Malignant Brain Humor

Had a chat with Pastor Tom Ryberg about Good Friday, dirty hippies, and the appropriation of religious iconography by non-religious folk. Fun!   Tom is a pastor at the United Church of Christ, presently serving a church in Battle Creek, MI. Check out this article he wrote for the Battle Creek Inquirer about guns, crime and humanity.   About the 5 Min Podcast: I'm working together with the people at sparemin.com to take calls from anyone and everyone, a few of which will make it into my podcast feed. If you want to talk with me for five minutes about Comedy, the world, the mind or anything else that you think I'd dig, look me up, I'm @mike on sparemin (https://www.sparemin.com/Mike), and our chat will be posted on there and possibly on here.

On the show today I check in with Andrew Heaton. and Pastor Tom Ryberg about politics, religion, and the coming Trumpocalypse. Check out Heaton's full length episode here, and check him out online here. Tom is a pastor at the United Church of Christ, presently serving a church in Battle Creek, MI. Check out this article he wrote for the Battle Creek Inquirer about guns, crime and humanity.   About the 5 Min Podcast: I'm working together with the people at sparemin.com to take calls from anyone and everyone, a few of which will make it into my podcast feed. If you want to talk with me for five minutes about Comedy, the world, the mind or anything else that you think I'd dig, look me up, I'm @mike on sparemin (https://www.sparemin.com/Mike), and our chat will be posted on there and possibly on here.

Welcome to our third 5 Minute podcast. I'm working together with the people at sparemin.com to take calls from anyone and everyone, a few of which will make it into my podcast feed. If you want to talk with me for five minutes about Comedy, the world, the mind or anything else that you think I'd dig, look me up, I'm @mike on sparemin (https://www.sparemin.com/Mike), and our chat will be posted on there and possibly on here. Today on the show we have Dulcinea Pitagora, MA, LMSW. She's a therapist who specializes in alternative sexualities, currently pursing a PHD in Human Sexuality, and the co-organizer of the first ever AltSexNYC conference, which you can (and should) learn about here. We discuss the commonly held misconception that being into kink is caused by trauma and how that relates to the idea of the sad clown in comedy. Enjoy, and check back soon!

Welcome to our second 5 Minute podcast. I'm working together with the people at sparemin.com to take calls from anyone and everyone, a few of which will make it into my podcast feed. If you want to talk with me for five minutes about Comedy, the world, the mind or anything else that you think I'd dig, look me up, I'm @mike on sparemin (https://www.sparemin.com/Mike), and our chat will be posted on there and possibly on here. On today's episode I talk with Myq Kaplan, who just started a kickstarter to fund his new music album. Check out the video and help him get money to make music here! Finally you can check out all the full length previous appearances Myq's made on my podcast below: MBH4&5: Words, Minds & Myq Kaplan MBHumor 45: Myq Kaplan 3 MBHumor 67: Myq Kaplan: Small, Dork & Handsome 87: Religion - LIVE Me, but on Myq's podcast

Welcome to our first 5 Minute podcast. I'm working together with the people at sparemin.com to take calls from anyone and everyone, a few of which will make it into my podcast feed. If you want to talk with me for five minutes about Comedy, the world, the mind or anything else that you think I'd dig, look me up, I'm @mike on sparemin (https://www.sparemin.com/Mike), and our chat will be posted on there and possibly on here. Inaugurating this series is previous guest of the podcast comedian and scholar Andrew Heaton. Check out his full length episode here, and check him out online here. Coming up next: Myq Kaplan.

Sam Dingman is a radio producer, podcastronaut, storyteller and writer in Brooklyn, NY. He makes podcasts at Panoply, and previously made radio shows at On the Media. He is a winner of the Moth GrandSLAM, an MLB Fan Cave Top 30 finalist, and his work has been featured on RISK!, SplitSider, UCB’s "A Funny Thing," TBTL, The Billfold, the First Person Arts Festival, The Los Angeles Comedy Festival, Seattle Sketchfest, Out of Bounds Comedy Festival, and beyond. He makes radio shows in his living room, where he also watches Baltimore Orioles games through gritted teeth, usually while drinking tawny port.  You can reach him via email at samdingman at gmail dot com, or on Twitter @samdingman. Also, we went to high school together. Surprise!

