Podcasts about open space cafe

This week, Jenna and Kevin sit down with comedian, designer, and professional thot, William Cheng (@sumofyum). In this episode, William talks about his experience as a gaysian in doing stand-up in LA, and the crew covers best shows, worst shows, and how to not give up on comedy. Oh also, Jenna spells the word "of" wrong, and Kevin rejoices. Catch William this Friday July 20th at Open Space Cafe follow link for details: https://www.instagram.com/sumofyum/

If there’s anyone who can make a ridiculous drinking story hilarious, it’s Laura House. A headlining comedian who has performed on HBO, Comedy Central, NBC, she is originally from Texas and moved to LA after starring in MTV’s cult-favorite Austin Stories. She’s written on the Emmy-winning shows Mom and Samantha Who, BAFTA-winning Secret Lives of Boys, as well as Nicole Byer’s Loosely, Exactly, Nicole, The George Lopez Show, Mad Love, Blue Collar TV and more. This story is about what can happen when you marry a guy you shouldn't (spoiler alert: it doesn't go so well). She told it at my live storytelling show, which happens on the last Friday of every month at Open Space Cafe (457 N. Fairfax Ave) in LA.

We all have stories. Some of us have funny ones. Others have tragic ones. If you're Natasha Vargas-Cooper, you have both. If you listen to the podcast regularly, you know about Natasha but for anyone new around here...she is a wondrous sprite who graduated Summa Cum Laude from UCLA with a double major in history and public policy and has been published in such places as The New York Times, Atlantic Monthly, The Wall Street Journal, New York Magazine and GQ, among many others. Her book, Mad Men Unbuttoned, was praised as “a well-versed primer” by The New Yorker and “likely to become a trivia-lover's bible” by The New York Times. Oh and in her spare time, she created the popular LA storytelling show Public School. In this story, she discusses taking Ambien and then driving to 7-11 for cigarettes, the emails she shouldn't have sent and why being addicted to people is so much worse than being addicted to substances, among other (funny) (and tragic) things. This episode is from my live storytelling show, which happens on the last Friday of every month at Open Space Cafe (457 N. Fairfax Ave) in LA.

Bucky Sinister is a poet, self-help author and comedian, he has published four books of poetry and two self-help books, including Get Up: A 12-Step Guide to Recovery for Misfists, Freaks, and Weirdos. His journalism, film reviews, and short stories have appeared on The Rumpus, The Bold Italic, and a number of other online and print publications. His novel, Black Hole, is flat out the funniest novel I've ever read about addiction. He's been something of a regular in my world—a repeated podcast guest and performer at my live show. This episode is from one of those live shows and in this story, he talks about being terrified of small talk but not remotely scared to score drugs from strangers or get in fights. This episode is from my live storytelling show, which happens on the last Friday of every month at Open Space Cafe (457 N. Fairfax Ave) in LA. Sign up for the newsletter to make sure you're notified when shows are coming up and/or stay up to date on the schedule here. For more about the workshops I lead where I teach people to take their most disturbing or interesting experiences and make them into stories, click here. For more information about my online writing classes and coaching programs, click here.

If there's anyone who can make a ridiculous drinking story hilarious, it's Laura House. A headlining comedian who has performed on HBO, Comedy Central, NBC, she is originally from Texas and moved to LA after starring in MTV's cult-favorite Austin Stories. She's written on the Emmy-winning shows Mom and Samantha Who, BAFTA-winning Secret Lives of Boys, as well as Nicole Byer's Loosely, Exactly, Nicole, The George Lopez Show, Mad Love, Blue Collar TV and more. This story is about how she went from being a girl who knocked on doors trying to talk to strangers about Jesus to vomiting Pina Coladas all over a bus to peeing her name in the hallway outside of a teacher's hotel room. Did she end up suffering consequences for being a host family's worst nightmare? Well, no—and yes. It all makes sense if you listen. This episode is from my live storytelling show, which happens on the last Friday of every month at Open Space Cafe (457 N. Fairfax Ave) in LA.

We join you for Volume 13 of Personally Speaking to talk about depression, George Michael, and Blowjob Jane. This month, Dani Fernandez opines about being an anime fan who hates anime fans, Jenny Tao is double-crossed by a "friend", Courtney Rundell explores loving a girl who loves George Michael, and your host Christiana Morgenroth recalls trying to hide the time a small gathering of nerds snowballed into a massive house party. Our next live show is Friday, March 10th at Open Space Cafe! Follow @itspersonalnow for details. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/itspersonalnow/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/itspersonalnow/support

We join you once again for Volume 11 of Personally Speaking to talk about period blood, drug money and drag queens — all the usual features of being a girl. This month, Henry Effarah considers the Penis-Vagina Paradigm, Dani Adaliz receives a dark premonition from her sisters (tw: violence, attempted assault), Jenn Scott's drug-dealer-boss-boyfriend gets his payday stolen by a clown, Eric Czuleger dreams of a girl back home from miles and worlds away, and Shawn Richardz teaches a boy a lesson. Our next live show is Friday, January 13th at Open Space Cafe with a lineup that's not to be missed! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/itspersonalnow/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/itspersonalnow/support

Personally Speaking is back with the EXTREMELY TOPICAL theme of "Teamwork". This month, Will Weldon (@oldmanweldon) realizes he is the opposite of a team player, Glenn Bolton (@other_Bolton) gets crazy with border patrol, Mel Layesen (@MELayesen) laments a group project, and Rebecca Aranda (@arandaphotos) finds her true calling in sports as a hypeman. Our next live show is December 7th at Open Space Cafe! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/itspersonalnow/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/itspersonalnow/support

Did it hurt? When you crawled from the depths of Hell? This month, Personally Speaking gets ever more bizarre as comedians and friends speak to the theme of "Strange". Jen Curcio dates her girlfriend's girlfriend, Julia Hays goes on the hike with no end, Lizzy Cooperman becomes infamous in her hometown, Ruby Cooper meets a dog wise beyond his years, Rati Gupta has a not-so secret admirer, and Josh Fadem enters a game of chicken with a gallon of water. Our next live show is November 11th at Open Space Cafe! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/itspersonalnow/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/itspersonalnow/support

Personally Speaking somehow hangs onto its spot in the comedy club. Local comedians and friends speak to the theme of "Camp." Jessica Svendsgaard has too much to eat, Ethan Stanislawski makes a break for it, Oscar Sagastume may or may not know Wayne Brady, Kim Kalish is proposed to kinda, Julie Pearson reluctantly traverses the Grand Canyon, and Robin Ryan experiences the kidnapping of a real kid. Next live show is October 14th at Open Space Cafe! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/itspersonalnow/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/itspersonalnow/support