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The Comedy Bureau Field Report Ep. 298: Alaina Bamfield & Doing a Trauma Special (That’s Packed with Jokes)

August 13, 2026

alaina bamfield, comedy special, larry nassar, stand up, survivor, trauma

While the idea of comedy as a salve for trauma is nothing new, Alaina Bamfield makes her own mark on today’s ever growing, crowded field of comedy with doing an entire half hour stand-up comedy special about life as a survivor of infamous serial child molester Larry Nassar. Called Untouchable, Alaina took her time honing it, making sure that the material was undeniably funny, and very much wanted to have humor be part of her journey forward from the horrific experience (she had to make her victim impact statement less roast-y). We follow how all of this came to be with a terrific new special on this week’s TCB Field Report.

Follow Alaina @alianabamfield on IG and watch Untouchable now on YouTube here.

Produced by Jake Kroeger
Music by Brian Granillo
Artwork by Andrew Delman and Jake Kroeger

The Comedy Bureau Field Report Ep. 131: Dylan Adler and Kelly Bachman & Making Their Own Comedy Gold from Trauma

September 28, 2022

News, The Comedy Bureau Field Report

Dylan Adler, kelly bachman, musical comedy, rape jokes, rape survivors, trauma

Born from the roughs of a chance meeting at an open mic, NYC comedy darlings Dylan Adler and Kelly Bachman found both peace and an indelible comedy partner. Together, they made, for our money, one of the best hours of comedy this year and certainly one of the best albums/specials about trauma, Rape Victims Are Horny Too. This week’s TCB Field Report talks to the freewheeling duo of survivor comedians and how they managed to make such a fantastic, rollicking hour of story and song about surviving rape and trauma.

Follow Dylan @dylanadler6 on Twitter, @dylanadler_ on IG, and @dylanadler7 on Tik Tok and Kelly @bellykachman on Twitter and TikTok and @kellybachman on IG. Follow their weekly Brooklyn show I Made You a Playlist @playlistcomedy.

Stream Rape Victims Are Horny Too on your favorite audio platform.

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Produced by Jake Kroeger
Music by Brian Granillo
Artwork by Andrew Delman and KT