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Ep. 132: Joel Mandelkorn & Slow Apocalypse Variety Hr
October 05, 2022 20:16 - 1 hour - 60.9 MBJoel Mandelkorn remains as both the frequent guest of this podcast and one of the most highly regarded comedy producers out there. One of the most notable shows he produces, Hot Tub with Kurt & Kristen, is still in hiatus, but we catch up with him in what he gleefully calls the "slow apocalypse" and eek out some hot takes on what's going on in comedy at large including The Daily Show, Bros, etc. Follow Joel @cleftclips across platforms. The Comedy Bureau @thecomedybureau across platforms a...
Ep. 131: Dylan Adler and Kelly Bachman & Making Their Own Comedy Gold from Trauma
September 28, 2022 22:15 - 1 hour - 75.6 MBBorn from the roughs of a chance meeting at an open mic, NYC comedy darlings Dylan Adler and Kelly Bachman found both peace and an indelible comedy partner. Together, they made, for our money, one of the best hours of comedy this year and certainly one of the best albums/specials about trauma, Rape Victims Are Horny Too. This week's TCB Field Report talks to the freewheeling duo of survivor comedians and how they managed to make such a fantastic, rollicking hour of story and song about survi...
Ep. 130: Simon Taylor & Taping at Sydney Opera House
September 21, 2022 21:27 - 47 minutes - 43 MBIt's a very small group of folks that manage to tape a special at one of Australia's most heralded landmarks, the Sydney Opera House. One of those esteemed comedians, Simon Taylor, joins us for this week's TCB Field Report to talk how Australian comedy got on during quarantine and lockdown, a bit on how Australian comedy operates differently from American comedy, and what it takes to do a stand-up special at a national landmark. Also, hot takes on Roseanne Barr doing a special at Fox Nation...
Ep. 129: Ellory Smith & Dana Donnelly & Coming Up in Comedy Under Capitalism
September 15, 2022 00:31 - 1 hour - 58 MBThere is so much focus on the craft of comedy these days that one might look past how the economics of it often contribute to just how hard it is to do comedy as either passion or a career. Being aware of both is necessity and both rising stars in the LA comedy scene and the face of splendid monthly show Funnilingus, Ellory Smith and Dana Donnelly, sit down with TCB's Jake Kroeger on this week's TCB Field Report to talk how to keep their dreams alive while the winds of capitalism often blow ...
Ep. 128: Adam Cayton-Holland & Staying on The High Plains
September 07, 2022 21:12 - 37 minutes - 34.1 MBAt this point of the pandemic, we're so glad to find many of our favorite things in comedy surviving in tact and coming out thriving on the other end. One of those things is one of the best comedy festivals around, Denver's High Plains Comedy Festival, founded by one of the funniest working comedians/podcasters/authors/actors today, Adam Cayton-Holland. We talk with Adam about keeping the very beloved High Plains Comedy Festival as well as his own comedy on track through some of the most ins...
Ep. 127: Brett Davis & The Slow Burn
September 01, 2022 00:27 - 1 hour - 99.3 MBOne of the great things about comedy in LA is that there is literal space to create your own niche and do what you want. Brett Davis is exemplifying this with the ultra underground venue he co-runs, Little Secret, and his dedication to experimenting with slow burning bits and characters, almost exclusively. Davis breaks down his philosophy on doing such characters on stage as well as being DIY with, well, everything he does with TCB's Jake Kroeger. Also, "hot" takes on Chris Rock not hostin...
Ep. 126: Blake Rosier & Uncharted Territories
August 24, 2022 23:56 - 1 hour - 69.4 MBNo matter the art form, the folks who push boundaries and blaze trails are a rare breed. That's why we were thrilled to get into the big comedy swings that one Blake Rosier has made a name for himself by taking. Whether it's living on stage for 5 days or creating an entire live show in an afternoon with someone he finds on Craigslist, Rosier's imagination and commitment seems drawn to unexplored reaches of comedy and Blake has honed a way to make that thoroughly engrossing and funny no matte...
