Podcasts about women in comedy festival

Stand Up is a daily podcast that I book,host,edit, post and promote new episodes with brilliant guests every day. Please subscribe now for as little as 5$ and gain access to a community of over 700 awesome, curious, kind, funny, brilliant, generous souls Check out StandUpwithPete.com to learn more GET TICKETS TO PODJAM II In Vegas March 27-30 Confirmed Guests! Professor Eric Segall, Dr Aaron Carroll, Maura Quint, Tim Wise, JL Cauvin, Ophira Eisenberg, Christian Finnegan and The Ladies of The Hue will all join us! Ophira Eisenberg is a Canadian-born standup comedian, writer, and host. She hosted NPR's comedy trivia show Ask Me Another for 9-years, where she interviewed and played silly games with hundreds of celebrities including Sir Patrick Stewart, Awkwafina, Rosie Perez, Yo-Yo Ma, Bob The Drag Queen, Nick Kroll, Chelsea Handler, Jim Gaffigan, Michael C. Hall, and so many others. As a comic and a parent to a 6-year-old, Ophira is the host of the new comedy podcast Parenting Is A Joke co-produced by iHeart Radio and Pretty Good Friends Productions. The show launches on October 18th. She can be seen live, regularly headlining across the United States, Canada, and Europe delivering her unique blend of standup and storytelling to a loyal fan base of smart, irreverent comedy lovers. She has appeared at Montreal's Just for Laughs Festival, The New Yorker Festival, The New York Comedy Festival, Moontower Comedy Festival, Bumbershoot, The Nantucket Film Festival, Women in Comedy Festival and more. Her new comedy album at special Plant-Based Jokes is available on iTunes and is streaming now on YouTube. Lauded as “hilarious, high risk, and an inspiration,” Ophira filmed her comedy special Inside Joke, when she was 8½ months pregnant. The show's material revolves around how she told everyone that she was never going to have kids, and then unexpectedly found herself expecting at “an advanced maternal age.” Her other comedy albums, Bangs! and As Is She has appeared on Comedy Central, This Week at The Comedy Cellar, Kevin Hart's LOL Network, HBO's Girls, Gotham Live, The Late Late Show, The Today Show, and VH-1. The New York Times called her a skilled comedian and storyteller with “bleakly stylish” humor. She was also selected as one of New York Magazine's “Top 10 Comics that Funny People Find Funny,” and hailed by Forbes.com as one of the most engaging comics working today.  Ophira is a regular host and teller with The Moth and her stories have been featured on The Moth Radio Hour and in two of The Moth's best-selling collections, including the most recent New York Times Bestseller: How To Tell A Story: The Essential Guide to Memorable Storytelling from The Moth.  Ophira's first book, Screw Everyone: Sleeping My Way to Monogamy (Seal Press), is a comedic memoir about her experiments in the field as a single woman, traveling from futon to futon and flask-to-flask, gathering data, hoping to put it all together and build her own perfect Frankenmate. It was optioned for a feature film.  She is also sought after as a brilliant interviewer and moderator, and has interviewed dozens of celebrities, writers, and actors including Neil Gaiman at New York's Town Hall; Jane Curtain, Anne Beatts, Heather Gardner, Sudi Green, Alysia Reiner, Jeanne Tripplehorn, David Crane, Jeffrey Klerik at The Nantucket Film Festival; Eugene Levy, Catherine O'Hara, Daniel Levy and Annie Murphy at the 92nd Street Y; and Nell Scovell and Sloane Crosley at The Mark Twain House.  Originally from Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Ophira graduated with a Cultural Anthropology and Theater degree from McGill University. She now lives in Brooklyn, NY where she is a fixture at New York City's comedy clubs including the Comedy Cellar, Gotham Comedy Club, New York Comedy Club and Carolines, as well as Brooklyn's famed performance venues The Bell House, Union Hall, and Littlefield. She resides with her husband and son where she can regularly be seen drinking a ton of coffee. Pete on Blue Sky Pete on Threads Pete on Tik Tok Pete on YouTube  Pete on Twitter Pete On Instagram Pete Personal FB page Stand Up with Pete FB page All things Jon Carroll  Follow and Support Pete Coe Buy Ava's Art  Hire DJ Monzyk to build your website or help you with Marketing Gift a Subscription https://www.patreon.com/PeteDominick/gift    

Stand Up is a daily podcast that I book,host,edit, post and promote new episodes with brilliant guests every day. Please subscribe now for as little as 5$ and gain access to a community of over 700 awesome, curious, kind, funny, brilliant, generous souls Check out StandUpwithPete.com to learn more GET TICKETS TO PODJAM II In Vegas March 27-30 Confirmed Guests! Professor Eric Segall, Dr Aaron Carroll, Maura Quint, Tim Wise, JL Cauvin, Ophira Eisenberg, Christian Finnegan and More! 31 minutes Ezra Levin is the co-founder and co-executive director of Indivisible. Prior to founding Indivisible, Ezra served as Associate Director of Federal Policy for Prosperity Now, a national anti-poverty nonprofit. Previously, he was the Deputy Policy Director for Congressman Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Field Director for Doggett's 2010 reelection campaign, and an AmeriCorps VISTA in the Homeless Services Division of the San Jose Housing Department.   Along with his co-founder and spouse Leah Greenberg, Ezra has been featured as one of TIME 100's Most Influential People of 2019, included on GQ's 50 Most Powerful People in Trump's Washington, and ranked #2 on the Politico 50 list of top thinkers, doers and visionaries transforming American politics. He has appeared as a commentator on and/or been interviewed by MSNBC, CNN, NPR, Pod Save America, the New York Times, the Washington Post, Politico, TIME Magazine, the New Yorker, the Nation, Slate, and Rolling Stone, among others. He is the co-author of We Are Indivisible: A Blueprint for Democracy After Trump, published by Simon & Schuster's One Signal Publishers in 2019.  He holds a Bachelor of Arts from Carleton College and a Master in Public Affairs from the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs. 1 hour 2 mins Ophira Eisenberg is a Canadian-born standup comedian, writer, and host. She hosted NPR's comedy trivia show Ask Me Another for 9-years, where she interviewed and played silly games with hundreds of celebrities including Sir Patrick Stewart, Awkwafina, Rosie Perez, Yo-Yo Ma, Bob The Drag Queen, Nick Kroll, Chelsea Handler, Jim Gaffigan, Michael C. Hall, and so many others. As a comic and a parent to a 6-year-old, Ophira is the host of the new comedy podcast Parenting Is A Joke co-produced by iHeart Radio and Pretty Good Friends Productions. The show launches on October 18th. She can be seen live, regularly headlining across the United States, Canada, and Europe delivering her unique blend of standup and storytelling to a loyal fan base of smart, irreverent comedy lovers. She has appeared at Montreal's Just for Laughs Festival, The New Yorker Festival, The New York Comedy Festival, Moontower Comedy Festival, Bumbershoot, The Nantucket Film Festival, Women in Comedy Festival and more. Her new comedy album at special Plant-Based Jokes is available on iTunes and is streaming now on YouTube. Lauded as “hilarious, high risk, and an inspiration,” Ophira filmed her comedy special Inside Joke, when she was 8½ months pregnant. The show's material revolves around how she told everyone that she was never going to have kids, and then unexpectedly found herself expecting at “an advanced maternal age.” Her other comedy albums, Bangs! and As Is She has appeared on Comedy Central, This Week at The Comedy Cellar, Kevin Hart's LOL Network, HBO's Girls, Gotham Live, The Late Late Show, The Today Show, and VH-1. The New York Times called her a skilled comedian and storyteller with “bleakly stylish” humor. She was also selected as one of New York Magazine's “Top 10 Comics that Funny People Find Funny,” and hailed by Forbes.com as one of the most engaging comics working today.  Ophira is a regular host and teller with The Moth and her stories have been featured on The Moth Radio Hour and in two of The Moth's best-selling collections, including the most recent New York Times Bestseller: How To Tell A Story: The Essential Guide to Memorable Storytelling from The Moth.  Ophira's first book, Screw Everyone: Sleeping My Way to Monogamy (Seal Press), is a comedic memoir about her experiments in the field as a single woman, traveling from futon to futon and flask-to-flask, gathering data, hoping to put it all together and build her own perfect Frankenmate. It was optioned for a feature film.  She is also sought after as a brilliant interviewer and moderator, and has interviewed dozens of celebrities, writers, and actors including Neil Gaiman at New York's Town Hall; Jane Curtain, Anne Beatts, Heather Gardner, Sudi Green, Alysia Reiner, Jeanne Tripplehorn, David Crane, Jeffrey Klerik at The Nantucket Film Festival; Eugene Levy, Catherine O'Hara, Daniel Levy and Annie Murphy at the 92nd Street Y; and Nell Scovell and Sloane Crosley at The Mark Twain House.  Originally from Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Ophira graduated with a Cultural Anthropology and Theater degree from McGill University. She now lives in Brooklyn, NY where she is a fixture at New York City's comedy clubs including the Comedy Cellar, Gotham Comedy Club, New York Comedy Club and Carolines, as well as Brooklyn's famed performance venues The Bell House, Union Hall, and Littlefield. She resides with her husband and son where she can regularly be seen drinking a ton of coffee. Pete on Blue Sky Pete on Threads Pete on Tik Tok Pete on YouTube  Pete on Twitter Pete On Instagram Pete Personal FB page Stand Up with Pete FB page All things Jon Carroll  Follow and Support Pete Coe Buy Ava's Art  Hire DJ Monzyk to build your website or help you with Marketing Gift a Subscription https://www.patreon.com/PeteDominick/gift

