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Pick of the Day: Y’all Gay? with Ever Mainard & Ali Clayton (in NYC) 11/9
October 31, 2023
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It’s pretty simple. Both Ever Mainard and Ali Clayton are incisively hilarious queer comedians from the South and they have a hysterical podcast Y’all Gay. Truly, you should just go see whatever they’re doing as their warmth and sharpened comedic instincts are so blisteringly funny.

With that in mind, they’re doing a very special live episode of the pod at the New York Comedy Festival with queer force of nature Kat Cunning at the über hip Brooklyn Art Haus. Of the dozens upon dozens of shows at NYCF (and, again, there are multitudes), this is definitely one to not miss (we see you glancing at who is playing the biggest venues rather than seeking out the gems in the frey).

This live edition of Y’all Gay is set for Thurs. Nov. 9th at 7PM. Tix are $18.06 and you best go get them right here right now.

 

The Comedy Bureau Field Report Ep. 24: Steve Hernandez & Calculated Risks
September 9, 2020
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Before lockdown, one of LA’s best comedy shows, sometimes described as one of the best indie comedy shows in the entire country happened on Sunday Nights at The Chatterbox in Covina. Steve Hernandez not only built the show from the ground up over several years, but has also grown his own personal podcast empire in co-hosting Views From the Vista, The Male Gaze, and Who’s Your God? (as well as an upcoming fourth podcast that he reveals on the pod). Steve zooms with TCB’s Jake Kroeger to talk on how Steve meticulously has adjusted and planned for the survival of all those things and what may or may not come for live comedy in LA in the coming months and years. Also, there’s some “hot” takes on SNL promoting Ego Nwodim to repertory player and Ellen DeGeneres setting a return date for her show and promising that “we’re gonna talk about it.”

In the midst of all of that, Jake gets into his hang-ups with the new Charlie Kaufman movie I’m Thinking of Ending Things even though he hasn’t seen it yet.

Follow Steve @hernia on IG and @bighern on Twitter.  Listen/subscribe to Views From the Vista, The Male Gaze, and Who’s Your God?

Shout outs: Maria Bamford’s You Are (a Comedy) Special, Ted Alexandro’s CUT/UP

The Comedy Bureau @thecomedybureau across platforms and please, please support TCB via GoFundMe, Patreon, or on Venmo (@jakekroeger).
Produced by Jake Kroeger
Music by Brian Granillo
Artwork by Andrew Delman and KT

Good Heroin Is Now a Podcast
August 31, 2020
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Just to be clear, you can’t get actually get any sort of heroin in podcast form. However, you can get a taste of one of LA comedy’s favorite shows was like on a new weekly podcast.

One of the great weekly joys in the LA comedy scene was venturing down to Stories in Echo Park on a Saturday night to pack tightly into the back patio, spilling out into the parking lot, just to see one of LA’s best indie shows, Good Heroin. Hosts Dave Ross and Matt Ingebretson corralled a stacked line-up every week and put up a wall-to-wall great stand-up show in one of the more alluring, inviting bookstore/cafe patios the city has to offer.

Since it’s unclear when that version of Good Heroin will get to return (it got so packed that there was almost no way you could social distance and safely have that show with how it used to be done), Dave has opted to adapt Good Heroin into podcast that, a la the live show, features bits and clips of stand-up as well as interviews and more clever shenanigans that the format of a podcast allows. If you can imagine being at Stories (if you’re in LA, they are open for you to support FYI), you can get a sense of the wondrous rambunctiousness that was had every Saturday night for years.

Ross already has a few episodes up featuring the likes of Debra DiGiovanni, Sammy Arechar, Kevin Camia, Alex Edelman, Hannah Einbinder, Chris Charpentier, Matt Ingebretson, and Zahid Dewji. Get into, subscribe, etc. Good Heroin with Dave Ross here: goodheroin.buzzsprout.com/

97.9 The Rat Race, Our Favorite Dark Comedy Morning Zoo Radio Satire Podcast, Is Coming Back on All Things Comedy
August 25, 2020
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Of the send-ups of the so-called “morning zoo radio” that have existed in comedy over the last several years (and there are a fair amount as dealing with morning radio jocks is often the bane of comedians’ existence), 97.9 The Rat Race is absolutely one of our favorites. Ben Roy, Chris Marrs, and Beth Hoyt nail the voices and the problematic behaviors of such morning hosts between the trio of Donny D, Animal, and Tara and then take every episode to such a hysterically dark place that, for us at least, we kind of hoped a lot of “morning zoo radio” would stumble into.

