Episode 81: Erica Switzer
Erica Switzer is a Chicago-born educator, comedian, and public speaker formerly based in Shanghai, China. With her unique energy and raw, biting wit, she has featured for veteran comedians Simeon Goodson, Mateen Stewart, and Justin Rivera and...
An episode of the Behind The Bits with Scott Curtis podcast, hosted by Scott Curtis, titled "Episode 81: Erica Switzer" was published on September 14, 2021 and runs 60 minutes.
September 14, 2021 ·60m · Behind The Bits with Scott Curtis
Summary
Erica Switzer is a Chicago-born educator, comedian, and public speaker formerly based in Shanghai, China. With her unique energy and raw, biting wit, she has featured for veteran comedians Simeon Goodson, Mateen Stewart, and Justin Rivera and accomplished her first 30-minute headliner in April 2020. Along with founding Hei Now Comedy, China's premier Black comedy crew, Erica became the first Black comedian to perform in Mongolia at the inaugural Silk Road International Comedy Festival in July 2019. She has emceed Shanghai Black Expo and the inaugural For The Culture Awards Gala. Erica is also an award-winning public speaker. She has shared her story of overcoming anxiety twice at Shanghai's Unravel Storytelling and served as MC and storyteller for June 2020's Unravel and Hei Now Comedy's collaborative event "Matter is the Minimum," benefitting Campaign Zero. We talked about starting standup later in life and the contacts Erica made performing virtual comedy who chose her for in-person comedy based on the virtual funny.Check out everything Erica Switzer here:https://www.ericaswitzer.com/Check out our new sponsor, Liquid Death Mountain Water and use the code “scottcurtis” to get 2 free koozies when you buy 2 cases of water or any of their cool merch:https://liquiddeath.com/Here’s the BTB Internet Talk Show’s Twitch Channel. Check out all their great shows!https://www.twitch.tv/drinksjokesnstorytellingIf you'd like to support the show and get some cool perks, check out our Patreon page:https://www.patreon.com/btbpcLook for new stuff for Patrons soon!Head over to the Behind the Bits website for extra content:https://www.thebtbpc.com/Get on our mailing list for news about future guests and more great content:https://www.thebtbpc.com/p/mailing-list/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode Description
Erica Switzer is a Chicago-born educator, comedian, and public speaker formerly based in Shanghai, China. With her unique energy and raw, biting wit, she has featured for veteran comedians Simeon Goodson, Mateen Stewart, and Justin Rivera and accomplished her first 30-minute headliner in April 2020. Along with founding Hei Now Comedy, China's premier Black comedy crew, Erica became the first Black comedian to perform in Mongolia at the inaugural Silk Road International Comedy Festival in July 2019. She has emceed Shanghai Black Expo and the inaugural For The Culture Awards Gala. Erica is also an award-winning public speaker. She has shared her story of overcoming anxiety twice at Shanghai's Unravel Storytelling and served as MC and storyteller for June 2020's Unravel and Hei Now Comedy's collaborative event "Matter is the Minimum," benefitting Campaign Zero. We talked about starting standup later in life and the contacts Erica made performing virtual comedy who chose her for in-person comedy based on the virtual funny.
Check out everything Erica Switzer here:
Check out our new sponsor, Liquid Death Mountain Water and use the code “scottcurtis” to get 2 free koozies when you buy 2 cases of water or any of their cool merch:
Here’s the BTB Internet Talk Show’s Twitch Channel. Check out all their great shows!
https://www.twitch.tv/drinksjokesnstorytelling
If you'd like to support the show and get some cool perks, check out our Patreon page:
Look for new stuff for Patrons soon!
Head over to the Behind the Bits website for extra content:
Get on our mailing list for news about future guests and more great content:
https://www.thebtbpc.com/p/mailing-list/
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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