Laughs for All With Abby Stonehouse

Abby Stonehouse is English Montréal’s wildly popular stand-up comic, writer, podcaster, and producer.  Six years into her comedy career, she is known for her honest, autobiographical, storytelling approach.  Abby is committed to building up the Montréal comedy community, and creating onstage opportunities for diverse and emerging voices. She is a pioneer in making comedy hearing accessible. Her addictive House of Stone Podcast offers professional captions and ASL interpretation on YouTube. I have devoured every episode and it was a thrill to have this influential comedian on the pod. Erica and Abby Bond over Boobs, Small Town Living, Food, Booze, Eating Disorders, Hearing Accessibility, and All Things Comedy(Content Warning: Discussion of eating disorder recovery and significant weight loss. For more on eating disorder recovery, check out Erica’s 3-part essay Mammoth Complex.)Boobs: Abby’s spectacular tits, Erica eternal (and tiny) tits, the fluctuations over the years, plus, is recreational lactation a thing?From Howick Quebec to Off JFL: Amidst fields and cows, Abby grew up with big dreams of becoming the next Celine Dion, or Michelin chef, or maybe Nick Carter’s girlfriend. But it was during her first stand-up comedy routine when everything clicked. Discover her love affair with comedy, and how she stays in the game. Booze, Food, and Radical Self-Care: Abby shares her journey of sobriety, radical weight loss, and how she continues to heal her relationship with food and her body. Listener Question With My Bro’s a Hoe: Imagine your brother keeps hooking up with your friends, even the ones who have boyfriends. Who do you tell? Abby and Erica can’t fix it—but they have thoughts.Abby Wins the Routines: From her morning peanut butter to her cleaning schedule, Abby’s routines are aspirational. She has designed her life to prioritize writing and creativity, and as a result, her comedy is taking off!I WANT IT THAT WAY: Abby and Erica go back to the 90s, with a rousing and arousing rendition of the Backstreet Boys. As usual, the ukulele segment is the highlight of Erica’s life. Let’s give a standing ovation to this beautiful force for community, equality, comedy, art, and everything. Thank you, Abby Stonehouse!Check out Abby’s popular show, GET FXCKEDAbby also co-founded Comedy on Demand, which offers year-round customized comedy you can order for your birthday parties, barbecues, or corporate events. Subscribe and listen to the House of Stone Podcast on YouTube or all your favourite platforms.Follow Abby on Instagram and Facebook so you never miss a show!Mixing, Ukulele, and Cover Art by Erica J. Schmidt in Montréal, QuebecFollow Erica on Facebook or Instagram or check out her website at ericajschmidt.com. You can also make her day by sending her a listener question to any of these places.Listener Question With My Bro’s a HoeDear Erica (and Abby Stonehouse),My brother has a habit of hooking up with my friends, and he thinks I don’t know about it.  One of my friends is a straight guy dating a girl friend of mine.  Two weeks ago my brother and this guy got drunk and I walked in on them having hard-core sex.  We haven’t said anything to each other, and the guy and my friend are still dating.  How do I address this super awkward situation?Love, My Bro’s a HoeAnd thank you to Taes Leavitt (darling big sister, Big Heart Journey), Sherwin Tjia (technical and creative advisor, Sherwin’s Quirky Events), and my dearly departed aunt Eileen Gun, whose generous gift helped to fund my new podcast equipment. Thank you so much for listening! Stay tuned for more episodes extra soon. Don’t forget to follow This Is Your Strange and Beautiful Life on your favourite podcast platform. And if you enjoyed the episode, I would be immensely grateful if you could share it with a friend and/or leave a kind and enthusiastic rating and review. This Is Your Strange and Beautiful Life is brought to you by Lil and Bud dog cards, purchasable at ericajschmidt.com/merch. If you would like to sponsor the podcast, I would love to plug your product, service, or project as long as it doesn’t harm any people or their bodies. Please get in touch via my website or Instagram.