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PodGis with Ava Val
by AVA VAL
Ava Val, a Canadian stand up comic, rants about today's topics, spins hilarious yarns, explores and shares her reflections of gender during her transition, and covers a wide variety of topics, all while injecting a little therapeutic optimism in there.A podcast full of impressions, characters, ridiculous premises, non-sequitors, and wild, silly thoughts... but above all, it's a podcast full of heart.
Episodes
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E149 - OK Blue Jays Let's Play Ball
Ava discusses the Toronto Blue Jays' recent World Series run, and her new perspective on baseball, sports, and masculinity.
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E148 - Ava the Nihilist
Welcome back, Ava! Ava discusses her new space and what she's been up to since the last episode, her two favourite statuettes, the trains outside her window, the absolutely laughable idea that she might be a nihilist according to the government, image-obsessed centrists, her very fascinating...
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E147 - From Mongolia to Irkusk
In this episode, Ava has a bone to pick with spreaders of misinformation (even the fun gay ones!), soft versus hard shell tacos, a Taco Bell employees use of her phone, cruelty as a principle and real-life villains, and the blatant coverup of the Epstein case and the impunity of US government...
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E146 - Gadis Malam!
In this episode, Ava does a mean impression of Morpheus from the Matrix, then discusses what it would be like hosting her own ghost hunter show (post-podcast title: "GHOST TAUNTER"), finds a new slogan for herself as a "Night Girl", and finishes with some thoughts about safe locations for...
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E145 - I'm Totally an Empath
In this episode, Ava gushes about Mozart and the Toronto Maple Leafs before she reaffirms her stance on sports bandwagon jumping, then follows up with some thoughts on empaths and more.
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E144 - Behold the Woman Who is a Bean
In this episode, Ava talks about her dastardly sleepy couch, hints at a new podcast, contemplates the future of her upcoming special, gives an update on her American 0-1 situation, discusses committing to something when things get tough and persevering despite having to do things the hard way,...
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E143 - What If?
In this episode Ava discusses nicknames, a hypothetical Canada/US war, movies whose only strong suit are their cameo appearances, and Marvel's "What If" series. Subscribe to her Patreon for more exclusive content!
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E142 - Canda Won, Bud
Congratulations Canada! In this episode Ava talks about the recent Four Nations hockey tournament and tells some university stories. Check out her Patreon for more exclusive PodGis content!
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E141 - Capacious Crunt
Ava is back to distract you from the terrible goings-on int he world today, if but for a moment <3
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E140 - Say Goodbye to This Face...
Ava solemnly reflects on her upcoming facial feminization surgery, and the standup special she is spontaneously filming for it.
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E139 - This Was an Episode
Ava discusses pop singers in the 80's, the terrible acting by the VIP men in the first season of Squid Game, the trans character in season two of Squid Game and the discourse around trans people playing trans roles, Mr. Beast's new TV show, the first Sonic movie, and about posting her John Candy...
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E138 - To Be Happy, or To Be Free
Ava discusses her recent visit to the Royal Ontario Museum, being called a 'person', the recent healthcare CEO shooter, the Great American Exceptionalism Bubble, the happiness index and the freedom index, dogs as compassion slaves and the philosophical question: "to be happy, or to be free?"
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E137 - Official Egg Sponsor
Welcome back to the podcast that is Wii for me and WiiU for you! In this episode, Ava talks about a really funny sponsor she noticed at a local soccer match, a retelling of Phineas Gage (sorry if I've done it before!), her favourite Arnold Schwartzenegger line, her squeamishness limits, her dad's...
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E136 - She Gets the Job Done!
Ava, with DEEPEST apologies for the long absence from posting, begins the pod with a quick statement on her newfound Chappell Roan fandom, followed by a lengthy explanation including reflections on her recent experience at the San Francisco Comedy Competition, her neck agony, her upcoming facial...
