Galactic Zoo · Tony Marrese

Podcast discovery engine

Internal working list — Maggie · Melissa · JR

Every show verified real & recently active (URL on each). Weighted to Tier 1 — Tony's strongest lane: spiritual / awakened / alternative long-form. Goal: get him in rooms whose audiences overlap his, and point that audience back at his channels.

▶ Pitch these first (5)

  1. The Intellectual Abattoir — warmest relationship (proven repeat guest). Anchor it + ask the host for onward intros into the circuit.
  2. The Grimerica Show — perfect topical overlap, low-friction, and a verified direct booking email (graham@grimerica.com).
  3. Buddha at the Gas Pump — highest-credibility awakening room; books unknowns; legitimises lane B.
  4. Danny Jones Podcast — biggest in-lane UK discovery engine (mind the soft conspiracy-adjacency).
  5. The Higherside Chats (sensitive) — strongest raw audience/guest overlap of all; pitch only once the context call is made.

Tier 1 — core fit (spiritual / awakened / alternative long-form)

The Intellectual Abattoir· solo host (UK)
Conversations with people who "think outside the tram lines of normality."
Why Tony: PROVEN — first-ever repeat guest, billed as "the high priest of alternative thinking." Warmest existing relationship.
Reach: niche/midPitch: via show X / Spotify-for-Creators — relationship live; use for onward intros
700+ conversations with "spiritually awakening people" — ordinary to giants (Deepak Chopra, Anita Moorjani).
Why Tony: the premier awakening-interview show; routinely books lesser-known genuine voices — exactly lane B.
Reach: large (in-niche), high credibilityPitch: batgap.com "be interviewed" form
Living Mirrors· Dr James Cooke (UK, Oxford neuroscience PhD)
Consciousness, science & spirituality with scientists, philosophers, mystics.
Why Tony: UK-based, intelligent frame — lets him do the awakened-worldview material credibly.
Reach: mid/nichePitch: drjamescooke.com contact
The Grimerica Show· Darren & Graham (Canada)
Consciousness, UFOs, psychedelics, meditation, folklore, fringe science — long-form.
Why Tony: near-perfect topical overlap with Galactic Zoo; books indie researchers/authors readily; low-friction.
Reach: mid, listener-funded
"Raw, unfiltered" — spiritual healers, radical thinkers, "truths the mainstream avoids."
Why Tony: built around heterodox spiritual/awakened guests — his strongest register.
Reach: niche/emergingPitch: via Apple / talks.co listing
Accidental Gods· Manda Scott (UK author)
Consciousness, meaning, regenerative & spiritual thinking — serious long-form.
Why Tony: UK, primed audience for an awakened-worldview raconteur.
Reach: mid/nichePitch: accidentalgods.life contact

Tier 2 — comedy crossover

Duncan Trussell Family Hour· Duncan Trussell (US, "The Midnight Gospel")
Comedy + philosophy + spiritualism + psychedelics.
Why Tony: the single best comedy/consciousness fusion target — his exact intersection of funny + awakened.
Reach: large (~1M/mo)Pitch: via management (stretch)
A comedian's deep, funny dive into modern spirituality with guests.
Why Tony: comedy + spirituality with a self-aware edge — both lanes at once.
Reach: niche/midPitch: via host social
Comedy Unleashed· Andrew Doyle & Andy Shaw (UK)
London free-expression comedy club + podcast for comics who "challenge the bland consensus."
Why Tony: UK circuit, welcomes heterodox comedians; character + raconteur material lands.
Reach: mid (UK comedy)Pitch: club contact — likely already in his network
The Comedian's Comedian· Stuart Goldsmith (UK)
500+ in-depth interviews on the craft of comedy.
Why Tony: credible UK comedy audience — frame around storytelling craft (he's a raconteur, not a tight-set act).
Reach: large (UK comedy)
Nunhead American Radio· Lewis Schaffer (London, Resonance FM)
Live, loose London comedy chat.
Why Tony: Schaffer's in the Intellectual Abattoir circle — a warm-intro bridge.
Reach: niche (London)Pitch: via Lewis Schaffer social

Tier 3 — bigger-reach stretch

Next Level Soul· Alex Ferrari (US)
Fit: dead-centre theme but big, polished — needs a hook. Reach: large.
Know Thyself· André Duqum (US)
Fit: premium awakened-worldview room; reach makes it a stretch. Reach: large.
Aubrey Marcus Podcast· Aubrey Marcus (US)
Fit: strong theme, gatekept by a large team. Reach: large.
Heretics (Andrew Gold)· UK journalist
Fit: UK heterodox framing fits his contrarian voice (more cultural than spiritual). Reach: large.
TRIGGERnometry· Kisin & Foster (UK comedians)
Fit: comedian-hosted, UK, contrarian — but politics-leaning, not spiritual.
Fit: "fringe cultures" — UFOs, psychedelics, consciousness; UK; his biggest realistic in-lane discovery room. Soft conspiracy-adjacency — lower-risk than the flagged list but glance first.

⚠ Reputationally sensitive — handle deliberately

Arguably his strongest discovery rooms (direct audience + guest overlap), but each is overtly conspiracy / anti-establishment / fringe-political in branding. Keep them on the board — but make a conscious context call before pitching (per the internal reputation note).

The Higherside Chats· Greg Carlwood (US)
Esoteric, "suppressed," conspiracy, taboo topics with researchers/authors.
Why Tony: direct guest-pool overlap (highest audience match of any show here). Flag: explicitly conspiracy/esoteric branding.
Comedy + conspiracy, weekly.
Why Tony: comedy AND conspiracy in one room = his two-lane blend; large engaged audience. Flag: overtly conspiracy-branded.
600+ eps, alternative / anti-establishment.
Why Tony: UK, large, openly platforms the alt-narrative material. STRONGEST flag — overtly anti-vax/conspiracy; highest reputational exposure on the list.

Galactic Zoo · podcast discovery engine — built by Maggie / Big Laugh Boutique. Internal working list, 28 June 2026. All shows verified active at time of research.