Taking Dadplications

In the last episode of season one, Jessie Wayburn talks about recovery and an unholy union of mashed potatoes and ketchup with Mark Haven Britt. Mark Haven Britt is an art director and comic book maker living in the Bay Area. He's a sober single dad raising a 12 year old son. He was raised in the Boston area. He was married for ten years. He taught college at Parsons the New School in New York. He now works as a designer in tech and lives in Berkeley where he co-parents with his babymama and her husband. His comics have been published by Image Comics. You can find his work at californiaghost.com Content Warning: This episode contains mentions of rape. Taking Dadplications is an Opus Nox Media production. Music and cover art by Nic Jenkins --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/taking-dadplications/support

Jessie Wayburn talks with Dirk Anschütz about some sensitive and not-so-sensitive subjects. Dirk was born and raised in a small town in Germany and moved to the US when he was 22. He is a photographer and has been working on a portrait project about fathers and sons for the last 7 years. He lives in Brooklyn with his girlfriend and their 9 year old son and enjoys the occasional game of football (soccer), either playing or on tv. Taking Dadplications is an Opus Nox Media production. Music and cover art by Nic Jenkins --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/taking-dadplications/support

Jessie Wayburn talks about the 4 kinds of dads with Dave Apkarian. Dave Apkarian is a comedian based out of Fresno, CA. He has bombed at bars and breweries, clubs and Christmas parties. But he's getting better. Dave has toured nationally and opened for a whole bunch of comics you've probably never heard of, but they're great, he swears. He hosts a podcast called SAD DAD where he and fellow comedians talk about their dads. For the better part of a decade he has produced countless comedy shows in his hometown and is currently running The Downtown Beat Down Comedy Showcase with Full Circle Brewing. Taking Dadplications is an Opus Nox Media production. Music and cover art by Nic Jenkins --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/taking-dadplications/support

Jessie Wayburn receives some solid flirting advice from Adrian Ashby, Adrian Ashby was born and raised from Queens, and even though he isn't a formally trained culinary professional, Adrian more than makes up for that with his twisted competition ready creations (from duck fat cannoli filling to gator & shrimp chili) , his stunning record of participation in competitive cooking known nationwide as "TakeDowns" as well as other NYC based cook-offs over the past several years. Adrian also has a passion for entertaining along with public speaking. Adrian welcomes the opportunity to take on any amateur or professional who step into the arena with him! Adrian's inspirations are his loving mother & grandmother whom he has watched do their thing in the kitchen since he was a lil' tyke! Adrian and his battle with General Anxiety Disorder has fueled his competitive fire and served as an amazing outlet for his creativity, a boost to his confidence and psyche, and a release of any anxiety real or created (LOL!)There's nothing better for Adrian than serving up a meal or a "bite" to a salivating public! That's Adrian's real pleasure, win, lose or draw. Taking Dadplications is an Opus Nox Media production. Music and cover art by Nic Jenkins --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/taking-dadplications/support

Jessie Wayburn explores the meaning of authenticity with Nico Carney. Nico is a Brooklyn based standup comedian and writer. Their comedy covers their own queer/trans experience and anything else that makes them laugh. Taking Dadplications is an Opus Nox Media production. Music and cover art by Nic Jenkins --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/taking-dadplications/support

Jessie Wayburn learns about pleasing yourself before others with Geneva Rust-Orta. Geneva is a stand-up comic from Oakland, California. She went to college in England, hoping to fall in love and relocate. She moved back to her moms' house immediately following graduation. In the UK, she took a half-hour stand-up show, Messed Up, to the Edinburgh, Camden, and Great Yorkshire Fringe Festivals 2016. She is now living in New York City. Her moms love all her jokes except the stupid ones. Well, her drunk mom likes them all. That's why she's the favorite. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/taking-dadplications/support

Jessie Wayburn receives multiple sampler platter options from Phil Wong. Phil Wong is a dabbler from Oakland, CA. His main dabble is theatre but he has been known to dabble in comedy, music, hip hop, and writing. He enjoys noodles of all colors and creeds and is still riding high off his 3-second role as "Tony Rydinger's Blonde Friend" in Pixar's 2004 hit film The Incredibles. Taking Dadplications is an Opus Nox Media production. Music and cover art by Nic Jenkins. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/taking-dadplications/support

Jessie Wayburn receives late-night wisdom from Mark Pagán Mark Pagán is an award-winning filmmaker, audio producer, writer, educator, and graying b-boy. He also loves telling stories live. Mark's the host and creator of Other Men Need Help, a playful docu-essay podcast looking at how men present themselves to the world, and what's underneath. He's produced, written, and story edited shows for WNYC, Latino USA, Futuro Studios, TED, Colorado Public Radio, PRX, Radiotopia, and the CBC. In 2019, Mark ran the inaugural year of PRX's Google Podcasts creator program, helping to launch 12 podcasts in 7 countries, along with writing and producing the 10-part Podcasting 101 series hosted by Luvvie Ajayi and Sean Rameswaram. His work and performances have been shown at dozens of festivals and shows worldwide including Slamdance Film Festival, Maryland Film Festival, Arizona International Film Festival, Podcast Movement, RISK!, The Moth, and Story Collider. He lives in NYC with a pigeon roommate named Valentina. Hello's + Speaking or Consulting Inquires: markpagan (at) gmail (dot) com Taking Dadplications is an Opus Nox Media production. Music and cover art by Nic Jenkins. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/taking-dadplications/support

