HELLO MY LOVELIES!!!! AL VAL HAS RETURNED AND " PODGIS " IS BACK! Oh boy, so much to catch y'all up on! Val rips right into it, describing her new setup; proposing a new catchphrase for all trans people (across the entire spectrum!); a new term for her favourite colour; talking about her recent big move across town; and speaks at length about her recent experience filming season 3 of "Drag Heals" for OutTV. As always, this episode is full of life, encouragement, and introspection!...
Jun 05, 2022•1 hr 3 min•Season 1Ep. 56
HELLO HELLO PAT PAT PAT! In this fun and introspective episode (were you expecting anything less??) Val talks bindle sacks, the relevance of clowns, how people talked in the 1920's, and a wide variety of philosophical reflections regarding meaninglessness, nihilism, and the movie "Everything Everywhere All At Once". Enjoy!!
Apr 25, 2022•48 min•Season 1Ep. 55
After a brief hiatus, Val is back! In this one, she freeforms about recently losing her credit card because of silly pocket standards for women's clothing; funny sound bites with her Roommate & Friend; a tale about being far too stoned on edibles at the club; and some closing thoughts on neurodivergence, human nature and social media. Have a good week, ya jackals!
Apr 15, 2022•48 min•Season 1Ep. 54
Hey hey hey happy 'Trans Day of Visibility'! Get your WOBBLE BOBBLE on and have a super visible day, trans friends! In this fun, frolicking episode Val begins by offering some positive, optimistic thoughts on Trans Day of Visibility (as well as some observations on her own hormonal and... physical... progress). She then dives into two of the more ridiculous takes she's observed online in regards to the Will Smith/Chris Rock "Oscars slap" incident ( I know, I know...) , after which she describes ...
Mar 31, 2022•47 min•Season 1Ep. 53
Hello, PodGis listeners! Check out this episode, why dontcha?? In this episode, Val starts out joking about the "UNCUT JAHHHMZ" valley girl, and the idea of being one's 'muse'; after which, she tells you the full details of a hilarious Instagram video that made her laugh so hard she cried on the couch and got a headache. Finally, for the second half of this episode of "PodGis", Val digs pretty deep and personal, reflecting on a painful recent 'roast battle' experience, and reflecting on how she ...
Mar 23, 2022•49 min•Season 1Ep. 52
This is a true yin-yang, self-reflective episode of weighing the positives and negatives! In this one, Val talks about her gag reflex; about dress codes in standup; the cesspool of the comments section; her definition of modern day saintliness in the social media era; the time a woman wrote and performed a dating request to Val in song; and the previous night's misadventures with mentally unhinged folks in the city.
Mar 14, 2022•56 min•Season 1Ep. 51
Oh no! Al Val is sick with Covid :( But that won't stop her joking and hanging out with you! It does, however, make her sound hella raspy. It is what it be! In this one, Val talks about sad balloons; how her high school experience differs significantly from modern media's portrayal of being that age; the first time she got drunk; her life principle about "Positive Entropy"; and closes on an anecdote that illustrates how set in her ways Al Val can be. When you like something you like it, and YOU ...
Mar 07, 2022•49 min•Season 1Ep. 50
*I apologize for the hollow sound; it was a mistake I won't make again. The episode is still a fun one! :)* In this episode, Al Val discusses her gift-giving philosophy, and how she is trying to be a better person; a Will Smith-inspired bit of life advice in regards to taking chances and making proactive decisions; a story about the highs and lows of being in the public eye; fish procreation; bank accounts that are there for no reason; and then a closing exploration of the Canadian Trucker Convo...
Feb 24, 2022•49 min•Season 1Ep. 49
This is the lugubrious episode. Al Val ENDURES a crappy mood and delivers a shorter podcast with observations on the latest "Spiderman" movie, feeling lugubrious, micropenises and micropenis science, liars abound online, and a brief observation on Michael Cain and Forrest Gump. We'll be back next week with more gusto! I promise!
Feb 09, 2022•41 min•Season 1Ep. 48
Welcome back and of course, "HAPPY NEW YEAR" from Algis herself LOL JK JK it's 2/2/2022 you dunderhead! In this episode, Al Val pulls on some more complicated threads and explores some complicated multi-sided issues abound with different perspectives. Overall though expect such topics as: the doomsday clock on her computer; about being on the frontier of brand new material and taking the leap into material yet unexplored; brutally callous, outdated episodes of Maury Povich/Jerry Springer that ma...