This week we are joined by Katie Novotny! Katie Novotny is a standup comedian who has been an official artist at Limestone Comedy Festival, Vail Comedy Festival, Amsterdam's Boom Chicago Comedy Festival, HBO's Women in Comedy Festival, and many more. She's currently a co-host of Good Follow, a women's sports show on the DraftKings network where she gets to bring her love of sports and comedy to one place. She trained at Second City and iO in improv and sketch comedy, produced two award-winning web series (Guilty and Wellness Check), and her pilot scripts have landed her as a semi-finalist in Slamdance and Screencraft. She's performed at Hollywood Fringe Festival and is commercially repped by BBR. She dreams of using her arthritic knees to become an influencer for Bengay.In this conversation, Katie shares her journey through freelancing and comedy, physical injuries while performing comedy, her first paid feature, and the dynamics of adjusting her comedy set for different audiences. The conversation also touches on themes of anxiety regarding the future and reflections on relationships, both personal and professional, as well as growing up in Naperville, Chicago. In this engaging conversation, the speakers explore the nuances of creativity in comedy, the journey of finding acceptance within the comedy community, and the personal experience of dining alone. The discussion highlights the importance of self-acceptance and the joy of enjoying one's own company while navigating the complexities of life and comedy.Recommendations From This Episode: Waiting For GuffmanLittle GiantsFollow Katie: @kathnovotnyFollow Carly: @carlyjmontagFollow Emily: @thefunnywalshFollow the podcast: @aloneatlunchpodPlease rate and review the podcast! Spread the word! Tell your friends! Email us: aloneatlunch@gmail.comSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Laura Merli! Comedian! Delight! Human with a new standup special out now! ABOUT THE NEW SPECIAL WHICH IS ALSO HER DEBUT SPECIAL, "BELLY SLAPPIN' FUN!"   After cutting her teeth for 8 years in the indie comedy scene, Brooklyn comedy-favorite Laura Merli has amassed over 2 million likes on TikTok. Laura specializes in set-up/punch-line jokes and one-liners rather than storytelling, in the vein of her influences Mitch Hedberg and Maria Bamford, although Laura adds her own distinctive and unique flavor. This style lets her cover A LOT of ground: drugs, sex, family/childhood, her ADHD/autism, and her dog. While the jokes emanate from a wide array of departure points, the humor centers around the awkwardness and absurdity of being alive. Laura's delivery is distinctive as well - people describe her voice as deadpan but she promises she is being very expressive!    Since childhood Merli has been enamored with acting and writing. Although to Merli, improv initially seemed like “paying to embarrass yourself”, she finally followed the lead of some friends and tried classes at ImprovAsylum. She had a great experience and ended up obsessed, but was still wanting the ability to write before stepping onto the stage. Realizing this pointed toward stand-up, Laura got her start at a friend's variety show called “What Else You Gonna Do Wednesday Night” and never looked back!   Merli has taken her art and career in her own hands, refining her material all around NYC, and on the road via The Awkward Route Tour with fellow stand up Freddy G (Sirius XM, NPR). With  comedy well-suited to the TikTok format, Belly Slappin' Fun is eagerly anticipated by her large online following who, along with fans-to-be will get their dose of Belly Slappin' Fun on July 18!    ABOUT LAURA MERLI: Laura Merli is an NYC-based standup, actress, and writer. She amassed over 2 million likes on TikTok, was “passed” at New York Comedy Club, has headlined the “Don't Tell” and “Modelface” comedy shows, and appeared at the New York Comedy festival as well as the Women in Comedy Festival. Every third Thursday, she hosts the Good Girl stand up show at Friends & Lovers, one of the hottest alt-comedy spots in Brooklyn. She has performed at top-tier venues across the city including The Bell House, Littlefield, Caveat, and more.   As someone who didn't start comedy until their late 20s, Laura has held a wide variety of odd jobs including cashier, ebay store photographer, project manager, zombie in an escape room, business analyst, and carnival worker (her grandparents family business). She has since written for and acted on sketch house teams at the PIT and Improv Boston as well as Reductress, The Hard Times, and McSweeney's. Merli has hosted/written/produced videos for the female-focused humor brand Cheezcake.  ABOUT THIS PODCAST!: You can listen to it! We had a great chat! You can have a great listen! And this is only the first HALF of our conversation! For part two, subscribe via Apple Podcasts OR just head on over here to Patreon!

Grab a brew, sit down, relax and join me and Freya Mallard as we chat about her journey in to comedy and bringing her show ‘The Bounce Back' to this years Edinburgh Fringe. https://www.instagram.com/freyamallard/ https://x.com/freyamallard?lang=en-GB https://www.tiktok.com/@freyamallardcomedy   Time: 4:35pm at the Pleasance Courtyard https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/freya-mallard-the-bounce-back Manchester Celebrating Women in Comedy Since 2012 Your host Aimee is a progression booker at the Frog & Bucket, Programmer for the Women in Comedy Festival and Live agent for FAB Comedy Management and has worked in Comedy since 2013.The festival is on every October in Manchester in our amazing Northern Quarter. https://womenincomedy.uk/

Grab a brew, sit down, relax and join me and Suchandrika Chakrabarti as we chat about her journey in to comedy and bringing her show ‘Doomscrolling' to this years Edinburgh Fringe. Insta: suchandrika Twitter: SuchandrikaC TikTok: suchandrikac   Time: 3pm Dates: 15-25th August Venue: Big Yurt, Hoots @ Potterrow https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/suchandrika-chakrabarti-doomscrolling   Manchester Celebrating Women in Comedy Since 2012 Your host Aimee is a progression booker at the Frog & Bucket, Programmer for the Women in Comedy Festival and Live agent for FAB Comedy Management and has worked in Comedy since 2013.The festival is on every October in Manchester in our amazing Northern Quarter. https://womenincomedy.uk/

Grab a brew, sit down, relax and join me and Dee Allum as we chat about her journey in to comedy and bringing her show ‘Deadname' to this years Edinburgh Fringe. https://www.instagram.com/dee_allum/?hl=en-gb Venue: Pleasance Courtyard - Below  Time/dates: 4.30pm from Weds 31st July to Sun 25th August https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on#q=%22Dee%20Allum%3A%20Deadname%22   Manchester Celebrating Women in Comedy Since 2012 Your host Aimee is a progression booker at the Frog & Bucket, Programmer for the Women in Comedy Festival and Live agent for FAB Comedy Management and has worked in Comedy since 2013.The festival is on every October in Manchester in our amazing Northern Quarter. https://womenincomedy.uk/

Comedian Laura Merli Interview | The Brett Allan Show "Belly Slappin' Fun" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8EA-Fe2Alk After cutting her teeth for 8 years in the indie comedy scene, Brooklyn comedy-favorite Laura Merli has amassed over 2 million likes on TikTok. Laura specializes in set-up/punch-line jokes and one-liners rather than storytelling, in the vein of her influences Mitch Hedberg and Maria Bamford, although Laura adds her own distinctive and unique flavor. This style lets her cover A LOT of ground: drugs, sex, family/childhood, her ADHD/autism, and her dog. While the jokes emanate from a wide array of departure points, the humor centers around the awkwardness and absurdity of being alive. Laura's delivery is distinctive as well - people describe her voice as deadpan but she promises she is being very expressive!    Since childhood Merli has been enamored with acting and writing. Although to Merli, improv initially seemed like “paying to embarrass yourself”, she finally followed the lead of some friends and tried classes at ImprovAsylum. She had a great experience and ended up obsessed, but was still wanting the ability to write before stepping onto the stage. Realizing this pointed toward stand-up, Laura got her start at a friend's variety show called “What Else You Gonna Do Wednesday Night” and never looked back!   Merli has taken her art and career in her own hands, refining her material all around NYC, and on the road via The Awkward Route Tour with fellow stand up Freddy G (Sirius XM, NPR). With comedy well-suited to the TikTok format, Belly Slappin' Fun is eagerly anticipated by her large online following who, along with fans-to-be will get their dose of Belly Slappin' Fun on July 18!    ABOUT LAURA MERLI: Laura Merli is an NYC-based standup, actress, and writer. She amassed over 2 million likes on TikTok, was “passed” at New York Comedy Club, has headlined the “Don't Tell” and “Modelface” comedy shows, and appeared at the New York Comedy festival as well as the Women in Comedy Festival. Every third Thursday, she hosts the Good Girl stand up show at Friends & Lovers, one of the hottest alt-comedy spots in Brooklyn. She has performed at top-tier venues across the city including The Bell House, Littlefield, Caveat, and more.   As someone who didn't start comedy until their late 20s, Laura has held a wide variety of odd jobs including cashier, ebay store photographer, project manager, zombie in an escape room, business analyst, and carnival worker (her grandparents family business). She has since written for and acted on sketch house teams at the PIT and Improv Boston as well as Reductress, The Hard Times, and McSweeney's. Merli has hosted/written/produced videos for the female-focused humor brand Cheezcake.  Connect with us on our website for more amazing conversations! www.brettallanshow.com Have you got some feedback? Let us know! openmicguest@gmail.com Follow us on social media! Facebook https://www.facebook.com/thebrettallanshow Instagram https://www.instagram.com/brettallanshow/ YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@TheBrettAllanShow/videos LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/brett-allan-009458168/ Support the show! VENMO @-Brett-Allan-7 Cash App @brettallanshow74 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Grab a brew, sit down, relax and join me and Hannah Platt as we chat about her journey in to comedy and bringing her shows ‘Silkworm' to this years Edinburgh Fringe. linktr.ee/hannahtheplatt   Venue: Pleasance Courtyard bunker two.  Time/dates: 8:10pm from Weds 31st July to Sun 25th August  https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/hannah-platt-defence-mechanism   Manchester Celebrating Women in Comedy Since 2012Your host Aimee is a progression booker at the Frog & Bucket, Programmer for the Women in Comedy Festival and Live agent for FAB Comedy Management and has worked in Comedy since 2013.The festival is on every October in Manchester in our amazing Northern Quarter.https://womenincomedy.uk/

