Send us a text JJ Jones is a Boston-area comedian who was raised on British TV and New England sarcasm. He started doing stand-up in Denver eight years ago. He moved back to Massachusetts in 2017, lives in Foxboro and has been getting steady work all over the Northeast. He's a regular at the Comedy Connection in East Providence, R.I., and is headlining small clubs. He's doing everything he needs to do to keep elevating. Follow JJ Jones: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jjjonescomedy/ TikTok:...
May 03, 2024•1 hr 21 min•Season 1Ep. 235
Send us a text Carson Taylor has been doing stand-up in the Mobile, Ala., area for almost a decade. He made friends with Zeke Buckhaults in high school, joined his band, Shropshire Collective, and followed him into the comedy scene. Taylor quit drinking six months ago and has noticed a big change in his stand-up -- mainly that he doesn't black out on stage anymore. He runs Whipper Snapper with Josephine Rivera and works all over the Gulf Coast. Follow Carson Taylor: Instagram: https://www.instag...
Apr 26, 2024•1 hr 16 min•Season 1Ep. 234
Send us a text Kristen Lytie grew up in the punk rock scene in Green Bay, Wisc., and started doing stand-up in Chicago in 2013. She moved back to Green Bay in 2018 and is one of the big pieces of the comedy scene. She's been in festivals all over the country and is starting one, the Green Bay UFO Fest, this year from July 19 to 21. She recorded her debut album, “Disassociation Vacation,” at the Altercation Comedy Festival at the insistance of JT Haaberstat. The album is available for pre-order f...
Apr 19, 2024•1 hr 15 min•Season 1Ep. 233
Send us a text Charlie Nadler is a stand-up comedian living in the Berkshires in Western Massachusetts. His parents, Marty and Holly Nadler, met while working on Laverne & Shirley, and Charlie was able to be on the sets of The Princess Bride and Pretty Woman and got to know Garry and Penny Marshall. Charlie wanted to be a screenwriter and worked in Los Angeles, where he started doing stand-up in 2010. He spent four years in New York City before moving to Massachusetts with his wife. Now he p...
Apr 12, 2024•1 hr 16 min•Season 1Ep. 232
Send us a text Jake Silberman started doing stand-up in Minneapolis in 2013 before moving to Portland and beginning a serious run. He was one of Potland's best comedians, putting out "The Crowd Work Album" in 2020, and moved to New York City in 2022. He's toured the country in a van and worked with Norm Macdonald, Nate Bartgaze, Kyle Kinane and Nick Mullen. Jake's going to be recording a special in April and hopes to release it in the summer. He also hosts the Jake Silberman Show and the Hard Ma...
Apr 05, 2024•1 hr 21 min•Season 1Ep. 231
Send us a text Brad Monkell picked up the bass when he was in middle school and has been able to make a career out of it. At the end of 2019, he stepped onto a comedy stage. It took him about a year to get back to it, and since then, he's been one of the driving forces of Albany's scene. He's also a radio host for WOOC 105.3 FM. He hosts open mics and runs shows at the Lark Street Tavern, where's he's been able to bring in Carmen Lynch and Rich Voss. Sarah Tollemache and Jim Florentine are on th...
Mar 29, 2024•1 hr 20 min•Season 1Ep. 230
Send us a text Ted Anderson went to college at Marquette and decided with his wife to buy a house in Hawaii. After beginning their physical therapy practice, he started doing stand-up in 2009 and became an integrel part of the Maui scene. He's one of the founders of Power Up Comedy and a producer of the Hawaiian TV show, Moku Moku. It's about three friends navigating life on Hawaii. Anserson will be on the mainland this spring and summer, doing stand-up and pitching Moku Moku. Follow Ted Anderso...
