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“And may the odds be ever in your favor…” Taped live at UCB Los Angeles in May 2023. You can see the next live show 6/16/23 at UCB LA!

Jonathan is a guest on one of our favorite podcasts this week: Scam Goddess. And we're releasing that episode on our Getting Curious feed, too. Did we scam host Laci Mosley and her team into producing an episode of Getting Curious for us? Perhaps. Will you love what you hear? Absolutely. Listen in as Laci and Jonathan discuss an iconic scam from art history, and get a feel for how Jonathan gets curious from the guest seat. Head to the Scam Goddess podcast feed for notes and sources from this episode, and make sure to subscribe. You can follow Laci on Instagram and Twitter @divalaci, and Scam Goddess on Instagram and Twitter @scamgoddesspod. “Scam Goddess” is a podcast dedicated to fraud and all those who practice it! Each week host Laci Mosley (aka Scam Goddess) digs deep into the latest scams alongside some of your favorite comedians! It's like true crime only without all the death! True fun ass crime! Scam Goddess was featured in the top 10 comedy podcasts of 2020 by Vulture magazine. It's been praised by Essence, Marie Claire, Vox, Harper's Bazaar, Time Out, and was also featured in New York Times. Scam Goddess won the 2021 and the 2022 Webby Awards for Best Crime and Justice Podcast. Scam Goddess is also the winner of the 2022 iHeartRadio Podcast Awards for Best Crime Podcast.  Laci Mosley is a Black American actor, comedian, and podcaster. She performs improv comedy at UCB Los Angeles and is a series regular in Season 2 of HBO's A Black Lady Sketch Show, and in the Showmax comedy series Florida Girls. She is also a cast member in Paramount+'s iCarly reboot and a contributor on ABC's The Con. Follow us on Instagram and Twitter @CuriousWithJVN to join the conversation. Jonathan is on Instagram and Twitter @JVN and @Jonathan.Vanness on Facebook. Transcripts for each episode are available at JonathanVanNess.com. Love listening to Getting Curious? Now, you can also watch Getting Curious—on Netflix! Head to netflix.com/gettingcurious to dive in. Our executive producer is Erica Getto. Our associate producer is Zahra Crim. Our editor is Andrew Carson. Our socials are run and curated by Middle Seat Digital. Our theme music is “Freak” by QUIÑ; for more, head to TheQuinCat.com. Getting Curious merch is available on PodSwag.com.

Today we present a very special look back at the early days of Totally Rad, when it was a LIVE show at UCB Los Angeles, when we did a special 4/20 Anti-Tobacco Show!Comedian Will Hines (@williebhines) joined 16-year-old host Alyssa (@alyssa_sabo) and 37-year-old sidekick Ben (@bencassil) in 1996 to learn about why smoking the drug tobacco is actually BAD! With special guest Lindsey McDowell (@LiNzee_)! And of course the Totally Rad crew: bandleader Janine Hogan (j9_Hogan), 14-year-old intern Miranda Rae Hart (@mirandaheartsyou) professional audience member July Diaz (@julydiaz), musician Thayer Frechette (@thayerfrechette)!Check out Will Hines's books: How To Be The Greatest Improviser on Earth, and Pirate, Robot, Ninja and his online improv school https://www.wgimprovschool.com!Theme song by Ben Cassil. Email us TotallyRad1996@gmail.com, PLEEEEEEASE rate and review on Apple Podcasts. Follow @totallyrad1996 for video content!

In today's "banger" of an episode, our friends and UCB regulars Ryan Barton (@rrybrator) and Vic Michaelis (@vicmmic) join us to talk about the tumultuous history of their friendship, allergies, and learning to say no. Check them out with their Harold teams Joyride and Yeti Mondays at UCB Los Angeles, and don't forget to peep Ryan's Youtube channel and Vic's Graphic novel that she helped produce, Mariner: An Ancient Rime. Come visit us in San Francisco for Sketch Fest at the Piano Fight Bar with special guests Phil Jackson and Lauren Lapkus on Sunday January 26 at 530 pm: https://sched.co/Xpy0 As always, feel free to check out ALL episodes on patreon.com/yourethemannowdog and follow us on twitter and instagram @mandogpod, @chosenberg, @danlippertcool. Special thanks to Casey Trela for the theme song and Harry Chaskin for our logo. Have a nice day, everyone!