Grab a brew, sit down, relax and join me and Sarah Roberts as we chat about her journey in to comedy and bringing her shows ‘Silkworm' to this years Edinburgh Fringe.  Site: https://www.sarahjroberts.com/ Instagram: @sarahroberts_69 Twitter: @SarahRoberts_69 Venue: Assembly George Square, The Box Time/dates: 10.35pm from Weds 31st July to Sun 25th August (excluding 14th) https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/sarah-roberts-silkworm   Manchester Celebrating Women in Comedy Since 2012 Your host Aimee is a progression booker at the Frog & Bucket, Programmer for the Women in Comedy Festival and Live agent for FAB Comedy Management and has worked in Comedy since 2013. The festival is on every October in Manchester in our amazing Northern Quarter. https://womenincomedy.uk/

When you're incapable of an emotional connection, can hookups fill the gap? When Nonbinary Polyamorous Storyteller Nurse Comedian Ex-Nun Kelli Dunham loses multiple partners to cancer, she looks for community in a Brooklyn LGBT Grief Support Group, and ends up loafer-deep in anonymous sex among the scrubby pines of Fire Island. Plus, Dixie talks Sex Geek Summer Camp, Bawdy in Portland and her new How to Be Bawdy virtual workshop. #GriefSex   “We must make love in between the bombs” - Paul Monette   Song: ‘F*ck the Pain Away' (Peaches)   About the Storyteller:   Kelli Dunham is the nonbinary ex-nun polyamorous storytelling nurse comedian that's so common in modern Brooklyn. Kelli has appeared on Showtime and the Discovery Channel, PBS Stories From the Stage, the Moth Mainstage, the Cinderblock Comedy Festival, the Women in Comedy Festival, and nationwide at colleges, Prides festivals, fundraisers, at oh so many nursing conferences and even the occasional livestock auction. Kelli's latest show, Second Helping, is coming to Ithaca, NY this week (July 12th) to Ann Arbor Michigan on August 2nd and OshKosh, Wisconsin on August 16th.   Hate live shows? Second Helping with Kelli Dunham, Kelli's hilarious and earnest new podcast–inspired by all the questions she gets about asking for, receiving and learning how to accept help– is produced by Kinehora Production and debuting early this fall.  Sign up to be the very first to know when it premiers!   You can also find Kelli on substack, youtube, instagram, tiktok and facebook.   Grief l Gay l Nature l Queer l Anonymous Sex l Hookup l Cruising l LGBT l Twink l Death l Raw l Play Party l Dungeon l Loss l Public Sex l Emotionally Devastated l Fire Island l Lookout l Bottoms Up l Condom l Lube l Buttplug l Dildo l Penis l Anal Hook l Human l Scholarship l Mental Health l Budget Cuts l Meat Rack l Subway l Appetizer l Wilderness l Lesbian l CisGender l Healing l Beach l Star Trek l   Episode links:   ‘How to Be Bawdy' Storytelling Workshop - learn Dixie's complete 5-Step System & Learn the Craft of Sexy Stories from Award-winning Story Coach and Professional Storyteller Dixie De La Tour.   Have you ever listened to a story at a live performance or on a podcast, and wished that you could share your own personal stories in such a well-crafted, relatable way? It's easy, if you have a System...and Dixie De La Tour has one. She's taught thousands of new and experienced storytellers to tell their story at Bawdy Storytelling. And now YOU can learn her simple system, too. Join Dixie for her all new workshop: 'How to Be Bawdy: Dixie's Secret System for Uncensored Storytelling', a 6 week hands-on storytelling intensive. It starts next week! You'll engage in group & solo exercises in a sex-positive, community-based environment as you find & refine your own stories under Dixie's expert direction. Try our your own most intimate stories in a positive, supportive setting. 'How to Be Bawdy' includes special topics in sexuality, kink and gender-related storytelling, to help you articulate your stories clearly. With live sessions, weekly office hours, best practices for NSFW stories, performance tips, storytelling-related neuroscience, a custom workbook, coaching from Dixie - and a final storytelling performance for you and your friends.   WHEN: Mondays, July 22 - August 26th, 2024 Time: 5:30 - 7:30 PM PDT (8:30 - 10:30 PM EDT) PLUS Weekly Office Hours: Wednesdays, 5:30-7:30 PST (Optional weekly hours for custom coaching, Q&A, story advice & more) WHERE: Online, so that you can attend from anywhere in the world   And coming in August: How to Be Fascinating: Dixie's Secret System for Brilliant Storytelling (live and in-person!)   The Dixie Ramble: My Substack 'The Dixie Ramble' is starting next week. Substack is a great way to receive audio, video and written work from me. You can subscribe to The Dixie Ramble at https://substack.com/profile/22550258-dixie-de-la-tour   And Folks, I'm still considering ending the Bawdy podcast at 300 episodes. That means there's less than a month's worth of episodes to go. Podcasting is a lot of work, and I'm wondering if I should put my energy to better use. Should I write a book? Start creating online courses? Sell pics of my feet?   If you love Bawdy, I need to hear from you. This decision will affect both of us. And if you listen, please make a One-time or Ongoing Donation to keep the Podcast going!   One Time Donation links are at:   Venmo: @BawdyStorytelling or https://www.venmo.com/bawdystorytelling CashApp: https://cash.app/$DixieDeLaTour Paypal: paypal.me/bawdystorytelling Zelle: https://www.zellepay.com/  Email address is  BawdyStorytelling@gmail.com BuyMeACoffee: buymeacoff.ee/bawdy   Ko-fi : Ko-fi.com/thanksbawdy     Ongoing Support for the Podcast: Better yet, Join Bawdy's Patreon now to get exclusive Patreon-only rewards (and my eternal gratitude). Podcasting has been decimated by high profile celebrity podcasts, and Independent podcast like Bawdy are suffering…The Golden Age of Podcasting is over, so if you love the Bawdy podcast, remember: this thing is entirely Listener Supported, and we need your financial assistance to continue.   It's at https://www.patreon.com/Bawdy Sign up now and get the Replay of the Portland BawdySlam! (Plus the Portland curated show is up on Patreon, waiting for you)   Private Coaching:   Sexuality and Kink Coaching: I'm available for sexuality and kinky coaching, and story coaching. If you've always wished that you had someone to talk to openly, I'm here to support you (and give advice, if you want it - you decide what role I play. I'm a great listener, and a coach with many years of experience in this world.   Story Coaching: I'd love to work with you on your personal story, because Storytelling is essential to your work, dating and social life. Right now I'm offering private coaching on Zoom… Want to work on your personal branding? (your dating profile, website, storytelling for job interviews, etc). I can help you live the life that you've always dreamed about: communicating with clarity, feeling more confident when you speak socially and on stage, landing your dream job, and discovering what makes *you* tick - storytelling is so good for figuring out what drives you. Whether it's getting onstage for the first time, writing your memoir, creating a podcast, opening up your marriage, embracing a new identity or finding your way to a new, more authentic life, I can help. Email me at BawdyStorytelling@gmail.com and let's make it happen. Bawdy Got Me Laid perfume: Dixie has created her own fragrance and it's getting rave reviews!   Here's a review of #BawdyGotMeLaid : “Okay hear me out, THIS PERFUME IS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING. I will probably never buy perfume from another shop. That's how good these are. #bawdygotmelaid is so sexy, so sweet, so delicious. The Amber and ylang ylang is what sold me, and it did not disappoint!” - Carlie You'll love #BawdyGotMeLaid, scented with golden Honey, Amber, Ylang Ylang, and warm Vanilla. There's also our creamy Bawdy Butter, Hair & Bawdy Oil, & more. Bawdy Got Me Laid cologne - in a beautiful bottle, or a convenient roll-on applicator - means you can deliver your own great smelling Motorboats while supporting Bawdy. It's sexy yet innocent, and even moms and kids love it.   Get yours today at https://bawdystorytelling.com/merchandise Read more reviews here: https://sucreabeille.com/products/bawdygotmelaid   Subscribe to the Bawdy Storytelling email at https://bawdystorytelling.com/subscribe   Where should I bring Bawdy next? Do you want Bawdy Storytelling in *your* city? I'm ramping up for more cities and live shows. Maybe an evening of *my* personal stories, or a House Concert, a BawdySlam, or ? Send me a message, tell me what you're thinking, and let's work together. Message me at BawdyStorytelling@gmail.com   Check out our Bawdy Storytelling Fiends and Fans group on Facebook - it's a place to discuss the podcast's stories with the storytellers, share thoughts with your fellow listeners, & help Dixie make the podcast even better. Just answer 3 simple questions and you're IN! https://www.facebook.com/groups/360169851578316/ Thank you to the Team that makes this podcast possible! Team Bawdy is:   Podcast Producer: Roman Den Houdijker Sound Engineer: David Grosof Storytelling support by Mosa Maxwell-Smith Video & Livestream support from Donal Mooney Bawdy's Creator & Host is Dixie De La Tour & Thank you to Pleasure Podcasts. 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Grab a brew, sit down, relax and join me and Becky Umbers as we chat about her journey in to comedy and bringing her shows ‘Big Bad Beck and the Three Little Pigs' to this years Edinburgh Fringe.  Socials Link https://linktr.ee/beckyumbers Venue: Hootenannies at the Apex (hoot 5)  Date & time: 3:10 pm from Friday 2nd to Sunday 25th August  Web: https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/becky-umbers-big-bad-beck-and-the-three-little-pigs Manchester Celebrating Women in Comedy Since 2012 Your host Aimee is a progression booker at the Frog & Bucket, Programmer for the Women in Comedy Festival and Live agent for FAB Comedy Management and has worked in Comedy since 2013. The festival is on every October in Manchester in our amazing Northern Quarter. https://womenincomedy.uk/

