Podcasts about funniest women

On today's show: Jamie Ewing, Thomas Neumann and Lori Rohr of Elsinore Theater, talking about their production of "Hand To God" Comedians Madeline Figueroa and Benita Santillenas who will be part of Girl, Let Me Tell You! An Evening with 5 of Chicago's Funniest Women, Thursday, October 3 at Joe's Bar on Weed Street Positivity expert Jen Zanotti with some Motivational Monday advice Catch "Driving It Home with Patti Vasquez" weekdays from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. Central on WCPT (heartlandsignal.com/wcpt820

This week we are joined by Kara Klenk! Kara is a stand up comic, writer, and actor who was named by Time Out New York as one of the Top 10 Funniest Women in NYC.Kara has appeared on Netflix, Comedy Central, Nickelodeon, Oxygen, Hulu and more. She has written for Netflix, Nickelodeon, MTV, TVLand, and Comedy Central and most recently for RuPaul's Drag Race on VH1 and Wipeout on TBS. Her debut album, Undefeated was released in 2019 and went to #1 (briefly) on the comedy charts. She co-hosts a popular podcast called That's Messed Up: An SVU Podcast on the Exactly Right Network. She also produces and hosts a weekly stand up show called Better Half Comedy in Los Angeles. Make sure to check her out!In this episode, we discuss growing up in Connecticut, hosting the “That's Messed Up” Podcast, being the oldest of 6 siblings, being a mom, having big sister energy, being a summer camp junkie, being one of the only Jewish people in town, and so much more. You don't want to miss our discussion about how Kara and her co-host Liza Treyger ended up podcasting together! Give this episode a listen!Recommendations from this episode: MurdervilleWet Hot American SummerFollow Kara Klenk: @karaklenkFollow Carly: @carlyjmontagFollow Emily: @thefunnywalshFollow the podcast: @aloneatlunchpodPlease rate and review the podcast! Spread the word! Tell your friends! Email us: aloneatlunch@gmail.comSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In this throwback, If This Is True would like to introduce you to Deena Nyer Mendlowitz, an improviser, festival producer, playwright, and one of Ohio's Funniest Women, according to Cleveland.com. She has been recognized for her work in using comedy to promote mental health awareness and to destigmatize mental illness. Deena is the creator of This Improvised Life and Mental Illness and Friends. She is also the co-creator of a kind, funny, awesome 15 year-old boy. Give it a listen!

Back in 2018, Amanda Keller took the coveted number one spot! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

I sit down with Utah funny lady Cheyene Jackson and we discuss why women struggle being funny.

If This Is True would like to introduce you to Deena Nyer Mendlowitz, an improviser, festival producer, playwright, and one of Ohio's Funniest Women, according to Cleveland.com. She has been recognized for her work in using comedy to promote mental health awareness and to destigmatize mental illness. Deena is the creator of This Improvised Life and Mental Illness and Friends. She is also the co-creator of a kind, funny, awesome 15 year-old boy. Give it a listen! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/christopher-hall7/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/christopher-hall7/support