I was telling my friend Heather the other day that I interviewed Jamie Denbo who created a show all about the Ren Faire. Her reaction, like mine, was...FINALLY! Why hasn't this subject been explored and put on display for all to see before? Denbo created "American Princess" which airs on Lifetime on June 2nd. I invited her to tell me about this show and how she became an actress, producer and top improviser. Denbo came to Hollywood in a unique way. She didn't train a traditional top acting school or have famous parents. She got a taste of theater and performing after a random audition for the Ren Faire. She says she was hooked on a life of immersing herself in other characters ever since. After a short stint at Disney World, she found her way to New York and trained under the original UCB founders - Amy Poehler, Matt Besser, Matt Walsh, and Ian Roberts. She found the experience of doing improv in New York strangely competitive at the time, unlike it is now. But she learned the UCB style and brought it to LA, launching the UCB Los Angeles theater and school. During that time she created her most well-known character, Beverly Ginsberg of "Ronna & Beverly" -  a cult alt comedy act that was a live show, TV show and podcast (with guests like Jon Hamm, Connie Britton, Michael Strahan, Bob Odenkirk, Jack Black, Leslie Grossman, Paul Feig, Ben Platt, Will Arnett, Michael Bolton, etc.). She played Beverly for 12 years while also appearing in guest star roles on the biggest shows on TV. She has had recurring roles on “Orange is the New Black”, “The Good Place”, “F is for Family”, “Speechless”, “Curb Your Enthusiasm”. Despite all of her success, like many actors, she felt unfulfilled in some ways waiting for an audition to get a small part on a TV show. She says found joy and a sense of control in creating her own shows and projects. For many years she wanted to tell the stories of the colorful characters who live and breath the Ren Faire life and finally had the chance to do it. "American Princess" tells the story of an American socialite who joins a Renaissance Faire after her wedding goes awry, only to discover there’s a lot more to life than she once thought. When Amanda (Georgia Flood), an Upper East Side socialite, runs away from her own dream wedding, she realizes that the life she thought she wanted wasn’t actually right after all. After impulsively joining a Renaissance Faire, Amanda experiences an unexpected awakening that leads her to reevaluate everything she thought she knew about the pursuit of happiness. She quickly develops new friendships, rivalries and romances that, much to the confusion of her family, opens her eyes to new beginnings. Not only does "American Princess" have Denbo's sense of humor and great character development skills, but it's also being executive produced by Jenji Kohan ("OITNB", "Weeds") so it's comedy pedigree solid. Denbo is also a mom of 2 but to be honest, we didn't get to talk about motherhood much in this episode because we were diving in deep about the world of improv, Disney, Ren Faires and making television. Listen to this episode to hear the rest of Denbo's story and watch "American Princess" on Lifetime Sunday, June 2 at 10 pm ET/PT.