Ep. 125: Roz Hernandez & Second Go Arounds
August 17, 2022 20:59 - 1 hour - 97.8 MBNot only is Roz Hernandez one of the folks that you should absolutely be watching while they ascend to comedy stardom, but she has one of the most fascinating comedy journeys that we've ever come across. From comedy to drag to doing both, then, in the midst of lockdown, opting to transition from the drag queen Roz Drezfalez to Roz Hernandez and being her most hysterical self to waves of raucous laughter and applause. Roz shares that long and winding path while we recorded the episode for a 2...
Ep. 124: Todd Glass & Moving Comedy Forward
August 10, 2022 23:54 - 1 hour - 69 MBThe venerable Todd Glass joins us on this week's Comedy Bureau Field Report to break down the state of comedy between generations and just exactly how you can still say whatever you want in comedy. Glass is a guiding light both with his very own signature, beloved comedy and is a champion of the newer classes of comedy that, perhaps, might be incomprehensible to comedy purists of yesteryear. Glass and TCB's Jake Kroeger really dive into what is at the core at the folks that might be holding ...
Ep. 123: Alex Hanna & The Door at The Comedy Store
August 03, 2022 23:49 - 1 hour - 90.6 MBEven after almost 50 years of being around, one of the best ways to get in at The Comedy Store to get your name on the wall is working the door at the world famous comedy club. Alex Hanna is one such comedian on his way, starting from every indie crevice in the LA scene and then chancing upon one of the few open spots to both develop at The Comedy Store and work the door. From his vantage point, we chat about the state of The Comedy Store these days and how, if you can believe, live comedy i...
Ep. 122: Hayley Beacon & Zillennials?
July 27, 2022 19:24 - 1 hour - 92.3 MBHailing from the Bay Area, Hayley Beacon is gracing LA with their undeniably charming irreverence. As they intersect between Gen Z and being a millennial, we venture into what the nuances of all cultures, mainstream and sub- and everything in between, come into play into their comedy and what they ultimately want to do (run Taco Bell's Twitter account). Also, we get an inside perspective on what comedy in SF/Bay Area is like these days with it being more and more tech driven. Also, "hot" ta...
Ep. 121: Olivia Amerling & Comedy Fandom Turned Dedicated Comedy Producing
July 20, 2022 21:24 - 1 hour - 82.6 MBWhen it comes to producing a comedy show, it's ideal that you have someone who loves comedy just as much as the performers do, but, for their own reasons, would rather not take the stage and just work behind the scenes. Olivia Amerling has emerged as a go-to NYC comedy producer with three weekly shows on her plate, Seance Comedy at Easy Lover, I Made You a Playlist at Three Diamond Door and Drule at Fette Sau, after just being a hardcore comedy fan that would show up at as many shows as she ...
Ep. 120: MC Chris & Multi-verses on Multiverses
July 14, 2022 00:16 - 49 minutes - 45.1 MBMC Chris has dedicated his life to both being a nerd and being a rapper and has brilliantly and hilariously married the two for his own self-made rap career. He has been such "the guy" when it comes to rapping about Star Wars or the MCU or Ghostbusters or Nightmare on Elm Street that his fans have made an entire community around his nerdy rap canon and supported each other, found partners, started families etc. We talk all about how deep this rabbit hole goes while Chris is in the middle of ...
Ep. 119: Bailey Norton & Women Getting Death Threats They Don't Deserve in 2022
July 06, 2022 22:49 - 1 hour - 105 MBUnfortunately, it shouldn't come as a surprise that the world in 2022 is still not a fair, equitable, or even hospitable place for women. Things for women in comedy are objectively better than they were in the 70s or 80s, but that doesn't mean there's actual equality and true inclusion. The beaming delight that is comedian Bailey Norton has a chat with us about how she gets death threats from men for innocuous humor all the time as well as what it means to be a woman playing a ukulele in com...
