Joining Ed to break down this season’s SNAFUs are Jenna Fischer & Angela Kinsey, Nick Kroll, Adam Scott, Jenny Slate, Kara Swisher and Scott Galloway, and more.

Listen to the first episode HERE

WHAT: “SNAFU with Ed Helms” – the award-winning podcast about history’s greatest screwups – returns with a brand-new season featuring a fresh weekly format, a video component and a star-studded lineup of guests. Produced by SNAFU Media – a partnership between Helms’ Pacific Electric Picture Company and FilmNation Entertainment – and iHeartPodcasts, each episode dives into a bite-sized SNAFU from history, told with a comedic twist, as Ed and his famous friends unpack what these fiascos, blunders, and disasters say about us as human beings.

The new season comes on the heels of Ed’s New York Times’ bestselling book, SNAFU: The Definitive Guide to History’s Greatest Screwups, which elaborates on some of the most outrageous SNAFUs since World War II. 

Season 4 will cover infamous disasters including the Donner Party, the Teapot Dome scandal, the Great Molasses Flood, Ernest Shackleton’s expedition, the 1977 NYC Blackout, Tammany Hall, the Johnstown Flood, and the Mona Lisa heist, among others. Joining Ed to break it all down are Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey (Office Ladies), Nick Kroll, Adam Scott, Jenny Slate, Kara Swisher and Scott Galloway, Adam Grant, Paul Scheer, Mike Schur, Jordan Klepper, Kal Penn, Jake Tapper, Sophia Bush, Desi Lydic, Dan Taberski, Jon Lovett, Sarah Spain and others. 

The season kicks off with Ed in conversation with Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey about The Lost Nuke of Japan – the 1965 “Broken Arrow” incident in which a U.S. Navy aircraft carrying a hydrogen bomb rolled off the elevator of an aircraft carrier and was lost off the coast of Japan.

SNAFU is a production of iHeartPodcasts and SNAFU Media. The word “SNAFU” is a military acronym coined by soldiers in World War II which stands for “Situation Normal: All F***** Up.”

WHO: Host - Actor, Writer, and Comedian Ed Helms. 

WHERE: “SNAFU with Ed Helms” is distributed by iHeartPodcasts. New weekly episodes will be available on the iHeartRadio app and everywhere podcasts are heard. Video episodes will also be available on YouTube. 

WHEN: From Wednesday, October 8, 2025. 

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About FilmNation Entertainment

FilmNation Entertainment is a leading independent entertainment company that produces, finances, and distributes award-winning films, television series, podcasts,  and theater productions that combine strong creative voices and global appeal. Recent FilmNation productions include Sean Baker’s Academy Award-Winning Anora, starring Mikey Madison, which won five Oscars including Best Picture and Best Actress; Edward Berger’s Academy Award-Winning Conclave, starring Ralph Fiennes, Stanley Tucci, John Lithgow and Isabella Rossellini; and sales for Pablo Larraín’s Academy Award-Nominated Maria starring Angelina Jolie. The company also produced award-winning box office hits that include Promising Young Woman, Arrival, and The Big Sick. FilmNation is the home of Infrared, a new film production label focused on mainstream genre films with franchise potential. Infrared’s first production, Novocaine starring Jack Quaid was released in March. 

FilmNation’s podcasting division is the home of non-fiction storytelling for the company, featuring character-driven storytelling and original voices uniquely suited to the medium. Popular podcasts include the Signal-Award winning “SNAFU with Ed Helms” for iHeartMedia, which  inspired the book SNAFU: The Definitive Guide to History’s Greatest Screwups is a New York Times Best Seller; the true crime podcast “Murder on the Towpath” with host Soledad O’Brien, a Luminary original which recently relaunched with iHeartPodcasts; and “Greatest Escapes with Arturo Castro”, also for iHeartPodcasts.

FilmNation launched its television division with I Know This Much is True for HBO, for which Mark Ruffalo earned the 2020 Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie. Recent releases include Small Town, Big Story for Sky. With teams in both Los Angeles and London, FilmNation’s television division is currently developing multiple new projects with global appeal.

FilmNation’s theater investments include 2024 Best Play Tony-Winner Stereophonic. Additional theater credits include the Tony Award-Winning productions Prima Facie, The Sound Inside, and The Band’s Visit. 

About Pacific Electric Picture Company

Founded by Ed Helms and Mike Falbo in 2012, Pacific Electric Picture Co. is a production company with a first look deal at Universal Television. Television credits include RUTHERFORD FALLS, created by Helms, Sierra Teller Ornelas, and Mike Schur for Peacock & UTV, as well as TRUE STORY WITH ED & RANDALL, co-hosted by Helms and Randall Park, for Peacock. Pacific Electric also produced the critically acclaimed sketch show AUNTY DONNA’S BIG OL’ HOUSE OF FUN for Netflix, and the WGA Award-winning Comedy Central special THE FAKE NEWS WITH TED NELMS, a subversive, a-political news show satire, hosted by a guy who kind of looks like Ed Helms. 

On the feature side, they are currently in post-production on SMUDGE THE BLADES, written and directed by Cody Lightning. They produced COFFEE AND KAREEM for Netflix, directed by Michael Dowse and starring Helms, Taraji P Henson, Betty Gilpin, and David Alan Grier, and CORPORATE ANIMALS, written by Sam Bain and directed by Patrick Brice, starring Demi Moore, Jessica Williams, and Karan Soni, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. 

In addition to their TV and film slates, PEPCo has a thriving podcast business, including the upcoming fourth season of “SNAFU WITH ED HELMS,” in partnership with FilmNation for iHeart, BROOMGATE, produced in partnership with CBC, about a Canadian sports scandal, and a number of additional podcasts to be launched under the SNAFU Media umbrella in the coming months. Ed’s companion book based on his podcast, SNAFU: THE DEFINITIVE GUIDE TO HISTORY'S GREATEST SCREWUPS, landed on the New York Times bestsellers list in its debut week of release.