Matt Gourley’s New Podcast | Conan O'Brien Needs A Friend

I like to support the people around me. WHY IS THAT THE BIGGEST laugh in a. while? I DO. GOD. to lift and elevate those around me. all my water. I like to punch down and bury. My only. joy, my only real joy is watching those. around me thrive. By the way, I'm I'm a. hostage right now. I'm being I'm being. held at gunpoint and being forced to. read this. No, I I I do. I'm happy, but then there. are limits.

There are limits, and Matt Gourley, a. very talented fellow, you know, works on. this podcast. You add so much to the. chitter-chatter, but then behind the. scenes you're constantly making all. these great edits and audio choices, and. you're putting it all together and. getting it out to the people of the. world. So, I do commend you for that, but then you have these other projects. And. I'm trying to think of the way to put. this. It enrages me.

that you would ever divert your eye from. this I mean, this is a golden egg. This. is a lightning in a bottle what we have. here. And yet every time I turn around, you say, "Well, I got to get going now. I'm going to go work on Gloop de Loop.". And I'm like, "What's that?" You're. like, "Oh, it's a it's a one of my 700. other podcasts that I do." You have one. called Mall Walking. Is that right? Yeah, that's a culturally significant. and important podcast where my friend. Mark and I just record ourselves walking. through America's malls. Mhm. And you've been manhandled during. that during those recordings, haven't.

you? Have you. Yes, Sona joined us once and we got. kicked out. Mhm. It's You make it sound like it was. we got kicked out cuz of me. No. You were You were. What did you shoplift? Just curious. How dare you? What did you? Well, one time when. How dare you? Have you shoplifted in the. past? No, we did reparations. Well, yeah, we went to a store that I. did shoplift from, and then we I. apologized. Oh, good. All right. That's uh. And we bought something from the store. to atone. Yeah. nice. Okay. Well, you method. Yeah. So So, you have these other You.

have and you have a lot of other. projects as well. It's true, and I look at those as. moonlighting. This is my day job. This. is you know, I'm I take this seriously. You do. I I mean I just worry that. even though they existed before this. podcast, but still. I know, but come on. This This pod You. know, you're a guy that's uh been. mucking around making little sculptures, and then you got a chance to work on I. mean, this is the Parthenon. It sits. upon. Zenith. You know, this is a massive structure.

that sits. uh on a high mesa in uh hill in Athens, and people look at it and marvel at its. beauty. corporate entity that's rotting America. from within. That's a. apt analogy. Yeah. Yeah. You say tomato, I say. tomato. But, the important thing uh is. that you do have these other podcasts, and even I have to admit, someone with a. Grinch shriveled heart like me, I have. to admit that you do have these other. ideas that sound cool, and you have. these other projects that that sound. like they're kind of interesting, and. you've got this new one that I heard.

about. uh Adam mentioned it to me in the hall. today, and I said, "Wait a minute. That. sounds like a really good idea. I'd. listen to that.". Oh. And I I wanted to bring it up on the. air. That's very nice of you. I mean, I will. say that. uh my podcasts are stupid. This one is. legit. Oh, this is erudite. It It is I'll tell you why. Because my. wife and I are doing it together, and. she adds a level of respectability that. I cannot bring. Well, okay. Let's talk about this. because the project that you're working. on uh is called Keys to the Kingdom. And.

what's interesting, this is about the. experience of working at a theme park. And then first of all, that's how you. met your wife, isn't that right? That's right. We're both recovering. theme park employees. She was a former. princess. She played a bunch of. princesses. I was just kind of a like. back to performer improv person there. And we met at Universal Studios that we. both worked at Disney together and. through the years we were beset some of. them ourselves through crazy stories of. that goes on there that you.

wouldn't believe and this whole podcast. is like a eight episode docu-series of. people telling stories about when they. worked there so essentially. You guys are the hosts and then. you're talking to a bunch of people you. know who have who are coming forward and. just telling you the funny crazy things. that happened to them while they were. working in theme parks. Yeah and some people we don't know and. some people actually that are going. under assumed names and having their. voices changed because they're either. worried about job security or past job. security they might not even work there.

and they still don't want to upset. certain theme parks so there's a lot of. like um. you know it's kind of a tongue-in-cheek. Watergate exposé. Oh. But. you know what I mean? Uh it's not. I thought the original Watergate exposé. was kind of tongue-in-cheek. We're treating it like we're like we're. busting the lid off something when in. fact we're just having a good time with. some stories that are really ridiculous. some stories that are kind of spooky and. then Sona was a guest as well and she. tells her story of getting busted by the.

Disney police for having trying to. smuggle in edibles to the park yeah. I did. They wiped the floor with that. story on this podcast. and also you don't even need to tell me. what it was cuz you could guess what. Sona got in trouble for it usually. revolves around a certain theme. but. Keys to the Kingdom and how do people. listen to Keys to the Kingdom? It's anywhere you can find podcasts and. it'll be out October 16th but you could. subscribe now there's. also eight behind the scenes bonus. episodes with extra material that you. can get in the show notes of the.

podcast. Well it sounds. like I said I would listen to this. because as someone who has been to every. time I go to a theme park my mind is. racing wondering what's really going on. here and there's no way to find out. because you can't just ask people, but. uh it sounds like you have. you've blown the lid off this story. It's a crazy creepy cult that we were a. part of for a long time and I'm happy to. be out of it.

Mhm. Yeah. Mhm. But also uh all respect to these major. companies. Oh god. And uh I look forward to doing business. with you in the future cuz I didn't just. say that. Well, anyway, uh look out for. it, Keys to the Kingdom, and uh I'm I'm. excited for you. Thank you. This is very nice of you to. do, too, by the. Well, this will never air. Okay. I'll just make sure it doesn't. not even being recorded. Yeah. No, no, no. Make sure this never. ever airs. I just want points for doing. it and then just make sure it never. really happens. Cool. That's the Conan formula.