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E135 - Kickstart My Honk
Ava kickstarts this episode with a dive into the funniest mistranslation of a Motley Crue live performance, then discusses the emotional highs and lows of weddings, performing at the Toronto Blackout Anniversary, and experiencing full-circle progressive discrimination at roast battles.
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E134 - Ievitably Inedible
Ava talk about a bunch of stuff including the process of death-testing the eligibility of pufferfish as an edible dish.
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E133 - Provolone Wolf
In this episode, Ava updates listeners about her standup special post-analysis, then goes on to talk about the US work visa process, her verse on the hit single "Y'all Ain't Never Met a Cheese Like Me", other trans comedians encroaching vaguely on her own material, how Kobe Bryant stole her…
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E132 - Wet Thigh, Dry Thigh
In this wondrous return to form, Ava repeatedly gets her thighs wet and dry as she discusses the dumbest story in the bible, flooding in Toronto, evil rich buttheads, the "I swear on my ___" phrase, a story of a man who came out of the closet after he'd died, and a story about one soul occupying...
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E131 - Mavis Beacon teaches Typing
We've got a FIERY episode for you today! Ava comes out red hot and reminisces about Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing, going to the dentist to freeze her face, the summer heat, a story about accidentally going commando, paying honest compliments, being the 'supporting character' in a viral video…
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E130 - The Crack of Dawn
Ava is back after a brief hiatus to bring the funny to your a$$ for PRIDE MONTH!! Not only does she solve a longstanding lighting issue with flair, but she goes on to cover a range of topics, including: the dawn of Pride month, being a "PLUS" in the LGBT+, being competitive despite herself, doing...
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E129 - Boba
She's back from Halifax and LOADED WITH ESTROGEN!! In this episode of PodGis, Ava speaks at length about her new hormone regimen, her recent experience at the Halifax Comedy festival, the weird heteronormative grooming she received when she was young, her prized "Lounge Dragon" video, and a hot...
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E128 - How Come Fugg
Val is back from the Winnipeg Comedy Festival with stories and insights to share! But not before she takes a deep dive into the Kendrick Lamar versus Drake beef, Jerry Seinfeld's recent thoughts on "woke" showbiz, and some more character ideas including a sensual undercover cop and a football...
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E127 - Like Watching Jeans Dry
WE HAVE A NEW INSIDE JOKE WITH THE FANS ;) ...Which Val introduces early, then goes on to discuss a myriad of topics including *more CharacterGis*; a miscommunication with a nail salon worker; a couple *big announcements*; trying not to reading the comments; being approved for gender affirming...
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E126 - Dubstep
Al Val is back from her comedy tour and bursting with stories to share! In this episode, Val combs over many details from her recent two-week tour through western Canada and deviates into some personal reflections regarding her good nature and exploitable naivete, the upsetting self-serving...
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E125 - I Wanna Be a Jeans Model
We're in for a "shorty" this week! This is just a little something to tide PodGis fans over while Val wraps up her Canadian tour. At any rate, she has a delightful little time talking about jeans models, the prejudices against Alberta that she is cautious not to overindulge, some schmuck's...
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E124 - A Funny Occurrence
It's been a week and still no word from the Huble Cremshaws out there. [Shrug] Guess I'll just have to keep talking to myself! In this delightfully plucky episode, Val discusses pranks and her relationship to pranking, being on breakfast television, a "Twitter sexy fart scam controversy", people...
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E123 - Swenty Seven Hops This Time
Hello to the Huble Cremshaws out there!! Val is in high spirits because of the happiest percussive clap! She then goes on to list the reasons why standup has ruined her social life, send an invitation/challenge to her listeners to prepare a VERY specific dinner party for her, "Step In Time" from...
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E122 - I'll Be Home For Quizmoiss
In this episode Val discusses her bag of dreadlocks, the highs and lows of glow-in-the-dark nails, being selected to perform in the upcoming Winnipeg Comedy Festival, making podcast mistakes like a metaphorical Super Mario, the lack of a star system in Canada, more tax agony, a funny bit about a...
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E121 - Glug Glug, B****!
