The Neurotic Vaccine with Andy Cowan and (AI) Dr. Scott Kopoian
The Neurotic Vaccine with Andy Cowan and (AI) Dr. Scott Kopoian

The Neurotic Vaccine with Andy Cowan and (AI) Dr. Scott Kopoian

Andy Cowan

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The Neurotic Vaccine: Comedy with a Point. What happens when a Seinfeld & Cheers writer is the last human in an AI world? 2025 Quill Award winner (Best Comedy Podcast) Andy Cowan writes & directs "audio albums" where meticulously scripted vignettes meet the illusion of spontaneity. Navigate the needling with AI Dr. K—cloned voice of his former co-host, a therapist—& AI guests. "Fascinating & cathartic...I'm in awe"—DiscoverPods. Earned laughter for a WGA-honored writer seeking immunity to neurosis. More "Comedy with a Point" at: www.andycowan.net / (author:) http://bit.ly/amazonbanging

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Imaginary Balls / The 2026 Premiere: Comedy with a Point
APR 3, 2026
Imaginary Balls / The 2026 Premiere: Comedy with a Point
What happens when a Seinfeld writer is the last human standing in a world of his own creation? Andy Cowan launches his most ambitious session yet—a 52-minute "audio album" where spontaneous-sounding dialogue meets cinematic, scripted vignettes. Navigate the madness alongside AI Dr. K—the cloned voice of an actual therapist and Andy’s former co-host—and a rotating cast of AI guests, all written for and directed by the patient himself. In this dense, multi-layered universe, Andy remains the sole human voice at the center of it all.Episode Highlights(00:00) Hitchin’ on the Highway of Life and missing missing(02:18) When you’re older than characters who were once older than you(05:05) Renoir meets his new "assistant," ChatGPT(06:38) George Costanza vs. The Artificial Replacements(10:05) The Shark Tank arm-fold of pride(11:34) AI Dr. K helps Andy to meet his Inner Child(13:54) The secret to making frozen dinners look appetizing(15:41) Why else would you fold your arms like that?(17:18) The only time Andy dreams of a "sure thing"(18:00) The news should report things with better odds than the Powerball(18:33) Powerball Fantasy: A symphonic soundscape(25:07) AI Guest Dating Coach reveals the key to finding your soulmate(35:09) Why I actually COULD care less: The "Gotcha" commercial break(38:55) Andy’s musical vent: "20th Century Man" (Original Tune)(41:04) TCM World Premiere: Imaginary Balls (The Audio Film) About the Creator: Created, written, directed, and performed by Andy Cowan (Seinfeld, Cheers, 3rd Rock from the Sun). This 2025 Quill Award winner for Best Comedy features AI Dr. K and a cast of AI guests in a meticulously produced "audio album" format.Andy is a Who’s Who in America Lifetime Achievement Award recipient and author of the memoir, Banging My Head Against the Wall: A Comedy Writer’s Guide to Seeing Stars (foreword by Jay Leno, http://bit.ly/amazonbanging), featured at The National Comedy Center. The Legacy Vault: The first phase of this series featured Andy and the real Dr. K in conversationwith guests Jay Leno, Cathy Guisewite, Kevin O’Leary, Marilu Henner, Elon Gold, FredStoller, Michael Smerconish, and the final joint interview of cultural icons Jerry Mathers and Tony Dow. These classic episodes remain available as the foundation for the show’s current AI-voiced evolution.More "Comedy with a Point":www.andycowan.net Andy Cowan Wikipedia: https://tinyurl.com/3j94hbd2 
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52 MIN
The Best Yet... Uh-Oh!
OCT 3, 2025
The Best Yet... Uh-Oh!
Author and former Seinfeld writer Andy Cowan, AI Dr. K, and their unreal supporting cast return with the most neurotically (and lovingly) crafted episode yet of the award-winning comedy/therapy podcast with album-like precision disguised as spontaneity. Hear when the “best” becomes a beast, meaningless congrats, how vanity makes the world literally look up, Andy’s family few on Family Feud, and more—plus a guest immunologist on rodents with anticipatory distress disorder! (0:52) Acceptance speech for that? (1:54) "Congratulations" (5:26) Looking up!