Holiest of Molies, get your rolliest of pollies to the showiest of showies! Ahem. All that is to say, we'll be talking religion at this month's Malignant Brain Humor. Our panel features comedic voices from the religious to the non. Bring your Jewish guilt, your catholic shame or your non-denominational self-esteem and enjoy the show! As always, if you have comedy vids that you especially like which touch on or around the subject, please post them below! I will watch them and be available to discuss them here or in person at the show. Religiolously yours, Mike On the show this month we've got: Myq Kaplan @MyqKaplan (Conan, Letterman, Ferguson, Comedy Central, Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myq_Kaplan)) http://myqkaplan.com/ Sarah Pappalardo @yourpappalardo (Co-founder of Reductress, Second City, IO Chicago) http://www.sarahpappalardo.com/ TJ Young @ThatTJ (The Beards of Comedy, Comedy Central, MSN) http://www.thattj.com/ Andrew Tavin @AndrewTavin (Awooga Comedy, Podcast Monsters, College Humor) http://andrewtavin.tumblr.com/ Also, Dominic has a degree in theology, so this could get real fuckin' real. :D

Loved this panel. Check them out on the episode and individually. Hey. Sometimes people say words. And then other people get angry at them. And then we fight over whether the people who got angry were wrong to get so angry or if the people who said the words were wrong to say the words. WHO'S THE REAL VICTIM HERE? WHO DO I SHOOT? (Non-Trigger warning: There will be no shootings at the show).We'll be talking about political correctness. Is it a thing? Is it too much of a thing? Does it tarnish the good name of Politics? Is it even that correct?The people on this show. They're phenomenal. You are going to like them and it. And I'm going to like you for coming.These are their names.Jordan Temple@JordyPloy(MTV's Decodedhttp://jordantemple.flavors.me/#Joe Zimmerman@joezimmerman(Conan, Comedy Central Half Hour, Universe City Podcast)http://www.ZimmermanComedy.com/Joe Zimmerman@joezimmerman(Conan, Comedy Central Half Hour, Universe City Podcast)http://www.SarahKComedy.com/Rae Sanni@RaeSanni(It's About Us Podcast, KATG)http://ehraesalright.tumblr.com/  

I sit down with Micah Sherman (High Maintanence, The Second City, Improv Asylum, iO, Annoyance Old School Sketch Show, Please Be Seated) and Dan Hirshon (Funny Cakes Comedy, Grandma’s Favorite, Miracle Workers, and Kandid Films), to talk about their new sketch album, John Rodgers: Idiot. We also talk about Donald Trump and Kanye West a lot. :D Micah & Dan On the Web http://micahsherman.com/ http://danhirshon.com/ Get the Album: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/john-rodgers-idiot/id1015517947  

First in our monthly live at The PIT series (next recording is on May 14th, tickets will be available here soon). This show was a rousing success, great audience, great guests. Still figuring out how to mic everyone up and get the best audio for the recording but I think you'll enjoy this one. If you dig the show please subscribe and rate us over at iTunes! Guests include:Chemda Katg of Keith & The Girl (she's the girl) - http://chemda.com/Sarah Kennedy, Albuquerque's funniest comedian who isn't in Breaking Bad. Also Albuquerque's funniest comedian.http://www.sarahkcomedy.com/Jaqi Furback of official comedy, and the-30.comhttp://www.jaqifurback.com/Rae Sanni of the The Three A-Negroes podcast.http://ehraesalright.tumblr.com/ Also, hop on over to the brand new Double X section of the website, where I've collected the interviews that I did with women over the course of the show. Super funny folks.

