Had a chat with Pastor Tom Ryberg about Good Friday, dirty hippies, and the appropriation of religious iconography by non-religious folk. Fun!Tom is a pastor at the United Church of Christ, presently serving a church in Battle Creek, MI. Ch

Minisode: Pastor Present & A Political Heaton

Mar 22nd, 2016 12m 38s

On the show today I check in with Andrew Heaton. and Pastor Tom Ryberg about politics, religion, and the coming Trumpocalypse. Check out Heaton's full length episode here, and check him out online here. Tom is a pastor at the United Church of C

Minisode: Sex(y) Mythbusters

Mar 16th, 2016 8m 46s

Welcome to our third 5 Minute podcast. I'm working together with the people at sparemin.com to take calls from anyone and everyone, a few of which will make it into my podcast feed. If you want to talk with me for five minutes about Comedy, t

5 Myqutes in Heathens

Mar 14th, 2016 7m 53s

Welcome to our second 5 Minute podcast. I'm working together with the people at sparemin.com to take calls from anyone and everyone, a few of which will make it into my podcast feed. If you want to talk with me for five minutes about Comedy,

Minisode: 5 Minutes in Heaton

Mar 7th, 2016 10m 45s

Welcome to our first 5 Minute podcast. I'm working together with the people at sparemin.com to take calls from anyone and everyone, a few of which will make it into my podcast feed. If you want to talk with me for five minutes about Comedy, the

88: Sam Dingman

Jan 18th, 2016 1h 51m

Sam Dingman is a radio producer, podcastronaut, storyteller and writer in Brooklyn, NY. He makes podcasts at Panoply, and previously made radio shows at On the Media. He is a winner of the Moth GrandSLAM, an MLB Fan Cave Top 30 finalist, and

87: Religion (Live show)

Dec 8th, 2015 52m 32s

Holiest of Molies, get your rolliest of pollies to the showiest of showies! Ahem. All that is to say, we'll be talking religion at this month's Malignant Brain Humor. Our panel features comedic voices from the religious to the non. Bring your

86: Political Correctness - LIVE

Sep 15th, 2015 43m 41s

Loved this panel. Check them out on the episode and individually.Hey. Sometimes people say words. And then other people get angry at them. And then we fight over whether the people who got angry were wrong to get so angry or if the people who

85: John Rodgers: Idiot (Micah Sherman & Dan Hirshon)

Sep 4th, 2015 1h 19m

I sit down with Micah Sherman (High Maintanence, The Second City, Improv Asylum, iO, Annoyance Old School Sketch Show, Please Be Seated) and Dan Hirshon (Funny Cakes Comedy, Grandma’s Favorite, Miracle Workers, and Kandid Films), to talk about

84: Women in Humor Live at The PIT

May 4th, 2015 48m 58s

First in our monthly live at The PIT series (next recording is on May 14th, tickets will be available here soon).This show was a rousing success, great audience, great guests. Still figuring out how to mic everyone up and get the best audio fo

83: The OCDelightful Lance Weiss

Apr 20th, 2015 1h 42m

Lance Weiss is a hilarious comedian and a delight to chat with. He was a Top 4 finalist in CMT’s “Next Big Comic”, and on NBC’s “The Today Show,” MTV, Bravo, PBS, NY1, Sirius/XM, Cosmo.com, AOL.com, Aboveaverage.com, NY Times, NY Post, NYmag.c

82: Anxiety, Alcohol, Catholicism, & Jason Sáenz

Mar 20th, 2015 1h 25m

Just coming off a stint writing for Night of Too Many Stars I talk with Jason Carlos Sáenz, hilarious comedian, improviser, writer on UCB's award winning maude team Onasis. Jason was a New Face at the 2014 Just For Laughs Festival and is the m

81: Social Media Sociopaths, The Saddest Sorrority, and Mara Wilson

Feb 2nd, 2015 1h 49m

In today's episode I talk to Mara Wilson about genetics, forced maturity and the lost of family, feminism, creepy creeps on the internet, love, coping with OCD, Nightvale and growing up under the shadow of Matilda. She's a joy and the whole dam