(9:12) Google alert (10:35) Monotonous menus (11:59) Shark Tank nest egg diet app pitch (15:57) Burning not to go(24:24) Dr. Harold on why vaccinated rodents' ears perked up(29:46) Neurotica Theater: AI Dr. K’s acting challenge About the Creator: Created, written, directed, and performed by Andy Cowan (Seinfeld, Cheers, 3rd Rock from the Sun). This 2025 Quill Award winner for Best Comedy features AI Dr. K and a cast of AI guests in a meticulously produced "audio album" format.Andy is a Who’s Who in America Lifetime Achievement Award recipient and author of the memoir, Banging My Head Against the Wall: A Comedy Writer’s Guide to Seeing Stars (foreword by Jay Leno, http://bit.ly/amazonbanging), featured at The National Comedy Center. The Legacy Vault: The first phase of this series featured Andy and the real Dr. K in conversationwith guests Jay Leno, Cathy Guisewite, Kevin O’Leary, Marilu Henner, Elon Gold, FredStoller, Michael Smerconish, and the final joint interview of cultural icons Jerry Mathers and Tony Dow. These classic episodes remain available as the foundation for the show’s current AI-voiced evolution.More "Comedy with a Point":www.andycowan.net Andy Cowan Wikipedia: ⁠https://tinyurl.com/3j94hbd2⁠ 
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36 MIN
Masterpiece
APR 10, 2025
Masterpiece
It’s finally time to rejoin author and former Seinfeld writer Andy Cowan, along with AI Dr. K and their cast of unreal supporting players, in the mind-bending Season 4 premiere of a comedy/therapy podcast like no other. History's most iconic woman fuels Andy’s neurotic quest for distant past, present, and future redemption over an entire millennium.  A not-to-be-missed sweet 16th episode! (4:07) Andy's psychic wound (7:00) Bumble Renaissance (13:24) Dating app cajoling (14:03) Age fudging (16:19) In Memoriam: relationships that swipe-left us (19:13) The search to feel less shallow (22:23) In the year 2525, an audio hologramAbout the Creator: Created, written, directed, and performed by Andy Cowan (Seinfeld, Cheers, 3rd Rock from the Sun). This 2025 Quill Award winner for Best Comedy features AI Dr. K and a cast of AI guests in a meticulously produced "audio album" format.Andy is a Who’s Who in America Lifetime Achievement Award recipient and author of the memoir, Banging My Head Against the Wall: A Comedy Writer’s Guide to Seeing Stars (foreword by Jay Leno, http://bit.ly/amazonbanging), featured at The National Comedy Center. The Legacy Vault: The first phase of this series featured Andy and the real Dr. K in conversationwith guests Jay Leno, Cathy Guisewite, Kevin O’Leary, Marilu Henner, Elon Gold, FredStoller, Michael Smerconish, and the final joint interview of cultural icons Jerry Mathers and Tony Dow. These classic episodes remain available as the foundation for the show’s current AI-voiced evolution.More "Comedy with a Point":www.andycowan.net Andy Cowan Wikipedia: ⁠⁠https://tinyurl.com/3j94hbd2⁠⁠ 
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38 MIN
Will a Golden Bachelorette give Andy a rose?
JAN 8, 2025
Will a Golden Bachelorette give Andy a rose?
Join author and former Seinfeld writer Andy Cowan, along with AI Dr. K and their cast of unreal supporting players, as Andy laments waiting endlessly on the phone for a representative and off the phone for that big break. And discover why sports fans are blissfully unaware of their problems, the inside scoop on auditioning for CNN anchor, and “so much” more! Don't miss Andy's quest for love on an unreal The Golden Bachelorette that seems anything but! (1:11) On-hold horrors (6:10) So much "so much" (15:20) CNN anchor audition (20:44) Less than Golden Bachelorette date About the Creator: Created, written, directed, and performed by Andy Cowan (Seinfeld, Cheers, 3rd Rock from the Sun). This 2025 Quill Award winner for Best Comedy features AI Dr. K and a cast of AI guests in a meticulously produced "audio album" format.Andy is a Who’s Who in America Lifetime Achievement Award recipient and author of the memoir, Banging My Head Against the Wall: A Comedy Writer’s Guide to Seeing Stars (foreword by Jay Leno, http://bit.ly/amazonbanging), featured at The National Comedy Center. The Legacy Vault: The first phase of this series featured Andy and the real Dr. K in conversationwith guests Jay Leno, Cathy Guisewite, Kevin O’Leary, Marilu Henner, Elon Gold, FredStoller, Michael Smerconish, and the final joint interview of cultural icons Jerry Mathers and Tony Dow. These classic episodes remain available as the foundation for the show’s current AI-voiced evolution.More "Comedy with a Point":www.andycowan.net Andy Cowan Wikipedia: ⁠⁠https://tinyurl.com/3j94hbd2⁠⁠  
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27 MIN