And Here Are the Comedy Nominees for The 3rd Annual IHeartRadio Podcast Awards

December 8, 2020

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IHeartRadio, which just seemed to work its way into podcast only relatively recently, has their very own podcast awards that’s now on its a third year. It might be a little suspicious as they have their very own podcast network under the IHeartRadio umbrella, but nonetheless, they’ve got a spread of categories that feature many a great comedy podcast including Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend, My Favorite Murder, Las Culturistas, Hollywood Handbook, Nicole Byer, Office Ladies, and more.

The winners for The 2021 IHeartRadio Podcast Awards will be named during a virtual event on Thurs. Jan. 21st at 9PM.

Best Comedy Podcast

Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend (Team Coco/Earwolf)
Office Ladies (Earwolf/Jenna Fischer/Angela Kinsey)
The Read (Loud Speakers Network)
Smartless (Independent)
Fake Doctors, Real Friends (iHeartRadio)

Best Crime Podcast

Crime Junkie (AudioChuck)
Criminal (PRX/Radiotopia)
Deep Cover: The Drug Wars (Pushkin Industries)
Forgotten: Women of Juarez (iHeartRadio)
My Favorite Murder (Exactly Right)

Best Pop Culture Podcast

Bitch Sesh (Earwolf/Casey Wilson/Danielle Schneider)
Las Culturistas (Big Money Players/iHeartRadio)
Pop Culture Happy Hour (NPR)
Still Processing (The New York Times)
The Read (Loud Speakers Network)

Best Ad Read

• “Comedy Bang Bang” (Earwolf / Scott Aukerman)
• “Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend” (Team Coco/Earwolf)
• “Hollywood Handbook” (Earwolf)
• “Office Ladies” (Earwolf / Stitcher)
• “Revisionist History” (Pushkin Industries)

Best Overall Host – Male

• Conan O’Brien (Team Coco/Earwolf)
• Dax Shepard (Armchair Umbrella)
• Jonathan Van Ness (Earwolf/Stitcher)
• Michael Barbaro (The New York Times)
• Questlove (iHeartRadio)

Best Overall Host – Female

• Ashley Flowers (Parcast)
• Brene Brown (Parcast)
• Michelle Obama (Higher Ground/Spotify)
• Nicole Byer (Headgum)
• Nora McInerny (APM)

Best TV & Film Podcast

• “Fake Doctors, Real Friends” (iHeartRadio)
• “How Did This Get Made?” (Earwolf/Paul Scheer/June Diane Raphael/Jason Mantzoukas/Stitcher)
• “Office Ladies” (Earwolf/Jenna Fischer/Angela Kinsey)
• “Rewatchables” (The Ringer/Bill Simmons)
• “You Must Remember This” (Karina Longworth)

You can read the whole list of nominees for the 2021 IHeartRadio Podcast Awards here.

February 4, 2020

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Even in seeing just a staged live reading of My Favorite Murder: The Unauthorized Musical, we were really blown away with how cleverly wrought and expertly executed Dahlya Glick, Michael O’Konis, and Andrew Young’s musical tribute to one of the biggest podcasts around, the comedy true crime juggernaut My Favorite Murder. The mystery that Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark solve in the musical, the Elvis song, how Steven figures into the whole thing, and the range of songs are really worth catching live.

Even if you aren’t that familiar with the pod, the true crime comedy combo distilled into hysterical musical numbers are pretty damn satisfying.

So, we can only imagine how fun this initial run of the full scale production at the newly minted comedy variety venue Silver Park Arts will be like at the end of March, beginning of April. Get your tickets for $13 right now right here.

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..
&
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.

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.

The 6th Annual L.A Podcast Has Earlybird Tickets Now on Sale and Will Be in DTLA

The LA Podcast Festival is now in its sixth year and, if you’ve ever been to it, you’d know that it’s an institution with a fiercely loyal following at this point.

WTF with Marc Maron, My Favorite Murder, The Jackie & Laurie Show, The Dork Forest, The Dollop, Comedy Film Nerds, Bertcast, We Hate Movies, Mental Illness Happy Hour w/ Paul Gilmartin, & Cashing In w/ T.J. Miller and host Cash Levy are just a handful of the podcasts that are confirmed for this year’s LA Podcast Festival.

Moving from Beverly Hills to Downtown LA at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel, the festival will take place from Friday, October 6th-Sunday, October 8th.

Earlybird tickets are now on sale for $99, which you should get in on since you’ll save $50 from the regularly priced pass.

January 2, 2017

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The Riot LA Comedy Festival, one of the annual comedy events in LA that you shouldn’t miss, is only a few weeks away. Just look at the poster above to see the big, stacked line-up that’s in store for later this month.

Passes are on sale for $159.50 or $349.50 for VIP. Tickets for individual shows are also available.

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

JFL Northwest 2017 Announces Line-Up with Sarah Silverman, Trevor Noah, Tom Segura, My Favorite Murder, Jon Dore, Barry Crimmins

December 1, 2016

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If you’re in Vancouver in February, you would be doing yourself a big favor by going to JFL Northwest.

Just look at that line-up stacked with some of the best from around the country as well as local to Vancouver.

Tickets go on sale at 10AM PST this Friday, December 2nd right here.

Here’s the Official Riot LA 2017 Comedy Festival Line-Up Announcement Video Complete with a Stacked Line-Up and Watermelons

November 29, 2016

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One of LA’s best festivals Riot LA is coming back very soon, January 19th-22nd in fact.

Some of the best comedy from around LA, the country, and the world are coming to DTLA next month including Mel Brooks, Ali Wong, Rachel Bloom, Todd Barry, Rory Scovel, Tig Notaro, John Early, Aparna Nancherla, Daniel Sloss, Brew Haha, My Favorite Murder with Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark, Josie Long, Jo Firestone, Dr. Katz, and plenty, plenty more.

See those names scroll by as you watch watermelons get destroyed with a mallet that’s somehow not held by Gallagher in this announcement video.

After that, you can buy tickets or passes (Premium goes for $159.50 and are subject to limited availability) here.

September 21, 2016

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Passes (and live streaming access) are still available for one of the world’s premiere podcast festivals this weekend.

Don’t miss TOFOP, The Todd Glass Show, Welcome to Night Vale, Sklarbro Country, Never Not Funny, Girl on Guy, The Crabfeast, My Favorite Murder, The Dollop, and more all at The Sofitel this weekend.

The rest of our listings for comedy shows/events as well as open mics and maps are embedded at www.thecomedybureau.com.

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.