spotlights Techno Syndrome, the Immortals track that became the Mortal Kombat theme song.
This episode features a promotional segment for the MaxFunDrive fundraising campaign, encouraging listeners to support the podcast through membership for access to bonus content.
The hosts discuss sustainability and eco-friendly practices while humorously referencing the video game Ecco the Dolphin during a MaxFun Drive promotion.
Rachel and Griffin open by joking about the future of podcasts, starting with audio and landing on touch.
This episode features a promotional segment for the 2026 MaxFunDrive, encouraging listeners to support the MaxFun network through membership for access to bonus content, followed by a brief introduction to the podcast Wonderful.
Griffin McElroy delivers a MaxFunDrive pledge drive message before the episode begins.
Cheese gets personal almost immediately.
Griffin McElroy delivers a MaxFunDrive pitch encouraging listeners to support the network and enjoy the episode.
Griffin and Rachel McElroy open their comedy podcast with a MaxFun drive pitch and humorous banter about being snubbed for the Grammys.
Griffin McElroy introduces the show and promotes the MaxFunDrive before discussing things they like.
Griffin McElroy introduces the show and promotes the Max Fun Drive, asking listeners to support the podcast.
Griffin McElroy introduces the show and promotes the MaxFunDrive, encouraging listener support for the network.
Griffin McElroy introduces the MaxFunDrive and then begins the show about things they like.
Griffin and Rachel McElroy humorously discuss things they like in this enthusiast podcast.
Griffin and Rachel McElroy introduce the show and discuss joining the 400 Club in a humorous, enthusiastic manner.
A podcast can be a coat.
Griffin and Rachel McElroy kick off a holiday-themed episode of Wonderful with a MaxFun drive announcement and playful banter about decorating their home with holiday spirit.
Griffin McElroy introduces the show and promotes the MaxFunDrive membership drive with a humorous, hoarse voice.
Griffin McElroy introduces the show and promotes the MaxFunDrive membership drive with a humorous tone.
Griffin and Rachel McElroy discuss things they like in a humorous, lighthearted manner, starting with a MaxFun drive announcement and banter about Carly Rae Jepsen.
Griffin and Rachel McElroy introduce their podcast Wonderful!
Griffin McElroy introduces the MaxFunDrive, encouraging listeners to support the show through membership for bonus content.
Griffin and Rachel McElroy introduce their podcast Wonderful!
Griffin McElroy introduces the MaxFunDrive and then transitions into a casual, humorous conversation with his wife about a minor knee injury.
Griffin McElroy introduces the MaxFunDrive and jokes about his hoarse voice before the show begins.
Wonderful!
Griffin McElroy introduces a MaxFunDrive pledge drive, encouraging listeners to support the network and the show.
This episode begins with a fundraising appeal for the MaxFunDrive, encouraging listeners to support the artist-owned, audience-supported network through membership for bonus content.
This episode is a promotional segment for the 2026 MaxFunDrive, encouraging listeners to support the MaxFun network and its shows through membership.
This is a promotional message from Griffin McElroy during the 2026 MaxFunDrive, encouraging listeners to support the MaxFun network and its shows through membership for access to bonus content.
This episode features a promotional segment for the 2026 MaxFunDrive, encouraging listeners to support the artist-owned, audience-supported network through membership for access to bonus content.
Griffin and Rachel McElroy discuss things they like and find good in a casual, enthusiastic conversation.