Wesley Yang is a widely published essayist and narrative nonfiction writer who has written for Harper's, New York Magazine, and the New York Times Magazine and the author of the 2018 collection the Souls of Yellow Folk published by W.W. Norton and named as one of the year's best books by the New York Times and Washington Post. He is at work on a book about what he has termed the Successor Ideology and about to launch a Substack that will explore the ongoing bourgeois moral revolution that goes b...
May 01, 2021•1 hr 45 min
Lara Bazelon is a professor at the University of San Francisco School of Law where she holds the Barnett Chair in Trial Advocacy and directs the Criminal & Juvenile Justice and Racial Justice Clinics. Her first novel, a courtroom thriller titled A GOOD MOTHER, will be published next month. Seaton Smith is a comedian and actor. His special, The Lockdown Special can be seen on EPIX.
Apr 25, 2021•1 hr 56 min
Mayoral candidate, Andrew Yang, joins us! Andrew Yang is a NYC public school parent, business owner, and activist. He is running for mayor to help the city recover, after having successfully running a top education company, a non-profit recognized by President Obama, and building an anti-poverty movement during his presidential campaign.
Apr 15, 2021•1 hr 8 min
Glenn Miller is a one time manager the Dworman Conglomerate including: Cafe Wha, The Olive Tree Cafe and The Comedy & VU and FBP. Saranne Rothberg started The ComedyCures Foundation from her chemo chair in 1999.
Apr 10, 2021•1 hr 17 min
Andrew Hankinson is a journalist and author. His second book, Don't Applaud. Either Laugh or Don't. (At the Comedy Cellar) is a portrait of the iconic New York comedy club. Jon Laster is a stand up comedian, actor, writer, producer and regular at The Comedy Cellar.
Apr 02, 2021•1 hr 20 min
Von Decarlo is a stand up comedian & Executive Producer of The Patrice O’Neal Documentary Killing Is Easy. Marina Franklin is a comedian, actor, writer, and host.
Mar 26, 2021•1 hr 12 min
Jamie Kirchick is a visiting fellow at the Brookings Institution and a columnist for Tablet magazine. His first book, The End of Europe: Dictators, Demagogues and the Coming Dark Age, was published in 2017, and his next book, Secret City: The Hidden History of Gay Washington is forthcoming from Henry Holt. Erin Jackson has appeared on Late Night with Seth Meyers and CONAN and just made her Netflix debut as part of Season 2 of Tiffany Haddish Presents: They Ready.
Mar 21, 2021•1 hr 31 min
Trish Roberts-Miller is a scholar of train wrecks in public deliberation—times that communities had all the information they needed to make a good decision and instead made a disastrous one. She is also a at the University of Texas at Austin, and author of several books. Comic Adrienne Iapalucci has appeared on "The Degenerates" on Netflix and Letterman. She just released her debut album, "Baby Skeletons."
Mar 14, 2021•1 hr 27 min
Dov Hikind is an American politician, activist, and radio talk show host. He is a former Democratic New York State Assemblyman. Hatem Gabr is the co-host of the podcast, Live from America.
Mar 06, 2021•1 hr 7 min
Wayne Federman is an Emmy-nominated stand-up, actor, author, professor, and podcaster. His new book is called, The History of Stand-Up: From Mark Twain to Dave Chappelle. He co-hosts the acclaimed podcast: The History of Stand-Up.
Mar 05, 2021•1 hr 8 min
Patrice O'Neal documentary, SNL & antisemitic jokes and how Noam's old friend almost killed him.
Feb 28, 2021•1 hr 24 min
In our most heated episode yet, Noam goes to head to head with journalist Will Wilkinson. Danny Cohen talks about gay conversion therapy and Dan sees a mouse.
Feb 19, 2021•2 hr 26 min
Immigration, stealing jokes, Ted Alexandro and Saturday Night Live. Eric Kaufmann is an author, journalist and Professor of Politics at Birkbeck College, University of London. Alingon Mitra is a stand up comedian whose credits include Conan, Colbert, and Comedy Central.
Feb 13, 2021•1 hr 45 min
Noam Dworman, Dan Naturman and Periel Aschenbrand with comic Eagle Witt and esteemed Law Professor and author Richard Epstein. Noam connects with Epstein, after admiring his work from afar for decades, Dan considers self publishing and Periel goes on a tear about Marilyn Manson.
Feb 06, 2021•1 hr 18 min
Dean Edwards is a stand-up comedian, actor, singer, writer, musician and voice artist. Dr. Satish Pillai is a Senior Investigator in Viral Pathogenesis at Vitalant Research Institute and a Professor of Laboratory Medicine at UCSF.