Grab a brew, sit down, relax and join me and Amy Matthews as we chat about her journey in to comedy and bringing her shows ‘Commute With The Foxes' to this years Edinburgh Fringe.  Web: www.amymatthewscomedy.com Instagram:@amyfmatthews X: @AmyFMatthews Facebook: Amy Matthews Comedy Venue: Monkey Barrel, The Tron Date & time: 3pm from Thursday 1st to Sunday 25th August (excluding Wednesdays) Web: https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/amy-matthews-commute-with-the-foxes   Manchester Celebrating Women in Comedy Since 2012 Your host Aimee is a progression booker at the Frog & Bucket, Programmer for the Women in Comedy Festival and Live agent for FAB Comedy Management and has worked in Comedy since 2013. The festival is on every October in Manchester in our amazing Northern Quarter. https://womenincomedy.uk/

On today's episode I had the pleasure of talking to Ophira Eisenberg about her journey to becoming a standup comic, parenting and work life balance. Ophira is a Canadian-born standup comedian, writer, and host. She hosted NPR's comedy trivia show Ask Me Another for 9-years, where she interviewed and played silly games with hundreds of celebrities including Sir Patrick Stewart, Awkwafina, Rosie Perez, Yo-Yo Ma, Bob The Drag Queen, Nick Kroll, Chelsea Handler, Jim Gaffigan, Michael C. Hall, and so many others. As a comic and a parent to a 6-year-old, Ophira is the host of the new comedy podcast Parenting Is A Joke co-produced by iHeart Radio and Pretty Good Friends Productions. The show launches on October 18th. She can be seen live, regularly headlining across the United States, Canada, and Europe delivering her unique blend of standup and storytelling to a loyal fan base of smart, irreverent comedy lovers. She has appeared at Montreal's Just for Laughs Festival, The New Yorker Festival, The New York Comedy Festival, Moontower Comedy Festival, Bumbershoot, The Nantucket Film Festival, Women in Comedy Festival and more. Her new comedy album at special Plant-Based Jokes is available on iTunes and is streaming now on YouTube. Lauded as “hilarious, high risk, and an inspiration,” Ophira filmed her comedy special Inside Joke, when she was 8½ months pregnant. The show's material revolves around how she told everyone that she was never going to have kids, and then unexpectedly found herself expecting at “an advanced maternal age.” Her other comedy albums, Bangs! and As Is She has appeared on Comedy Central, This Week at The Comedy Cellar, Kevin Hart's LOL Network, HBO's Girls, Gotham Live, The Late Late Show, The Today Show, and VH-1. The New York Times called her a skilled comedian and storyteller with “bleakly stylish” humor. She was also selected as one of New York Magazine's “Top 10 Comics that Funny People Find Funny,” and hailed by Forbes.com as one of the most engaging comics working today. Ophira is a regular host and teller with The Moth and her stories have been featured on The Moth Radio Hour and in two of The Moth's best-selling collections, including the most recent New York Times Bestseller: How To Tell A Story: The Essential Guide to Memorable Storytelling from The Moth. Ophira's first book, Screw Everyone: Sleeping My Way to Monogamy (Seal Press), is a comedic memoir about her experiments in the field as a single woman, traveling from futon to futon and flask-to-flask, gathering data, hoping to put it all together and build her own perfect Frankenmate. It was optioned for a feature film. She is also sought after as a brilliant interviewer and moderator, and has interviewed dozens of celebrities, writers, and actors including Neil Gaiman at New York's Town Hall; Jane Curtain, Anne Beatts, Heather Gardner, Sudi Green, Alysia Reiner, Jeanne Tripplehorn, David Crane, Jeffrey Klerik at The Nantucket Film Festival; Eugene Levy, Catherine O'Hara, Daniel Levy and Annie Murphy at the 92nd Street Y; and Nell Scovell and Sloane Crosley at The Mark Twain House. Originally from Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Ophira graduated with a Cultural Anthropology and Theater degree from McGill University. She now lives in Brooklyn, NY where she is a fixture at New York City's comedy clubs including the Comedy Cellar, Gotham Comedy Club, New York Comedy Club and Carolines, as well as Brooklyn's famed performance venues The Bell House, Union Hall, and Littlefield. Ophira Eisenberg https://www.ophiraeisenberg.com https://www.instagram.com/ophirae https://www.facebook.com/OphiraEisenberg https://twitter.com/OphiraE https://www.tiktok.com/@ophiranyc American gypC Podcast http://americangypc.com https://www.instagram.com/americangypcpodcast/ https://www.tiktok.com/@UCtt0HzXgvNADAOyRarKZFkQ https://www.linkedin.com/in/american-gypc-1940a2231 https://open.spotify.com/show/2stCfDEs5xOY7xMldvZjXo http://luamlee.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/american-gypc/support

Grab a brew, sit down, relax and join me and Kate Barron as we chat about her journey in to comedy. https://www.instagram.com/_katebarron/?hl=en-gb Manchester Celebrating Women in Comedy Since 2012 Your host Aimee is a progression booker at the Frog & Bucket, Programmer for the Women in Comedy Festival and Live agent for FAB Comedy Management and has worked in Comedy since 2013. The festival is on every October in Manchester in our amazing Northern Quarter. https://womenincomedy.uk/

Grab a brew, sit down, relax and join me, Dannii Keogan and Georgie Cunningham as we chat about their journey in to comedy. https://www.instagram.com/arushoflaughter/?hl=en Manchester Celebrating Women in Comedy Since 2012 Your host Aimee is a progression booker at the Frog & Bucket, Programmer for the Women in Comedy Festival and Live agent for FAB Comedy Management and has worked in Comedy since 2013. The festival is on every October in Manchester in our amazing Northern Quarter. https://womenincomedy.uk/

Grab a brew, sit down, relax and join me and Mary O'Connell as we chat about her journey in to comedy. https://www.instagram.com/marywiththegoldshoes/ Manchester Celebrating Women in Comedy Since 2012 Your host Aimee is a progression booker at the Frog & Bucket, Programmer for the Women in Comedy Festival and Live agent for FAB Comedy Management and has worked in Comedy since 2013. The festival is on every October in Manchester in our amazing Northern Quarter. https://womenincomedy.uk/

Grab a brew, sit down, relax and join me and Katie Green as we chat about her journey in to comedy. https://www.katiegcomedy.com/ Manchester Celebrating Women in Comedy Since 2012 Your host Aimee is a progression booker at the Frog & Bucket, Programmer for the Women in Comedy Festival and Live agent for FAB Comedy Management and has worked in Comedy since 2013. The festival is on every October in Manchester in our amazing Northern Quarter. https://womenincomedy.uk/

Get ready to crack up and nod in agreement as the hilarious Ellie Hino, a Minneapolis gem in the stand-up comedy realm, joins me, Tracy Otsuka, for this episode of ADHD for Smart Ass Women. llie's candid recount of her diagnosis following the trials of motherhood, her journey through emotional regulation, and the quest for effective coping strategies isn't just relatable – it's a masterclass in finding humor in the chaos. Her stand-up comedy illuminates the ups and downs of ADHD with a wit that resonates with anyone looking for a good laugh mixed with heartfelt honesty.Ellie Hino is a Minneapolis-based stand-up comedian known for her engaging humor and self-described "heart of gold." Originally from Wisconsin, Ellie pursued theater studies but left college just shy of graduation. Her comedy career has included appearances at prestigious events such as the Limestone Comedy Festivals in 2019 and 2021, Boston's Women in Comedy Festival, and the 10,000 Laughs Comedy Festival where she was highlighted as one of the "best of the fest." Ellie has had the opportunity to open for well-known comedians like Maria Bamford, Atsuko Okatsuka, Dana Gould, and Bobcat Goldthwait, underscoring her growing reputation in the comedy scene. In addition to her stand-up pursuits, Ellie co-hosts "Darlings" with Ben Katzner every Thursday night. This weekly showcase held at Zhora Darling in Minneapolis features a mix of local and national comedic talents.Ellie Hino doesn't just stand up; she stands out. Her debut comedy album "Soft Bones," released last April 5th, is now available in iTunes for download. Get it here: Soft Bones Album (https://www.blondemedicine.com/bm125-soft-bones).Resources:Soft Bones: https://www.blondemedicine.com/bm125-soft-bones Website: https://www.elliehino.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/elliehino/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCf69YxhTo2vSeu5vvn1XUHg Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/elliehino -------Are You Ready to Discover Your Brilliance? Order Now: https://adhdforsmartwomen.com/book Join Your ADHD Brain is A-OK: https://adhdforsmartwomen.com/aok Visit our website: https://adhdforsmartwomen.com Join our community of ADHD For Smart Ass Women: https://www.facebook.com/groups/tracyotsuka 