Stand Up is a daily podcast. I book,host,edit, post and promote new episodes with brilliant guests every day. Please subscribe now for as little as 5$ and gain access to a community of over 800 awesome, curious, kind, funny, brilliant, generous souls Check out StandUpwithPete.com to learn more also please donate to GiveWell.org/StandUp 35 MINUTES Negin Farsad was named one of the 53 Funniest Women by Huffington Post, named one of the 10 Best Feminist Comedians by Paper Magazine, and was selected as a TEDFellow for her work in social justice comedy where she gave a TEDTalk that has been seen by millions. She is the author of  How to Make White People Laugh (Thurber Prize nominated), and host of Fake the Nation, a round-table comedy podcast. She is a regular panelist on NPR's Wait Wait Don't Tell Me. You've also seen her on season 2 & 3 of HBO's High Maintenance, Nat Geo's Year Million, and as a series regular on BIrdgirl on HBOMax. She also wrote and directed The Muslims Are Coming! (Netflix) with Jon Stewart, Lewis Black and David Cross and 3rd Street Blackout (Amazon) with John Hodgman, Janeane Garofalo, and Ed Weeks. 1:34 Named by Refinery29 as a "50 Female Stand-Up Comedians You Need to Know”, Dr. Priyanka Wali is a stand-up comic, a licensed and practicing physician, and co-host of the podcast HypochondriActor alongside actor Sean Hayes (Will & Grace). In each episode, Wali and Hayes welcome a celebrity guest to discuss an incredible medical story. New episodes are available every Wednesday on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you listen to podcasts. Wali performs routinely throughout the United States and abroad, including at corporate gigs, casinos, and comedy clubs. She has been featured on KFOG Radio, Women's Health Magazine, The Today Show, Business Insider, UPROXX, Cosmopolitan, India Currents Magazine, and Healthline. She is currently the A believer that laughter is truly the best medicine, she still likes to cover her bases as a board-certified practicing physician in Internal medicine and Obesity medicine. Wali graduated cum laude from the University of Southern California and continued there for medical school. She completed her residency in internal medicine at California Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco. Her philosophical approach to medicine stems from holistic concepts primarily that "Food is Medicine" and that many medical illnesses arise from disconnection of natural-occurring phenomenon. She encourages dietary therapies that can help manage, if not reverse, common conditions. Wali is particularly interested in health optimization for individuals of all ages and demographics and has a passion for solving medical conundrums. She's also fucking hilarious. Twitter: @WaliPriyanka Instagram: @WaliPriyanka Get your holiday gifts from one of the sponsors of the show! TommyJohn.com/STANDUP GetQuip.com/STANDUP Indeed.com/STANDUP   Check out all things Jon Carroll Follow and Support Pete Coe   Pete on YouTube Pete on Twitter Pete On Instagram Pete Personal FB page

This is Part 2 of my chat with the one and only Bibi Lynch.Bibi is a journalist, writer and broadcaster. More accurately, she's a controversial journalist, writer and broadcaster. She presents a weekly show for BBC Radio Sussex and BBC Radio Surrey (she also co-hosted Sussex and Surrey's ‘adult' show After the Watershed and fronted their Bibi Lynch's WHIPs series) and co-presents Good Sex Bad Sex — a podcast for metro.co.uk.For ever 25 years, she's written for many titles and sites, including the Guardian, Stella, The Telegraph and Metro.  She's a regular on TV, presented the What Men Want series for Living; co-wrote Graham Norton's ITV late-night quiz Carnal Knowledge; and created Living's hit series Dead Famous.She's also the "stupidly proud" creator of the acronym WHIPs (Women who are Hot, Intelligent and in their Prime – or Primark if times are tough), and was voted one of the HuffPost's ‘50 Funniest Women on Twitter'.In Part 2, listen as we discuss:How my son Ali used to treat the homeless with genuine concern.Bibi is a shameless romantic, and still wants the happy ending.What makes a relationship worth keeping?Being alone is better than being with someone who doesn't give.There is also a liberation when you know you're not gonna have children.Dating in your 30's, 40's, and 50's, and dating younger men.Instagram: @mo_gawdatFacebook: @mo.gawdat.officialTwitter: @mgawdatLinkedIn: /in/mogawdatWebsite: mogawdat.com/podcastConnect with Bibi Lynch on Instagram @bibilynch, Twitter @bibilynch, and her website, bibilynch.com Don't forget to subscribe to Slo Mo for new episodes every Sunday and Thursday. Only with your help can we reach One Billion Happy #onebillionhappy

