Pod-Crashing Episode 59 My Conversation With Comedian Todd Riley From The Man'ick Podcast

Pod-Crashing Episode 59: My Conversation With Comedian Todd RileyNot all funny people are built the same. Which is why you can’t hit a comedy club once a year. The stories, the laughter, the multiple layers of performance style, some meant to be improv others well-rehearsed and timed out.That being said not all comedians instantly stopped their careers twelve years ago during the Rogan and Maron birthing years and took up Podcasting or YouTube videos.Covid-19 has though changed a lot of funny folks around. It first started out as trying to feed the beast demanding the stage to now it’s more of a deeper more enriched connection with not only fans and followers of the comedic walk but a new connection with listeners living vicariously through the daily struggles of the everyday unwritten chapter.I’ve always wondered how many times a comedian is asked, “Hey got a podcast yet?” Over the past eight years of my experience the answer they’ve shot back has been, “Nope. Podcasting is too far along and I don’t have the time or energy to catch up.”Then it happened. The world of entertainment stopped. Covid-19 became the evil empire in law that is still camping out within your fortress.When I first started the podcast Play It Forward back in March of 2020, I reached out to comedian Todd Riley because I truly wanted to hear about this new world without a live crowd. He has evolved from never doing a podcasting to thinking about it. The first week of June 2020 and he’s got five episodes posted and growing.Like the pain in the ass I am I wanted more of the story. I love swapping tricks of the trade. I just happen to record the conversations then blast it up to the International Space Station and back.