Grab a brew, sit down, relax and join me and Seeta Wrightson as we chat about her journey in to comedy. https://www.instagram.com/seeta_does_comedy/   Manchester Celebrating Women in Comedy Since 2012 Your host Aimee is a progression booker at the Frog & Bucket, Programmer for the Women in Comedy Festival and Live agent for FAB Comedy Management and has worked in Comedy since 2013. The festival is on every October in Manchester in our amazing Northern Quarter. https://womenincomedy.uk/

Grab a brew, sit down, relax and join me and Jules O'Brian as we chat about her journey in to comedy. https://www.instagram.com/obrianjules/   Manchester Celebrating Women in Comedy Since 2012 Your host Aimee is a progression booker at the Frog & Bucket, Programmer for the Women in Comedy Festival and Live agent for FAB Comedy Management and has worked in Comedy since 2013. The festival is on every October in Manchester in our amazing Northern Quarter. https://womenincomedy.uk/

Grab a brew, sit down, relax and join me and Sikisa Bostwick Barnes as we chat about her journey in to comedy. https://www.instagram.com/sikisacomedy/   Manchester Celebrating Women in Comedy Since 2012 Your host Aimee is a progression booker at the Frog & Bucket, Programmer for the Women in Comedy Festival and Live agent for FAB Comedy Management and has worked in Comedy since 2013.  The festival is on every October in Manchester in our amazing Northern Quarter.  https://womenincomedy.uk/

Grab a brew, sit down, relax and join me and Thenjiwe Moseley as we chat about her journey in to comedy. Instagram @thenjiwecomedy TikTok @thenjiwecomedy https://www.facebook.com/thenjiwecomedy   Manchester Celebrating Women in Comedy Since 2012 Your host Aimee is a progression booker at the Frog & Bucket, Programmer for the Women in Comedy Festival and Live agent for FAB Comedy Management and has worked in Comedy since 2013.  The festival is on every October in Manchester in our amazing Northern Quarter.  https://womenincomedy.uk/    

Grab a brew, sit down, relax and join me and Tatty MacLeod as we chat about her journey in to comedy.  https://www.instagram.com/tatty_macleod/ https://www.tiktok.com/@tatty.macleod Manchester Celebrating Women in Comedy Since 2012 Your host Aimee is a progression booker at the Frog & Bucket, Programmer for the Women in Comedy Festival and Live agent for FAB Comedy Management and has worked in Comedy since 2013. The festival is on every October in Manchester in our amazing Northern Quarter. https://womenincomedy.uk/

Grab a brew, sit down, relax and join me and Soph Galustian as we chat about her journey in to comedy. SOCIAL MEDIA HANDLES: @SophGalustian         Manchester Celebrating Women in Comedy Since 2012 Your host Aimee is a progression booker at the Frog & Bucket, Programmer for the Women in Comedy Festival and Live agent for FAB Comedy Management and has worked in Comedy since 2013. The festival is on every October in Manchester in our amazing Northern Quarter. https://womenincomedy.uk/

'Laugh Long & Prosper' with comedians Cathy Boyd & Lianne Mauladin Hi there, I'm Judy Croon, Canada's Keynote Humourist. Welcome to another episode of Laugh Long and Prosper. Today, I'm joined by two very funny comics, Cathy Boyd and Lianne Mauladin. Cathy Boyd is a Toronto based brutally honest stand-up comedian whose debut album, Wise Tracks, was released in June, 2020. Known for her dry demeanor and punchline-heavy hitting, her act impresses audiences everywhere. Her most recent notable credit includes an appearance on Season One of Canada's Got Talent,2022, where Howie Mandell remarked, “You are very funny. You have found your calling.” She can be heard on CBC Radio, Laugh Out Loud and Sirius XM Radio, Just For Laughs and She's So Funny. In January, 2019, Cathy was crowned Comedian of the North. Other notable credits include the Big Sky Comedy Festival in Billings, Montana, Laugh After Dark Comedy Festival in Las Vegas; the Women in Comedy Festival in Boston; New York's She Devil Comedy Festival finalist; The Boston Comedy Festival; Maine Comedy Festival; Jersey City Comedy Festival-Audience Pick and top three Industry pic and JFL42. Cathy can be reached at http://www.BoydsOfLondon.com My other very funny guest is Lianne Mauladin. The very Canadian, Lianne Mauladin, is known for her comfortable, straight shooting, style of comedy and unique perspective on life. She's performed live on ABC's "The View" and her comedy has been recorded and or televised on ABC, Bite TV, iChannel, Sirius XM, CBC and Rogers TV. Her festival appearances include, the Hubcap Comedy Festival in Moncton NB, LOL Comedy festival in Sudbury, the Frigid Festival in NYC, the Out of Bounds Festival in Austin, Texas, the Women in Comedy Festival in Boston, NXNE in Toronto, the SheDot Comedy Festival in Toronto and more. In 2021 she released her first album "Late for the Party" produced by Cottage Comedy Digital. Mauladin hosts and produces the monthly Merry-Janes of Comedy Show, the longest running all female stand-up showcase in Canada. The "Merry-Janes of Comedy" road show performs in clubs, halls and theatres around Ontario, including a regular spot at Bare Oaks Family Naturist Resort! Lianne has further developed her stand-up through classes and workshops at Second City, Boston's Improv Asylum and at the Comedy Bar in Toronto. She is a faculty member at the Second City Training Centre in Toronto. She creates a comic strip for the Bloordale, and the Queen West neighbourhoodmagazines. Lianne can be reached at http://www.LianneMauladin.com I can be reached at http://www.JudyCroon.com Thanks for listening! Judy Croon is Canada's Keynote Humorist, Tedx motivational speaker, comedian and stand-up coach at Second City. She has worked with many celebrities including; John Cleese, Jon Stewart, and Joan Rivers. Her specials have appeared on NBC, CBS, CTV and The Comedy Network. She is a co-author of ‘From the Stage to the Page: Life Lessons from Four Funny Ladies!” Judy draws from her standup performance and coaching experience to entertain, inform and inspire in her dynamic keynote entitled, ‘Relieving Work Related Stress with Humour'. Judy is the creator/host of ‘Laughlines' and ‘Stand Up For The Girls' which have both helped raise over $650,000 for breast cancer research.

Grab a brew, sit down, relax and join me and Lindsey Santoro as we chat about her journey in to comedy. Website - Facebook - Twitter - Instagraaaaam   Manchester Celebrating Women in Comedy Since 2012 Your host Aimee is a progression booker at the Frog & Bucket, Programmer for the Women in Comedy Festival and Live agent for FAB Comedy Management and has worked in Comedy since 2013. The festival is on every October in Manchester in our amazing Northern Quarter. https://womenincomedy.uk/    

Grab a brew, sit down, relax and join me and Su Mi as we chat about her journey in to comedy. Twitter/instagram/ @sumicomedy   Manchester Celebrating Women in Comedy Since 2012 Your host Aimee is a progression booker at the Frog & Bucket, Programmer for the Women in Comedy Festival and Live agent for FAB Comedy Management and has worked in Comedy since 2013.  The festival is on every October in Manchester in our amazing Northern Quarter.  https://womenincomedy.uk/

Grab a brew, sit down, relax and join me and Lou Conran as we chat about her journey in to comedy. Instagram @louconran Website https://www.louconran.com/   Manchester Celebrating Women in Comedy Since 2012 Your host Aimee is a progression booker at the Frog & Bucket, Programmer for the Women in Comedy Festival and Live agent for FAB Comedy Management and has worked in Comedy since 2013. The festival is on every October in Manchester in our amazing Northern Quarter. https://womenincomedy.uk/    

This episode comes to you as a LIVE recording from the show Anastasia and Maria did at the Black Women in Comedy Festival in Los Angeles earlier this month. They go over some of the strangest reasons for murdering someone. Hopefully it gets you in the spooky mood without inspiring anything unpleasant. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/cereal-killer/support

Grab a brew, sit down, relax and join me and Bella Humphries as we chat about her journey in to comedy. Instagram - @hella.bumphries  Twitter - @bellahumphries_ Manchester Celebrating Women in Comedy Since 2012 Your host Aimee is a progression booker at the Frog & Bucket, Programmer for the Women in Comedy Festival and Live agent for FAB Comedy Management and has worked in Comedy since 2013. The festival is on every October in Manchester in our amazing Northern Quarter. https://womenincomedy.uk/

Grab a brew, sit down, relax and join me and Lori Smith as we chat about her journey in to comedy. https://www.instagram.com/lor1smith/?hl=en https://www.instagram.com/chucklefuckerscomedy/   Manchester Celebrating Women in Comedy Since 2012 Your host Aimee is a progression booker at the Frog & Bucket, Programmer for the Women in Comedy Festival and Live agent for FAB Comedy Management and has worked in Comedy since 2013. The festival is on every October in Manchester in our amazing Northern Quarter. https://womenincomedy.uk/