Today's guest is the delightful Bibi Lynch, a frequently requested guest from our listeners. I now know why. Bibi is pure truth.Bibi is a journalist, writer and broadcaster. More accurately, she's a controversial journalist, writer and broadcaster. She presents a weekly show for BBC Radio Sussex and BBC Radio Surrey (she also co-hosted Sussex and Surrey's ‘adult' show After the Watershed and fronted their Bibi Lynch's WHIPs series) and co-presents Good Sex Bad Sex — a podcast for metro.co.uk. For ever 25 years, she's written for many titles and sites, including the Guardian, Stella, The Telegraph and Metro.  She's a regular on TV, presented the What Men Want series for Living; co-wrote Graham Norton's ITV late-night quiz Carnal Knowledge; and created Living's hit series Dead Famous. She's also the "stupidly proud" creator of the acronym WHIPs (Women who are Hot, Intelligent and in their Prime – or Primark if times are tough), and was voted one of the HuffPost's ‘50 Funniest Women on Twitter'.In Part 1, listen as we discuss:Bibi's talent for discussing the taboo without reservation, heroically.Being a woman without children who wanted children and dealing with it."Social infertility"The absurdity of people getting upset at things they hear.How she's been called a misogynist for grieving over not having children.Considering adoption and why it isn't always an option.Bibi's period being homeless for 10 years and moving 30 times.A take on regret, and why you'd probably make the same decision anyway.Recognizing the hidden homeless.Instagram: @mo_gawdatFacebook: @mo.gawdat.officialTwitter: @mgawdatLinkedIn: /in/mogawdatWebsite: mogawdat.com/podcastConnect with Bibi Lynch on Instagram @bibilynch, Twitter @bibilynch, and her website, bibilynch.com Don't forget to subscribe to Slo Mo for new episodes every Sunday and Thursday. Only with your help can we reach One Billion Happy #onebillionhappy

This week on Unorthodox, we’re celebrating Lag B’Omer (and figuring out what, exactly, this holiday is all about). Our first guest is Juliet Litman, podcast host and head of production at the Ringer. She discusses one of her favorite podcasts, the surprisingly Jewish “Table Manners with Jesse Ware,” gives us her take on last season’s Bachelorette bagel drama, and offers her pick for the most Jewish sports team. Then it’s a Jew-Gentile double header: TV producer Amy Solomon, editor of the new book Notes from the Bathroom Line: Humor, Art, and Low-Grade Panic from 150 of the Funniest Women in Comedy, and actress and comedian Lauren Lapkus, one of the book’s contributors, join us to discuss Gilda Radner, funny women, and the perfect Hanukkah dessert. Join us Sunday, May 2 at 7 p.m. EDT/4 p.m. PDT for a special free virtual live show with Tovah Feldshuh, presented by the Community Scholar Program of Orange County California. Register at http://bit.ly/cspunorthodoxlive.This event is co-sponsored by the Merage Jewish Community Center and is made possible by a grant from the Albert and Rhoda Weissman Arts Endowment Fund, a joint program of Jewish Community Foundation Orange County and Jewish Federation Orange County Share your conversion story for our annual Shavuot episode! Leave us a voicemail (under a minute long) at (914) 570-4869, or record a voice memo on your phone and email it to unorthodox@tabletmag.com to be featured on the episode. We’re launching a new season of Hebrew School, our kids game show podcast! Do you know a child aged 7-12 who should be a contestant? Email hebrewschool@tabletmag.com to apply. Upcoming virtual events: Thursday, April 29 — Stephanie will be moderating Rachel Bloom and Tovah Feldshuh in ‘A Conversation Between a (Television) Daughter and Mother,’ presented by The Jewish Museum and the Jewish Book Council, 7 p.m. EDT. Register here. Thursday, April 29 — Liel will be talking about podcasting with JCast Network's Darone Ruskay, presented by Ansche Chesed. 