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Spotify isn’t the only media giant interested in hoarding podcast content to themselves. Amazon (specifically Amazon Music and Wondery) is now getting into the podcast game with cutting a deal with Exactly Right Media, the network launches solely on the back of My Favorite Murder, to have episodes release a week early before their available on all the usual podcast platforms.

The overlords at Amazon represent a much bigger media conglomerate than Spotify or iHeart or any other network that takes on exclusive audio content (not to mention that Amazon owns Audible) making this is a significant move for My Favorite Murder, but the world of podcasting in general. Amazon isn’t buying Exactly Right Media (though we’re sure they could afford it), but partnering with Karen and Georgia and their true crime comedy podcast juggernaut to be the first place where die hard Murderinos will first listen to the podcast and take advantage of a lucrative window to sell ads.

Keep in mind that My Favorite Murder started off very humbly based off of a conversation that Karen and Georgia had at a party about true crime without any idea that it would grow into the massive community and network that it is now. Turns out that almost every major entertainment outlet had overlooked a comedic take on true crime from the perspective of women that are pretty much your close friends.

We’ll be curious to see where the MFM empire goes in 2022 as it’s already off to a pretty hot/SSDGM start.

Pick of the Day: Vidiots Comedy Show Benefit 6/26

June 10, 2021

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It was so exciting to hear that there was not only going to be a revival of the video rental institution that was Vidiots in Santa Monica all the way on the other side of LA county, but they were also going to open up a live theater in conjunction with it.

The pandemic hitting, of course, made us wonder what exactly was going to happen and if this dream new venue, ostensibly a Cinefamily for Eastiders was going to still be a reality.

Well, luckily, it’s still going to happen (the plan aims for a 2022 opening) and you can help that reality coming to fruition by attending a grand comedy show benefit hosted by two wondrous parts of two different generations of comedy in Atsuko Okatsuka and Dana Gould. Also, on the bill will be the great comedy stylings of Mary Elizabeth Ellis, Georgia Hardstark, Ify Nwadiwe, and Niccole Thurman.

Tickets are only $10 for a live-stream for this Vidiots Comedy Show Benefit set to go live on Sat. Jun. 26th at 7:30PM PT/10:30PM ET. Go get your tickets here.

Pick of the Day: My Diary 2/25

February 24, 2021

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My Diary was one of the very best storytelling shows in LA. It was so expansive in all the sorts of vulnerability that it covered with all the folks who were up for sharing their diaries, journals, poetry, etc. etc. Creator Lindsay Ames made sure to have a wide range of great folks, in and out of comedy, making for a cathartic, hysterical, deeply personal night. In short, it was always unforgettable.

So, we’re pretty jazzed that Lindsay is doing a special edition of My Diary on the Clubhouse app along with co-host Leah Lamarr that will feature the likes of Georgia Hardstark of My Favorite Murder, Henry Zebrowski of Last Podcast on the Left, Billie Lee of She’s So Vegan, and comedian Tehran.

This special Clubhouse edition of My Diary will stream this Thurs. Feb. 25th at 7PM PT/10PM ET and is, as long you’re on Clubhouse, free to listen in. Follow @mydiaryshowla for more details/updates.

October 21, 2019

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One of the many signs that you’ve made it in the biz is that people start to make unauthorized musicals about you or the thing you do.

Such is the case now with international true crime comedy podcast phenom My Favorite Murder with Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark. Some of UCB’s best musically inclined performers are really gathering to do a staged reading of an actual unauthorized My Favorite Murder musical (though Karen and Georgia have seemed to retroactively authorize it?). In this production (the full scale thing is coming next year), Karen and Georgia will actually solve a murder!

The folks that are daring to do this unauthorized My Favorite Murder Musical are:

Writers: Dahlya Glick and Michael O’Konis.
Director: Andrew Young
(featuring additional songs by) Allie Jennings, Joseph Porter, and Gregory Lawrence Smith Esq..
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CAST:
Dahlya Glick
Maddi Fraser
Nicole Lauria
Joseph Porter
Anna Garcia
Lindsey Moore Ford

My Favorite Murder: The Unauthorized Musical will take place on Tues., Oct. 29th at 10PM at UCB Sunset Inner Sanctum and admission is FREE! Get more details here.

October 10, 2019

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It has been a minute since the magic of Eliot Glazer’s Haunting Renditions has graced us all with beautiful arrangements of some of pop music’s more overplayed, overdone, bizarre earworms.

Fortunately, next week, Glazer will be back with Haunting Renditions at Dynasty Typewriter along with a pretty swell set of special podcast star guests (as you can see above), Georgia Hardstark and Danny Pellegrino.

We have a feeling that this thing might sell out, so you best get your tickets ($15 in adv., $20 day of) quick. Do so here.

My Favorite Murder’s Memoir “Stay Sexy & Don’t Get Murdered” Out Now

May 28, 2019

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If you’ve ever wanted the origin stories of Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark, hosts of one of the world’s favorite podcasts, My Favorite Murder, then take note that their dual memoir Stay Sexy & Don’t Get Murdered is officially out now.

It’s a carefully curated collection of stories from both that offer insight how they became a cultural institution from simply hosting a weekly comedy true podcast. Of course, it’s written with their signature sassy, clever, and unapologetic voices and offers up a fun read (perhaps the book of the summer?).

Oh, the audiobook not only has Karen and Georgia, but the voice of Paul Giamatti as well.

Well, go get Stay Sexy & Don’t Get Murdered already.

My Favorite Murder Is Coming Out With a Memoir “Stay Sexy & Don’t Get Murdered” (That Will Feature Paul Giamatti in the Audiobook)

April 26, 2019

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Stay Sexy & Don’t Get Murdered has undoubtedly become one of the maxims to live by in these times thanks to the efforts of Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark and their great, hit comedy-true crime podcast My Favorite Murder.

