Keith and The Girl, abbreviated as KATG, is a comedy podcast that began on March 7, 2005. It is hosted by Keith Malley and Chemda Khalili in Queens, New York. The hosts are known for interacting with their audience live via chat rooms, web cam and phone calls. In the show, Malley and Khalili discuss their lives and current events in humorous and unrestrained fashion. The show's tagline is "Keith and his ex-girlfriend talk shit".
Acceptance
In June 2008, the show had over 50,000 listeners and in excess of 1 million monthly downloads. It has also received multiple blogosphere podcast-specific awards. The show boasts over 40,000 website forum members.
Show features
Some of the regular features of Keith and The Girl include inviting guests to co-host shows; live shows ; and the self-explanatory, Strange News.
Guests
Hannibal Buress
Myq Kaplan
Marc Maron
Ted Alexandro
Christian Finnegan
Robert Kelly
Adam Conover
Mike Lawrence
Lucie Pohl
Victor Varnado
Ophira Eisenberg
Dan Soder
Ari Shaffir
Matteo Lane
Josh Gondelman
Kevin Allison
Costaki Economopoulos
Kambri Crews
Emma Willmann
Mara Wilson
Chris Gethard
Gilbert Gottfried
Laurie Kilmartin
Annie Lederman
Gary Gulman
Doug Stanhope
Jim Florentine
Tom Shillue
Dave Hill
Nikki Glaser
Judy Gold
Rachel Feinstein
Greg Behrendt
Eugene Mirman
Nate Bargatze
Ilana Glazer
Jermaine Fowler
Nore Davis
Bowen Yang
Jena Friedman
Mike Albo
Todd Barry
Jo Firestone
Phoebe Robinson
Joel Kim Booster
David Crabb
Sasheer Zamata
Tom Scharpling
Aparna Nancherla
Recurring themes
Some frequent general topics of the show include: "New York stories:" happenings in New York City ; "HUAR" : news and discussions of advancing robot technologies and their implications
Keith and The Girl TV & VIP
Keith and The Girl TV began in late November 2007. It is a branch off of the original format of an hour to an hour and a half of talk and is focused more on short 3–5 minute comedy skits that usually feature a topic or guest of the previous week's show or news. Topics have included internet phenomena such as 2 Girls 1 Cup and the Cinnamon Challenge, to the inner workings of the main KATG show. Like the show it was inspired by, KATG–TV frequently ranks within the top 5 on Podcast Alley. The show has since been merged into the main KATG feed and then further merged into the VIP paywall. In September 2011, Keith and The Girl launched KATG VIP, a paid subscription program that opened up episodes from the back catalog as well as brand new, exclusive forms of content.
Svenska Podradiopriset 2007 – Bästa Utländska Kanal
Blogger's Choice Awards 2007 – Best Podcast
Podcast Awards 2006 – Best Mature Podcast
Podcast Awards 2005 – Best Mature Podcast
Books
What Do We Do Now? Keith and The Girl’s Smart Answers To Your Stupid Relationship Questions is Keith and The Girl's relationship book, which was released on March 9, 2010. Malley self-published his autobiography, The Great American Novel, in November 2010. In 2014, Keith and The Girl released The Ultimate Podcasting Guide as a "how-to" for starting and succeeding in podcasting.
Keith Malley
Malley, in addition to the podcast, does stand-up comedy once a year. Malley appeared in the independent film, She's Crushed.