The episodes would come out every now and again, but we’re so glad to hear that All Things Comedy is bringing 97.9 The Rat Race to their podcast network with whole brand new run of episodes starting Mon. Aug. 31st. So, go binge the original run of episodes of 97.9 The Rat Race on your favorite podcasting platform right before next Monday, so you can get ready to see how some dark secret gets uncovered after Turn The Beat Around gets played again.

RATS! The biggest story of 2020 has arrived! 97.9 is now under the corporate umbrella at i?audio, which means #DonnyD, Animal & Tara are moving to @allthingscomedy! New episodes begin 8/31… and never, ever stop! Details below! #RIPDinkums pic.twitter.com/9bgkNGp28g

— 97.9 The Rat Race (@979theratrace) August 24, 2020

Yep, We Started a Podcast: The Comedy Bureau Field Report (a Podcast About Comedy News and Nothing Else)
April 1, 2020
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Yes, we know that almost everyone went out and started a podcast while stuck in self-isolation and we’d like to state, for the record, that we were going to do that back in the “before times” when only kind of a lot of people were doing that.

Anyhow, This is The Comedy Bureau Field Report, (brought to you by Bleav Podcasts) a neatly packaged rundown of comedy news that’ll be less than a half hour (ok, this first one is over half an hour-give us a break) and definitely be about comedy only with TCB’s very own founder and director Jake Kroeger.

This first episode features guest co-host (we’re going to have a lot of those) Ian Abramson who has pulled off doing a version of SNL all by himself, two weeks in a row, called Saturday Night Quarantine on Twitch. We talk about the weird times comedy is living in as well as what’s new and wonderful that you should add to your daily binge list while hunkered down and even what might lie ahead for the future of comedy when things start coming back (whatever that ends up meaning).

Listen, subscribe, 5 stars, etc. here.Artwork by Andrew Delman and KT
Opening theme by Brian Granillo

The New National Lampoon Radio Hour Arrives With a Bang
December 19, 2019
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Not only is one of the cornerstone’s of the original National Lampoon’s brand, The National Lampoon Radio Hour has officially relaunched today, there’s another bonkers fast paced, absurdist sketch comedy podcast, a truly hard thing to pull off in a space that so much relies on being not scripted.

The new National Lampoon Radio Hour gets to be steered by the likes of: 

Cole Escola (Emmy-nominated At Home with Amy Sedaris, Difficult People)
Jo Firestone (Adult Swim, The Tonight Show)
Brett Davis (Andy Kaufman Comedy winner, Podcast For Laundry)
Alex English (The Rundown, Night Train)
Maeve Higgins (Maeve in America: Immigration IRL, 2 Dope Queens)
Aaron Jackson (UCB, The Opposition)
Rachel Pegram (The Week Of, Don’t Think Twice)
Lorelei Ramirez (Comedy Central: Up Next, Pervert Everything)
Meg Stalter (Vulture: Up-and-coming Comedian of the Week, The Meg Stalter Show)
Martin Urbano (Jimmy Kimmel, Comedy Central).

There are two episodes up now, exclusively on Spotify and they have every bit of that National Lampoon irreverence, but rebooted from a 2019/2020 perspective. Definitely, they go for territory SNL could never touch and it’s pretty damn fun for that reason. 

So, go get into the National Lampoon Radio Hour on Spotify now.

Will Ferrell and iHeartMedia Team to Launch New Podcast Network “Big Money Players Network”
October 16, 2019
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Will Ferrell and iHeartMedia Team to Launch New Podcast Network “Big Money Players Network”

Big Money Players Network certainly sets a tone much different from names such as Earwolf, Headgum, Starburns Audio, Forever Dog, Audible, Midroll or even Exactly Right, but we guess that would be the point of a podcast network launched by living/breathing comedy institution Will Ferrell and media giant iHeartMedia.