Lance Weiss is a hilarious comedian and a delight to chat with. He was a Top 4 finalist in CMT’s “Next Big Comic”, and  on NBC’s “The Today Show,” MTV, Bravo, PBS, NY1, Sirius/XM, Cosmo.com, AOL.com, Aboveaverage.com, NY Times, NY Post, NYmag.com, Comcast as well as in AT&T and Kit Kat Commercials.  He was a semi-finalist in the New York Comedy Festival’s “NY’s Funniest Standup Competition,” and has performed in the Bridgetown Comedy Festival, Boston Comedy Festival, Out of Bounds Comedy Festival, Laughing Skull Comedy Festival, San Francisco Comedy Festival and a bunch more.  Earlier this year he performed my first one man show, “Wine And Questions With Weiss” at The Pit Theater in NYC.  FinalIy, he co-produces an awesome comedy show – “Gandhi, is that you?” in the lower east side of Manhattan every Wednesday night.  It was part of the NY Comedy Festival and also headlined Carolines on Broadway. It's a good show. Go see it.    In other news, there's a live Malignant Brain Humor episode coming to the PIT on April 24th, we'll be talking about women in comedy. Come out and join in the fun! Tickets are here: http://thepit-nyc.com/event/malignant-brain-humor-women-in-comedy/

Just  coming off a stint writing for Night of Too Many Stars I talk with Jason Carlos Sáenz, hilarious comedian, improviser, writer on UCB's award winning maude team Onasis. Jason was a New Face at the 2014 Just For Laughs Festival and is the mind behind #SaenzSigns, which you should definitely check out (A couple are below, go check out the rest). Check out his upcoming webseries "Foxworthy and Friends," and if you're in NY go to the premiere party this Saturday in Brooklyn at Videology.      

In today's episode I talk to Mara Wilson about genetics, forced maturity and the lost of family, feminism, creepy creeps on the internet, love, coping with OCD, Nightvale and growing up under the shadow of Matilda. She's a joy and the whole damn episode is a joy.  Check her out at http://marawilsonwritesstuff.com  Buy tickets to her live show at Union Hall, What are You Afraid Of!  Follow her on twitter @Marawritesstuff And catch her voice work on the beloved podcast Welcome to Nightvale. -- Editor's Note: Although we do touch upon Robin Williams, this episode was recorded prior to his passing away, and therefore we do not cover that, because if we did that would be spooky and weird. If you would like to hear an episode that touches on that, check out Episode 72, recorded live at The PIT, with Ted Alexandro, Nick Turner, and Abbi Crutchfield. 

Everyone knows how much I hate talking with people who have different beliefs than I do, but I really loved talking with Andrew Heaton even though he is a libertarian, and therefore evil.  Skilled comedian, sharp thinker, talented speaker. Perhaps a bit too tall, but it's forgivable.  Check him out at http://www.mightyheaton.com/ Read his books: http://www.mightyheaton.com/books/ On Twitter: @MightyHeaton And on facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/pages/MightyHeatoncom/313052562073698

Excellent comedian and man about town Aaron Kominos-Smith comes on the show to discuss his path to Comedy which included an advanced degree in architecture. Which architect is represented by Louis CK? Which comedian is Frank Lloyd Wright? Which Building is like Larry the Cable Guy? Listen and find out.  Check Aaron out at http://funnyaaron.com/ and on Twitter at @funnyaaron. 

Hey folks! This episode went in the can ages ago, but a bunch of time-sensitive releases pushed it back. Thank goodness that the excellent writer Joe Berkowitz is still killing it over at Fast Company, and also in a wide range of other publications including The Atlantic, Mcsweeny's Buzzfeed, GQ and more (and more (and more)).  Clever, insightful, and (most importantly) I like him because (just like me) he was a fat kid.  Check him out at: @JoeBerkowitz, on Tumblr, and at Fast Company. And as a taste, here's a recent bit he posted that I particularly enjoyed: EMINEM'S TONGUE-TWISTY, FURIOUS FREESTYLE SOUNDS LIKE BILL COSBY WHEN SLOWED DOWN

Dan Wilbur joins the podcast to discuss his book How Not To Read, the differences between being funny in writing and being funny out loud, Venn Diagrams and the role of esoterica and self-promotion and internet culture on Comedy & more. Excellent episode, excellent fellow.  Buy his book (I own a copy and very much enjoyed it), check him out at DanWilbur.com, on twitter @DanWilbur, on his podcast Two Book Minimum and Thursdays in NY at UCBEast where he hosts Lasers in the Jungle.