Ep. 118: Max Beasley & Being on the Side of Jokes
June 29, 2022 20:40 - 1 hour - 94 MBIt's one thing to be a rising star in the comedy scene and navigating all the terrain that comes with that, but it's a whole other thing entirely to also navigate your identity, especially if you're openly transitioning between genders at the same time. If you've seen one Max Beasley recently, you'll agree that they're balancing the two journeys exquisitely and getting funnier every time you see them. Max chats in-depth about the ins and outs of forging that path for themselves and always go...
Ep. 117: Sophie Santos & Lesbian (+ Filipino & Others) Agenda
June 23, 2022 01:32 - 1 hour - 129 MBThe issue of identity in comedy is more prevalent than perhaps it has ever been in comedy. That's actually a great thing even though the seeming explosion of varying perspectives and backgrounds that all have their different takes and stories may feel overwhelming to some. Both Sophie Santos, wonderful comedian/creator of The Lesbian Agenda, and TCB's Jake Kroeger delves into their own intersectionality and what that means for their comedy and comedy at large wherever they go. Yep, we also ...
Ep. 116: Comedy Give Back (Amber J Lawson & Zoe Friedman) & Looking Out for Comedians
June 16, 2022 01:18 - 1 hour - 84.7 MBThough the comedians today aren't as unhinged as those of decades past, the community of comedy is one that is still very much in need of supportive infrastructure rather than the less blind leading the more blind as it is now. Thanks to Comedy Gives Back, working comedians have some sort of a safety net as CGB is dedicated to making sure that comedians (who so often help folks get through the darkest of times), can get through their own dark times. This week's Comedy Bureau Field Report ha...
Ep. 115: Nicole Blaine & Building Comedy in an Art Colony
June 08, 2022 23:38 - 1 hour - 135 MBWhile the reverberations of the pandemic are still being felt and both the commercial and artistic sides of comedy have been changed forever, there is hope springing eternal in new venues that have blossomed. Thanks to the blood, sweat, tears, and compassion of one Nicole Blaine, a longtime producer and comedian, her club, The Crow, represents a new oasis for comedy in a veritable comedy desert on the Westside of LA (both the county and the city) relative to LA's thriving Eastside. We talk...
Ep. 114: Avry Ross & Getting an Open Mic with Audience in LA at Midnight
June 01, 2022 22:03 - 1 hour - 92.3 MBOne of the key things in running an actually great open mic is consistency. Well, having a proper stage in a proper venue, great sound system, actual staff, drinks and snacks, not charging to go up, and audience helps too. Avry Ross and the rest of the good folks at Third Wheel Hollywood/Podcast Studio have actually done all of that and do it on a nightly basis at midnight with what has been coined Midnight Madness. This week's TCB Field Report has Avry giving us the origins and rise of wha...
Ep. 113: Cara Connors & Your First Nationwide Tour
May 25, 2022 23:45 - 1 hour - 94.6 MBThe prospect of doing your first nationwide tour as a comedian is as thrilling as it can be daunting. So much of it is a mystery that you can't really prepare for ahead of time. That said, to actually play to folks that specifically came to see you across the country is part of the electrifying feeling of doing comedy that makes up for all the other numerous hardships you go through in trying to make a living through comedy. Cara Connors just embarked on a successful first run across the U....
Ep. 112: Business Casual & Sketchy Times
May 18, 2022 22:09 - 1 hour - 101 MBMany great sketch groups did survive to this side of the pandemic, but were left to figure out things in a whole new world of comedy with new theaters or old theaters with new owners and have to, like every single on the planet, rebuild. Fortunately for the scrappy, DIY trio of Business Casual (Jeremy Elder, Corey Peter Lane, and Hunter Saling) adapting to unforeseen change has been the name of the game for them. So, we chat with them about how they're now one of the handful of sketch group...
