Benmont Tench is a great piano player, composer, producer, and exquisite gentleman. He joins Jeff in the Earwolf studio to talk about honoring Bob Dylan, touring with Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers, getting transported and offended by music, and his favorite piano players.

Bill Burr has an amazing comedic mind and is one of the best stand-ups around. Bill Jeff chat about performing with Robin Williams, the hilarious YouTube experience, the time Bill had to look up the word gazebo in the dictionary, and witnessing a stripper quite onstage.

Adam Resnick is one of the great comedic minds of our time. Adam has written for Late Night with David Letterman as well as co-created Get A Life with Chris Elliot. Adam has had a very interesting life which he has written about in his book Will Not Attend: Lively Stories of Detachment and Isolation. Adam joins Jeff to chat about some of those moments in his book which include why a childhood crush never spoke to him ever again and finding a razor blade in a milk shake from a restaurant that shall not be named. Plus, Bob Odenkirk arrives to read passages from Adam’s laugh out loud book.

Jon Favreau is a wonderful director, actor, writer, and one of Jeff's longtime pals. Jon Jeff chat about Dinner for Five, the old Second City days, the idea of being present as one of the themes in the film Chef, Jon's upcoming film Jungle Book, Jeff’s obsession with the product placement in Ironman, and how Bill Murray is very aware that he is Billy Murray to everyone around him.This episode is brought to you by Mailchimp .

Stephen Merchant is a handsome man, a funny man, and a smart man. Stephen Jeff chat about Stephen's hotel fantasy inspired by James Bond, a period of films in the 80s that feel like they were made by aliens, learning about dogging through a text Stephen received once, and the time Stephen tried to make a America's Funniest Home video with his friends as a kid.

Andrew Bird is a wonderful musician and a phenomenal human being. Andrew Jeff chat about the early days of touring in a van, the extensive Andrew Bird Street Team, the times where Andrew was isolated from the public on his farm, his love of comedians, what he would get out of a trip to a lotion shop, and the process of writing of a song.

Michael Sheen is a raconteur, a brilliant actor, and an adorable person with a true sense of wonder. Michael Jeff chat about the best concert ever, how the Universal Studios studio tour is connected to the perfect Columbo episode, Frasier, one of Michael's greatest moments in his life, and one of the most difficult scenes Michael shot for Masters of Sex.

Welcome back to By The Way, In Conversation with Jeff Garlin. Jenji Kohan, creator and writer of Orange Is the New Black is a very talented risk taker. Jenji Jeff chat about how success makes you more of what you are, crossing paths on Mad About You,   the Electric Slide, the one time Jenji tried one of the gifts she received while working on Weeds, and the belief of happiness as a goal.

Jeff could not believe that Amy Poehler existed the first time they met. Amy explains why the podcast is like the new student film, shares some of the cool questions her children ask her, and tells us what kind of advice the older version of herself would give her present self. It’s a delightful conversation filled with talk of writing, bar mitzvahs, and public nudity.

Wilco frontman Jeff Tweedy is the inspiration behind Garlin’s venture into recording these candid conversations. The two Jeffs bond over their love of naps, the joy they get from hating things, and both having moments where their success could mean nothing to their high school peers. We also hear about Tweedy’s pure enjoyment of a certain reality TV show, the best display of anger he’s seen towards him onstage, and the nicest thing a stranger has said about his guitar playing. (Photos by: Lincoln Andrew DeFer )