Podcast appearances and mentions of julia pistell

March Madness is here! And for the 15th* time, the only logical thing to do is to get improv comedian Julia Pistell and the actual Bill Curry together to talk basketball for an hour on the radio. That may not be the only logical thing to do. It may be that that’s not actually a logical thing to do at all. But we’re doing it anyway. *It’s our 15th one of these unless it isn’t. We’re pretty sure we’ve done this show every year from 2010 on, but for 2020. That 2010 show is lost to internet history, but we’re fairly confident it happened. And the 2012 show … was about birds? But we’re counting it. GUESTS: Bill Curry: Playing the part of Bill Curry Frankie Graziano: Host of The Wheelhouse on Connecticut Public Mike Pesca: Hosts the independent daily podcast The Gist Julia Pistell: A founding member of Sea Tea Improv, among a number of other things Nayef Samhat: President of Wofford College Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It's cold, snowy winters like this that make us question why we choose to live in a place where snow, sleet, and wind define one-third of the year. It's a great excuse to complain, but does it also make us stronger and better people? This hour, we'll explore the idea of "northmanship." We'll talk about what it means to be from the north and to be inspired by the north. Is there a connection that we make to truth and beauty? Are we obsessed with it because it's slowly disappearing? GUESTS: Michael Robinson: Author, Department of Humanities Chair and Professor of History at University of Hartford. He hosts a podcast called "Time to Eat the Dogs" Luanne Rice: Author of more than 30 novels, including 22 consecutive New York Times best sellers Mary Ehrlander: Professor Emeritus of History at University of Alaska, Fairbanks Halla Oskarsdottir: Icelandic journalist, columnist and book critic The Colin McEnroe Show is available as a podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, TuneIn, Listen Notes, or wherever you get your podcasts. Subscribe and never miss an episode! Subscribe to The Noseletter, an email compendium of merriment, secrets, and ancient wisdom brought to you by The Colin McEnroe Show. Join the conversation on Facebook and Twitter. Julia Pistell and Chion Wolf contributed to this program, which originally aired March 5, 2015. Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We spoke to Julia Pistell, Co-Founder and Managing Director of Sea Tea Improv, as well as Allie Rivera, Instructor and Performer, about their mission to present high-quality, affordable, original entertainment to a diverse audience. By providing opportunities and a home for comedians and performers, they cultivate an inclusive comedy community and springboard top regional talent to a national level.

March Madness is here! And so the only logical thing to do is to get improv comedian Julia Pistell and the actual Bill Curry together to talk basketball for an hour on the radio. That may not be the only logical thing to do. It may be that that's not actually a logical thing to do at all. But we're doing it anyway. *It's our 14th one of these unless it isn't. We're pretty sure we've done this show every year from 2010 on, but for 2020. There's circumstantial evidence, at least, that we did this show that first March that our show was on the air, in 2010. But no proof that that's a thing we did survives. But we're still fairly confident we did it. GUESTS: Eugene J. Cornacchia: President of Saint Peter's University Bill Curry: Playing the part of Bill Curry Frankie Graziano: Host of The Wheelhouse on Connecticut Public Julia Pistell: A founding member of Sea Tea Improv, among a number of other things The Colin McEnroe Show is available as a podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, TuneIn, Listen Notes, or wherever you get your podcasts. Subscribe and never miss an episode! Subscribe to The Noseletter, an email compendium of merriment, secrets, and ancient wisdom brought to you by The Colin McEnroe Show. Join the conversation on Facebook and Twitter. Colin McEnroe and Dylan Reyes contributed to this show.Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It's a Very Special Bookstore Explorer as we welcome essayist, radio personality and podcaster Julia Pistell to go bookstore exploring. Julia is cohost of Literary Disco, alongside actor and filmmaker Rider Strong and novelist and critic Tod Golderg. We discuss that show, her other impressive literary credentials, and her favorite bookstore explorations. Listen to Literary Disco wherever you get podcasts!Books We Talk About: Circe by Madeline Miller, Paper Girls by Brian K. Vaughan and Cliff Chiang, American Wolf by Nate Blakeslee, and the books of Anthony Horowitz. (And, okay, several others!)Practice Partnership: Monetizing Your Dental PracticeDoctors – are you interested in building long-term wealth and continuing on as an...Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify

March Madness is upon us! And so the only logical thing to do is to get improv comedian Julia Pistell and the actual Bill Curry together to talk basketball for an hour on the radio. That may not be the only logical thing to do. It may be that that's not actually a logical thing to do at all. But we're doing it anyway. *It's our 13th one of these unless it isn't. Our thinking is that we've done this show every year from 2010 on, but for 2020. There's a mention, in our 2013 edition of this show, of our having done a 2010 edition of this show. But no evidence of the 2010 edition of the show survives on the internet. And yet we're still fairly confident it's a thing that we did. GUESTS: Bill Curry: Playing the part of Bill Curry Frankie Graziano: Host of The Wheelhouse on Connecticut Public Andrew Hsu: President of the College of Charleston in South Carolina Julia Pistell: A founding member of Sea Tea Improv, a contributing producer on this show, and a number of other things The Colin McEnroe Show is available as a podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, or wherever you get your podcasts. Subscribe and never miss an episode! Subscribe to The Noseletter, an email compendium of merriment, secrets, and ancient wisdom brought to you by The Colin McEnroe Show. Join the conversation on Facebook and Twitter. Colin McEnroe and Cat Pastor contributed to this show.Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The NCAA’s March Madness is back! And so the only logical thing to do is to get improv comedian Julia Pistell and the actual Bill Curry together to talk basketball for an hour on the radio. That may not be the only logical thing to do. It may be that that’s not actually a logical thing to do at all. But we’re doing it anyway. *It’s our 12th one of these unless it isn’t. Our thinking is that we’ve done this show every year from 2010 on, but for 2020. Though, in 2012, we used our brackets to pick a new Connecticut state bird. But we’re counting it. GUESTS: Eugene J. Cornacchia: President of Saint Peter’s University in Jersey City, New Jersey Bill Curry: Playing the part of Bill Curry Frankie Graziano: A reporter for Connecticut Public Julia Pistell: A founding member of Sea Tea Improv, among a number of other things Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Back in The Before Times, I had a monthly advice show called Asking for a Friend at Sea Tea Comedy Theater in downtown Hartford, and in one part of the show, the house lights would come up and the audience members took the mic and talked about what was bothering them. From being annoyed about pumpkin spice, to frustrations with the healthcare industry, pollution, and racism, no gripe was too small or too vast to put words to. The segment was called “Y U SO SALTY”, and it's the inspiration for today's entire show. You'll hear audio from Asking for a Friend, and voicemails from adults and kids, and you'll hear what's gotten under the skin of some Connecticut Public employees, too. Plus, a philosopher on why anger is essential to anti-racist struggle. You heard saltiness from: Tianna Glass-Trip, Pratima Singh, Chion Wolf, Mari Firkatian, Tracy Wu-Fastenberg, Allan Smith, Alexa LaFever, Julia Pistell, Patrick Rico Williams, Zulynette Morales, Richard Hollant, Aisha Mo, Jim Bonaldo, Scarlett Cistulli, Brian Hines, Karen Hines (no relation), Allie Rivera, Jaleith Gary, Ryan Lindsay, Kamora Herrington, Drew John Ladd, Suzi Craig, Anthony Emanuel, Emily Lowinger, Macy Lipkin, Marilyn Rosetti, David Zakur, Sonja Pasquontonio, Meg Fitzgerald, Sophia MacGillis, Robyn Doyon-Aitken, Victoria Martinez, Ella Fisher, James & Daniel Russell, Paige Wittingham, Charlotte Donnely, and Aidan, Willow, and Arwen Gladis Perez-Sauquillo. Support the show: https://www.wnpr.org/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Crime novelist Tod Goldberg has made a career of writing about bad people behaving badly. A New York Times bestselling author of over a dozen books, including the popular “Burn Notice” series, his work has been published in a dozen languages all over the world. In addition to exploring the dark side of glitzy cities in his novels, he serves as director of UC Riverside's low-residency MFA program where he is a professor of creative writing. He is also co-host of the popular podcast “Literary Disco” with writer Julia Pistell and actor Rider Strong. Goldberg's latest book is “The Low Desert: Gangster Stories,” a collection of short stories expanding upon the universe of his acclaimed “Gangsterland” series. Set mostly in Goldberg's own backyard of the Coachella Valley, his new book explores the noirish underbelly of California's inland desert. UCR Magazine Associate Editor Jessica Weber caught up with Goldberg to talk about falling in love with crime fiction, the secret world behind the palm trees and fancy desert resorts of Southern California, and why we sometimes root for the bad guy. Listen in for the lowdown on “The Low Desert.”

In 1920, a Czech writer was stumped. He’d written a play about a future where machines that looked like people do our bidding. They were the perfect workers: obedient, hard working, and never demanded a pay raise. But what was the writer to call these marvelous machines? There wasn’t yet a word for this type of creation.  He had initially chosen labori, from the Latin for labor, but something about the word wasn’t quite right. It seemed...stiff, bookish. This play wasn’t just about machines who labored. It was about machines we exploited, relentlessly. And eventually, the writer landed on a word that fit better: Robot.  Robot comes from an old Czech word for drudgery and servitude. Though in his play - like so very many robo-dystopias to come - the writer showed that a mind we create to serve us, isn’t necessarily a mind we can control. Footnotes & Further Reading:  See more drawings and diagrams in The Book of Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices by Ismail al-Jazari. Check out some old footage of Unimate, the first worker robot. Credits: This episode was produced by Johanna Mayer, Julia Pistell, and Elah Feder. Elah is our editor and senior producer. We had sound design and mastering from Chris Wood. Our music was composed by Daniel Peterschmidt. Thank you to Craig Cravens, senior lecturer at Indiana University, for helping us with research about Karel Capek. We had fact checking help from Danya AbdelHameid. Nadja Oertelt is our chief content officer.  This season of Science Diction is supported by Audible.

This is an excerpt from a February 2020 appearance on "Asking For A Friend with Chion Wolf." Last year, on this date, we lost one of sport's brightest stars. Kobe Bryant, recently retired NBA legend passed alongside his daughter and families of her teammates. In all the loss his sexual assault case was thrusted back into the public eye, prompting the question "how do we memorialize the problematic?" Myself, Zulynette and Julia Pistell have that conversation.

Tod Goldberg is the New York Times bestselling author of over a dozen books, including The Low Desert, Gangsterland (a finalist for the Hammett Prize), Gangster Nation, The House of Secrets (which he co-authored with Brad Meltzer), Living Dead Girl (a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize), and the popular Burn Notice series. His books have been published in a dozen languages and around the world and were twice named a finalist for the VN international Thriller of the Year Award. His short fiction has been collected in three volumes — Simplify, which won the Other Voices Book Prize and was a finalist for the SCBA Award, Other Resort Cities, and his latest book, The Low Desert: Gangster Stories — and has been widely anthologized. His essays, journalism, and criticism have appeared in numerous publications, including the Los Angeles Times, USA Today, and the Wall Street Journal, among countless other publications and anthologies, and have earned five Nevada Press Association Awards for excellence, while his essay “When They Let Them Bleed” was selected for Best American Essays. For his body of work, Tod was honored with the Silver Pen Award from the Nevada Writers Hall of Fame. In addition to his work on the page, Tod is also the cohost of the podcast Literary Disco, along with Julia Pistell & Rider Strong, which has been named a top podcast by the Washington Post, The Guardian, Mashable, and even Good Housekeeping (among many others). He is also the co-host, along with essayist Maggie Downs, of Open Book on KCOD Coachella FM, the leading public radio station in the Coachella Valley. Tod Goldberg holds an MFA in Creative Writing & Literature from Bennington College and is a Professor of creative writing at the University of California, Riverside where he directs the Low Residency MFA Program in Creative Writing and Writing for the Performing Arts. He lives in Indio, CA with his wife, the beauty writer Wendy Duren. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/burl-barer/support