Ep. 111: Cricket Arrison & Tenderness in Absurdity
May 11, 2022 20:27 - 1 hour - 116 MBAs it has been for years and years now, the world is so absurd that trying to be absurd comedically is an incredibly daunting challenge. That still doesn't stop such brilliant and amazing folks such as Cricket Arrison from finding ways to satirize the world and be comedically ludicrous in such the ridiculous, preposterous time that we live in. We chat with Cricket about how the gauntlet of the last few years has transformed both her comedy and herself as a person into something that's still ...
Ep. 110: Brett Johnson & Bringing It All Back to the YARD
May 05, 2022 01:53 - 1 hour - 96.4 MBWhile it's rare, there are folks that go and see almost the same amount of comedy that we do. It should go without saying that we enjoy the company of those folks, which is exactly why we had a splendid chat with the YARD Theater's uber-friendly co-manager Brett Johnson. With his involvement, Brett has made a home for some of the more genre and tone bending types of comedy and, thusly, we have spent a good deal of time standing in the back and cracking up. This week, we chat with Brett abou...
Ep. 109: Alice Hamilton & Shots Fired
April 27, 2022 19:57 - 1 hour - 69 MBThough roasting in comedy has taken on a new chapter via the Comedy Central Roasts and Roast Battle, it's rare to see actual fury channeled into comedy. It has also even been rarer that the predators and monsters within comedy are held accountable in a meaningful way. Alice Hamilton, a rising comedian in the LA scene, struck both rare chords with her self-produced and self-released half hour special CEX KRIMINAL, which goes for the jugular, in great detail, of all the alleged and confirmed p...
Ep. 108: Sara June & All Comedy, Everywhere, All at Once
April 21, 2022 01:51 - 2 hours - 116 MBThese are the days of the comedy multi-hyphenates. Not only does that mean that taking a 100% focus on one direction within comedy isn't very feasible anymore, it has inspired many comedian of the current and recent generations to expand their repertoire into all sorts of different corners. This week, we chat it up with one of our favorite comedy multi-hyphenates, Sara June. A writer/comedian/director, Sara's work has had us busting up, both on stage and on the screen (that includes her mos...
Ep. 107: Chris Copen & Small Market Comedy Economics
April 14, 2022 00:00 - 1 hour - 92.4 MBWhile the primary focus of The Comedy Bureau is in LA and NYC, there is plenty of great comedy to be had and shared all around the country (and the world). In fact, there are so many folks in smaller cities/markets that would love to see more than whatever the comedy club in the biggest city near them offers them that there would seem to be a niche to be filled. That's where Chris Copen and Bottlerocket Social Hall come in. Copen, a la Field of Dreams, is opening up an indie comedy theater...
Ep. 106: Helen Levenson & Figuring Out a Comedy Scene
April 07, 2022 00:07 - 2 hours - 110 MBHelen Levenson, a rising person in the inner-workings of comedy, might be the freshest LA from NYC transplant we've ever had on The Comedy Bureau Field Report. As such, we catch her perspective on the LA comedy scene (and LA in general) in the very first days of living in the City of Angels. Helen herself works at one of the biz's top management companies and is an intrepid fan of comedy (as it should be). In fact, we caught two shows back-to-back before we recorded this past midnight. Also...
Ep. 105: Gianmarco Soresi & Doing the Soderbergh
March 30, 2022 22:52 - 1 hour - 101 MBLove it or hate it (and so many people hate it while being obsessed with it), social media has become throughly woven into the fabric of comedy. Gianmarco Soresi has not only honed his skills as a stand-up and sketch comedian as well as storyteller and podcaster, but meticulously and tirelessly built up a very enviable social media following (across all the platforms to boot) on top of that. Gianmarco joins TCB's Jake Kroeger to dissect how to balance purely doing the craft of stand-up versu...
Ep. 104: Kenice Mobley & Rooftop Debuts
March 23, 2022 21:09 - 1 hour - 71.3 MBWhen having your late night TV debut, it's an affair framed with bright lights, an applause sign, a big TV audience, and a sharply dressed late night host. Due to COVID-19, the amazing Kenice Mobley made her Tonight Show debut on a rooftop in wintry temperatures and still managed to kill anyways. Mobley talks her journey getting to the very set as well making space for black weirdness in comedy and talking sex without feeling all that blue. Also, "hot" takes on JFL Montreal, season 2 of "An...
