Pretty, Funny Women Podcast
78 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 4 years ago - ★★★★★ - 106 ratingsComedienne Lisa Sundstedt, the "Madame of Comedy," teaches stand up and produces Pretty, Funny Women - the longest running all female comedy show. Since 1995, Lisa has met, booked and shared the stage with literally thousands of female comics from all over the world. She sits down each week with a different funny lady and delves into the serious side of a comic's life because after all, comedy equals tragedy plus time.
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Episodes
PFW Podcast 078 - Justine Marino
July 02, 2020 20:58 - 45 minutes - 84.6 MBLisa sits down with one of her favorite former students, Justine Marino, and they discuss Justine's career path from when she first starting taking a stand up class to selling her own TV show to E! Entertainment.
PFW Podcast 077 - Brooklyn Jones
June 18, 2020 22:01 - 1 hour - 113 MBLisa sits down with one of her favorite comedians, Brooklyn Jones, and they discuss how hard work, determination and a spiritual practice can bring about success.
PFW Podcast 076 - Vicki Barbolak
June 11, 2020 12:00 - 1 hour - 116 MBAfter taking a few months off from recording, Lisa sits down with comedian, Vicki Barbolak, via Zoom, and the women discuss Vicki’s stand up comedy journey. They go deep into Vicki’s insane childhood and growing up in a gambling family, to being bullied for being overweight to becoming a top 10 finalist on America’s Got Talent. Vicki also tells Lisa a creepy story that gives her chills. And no, Lisa is not coming down with Covid…she just loves ghosts.
PFW Podcast 075 - Bruce Smith
March 19, 2020 12:00 - 59 minutes - 109 MBLisa interviews the first man on her podcast, comedy manager and president of Omnipop Talent agency. Bruce gives advice on what he looks for when considering signing a new client.
PFW Podcast 074 - Bridget Sell
March 05, 2020 13:00 - 47 minutes - 87.9 MBComedian Bridget Sell sits down with Lisa and they dish about angels, demons, ghosts and comedy.
PFW Podcast 073 - Justine O'Neill
February 20, 2020 13:00 - 58 minutes - 107 MBFormer student and comic, Justine O’Neill, talks about her love of true crime, her obsession with the Law Of Attraction and why getting dumped by her Fiancé 6 weeks before their wedding was the best thing that ever happened to her.
PFW Podcast 072 - Chelsea Skidmore
January 23, 2020 13:00 - 58 minutes - 107 MBComedian and former student, Chelsea Skidmore talks to Lisa about how to really hustle in comedy, what it’s like being married to a comic and how she turned her life around by going from stripping on a stage to standing at a mic.
PFW Podcast 071 - Tokyo Kuntpunch
December 05, 2019 13:00 - 47 minutes - 87.9 MBOne of Lisa’s former students, Tokyo Kuntpunch, (that’s not her real name) shares about her music career, growing up in a cult and what it’s like to be a real life hooker.
PFW Podcast 070 - Amber dawn Lee
November 21, 2019 13:00 - 49 minutes - 90.4 MBFashion stylist and Lisa’s bud, Amber Dawn Lee, is back on the podcast for a special episode where she shares everything you ever need to know about how to look great on a budget.
PFW Podcast 069 - Tangelia Rouse
November 14, 2019 13:00 - 58 minutes - 107 MBComedian and actress, Tangelia Rouse shares about how she and her husband survived being homeless and how she eventually manifested her dream home. She also teaches Lisa how to chant.
PFW Podcast 067 - Monika Casey
November 07, 2019 13:00 - 46 minutes - 86 MBActress and comedian, Monika Casey, talks to Lisa about how to audition, the benefits of crystals and how not to walk a red carpet.
PFW podcast 066 - Yasmin Jade Kassim
October 31, 2019 23:49 - 1 hour - 111 MBActress and former student, Yasmin Jade Kassim, talks to Lisa about soap operas, stand up, spirituality and sexuality.
PFW Podcast 065 - Tammy Jo Dearen
October 24, 2019 12:00 - 59 minutes - 110 MBComedian, producer and talent scout for "Just For Laughs,” Tammy Jo Dearen, talks to Lisa about how she got started producing shows and what she is looking for when scouting talent for the most prestigious comedy festival in the world.