Thank you Ophira for your groan worthy efforts! You can learn more about Ophira through her website: https://www.ophiraeisenberg.com/ Listen to her podcast, Parenting is a Joke, here: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/parenting-is-a-joke/id1649234901 About Ophira: Ophira Eisenberg is a Canadian-born standup comedian, writer, and host. She hosted NPR's comedy trivia show Ask Me Another for 9-years, where she interviewed and played silly games with hundreds of celebrities including Sir Patrick Stewart, Awkwafina, Rosie Perez, Yo-Yo Ma, Bob The Drag Queen, Nick Kroll, Chelsea Handler, Jim Gaffigan, Michael C. Hall, and so many others. As a comic and a parent to a 6-year-old, Ophira is the host of the new comedy podcast Parenting Is A Joke co-produced by iHeart Radio and Pretty Good Friends Productions. The show launches on October 18th. She can be seen live, regularly headlining across the United States, Canada, and Europe delivering her unique blend of standup and storytelling to a loyal fan base of smart, irreverent comedy lovers. She has appeared at Montreal's Just for Laughs Festival, The New Yorker Festival, The New York Comedy Festival, Moontower Comedy Festival, Bumbershoot, The Nantucket Film Festival, Women in Comedy Festival and more. Her new comedy album at special Plant-Based Jokes is available on iTunes and is streaming now on YouTube. Lauded as “hilarious, high risk, and an inspiration,” Ophira filmed her comedy special Inside Joke, when she was 8½ months pregnant. The show's material revolves around how she told everyone that she was never going to have kids, and then unexpectedly found herself expecting at “an advanced maternal age.” Her other comedy albums, Bangs! and As Is She has appeared on Comedy Central, This Week at The Comedy Cellar, Kevin Hart's LOL Network, HBO's Girls, Gotham Live, The Late Late Show, The Today Show, and VH-1. The New York Times called her a skilled comedian and storyteller with “bleakly stylish” humor. She was also selected as one of New York Magazine's “Top 10 Comics that Funny People Find Funny,” and hailed by Forbes.com as one of the most engaging comics working today.  Ophira is a regular host and teller with The Moth and her stories have been featured on The Moth Radio Hour and in two of The Moth's best-selling collections, including the most recent New York Times Bestseller: How To Tell A Story: The Essential Guide to Memorable Storytelling from The Moth.  Ophira's first book, Screw Everyone: Sleeping My Way to Monogamy (Seal Press), is a comedic memoir about her experiments in the field as a single woman, traveling from futon to futon and flask-to-flask, gathering data, hoping to put it all together and build her own perfect Frankenmate. It was optioned for a feature film.  She is also sought after as a brilliant interviewer and moderator, and has interviewed dozens of celebrities, writers, and actors including Neil Gaiman at New York's Town Hall; Jane Curtain, Anne Beatts, Heather Gardner, Sudi Green, Alysia Reiner, Jeanne Tripplehorn, David Crane, Jeffrey Klerik at The Nantucket Film Festival; Eugene Levy, Catherine O'Hara, Daniel Levy and Annie Murphy at the 92nd Street Y; and Nell Scovell and Sloane Crosley at The Mark Twain House.  Originally from Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Ophira graduated with a Cultural Anthropology and Theater degree from McGill University. She now lives in Brooklyn, NY where she is a fixture at New York City's comedy clubs including the Comedy Cellar, Gotham Comedy Club, New York Comedy Club and Carolines, as well as Brooklyn's famed performance venues The Bell House, Union Hall, and Littlefield. She resides with her husband and son where she can regularly be seen drinking a ton of coffee.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Support us on Patreonhttp://patreon.com/FandFPodToday's guest is Mary Lou Gamba.Mary Lou Gamba has been featured at HBO's Women in Comedy Festival, Bumbershoot, and the Seattle International Comedy Competition.In this episode, two discuss: Mary Lou's roots and her arrival in Seattle in 1994 (01:44), the process of editing her taped material, being your own worst critic and her interactions with legends like Anthony Jeselnik, Dave Attel and Jim Norton (24:52), and ends the pod discussing her “cougar” material and lifestyle (40:03).AND SO MUCH MORE!Follow Mary Lou Gamba:https://marylougamba.com/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKun6fFfigw@marylou.gambaFollow the Pod: @fandfpodFor more content: https://www.adamtillercomedy.comIntro Music: “End of the World”, Travis ThompsonOutro Music: “.wavpool”, JagaStorytime Theme Song: Tirey, Jake Allen, and Depressica.

I'm at a TED event when Sarah Silverman takes the stage. She launches into her comedy set and as she gets going, I notice something interesting. A couple of jokes in, some people in the audience are already laughing hysterically. But others are fidgeting and looking uncomfortable with some of her content. My husband Mark turns to me and says, “Stand-up comedy is hard.” I agree and whisper back, “Yeah - that's why they invented Dad jokes. That's much easier - they're like training wheels for laughter.” Stand-up on the other hand is another league and I'd rather leave to the professionals - like my special guest today. Emily Walsh is a stand-up comedian who performs all over the world. And today on the Storytelling School Podcast, she shares how the worlds of comedy and story intertwine from her perspective. In this episode, you'll hear about approaches to comedy shows and being a different version of yourself on stage (even if just slightly), as well as hear answers to questions such as: How do you navigate the challenging waters of potentially offensive jokes to your audience? What role does story play in comedic content creation? How can you ease people into your jokes and get them comfortable with you as you tell your story? And what's the one thing you don't want to leave your audience with? What you will learn in this episode: What the first thing is that you must learn in any performance or presentation How to discover the kind of material that will work for your audience most of the time What you can do to re-engage a disengaged part of your audience Who is Emily? Emily Walsh is a comedian who performs nightly in bars and comedy clubs across New York City. Originally from Boston, Emily moved to New York City after college to pursue her dream of painting scenery for theatre, film and television. She still paints sometimes because comedy doesn't provide health insurance. Emily was recently featured on Kevin Hart's Lyft Comics on Peacock. Her festival credits include HBO's Women in Comedy Festival, SF Sketchfest, West End Festival in Atlanta, Boston Comedy Festival, the Out of Bounds Festival in Austin, and the Rogue Island Comedy Festival in Newport, Rhode Island. She also co-hosts the podcast Alone at Lunch, part of the Morbid podcast network on Wondery, and hosts and co-produces a monthly show at Pete's Candy Store in Brooklyn called Golden Ticket. Links and Resources: Alone at Lunch Yeet the Rich @thefunnywalsh on Instagram @thefunnywalsh on Tik Tok @thefunnywalsh on Twitter @thefunnywalsh on Youtube Storytelling School Website @storytellingschool on Instagram @storytellingSchool on Facebook

This week we are joined by Laura Merli. Laura is an NYC-based standup, actress, and writer. She has amassed over 2 million likes on TikTok, appeared in the New York Comedy festival, the Women in Comedy Festival, and was the first runner up in The Ladies of Laughter stand up competition. Every Wednesday, she hosts a stand up show (Good Girl) at one of the hottest alt-comedy spots in Brooklyn, Friends & Lovers. Make sure to check her out! In this episode we discuss being a zombie in an escape room, studying TV and film in school, using Meetup to make friends, improv comedy, crowd work, and so much more. You don't want to miss our discussion about Laura's process being a content creator. Give this episode a listen!Recommendations From The Episode: The Upright Citizens Brigade Comedy Improvisation ManualThe Last of UsFollow Laura Merli: @passiveabrasiveFollow Carly: @carlyjmontagFollow Emily: @thefunnywalshFollow the podcast: @aloneatlunchpodEmail us! Aloneatlunch@gmail.com**LEAVE US A RATING AND REVIEW** Please :)See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In science it's completely normal to wonder what would happen if you altered one variable or another – that's what you do when you test a hypothesis – but when it comes to the choices we make in our lives, there will always be unanswered questions. In this week's episode, both our storytellers share stories about their lives' fork-in-the-road moments. Part 1: As a child who loves biology and has Caribbean immigrant parents, Calvin Cato feels pressure to become a doctor. Part 2: Shane Hanlon can't help but compare his life choices to those of his hometown best friend. Calvin S. Cato got his comedic start with the Wesleyan University stand-up comedy troupe Punchline and then transferred his unique brand of humor to New York City in 2006. He has performed all across the United States and has even crossed the border into Canada. His television appearances include the Game Show Network, Oxygen's My Crazy Love, National Geographic's Brain Games, and an unaired pilot for Vice Media called Emergency Black Meeting. In 2017, Calvin was named one of Time Out New York's Queer Comics of Color to Watch Out For. His comedy has been featured in numerous festivals including San Francisco Sketchfest, Austin's Out of Bounds Comedy Festival, Brooklyn Pride, Gotham Storytelling Festival, FlameCon, and the Women in Comedy Festival. In addition, you may have heard him overshare on popular podcasts including Keith and The Girl, The Beige Philip Show, RISK!, Guys We F*cked, Las Culturistas, Tinder Tales or the video game themed podcast he co-produced called the Playable Characters Podcast (featured in AV Club and Splitsider). Most recently, Calvin was published in Kweendom, an anthology of essays by queer comedians and entertainers. Published in early 2021, the book is available on Amazon and other online book retailers. Shane M Hanlon, PhD, Executive Producer and co-host of the American Geophysical Union's podcast Third Pod from the Sun. A conservation biologist turned science communicator, he is also Manager of AGU's Sharing Science program where he teaches fellow scientists how to communicate effectively. He is also a Senior Producer with the The Story Collider. He is also a Senior Producer with the science storytelling organization The Story Collider and instructor at the University of Pittsburgh's Pymatuning Laboratory of Ecology and he takes a few weeks each summer to get back out in the field and catch frogs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Isaiah Headen is a producer and writer for the sketch comedy troupe Bad Medicine who performs and teaches at the DC Improv in Washington DC. Bad Medicine has performed at comedy festivals such as SF Sketchfest, NYC Sketchfest, Montreal Sketchfest, Chicago Sketch Comedy Festival, SketchFest Seattle and Philly Sketchfest. After graduating from American University with a visual media degree, Isaiah pursued a career as a video editor in broadcast television. He continues to utilize his skills in filmmaking and photography to craft compelling stories across many mediums.About Bad Medicine Comedy TroupeBad Medicine was conceived over a plate of tater tots in 2013 and has since flourished into an award winning sketch comedy troupe that produces sketch shows and teaches sketch comedy at the historic DC Improv Comedy Club. Outside of the District, we've performed at comedy festivals such as SF Sketchfest, NYC Sketchfest,  Montreal Sketchfest, Chicago Sketch Comedy Festival, SketchFest Seattle and Philly Sketchfest. We also produce Sketch Nerds a comedy podcast about the craft of sketch comedy and our award winning short films have screened at the DC Shorts Film Festival, Women in Comedy Festival, Portland Comedy Film Festival, Atlanta Comedy Film Festival and more. Bad Medicine is run by Elizabeth Kemp, Isaiah Headen, Julian Morgan, Shoa Appelman, Andy Weld and Leila Drici. Bad Medicine is simply a group of friends trying hard to forget the political town they live in.The Truth In This ArtThe Truth In This Art is a podcast interview series supporting vibrancy and development of Baltimore & beyond's arts and culture. Mentioned in this episode:Bad Medicine To find more amazing stories from the artist and entrepreneurial scenes in & around Baltimore, check out my episode directory. Stay in TouchNewsletter sign-upSupport my podcastShareable link to episode ★ Support this podcast ★