Feb 02, 2022•52 min•Season 1Ep. 47
Hello there! Would you like a slice of PodGis? Well then, here it is! After a brief catching-up with you, the listener, Algis discusses Tucker Carlson's weird fetish for M&M's and the trademark "Tucker Carlson Face", the weight of steel versus feathers, then back again to Tucker Carlson and co., then Algis talks about the inside-ball vocabulary in "Succession", the TikTok endorphin slot machine and other millenial social media complaints. See you next week!
Jan 26, 2022•49 min•Season 1Ep. 46
In this fun, boundless episode of PodGis, Al Val kicks things off by 'trying something new' - as in, a video component (spoiler: it fails.)! BUT we'll work on that, I guess... After that interesting little experiment, Val goes on to talk about her rosacea; her history of adolescent acne and Accutane to get rid of it; her annoyance when people do a "gotcha" when they didn't actually get her; a couple stories about "Intention vs. Execution", which is a timelessly trademark Al Val struggle; and the...
Jan 19, 2022•49 min•Season 1Ep. 45
Happy New Year, even though it's a 'new year' every day! Get it?? Algis does! In this episode of PodGis, Al Val talks about being on the cusp of another lockdown in Ontario, tells all the scientists out there what to do about the aging process, talks about video games and the time she accidentally trolled someone in GTA5 Online, then proceeds to speak at length about Clint Eastwood in "Gran Turino", how racists think in general, and the time Clint Eastwood talked to a chair onstage at the 2012 R...
Jan 04, 2022•50 min•Season 1Ep. 44
HAPPY NEW YEAR...GIS! Al Val breaks in the new year with a podcast reflecting back on the year she's had and the profound personal growth she's experienced, declares her New Year's Resolutions (with the caveat that you can resolve at various other times of the year, of course), sends lots of smushy, mushy love out to you, her listeners (<3), then ends on a sequence about what she calls "Russian YouTube". Sincerely, I want to thank you for joining me on this journey and for listening to my wil...
Dec 31, 2021•50 min•Season 1Ep. 43
Happy holidays, y'all! Sorry for the late upload! In this not-so-festive episode, Algis talks about weighing optimism and pessimism equally, her terribly sticky experience with Tide Pods, "Apollonian" vs. "Dionysian" artistic impulses, adapting as a standup comic, and comics who believe in "TRUE" comedy.
Dec 24, 2021•49 min•Season 1Ep. 42
What a crazy "PodGis" we have in store for you today!! Algis comes out hot, fresh off enjoying a delicious panini, and briefly talks about having chapped lips before she launches into a crazy story about a colleague who threw a 'terminally ill goodbye party'... She then talks about acting in murder mystery dinner theatre shows, tells a brief 'epic bomb' tale, and then closes on a theory about "Horseshoe Movies". What a story, Mark!
Dec 14, 2021•50 min•Season 1Ep. 41
"I just got back from the Ontario Science Center, and boy are my arms science!" -Al Val In this episode of PodGis Val talks about her recent experience at the Ontario Science Center and her lifelong connection to David Attenborough; from then she explores a variety of topics such as people who believe that she's just "trans for stagetime", the science of Operant Conditioning as it applies to hopelessly romantic strangers on FaceBook, and the unfortunate amorality of pet ownership by the noisiest...
Dec 07, 2021•48 min•Season 1Ep. 40
Al Val is down as ever to have a hodgpodge, silly vanilly time this week! Al Val takes a short trip down memory lane, talking about album covers she'd designed for CD's she burned as a teen, a "letter from a fan" she received one time in university, domain names/capitalism and Martin Shkreli, one particularly personally resonant line from the movie "Hook", and finally a tale of putrid, comforting warmth on the subway.
Nov 29, 2021•50 min•Season 1Ep. 39
Al Val is back from her tour in B.C. (the place, not the... measurement of time) and she's getting her SILLY on! Welcome, new fans! Val rips right into this one, talking about the stresses of everyday living, poignant memories of Jeb Bush, some observations on TikTok and joke theft, a fond memory of the time a flight attendant tried reading the synopsis to a Russel Crowe movie, and a new world order as a result of line etiquette deviance. See you soon! Muah!
Nov 22, 2021•48 min•Season 1Ep. 38
Al Val is away! In British Columbia, Canada! But have no fear - she recorded a "PodGis" so you don't miss a single fun-having dang-blasted crumb-nibbling moment. In this one, Al Val talks about being "hoisted by your own petard" and then provides a transition update regarding boob pain in sports; after that she guides you through a very exclusive meditation practice, then closes on a whole bunch of nonsense about Rodney Dangerfield.
