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Breaking Bread with Tom Papa

Comedian Tom Papa mixes comedy and carbs for hilarious and revealing conversations with a wide range of talented guests. Served fresh weekly.

Website ↗ Last published 3 November 2026 448 posts collected by Sputnik

Said on Breaking Bread with Tom Papa

“The City of Dallas contract just for pharmacy was 1,333 pages. There's no human on the planet that can go. And so what these big companies do is they do contractual terrorism where they know they can slide things through that you're never going to see… So what I'm doing, I'm going to these companies and I'm saying, either me or you, let's run the contract through AI because AI will catch every detail.” — Mark Cuban, Breaking Bread with Tom Papa
Mark Cuban · 27 Oct 2026 Listen →
“What we do, to me, at least in our minds, is the equivalent of a runner actually winning a medal, but then being like, am I fast though? I know everybody was cheering, and I know I came in first, but am I really fast? And maybe I was only fast because that other guy wasn't in the race.” — Josh Johnson, Breaking Bread with Tom Papa
Josh Johnson · 20 Oct 2026 Listen →
“Sam Altman and them have already said it, that the only thing that they really want the AI to do, and why they want you to use it so much, is that they would like to outsource intelligence. They'd like to put your general instincts on a subscription service. And even if you don't have the stance of, it's poisoning the water, it's bad for the environment, even if none of that stuff concerns you, I still think it is redundant on the instincts that you already have.” — Josh Johnson, Breaking Bread with Tom Papa
Josh Johnson · 20 Oct 2026 Listen →
“Sitting down to write a script by myself after 25 years in a room full of comedy writers, I realized those comedy writers were in my head. They were still with me. … And they would say things to me like, that's not funny. What are you fucking kidding me? That's just glib.” — Chuck Lorre, Breaking Bread with Tom Papa
Chuck Lorre · 13 Oct 2026 Listen →
“The audience has to care about a character in a comedy in order to laugh. If you don't care about these individuals, in their relationships, there's no joke in the world that's going to save the show.” — Chuck Lorre, Breaking Bread with Tom Papa
Chuck Lorre · 13 Oct 2026 Listen →
“I'd save that one from being killed by the censor by giving up the ones that were Trojan horses. … We understood entirely this joke is never going to see the light of day. It's never going to be on American television. But if we put it in the script, they'll be so relieved we cut it that they'll give us the one we actually want.” — Chuck Lorre, Breaking Bread with Tom Papa
Chuck Lorre · 13 Oct 2026 Listen →
“You don't do clown to make money. It's really hard. We always joke, like every pile of money I get, it gets thrown into the incinerator to keep the train going. And we are always laying the tracks as the train is barreling down the road. … I'm kind of addicted to not making money.” — Zach Zucker, Breaking Bread with Tom Papa
Zach Zucker · 8 Oct 2026 Listen →
“My girlfriend was visiting recently and she was hearing my mom and my aunt talk to each other. They're just cutting cucumbers and they're screaming. And she's like, are they mad at each other? And my mom's like, no, I was just telling her that she was cutting the cucumbers too thin. It's like, okay, so you are mad.” — Milan Patel, Breaking Bread with Tom Papa
Milan Patel · 1 Oct 2026 Listen →
“I don't think people, when they're in a room, they think about that another person will have to do anything in that room ever again. … Like that room doesn't exist after you leave.” — Milan Patel, Breaking Bread with Tom Papa
Milan Patel · 1 Oct 2026 Listen →
“And go to introduce her to new countries and cities and cultures. But tour is not that. Tour is dark alleys and dirty toilets.” — Azniv Korkejian, Breaking Bread with Tom Papa
Azniv Korkejian · 24 Sep 2026 Listen →

Hosts

Breaking Bread with Tom Papa is hosted by Tom Papa .

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Guests

Kira Soltanovich (12 episodes), Sam Morril (5 episodes), Dave Hill (4 episodes), Jo Koy (4 episodes), Ronny Chieng (3 episodes), Joey Diaz (3 episodes), Leanne Morgan (3 episodes), Jim Gaffigan (3 episodes), Noah Galuten (3 episodes), Rachel Feinstein (3 episodes), Judd Apatow (3 episodes), Paul Morrissey (3 episodes), and 253 more.