Finding Forty

Liz chats with her favorite actor Eddie Kaye Thomas for the American Pie movie franchise.   

Liz and Ashton C. Clarke, a brilliant storyteller and wonderful person whose work can be found on the Risk podcast, discuss cultivating relationships with family members and dealing with loss, as well as the drive to get more personal with storytelling.

In this special episode of Finding Forty Liz talks with her mom, the amazing Toby Glazer, about our shared shyness and determination to overcome it, my 1983 ballet recital when I cried on stage, BOTH of my mom's mink coats, and various Sisterhood secrets. Also, someone named Steven Levine called twice on the house phone AND the fax machine rang on Line 2 during this conversation, which really made me feel like I was in my parents' house.  

Myq and Liz go way back, specifically to January 7, 2016. On April 22, 2020 they recorded this episode and on June 23, 2020 it is being released. (Dates are important to Liz and Myq’s friendship.)

Al Lubel is an amazing award-winning standup comedian who David Letterman has called "terrifically funny," whose joke Jerry Seinfeld has said is one of the best he's ever heard, and who is the subject of Josh Edelman's award-winning documentary Mentally Al. In this episode Liz and Al discuss the importance (and lack thereof) of names, their common background as lawyers, and Liz's pitch for Al to star in a commercial for Zoloft.    

Liz and Amanda nerd out about COMEDY and whether starting a family is possible while pursuing a career in it. Amanda Cohen has 15 years in comedy...not in a row. She placed Top 16 in the 2019 World Series of comedy, and Top 6 in the 2019 San Diego Comedy Contest. She was also a semi-finalist in the 2020 World Series of Comedy Las Vegas Satellite. She’s based in LA and plays clubs and events all over the country.

In this episode Liz Glazer interviews TV writer, Travis Sentell. They talk about existential crises, the multi-hyphenate life and Prison, the bar, in Koreatown.     

Liz Glazer interviews Michael Misetich, who is not Brad. Michael talks about bar tending, finding his groove at 48 and learning to be happy. You can follow Michael @TheLastBartender   

Liz and Julie talk about sobriety, recovery, and suicide. It’s a fun and light chat! Julie Weidmann is a Los Angeles based stand up comedian. Her comedy style is observational with a glimpse of the absurd and strongly influenced by her background in theatre and sketch comedy.    A Southern California native, she has performed at all the major clubs in Los Angeles, and throughout San Francisco and Arizona. She performs regularly at residential events, colleges and corporate gigs. She produces the popular monthly stand up comedy show, The Good Good Show, and co-produces Motorboatin’ Comedy.

In this episode Liz and her guest, Jeff Greenspan have an honest conversation about lying. They talk about the good and the bad parts of the NYC comedy scene and embarking on new adventures later in life. Both Liz and Jeff started doing comedy after having successful careers in not comedy. The talk openly and honestly about how this choice effects their lives and how they see the future.   Jeff is a comedian, activist and artist living in NYC. to Find out more about Jeff, go to JeffGreenspan.com  

Liz interviews Robin Reiser, creator and star of the wonderful Pink Eye web series, as well as an audience favorite on Last Comic Standing and at the Sundance Film Festival. Robin Reiser is an actor, writer, storyteller, comedian, and Liz's first guest on Finding Forty, a podcast by and for people 40 and older, about being 40 and older and also about whatever comes up. In this episode Robin and Liz chat in their respective cold-voices about Robin's desire to litter in Tahoe, how she didn't shit her pants on Last Comic Standing, and their respective belief in ghosts. For more information about Robin, go to her website: https://www.robinreiser.com