Stand & De-Libertarianism with Andrew Heaton

Jan 19th, 2015 1h 44m

Everyone knows how much I hate talking with people who have different beliefs than I do, but I really loved talking with Andrew Heaton even though he is a libertarian, and therefore evil. Skilled comedian, sharp thinker, talented speaker. Perh

79: The Architecture of Comedy & Aaron Kominos-Smith

Dec 15th, 2014 1h 40m

Excellent comedian and man about town Aaron Kominos-Smith comes on the show to discuss his path to Comedy which included an advanced degree in architecture. Which architect is represented by Louis CK? Which comedian is Frank Lloyd Wright? Which

78: Slow Publishing, Fast Company, & Joe Berkowitz

Nov 17th, 2014 1h 37m

Hey folks! This episode went in the can ages ago, but a bunch of time-sensitive releases pushed it back. Thank goodness that the excellent writer Joe Berkowitz is still killing it over at Fast Company, and also in a wide range of other publicat

77: ILL Literature & Dan Wilbur

Nov 6th, 2014 1h 35m

Dan Wilbur joins the podcast to discuss his book How Not To Read, the differences between being funny in writing and being funny out loud, Venn Diagrams and the role of esoterica and self-promotion and internet culture on Comedy & more. Excelle

76: Epic Zach Prattle with Rap Addled Zach Sherwin

Oct 20th, 2014 53m 42s

Zach Sherwin 3: Epic Rap Battler and excellent MC-about-town Zach Sherwin makes his 3rd appearance to the show. We talk about his varying styles, collaborations with Watsky, and more while I am wildly over caffeinated.If you'd like to listen t

75: Sensuality, Art Flakes & Heartbreak, MOVED, & Julie Sharbutt

Oct 17th, 2014 1h 41m

The multitalented Julie Sharbutt is an excellent and articulate actor, improviser, writer and producer. She and I discuss relationships, friendships, comedy, dramedy, gender politics, the necessary selfishness of artists, ego, inequality and un

74: Marriage, Divorce, TruTV, and Kevin McCaffrey

Oct 1st, 2014 1h 18m

Hey folks! The very hilarious Kevin McCaffrey is on the podcast today, though also in the past by quite a bit. Kevin's a touring comedian who's worked with Tru TV and Letterman, and since appearing on the Podcast Kevin has appeared on Letterma

73: Wicked Funny 2

Aug 31st, 2014 1h 27m

Hey Great episode today featuring Kevin Froleiks (guest on episode 61: The Worst Landlord) and Lisa Romagnoli, Producer at Kornhaber Brown and owner of Notion Films. Her documentary about the New Hamshire comedy scene and NH Comedians, Wicked F

72: Public Mourning & Robin Williams - Live Podcast

Aug 13th, 2014 40m 41s

72: PUBLIC MOURNING & ROBIN WILLIAMS - LIVE PODCASTAugust 13, 2014Abbi Crutchfield, Ted Alexandro, & Nick TurnerFrom Abbi's instagram (click through for link)I had a wonderful panel on the show last night, T

71: Music, Memes, and PBSing with Mike Rugnetta

Aug 7th, 2014 1h 47m

This week the star of the PBS Idea Channel, Member of Memefactory, and musician extraordinaire Mike Rugnetta stops by the podcast to talk about technology in our time. Excellent chat, excellent mind, excellent episode. Check him out at: @Mike

70: Friendship, Functionality, and Forever Dog

Jul 7th, 2014 1h 42m

Alex Ramsey and Joe Cilio of Forever Dog productions appear on the show today to discuss wrangling a production company together, the idea of being a maker of "content," and life on the cliff-edge of college.Go see them live at the PIT, check

69: Creeks, Caves, Community, & Rebecca Trent

Jun 26th, 2014 1h 20m

Today I discuss systemic failures whether municipal or biological with Rebecca Trent, the owner/operator of The Creek and the Cave. Check out the Creek's schedule and go see a show there today. Also, Rebecca and I discuss the disastrous effect