PFW Podcast 064 - Dani Klein Modisett
October 10, 2019 12:00 - 58 minutes - 108 MBAuthor, comedian and Lisa’s long time pal, Dani Klein Modisett, talks about how to keep a sense of humor when dealing with losing a loved one to Alzheimers.
PFW Podcast 063 - Audrey Stewart
September 26, 2019 12:00 - 48 minutes - 88.9 MBKick ass comedian, Audrey Stewart, is back on the podcast and per usual, the girls have a blast discussing all kinds of fun topics including showbiz, Vegas and when not to take Adderall!
PFW Podcast 062 - Jessaica Shields
September 19, 2019 12:00 - 56 minutes - 104 MBLisa interviews former student, Jessaica Shields, and learns everything she needs to know about fetishes.
PFW Podcast 061 - Kim Clevenger
September 05, 2019 14:05 - 52 minutes - 97.1 MBLisa and casting director turned comedian, Kim Clevenger, bond over sobriety, food addiction, peri-menopause, stand up comedy and what it means to really own your 50s.
PFW Podcast 060 - Chelsea London Lloyd
August 16, 2019 04:05 - 1 hour - 116 MBComedian and former PFW student, Chelsea London Lloyd, sits down with Lisa and shares what is was like growing up with a father who had ALS.
PFW Podcast 059 - Courtney Lloyd
August 08, 2019 16:34 - 53 minutes - 98.1 MBActress and filmmaker, Courtney Lloyd, talks to Lisa about her traumatic upbringing and all the work she has done on herself to overcome it.
PFW Podcast 058 - Court Rundell
July 25, 2019 14:51 - 59 minutes - 109 MBLisa interviews former student, Court Rundell, and they go DEEP. They discuss Bipolar disorder, PTSD, Postpartum depression and Court teaches Lisa about TMS and how it saved her life.
PFW Podcast 057 - Angelina Spicer
July 18, 2019 15:57 - 58 minutes - 107 MBComedian and mental health advocate, Angelina Spicer and Lisa bond on how therapy, psych wards and meds saved their lives.
PFW Podcast 56 - Lin Sun
July 11, 2019 12:00 - 52 minutes - 96.4 MBComedian and former student, Lin Sun, talks to Lisa about producing her own stand up comedy shows, being a “basic" mom and her days as a masseuse when she gave happy endings.
PFW Podcast 055 - Camilla Cleese
June 27, 2019 17:43 - 53 minutes - 98.7 MBComedian and former PFW student, Camilla Cleese, talks about her checkered past, what is was like growing up with a famous father and the douchebag male comic she met in the greenroom at a show who offered to “teach her how to tell a joke."
PFW Podcast 054 - Stefanie Wilder Taylor
June 20, 2019 15:03 - 1 hour - 124 MBLisa’s BFF, Stefanie Wilder Taylor, is back on the podcast and Lisa couldn’t be happier! The women dish on energy vampires, sobriety and angry male comics. Also, if you’ve ever been to a commercial audition and bombed, don’t feel bad…they have too!
PFW Podcast 054 - Stefanie Wilder Taylor
June 20, 2019 12:00Lisa’s BFF, Stefanie Wilder Taylor, is back on the podcast and Lisa couldn’t be happier! The women dish on energy vampires, sobriety and angry male comics. Also, if you’ve ever been to a commercial audition and bombed, don’t feel bad…they have too!
PFW Podcast 053 - Julie Follette
June 13, 2019 12:00 - 56 minutes - 104 MBJulie Follette is back on the podcast and she’s newly sober! The women discuss sobriety, the best way to use a vibrator, Lisa’s new studio in WEHO and the time Julie’s vagina was almost destroyed on a Magic Mountain rollercoaster.
PFW Podcast 052 - Melanie Vesey
June 06, 2019 12:00 - 58 minutes - 108 MBComedienne and entrepreneur, Melanie Vesey, talks to Lisa about her thriving company “Promotional Rescue” that helps creative people market and brand themselves. Melanie also opens up about her troubled childhood, addiction and the many 12 step programs she belongs to.