Zach Sherwin 3: Epic Rap Battler and excellent MC-about-town Zach Sherwin makes his 3rd appearance to the show. We talk about his varying styles, collaborations with Watsky, and more while I am wildly over caffeinated. If you'd like to listen to our first two chats, where we talked about the structure of comedy in rap and his shedding of the name MC Mr. Napkins or his appearance on the live show, both are great, and available here and here). Check out the episode and check out a bunch of Zach's videos (including the song featured in the episode, "stage name,") on the website at: https://mike-blejer.squarespace.com/mbhumor/2014/10/20/76-forms-formats-and-zach-sherwin-3

The multitalented Julie Sharbutt is an excellent and articulate actor, improviser, writer and producer. She and I discuss relationships, friendships, comedy, dramedy, gender politics, the necessary selfishness of artists, ego, inequality and unearned orgasms! We also discuss the excellent movie she wrote and directed, Moved, and so much else! I forgot how much I loved this episode till I went back and listened to it. Wowza! Watch her movie on November 9th at the Big Apple Film Festival (details at http://movedfilm.com/) Her TV appearances include a recurring role of "Stacie" on The Good Wife and Person of Interest. Films include The Weekend, Maladies, The Last Day of August, True Story, Admazons and others, and her own feature which she wrote and directed, Moved. Julie is a proud volunteer and Smart Partner at New York's 52nd Street Project. She learned to drive in 2014 (New York native), she is an accomplished horsewoman and artist (unrelated), and she likes kittens, hiking, and thunderstorms. You can see her perform every week at The Peoples Improv Theatre with her house team Coyote and every month at The Upright Citizens Brigade Theater in Gravid Water.  Check her out online at  http://www.juliesharbutt.com/ @juliesharbutt and at http://newyork.ucbtheatre.com/talent/view/3261 http://movedfilm.com/ https://www.facebook.com/MOVEDFilm

Hey folks!  The very hilarious Kevin McCaffrey is on the podcast today, though also in the past by quite a bit. Kevin's a touring comedian who's worked with Tru TV and Letterman, and since appearing on the Podcast Kevin has appeared on Letterman, and in my humble opinion did a fantastic job. Well done Kevin! In order to speed up the process of getting these podcasts out to you I'm going to take a break from the production elements involved in recording a pre-show introduction and making personalized covers. Instead I'm going to try to get more episodes out on the regs and then release little minisodes in between if I have something I'd like to share or I think you might dig. There may be a little rockiness at the outset while we work things out, but I think ultimately this is going to make for a better body of podcasting. If you disagree with any of this, I want to hear from you! Drop a line over at http://www.mikecomedy.com/contact. We've also just activated the new MBHumor Call in line at (202) 695-2549. If you'd rather speak than write, call that line and leave a message, and let me know if you're willing to have it be on the podcast and I'll see about making that happen. Technlogy! Questions, thoughts, feelings, and feedback of any sort are welcome.    Plug-a-bugs:  Kevin's:http://kevin-mccaffrey.com/ Kevin's Podcast: http://www.collegestories.org/ Kevin on Twitter: @KevinMcCaff Mine: New episode of College Cooking up, Open Carry Cooking! Check it out over at Mikecomedy.com/ccnnews and http://collegecooking.com/channels/news-feed?episode=open-carry-cooking After an appearance from one of his regulars, CCN was recently mentioned on the Howard Stern show, which I'm told is a good thing. Well done us (I wasn't involved). More live show announcements coming up soon!     

Hey Great episode today featuring Kevin Froleiks (guest on episode 61: The Worst Landlord) and Lisa Romagnoli, Producer at Kornhaber Brown and owner of Notion Films. Her documentary about the New Hamshire comedy scene and NH Comedians, Wicked Funny 2 was just released on youtube.   We discuss the mindset and lifestyle differences between comedians in secondary and tertiary cities to New York or LA, the struggles of moving to a big city  when you've been a big fish in a small pond (see also: depression), comedy as an art vs. as a job vs. as a hobby, and how we should regard Comedy Hobbyists.    Check out the film at  www.youtube.com/user/notionFilms Find Kevin at KfComedy.com @lisaromagnoli @kevinfroleiks Episode 61: The Worst Landlord

