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Two former Late Show with Stephen Colbert<\/a> writers have found their next thing. But also, apparently, several other things.<\/p>\n Michael Cruz Kayne<\/a> and Asher Perlman<\/a>\u2014the Colbert vets behind But Also, a new podcast whose title doubles as its organizing principle\u2014are keeping their creative partnership going after The Late Show.<\/p>\n \u201cWhen we learned The Late Show was ending, we immediately started thinking of a way to continue collaborating and talking through culture and politics with each other AND also have a great excuse to keep hanging out,\u201d Kayne and Perlman wrote in an Instagram post<\/a> announcing the show.<\/p>\n The show\u2019s first episode makes good on that promise, with Katie Nolan, the Emmy-winning sports commentator and comedian, joining the duo for a conversation that wanders from vaginal microbiomes to Macklemore, Zohran Mamdani, Trump nicknames, the Knicks, the Nets, Jeopardy!, and My Cousin Vinny.<\/p>\n What it does not appear to include\u2014at least in episode one\u2014is any direct talk about The Late Show itself. But the new project is clearly an extension of the working relationship Kayne and Perlman built there.<\/p>\n Both hosts will be familiar to regular Colbert viewers. Perlman was the star of Colbert\u2019s recurring \u201cProve It\u201d segment<\/a>, which chronicled his spectacularly ill-advised 2025 New Year\u2019s resolution to recreate Ja Morant\u2019s double-pump, two-handed reverse dunk, while Kayne most recently popped up during the show\u2019s final-week \u201cWorst of The Late Show\u201d special<\/a>, joining Colbert and Paul Shaffer<\/a> for his long-rejected parody of Shaffer\u2019s own Weather Girls classic, \u201cIt\u2019s Raining Men.\u201d<\/p>\n The podcast is the latest stop in the pair\u2019s post-Late Show reinvention tour. Kayne and Perlman are also continuing their live UCB show, Michael and Asher Try Everything, which they began performing on a nearly monthly basis in late 2025. Their next show<\/a> is set for Saturday, June 20.<\/p>\n Watch the debut episode of But Also with Michael and Asher below, or listen to it on Spotify<\/a> or Apple Podcasts<\/a>.<\/p>\n \t\t\t![\"YouTube](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1781069052_351_maxresdefault.jpg\"\/)
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