Ep. 103: Danielle Lee & The Importance of Being Yourself
March 16, 2022 23:14 - 2 hours - 115 MBThough you might be skeptical, there are indeed, real, honest, good industry folks that are less about the industry than their job title might suggest. Cue in one of our favorite industry folks, producer Danielle Lee, who has brought great and wonderful things to stages and screens of all sizes across the country and is a fierce supporter of the best, forward thinking comedy out there. TCB's Jake Kroeger sits down with Danielle to talk shop and specifically get an industry insider perspectiv...
Ep. 102: Val Douroux & Starting Comedy Festivals
March 09, 2022 23:05 - 1 hour - 84.2 MBOf all the grandiose comedy goals one might have had over the last two years, starting a comedy festival in a national park in Utah was probably both far out of sight as well as far from being a potential reality. The effervescent and determined writer/comedian/producer Val Douroux truly pulled off doing a comedy festival in Zion National Park with the Electric Comedy Festival, not once, but twice. Douroux walks through that journey of starting a DIY comedy festival in the unlikeliest of tim...
Ep. 101: Yedoye Travis & Redefining the Idea of Being a Comedian
March 02, 2022 21:59 - 1 hour - 101 MBThere is and has been some sort of prevailing narrative as to the trajectory of a comedian's career for decades. The milestones of doing late night or doing specials, getting your show, playing theaters/stadiums, etc. are just some of the trappings that many have thought is some sort of path for the artist that is a comedian. That said, it doesn't have to be that way and the very funny and very thoughtful Yedoye Travis unravels these ideas and notions with TCB's Jake Kroeger as he is blazing...
Ep. 100: Yemi Afolabi & Comedy in Swenglish
February 24, 2022 01:35 - 1 hour - 79.1 MBYes, it is The Comedy Bureau Field Report's 100th Episode. This podcast started at the beginning of the pandemic and the pandemic has been going on this damn long. That said, it's quite the milestone and, as such, we have Yemi Afolabi, a comedian who TCB's Jake Kroeger started out with back at the turn of the decade to the 2010s, who has had an astounding journey himself going from finding himself in some corner of comedy in LA to gaining real heat doing stand-up in Sweden (often in Swedish/...
Ep. 99: Will Miles & Keeping it Chicago
February 17, 2022 01:40 - 1 hour - 70.8 MBThis week's TCB Field Report has the marvelous Will Miles takes his through his journey that has seen him start out in stand-up in Chicago and brought him to writing and acting in an acclaimed sitcom, South Side, about Chicago. Miles came full circle with this path while having a family with a great full time comedian, by the way. Also, "hot" takes on this year's White House Correspondents Dinner, Nikki Glaser's new reality show, Kanye offering up Michael Che double his SNL salary, and more...
Ep. 98: Katrina Davis & What Apologies Are Missing
February 10, 2022 02:55 - 2 hours - 119 MBKatrina Davis has not only charmed the LA comedy scene in the years since she moved here, but has become a trailblazer for being one of the first comedians to have both a virtual audience and live audience together at her show. In general, her passion to continue with both in-person and virtual comedy ought to light the way for more stubborn or purist comedians. She shares her pandemic era comedy journey with TCB's Jake Kroeger as well as getting to actually hot hot takes on the Joe Rogan-Sp...
Ep. 97: Erik Abriss & The Actual Good Fight
February 03, 2022 01:52 - 1 hour - 107 MBIf you've listened to the nearly 100 episodes of The Comedy Bureau Field Report that have been recorded and released, you ought to know that there are an unbelievable amount of forces pushing and pulling at each other underneath the shiny, delightful surface of comedy. As of 2022, there is stil no real union that comedians have largely organized behind and, as such, fairness and equity for labor in comedy is one of its most critical issues (and is connected to inclusivity, access, safety, et...