This week we are joined by Molly Kornfeld. Molly is a New York City based comedian. Molly performs at clubs all over New York, including Carolines, New York Comedy Club, Governor's Comedy Clubs and Old Man Hustle. She has also been featured in numerous comedy festivals, such as the Boston Comedy Festival, Women in Comedy Festival, Laughing Devil Comedy Festivals, and Ladies of Laughter. Check out her website for more about Molly: www.mollykornfeld.com!In this episode we discuss growing up in Brooklyn and Poughkeepsie, staying home to do homework on the weekends, stress headaches and anxiety, laser hair removal, being the smart girl, and so much more! You don't want to miss our discussion about the show Degrassi (it goes there)! Give this episode a listen!Follow Molly: @molly_kornfeldFollow Carly: @carlyjmontagFollow Emily: @thefunnywalshFollow the podcast: @aloneatlunchpodEmail us! Aloneatlunch@gmail.com**LEAVE US A RATING AND REVIEW** Please :)See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Kate Barron is a London-based stand-up comedian and writer who has toured across internationally. Born in Vancouver, she started her comedy career while living in Toronto and working as an art dealer. Kate has been named one to watch my multiple national Canadian media outlets including the Toronto Star and CBC. She has been invited to perform in JFL42 in Toronto, Off Just For Laughs + Zoofest in Montreal, SheDot Festival, NXNE, SirusXM Top Comic Canada, HBO's Women in Comedy Festival in Boston, Kitchener-Waterloo Comedy Festivals, and became the first woman to win the Toronto Comedy Brawl in its 9-year history, beating out over 400 other comedians. Kate has continued to stand out, winning multiple competitions including The Comedy Store's notorious King Gong show in London UK, and the Brantford Comedy Festival's Rising Star title, before being asked to join the roster of Yuk Yuk's, Canada's largest, and most recognized comedy brand! Kate was nominated as “Notable Stand-Up Comedian” of the year through the Notable Life Awards, and nominated for Breakout Comedian of the Year by the I Heart Jokes Awards. In 2020 Kate brought her work in progress “Made You Lick” to the Leicester Comedy Festival, and VAULT Festival in London. In 2022, Kate will debut her first hour at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Kate has opened for Saturday Night Live's Sam Jay and Chris Redd, Comedy Cellar Regular Nathan Mackintosh, The Late Show with James Cordon writer Eliza Skinner, and Last Comic Standing's James Adomian to name a few. She has been heard on SirusXM Canada Laughs as part of the AltDot Comedy Lounge, and hosted a comedy and well-being podcast with writer and comedian, Sara Starkman called, A Positive Spin. Kate is known best for her energetic story-telling style and performances that appeal to a variety of audiences. Thanks for watching! Like, subscribe, drop a comment, all the good stuff.Subscribe to Patreon for early access to episodes PLUS a bonus solo episode every week

Standup comedienne, screenwriter, and actor Lauren Hope Krass is passionate about body positivity… except, she says that body positivity is the trojan horse. Inside the trojan horse are fat activism and a message for women everywhere: You are beautiful, exactly as you are. Join us as we discuss:03:57 What helped Lauren step into her full self and switch to an abundance mindset.07:06 How body positivity is more like a Trojan horse.09:12 How fat activism becomes dangerous to fat people, specifically to their safety10:44 A lot of challenges when it comes to a woman in comedy.11:37 How Lauren lands into a comedy career.14:06 Lauren's TV Pilot, called Fat with Standards.15:23 How Lauren ended up on a stage in New York City.19:02 What are the challenges of bringing a message into the world through comedy.21:20 Entertainment business is terrible, unfair, and sometimes unrewarding. If you don't love your message, if you don't love what you're doing, don't do it.22:28 Lauren's joy and fulfillment in what she's doing.About the Guest:Comedian and writer Lauren Hope Krass got her start in comedy in the beautiful city of Charleston, South Carolina. There, she performed improv and standup regularly at Theatre 99 and all over the city. Her material ranges from the ridiculous to the brutally honest. Her self-deprecating humor combined with a dash of charm creates a unique perspective relevant to any audience.Lauren has headlined nationwide for Organizations (SAP Americas), Colleges (Princeton) and Clubs (Goonies, MD). Locally, you can catch her at some of the best clubs in NYC such as Caroline's, Stand Up NY, New York Comedy Club and QED among many others. She has also been a featured storyteller on Kevin Allison's RISK! She's the winner of the She Devil Comedy Festival (2018) and her original TV Pilot "Fat With Standards" was an official selection of the Atlanta Comedy Film Festival (2021) and a finalist in the Austin Comedy Film Festival (2021). Lauren has also been featured in the Women in Comedy Festival, Cinderblock Comedy Festival, Annapolis Comedy Festival and the Charleston Comedy Festival.Instagram- @LaurenHopeKrassWebsite- LaurenHopeKrass.comAbout the Host:Dr. Amanda Crowell is a cognitive psychologist, speaker, author and coach changing our perspective on the world of work. It IS possible to do Great Work-- launch a successful business, make a scientific discovery, raise a tight-knit family, or manage a global remote team-- without sacrificing your health, happiness and relationships.Amanda is the Author of the forthcoming book, Great Work: Do What Matter Most Without Sacrificing Everything Else, and the creator of the Great Work Journals. Amanda's TEDx talk has received more than a million views and has been featured on TED's Ideas blog and Ted Shorts.Her ideas have also been featured on NPR, Al Jazeera, The Wall Street Journal, Quartz, and Thrive Global.Sponsored By The Aligned Time JournalThe Unleashing Your Great Work podcast is sponsored by the Aligned Time Journal! The Aligned Time Journal is here to answer the question "But HOW?" How can we figure out what our Great Work is? How can we get started, stay with it, and finish our Great Work so it can go out in the world and have an impact?Click here to learn more, and try it out for yourself!For more information about the Unleashing YOUR Great Work podcast or to learn more about Dr. Amanda Crowell, check out my website:

“I think it's a mix of thinking about what's going on in the world right now or seeing some big famous figure and wondering what people in their life are like -” - Maria DeCotis Today I interviewed Maria DeCotis (Comedy Central, HBO Women in Comedy Festival) In this episode we speak about: Being Italian American and why Romeo and Juliet needs to be played like Italians Saying goodbye to her Andrew Cuomo impression Her journey in standup and eventually starting Jack's Fruit and a solo show Dude confidence and my Hannah Gadsby story Then my character Queens Marie asks what we can do to Andrew Cuomo if we meet him in the street. To catch up with our guest: Twitter and Instagram: @mariadecotis

On this episode of Redefining Family, Jonathan first opens up about the boundaries he has had to create with his family to protect himself, which included a recent interaction with a close friend of his father's.  Jonathan then gets the chance to speak with standup comedian and LGBTQ+ activist Calvin Cato.  Calvin first talks about his upbringing, not being exposed to the gay community as a kid and the homophobia that existed in his family of immigrant parents.   He talks about how he finally started to understand what being gay meant, his first sexual experience and then trying to reinvent himself as a straight man in college.Calvin also shares the story of losing his father and the ways in which he did and did not come out to him before his passing.******About Calvin CatoCalvin S. Cato is a comedian, storyteller, and rare-times actor based in New York City. He has been heard on Sirius XM and has appeared on Oxygen, National Geographic, Netflix and a pilot for Vice Media called Emergency Black Meeting. He has performed in numerous festivals including San Francisco Sketchfest, FlameCon, Brooklyn Pride, Women In Comedy Festival, and the Gotham Storytelling Festival. In 2017, Calvin was named one of Time Out New York's Queer Comics Of Color To Watch. Most recently he has been published in Kweendom, an anthology of queer comedic essays. He recently wrapped up hosting and producing a daily online comedy talk show on RushTix.com called The Calvin Cato Show.

