( EW.com ) -- Jeff Garlin is an actor , writer , director , stand-up comedian , and , of course , Larry David 's amoral manager on `` Curb Your Enthusiasm '' ( not to mention Susie Essman 's `` fat f— '' of a husband on the same ) . Beginning this Thursday , the funnyman will add `` podcaster '' to his resumé when `` By the Way , In Conversation '' with Jeff Garlin debuts on the Earwolf Podcast Network . As its name implies , the show features Garlin yakking it up with a series of notable acquaintances , including Larry David himself , who guests on the first episode . Below , the jovial Garlin talks about his podcast , the future of Curb Your Enthusiasm , and why it is his patriotic duty to work again with Shakira . ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY : You 've been recording these conversation-shows at the L.A. club Largo for a while now . What exactly can people expect from the podcast ? JEFF GARLIN : I 've been doing these for a little over a year . We were recording them knowing we were going to do something with them but we had no plans . People kept on asking me , `` What are you going to do with these ? '' And I always said , `` I have no idea . '' And then Earwolf presented to me a great opportunity so I went with it . It 's me and my special guest , whoever they may be , in conversation . It 's not an interview per se , like you 're interviewing me . When someone 's career comes up — which it always does — it comes up in natural conversation , it 's not specifically to promote anything . Are you saying you 're better than me , sir ? No . Different . [ Laughs ] I 'm not an interviewer . That 's not what I do . But I am good at conversation . And , at worst , the people who do my show are acquaintances . I 've never had anybody that I did n't know . Actually , that 's not true . Henry Rollins , which is one of my favorite episodes , I did n't really know him before I talked to him . No , they 're great fun and we talk about so many different things . For me , it 's really enjoyable and the audience seems to dig it too . 'Arrested Development ' adding more episodes to new season . Was it easy to get Larry David to appear ? As a fan of Curb Your Enthusiasm myself , I imagine him coming up with an endless stream of excuses to not do it . Well , if it was n't me , odds are he would n't appear . He did this for me . He did Jerry Seinfeld 's Internet show . But if you 're not a close friend of his , the odds of getting him are pretty nil . I listened to a clip of the first show and was fascinated to learn that you once worked with Shakira on the `` Wizards of Waverly Place . '' Yes . I worked with Shakira and she 's a huge Curb Your Enthusiasm fan . That kind of blew my mind . She knew every single episode and she was nervous about meeting me . That was really a thrill . Who does n't love Shakira ? I have to say that I met her a couple of years ago and did fall slightly under her spell . Of course ! That 's what I 'm saying . It was really quite fun to work with her . I hope I work with her again . I guess the way I could work with her again is if I cast her in something . 'Curb Your Enthusiasm ' : Jeff Garlin gives you five reasons not to miss the finale . I think that 's what the public wants . [ Laughs ] `` That 's what the public wants ! '' That 's really the point of our whole conversation — the fact that people want to see Shakira and I together . Who else do you have coming up on the podcast ? We 've got Lena Dunham , Jeff Tweedy ... Wait , you 've got Jeff Tweedy from Wilco ? Yes . It went down great . I just love the guy . That was a great interview . He was nothing but witty . Who else ? I 've got Michael Moore . Mitch Hurwitz . Sarah Silverman . Judd Apatow . Garry Shandling . He was really funny . Hysterical . You mentioned Mitch Hurwitz . Rumor has it that you will be appearing in the revived Arrested Development . If I 'm not cut out , I will be . The Hebrew Hammer is back ! Adam Goldberg talks about the sequel , facing Hitler ( and Mel Gibson ? ) Is that a serious fear ? It 's not a `` fear '' at all . But it happens . One of the biggest mistakes you can say to somebody is , `` Oh , I 'm in this movie '' or `` I 'm on this . '' There 's a chance always of being cut out . Did I film some stuff for Arrested Development ? Yes , I did . So if it makes it , all the better . You wrote and directed the 2006 comedy I Want Someone To Eat Cheese With . Would you like to make another film ? I have directed another movie . It 's coming out in May from the good people at IFC . It 's called Dealing with Idiots . It 's about youth league baseball parents . What was the inspiration ? The inspiration was my son playing baseball . I was like , I have to write a movie about this . So I did . Is there any news on a new season of Curb ? I 'd say it looks good but it wo n't be any time soon . Because I just finished my movie and [ Larry 's ] finishing a movie that he did for HBO ( the Jon Hamm-starring Clear History ) . So by the time he writes some more and says , `` Do you want to do them ? '' the earliest we 'd start filming , if we did , would be the fall . We 'll see . But I think it 's pretty good . See the original article at EW.com . CLICK HERE to Try 2 RISK FREE issues of Entertainment Weekly . © 2011 Entertainment Weekly and Time Inc. All rights reserved .
Jeff Garlin is an actor , writer , director , comedian , and Larry David 's manager on `` Curb '' Beginning this Thursday , he 'll add `` podcaster '' to his resumé . He will be the host of a new podcast called " The Nerdist Podcast " which launches in early 2016 with appearances by celebrities like Patton Oswalt, Zach Galifianakis, and John Oliver.