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Comedy Episodes

June 11, 2020

Episode 24: Brent Terhune

Brent Terhune is well respected by his fans and his peers in comedy. After talking to him, I found out he gets respect because he's just a nice guy. When Brent is not writing for himself, he's doing it for …

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June 4, 2020

Episode 23: Dan West

Dan West spent time in the military and in retail. Both experiences play heavily into his comedy which centers around him trying to figure out humans. Dan talked about networking and the problems trying to record an album. Check out …

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May 28, 2020

Episode 22: Comedy Coaching Session with Joel Byars

This is something different. Joel Byars is a former guest on the podcast. We stayed in touch and when I learned he did comedy coaching, I decided to get coached. There's some great insight from Joel here who has a …

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May 21, 2020

Episode 21: Ian Bagg

Ian Bagg is the current champion of crowd work but he started out working in a carnival and mining for gold. Ian has some great and original perspective on how a comedian should make themselves rise above the rest of …

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May 14, 2020

Episode 20: Michael Palascak

Micael Palascak started comedy early and has learned a lot in a relatively short amount of time. We talked about his clean style of comedy and his Last Comic Standing season. He is a comedian that makes me laugh no …

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May 7, 2020

Episode 19: Aaron Sorrels

Aaron had the appearance of doing great with his executive position. However, he was an alchoholic. When he came out of treatment, Aaron had no job to go back to.He decided to try comedy and became the Unemployed Alchoholic. We …

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April 30, 2020

Episode 18: Lue Deck

Lue Deck was one of the original comedians to work at the Comedy Store with Mitzi Shore. He wore a lot of hats. Doorman, videographer, house comic, and support for Mitzi. Lue had some great stories and insight during our …

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April 23, 2020

Episode 17: Krish Mohan

Krish Mohan Comedian & Social Vigilante. That is Krish's moniker. He brings his social consciousness into his act while still making people of all political leanings laugh. We talked about the line he walks in doing that and how comics …

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April 16, 2020

Episode 16: Gerrit Elzinga

Gerrit Elzinga is a veteran comedian from Grand Rapids, MI.

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April 9, 2020

Episode 15: Doc Kennedy

Doc Kennedy is a comedian and public speaker from Nashville.

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April 2, 2020

Episode 14: Bob Zany

Bob Zany has been one of my favorite comedians from the first time I saw him.

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March 19, 2020

Episode 12: Joel Byars

Joel Byars hsa been performing stand-up comedy his way for over 10 years.

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March 12, 2020

Episode 11: Mark Masters

Mark Masters wrote a book about his first 6 months performing stand-up comedy that is a must-listen for new comics. We talked about that and where he is now in his career. Mark has a website www.markmasters.co He has a …

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Jan. 5, 2020

Episode 1: Tom Dreesen

First Episode!I'm stoked to finally get this podcast off the ground! My first guest is the great Tom Dreesen.

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