PFW Podcast 051 - Sarah Lawrence
June 01, 2019 15:46 - 1 hour - 121 MBComedian and former student, Sarah Lawrence, talks to Lisa about her love of the movie "The Secret" and how it changed her life over night. Sarah also shares stories of her many breakups and how happy she is that she is finally going to live alone for the first time ever.
PFW Podcast 050 - Sharon Houston
May 23, 2019 12:00 - 1 hour - 145 MBOne of Lisa’s comedy buddies and an original Pretty, Funny Woman, Sharon Houston, talks about working on America’s Got Talent, producing reality shows and tells a story about the time she bombed and got boo'd offstage at a Lesbian bar in NYC. She also talks about the podcast workshop she teaches and how to get started with producing your own.
PFW podcast 049 - Kiersten Hall
May 18, 2019 15:42 - 50 minutes - 93.5 MBOne of Lisa’s former students and actress/model, Kiersten Hall, talks to Lisa about her modeling career and how she manifested her dream role in a feature film. The girls also talk about the law of attraction and why getting into a van with a strange man at night isn’t always a bad thing.
PFW Podcast 048 - Gilda Gazor
May 09, 2019 00:40 - 1 hour - 112 MBLisa interviews comedian and lawyer, Gilda Gazor, and the two women discuss making money, finding your life’s purpose and how to manifest what you want in life.
PFW Podcast 047 - Kimrie Lewis
May 02, 2019 14:40 - 1 hour - 119 MBLisa sits down with actress and comedian, Kimrie Lewis, from the ABC sitcom, “Single Parents” and they talk about showbiz, acting, stand up, how to handle rejection and how to get out of a bad date.
PFW Podcast 046 - Ymane Lakhlif
April 25, 2019 17:51 - 48 minutes - 89.6 MBLisa interviews one of her former students, Ymane Lakhlif, and the women talk about what it really takes to make it in comedy. Ymane also educates Lisa on the Islam religion and what it was like growing up Muslim.
PFW Podcast 044 - Caitlin Alyn
April 11, 2019 13:29 - 54 minutes - 100 MBLisa’s former student and social media manager for the PFW page, Caitlin Alyn, also does the social media for the Laugh Factory. On this episode, Caitlin opens up about getting bullied as a kid and feeling like she never quite fit in. But its not all doom and gloom because she also educates Lisa on social media and gives her top 10 tips on how to build a brand and get your numbers up on IG.
PFW Podcast 043 - April Eckfeld
April 04, 2019 12:00 - 1 hour - 119 MBOne of Lisa’s former students, April Eckfeld, is also a medium and Lisa is obsessed! She picks April’s brain about what it’s like to be psychic and she learns everything she ever needed to know about talking to the dead.
PFW Podcast 042 - Lisa Sundstedt
March 29, 2019 01:17 - 1 hour - 130 MBOn this episode, the tables are turned as one of Lisa’s besties, comedian Courtney Cronin-Dold, interviews her. Lisa talks about how she got her start in showbiz and her long time gig with Sha Na Na . The women recount the original members of “Pretty, Funny Women,” and Lisa talks about why she decided to start teaching stand up comedy in 2005. She also opens up about her Bipolar diagnoses and how one of her beloved dogs, Murphy, saved her life.
PFW Podcast 041 - Megan Kelly Dunn
March 21, 2019 13:52 - 58 minutes - 107 MBLisa interviews one of her favorite and funniest former students , Megan Dunn, and they dive deep into their worlds of childhood trauma, depression, anxiety and addiction. Trigger warning, stories of sexual assault and suicide are discussed.
PFW Podcast 040 - Molly Gardner
March 14, 2019 12:00 - 1 hour - 128 MBComic turned make up artist, Molly Gardner, talks to Lisa about making the transition from performing to owning and running her own successful hair extension line. The two ladies are close friends who regularly take gratitude hikes together while they set goals, intentions and manifest miracles in their lives.
