The Adam Carolla Podcast
 |
|
| Hosted by |
Adam Carolla Bryan Bishop (sound effects) Gina Grad |
|---|---|
| Genre | Comedy |
| Language | English |
| Updates | Daily (weekdays) |
| Length | 1 hour, 30 minutes (approximate) |
| Production | Mike August |
| Original release | February 23, 2009 – present |
| Cited as |
2009 iTunes Podcast of the Year #1 Most Downloaded Podcast in The World |
| Provider | Carolla Digital |
| Website | adamcarolla.com |
2009 iTunes Podcast of the Year
The Adam Carolla Show (formerly The Adam Carolla Podcast) is a free podcast hosted by comedian and radio-television personality Adam Carolla. Its first episode went online on February 23, 2009. The show is the flagship program of Carolla Digital.
In May 2011, the show became the Guinness World Records holder for the most downloaded podcast after receiving 59,574,843 unique downloads from March 2009 to March 16, 2011, overtaking the previous record set by The Ricky Gervais Show, a podcast hosted by British comedian Ricky Gervais.
The first episode of the show, which was at the time titled The Adam Carolla Podcast, was released on Feb. 23, 2009 — just days after his terrestrial radio program on KLSX ended. The format of the podcast was different from that of the radio show on which it was based. The podcast, while released consistently each weekday, featured a minimal amount of production and was less structured. Episodes were generally a dialog between Carolla and one or more guests. While there were no regular co-hosts, regular guests from the radio show, including Drew Pinsky, Teresa Strasser, Dave Dameshek and Bryan Bishop, began making frequent appearances. Listener call-in was gradually added to the show and Carolla began using language that FCC restrictions prohibit on terrestrial radio.
In its first 24 hours of release, the premiere episode was downloaded over 250,000 times. As of the third episode, the show was the number one podcast on the iTunes Store in both the U.S. and Canada. During the debut week, the podcast recorded 1.6 million downloads. In the second week it recorded 2.4 million downloads. By the second week of the show, the fourth episode of the podcast featuring former radio show sidekick Dave Dameshek was downloaded over 500,000 times.
...
Wikipedia