Victor Varnado and Ankara Martinez visit friends and dicuss 420 party and how irefutable logic helps the pitch for profit.   Use these codes from 50-100% off. One use only!  UYFC9DGJ3 V7APMR83S X53EH49NU LFM2XTZC5 Q9N7WHJAB If you're still reading this, you get a to  In person code for $45 tickets : MARYJANE Victor Varnado is a producer, filmmaker, comedian, writer, and cartoonist. He recently finished a stint as a producer for a spinoff series in VH1's wildly successful Love and Hip Hop franchise, Leave it to Stevie starring Stevie J. He has also held senior producing positions for shows on networks including TruTV, Comedy Central, and The History Channel. His work also extends to journalistic video and branded content with clients like Associated Press, Spectrum News, and Conde Nast. Victor's work as a showrunner and series creator has generated iconic firsts and cult hits like Comedy Central's “The Awkward Comedy Show” a comedy concert film which helped introduce the world to Eric Andre and Hannibal Buress. Also, “Realm of LARP” a documentary series distributed by Nerdist/Legendary Pictures continues to be one of the most beloved productions delving into the world of live action role-playing.  In 2015 his pilot “Funny Cause It's True” won in the Best Unscripted category in the New York Television Festival. Comics created by Victor have appeared in MAD Magazine and recently he has become a New Yorker Cartoonist. Victor's writing work includes being a gag writer for the upcoming 2019 Orion Pictures Eric Andre and Lil Rel Howery film “Bad Trip”, Marvel Comics, VICE, Salon and co-authoring a screenplay with comics legend Stan Lee. You may recognize him as a comedian and actor from appearances on Late Night with Conan O'Brien, Comedy Central, Jimmy Kimmel Live, Adult Swim and My Name is Earl – also playing supporting roles in films with Arnold Schwarzenegger (End of Days), Eddie Murphy (The Adventures of Pluto Nash), and Werner Herzog (Julien Donkey Boy). Ankara Martinez is a New York based stand up comedian. You have seen her on stage at New York Comedy Club, Long Beach-Irvine-Dania Improv, Carolines on Broadway, The People's Improv Theater, The Comic Strip Live, Stand Up New York, and Broadway Comedy Club. Ankara's podcast "The Gone Girls", was part of New York Comedy Festival and Women in Comedy Festival, it includes sketches and cold reads with some of the funniest comedians in the country. Ankara is a long time house team member at The Peoples Improv Theater and part of ImprovFest 2018. Her podcast “dumdum podcast” is now available on Apple podcast, please follow her on instagram for upcoming shows @Laughkara  Always hosted by Marina Franklin - One Hour Comedy Special: Single Black Female ( Amazon Prime, CW Network), TBS's The Last O.G, Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, Hysterical on FX, The Movie Trainwreck, Louie Season V, The Jim Gaffigan Show, Conan O'Brien, Stephen Colbert, HBO's Crashing, and The Breaks with Michelle Wolf

Chewy Mai, Brittany Carney, and Mia Jackson visit Friends and talk about blaccents,  Asian Hate, having fun with microaggressions and more with host Marina Franklin. Chewy is a comic born and raised in Brooklyn, New York. She has over 20 years of social awkwardness under her belt, which fuels her comedy mind and her perspective on life. Has been featured on Brooklyn Pride Comedy Show, Women in Comedy Festival, Stand Up NY Comedy Festival, Hell Yes Fest, and many more.   Brittany Carney  began her standup comedy in Washington, DC, and now lives in New York City! She has appeared at  the Black Women in Comedy Laff Fest, Flyover Comedy Festival, All Jane Comedy Festival, Kennedy Center REACH Opening Festival, New York Comedy Festival, and many more. You can see her on Season 7 of Comedy Central Featuring. She was a staff writer for Season 2 of That Damn Michael Che on HBO Max. Her Comedy Central  Mia Jackson is a New York based comedian originally from Georgia. In 2017, Jackson was selected as a New Face by the Just for Laughs Comedy Festival and Atlanta's Creative Loafing named her the Critic's Choice Best Stand-Up in the city. She has toured nationally with Amy Schumer and is a featured comic at festivals and clubs across the country. Her first stand up special aired in October 2018 as part of Unprotected Sets on EPIX. Jackson has appeared on NickMom's Night Out, Viceland, Comedy Central's This Week at the Comedy Cellar and was a semi-finalist on Season 9 of NBC's Last Comic Standing. Her Comedy Central half-hour special debuted in November 2019. Always hosted by Marina Franklin - One Hour Comedy Special: Single Black Female ( Amazon Prime, CW Network), TBS's The Last O.G, Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, Hysterical on FX, The Movie Trainwreck, Louie Season V, The Jim Gaffigan Show, Conan O'Brien, Stephen Colbert, HBO's Crashing, and The Breaks with Michelle Wolf

Okay culmmies, this one gets a little trippy.  THE Fareeha Khan is here and we're not gonna lie... this episode is beautiful. This episode is about... going upstate, fixing your brain, Fantastic Funghi on Netflix,  chainsawing ALL day, a pregnancy reveal, communing with the universe in a hammock,  decaying, CONFIDENT GIRLS, your 4-digit PIN code, Pirates of the Caribbean, and the 6-layer skort. Fareeha Khan is a comedian and artist based in New York City. She's been on Comedy Central's “Tight Five” presented by Ilana Glazer, has toured her stand up with Man Repeller, and was featured on the NBC showcase at the Women in Comedy Festival. Her humor writing has appeared on MTV Decoded, Reductress, and in the book Every Body. She has acted in sketches on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Comedy Central, and Adult Swim, as well as several indie short films, including 1/30, which was executive produced by Lena Waithe. Her short film she created, wrote, and starred in, Break Up, Baby, was a NoBudge 2021 pick and Vulture said she has “an enchanting onscreen presence” in it, which was pretty cool. She was a writer's assistant on After After Party, a Refinery29 produced digital show in 2018. In 2017 she was chosen to participate in the Riot x TBS Comedy Writers Lab. She has a B.A. in Conflict Analysis and Resolution, which she usually tells people is a poli-sci degree because that sounds more real. She was born in Karachi, Pakistan, yet in a plot twist, she grew up in South Carolina and Virginia. Hence the outcast vibes. 

Today, Kaily chats with Jacqueline Pereda, creator of the HBO Latino short pilot "Generation Por Que?" Jacqueline talks about the challenges of being an independent creator and the path to her first TV pilot being picked up by HBO.Jacqueline has written, directed and produced over 20 comedic shorts and musical parodies in NYC and on her YouTube channel. Including her weekly satirical news show, The Ethnically Ambiguous News Hour. Her comedy has also appeared on TruTV, Funny or Die, Mas Mejor, WhoHaha, Brown Girl Magazine, the Women in Comedy Festival and Brooklyn Comedy Festival. She is a proud alum of the UCB sketch program and was a semi-finalist for the Sundance New Voices Lab in 2017. "Generation Por Qué?" was a 2020 Official Selection at SeriesFest and was licensed by HBO and HBO Max and began airing in May 2021.

Joanne Filan is my absolute favorite person, and comic to travel on the road with. We've done clubs, colleges, theatres, for the past four years calling ourselves "The Misfits Of Comedy" and were going strong before the pandemic hit but we'll be back on the road touring again in the fall with some summer dates sprinkled in between. We goofed around a lot during this episode and I wouldn't have it any other way. Enjoy! Joanne has had numerous TV and media appearances, including Hulu, Fox, Amazon, Here TV, Comedy Time TV, and in "Comics Favorite Jokes" in the NY Post. She can also be seen in a new documentary entitled “Words: An Exploration of Identity”. Joanne has taken part in festivals and competitions as well, from The New York Underground Comedy Festival to the Women in Comedy Festival in Boston, to the recent Ladies of Laughter Competition. She has ventured into the college circuit- hosting, featuring, and headlining in events at Bryn Mawr College, Monmouth and Lehigh Universities, and many more. She also proudly performs for the US Troops overseas. Her writing side has also come into play as she has just finished co-writing a TV pilot and is also a regular guest lecturer for creative writing classes at St. John's University- ensuring her creativity will go on, despite any side effects.   Website: www.upstreamcomedy.com  

Ireland – it's given us living legends like U2, great mystical legends like leprechauns, sports legends like the 80s Boston Celtics, legendary beer ... And now, comedian Katie Boyle, a legend in the making in the world of stand-up comedy. An Irish-born comedian living in Brooklyn, New York, Katie is a regular at esteemed comedy venues like Caroline's on Broadway and the Creek and the Cave in addition to performing around the world, sharing her views on love, relationships and her dad. Additionally, she has performed at numerous festivals including  the Brooklyn Comedy Festival, the Women in Comedy Festival, Cape Fear as well as the Real Irish Comedy Tour and even hosted the Kansas City Irish Festival (it's a thing)! She is also the host of The Shift, a podcast where she talks about sex and dating from her unique point of view. On this episode (dropping Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021), Katie talks to Tabari about what led her to come to America, performing for audiences in different countries, dating, sex and relationships before ending with a surprising revelation you'll never forget.Check out this episode and others you may have missed at https://atight45.buzzsprout.com/or wherever you get your podcasts today! For more on Tabari or ask a question, be sure to visit www.tabarimccoy.com or email tabari@tabarimccoy.com.

This week, we chat with Kim Tran, a first-gen Vietnamese writer, director and comedian who once rode her bike from Texas to Alaska. Her films have been official selections of SXSW, Palm Springs ShortFest and Short of the Week. Her film Zoe and Hanh recently earned a Vimeo Staff Pick. She received the Michener Fellowship to pursue her MFA in Screenwriting and Playwriting at the University of Texas at Austin. As a writer, she has written for Amy Poehler's Smart Girls, was a semifinalist for the Humanitas, NBC and Disney writing programs and a finalist for the HBO Pitch Competition at the Women in Comedy Festival. In her work, she explores messy Asian American women trying to find their way in the world. Since we chatted with Kim, some exciting updates have come up! Kim was awarded a development grant from the Austin Film Society to develop Zoe and Hanh into a feature film. The short played at Palm Springs Shortfest and will be playing at Hollyshorts.