Bill Murray has starred in some of our favorite movies of the last few decades: Caddyshack, Stripes, Tootsie, Ghostbusters, Scrooged, What About Bob?, Groundhog Day, Ed Wood, Space Jam, Lost in Translation, all the Wes Anderson films, and so many more. He doesn't like managers or agents, and, rumor has it, he once agreed to play Garfield because he thought it was a Coen brothers film. (It wasn't.) And now, Bill Murray is 70 (!) years old. This hour, we talk with Robert Schnakenberg, author of The Big Bad Book of Bill Murray: A Critical Appreciation of the World's Finest Actor, to find out what makes the famed comedian unique. We also hear some favorite Bill Murray stories from local celebrities and members of Sea Tea Improv. GUEST: Robert Schnakenberg - Author of The Big Bad Book of Bill Murray: A Critical Appreciation of the World's Finest Actor Join the conversation on Facebook and Twitter. Colin McEnroe, Betsy Kaplan, Jonathan McNicol, Julia Pistell, Dan Schulz, and Chion Wolf contributed to this show, which originally aired December 14, 2015.Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Darby Yamswood (Julia Pistell), Regional Property Manager of "Living the Dream" Mobile Homes, and Brody Shangmore (Michael Bird), CEO of Muscles for Days, LLC, speak remotely with a quarantined Dean Ardenfell (Nathan Hartswick), an audio documentarian who seeks to interview employees of global corporation Hogswood-Cooper Media. The Corporation is an improvised satirical comedy podcast produced by Unicow Media and recorded at the studios of Vermont Comedy Club. Visit www.TheCorporationPod.com, fan the show on Facebook and Instagram, and listen to new episodes every Tuesday. For more info on shows and classes at Vermont Comedy Club, visit www.vtcomedy.com. Links to The Corporation on: > Apple Podcasts > Spotify > Stitcher > Google Play

Summer is the time we look forward to reading -- or rereading -- our favorite books. How do you choose from the stack of next-to-read books that pile up beside your bed? Do you relish the adventure of what a new book might bring or do you reread an old favorite that changed your life in some way, that one book that resembles a child's much beloved stuffed animal -- dog-eared and stained with food, sweat, and tears. Today, writers explore the transformative nature of reading, writing, and a great novel. GUESTS: Steve Almond - writer and author of ten books of fiction and non-fiction, including Against Football and Candyfreak. His latest book is William Stoner and the Battle For the Inner Life. Julia Pistell - freelance writer, comedian, Managing Director at Sea Tea Improv, creator of Syllable Series, host of Literary Disco, a podcast about books and writing. Joseph Luzzi - writer and author of the memoir, In a Dark Wood: What Dante Taught Me About Grief, Healing, and the Mysteries of Love. He’s the author of two other books, most recently, My Two Italies. He’s a professor of Comparative Literature at Bard. Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sea Tea Improv Comedy Theater (seateaimprov.com) has established itself quite solidly during its time in Hartford, providing improv and stand-up comedy to some of the area's top performers. Julia Pistell is currently the managing director, and one of the group's performers, of Sea Tea, and spoke to me about her path to improv and how the principles of improv can impact people off stage. Really great stuff. #seatea #seateaimprov #improv #comedy #standup

Colin's out today, and Julia Pistell returns as guest host. We devote the hour to two interesting guys and their interesting jobs.Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Frank and Gwen are joined by Julia Pistell, co-host of the Literary Disco podcast! We play multiple rounds of guess-the-book, talk about whaling ships and virtual reality and Garfield Minus Garfield, and offer a bazillion book recommendations.

Julia Pistell gets Brenna Harvey to talk about growing up wanting to be funny just outside of New Haven, going to UConn and co-founding the legendary longform group Horse Lincoln, being at the opposite end of a long table from Charlie Todd, what makes a hobo a hobo, the damage of toxic masculinity done by … Continue reading Meet Brenna! → The post Meet Brenna! appeared first on Sea Tea Improv.

It's that time of year again when productivity slides, sleep is lost and frustration runs high. No, there's not another financial crisis - just March Madness! Join our favorite bracket watching team of Julia Pistell and Bill Curry, as they share their top-secret strategies to pick the winning NCAA bracket, the logic of which stuns even seasoned sports reporter Mike Pesca.Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Julia Pistell eats Chinese food & drinks sparkling wine with Daniel Davidson while he talks about public access TV fame, improv all over the country from UCB to UCBerkley, getting out to mixers despite all inertia, improvised live movie dubbing, trying new forms of improv, and not eating pizza in college. The post Meet Daniel! appeared first on Sea Tea Improv.