Jessie Wayburn talks with Darren Busing about everything except how to mend a broken heart. Darren Busing has lived in the Bay Area since he was 3 and has worked in Tech since 1989. He is married with 3 kids all soon to be out of the house. Darren has been doing standup and improv since 2017. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/taking-dadplications/support

Jessie Wayburn gets a lot of great tee-shirt ideas from guest Sarah Khari. Sarah Khari is a comedian / content creator from San Francisco. They started their career doing radio and tv writing / production for companies like ESPN and CBS, and made the mistake of thinking standup would be fun, so here we are. Taking Dadplications is an Opus Nox Media production. Music and cover art by Nic Jenkins. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/taking-dadplications/support

Guest Lyndsay drops major knowledge on the dad-less Jessie Wayburn. Lyndsay (no last names, we're keeping it casual) is a recovering Theatre kid, pro-am burlesque show producer, and film & television hobbyist. She's a middling #plantmom and an aspiring #bourbonauntie (like a #vodkaaunt, but Black and more standoffish). When not in executive dysfunction freefall, she enjoys crafting, cooking, yin yoga, and Duolingo for three different languages! During executive dysfunction freefall, she enjoys drinking, glaring at people who sneeze too loudly, and singing 3-5 word snippets of showtunes at random intervals. #Geminiproblems, amirite?! Taking Dadplications is an Opus Nox Media production. Music and cover art by Nick Jenkins. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/taking-dadplications/support

Jessie Wayburn dives deep into spirituality with Dhaya Lakshminarayanan. Dhaya Lakshminarayanan is the 2016 winner of the Liz Carpenter Political Humor Award (previously awarded to Samantha Bee, Wanda Sykes and satirist/humorist Mark Russell) presented by the National Women's Political Caucus. Comedy Central Asia crowned her the Grand Prize Winner of “The Ultimate Comedy Challenge” filmed in Singapore. She is the sole subject of the documentary “NerdCool” which premiered at the LA Comedy Festival in 2018 KQED named her one of the twenty “Women to Watch” a series celebrating women artists, creatives and makers in the San Francisco Bay Area who are pushing boundaries in 2016. She was named one of “The Bay Area's 11 Best Standup Comedians” in 2016 and “13 San Francisco Standup Comedians to Go See Now” in 2018 by SFist. The SF Weekly named her one of the “16 Bay Area performers to watch in 2016.” The San Francisco Bay Guardian named her Best Comedian 2013 in the “Best of the Bay” Readers' Poll. She has opened/featured for or worked with the following: Janeane Garofalo, Marc Maron, Greg Behrendt, Jello Biafra, the late Dick Gregory, Anthony Jeselnik, Maz Jobrani, and Greg Proops. Dhaya introduced former Vice President Al Gore at an event. He then laughed onstage at her joke, so technically she once opened for Al Gore. She has performed internationally in Shanghai, China; Kuala Lumpur Malaysia, and Singapore. In the US she has been an invited performer at Bridgetown Comedy Festival (Portland, OR), San Francisco Sketchfest, the Boston Comedy Festival (semifinalist), the Limestone Comedy Festival (Bloomington, IN) and Laugh Your Asheville Off (Asheville, NC). Dhaya was one of the chosen artists by The Asian Art Museum of San Francisco to take the entire museum over for one night. During Takeover:Dhaya Lakshminarayanan, she programmed content including stand-up comedy, humorous fake tours of the museum, and an absurdist interpretation of Indian mythological comic books. The only other artist invited to takeover the museum in 2017 was RZA from the Wu-Tang Clan Dhaya is also a TV host and storyteller. She hosted the premier year of the Emmy award-winning series High School Quiz Show on PBS's WGBH. She is a frequent comedic storyteller on NPR's Snap Judgment and has appeared live in Austin on The Risk podcast. She is currently the host of San Francisco's monthly Moth StorySLAM after winning a Moth StorySLAM and competing in the GrandSLAM at the Castro Theater (capacity 1400). ON24 awarded her the grand prize for “Best Travel Disaster Story.” Dhaya is a solo performer, and her first play “Nerd Nation” was funded in parts by The Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center of San Francisco and support from DIVAfest which supports new and developing works by female playwrights. Her workshop run in San Francisco sold out. The Boston Globe, The Bay Guardian, and The San Jose Mercury News have all run profiles about her. Prior to funny and show business Dhaya was a venture capitalist, management consultant, and two-time MIT graduate. You can indeed call her a nerd. Taking Dadplications is an Opus Nox Media production. Music and cover art by Nick Jenkins. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/taking-dadplications/support