Mar 22, 2024•1 hr 24 min•Season 1Ep. 229
Send us a text Alan Massenburg started doing stand-up in Lancaster, Pa., in 2015. Already with two daughters, he decided to take his funny social-media persona onto the stage and it's paid off. He splits time between Lancaster with his kids and New York City and he recorded his debut album, "We Got Action," in November. It's available on March 22, so make sure to order it. He hosts the Proper Ebonics podcast with Kirk Griffiths and produces shows in Pennsylvania, Brooklyn, Delaware and South Car...
Mar 15, 2024•1 hr 8 min•Season 1Ep. 228
Send us a text Chris Jones started doing stand-up in the Poconos when he was 15 years old. He started doing bar shows and open mics when he was 19. He's 28 now and after a few years away from the stage, he's back and being productive. He's emerged as one of the stand-outs in the Northeast Pennsylvania scene and has big plans for 2024. Follow Chris Jones: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/i_gotadumper/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Chrisjonescomedy TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@chrisjon...
Mar 08, 2024•1 hr 15 min•Season 1Ep. 227
Send us a text Paul Clemente started doing stand-up when he was 36 years old and is doing all he can to keep comedy alive in Jamestown, N.Y. Always a performer at heart, he did improv at the Lucille Ball Comedy Festival and is trying as hard as he can to get local comedy into the National Comedy Center. The only constant member of the Jamestown comedy scene and the founder of Crescent City Creative and Karate Sleepover, he's been bringing in talented comedians from Buffalo, Rochester, Erie, Pa.,...
Mar 01, 2024•1 hr 21 min•Season 1Ep. 226
Send us a text Dan Alten started doing stand-up in Louisville, Ky., back in 2012. He studied journalism at Indiana University, but was told by a professor he should be writing comedy. A sitcom guy growing up, he decided to move to Louisville and get good at stand-up. He co-hosts the Funny Dinner podcast and travels all over the country -- even in Cookeville, Tenn. Try the doughnuts. Follow Dan Alten: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/danalten69/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/GoofyDanAlten Funn...
Feb 23, 2024•1 hr 20 min•Season 1Ep. 225
Send us a text Brian Enck got a laugh in an English class in middle school and turned it into a career as a stand-up comedian. He grew up in Rochester and got his start in comedy as a freshman at Keuka College. After doing open mics and a few shows, he transfered to film school in New York City, where he got good at stand-up. Enck moved up to Syracuse during the pandemic with his now-wife and is doing shows all over New York. He's working on his second half-hour special now. Not bad for a back-u...
Feb 16, 2024•1 hr 22 min•Season 1Ep. 224
Send us a text Steve Vanderploeg started doing stand-up in Denver, his hometown, 11 years ago. All he wanted to do back then was get a five-minute booking at the Comedy Works open mic. Now he's headlining there. Vanderploeg is touring the country and founded Roatating Tap Comedy back in 2019. He's putting that English degree to work. He's performed at the High Plains, 10,000 Laughs and Limestone Comedy Festivals and the SF Sketchfest. He's seen Denver become one of the best comedy scenes in the ...
Feb 09, 2024•1 hr 14 min•Season 1Ep. 223
Send us a text Anna Huntley is a very funny comedian in Washington, D.C. She moved from South Carolina for a job and decided to get on stage five years ago at 36. A lifelong learning, she took improv, acting and stand-up classes and writes and performs on a sketch team. She also got permission from her landlord to get a cat, which might have a deeper, sadder meaning. Follow Anna Huntley Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bananahuntley/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/annacate Support the show...
Feb 02, 2024•1 hr 18 min•Season 1Ep. 222
Send us a text Dan Wilbur started doing stand-up when he was 18 years old and attending Bard College, where he met comedian Katie Berlant and Raphael Bob-Wakesberg, the creator of BoJack Horseman. Wilbur moved to Brooklyn after school and has kept himself busy. He's published two books, "How Not to Read: Harnessing the Power of a Literature-Free Life" and "Never Flirt with Puppy Killers," and wrote for McSweeney's, Someecards and The Onion News Network. He also released his debut stand-up album,...