“The Big Money Players Network will tap top comedic talent and feature both scripted and unscripted podcasts.”

So, it’s very easy for us to imagine A-list talent that frequently worked with Funny or Die and Gary Sanchez might just pop up here, which will make for an interesting inclusion into the podcast eco-system. Team Coco and Conan O’Brien has shown that quality podcasts from big names seem to be sure bet, but we’ll just have to wait and see exactly what Big Money Players Network, Ferrell, and iHeartMedia actually come up with. 

Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend Returns Next Monday
October 1, 2019
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Conan O’Brien arrived into the wide world of podcasting with Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend and hit the ground running. Getting to hear a Conan without the worry of network censors or having to cut segments short has been truly engrossing (as well as further confirming that Conan can find the funny in nearly any situation) and instantly a hit.

Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend, after some time off (so O’Brien could go to Greenland and such), is finally coming back this Mon., Oct. 7th and you can look forward to perking your ears up for a great row of guests including Paul Rudd, Ellen DeGeneres, David Letterman and Tina Fey.

If you haven’t gotten into Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend, now would be great time to binge listen and catch up.

Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey Will Host What Will Likely Be the Definitive Podcast for “The Office” (US) with “Office Ladies”
September 12, 2019
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Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey Will Host What Will Likely Be the Definitive Podcast for “The Office” (US) with “Office Ladies”

Beginning on Oct. 16th, Fischer and Kinsey will co-host a podcast that will revisit The Office, the very sitcom that brought them into the hearts and minds of the world. 

Available via Earwolf, Office Ladies will have Jenna and Angela go episode by episode, an already proven podcast format, giving insight to their experiences on one of the most beloved sitcoms this side of the millennium. 

Essentially, it’ll be a premium version of DVD commentary of The Office. 

“97.9 The Rat Race” Is Great, Dark Send-Up of Morning Zoo Crew Radio
September 6, 2019
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The “morning zoo crew style of talk radio” has been well etched into the minds of many a generation. The over-the-top sound effects, inclusion and simultaneous domination of female voices, and the obnoxious wackiness are all too familiar as a radio programming format. 

Ben Roy (Those Who Can’t, The Grawlix) has thus done a dark, satirical, and spot-on send up of such a program with his great, new podcast 97.9 The Rat Race.  It has all the trappings of “classic” morning talk radio, but just twists the knife with how ridiculous it really is. Roy is joined by Chris Marrs and Beth Hoyt for short and oh so wryly sweet episodes that follow what happens when the sound effects can’t cover up what’s really going on in the lives of morning radio.

Get into 97.9 The Rat Race on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to podcasts.

The Dollop Expands for England and U.K. Spin-Off
August 29, 2019
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For years now, Dave Anthony and Gareth Reynolds have gallivanted through America and Australian (and Icelandic) history’s weirdest and darkest moments for one of the best comedy/history podcasts in existence, The Dollop.

On occasion, when Gareth gets to flip the format of reading the story that Dave would have no idea about, it’ll get to cover some UK history (Phantom of the Open and Tommy Cooper are some really stellar episodes).

Well, the time has come (especially as they’re going on tour in the UK) for them to cover some of Great Britain’s darkest and weirdest historic moments, of which they have plenty (maybe more as they’ve been around longer than the US and Australia?).

Dave and Gareth have 10 eps. lined up for what they’re calling The Dollop England and the UK. Already, two episodes are up; one covering a rather sinister charlatan and the other on one of the most famous/infamous mascots in UK sports history. 

We can only hope that the live eps. have the crowds chant Garfy when Gareth takes to the stage as a British twist on the “Gary chant” at all other live Dollop tapings.

Get into The Dollop England & the UK here or wherever you listen to podcasts.