Jessie Wayburn explores the importance of water and punning with Myq Kaplan. Myq Kaplan is a comedian named Mike Kaplan. He has been seen on the Tonight Show, Conan, The Late Show with David Letterman, Late Night with Seth Meyers, and in his own half-hour Comedy Central Presents special. He has his own one-hour special on Amazon, Small, Dork, and Handsome, and two podcasts, The Faucet and Broccoli & Ice Cream. He has been a finalist on Last Comic Standing and has appeared on America's Got Talent. His album “Vegan Mind Meld” was one of iTunes' top 10 comedy albums of the year, and his newest album "A.K.A." debuted at #1. The New York Times called it "invigoratingly funny" and included it among its five "coronavirus best new comedy specials"..."to remind you of the old normal." And here we are in the new weird! Enjoy! Taking Dadplications is an Opus Nox Media production. Music and cover art by Nick Jenkins. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/taking-dadplications/support

Jessie Wayburn interviews Nic Jenkins, a visual artist, musician, and a real father to a real baby. They explore the topics of boundaries and time as different kinds of potable liquids. Taking Dadplications is an Opus Nox Media production. Music and cover art by Nic Jenkins. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/taking-dadplications/support

Jessie talks turkey-- er, brisket, rather, with Lindsay Jones for his Dadplicant interview, Lindsay Jones is an award-winning composer and sound designer. In theatre, he has been nominated for the Tony Awards of Best Score and Best Sound Design of a Play. His Broadway credits include Slave Play, The Nap, Bronx Bombers and A Time To Kill. His off-Broadway work has been heard at Playwrights Horizons, The Public Theater, MCC, Primary Stages, and many others. International credits include works at Royal Shakespeare Festival (UK), Stratford Festival (Canada), and many others. Lindsay has created music and sound for over 500 productions in regional theatres across the US. Awards include seven Joseph Jefferson Awards and twenty-four nominations, 2 ASCAP Plus Awards, two Ovation Awards and three nominations, a Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award, a San Diego Theatre Critics Circle Award and two nominations, as well as multiple nominations for Drama Desk Awards, Helen Hayes Awards, Barrymore Awards, and many others. In film, he has created original score for over 35 projects, including HBO Films' A Note Of Triumph: The Golden Age of Norman Corwin, which won the 2006 Academy Award for Best Documentary, Short Subject. His work encompasses features like The View From Tall, Ash, and The Brass Teapot; shorts such as The Follower, House Of Stairs, and Grace; and full-length documentaries such as Hearing Voices and Cleaveland. In television and commercials, Lindsay created the score for Sony Pictures' series Family Practice for Lifetime Television, as well as Brothers-In-Law for Jay-O Productions. Original music for commercials includes clients like Martha Stewart, Staples, Nike, Smarty Pants, and many others. In podcasts, Lindsay is currently the in-house composer/sound designer for the weekly podcast The Imagine Neighborhood, produced by the Committee For Children. Other podcast and audio drama work includes A Streetcar Named Desire (starring Audra McDonald) for Audible, Wormwood (featuring Kevin Kline) for Real Jetpacks Productions, Soundstage for Playwrights Horizons, and The Intersect for Micromass. In video games, Lindsay created the original music and sound design for The Digits: Fraction Blast, available now on iOS and Android platforms. In education, Lindsay is currently an adjunct professor of sound design at University of North Carolina School Of The Arts. Other universities where he's taught include Yale, Juilliard, Northwestern, Purdue, Depaul, NYU, UCLA, UCSD, UC Irvine, Rutgers, University of Illinois, and Chapman. In advocacy, Lindsay is a founding member and the co-chair of the executive board of Theatrical Sound Designers and Composers Association (TSDCA), and co-founded The Collaborator Party with John Gromada. In 2018, Lindsay and John received a special citation from USITT for their work on behalf of the theatre community. Taking Dadplications is an Opus Nox Media production. Music and cover art by Nick Jenkins. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/taking-dadplications/support

@natashamuse is our first dadplicant and we get to "Chatting about Dadding" pretty in depth! Natasha is a joke writer and performer living in San Francisco but thriving on the Internet. Her comedy is so good it's not even funny. (Reader, Natasha is so funny!) "But, Jessie!" You exclaim, "Natasha's not a dad!" Well, friend, first of all, this podcast is here to expand your ideas of dads, plus I'm an Equal Opportunity Daughter™ and I like to encourage people to apply even if they aren't a traditional dad-type. Natasha applies for the sage, neighborly type of 90s sitcom fame. Taking Dadplications is an Opus Nox Media production. Music and cover art by Nick Jenkins. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/taking-dadplications/support

Jessie Wayburn grew up without a dad and is interviewing dadplicants for the position. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/taking-dadplications/support