Jan 30, 2021•1 hr 24 min
Nick Clairmont is an associate editor at Arc Digital, a words columnist at the Washington Examiner Magazine, a book reviewer, and a writer based in New York. He’s currently working on a book about the history of Trolling. Neko White is a stand up comic. His new special is called DARK OUT.
Jan 23, 2021•1 hr 37 min
Elizabeth Bernstein has been a reporter for The Wall Street Journal for 20 years. For the past decade, she has written a column she created called “Bonds: On Relationships,” about the psychology of relationships. Graham Kay is an award-winning comedian seen on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. Has an Autism Awareness Podcast called “Autastic.”
Jan 17, 2021•1 hr 22 min
Barry Friedman serves as the Faculty Director of the Policing Project at New York University School of Law, where he is a Professor of Law and of Politics.
Jan 09, 2021•1 hr 11 min
Rich Vos, Robert Kelly and Hatem Gabr. Beloved by audiences around the globe, Rich Vos has over 100 television appearances and is the co-host of My Wife Hates Me podcast. Robert Kelly’s credits include the hit series Louie, Inside Amy Schumer, Trainwreck, Nurse Jackie and Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn. He hosts the top rated podcast, You Know What Dude.
Jan 01, 2021•1 hr 53 min
Damon Linker is a senior correspondent at TheWeek.com. He is an author and a lecturer at the University of Pennsylvania. He has worked as a senior editor at Newsweek/The Daily Beast and his essays and reviews have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, and other leading publications. Ian Fidance is a New York City comedian, writer, and actor. He’s been featured in the New Yorker, New York Times, was a writer on Crank Yankers and has made multiple TV appeara...
Dec 26, 2020•1 hr 19 min
Why is the government is killing small businesses? should Seinfeld should be nicer? Why is comedy getting the brunt of this pandemic. Make it make sense with Rebecca Trent, owner of iconic Creek and the Cave and Dani Zoldan, owner of Stand Up NY.
Dec 18, 2020•1 hr 30 min
Michael J. Stern is a former state and federal prosecutor. He worked for the U.S. Department of Justice for 25 years and prosecuted some of the Justice Department’s most significant cases. His expertise is in wiretap investigations, use of cooperating witnesses, and trial litigation. Joe Machi is a stand up comic and Comedy Cellar regular.
Dec 12, 2020•1 hr 37 min
Author Margalit Fox is considered one the foremost explanatory writers and literary stylists in American journalism. She was a senior writer at The New York Times for the newspaper’s celebrated Obituary Department. She has written the front-page public sendoffs of some of the leading cultural figures of our age. Danny Cohen is a stand up comedian and regular at the Comedy Cellar. He is also the creator of Danny Cohen Ties.
Dec 03, 2020•1 hr 9 min
Jena Friedman is a comedian, writer and filmmaker. Her recent credits including acting in the movie, Palm Springs, and writing on Borat. She has a stand up special called American Cunt. Eric Neumann has appeard on The Iliza Shlesinger Show, is the host of IFC’s Deep Dive, and his special, “Just A Phase” is coming out in December 2020.
Nov 28, 2020•1 hr 23 min
Bonus Episode 12 with Dov Davidoff
Nov 22, 2020•1 hr 15 min
Author and journalist Mickey Kaus is a neoliberal-turned-populist Democrat. But be warned, he voted for Trump. Twice! He has contributed to numerous publications including Harper’s, Newsweek andThe New Republic. He writes about everything but especially welfare reform and immigration and has a newsletter on Substack called kausfiles.
Nov 21, 2020•1 hr 18 min
On the table: Donald Trump, trans politics, COVID, the vaccine and being Jewish with guest, Jaye McBride. McBride is one of the first trans comedians to work on a national level. She has performed as a headliner and shared the stage with comedy greats. She recently made her television debut on Comedy Central's 'This Week at the Comedy Cellar'.
Nov 13, 2020•1 hr 24 min
Fred Siegel is a historian and the author of multiple books including his most recent, The Crisis of Liberalism: Prelude to Trump.
Nov 08, 2020•1 hr 8 min
Transgender politics, woke culture, pronouns and sex. Sound engineer, DJ and one of Noam's oldest and dearest friends, Nikki Jax joins us along with stand up comic and Cellar regular, Danny Cohen.
Oct 30, 2020•1 hr 51 min
Al Martin is the owner of New York Comedy Club, Greenwich Village Comedy Club and Broadway Comedy Club. His new book is called, I Did it on A Dare: How I Created a Comedy Empire in 30 Short Years.
Oct 25, 2020•1 hr 28 min
