The Champs (podcast)
The Champs was a comedy podcast hosted by Neal Brennan, Moshe Kasher, and until 2013 DJ Douggpound. It is part of the All Things Comedy podcast network.
Kasher said the following of the podcast in a 2011 interview with SanDiego.com: "It’s Doug dropping sound effects and beats over me and Neal kind of hosting an hour of ridiculous chat. We have a rotating black guy guest, there’s a different black guest every week." Guests of the show have included actor/comedians Wayne Brady and David Alan Grier, as well as musician Questlove, adult film star Lexington Steele and professional basketball player Blake Griffin. The show has strayed from its guest format on occasion with guests such as comedian and actor Bobby Lee, former pornographic actress Sasha Grey, former Major League Baseball player Jose Canseco and actor Aziz Ansari. In 2014 The Champs was named "Best Podcast" as part of LA Weekly "Best of L.A." issue.
The podcast ended on February 28th, 2016 due to the difficulties of finding and scheduling guests in a timely manner. It is believed that strife occurred between podcast host’s Neal Brennan and Moshe Kasher in that the level of talent procured for said podcast must be maintained opposed to Kashers’ belief that they were capable of extracting guests below their bottom line. Questlove was the show's final guest.
