Episode #254: Trae Crowder
by Trae Crowder grew up in rural Tennessee and worked for a federal government agency while harboring dreams of becoming a famous stand-up comedian. Crowder didn’t …
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Episode #253: Jill-Michele Meleán
Jill-Michele Meleán’s mother’s Irish, and her father’s Bolivian. But she grew up in Miami surrounded by Cubans. All of which makes her White Latina, the …
Episode #252: Liza Treyger
Liza Treyger is a New York based stand-up comic by way of Chicago, who grew up in nearby Skokie after immigrating from Russia when she …
Episode #251: Yakov Smirnoff
Yakov Smirnoff got his big break in America thanks to Mitzi Shore, who not only put up the Soviet immigrant in her home behind The …
Episode #250: Keith And The Girl
Keith Malley and Chemda Khalili began podcasting out of their apartment in Queens in March of 2005, three months before Apple recognized podcasting officially on …
Episode #249: Lyric Lewis
A classically trained theater major who grew up in New Orleans and Minnesota’s Twin Cities, Lyric Lewis took her degree from Syracuse and headed straight …
Episode #248: Steve Agee
Steve Agee had a bizarre enough life behind the camera before he ever got his first big shot in front of it thanks to Sarah …
Episode #247: Dane Cook
In 2019, Dane Cook is heading out for his first full national tour in six years, and he’s calling it his Tell It Like It Is …
Episode #246: Henry Rollins
Henry Rollins was the legendary frontman for hardcore punk band Black Flag in the 1980s, then his own Rollins Band into the 90s and early …
Episode #245: Sam Richardson
Sam Richardson is best known for playing Richard Splett, the only optimistic voice in Selina Meyer’s administration on HBO’s Veep. Richardson spent summers in his …