Episodes

Tiffany Little Canfield wants to see what actors bring to the table

Episode 16 · June 19, 2023 · 01:02:37

Tiffany Little Canfield, casting director extraordinaire comes to the show to discuss what she looks for when seeing an actor, and why she wants more collaboration and process in the...

Ron Berry, founder of the Fusebox Festival

Episode 15 · May 22, 2023 · 01:23:27

I've known Ron Berry since high school and the two of us have essentially never grown up. He created an arts festival that just completed it's 19th year and I've been inspired by his...

Bo Shuff is fighting for DC statehood

Episode 14 · May 2, 2023 · 58:33

Bo Shuff is the executive director of DC Vote and a longtime friend of mine. I've admired his work ethic and passion for making the world better for years so I was thrilled to get to...

This whole episode is a ramble

Episode 13 · April 11, 2023 · 31:59

It's a special guest-less episode with a full ramble and catchup on Chris's projects and mindset! Hope you're having a good day."When you feel that you are a lonely, put-upon, isolat...

Benji Cooksey became the boss

Episode 12 · April 3, 2023 · 01:06:11

Benji Cooksey hadn't been a cast member at ComedySportz for that long before he somehow ended up being one of the owners. Since then he has steered the theater through the rough wate...

Brian Gendron has a special set of skills

Episode 11 · March 27, 2023 · 44:53

Brian Gendron is such an all-around effective competent person that I put "fitness" as a tag on this episode. He's the founder of Riot Comedy in Houston and I just got back from the ...

Heather Pasternak is a comedy writing machine

Episode 10 · March 20, 2023 · 51:31

Heather Pasternak is a great friend of mine and truly feels like a teammate in the world of standup comedy. She's performed on Colbert and headlines around the country. She's one of ...

Amber Petty will help you get paid to write

Episode 9 · March 13, 2023 · 01:16:45

Amber Petty is out there teaching people how to write more, and get paid to write. Seriously! She and I have been friends for a long time and her class regularly produces success sto...

A job and a pushback

Episode 8 · March 9, 2023 · 10:33

Pushing the publishing schedule to Mondays, and why.

Matt Donnelly | A comedian walks into a magic store...

Episode 7 · March 2, 2023 · 01:21:45

Matt Donnelly is a magician who is both amazing and amazingly funny, but he was a comedian first. A few years ago he took the plunge to become a professional magician, and since then...

Laser the Boy | Music, robots, love, identity, gender, and crowdfunding

Episode 6 · February 23, 2023 · 01:21:15

Laser the Boy has created music for years with his band The Doubleclicks, and in 2022 brought his incredible musical Teaching a Robot to Love to the Hollywood Fringe, where it was a ...

Comedian Harrison Greenbaum was kidnapped by the circus

Episode 5 · February 16, 2023 · 01:30:49

Harrison Greenbaum has performed on Last Comic Standing, America's Got Talent, Conan, and now... the circus? We talk about how he ended up in Cirque du Soleil's new show Mad Apple in...

Author Stacy Horn on connection, harmony, and the joy of research

Episode 4 · February 9, 2023 · 01:00:13

Stacy Horn has written an eclectic slate of books including Damnation Island, Waiting For My Cats to Die, Imperfect Harmony, and Cyberville. She is also the founder and owner of ECHO...

Chris Turner | Creating Comedy Pearls Out of Grains of Sand

Episode 3 · February 2, 2023 · 50:57

On workshopping new material, freestyle rap, finding great beats, and more.

William Lindus talks his Top 10 Films of 2022

Episode 2 · January 26, 2023 · 01:21:57

Austin film critic William Lindus's favorite films of 2022!

Dan Heath on solving problems before they happen

Episode 1 · January 19, 2023 · 54:27

Dan Heath (Made to Stick, Upstream) is our first guest of the show!

The Preview Episode! (feat. Dan Heath, Chris Turner, Laser Webber & more!)

Trailer · January 11, 2023 · 09:10

Excerpts from our first set of interviews.