Nov 08, 2021•47 min•Season 1Ep. 37
As the French say, "C'est L'Halloween!" Are you dressing up as Luke Skywalker wearing a t-shirt of all his friends? What are you doing? Listening to this podcast, of course! Al Val talks a bit about Halloween (AKA Closet Crossdresser Christmas), a bit more about Dave Chappelle's "The Closer" and the ongoing fallout, being Luke Skywalker one time as a child, Al Val's very dear friend Omid, and her recent inspired performance as a "Sentient Speaker at an Open Mic". Check out the Youtube clip onlin...
Nov 01, 2021•52 min•Season 1Ep. 36
Uh ohhhhhhhhh! Warning: BIG controversies addressed in this one! Lol just kidding, maybe! Algis tackles some big controversies like Netflix's "Explained" episode, elaborate high-fives, the Canadian Men's National Soccer Team, catchphrases, imbroglios, another story about Algis' naivete, and a short story about someone complaining about Al's arms. Al Val is a controversial comic now! Look out! HERE COMES TROUBLE!
Oct 14, 2021•49 min
Al Val recorded this one hot off the release of Dave Chappelle's last Netflix special "The Closer", and of course shares her opinions on the thing - the good, the bad, and the... inflexible.
Oct 11, 2021•49 min•Season 1Ep. 34
We're talking voices ! You know you got a voice ? Isn't that NUTS??? In this one, Al Val does a whole bunch of Italian accent nonsense, talks about being related to doctors, voice feminization training, "Hamburger" Jones, and comics who claim to have never bombed.
Sep 29, 2021•54 min•Season 1Ep. 33
Uh oh! We're getting a little sacrilegious on this one! Al Val ventures headlong into the unknown this time with next to NOTHING prepared, but nonetheless finds delightful fodder in discussing the poster of Jesus she recently hung up in her room, a missed pitch opportunity to a TV exec, a perfectly silly and heretical TV show idea, and an old bit about a married couple raising a pet hippopotamus.
Sep 21, 2021•34 min•Season 1Ep. 32
Al Val welcomes you back from a brief hiatus by getting SUPER introspective, pulling on several existential threads. She talks about her recent (hormonal?) crying episode, goes OFF on what she thinks of professional art/comedy critics, bathroom graffiti and legacy-making, The Marijuana Party of Canada, and ends on a tale of a recent catcalling experience that went sideways for both parties.
Sep 14, 2021•54 min•Season 1Ep. 31
Fresh from a weekend in which she got a standing ovation, Al Val riffs and raps about the sun, fun patronizing love games, treating her lovers as she would have liked to be treated while she was in the closet, and of course, standing ovations. Al then establishes her legendary "Horseshoe Theory" of bad movies, using M. Night Shyamalan's recent movie "Old" and the first "Suicide Squad" film. This is the kind of podcast that will make you stand up from your chair and raucously applaud with all you...
Sep 01, 2021•56 min•Season 1Ep. 30
Al Val's schedule is BONKERS, DAWG! Just ALL over the place! So we've got another mid-week episode coming atcha, whether you like it... or love it. In this one, Al Val talks about a baseball player named Catfish Hunter; how to drink juice in a classy way; Val's obsessive love for Monty Python; her bidet conundrum; Tickly Nose Hair Syndrome; being Gulliblegis (+ eating a pigeon); the 'JFL Stool Story'; and a video Al watched involving gorillas and soccer moms.
Aug 27, 2021•51 min•Season 1Ep. 29
It's ASS time! Count up the "asses" and you get a prize! In this episode, Al Val discusses her voice, online haters, the nature of being a "badass", people who like to cause scenes and make noises in public, using 10% of your brain and the hazards of getting punched in the head, and Al ends on a story about a Quebecois MMA coach.
Aug 20, 2021•54 min•Season 1Ep. 28
First of all, rest in peace Andrew Albert - a longtime Canadian comic I had the pleasure of meeting only once but had an enormous reputation for kindness, empathy, selflessness, and of course, humour. In this episode, Al talks her chronic neck pain, people who have taken an odd amount of credit for her accomplishments, a little bit about weed and CBD, sweat stink and hormonal changes to it, and she closes strong by going after Olympic events like 'speed walking' and the 'clean and jerk'....
Aug 09, 2021•51 min•Season 1Ep. 27