Ep. 96: Gabe Henry & Comedy Haikus in a Time of a Global Pandemic
January 27, 2022 00:18 - 1 hour - 92.4 MBLittlefield's Gabe Henry not only helms the treasured comedy and music venue in Brooklyn for years and years, especially throughout this darkest timeline of COVID-19, but has gathered many of the best comedians to write haikus all for a book, Eating Salad Drunk, featuring all sorts of artfully hilarious morsels in the form of 5-7-5. Henry talks with TCB's Jake Kroeger about the journey to actually get a book published and released during the pandemic as well as keeping Littlefield going. Fo...
Ep. 95: Ruby Karp & Actual Hope
January 19, 2022 20:30 - 1 hour - 99.2 MBIt's one thing to think of young people as the future, but it's a whole other thing to actually talk to them about what the prospect of the coming years has in store for them. Taking a cue from C'mon C'mon, we talk to Ruby Karp, a comedian who is both Gen Z and has had more experience in doing comedy than people in their 30s and 40s. Karp has an inspiring passion for comedy that is both captured through her own very genuine hope for the future of comedy and convinces that there is something ...
Ep. 94: Casey Feigh & Walking Into a Dive Bar to Do Improv
January 13, 2022 00:10 - 1 hour - 84.4 MBLong form improv, pretty much at any level, almost exclusively happens in black box theaters as they just happen to be the perfect set up for a team to improvise comedic scenes out of "thin air". The enduring pandemic has not afforded such spaces with ease as was had in 2019 resulting in improvisers having to, well, improvise. Casey Feigh leads off one of the only weekly improv shows in LA, which used to have dozens upon dozens a show per week, Holy Sh*t Improv, currently housed at long stan...
Ep. 93: Joel Mandelkorn & Oof, It's 2022
January 06, 2022 01:39 - 1 hour - 72.6 MBIt's technically a new year even though 2020 feels like it's still happening. So much live comedy has already gone dark at the top of the year making the rest of 2022 feel uncertain to say the least. That said, there was a bunch of great comedy things in happened in 2021 as captured in our actual-end-of-year list. We have Joel Mandelkorn, indie comedy producer extraordinaire, as one of the best authorities on the happenings in comedy, in for this week's TCB Field Report to scratch the surfa...
Ep. 92: Sam Varela & 2022 Electric COVID-loo
December 30, 2021 01:51 - 1 hour - 90.8 MBAs 2022 approaches, there's a lot on the horizon, despite everything in live performance going dark for a few weeks at least, if not several. Thankfully, Sam Varela, one of the best people in comedy, joins again to not only break down the situation that the Omicron variant of COVID-19 has brought to comedy, but highlight the ongoing importance of her virtual stand-up show, Self-Care Comedy, that has been going weekly for almost a year and still has strong regular audience as well as that the...
Ep. 91: Rebecca Drysdale & Changing with Change
December 22, 2021 13:44 - 2 hours - 138 MBRebecca Drysdale has not only been one of the best all around comedy folks that we know with writing on Key & Peele and having the longest running UCB Cagematch record with Hebecky Drysbell (partnered with Heather Anne Campbell), but is the founder of the magical DIY-as-can-be comedy venue The Clubhouse, which has thankfully survived to this side of the pandemic (and will need your help to continue to survive on this Kickstarter). She joins in with Jake Kroeger and TCB Field Report this week...
Ep. 90: Sean Casey & Making Works in Progress
December 15, 2021 21:50 - 1 hour - 84.2 MBAt this side of the pandemic, there's a whole row of exciting new comedy venues that have popped up in the stead of all the ones that have closed, one of them being The Glendale Room, located in the vibrant streets of Downtown Glendale. This week's TCB Field Report has the founder of The Glendale Room, Sean Casey, chat with us about providing a crucial space that can be comfy for those on the rise in comedy or those with success, a place to be a "work in progress". On top of all of that, it ...