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“How Did This Get Played?” Is Really Worth Listening to No Matter How You Feel About Video Games
August 28, 2019
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Hosts Heather Anne Campbell and Nick Wiger, as a sort of sacrifice for humanity, have subjected themselves to playing the worst video games of all time (many of which that deserve to be buried in sand more than the infamous video game of adaptation of E.T.) to bring you very satisfying hour of dissecting just how truly bad these games are on the new podcast How Did This Get Played?.

Sure, it’s a Sisyphean task for Heather, Nick, producer Matt Apodaca, and a weekly guest, but the anguish that every one of these video games cause is a pretty great bit of dark, existential humor, especially since you can often feel the rancor they have for having to revisiting these beyond-the-bottom-of-the-bargain-bin games. Such titles include Leisure Suit Larry, Michael Jackson’s Moonwalker, Superman 64, and so much more (yeah, there are so many bad video games). You can be a hardcore gamer or barely interested in video games and we’re will to bet that How Did This Get Played? would make for a really good listen.

The name of this podcast, derived from the beloved movie podcast How Did This Get Made?, definitely had a high bar to reach, but most certainly delivers on ripping apart those best/worst video games. 

Episodes for How Did This Get Played? drop weekly from Earwolf.

Forever Dog’s Got an Impressive Podcast Slate Now with 11 Bright and Shiny, New Podcasts
June 6, 2019
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Forever Dog’s Got an Impressive Podcast Slate Now with 11 Bright and Shiny, New Podcasts

Already, you’ve heard us heap praises on James Adomian’s The Underculture, which is only one of the new 11 podcasts at Forever Dog as part of a newly minted partnership with the revamped National Lampoon.

Just announced today are podcasts from the marvelous likes of Sabrina Jalees (The Goodie Goodie), Anna Drezen (Scary Stories to Tell on the Pod), rapper Big Dipper (Sloppy Seconds), drag star Miss Peppermint (It’s a Mess), and more that will have a comedic take on pop culture, sexuality, dark pasts of celebrities, happiness, and even scary stories. 

As far as we can see here, this line-up (which really expands their previously lacking West Coast reach) now pushes Forever Dog further up the podcast network ladder next to Earwolf, Headgum, Starburns Audio, and All Things Comedy. 

The History of Standup Season 2 to Cover Famous Venues/Scenes Throughout Comedy History
June 4, 2019
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Wayne Federman, long respected comedian and, now, professor along with Andrew Steven are back with season 2 of their wonderfully informative History of Standup podcast. 

This season is getting into the niche specifics of various comedy scenes and venues that were hotbeds for stand-up at a given time. Such places that will be covered include SF’s Holy City Zoo, the Chitlin’ Circuit, Nerdmelt, and more. It’s incredibly well-researched with many of the comedians that came up in said scenes and times speaking on what those clubs, theaters, bars, etc. meant to them when getting their sea legs in stand-up.

Season 2 just premiered today with an episode focused on the Holy City Zoo and San Francisco’s amazing stand-up scene from the 80s and 90s. 

Sound cool? Cool. Get into the History of Standup right now right here.

The Underculture with James Adomian Just Launched Today
May 9, 2019
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James Adomian kicked off his podcast The Underculture today, making a singular home for his vast repertoire of characters (with room for guests and their respective characters as well). 

The first ep. gives a spirited start to The Underculture with Adomian as Chris Matthews and Alyssa Limperis as Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez going toe-to-toe, then a philosophical, but fun chat afterwards sans impressions. Already, we’re looking forward to visiting Adomian’s neighborhood of all his spot-on impressions every week (there’s bonus content via Patreon too).

Get on board (or, I guess, go underground because of the name) and subscribe to The Underculture. 
April 19, 2019
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Demi Adejuyigbe and Miel Bredouw have made themselves into some of the best song parodists around via their hit podcast Punch Up The Jam. Just recently, their “punch-ups” of Enya’s Only Time, Lil’ Nas X’s Old Town Road, and Shania Twain’s That Don’t Impress Me Much show how sharp, quick, and oh-so-damn-fun they are when it comes to re-engineering pop songs inside out.