7 p.m. EDT; Register here. Sunday, May 23 — Stephanie and Liel will be speaking with the Jewish Federation of Reading, PA. 11 a.m. EDT; Register here. Find out about all our upcoming events at www.tabletmag.com/unorthodoxlive. Subscribe to our weekly newsletter to get new episodes, photos, and more. Join our Facebook group, and follow Unorthodox on Twitter and Instagram. Get a behind-the-scenes look at our recording sessions on our YouTube channel! Join our Get your Unorthodox T-shirts, mugs, and baby onesies at bit.ly/unorthoshirt. Want to book us for a live show? Email producer Josh Kross at jkross@tabletmag.com. Check out all of Tablet’s podcasts at tabletmag.com/podcasts. Sponsors: American Jewish World Service supports more than 500 social justice organizations fighting for justice around the world, including at the forefront of action against the COVID-19 pandemic and the challenges it’s created.AJWS is currently twice-matching all donations; find out more and make your donation at AJWS.org/unorthodox. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week on The Maris Review, Amy Solomon and Aparna Nancherla join Maris Kreizman to discuss the anthology Notes from the Bathroom Line: Humor, Art, and Low-Grade Panic from 150 of the Funniest Women in Comedy—which Amy edited, and Aparna contributed to—out now from Harper Design. Amy Solomon is a producer on HBO’s Silicon Valley and Barry. She currently runs Alec Berg’s production company, where she develops content for film and television. She is the editor of Notes from the Bathroom Line. Aparna Nancherla is a comedian and general silly billy. Her sense of humor is dry, existential, and absurd, with notes of uncalled-for whimsy. Think, a wine you didn’t order. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There's a great new comedy book, Notes from the Bathroom Line: Humor, Art, and Low-Grade Panic from 150 of the Funniest Women in Comedy, that has just arrived on shelves, both IRL and virtual, that is actually the first collection of writing by women comedians since the 70s. Amy Solomon, writer/producer on such great things like Barry and the editor of Notes from the Bathroom Line, joins TCB's Jake Kroeger to discuss the journey of this crucial, hilarious book, how, even with 150 contributors, doesn't come close to featuring all the funny women that you need to see/hear, and "hot" takes on Rick and Morty Day, SpongeBob Squarepants' virus episode, and more.You can and should get Notes from the Bathroom Line at notesfromthebathroomline.comORget it and support some local bookstores (instead of Amazon) like Book Soup, Chevalier's, Vroman's, and Skylight Books.Follow Amy @amybethsol on Twitter and IG.The Comedy Bureau @thecomedybureau across platforms and please, please support TCB via GoFundMe, Patreon, or on Venmo (@jakekroeger).Produced by Jake KroegerMusic by Brian GranilloArtwork by Andrew Delman and KT