72: PUBLIC MOURNING & ROBIN WILLIAMS - LIVE PODCAST August 13, 2014   Abbi Crutchfield, Ted Alexandro, & Nick Turner From Abbi's instagram (click through for link) I had a wonderful panel on the show last night, Ted Alexandro, Abbi Crutchfield, and Nick Turner. Unfortunately the planned antics had to be put on hold to discuss the pall hanging over the comedy world by the sudden loss of Robin Williams. The conversation turned to expressions of public mourning, the impact of Williams' death, depression in comedy, and the intimacy which any performer brings to their act. These guys really made it an exceptional conversation and I thank all of them profusely. Below are some links to their excellent work which you should check out, but first is the little essay I wrote on facebook which I reference in my intro.  It's 4:30 in the morning. I woke up from a nightmare in which I was writing a condolence letter to the family of one of my heroes; not Robin Williams, someone I know, but the mental math wasn't exactly difficult to do. I'm crying now, again, more times in one day than I have in an awfully long long time. Unlike a lot of the comedians who populate my mental constellations and facebook feed, I never met Robin Williams, and I won't pretend to have the same kind of loss that those who knew him have. Regardless of how much humanity he always brought to his work, knowing someone as a human and not as an icon is a different thing, and entails a different kind of loss. But neither will I be a cynical idiot and mistake the feelings I'm having as mere narcissism or self-indulgent emotions put on display to showcase my own depth. I grew up on Robin Williams' work. Aladdin came out in 1992 and his luminous supernova of a performance lit my 8 year old mind on fire. It seeped into every crack and planted little seeds which are still growing to this day. I would parrot lines from his 1978 Live at the Roxy special and tell other kids how he climbed up into the balcony and yelled "Look, now THOSE are the shitty seats" at the front. I can't tell you how many times I saw Mrs. Doubtfire, because you'd probably have to file some kind of retroactive child services report on my parents. I won't walk you through the rest of his filmography because I don't need to, and you know which roles probably touched me as I grew up and saw him in new ways, many of which changed the way I would think about myself as a creative mind, but the things that get in your skull when it's still soft have a way of sticking. The thing is this: Robin Williams has a place in my childhood psyche like nobody else in this world. His performances trace a direct nerve to feelings of innocent joy and exuberance, unburdened by the knowledge that comes with life experience, feelings which in many ways I've long since left behind. That he would die in such a way, suffering from mental and emotional anguish feels like such a violent incursion of adulthood upon youth. It feels like such a violation of innocence for him to go like this. It hurts. The irony of his playing a grown up Peter Pan is not lost on me, but this is a facebook post not a comparative american lit essay so I won't belabor the point. And this bit here actually is a bit embarrassing to admit, but I swear, when I woke up the first thing I thought was "I can't believe that if I have kids someday they're not going to get to exist in the same world as their comedy grandpa Robin." The people who deserve our sympathy and empathy first and foremost are those who knew and loved him as a person, and not just as an author of joy, a parent of the mind, and I'm not usually one to mourn a celebrity's passing as anything other than a tragedy for their family and a sad factoid for the internet's emotional simulator to mine it's shitty clickbait, but man, this one really hurts.Anyway. I don't want to turn this into too much of a PSA, but please, if you're uncomfortable with the term mental illness then call it mental anguish. Call it deep emotional suffering, I don't care. Whatever you need to do to frame it, please just recognize it as a real thing, have empathy, and if you or someone you know or love is suffering, please do what you can to help. Sometimes you can't do anything no matter how much you try, but that's not an excuse to stop. It only absolves you if you keep on trying, and yes, some people are going to die trying. I didn't know Robin Williams, so I really don't know, but I'd like to think he died trying. For my part I hope I retain enough of a sliver of my innocence, no matter well hidden, even from myself, that I don't let that stop me. And if I do have tiny little splinters of innocence buried beneath my calloused skin, a lot of them are in there because when my skull was still soft, Robin Williams exploded on screen and blew them into my tiny little mind.The National Suicide Prevention Hotline: 800-273-8255. Never be ashamed to call it, unless you're making a crank call, in which case: yes, you should be ashamed of yourself. Stop it. Goodnight moon. Good morning Vietnam.   On the Guests:Ted Alexandro - According to Time out NY Ted is “One of the funniest comedians working today.” According to me, he's even better than that. He's been on Letterman, Conan, Ferguson, Kimmel, Comedy Central and for some reason The View. Check out his new webseries, Teachers lounge at https://www.youtube.com/user/thundershortsvideos.You can hear my one on one interview with Ted here:http://www.mikecomedy.com/mbhumor/2012/02/21/mbh-12-ted-alexandroNick Turner - Nick's been killing it on the NY scene for years now, has appeared on Seth Meyers, Fallon, VH1's Best Week Ever, and has the distinction of being my very first podcast guest.http://www.mikecomedy.com/mbhumor/2011/09/15/392 Witness his majestic return. Abbi Crutchfield - (Vh1, MTV, The Tyra Banks Show) is joining to the lineup! Check out this music video she recently did with SNL's Jay Pharoah: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xfazs8qMQo&feature=youtu.be Also check Abbi out on twitter @curlycomedy                    