That means you should absolutely go to their live taping at the Regent in DTLA near the end of May. TIckets are $15 right now and $20 on the day of. Go get those advance tickets here (do so quickly before they sell out).

Season 2 of The Andy Daly Podcast Pilot Project Has Arrived
September 12, 2018
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Season 2 of The Andy Daly Podcast Pilot Project Has Arrived

Whenever we’re relegated to enjoying the talents of Andy Daly merely on CarMax commercials, there is an undeniable void in our lives.

Thankfully, today, the second season of The Andy Daly Podcast Pilot Project, the podcast where Andy Daly along with Matt Gourley try a different podcast pilot concept every episode, has kicked off at Earwolf.

Get into binge listening to it for free wherever you listen to podcasts.
August 22, 2018
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Crabfeast hosts Ryan Sickler and Jay Larson are finally making good on their challenge of how far they can hit a baseball with the CrabFeast Home Run Derby this weekend in Santa Monica. It’s free to attend and there will, of course, be comedians giving color commentary. Flyer by Geoff Tice.  

The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, screenings, open mics, maps, and more can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com

Help Launch Earios, a Podcast Network by Women for Everyone
July 26, 2018
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Podcast veterans Amanda Lund and Maria Blasucci (that includes Trading Movies, The Big Ones, and The Complete Woman) with accomplished entertainment behind-the-scenes multi-hyphenate Priyanka Mattoo are looking to start, as mentioned above, a podcast network by women for everyone called Earios. 

The aim of Earios is to provide a greater platform for female voices under the umbrella of full scale podcast network and like the plethora of famous folks they have in their delightful campaign video, we’re also think you should support their Kickstarter to launch the network. 

As of this post, they’ve raised $13,626 of the $25K goal and they have just under a month left to get it funded.

Oh, some of the rewards, which include having podcast star Matt Gourley on your podcast as a guest and developing your podcast, are pretty sweet.

So, get more details and back Earios here.

Superego, One of The Funniest Podcasts Around, Will Return for 6 Episodes
July 6, 2018
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Superego, One of The Funniest Podcasts Around, Will Return for 6 Episodes

Together, Matt Gourley, Jeremy Carter, Mark McConville, and Paul F. Tompkins form Superego, one of our all time favorite podcasts. It’s as ridiculous as it is brilliant and Superego one-up each other in how absurd they can be in absurdist situations, but doing so with precision.

Seriously, go binge listen to and enjoy past episodes here.

According to this announcement, there will be six new episodes, 4 done in studio and 2 done live, later this year thanks to Earwolf and Stitcher Premium.

Even though the date isn’t announced, it should be something to mark somewhere on your calendar because we think it’s that noteworthy.

Denver’s High Plains Comedy Festival Announces 1st Wave of Their Line-Up
June 25, 2018
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Oh boy, that’s a doozy of a line-up. Denver’s own High Plains Comedy Festival has carved quite a niche for themselves in terms of comedy festivals that any and all should be attending in the U.S. Included in that collage (which has plenty of our favorites from around the country) are:

–   James Adomian
–   Emily Heller
–   Jackie Kashian
–   Baron Vaughn
–   Adam Cayton-Holland
–   Jonah Ray
–   Solomon Georgio
–   Jake Weisman
–   Eliza Skinner
–   Ian Karmel
–   Shane Torres
–   Andrew Orvedahl
–   Byron Bowers
–   Chris Fairbanks
–   Amy Miller
–   David Gborie
–   Emma Arnold
–   Jak Knight
–   Nato Green
–   Clare O’Kane
–   Sean Jordan
–    Shalewa Sharpe
–    James Fritz
–   Irene Tu
–   Eric Dadourian
–   Dan Gill
–   Dante Powell
–   Steph Tolev
–   Troy Walker
–   Samantha Ruddy
–   Chris Charpentier
–   Caitlin Weierhauser
–   Jordan Doll
–   Mara Wiles
–   Candice Thompson
–   Andrew Michael
–   Vanessa Gonzalez
–   Johan Miranda
–   Matt Monroe
–   Kristin Rand
–   Stephen Agyei
–   Genevieve Rice
–   Wes Van Horn
–   Brittany Carney
–   Kevin O’Brien
–   Brent Gill

You can catch all these lovely folks at High Plains from Thurs. Aug. 23rd-Sat. Aug. 25th.

