Episode #221: Maeve Higgins
Maeve Higgins was a bestselling memoirist and comedian in her native Ireland when, at the age of...
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Category: Books
Julie Seabaugh and Troy Conrad document “Ringside at Roast Battle” in a new book!
My colleague on the West Coast, freelance comedy journalist Julie Seabaugh, has turned many late...
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David Spade skips straight to the audiobook for new Audible memoir
No reading required for David Spade’s new memoir, A Polaroid Guy in a Snapchat World. Spade...
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Episode #213: Paula Poundstone
Paula Poundstone started her comedy career in Boston in the late 1970s before taking her act and...
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Tom Papa gets “Baked” on Food Network, new book out for Father’s Day
Tom Papa has been telling Joe Rogan about bread for years. Here he was a couple of years ago...
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New biography, documentary explore the life and death of Robin Williams
Is there ever an appropriate time to look back at the life and legacy of Robin Williams without...
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Episode #206: Nell Scovell
Who is Nell Scovell? She’s the creator of Sabrina, the Teenage Witch, first staff writer...
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Episode #203: Louie Anderson
Louie Anderson won an Emmy Award for his performance as Christine Baskets in FX’s Baskets. He...
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Pence parody book has a happy ending
When John Oliver’s announced his staff at HBO’s Last Week Tonight had made a parody of...
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Jimmy O. Yang on How To American
Jimmy O. Yang has a new memoir out, How To American. It’s about how his family brought him...
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Alec Baldwin wants to adapt his Trump parody book (and SNL character) for Broadway
Alec Baldwin, who won an Emmy for impersonating President Donald J. Trump on Saturday Night Live...
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Exclusive book excerpt from Budd Friedman’s “The Improv: An Oral History of The Comedy Club That Revolutionized Stand-Up”
Budd Friedman, with help from Tripp Whitesell and interviews from dozens of the famous comedians,...
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