Jan 26, 2024•1 hr 24 min•Season 1Ep. 221
Send us a text Dan Clark has been doing stand-up in Philadelphia since 2016. He gave it a try following a divorce and discovered he was pretty good at it. A graduate of Kutztown University in Pennsylvania, Dan worked as a journalist until 2021. He also played rugby and played bass in a punk band. Now he's working on getting booked and starting the Idiot Bridge podcast. Follow Dan Clark: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/talldinklage/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@dclar456 Support the show...
Jan 19, 2024•1 hr 9 min•Season 1Ep. 220
Send us a text Uzair Malik is a graduate student at Northeastern in Boston and only 15 months into his stand-up career. But he's already made some impressive strides. After growing up in India, he started doing comedy in San Francisco before moving to the East Coast. He finished second at the New England's Funniest Comedian competition in 2023 and participated in the World Series of Comedy. He's opened for Dusty Slay, Shafi Hossain, Benny Feldman, Jaspreet Singh and Anthony DeVito. Follow Usair ...
Jan 12, 2024•1 hr 10 min•Season 1Ep. 219
Send us a text Gary Sharp, Jr. grew up playing football and basketball and running track in south New Jersey. He played college football at Johns Hopkins and began doing stand-up when his mom gave him the information for a comedy class at Helium Comedy Club in Philadelphia. Since starting in August of 2019, he's been working hard and is starting to stand out in the scene. He's been at clubs around Pennsylvania and just began the Gray Area Comedy Podcast with Jim K. Plus he's got a 3-month-old da...
Jan 05, 2024•1 hr 16 min•Season 2Ep. 218
Send us a text Holly Johnston graduated from Hofstra with a psychology major and radio, TV and film minor and then started doing stand-up in 2019 -- following in her dad’s footsteps. She grew up in Hopedale, Mass., and moved to Austin, Texas, where she was able to get plenty of time on stage. Holly moved back to Hopedale in the fall and is producing shows, too. She’s co-producing the Wooster Roast Battle at the Hotel Vernon on Friday, Dec. 29. Follow Holly Johnston: Instagram: https://www.instag...
Dec 29, 2023•1 hr 1 min•Season 1Ep. 217
Send us a text Steve Burke is a comedian, actor and writer in Ithaca. He's been performing for the last decade -- starting stand-up in 2013, then beginning improv the next year. He's part of the Comedy Flops, Ithaca's best improv troupe, and he works closely with Paul Kozlowski at the Ake Gallery in Cortland. After taking a little time off, Burke has jumped right back into the Ithaca comedy scene and is making his mark in the upstate area. Follow Steve Burke: Comedy Flops: https://www.facebook.c...
Dec 22, 2023•1 hr 16 min•Season 1Ep. 216
Send us a text Zachary Wycuff started doing stand-up at the University of Cincinnati when he was 21 years old and he stayed put. He's been at it for eight years and has established himself as a strong comedian in the Midwest. He was just at the Flyover Comedy Festival in St. Louis and has a Dry Bar Comedy special waiting to be released. He worked as a probation officer before taking a job as a social media director at his church, but he's happiest on stage. And he works clean, too, so he's mothe...
Dec 15, 2023•1 hr 12 min•Season 1Ep. 215
Send us a text Andy McDermott has been doing stand-up in the Husdon Valley and Albany areas for almost a decade. He's one of the strongest comedians in the upstate area and runs More Than Jokes, his production company, where he books talent across the Northeast. He works regularly at the Syracuse Funny Bone and the Laugh it Up Comedy Club in Poughkipsee, among others. He takes writing jokes very seriously and has opened for Kyle Kinane, Big Jay Oakerson and Eddie Brill. A father of a 1-year-old,...
Dec 08, 2023•1 hr 5 min•Season 1Ep. 214
Send us a text Ray Roberts grew up in Ohio and started doing stand-up while at Kent State back in 2014. He's worked all over the Midwest and is based in Milwaukee, Wisc., for now. Chicago is in his future. He features for Zoltan Kaszas and released his first album, "B-Sides All That," in 2020. He also hosts the Comedy and Mushroom Cult podcast. Follow Ray Roberts: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whoisrayroberts/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/whoisrayroberts Website: https://www.whoisrayrober...
