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Professional Speaking Episodes

March 9, 2021

Episode 62: Aaron Simmonds

Aaron Simmonds was a BBC New Comedy Award finalist in 2017. He also won Jewish Comedian Of The Year in the same year. His credits include The Stand Up Sketch Show (ITV2), BBC At The Edinburgh Festivals (BBC Two), The …

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Feb. 9, 2021

Episode 58: Collin Williams WSG: Chris Klemmer from Quantum Week Podc…

Born into a biracial family, Collin quickly realized he had to embrace diversity or go crazy. Choosing the former (the jury’s still out on the crazy part), he learned to make fun of his differences while developing a unique brand …

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Dec. 28, 2020

Episode 52: Brenden Kumarasamy

Brenden Kumarasamy was very young man when he realized he was passionate about communication. When all the other teens were obsessed with sports, he was equally obsessed with public speaking. Brenden went on to form MasterTal...

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Sept. 1, 2020

Episode 35: Rik Roberts

Clean comedian and creative keynote speaker Rik Roberts grew up in Kentucky. He farmed tobacco alongside his father from an early age. Later, as a teenager he worked for former Kentucky Wildcat and NBA Star Dan Issel on his T...

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Aug. 24, 2020

Episode 34: Daniel Steinberg

Daniel Steinberg spent the 1990’s interning for Saturday Night Live, writing for Howard Stern, and performing stand-up comedy alongside some of today’s biggest names. At the turn of the century, he took a short trip to Israel...

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