Achilles Stamatelaky (@astamate) was my UCB 201 teacher! He also was staff writer on a show we all know and love -- Broad City. He's very analytical and chill and I loved his class. Go Achilles.

In this episode:

Roxy hotel for wifi, Arlo hotel, Achilles’ fiancé’s crafting materials, my first sewing pattern, lack of patience, improv, Achilles is good at improv AND attention to detail and a million cool sneakers, improv, I love it its cooler than standup, Middleditch and Schwarz reviving the reputations of white men who deserve it, finding your poly group in improv, Ian Dyer, the need to fail, Don Fanelli, UCB 101 with Abra Tabak, comedy as a goal vs as a curiosity, standup comedians are antisocial and distrustful, name-dropping, Achilles' Audible project, writing & shopping around vs producing on your own, asking friends for help, improv, UCB sketch told me I wasn’t funny I’m willing to lose 300 dollars, I loved ucb Chelsea basement, 20:48 going down into a basement and why its so special, BCC kids are too cool for school, finding your group, Broad City (24:00ish), Broad City was specific and New York but highly relatable, the webseries boom, luck is not just luck, ppl who are rich who ask what I think about colors and fonts for free, jack of all trades is new req for comedians ~31ish, engineering, representation, lack of trust, I know entertainment is a bad industry, all relationships should be reciprocal both friendships and business, everyone should learn how to code, being stable, just kids and Patti smith ~35 min, ppl who like comedy but don’t do it, selling (39min) sex on TikTok, straight tiktok vs gay tiktok, onlyfans, sex work, 365 dumb characters, fitness challenges, terrible break up, no more tears to cry, etc etc.

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