Ep. 89: Dylan Adler & The In-Betweens
December 09, 2021 01:48 - 1 hour - 92.1 MBDiscovering Dylan Adler for the first time this year was absolutely one of the highlights of 2021 for us at TCB. His mix of Broadway flair, darkly personal comedy, and acrobatics (Dylan does a backflip in his act) blew us away when we saw it on a rooftop of a parking structure and must be a real gift to the NYC comedy scene. Dylan joins TCB’s Jake Kroeger for this week’s TCB Field Report to follow his rise in the NYC comedy scene through queer and asian comedy spaces and spaces that are very...
Ep. 88: Dave Ross & Rededicating Yourself to Comedy
December 01, 2021 20:57 - 1 hour - 86.7 MBDave Ross is pretty much as cherished of a fixture in the LA comedy scene as one can be. Holy Fuck, WOMEN, Suicide Buddies, What's it Called, and, of course, Good Heroin are just a few of the things that Dave has made over the last decade and change and left an indelible mark in comedy. So, Ross joins the Field Report this week to talk his mental/emotional/spiritual journey in both coming up in comedy in the 2010s and coming back to it out of lockdown. This conversation really spotlights the...
Ep. 87: Carl Tart & Indie Improv Days Again
November 24, 2021 21:24 - 51 minutes - 47.6 MBLong form improv comedy was free flowing pre-pandemic with dozens and dozens of shows filled by so many teams it was often hard to keep track of all of their names. On this side of the pandemic, long form improv is coming back, but like everything else, it's not the same. We get improv and podcast star Carl Tart (also co-starring on the upcoming Grand Crew on NBC) to break down the state of improv in LA and how it's reminiscent of the days when he was coming up. Also, actually hot takes on ...
Ep. 86: Catherine McCafferty & First 8 Days Living in NYC
November 17, 2021 21:51 - 1 hour - 68.8 MBCatherine McCafferty is on the way to achieving the dream of many comedians, being bi-coastal. McCafferty had been based out of LA for years doing stand-up, acting, and more, but has now just freshly broke ground in NYC. It was 8 days in for her on the day she recorded this episode of TCB Field Report with Jake Kroeger and it's a great portrait of expectations meeting reality and the whirlwind that transplanting from one metropolis to another can be. Also, "hot" and actually hot takes on Pa...
Ep. 85: Skyler Higley & Where We Are with Adoption Jokes
November 10, 2021 22:38 - 2 hours - 121 MBIt is National Adoption Awareness Month and, for those that don't know TCB's very own Jake Kroeger's story, he's adopted. So, we thought it would be a perfect time to have both a great comedian on who is an adoptee and also talk about adoption jokes from the adoptee perspective (and how hopefully it's no longer a punchline to suggest someone is weird or stupid). That's why Skyler Higley joined in with us this week for TCB Field Report all the way from Chicago. Skyler's journey as black kid ...
Ep. 84: Kate Banford & Homes for Weirdness
November 03, 2021 21:23 - 1 hour - 81.2 MBLA's newest home for comedy, especially the kind that colors outside the lines, The Elysian, is officially alive. We have artistic director Kate Banford join us for this week's TCB Field Report to give us the origin stories of both herself (her first theater in Philadelphia, The Good Good Comedy Theatre) and this shiny new theater (and even explain why they went with a skunk for a logo). Banford has long since done and championed comedy that pushes the art form forward and, with so many LA v...
Ep. 83: Mike Mulloy & Growing Grassroots
October 28, 2021 00:38 - 1 hour - 83.6 MBBuilding your own thing in the thick of a sprawling comedy scene is beyond a tall order. If that thing is a weekly comedy show that expands into an entire brand that now has branched out to the thriving comedy scene in Denver, it's even more impressive. That's exactly what one Mike Mulloy has done with Faded Comedy over the last few years, tirelessly working to make a cornerstone Friday stand-up show (one of the hardest days to pull off a weekly indie comedy show in LA, FYI) and branching ...