Get full details on the line-up here and keep a close eye on tickets here.

You Should Be Listening to “All Fantasy Everything” If You Need Some Positivity In Your Life
March 12, 2018
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It’s a hard feat within the realm of comedy to be both positive and being funny at the same time. The crux of so many jokes comes rely on a critical, yet pithy and/or clever angle of the world by the comedian/writer/humorist/etc.

Still, that doesn’t mean that being funny about something that’s good can’t be done. That’s where the podcast All Fantasy Everything comes in.

Wonderful comedian and writer Ian Karmel hosts a fantasy draft like you would for football, but, as the title suggests, for everything else. That includes: Taco Bell menu, moments in songs that give you chills, what you would do with a billion dollars, what fictional character you’d date, movie soundtracks and treating yourself just to name a few. The draft itself has a bit of drama kind of like an actual Fantasy Football draft, but nothing too heavy as the podcast is a round-robin of what and why one loves what they love in a certain category.

Karmel is often joined by David Gborie and Sean Jordan along with great guests who really swing for the fences with their pick. They’re 72 episodes in, and, just this past weekend, did a live episode at SXSW, which should give you plenty of reason to binge All Fantasy Everything. Do so here.

Get in on “The Struggle”, Candice Thompson’s New Podcast
March 8, 2018
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There are more than a handful of podcasts that dive into the anxieties, fears, insecurities, etc. of comedians, but they can often be, in an enlightening way, sobering.

Candice Thompson shines in her new podcast The Struggle as she strikes a balance between sympathy and empathy for all sorts of issues while also maintaining an undeniably upbeat tone with plenty of charisma to spare. Thompson is only a few episodes in, but her, her co-hosts Mal Hall and Jackie Fabulous, and her guests (Ramon Rivas and Justine Marino thus far) show off how struggles can translate directly into something that can be laughed at when gaining awareness and a bit of agency over said struggle.

So, listen, subscribe, and most importantly enjoy The Struggle with Candice Thompson. 

Sara Schaefer Imagines a Dystopian-ish Future and Reminisces About Real Life Present Day with “Loner at Coyowolf Creek”
March 5, 2018
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At this point in this age of podcasts, one could reasonably wonder how someone could come up with a new podcast that’s innovative, engaging, and quietly beautiful, especially in the comedy podcast space.

Enter Sara Schaefer’s Loner at Coyowolf Creek. 

Schaefer podcasts “from the future” where she imagines that the America we know now is referred to as “America 1″ and the dystopian (but not quite an Orwellian dystopia) America she lives in is known as “America 2″ divided by actual, federally mandated “bubble zones” mostly because no one could reasonably talk to each other (kind of like it actually is in real life 2018). 

Not only does Schaefer build an entire quasi-futuristic, yet grounded world in her podcast that’s kind of marvelous in its solitude (she records her podcast as a “government approved designated loner”), but she “looks back” at the time that we’re currently in and gives her thoughts that she had at that time in America 1, then offers up what consequently happened in America 2.

If you were to think of it as an episode of Black Mirror, it’s one that’s not as hopeful as “San Junipero”, but yet not quite as terrifying as “Metalhead”.

So, please listen, subscribe, and enjoy Loner at Coyowolf Creek.

Take a Listen to Atypical Guided Meditation Podcast “Headplace”
February 5, 2018
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The newest podcast at the UCB Comedy Podcast Network has so much devilish fun with the concept of guided meditation. 

Matt Cutler and Eric Gersen‘s Headplace use all the tropes of a guided meditation tape (the soft voices, the imagery, the new age background music), then let their imaginations run wild in a way that we find more calming (due to the release in laughter) than actual guided meditation.

Unlike a lot of podcasts, you can enjoy more than a couple episodes a week that are short, enjoyable pieces of bizarre comedy podcast candy. 

Listen and enjoy Headplace for yourself here or wherever you listen to podcasts.

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