Today I talk with Chris Wineland, the author of “The Great Heckle.” Chris popped on my radar when her performed on the Huckabee show in Nashville.

He’s a busy guy. He has written for Emmy Nominated “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.” Pursuing his love of late night comedy, Chris co-created the acclaimed Christian late night show “Next Week with Jeff Durbin.” Most recently, Chris can be heard on the #1 weekend radio show to 6 million listeners on “The Kim Komando Show.”

We cover more than just the book in the interview, way more.

Specifically we talk about:

• Making your social media a bigger focus
• Going from 62 to 5000 followers on Instagram in three
• Putting jokes out online
• The power of having social proof in a big city
• His Starbucks sensitivity training parody video
• MEMES as a form of comedy
• Digging your own niche trench
• Overproduced videos versus authenticity
• The benefit of having internet trolls
• First comedy special
• https://bit.ly/ChrisWinelandYoutube his free comedy special
• Creating your own content
• Producing your own event
• How he got his gig on the Kim Commando show
• Next Week with Jeff Durbin
• Taking classes with Second City
• Why his book took five years to write
• Jesus was the greatest performer
• Five ways comedians can be like Jesus

Follow Chris! You can click through all his socials at: linktr.ee/chriswinelandcomedy

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