This week the star of the PBS Idea Channel, Member of Memefactory, and musician extraordinaire Mike Rugnetta stops by the podcast to talk about technology in our time. Excellent chat, excellent mind, excellent episode.  Check him out at:  @Mikerugnetta, https://www.youtube.com/user/pbsideachannel and http://rugnetta.com/ Also! Get your tickets for next week's Live Malignant Brain Humor featuring Ted Alexandro, Nick Turner and Abbi Crutchfield next week at the People's Improv Theater today! -- http://thepit-nyc.com/event/malignant-brain-humor/ Also, new epsiodes of College Cooking Network's CCN News are up at collegecooking.com/channels/news-feed and at mikecomedy.com/ccnnews Also, a 30 minute short I acted in, Jay Dates is now up at http://www.mikecomedy.com/acting/ rate and review us on iTunes, and write us over at Mikecomedy.com/contact Enjoy! 

Alex Ramsey and Joe Cilio of Forever Dog productions appear on the show today to discuss wrangling a production company together, the idea of being a maker of "content," and life on the cliff-edge of college. Go see them live at the PIT, check them out at http://foreverdogproductions.com/ and on Twitter @realforeverdog  

Today I discuss systemic failures whether municipal or biological with Rebecca Trent, the owner/operator of The Creek and the Cave. Check out the Creek's schedule and go see a show there today.  Also, Rebecca and I discuss the disastrous effect of the MTA's 7 train weeekend shutdown (42% of weekends, 2014 and in years to come) on the business and shows in the LIC nightlife scene, turning a 5 minute ride into grand central into a 40 minute shuttlebus nightmare deeper into Queens just to get into the city.  If you care about comedy, community, and making New York an ever more vibrant place, help us get a shuttlebus that runs from Grand Central through the Holland Tunnel by contacting the political entities in question. The dramatis personae are:  State Senator Michael Gianaris, Borough President Melinda Katz, State Assemblywoman Catherine Nolan, City Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer, VP Of Gov & Community relations Lois Tendler  Contact them as follows:  On Twitter, with the Hashtag #WTFMTA: @SenGianaris @MelindaKatz Catherine Nolan: Not on twitter.  @JimmyVanBramer Lois Tendler: Not on Twitter but use @MTA By Email: Email State Senator Mike Gianaris via webform  Email Melinda Katz at info@melindakatz.com Email State Assemblywoman Catherine Nolan Email Jimmy Van Bremmer at jvanbramer@council.nyc.gov or via Webform Email Lois Tendler: No email but contact her on Linkedin By phone: State Senator Michael Gianaris Albany 518-455-3486 District 718-728-0960 Borough President Melinda Katz Main: (718) 286-3000  Constituent Affairs (718) 286-2669 State Assemblywoman Catherine Nolan Sunnyside: 718-784-3194 Ridgewood: 718-456-9492 Albany: 518-455-4851 City Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer Office: (718) 383-9566 VP Of Gov & Community relations Lois Tendler  Office: (646) 252-2660 Whitepages Listing:  718-625-4756 And if they don't respond, perhaps their Wikipedia articles should be changed to reflect that:  Michael Gianaris Melinda Katz Jimmy Van Bramer Catherine Nolan Lois Tendler at The MTA

Ben Kronberg is an exceptional comedian who you can and or could have seen on Comedy Central (Half Hour, John Oliver), MTV, ABC and NBC. Recently Rosanne Barr told him to go fuck himself on Last Comic Standing. So that's a thing that's happening now, in hashtag form (#GoFuckYourselfBen). Check him out at http://benkronberg.com @Benkronberg and on the iTunes and Amazon and wherever your computer lets you type in the letters B-e-n K-r-o-n-b-e-r-g.          

