
In addition to editing Superego, Gourley has also edited Judge John Hodgman and The Sound of Young America. In addition to hosting his own shows, Gourley has guested on numerous podcasts over the years, including Never Not Funny, Comedy Bang! Bang!, Thrilling Adventure Hour, and Spontaneanation. The podcast consisted of unedited commentary of the games of The Pistol Shrimps, a women's rec league basketball team in Los Angeles. Gourley co-hosted Pistol Shrimps Radio with his Superego colleague Mark McConville.

Gourley also co-hosted The Andy Daly Podcast Pilot Project on Earwolf with Andy Daly. As part of this launch, Gourley himself began a new podcast titled I Was There Too which focuses on the actors and stories behind the most classic scenes from film and television. In November 2014, Gourley helped launch the new Wolfpop podcast network, a sister to Earwolf, along with Paul Scheer and Adam Sachs. The podcast discusses the James Bond films one by one with guests. In September 2013, Gourley started hosting a podcast along with Matt Mira titled James Bonding on the Nerdist network, later acquired by the Earwolf podcast network. Superego has since added Mark McConville, Jeff Crocker, and Paul F. In 2006, Gourley and Carter launched Superego, an improvisational podcast they conceived of on Christmas Eve 2005 based on the conceit of clinical case studies. He has also appeared in ads for McDonald's, Carlton Draught, Lowe's, Hewlett-Packard, Hyundai, Xbox, Late Night with Conan O'Brien, and Budweiser. Gourley's best known commercial work is his position as a spokesperson for Volkswagen in 20. Gourley has appeared on Community, HarmonQuest, Ghost Ghirls, and Drunk History, as well as doing voice work for Adventure Time. This pilot can be heard recorded on the Dead Pilot's Society Podcast's 3rd episode.

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The series was a workplace comedy loosely based upon the time Gourley and Lund spent working as actors at Disney theme parks, though it did not end up getting produced. In 2013, Gourley sold a pilot titled Wunderland that he wrote with his then-girlfriend and now-wife, Amanda Lund, to Fox. Ultraforce lasted three episodes and also featured Derek Mears, Jeff B. Gourley and Carter were founding contributors to Channel 101, producing and starring in the "retro futuristic action spectacular" Ultraforce. He has also led workshops on Shakespearean improv at the Fracas! Improv Festival. Gourley has taught theater and improvisation at Riverside City College, Long Beach City College, and College of the Canyons. Gourley has also performed at Second City, ImprovOlympic, and the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre.

He spent years as an actor and improviser at various Disney theme parks along with Carter and Mark McConville, among others. He met Jeremy Carter at a ComedySportz tournament in San Jose in the mid-90s. Gourley began performing with ComedySportz in Los Angeles during elementary school. Gourley did video work and set design for multiple productions of Fellowship!. Gourley has acted in, directed, and worked on the technical side of productions in the Los Angeles area since the early 1990s, including as Curly in Of Mice and Men, Antipholus in The Comedy of Errors, Dogberry's henchman in Much Ado About Nothing, Orville in The Doctor In Spite of Himself, Hal in Loot, Brindsley in Black Comedy, the director of Tooth and Nail at the Little Fish Theatre, and as a set/lighting designer on The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged). Gourley graduated from California State University, Long Beach with a bachelor's degree in technical theater and an MFA in performance. He grew up near Richard Nixon's childhood home. Matthew James Gourley was born in Whittier, California to his mother Welford. Matthew James Gourley is an American actor, comedian, and podcaster best known for his work on the Superego and Conan O'Brien Needs a Friend podcasts and Drunk History.