Editor Amy Solomon and contributor Ayo Edibiri discuss "Notes from the Bathroom Line: Humor, Art, and Low-Grade Panic from 150 of the Funniest Women in Comedy." Also, there's growing interest in high-end collectibles of all sorts during the pandemic, causing auction prices to skyrocket. Greg Rohan, President of Heritage Auctions, explains why.

This week, Liberty and Tirzah discuss The Dating Plan, The Jigsaw Man, The Mirror Season, and more great books. Pick up an All the Books! shirt, sticker, and more right here. Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify and never miss a  book. Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news. This post contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, Book Riot may earn a commission. BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW: The Jigsaw Man by Nadine Matheson Firekeeper’s Daughter by Angeline Boulley The Lamplighters by Emma Stonex The Mirror Season by Anna-Marie McLemore The House Uptown by Melissa Ginsburg The Dating Plan by Sara Desai Lawbreaking Ladies: 50 Tales of Daring, Defiant, and Dangerous Women from History  That Way Madness Lies: Fifteen of Shakespeare’s Most Notable Works Reimagined by Dahlia Adler Pride and Premeditation by Tirzah Price I Could Pee on This: And Other Poems by Cats by Francesco Marciuliano Morte (The War With No Name) by Robert Repino Spark and the League of Ursus by Robert Repino Tailchaser’s Song by Tad Williams Dial A for Aunties by Jesse Q Sutanto Luck of the Titanic by Stacey Lee  Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead Finnikin of the Rock (The Lumatere Chronicles) by Melina Marchetta The Westing Game by Ellen Rankin Geek Love by Katherine Dunn  WHAT WE’RE READING: The Rose Code by Kate Quinn Great Circle by Maggie Shipstead MORE BOOKS OUT THIS WEEK: The Losers at the Center of the Galaxy by Mary Winn Heider Home Front Lines by Brenda Sparks Prescott  A Place Like Mississippi: A Journey Through a Real and Imagined Literary Landscape by W. Ralph Eubanks  So Many Ways to Lose: The Amazin’ True Story of the New York Mets—the Best Worst Team in Sports by Devin Gordon Central Park by Guillaume Musso, Sam Taylor (translator) Skyward Inn by Aliya Whiteley List of Ten by Halli Gomez  Can’t Stop Won’t Stop (Young Adult Edition): A Hip-Hop History  by Jeff Chang, Dave Cook Mona by Pola Oloixarac, Adam Morris (translator) Nabokov and the Real World: Between Appreciation and Defense by Robert Alter An Unofficial Marriage by Joie Davidow Now We’re Getting Somewhere: Poems by Kim Addonizio New York, New York, New York: Four Decades of Success, Excess, and Transformation by Thomas Dyja  Big Bad (Mary McCarthy Prize in Short Fiction) by Whitney Collins Set Boundaries, Find Peace: A Guide to Reclaiming Yourself by Nedra Glover Tawwab The Many Lives of Pusheen the Cat by Claire Belton Big Time: Stories by Jen Spyra What Sammy Knew by David Laskin Lolita in the Afterlife: On Beauty, Risk, and Reckoning with the Most Indelible and Shocking Novel of the Twentieth Century edited by Jenny Minton Quigley The Zoologist’s Guide to the Galaxy: What Animals on Earth Reveal About Aliens–and Ourselves by Arik Kershenbaum  Shooting Midnight Cowboy: Art, Sex, Loneliness, Liberation, and the Making of a Dark Classic by Glenn Frankel  Justice, Justice Thou Shalt Pursue: A Life’s Work Fighting for a More Perfect Union (Volume 2) (Law in the Public Square) by Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Amanda L. Tyler  Our Last Echoes by Kate Alice Marshall Nöthin’ But a Good Time The Uncensored History of the ’80s Hard Rock Explosion by Tom Beaujour and Richard Bienstock Mango and Peppercorns: A Memoir of Food, an Unlikely Family, and the American Dream by Tung Nguyen, Katherine Manning, Lyn Nguyen, Elisa Ung The Memory Collectors by Kim Neville A Beginner’s Guide to America: For the Immigrant and the Curious by Roya Hakakian Three O’Clock in the Morning by Gianrico Carofiglio Sidelined: Sports, Culture, and Being a Woman in America by Julie DiCaro Notes From the Bathroom Line: Humor, Art, and Low-grade Panic from 150 of the Funniest Women in Comedy by Amy Solomon Upstaged by Diana Harmon Asher A Queen of Gilded Horns by Amanda Joy Lady Bird Johnson: Hiding in Plain Sight by Julia Sweig The Performance by Claire Thomas Einstein’s Fridge: How the Difference Between Hot and Cold Explains the Universe by Paul Sen Plunder: A Memoir of Family Property and Nazi Treasure by Menachem Kaiser Saving Grace by Debbie Babitt Creatures of Passage by Morowa Yejide  How Rights Went Wrong Why Our Obsession with Rights Is Tearing America Apart by Jamal Greene The Note Through the Wire: The Incredible True Story of a Prisoner of War and a Resistance Heroine by Doug Gold  Win by Harlan Coben Are We There Yet? by Kathleen West Body of Stars by Laura Maylene Walter The Last Secret You’ll Ever Keep by Laurie Faria Stolarz  Bones of a Saint by Grant Farley All of This Is for You: A Little Book of Kindness by Ruby Jones  Gathering Dark by Candice Fox Five Ways to Fall Out of Love by Emily Martin Festival Days by Jo Ann Beard Terror to the Wicked: America’s First Trial by Jury That Ended a War and Helped to Form a Nation by Tobey Pearl A Better Bad Idea by Laurie Devore  Creatures of Passage by Morowa Yejidé The Whispering House by Elizabeth Brooks The Art of Wearing a Trench Coat: Stories by Sergi Pàmies, Adrian Nathan West (translator) The Twilight Zone by Nona Fernández, Natasha Wimmer (translator) Silence Is a Sense by Layla AlAmmar See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Nate tells a story about the funniest women ever, Andy can't smoke weed, Lemaire loves Ink Masters, and much much more. Enjoy!     