Dec 01, 2023•1 hr 28 min•Season 1Ep. 213
Send us a text Jared Hazen is four years into his stand-up career and just moved to Bristol, Tenn., in May. He spent eight years in the Air Force, working in the medical unit as a surgical technition and trying to relive what he saw on M*A*S*H. He got drunk at his first open mic at Chilkoot Charlie's in Anchorage, Alaska, and things have gotten better from there. He's learning the Tennessee scene now and just returned from the Lookout Comedy Festival in Chattanooga. Follow Jared Hazen: Instagram...
Nov 24, 2023•1 hr 13 min•Season 1Ep. 212
Send us a text Gabbie Watts started doing stand-up in Atlanta about six years ago. She grew up playing the upright bass in orchestra and picked up the electric bass and guitar. She played in a punk band and recently decided to add a music element to her comedy repertoire, leading her to create the monthly show, Comedy Bandstand, at the Dynamic El Dorado in Atlanta. Gabbie works for IHeart Radio, too, where she's co-hosting the podcast, American Filth, which centers around the unseemly parts of t...
Nov 17, 2023•1 hr 26 min•Season 1Ep. 211
Send us a text Erin Lok started doing stand-up in Madison, Wisc., after she promised her dad she'd give it a try. Four years later, she's running her own shows in Charleston, S.C. A track and field athlete and sociology student at SUNY Cortland, she began her comedy career by auditioning for an improv troupe. When her dad got sick, she came back to Long Island and changed paths right before the pandemic. She kept with stand-up and has been in the Vermont Comedy Festival, where she got an idea fo...
Nov 10, 2023•1 hr 30 min•Season 1Ep. 210
Send us a text Ronnie Fleming grew up doing improv in Havre de Grace, Md., and moved to New York City to pursue film school. He began doing stand-up when he got there and really improved when he started working the road. That's where he found his alter-ego, Chase Freely, too. He's working with Steve Hofstetter's Steel City Arts Foundation in Pittsburgh and runs Don't Tell Comedy shows. Fleming's special, "The Second Funniest Kid in School," debuted on YouTune in August. Follow Ronnie Fleming: In...
Nov 03, 2023•1 hr 11 min•Season 1Ep. 209
Send us a text Andrew Yang started doing stand-up seven years ago in Ann Arbor, Mich. He watched sets on Conan to get the feel of stand-up and decided to give it a try after his late-night packet wasn't selected. The host of the Blind Pig open mic, Yang founded the Tree Town Comedy Festival in March before deciding to let go of it. He's a husband and has a 3-year-old daughter, so he's busy enough. Follow Andrew Yang: Instagram: https://instagram.com/andrewyang_fan_account?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==...
Oct 27, 2023•1 hr 15 min•Season 1Ep. 208
Send us a text Maxwell Shultz is a comedian, producer and author from Haverhill, Mass. He's extremely well-traveled, having been behind the mic in 40 states over his nine-year stand-up career, and he just released his second hour, "Just Another Beautiful Day," on YouTube. He's one of the comedians behind Malice Comedy, which produces shows in Massachusetts and New Hampshire. His book, "This is Why You Know Me," came out in 2017. A former musician, Shultz is working on his next two hours simultan...
Oct 20, 2023•1 hr 15 min•Season 1Ep. 207
Send us a text Aamir Arshad started doing stand-up a couple years ago in Rochester and he's already made some pretty big strides. He's a regular at the Comedy at the Carlson, works all over upstate New York and finished second at the Rochester's Funniest Person contest in 2023. He started his radio career while attending RIT and has a show, Only the Important Things, with Chris Hasenauer on WITR 89.7 FM. Aamir's planning a move to New York City in December. Follow Aamir Arshad: Instagram: https:...
Oct 13, 2023•1 hr 15 min•Season 1Ep. 206