Naturally, after touring all over the globe and starting their own podcast network, Karen and Georgia have moved on to writing a memoir titled with their aforementioned podcast sign-off, Stay Sexy & Don’t Get Murdered, set for hardcover release on May 28th (pre-order here). They’ll essentially be sharing a book’s worth of “hometown murders” (i.e. life stories that have led a life of SSGDM) and we have no doubt that it’ll be some of their best tales.

Oh yeah, the audiobook will not only be read by them, but, as briefly mentioned in their latest episode, none other than Paul Giamatti joined Karen and Georgia in recording it.

So, with all of that said, go pre-order Stay Sexy & Don’t Get Murdered here if you haven’t done so already.

My Favorite Murder’s Podcast Network Exactly Right Launches Today

November 29, 2018

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My Favorite Murder’s Podcast Network Exactly Right Launches Today

It was less than three years ago that Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark enjoyed each other’s company in recounting infamous murders and releasing it as a podcast known as My Favorite Murder.

Now, having toured the globe and created a gigantic self-sustaining community of murderinos, Karen and Georgia have launched their very own podcast network with a handful of podcasts. Comedy podcasts Do You Need a Ride? where Karen and Chris Fairbanks interview comedians while going to or coming from the airport and The Purrrcast where many comedians get to dish about their cats will be under the Exactly Right banner.

We’re sure this is only the tip of the iceberg for Exactly Right, so you might want to start following them.

My Favorite Murder Announces Their 2019 Tour

November 1, 2018

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Just because Halloween is over doesn’t mean you should have to wait another 11 months before you can look forward to really delving into your fascination of the macabre, especially if it’s from the feminist perspective with a comedic bent.

One of the biggest podcasts around now, My Favorite Murder will be hopping all around the U.S. right as 2019 kicks off as you can see from tour schedule above. Please don’t miss Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark at a city near you from Jan.-May.

Get details and tickets (starting next week) here.

My Favorite Murder to Launch ‘Exactly Right’, Their Very Own Podcast Network, on Stitcher

August 15, 2018

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My Favorite Murder to Launch ‘Exactly Right’, Their Very Own Podcast Network, on Stitcher

If you’re a long time listener or even just started to listen to My Favorite Murder, you might have some idea how big they’ve gotten merely by the fact that they’re now doing ad reads for Diet Coke.

Essentially, Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark have amassed such a following with their true crime comedy podcast (in fact, they have more listeners than many TV shows have viewers) that they’ve been given the podcast equivalent of a lucrative overall deal at a studio or network in order to launch their own production banner, appropriately named after a frequent phrase said by Karen herself.

We personally can’t wait to see what Karen and Georgia decide to incubate and develop under Exactly Right. Perhaps, a show called “Corner Corner Corner”?

Fun fact, another podcast that somewhat recently launched their own podcast network off the back of their own success just so happened to be another true crime comedy podcast, Last Podcast on the Left (they launched the Last Podcast Network).

April 22, 2018

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Yes, Halloween is far off from now.

However, that just leaves you enough time to buy tickets for the latest live Los Angeles taping of My Favorite Murder to take place at The Microsoft Theater at DTLA”s L.A. Live before it inevitably sells out.

Best get your tickets here quick.

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

My Favorite Murder Announces a Big Ol’ International Winter/Spring 2018 Tour

November 7, 2017

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As you can see, Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark and the phenomenon that is their true crime comedy podcast are set to take on the world next year.

Get tickets here.

Feral Audio Launches Two New Podcasts, “Beyond Yacht Rock” and “My Favorite Murder” with Karen Kilgariff & Georgia Hardstark

January 15, 2016

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If you’ve been waiting for comedy folks to delve into true stories of murder or a further exploration of music sub genres that pretty much no one has ever heard before because of they’ve probably just been “discovered”, Feral Audio has two new podcasts for you.

With all the fascination with The Jinx, Making a Murderer, and Serial, you might be interested into diving into more true murder stories from the perspectives of the great Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark with My Favorite Murder.

Feral Audio has also got the trio behind Yacht Rock to “talk about music other than Yacht Rock” with Beyond Yacht Rock. We can only imagine how far down the arbitrary music genre rabbit hole they’ll go.

Matt Ingebretson Makes “Kitchen Miracles” Happen Through Lots of Yelling

September 15, 2015

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Kitchens are high stress environments as many movies and TV shows about cooking have shown.

See what happens when Matt Ingebretson runs a kitchen with an iron fist in order to make Kitchen Miracles happen.

My Favorite Murder to Release Episodes a Week Early Exclusively on Amazon

Pick of the Day: Vidiots Comedy Show Benefit 6/26

Pick of the Day: My Diary 2/25

My Favorite Murder’s Memoir “Stay Sexy & Don’t Get Murdered” Out Now

My Favorite Murder Is Coming Out With a Memoir “Stay Sexy & Don’t Get Murdered” (That Will Feature Paul Giamatti in the Audiobook)

My Favorite Murder’s Podcast Network Exactly Right Launches Today

My Favorite Murder Announces Their 2019 Tour

My Favorite Murder to Launch ‘Exactly Right’, Their Very Own Podcast Network, on Stitcher

My Favorite Murder Announces a Big Ol’ International Winter/Spring 2018 Tour

Feral Audio Launches Two New Podcasts, “Beyond Yacht Rock” and “My Favorite Murder” with Karen Kilgariff & Georgia Hardstark

Matt Ingebretson Makes “Kitchen Miracles” Happen Through Lots of Yelling