Negin Farsad was named one of the 53 Funniest Women by Huffington Post and her TEDTalk on social justice comedy has been seen by millions. She is author of How to Make White People Laugh, host of political comedy podcast Fake the Nation, regular panelist on NPR’s Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me, and frequent co-host on Neil DeGrasse Tyon’s Star Talk. She’s been on HBO's High Maintenance and Comedy Central’s Nightly Show among others. She wrote/directed The Muslims Are Coming! (Netflix) with Jon Stewart and David Cross. Her latest 3rd Street Blackout is on Peacock.

You can find the videos from this episode at our Discord RIGHT HERE! Busy Philipps: We start with Funniest Women on Twitter Jim, through a Patriots parody song and we get to Busy Philipps sharing her lack of self awareness by showing her crying selfies. Ben Affleck: What a journey for a great man, a true RISE like the Phoenix no matter what that hater Jeff has to say. James Franco: Creepy James Franco slinked away into the shadows before he could be brought to justice. THE NEW JIVE!, IT’S THE 60S MAN!, THE MARVELOUS MRS. MAISEL!, MONEY IN THE GRAVE!, DRAKE!, RICK ROSS!, SMOOTH!, SMOKING WEED!, SASQUATCH!, GODZILLA!, KING KONG!, JAY-Z!, FUNNIEST WOMEN ON TWITTER JIM!, HUFFPOST!, BABY YODA!, POSH YODA!, SCARY YODA!, NEW YORKER!, SUBURBS!, THE R WORD!, RETARD!, I’M A BITCH!, MEREDITH BROOKS!, GROW UP!, AS CLOSE TO 2050 AS 1990!, 30 YEARS!, STEEL DRUMS!, 4/20!, SUPER BOWL PARODY SONGS!, PATRIOTS PARODY!, EDELMAN!, AMENDOLA!, BILLY BEAT WORLD!, THE MIDDLE!, JIMMY EAT WORLD!, SANU!, BUSY PHILIPPS!, BUSY TONIGHT!, E! NETWORK!, EXECUTIVE!, MICHELLE WILLIAMS!, SCREENSHOTS!, CRYING SELFIES!, CANCELLED!, MAY 16!, LAGWAGON!, BAD AT YOUR JOB!, DO BETTER!, ADAM!, DAUGHTER!, LETTER!, CURSING!, CRINGE!, FOOT TATTOO!, POWERFUL HUSBAND!, MARC SILVERSTEIN!, NEVER BEEN KISSED!, BEN AFFLECK!, BACK TATTOO!, PHOENIX!, RECOVERY!, JENNIFER GARNER!, THE GOSS!, STOIC!, OCEAN!, PENSIVE!, RICH AND FAMOUS!, DOGMAN!, DOGMA!, THE TOWN!, ARGO!, ALCOHOL ADDICTION!, GOOD WILL HUNTING!, THE LAST DUEL!, JAMES FRANCO!, IT ME!, ACTING SCHOOL!, PROBLEMATIC!, SEX SCENE CLASS!, CONTRACT!, EXPLOITIVE!, EXPLOITATIVE!, I HAVE NOTHING LEFT EXCEPT SPIDER-MAN!, SPIDER-MAN 2!, CREEP!, HANDSOME!, RIPPED!, HOT!, CHOCO TACO!, DEUCES WILD!, KEVIN SMITH!, THE DISASTER ARTIST!, KIN!, SPRING BREAKERS!, ALIEN!, GIGLI!, JERSEY GIRL!, BATMAN!, BATFLECK!, YOKED! CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD JIM AND THEM #614 Part 2 RIGHT HERE!

On this episode of The Draft Podcast, the guys draft the ‘Funniest Women' of All Time! All female comedians, improvisers and comedic actors dead or alive are included. Don't let shock fueled opinion articles fool you, women are hilarious and this draft proves it! Hit us up on Twitter and let us know who you would have picked, @TheDraftPod!

