Anna Akana: “It Gets Darker” at Edinburgh Fringe 2024
by ⭐⭐⭐½ Actress Anna Akana has more than 2.8 million YouTube subscribers (and an additional 1.5 million combined followers on TikTok and Instagram), and her first …
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Episode #458: Hank Green
Hank and John Green began influencing online viewing long before we tied the word influencer to social media, launching their Vlogbrothers YouTube channel on Jan. 1, 2007, …
Episode #457: Ali Siddiq
At the age of 49 — three decades removed from an FBI drug bust that sent him to prison, and 24 years into his career …
Episode #430: Kyle Kinane
Kyle Kinane is a comedian who was the voice of Comedy Central for a decade. Kinane released his first album, Death of the Party, via …
For The First Time, JFL Has Put New Faces On YouTube
Well, isn’t this special?! Perhaps because I was the only person to actually review 2021’s New Faces of Comedy (check out my Substack, it’s called …
Episode #349: Rob Barnett
Rob Barnett has been a radio DJ and program director, pivoted to TV as programming director for MTV and VH1 in the 1990s, pivoted back …
Episode #340: Flula Borg
Flula Borg is a German actor, musician, comedian and DJ who began making his mark on American audiences in 2015 — that’s when he broke …
Episode #339: Kevin Iso
Fresh out of Houston to Flatbush, Brooklyn, Kevin Iso’s friendship with fellow young comedian Dan Perlman led to making YouTube video slice of life sketches …
Episode #319: CollegeHumor’s Sam Reich
Sam Reich was 21 when CollegeHumor hired him as its first Director of Original Content in 2006. In a few short years, the success of …
Episode #310: Joe List
Joe List began his stand-up career in Boston in 2000 after graduating from high school, rising up the ranks in Boston’s heralded comedy scene before …