Podcasts like The Fogelnest Files

Benjamin Jacob Fogelnest (born March 14, 1979), better known as Jake Fogelnest, is an American writer, comedian, former radio personality, and American satirist.

Fogelnest started a television show, Squirt TV, from his New York City bedroom when he was 14 years old. Squirt TV made its debut in January 1994 on Manhattan public-access television cable TV. The show, which Fogelnest wrote, produced, and directed, featured his opinions on music, film and television. The one-man show quickly became a cult success in Manhattan, attracting with its quirky style, sense of humor and edgy commentary a fan base of night owls, including Beastie Boys, Janeane Garofalo, and Eric Bogosian.

Squirt TV soon moved from public-access television to MTV (a trajectory that echoed the movie Wayne's World, released in 1992). Still recorded from Fogelnest's bedroom, the show featured more celebrity guests, including Adam Sandler, Beck, and The Kids in the Hall—some of whom had appeared on Squirt TV in its original public-access television incarnation.