Nicole Byer  is an actress, comedian and writer. She hosts the baking show Nailed It currently streaming on Netflix and has a sitcom loosely based on her life streaming on Facebook Watch called Loosely Exactly Nicole. She also hosts a podcast called Why Won't You Date Me. She recently starred on the short lived Fox sketch show Party Over Here. You've also seen her on MTV's Girl Code, 30 Rock, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates, @Midnight, Adult Swim, Chelsea Lately, Transparent, Lady Dynamite, and a Nestle commercial that only runs in Israel. She co-wrote and starred in the Pursuit of Sexiness which Variety named a web series to watch. Nicole was featured as a Time Out LA comic to watch in 2015, and Refinery 29 says she’s a female comic to look out for. She’s also been featured in Cosmopolitan, Ladies Home Journal, Elle and Ebony. Nicole has basically done lots of fun shit. She also tours the dang country, so go see one of her shows! Sasheer Zamata is a comedian, actress and writer. She was a cast member on Saturday Night Live, and has appeared on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert and This American Life. She serves as ACLU’s Celebrity Ambassador for Women’s Rights. She hosts a live variety show called Sasheer Zamata Party Time, and you can watch her standup special Pizza Mind on Amazon Prime and Starz, and listen to it on iTunes and Spotify. She’s been listed in Time Out New York’s Top 10 Funniest Women in NYC, Brooklyn Magazine’s 50 Funniest People in Brooklyn, and Complex Magazine’s Women in Comedy You Should Be Paying Attention to Right Now. She co-created and co-starred in the webseries Pursuit of Sexiness, which was named one of the Top 10 Web Series of 2013 by Variety, and part of Glamour’s 7 Web Series We Can’t Stop Watching in 2015. She’s performed at Clusterfest, Just for Laughs (Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver), Bonnaroo, SXSW, Moontower Comedy Festival, Outside Lands, SF Sketchfest, Vodafone Festival, Bridgetown Comedy Festival, New York Comedy Festival, Brooklyn Comedy Festival, Limestone Comedy Festival, Woodstock Comedy Festival, North Carolina Comedy Arts Festival, Great American Comedy Festival, and Women in Comedy Festival. Vanessa Gonzalez is originally from Texas and was voted “Best Stand-up Comic” in the Austin Chronicle. She was a breakout as one of the New Faces of the 2017 Just For Laughs Festival in Montreal and subsequently created and starred in a webseries called "Ms. Vanessa" for Mas Mejor, a digital platform that is part of Lorne Michael’s company Broadway Video. She was recently featured on TruTV’s "Laff Mobb’s Laff Tracks" and has a half hour stand-up special for Comedy Central and a short special on HBO Latino airing in 2019. Always hosted by Marina Franklin- Trainwreck, Louie Season V, The Jim Gaffigan Show, Conan O'Brien, and HBO's Crashing

Negin Farsad (www.NeginFarsad.com) is an Iranian-American-Muslim-Female comedian who believes that she can change the world through jokes. Although her journey started in politics, Negin quickly realized that she’d rather be doing comedy full-time. Negin is an author (“How To Make White People Laugh”) and film director and actress (“The Muslims Are Coming!” starring Jon Stewart, Lewis Black and more; her newest film is the rom-com “3RD Street Blackout“). Negin hosts “Fake The Nation,” a political comedy roundtable podcast, and has been seen on Comedy Central, MTV and others. She is a TED Fellow for her work in social justice comedy. Negin was named to “50 Funniest Women” by Huffington Post and “10 Best Feminist Comedians” by Paper Magazine. Find out why in this interview!

The Free Press called Tara DeFrancisco “The Funniest Person In Chicago”. She won Top 25 Funniest Women in Curve Magazine.  Tara started in stand up but switched to improv! Tara teaches improv and sketch-writing classes at iO, Second City, and ComedySportz, and coaches a Harold team at the iO theatre as well. She performs for the Second City as an understudy for the resident stages, and at CSz several times a week. Her iO team Chaos Theory performs Saturday nights. She is now in four LasVegasDotCom commercials airing nationally (one of them is embedded below). And Tara is the only person so far that I absolutely had to interview twice right away. I don’t know why. Maybe cuz we’re both from Ohio. Read all the notes and see the funny pictures here (opens new window). Full Episode: Video preview: