Podcast appearances and mentions of katie pengra

Katie Pengra joined the Arizona State University speech team after competing throughout high school. She placed second in Duo with AJ Moorehead at NFA in 2005 and 6th in POI at AFA in 2007. Pengra moved to Los Angeles where she coached high school speech, and failed at acting. She landed in Austin where she received a master’s degree in journalism, regularly performs stand up comedy, has worked on several short films, and co-directed a feature length documentary. She is currently working on a nursing degree, and lives with her husband and two-year-old son.  • In this episode, Robert and Katie discuss how to cut a POI, the terrors of peer critiques, and how to use speech to springboard into stand-up comedy.  Listen for free through Apple Podcasts, GooglePlay, Overcast, Podbean, Spotify, iHeartRadio or wherever you listen to podcasts.

I couldn't have asked for a better / worse choice to start the show with. The illustrious Katie Pengra -- who co-hosts a killer Oscar party every year in Austin at Haymaker with her husband -- graciously agrees to sit her pregnant butt down for this trippy and grim journey through a whole lotta nothing. The movie is famous for 1) a Dustin Hoffman line, 2) being an X-rated Best Picture winner ... for a while (it's now officially R), and 3) supposedly lots of sex. There's isn't that much sex. Tune in to hear my 4-year-old daughter manage to wake up and walk in on us recording during one of the rare sex scenes. (She's fine, we talked it out.) Stick around for our frustration with the surreality of it all. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Maggie Maye is part comedian, part actress, part writer, and ALL guest on this episode of Austin Sessions. Maggie joins us to talk about her comedy career, hosting the Comedy Talent Review, her writing style, and more! Follow her on Twitter @maggiemayehaha and check out her website here!   We also talk about: Meltdown at Highball, Kumain Nanjiani, Jonah Ray, Out of Bounds Comedy Festival, Moontower Comedy Festival, Punch!, racism, Erin Foley, Katie Pengra, Funny or Die, All Jane No Dick Festival, Velveeta Room, and more!

This week we turned the tables on radio host Tracey Schultz to ask him about how he got into radio, the subtlties of interviewing, podcasts, and his show "What's New."  Follow him on Twitter @TraceySchulz, find him on Facebook, and check out his show here.   We also talked about: The Austin comedy scene, the Moontower Comedy Festival, SXSW, KGSR, KLBJ, Charlie Hodge, Katie Pengra, Dale Dudley, Matt Bearden, Chris Hardwick, Nerdist, Scott Auckerman, Richard Linklater, social media, 101X, Jason and Deb, Don Pitts, Luke Winky, Howard Stern, KOOP radio, and more!

For our tenth episode Jason and I shared some beers with comedian Katie Pengra. Discussion topics: LA auditions, Stephen King, Joss Whedon, meeting Marc Maron and more!