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In this episode, we bring you three stories about first times. But these three storytellers share more than just the courage to talk about sex onstage; all three are also standup comedians. Stick around after the stories as they share their perspectives on storytelling through the lens of comedy. Story District Presents is a podcast for people who love live storytelling. Listen to the best of Story District's performances over the last 20 years, and get behind-the-scenes with the storytellers. Follow us @storydistrict on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook. If you enjoy the show, subscribe, share it with your friends, and leave a review on iTunes. Our guests: Vijai Nathan is one of Story District's senior storytelling trainers and performers, and she is one of the leading Indian American female comedians. She was featured at the Montreal International Comedy Festival and the Smirnoff International Comedy Festival. She's also performed at the Smithsonian Museum, Kennedy Center, Constitution Hall, Library of Congress and won the award for Artistic Excellence from Story District. She’s gained attention from critics from her solo-shows Woman on Top: Tips from Mom, Dad & COSMO & Good Girls Don’t, But Indian Girls Do. Graham Campbell was born and raised in NYC where he spent 5 years as a cop with the NYPD. He's been telling with Story District for over 3 years, and has been lucky enough to make Top Shelf twice. He loves story telling because it's funny, raw and totally honest. He believes Pretzel Combos are superior to Cracker Combos and ketchup on a hot dog is a national disgrace. Cody is a speechwriter from Cincinnati. He is the youngest of six children and spends his free time doing stand-up comedy and crying over his beloved Cincinnati Bengals. Visit our website storydistrict.org and join our mailing list, and to find out about our live shows, classes, performance opportunities, custom shows, and consulting services for businesses, nonprofits, universities, and government agencies. This project was funded in part by the DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities.

This year Singleling is on tour recording live stories in some of the best venues in the country. This past April 1st we had the first one at the Black Cat in Washington DC. With performances by: CHELSEA SHORTE is a stand-up/writer/actor/storyteller living in DC. KEITH MELLNICK is a freelance photographer who splits his time between expat and DC living. In between his trips he performs at SpeakeasyDC, Perfect Liars Club and The Moth. His solo show “I’m not Crazy” tells the story about his Peace Corps experience in Kazakhstan. Dating Expert ERIKA ETTIN will give us a few tips on how to navigate the world of online dating in these crazy modern dating era. She is the founder of A Little Nudge, one of the country’s preeminent online dating coach. She has been profiled on NPR, The Washington Posts, WUSA9 and AskMen.com. JEFF SIMMERMON is a several times Moth StorySlam and GrandSlam winner, a comedian, teacher and storyteller that has appear on This American Life and The Moth’s Podcast. He is the host and producer of “And I am Not Lying”, a variety show in New York City. VIJAI NATHAN is a comedian that has been featured at the Montreal International Comedy Festival, has performed at the Smithsonian Museum, Kennedy Center, Constitution Hall, Library of Congress and won the Artistic Excellence award from SpeakeasyDC. Her solo shows “Woman on Top: Tips from Mom, Dad and Cosmo” and “Good Girls Don’t, But Indian Girls Do” have gained attention from critics all over.   The Hosts: CARA FORAN is a Moth StorySlam and Grandslam winner, writer, storyteller and improviser in Washington, DC. She is the producer and cohost of The Perfect Liars Club, one of DC’s most popular storytelling shows, as well as a regular host of The Moth in DC. Her solo show about the perils of dating, “District of Cara”, debuted at the 2015 Capital Fringe Festival in DC. VANESSA VALERIO is a Moth StorySlam winner that performs stories about her time living in Europe, her childhood in the Caribbean, and her crazy life as a 30-something single woman in NYC. She is the host and producer of ‘Singleling’, she also co-hosts Party of Two, a live monthly comedy show. She is also a dating columnist for Camara Flash and the Singles Warehouse.

TOM RHODES is a world traveling comedian who is now celebrating his 30th year as a stand up comedian.  The New York Times describes him as “A mostly natural intellect with a knack for reporting the harsh realities of life with a dark and absurdly optimistic cynicism.”   Rhodes has built a career that not only includes stand-up specials,  a sitcom (NBC’s Mr. Rhodes),  a travel show,  a late night talk show (in Holland), and numerous live CD’s & DVD’s, one of which (“Rhode Scholar”) Laughspin.com named the Number One Comedy DVD of that year.    As a featured travel writer for Huffington Post, his travel story ‘A Tragedy, A Miracle And A Brawl…Welcome to Ireland’ was awarded “one of the Top 10 Best Travel Stories.”   Tom became the first comedian to sign a development deal with Comedy Central and performed at the first ever HBO Aspen Arts Festival.  At the Montreal International Comedy Festival, he was discovered by an NBC talent scout which led to a development deal to create his own sitcom.   His podcast, "Tom Rhodes Radio" was named one of the Top 10 of Best Podcasts by Matador Network and was praised as the best newcomer in The Onion's A.V. Club. Since 2013, "Tom Rhodes Radio" joined Bill Burr's & Al Madrigal’s All Things Comedy Network.  You can catch his newest stand-up special, “Light Sweet Crude,” now on Netflix.   Follow Tom on Twitter @_tomrhodes, and follow Barry @barrykatz

Jim Short was born in Australia, moved to Texas where he began his stand-up career and worked for years in San Francisco and now lives in Los Angeles. Jim's television credits include Comedy Central's "Premium Blend" "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" "The Late Show with David Letterman" "The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson" and NBC's "Late Friday". Jim Short has appeared at the Montreal International Comedy Festival in 1998 and 2003 and the 2004 Las Vegas Comedy Festival. Jim is the winner of the 2004 San Francisco International Comedy Competition.*