Myq Kaplan returns to the show today, we discuss his new netflix special Short Small, Dork and Handsome which does NOT make use of the Oxford comma (I report, you decide).  We also discuss Myq's place in comedy, using the marvelous Jim Gaffigan as a reference point to discuss stylistic differences over time (and persona).  Listen to a bit of Myq's new album here: https://soundcloud.com/comedydynamics/myq-kaplan-sports-analogies-and-copyright-infringements And watch it on Netflix at http://www.netflix.com/WiMovie/70298205?trkid=13630398 and now available on  iTunes and  Amazon. Check him out at  myqkaplan.com @Myqkaplan  

Featuring the Co-writers and Directors of Fort Tilden, Winner of the SXSW Grand Jury Prize. Sarah-Violet Bliss (@SVBliss) and  Charles Rogers (@GCharlesRogers) Go see the NY premier of Fort Tilden on May 10th, tickets here: http://vulturefestival.com/events.html?fort_tilden_screening_and_stella_artois_reception# For more information on the film, check out http://www.forttildenthemovie.com/ Music from this episode is at https://soundcloud.com/mblejer and new videos, music, and barely disguised requests for money are up at http://mikecomedy.com   

The very talented and insightful Katharine Heller appears on the podcast, and we discuss all kinds of childhood trauma, the ethics of comedy and how we use humor to process or deflect and recreate ourselves over the course of our lives. Hot stuff.  Check Katharine out at:  http://tellthebartender.com/ (My epsiode is at: http://tellthebartender.com/2014/03/03/episode-28-the-conspiracy-of-silence/) Her next Live Tell the Bartender show is May 8th at Union Hall with Wyatt Cenac and Mara Wilson. And check out Katharine's acting work at http://www.katharineheller.com/   The episode song is called Dig, and is on soundcloud at https://soundcloud.com/mblejer/dig-mbhumor-65-katharine   Thanks folks!  

  Check out the very funny Michael Shawki at http://michaelshawki.tumblr.com/  and at @michaelshawki on twitter. And my new website at http://mikecomedy.com (where you can see the new St. Patty's Day video from http://collegecooking.com).  

The hilarious Miguel Dalmau is on the podcast today, catch him in Bloomington Illinois at the Laugh House from the 20th-22nd, if you're in Indiana, get tickets today: http://laughbloomington.com/show.cfm?id=301262 And in general, check Miguel out at http://migueldalmau.com/ and on twitter @Migueldalmau

A Wonderful episode with musical master of melancholic comedy, Jonathan Coulton! Check him out at http://www.jonathancoulton.com/ and on Twitter @Jonathancoulton Check out the new episodes of the College Cooking News Feed at http://collegecooking.com/channels/news-feed And the new articles section I've put up at http://mikecomedy.com This episode's song, "I Understand" is available for download at http://soundcloud.com/mblejer Review on iTunes, Tweet me @Mikeblejer and generally say hi! Happy new year folks. 

Will Carey and Kevin Froleiks are on, we discuss depression, self-image, and of course The Worst Landlord. Great episode! Check them out at: http://theworstlandlord.tumblr.com/ http://www.youtube.com/user/TheWorstLandlord?feature=watch http://www.willcareyisfunny.com/ http://theworstlandlord.tumblr.com/kevin http://notionfilms.com/ @KevinFroleiks @comicwillcarey @Lisaromagnoli (of notion films)

Sex drugs and rock'n'roll. Mostly drugs. @Lovablelucas

Check out the very funny Joe List: on Comedy Central at http://www.comedycentral.com/comedians/joe-list At http://comedianjoelist.com/ On Twitter @JoeListComedy In his new podcast coshosted with @MarkNorm, Tuesday with Stories: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/tuesdays-with-stories!/id705474769?mt=2&ign-mpt=uo%3D4 And in life around NY, Boston, and wherever people tell jokes that are funny.  Also, check out my new College Cooking Vid at http://collegecooking.com/channels/news-feed?episode=a-special-slutty-halloween and on my website under videos at http://mikecomedy.com Links away!