PFW Podcast 039 - Joy Gohring
March 07, 2019 13:00 - 58 minutes - 107 MBSeasoned comic, (and cat lover) Joy Gohring, started comedy around the same time Lisa did. After taking a long break from doing stand up and touring colleges, Joy got into Lisa’s class, started writing and performing again and is now ready to hit the road. Joy educates Lisa on what colleges are like, then, the girls bond on how to deal with the loss of a mother.
PFW Podcast 038 - Jamie Anne Allman
March 01, 2019 05:00 - 1 hour - 129 MBActress and comedian, Jamie Anne Allman, sits down with Lisa and opens up about Christianity, her fabulous acting career and what it was like to sleep with Ryan Gosling in “The Notebook.”
PFW Podcast 037 - Moriah McAda-Salvia
February 21, 2019 14:50 - 53 minutes - 99.1 MBLisa sits down with one of her most fascinating students, Moriah McAda-Salvia, and learns everything there is to know about the underground BDSM community, polyamory, bisexuality, autism and Irish Step dancing.
PFW Podcast 036 - Marla Schultz
February 14, 2019 13:56 - 58 minutes - 108 MBComedian Marla Schultz, an original member of PFW, and Lisa have known each other since the late 90s and they are great friends. Marla shares stories about being bullied, bombing, binging and how years of therapy and hard work in 12 step programs has helped her heal from an eating disorder and low self esteem.
PFW Podcast 035 - Devon Drew
February 07, 2019 13:00 - 55 minutes - 103 MBAfter taking Lisa’s stand up class over 5 times and hustling her ass off, Devon Drew’s comedy career is starting to take off. Devon talks about setting and achieving her showbiz goals, submitting to SNL and "Just For Laughs" Comedy Festival in Montreal and one of Lisa’s favorite subjects…growing up in a haunted house!
PFW Podcast 035 - Kaela Crawford
January 31, 2019 13:00 - 1 hour - 121 MBFormer student and rockstar comedian, Kaela Crawford and Lisa share stories of comparing themselves to others who are “more successful.” The girls also discuss co-dependency and their crazy jealousy issues in their relationships while still finding the time to break down the mechanics of joke writing and crowd work.
PFW Podcast 033 - Meagan Grainger and Dana Moon
January 24, 2019 13:25 - 59 minutes - 110 MBLisa hosts a threesome episode with Meagan Grainger and Dana Moon (From the "Superficial Magic" Podcast) after just returning home from spending four electrifying hours at an Abraham Hicks conference. The women are “vibing" at a very high frequency while they recap the magical morning they spent with Esther and the entity she channels called “Abraham."
PFW Podcast 032 - Lesley Wolff
January 17, 2019 13:00 - 59 minutes - 109 MBComedian and casting director, Lesley Wolff, and Lisa go way back. They also have a shitload of stuff in common. They both came up in showbiz together, they both teach stand up, they both produce comedy shows and they’ve both been known to frequent Indian reservation casinos. On this episode, Lesley opens up about what it was like trying to conceive after 40 and the devastating depression she fell into after the birth of her daughter.
PFW Podcast 032 - Annabelle DeSisto
January 10, 2019 13:00 - 50 minutes - 93.2 MBLisa interviews PFW regular, Annabelle DeSisto (Adderall and Compliments Podcast) and they discuss their unhealthy addictions - including but not limited to gambling, shopping, crafting and murder shows.
PFW Podcast 031 - Raquel Pomplun
January 03, 2019 13:00 - 1 hour - 127 MBFormer student and Playboy Playmate, Raquel Pomplun talks about growing up in Mexico with hippy parents, her belief in God, her bush and what it’s like to be Playmate of the Year.
PFW Podcast 030 - Rachel Wolfson
December 27, 2018 13:00 - 51 minutes - 94 MBLisa’s former student, comedian and weed enthusiast, Rachel Wolfson, talks about bombing on stage, self medicating and her stint in a psych ward at age twelve…all while she’s high out of her mind.
PFW Podcast 029 - Chloe Jacobs
December 20, 2018 13:00 - 58 minutes - 107 MBComedian, Chloe Jacobs, has battled depression on and off since she was six years old. On this episode, she talks with Lisa about her time spent in rehab, ketamine infusions and emotionally unavailable men.