Comedian Brett Maline (@breezy__f__baby) loves it when ads appear on his Instagram feed. His argument is that the algorithm is your friend, it knows what you want, and will offer you things you cannot find in other places. Along the way we talk about comedy, relationships, and get a visit from a real weirdo from the coast. We wrap up the episode with another installment of Dolphin Chamber, and a real shocking revelation from Brett.Check out Brett's hilarious video sketch team Genuine Jerks, seriously, they are great. You can also watch Brett at the UCB Los Angeles house sketch (Maude) team The New Deal every month, and beginning in November Brett will be joining The Groundlings Sunday Company!Convince Me is hosted by Ben Cassil @BenCassil and Thayer Frechette @thayerfrechette, Please take a second to rate and review us on Apple Podcasts, it really helps! Check out other shows from our network at boardwalkaudio.com. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Comedian Brett Maline (@breezy__f__baby) loves it when ads appear on his Instagram feed. His argument is that the algorithm is your friend, it knows what you want, and will offer you things you cannot find in other places. Along the way we talk about comedy, relationships, and get a visit from a real weirdo from the coast. We wrap up the episode with another installment of Dolphin Chamber, and a real shocking revelation from Brett.Check out Brett's hilarious video sketch team Genuine Jerks, seriously, they are great. You can also watch Brett at the UCB Los Angeles house sketch (Maude) team The New Deal every month, and beginning in November Brett will be joining The Groundlings Sunday Company!Convince Me is hosted by Ben Cassil @BenCassil and Thayer Frechette @thayerfrechette, Please take a second to rate and review us on Apple Podcasts, it really helps! Check out other shows from our network at boardwalkaudio.com. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This is the first episode of Rocktober in Novemby and a little in Decemby, so you know we’re gonna rock out! Matt Apodaca (@MattApodaca) loves the rock band Weezer. Ben and Thayer are aware of them, but have no idea about most of the music, but are eager to hear it! Geoff’s on vacation. Matt takes us through almost all of Weezer’s discography from Self-Titled to Self-Titled (Weezer has a lot of self-titled albums), sampling some of the tracks we love, and cool deep cuts we weren’t aware of. We also hear about who was president during different Weezer eras and how that affects lyrical content. Matt is a very funny, and incredibly passionate about Weezer, which makes this episode a real good time.   Follow Matt Apodaca on Twitter @MattApodaca, and check him out on Harold Night at UCB Los Angeles with the improv comedy team PONY. Matt is also “sponsored” by Jolly Rancher, and wants you to remember to Keep on Sucking.   Follow Convince Me @ConvinceMePod and tell a friend if you like the show! Also check out boardwalk audio.com/convinceme and click on the support our artists button. Why? Why not. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This is the first episode of Rocktober in Novemby and a little in Decemby, so you know we’re gonna rock out! Matt Apodaca (@MattApodaca) loves the rock band Weezer. Ben and Thayer are aware of them, but have no idea about most of the music, but are eager to hear it! Geoff’s on vacation. Matt takes us through almost all of Weezer’s discography from Self-Titled to Self-Titled (Weezer has a lot of self-titled albums), sampling some of the tracks we love, and cool deep cuts we weren’t aware of. We also hear about who was president during different Weezer eras and how that affects lyrical content. Matt is a very funny, and incredibly passionate about Weezer, which makes this episode a real good time.   Follow Matt Apodaca on Twitter @MattApodaca, and check him out on Harold Night at UCB Los Angeles with the improv comedy team PONY. Matt is also “sponsored” by Jolly Rancher, and wants you to remember to Keep on Sucking.   Follow Convince Me @ConvinceMePod and tell a friend if you like the show! Also check out boardwalk audio.com/convinceme and click on the support our artists button. Why? Why not. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Cereal detectives, Haley Joel Osment, and cummed my jeans. Guests: Allison Fields (The Jay Leno Show, Twitter), Jon Gabrus (MTV's Guy Code, Strong Island), and Whitmer Thomas (Power Violence, Stone Quackers). Hosted by Justin Michael and Jacob Reed, produced by Eric Martin. Recorded live at UCB Los Angeles. More at www.beforeyouwerefunny.com

Alex Berg IS BACK! You know him from his UCB Los Angeles teams Convoy, Sentimental Lady and maybe you know him for when he was the second guest on my show. Today we spend a lot of time talking about Harold Auditions. Hopefully we get you all tuned in, amped, ready to go. And if we don't well… at least you'll have listened to an hour of thoughtful improv conversation with the wonderful Alex Berg! Subscribe. Rate. Comment. Enjoy. Click here to download/subscribe in iTunes Click here to find the Improv Obsession Podcast on Facebook Click here for my Twitter @Perlstein  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Hiarious improvisor Alex Berg comes on and talks all kinds of cool stuff. Did you know his three man improv team Convoy has never had a coach? You know him from his UCB Los Angeles teams Convoy and Sentimental Lady. You may have also read his Tumblr where he improvises with Cleverbot, Berg and Bot. ALSO, New intro music by Crystal Friedman. Hope you enjoy. Ok love you, bye.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.