The hilarious Jeff Maurer joins me to talk about DC, NY, and being a clever curmudgeon! Http://Jeffcomedy.com @Jeffmaurer1980

Terrible sound quality for first 30 minutes, then... slightly better. Double Release Day as penance! Guests:  Jared Logan  http://jaredlogan.com/ @JaredLogan Jenny Jaffe http://jennyjaffe.com @JennyJaffe Myq Kaplan http://myqkaplan.com @MyqKaplan

I talk with the hilarious Greg Warren, check him out at http://www.gregwarrencomedy.com/

Writer on the W. Kamu Bell Show, hilarious human. Check her out at: http://aparnacomedy.com and @aparnapkin

Alumnus writer from College Humor and Nikki & Sara Live Jenny Jaffe comes to the podcast.  Check her out http://jennyjaffe.com and on Twitter @JennyJaffe Hilarious sketches by Jenny:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zgGd_7pTSI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WK6nD0pyN6k http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKgtvYS6YVo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-90ofxCqxU

Adam Newman (Letterman, Oliver's NY Stand-up Show) is on the podcast. Much goodness. Get his album, Not For Horses, Check him out at: http://adamnewmancomedy.com and on Twitter @adam_newman  

The Very funny former Bostonian and current Los Angelan, Laura Crawford (@CrawfordComic) is on the podcast. Check'erout!  And the Ted Talks I mentioned in the intro are at: http://www.ted.com/playlists/74/our_brains_predictably_irrati.html Enjoy! 

Great ep with @KennethWReid. Marvel v. DC, Old Comedy v. New. Abusive Family v. Dead Family. All the classic battles of our time. http://ikenreid.com

Scott Sharp, College Winner of The Mark Twain Award for Comedy, 26 year old manager of The Laughing Devil, and red headed comic extraordinaire. This talk is fun. Dig it.   http://www.sharpcomedy.com/ @sharpcomedy 

Alex and I talk Jewiness, the joys and pitfalls of early success, Political Correctness, British vs. American comedy and of course brains, mind and ego. Much fun, much funny. Check him out at: http://alexlikestowrite.tumblr.com/ and check out his podcast at http://the-pod-squad.tumblr.com/post/46518432023/godfrey-and-alex-have-their-first-guests

Part 2 of my conversation with Indian Comic Sorabh Pant. Super fun conversation, super fun guy. Check this out now so you can impress your friends soon.  Watch him be hilarious at http://www.sorabhpant.com/   And read his awesome book The Wednesday Soul: http://www.thewednesdaysoul.com/

Such a fun episode with Indian Comic Sorabh Pant. We discuss cross cultural comedy Algebra, Censorship, and how incredibly little I know about Hinduism. Really fun talk, tune in next week for part 2.    Check him out at http://www.sorabhpant.com/   And read his awesome book The Wednesday Soul: http://www.thewednesdaysoul.com/

Dave Hill: This American Life contributor, Twitter maven, King of Miami and all around Raconteur is on the show.  Dave Hill Online: http://www.davehillonline.com/ Dave Hill's Podcasting Incident: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/dave-hills-podcasting-incident/id382356132 Tasteful Nudes: http://www.amazon.com/Tasteful-Nudes-Misguided-Validation/dp/1250002036 -- The conversation surrounding a rape joke I mentioned on the show can be found on my facebook profile at http://www.facebook.com/mikeblejer/posts/740904534254 and if you'd like, check out my own contribution to comedy dealing with the topic of sexual violence here: http://www.thedailydolt.com/2013/02/28/university-of-north-carolina/ --- And as always, music from the episode and others can be found at: Http://soundcloud.com/mblejer

Our first live show. Was fantastic. Featuring Ophira Eisenberg, Jermaine Fowler, Micah Sherman and the inimitable (unless cloning is perfected) Zach Sherwin. Listen now! Watch soon, if the video ever gets delivered to me in it's entirety (you know who you are, beloved videographer. Surrender your data.) 

Hilarious Kiwi Comic TM Bishop, check her out at http://www.tmbishop.com and at Twitter @TMBishop Also check out the Prop 8 Gay Marriage vid I mentioned at: www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfYIjwhDjVE