Skilled prankster and stunt performer Johnny Knoxville is getting behind the podcast mic for “Fairly Positive I Can Fly” — a present that “explores and celebrates the outstanding and barely unhinged individuals who have pushed historical past ahead and redefined the bounds of human potential,” per the podcast’s producers.

“Fairly Positive I Can Fly,” co-hosted by Knoxville and comic and author Elna Baker, could have an unique one-week window on Amazon Music and the Wondery+ subscription service earlier than going vast. It premieres April 8 on Amazon Music and Wondery+ and April 15 on all main podcast platforms together with Spotify and Apple Podcasts. The podcast is produced by SmartLess Media — the media firm developed out of the hit “SmartLess” podcast from Jason Bateman, Sean Hayes, and Will Arnett — with Campside Media and Amplify Photos.

On the podcast, Baker and Knoxville, identified for MTV’s “Jackass” present and film franchise, will host company together with Travis Pastrana (professional motorsports competitor and stunt performer), Garrett McNamara (skilled huge wave surfer, featured in Amplify Photos’ “100 Foot Wave” for HBO), Dudley Stokes (legendary Jamaican bobsledder), Ann Daniels (polar explorer), and Tori Murden (first lady and the primary American to row solo throughout the Atlantic Ocean).

“Nothing makes me happier than studying about some fantastic nut who has achieved a rare feat below unattainable situations whereas everyone seems to be telling them it couldn’t or shouldn’t be carried out,” Knoxville mentioned about his first podcast-hosting gig. “I discover their tales endlessly inspiring and now, with this podcast, Elna and I’ll get to select their brave brains and see why they do what they do.:

Knoxville continued: “Why within the hell would somebody wish to surf a 100-foot wave or battle minus-56-degree temperatures and polar bears for weeks making an attempt to succeed in the geographic North Pole? I imply sheesh am I the one sane one right here?”

Baker, who previously labored at “This American Life,” added, “It takes a specific form of fucked-upness, or blind positivity or simply being off your rocker to do the issues our company have carried out. Time and again I’m on the sting of my seat, unsure if the visitor will reside or die they usually’re sitting proper in entrance of me. It’s Knoxville such as you’ve by no means seen him earlier than — and that’s saying so much since I’m fairly positive you may google picture his balls.”

SmartLess Media was fashioned by Bateman, Hayes and Arnett in late 2022, house to the trio’s vastly standard “SmartLess” podcast. The corporate lately inked a three-year cope with SiriusXM value greater than $100 million encompassing unique distribution and ad-sales rights. Different SmartLess Media podcasts embody “Unhealthy Dates” Jameela Jamil, “Simply Jack & Will” with Sean Hayes and Eric McCormack, “WikiHole” hosted by D’Arcy Carden and “Owned” with Rex Chapman.

“When you’ve gotten a chance to create a podcast with Johnny Knoxville and Elna Baker, you say ‘Sure,’” SmartLess Media president Richard Korson commented. “We’re so grateful and excited to share this humorous, curious and provoking audio sequence about people that prefer to ‘fly near the solar’!”

“Fairly Positive I Can Fly” is govt produced by Josh Dean and Mark McAdam. Producers for SmartLess Media are Bernie Kaminski alongside govt producers Arnett, Bateman, Hayes and Korson. For Amplify Photos, govt producers are Joe Lewis, Rachel Eggebeen and Colin King Miller, with affiliate producer Brian Donahoe. Additionally senior producer Rajiv Golla and affiliate producer Morgan Jaffe.

Take heed to the trailer at this hyperlink.