We're joined by Tod Goldberg and Julia Pistell, of Literary Disco, to talk bedouin poetry tents, writer costumes, Val Kilmer as Mark Twain, and which small presses sound most like metal bands.

Julia Pistell gets Briana Haynie to talk about having allergies (all of them), old sitcoms (but mostly just 30 Rock), “burning the puppet” (Sea Tea slang for the first time you’re in a show that doesn’t go quite right), breaking badly (in a good way), and old wrestling (but mostly Chris Jericho). The post Meet Briana! appeared first on Sea Tea Improv.

Julia Pistell climbs the beanstalk to chat with Casey “The Gentle Giant” Grambo about improv as subculture, finding improv in Hartford, Tina Fey’s theater tech dog whistle, and what it is to be weird, funny, and uncomfortable all at once. The post Meet Casey! appeared first on Sea Tea Improv.

Julia Pistell re-re-interviews Greg Ludovici about his broken lefthandedness, his background in musical theatre, very real sports like rowing & archery, white hat hacking, the career move from Saratoga to Hartford, the reason improv is better than scripted theatre for working folk, cats, games and more! The post Meet Greg! appeared first on Sea Tea Improv.

Stephanie “Sproffee” Rice enables Julia Pistell to speak about world travel, high school society, going from NYC to Hartford, shedding shyness, improv vs. scripted theater vs. writing, mentally recording the details of the moment for later storytelling, yet losing yourself in the music/the moment, Sea Tea Improv’s dedication, and her almost magical cooking skill. The post Meet Julia! appeared first on Sea Tea Improv.

Julia Pistell talks Dan Russell into talking about the beginnings of Sea Tea Improv, doing Wu-Tang karaoke, local & national stand-up comedy, acting for non-actors, memorable gigs (good & bad), the Connecticut improv scene, researching improv homework, being a carnie, finishing college, Muppet Babies Live, colored pencils, amateur baseball and getting engaged. The post Meet Dan! appeared first on Sea Tea Improv.

Julia Pistell dares Vladimir Perez to talk about getting started in improv, stalking comedy influences from the SNL extended universe, hockey, and truth in comedy. The post Meet Vlad! appeared first on Sea Tea Improv.

Julia Pistell talks with Graham Snow about being secretly British, joining Sea Tea Improv via the CT improv community, Animaniacs (“Chicken Boo” theme song Copyright © 1993 Warner Bros.), and the silliness of laughter and Mystery Men. The post Meet Graham! appeared first on Sea Tea Improv.

Julia Pistell chats with Laura Manasewich about American Girl dolls, Moebius, the Baby-Sitters Club and women in comedy. The post Meet Laura! appeared first on Sea Tea Improv.

Julia Pistell interviews Stephanie “Sproffee” Rice about nicknames, improv group dynamics, historically inaccurate faires, and getting crafty. The post Meet Sproffee! appeared first on Sea Tea Improv.

Julia Pistell interviews Joe Leonardo about Siamese twins, punchline-free standup, and the comedy that comes from stripping down the facade and getting real. The post Meet Joe! appeared first on Sea Tea Improv.

Julia Pistell meets with Kate Sidley for an interview about bad names for comedy clubs, Romanian “Fame” students, Sea Tea Improv’s interesting mix, Harpo Marx’s completely awesome life, and getting comfortable being upside-down. The post Meet Kate! appeared first on Sea Tea Improv.

Julia Pistell sits down with Summar Elguindy to talk about unsustainable Canadian farming, Disney movies & musicals, Hartford & Boston living, and the difference between family-friendly entertainment and kid-targeted entertainment. The post Meet Summar! appeared first on Sea Tea Improv.

Julia Pistell begins the Sea Tea Improv podcast with a short intro episode about Sea Tea Improv and what we’ll be doing with this podcast! The post Welcome to the Sea Tea Improv Podcast! appeared first on Sea Tea Improv.