HYDRATE, B****! After a quick apology for the (almost inevitable, at this point) mild tech issues, Val discusses 'selling out'; the iRestore helmet; a VERY positive potential happy ending to the snowboard theft caper(!); Facebook suggesting celebrities as friends; getting banned from the…
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E120 - Swingin' Like Bertuzzi
In this episode of PodGis, Val laments the recent lost of a priceless cherished personal item; the recent cancellation of Just For Laughs and the concept of bankruptcy protection; an applicable, practical theory on considerate and self-aware people in public; Todd Bertuzzi; the ubiquity of hacky...
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E119 - Al Val: RADICALIZED!
Uh oh! Al Val's been RADICALIZED!! In this episode, Val explains in great detail the 4 'encounters' with life that she had that day that totally RADICALIZED her - and essentially by that we mean "grounded her in reality, thus making her a misanthropic adult". After that she briefly discusses...
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E118 - "Are You a Drag Queen?"
In this episode of PodGis, Val discusses NEW MERCH, finalizing her legal name and gender changes, an episode involving a botched people-pleasing impulse and her ensuing regret, a run-in at a burlesque show that all trans women would despise, an old crowdwork video, surgery-obsessed trans women…
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E117 - Rubbin' Out My Cerebral Folds
Welcome to the J**z Factory! Val takes her enthusiasm and lets it rip for the full 70 minutes, covering a range of topics including: the mispronunciation of her podcast, her vocal feminization journey and her 'target pitch' strategy, boasting and wearing leggings, watching footage of herself and...
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E116 - Deplorably Unscrupulous
"PodGis with Al Val" Episode 116 - "Deplorably Unscrupulous"AvaGis is back once again! And this time it has all gone off WITHOUT A HITCH!In this comeback episode, Val packs a extra whippaload of bonus content, discussing the wild things that have kicked off 2024 like the guy who got stuck in the...
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E115 - Joke is Life
Boy oh boy what a fun episode this one was! Val hops around happily from topic to topic once again, covering a variety of topics: receiving a pair of mittens from a fan; Eminem as a playable Fortnite character; the mental battle that is auditioning for commercials as a trans woman; speaking...
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E114 - May I Be Excused?
After a technical-difficulties-inspired self-imposed break from the pod, Val is back with wild rantings and ravings that range from silly to deeply self-reflective and somber. Val dives right in, and after explaining her little break she discusses annoying background and theatre actors, seeing…
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E113 - Pet Communicator
Coming atcha hot and spicy with another banger! Val has recovered from a difficult week and comes back with a vengeful pluckiness, covering a wealth of topics: remorseful retrospectives, neurodivergence, self-diagnosis, distrust against medical professionals, "pet communicators" and animal…
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E112 - BlobfishGis
Sure, saving the pandas, seals, and koalas is a fine cause, but WHY won't someone THINK of the BLOBFISH???? What about the uggo animals?? Why won't someone spare a thought?! One can only shake one's head at this cruel, cruel world. In this episode, Val talks about her schedule, about the arctic...
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E111 - Hungus Bungus
Al Val goes under the Al Val hood once again - before she removes most of the hair atop - to speak loosely and precisely on a wide range of topics, from comedians who laugh at their own jokes, to the Arctic, to the cloud, to posting before and after transition photos, her appearance on an old...
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E110 - How Long is Your Tongue?
Rantasaurus Rex over here! LOL! In this episode, Val goes on long tangents spanning FOUR WHOLE TOPICS, ranging from the timeless medical act of "clounching", her guilt complex when it comes to rejecting men online, her boiling eternal hatred for "Cards Against Humanity"-type games, and saying…
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E109 - "You Signed Up For This"
In this episode, Val brings back (and shuts down??) "Which One's Bigger?" and goes on to discuss having the algorithm perpetuate trolls on an old TikTok video; the excuses people make for being abusive jerks online; performing for JFL; breast augmentation surgery and endocrinologist gatekeeping;...
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E108 - Get on the Bird, Boys!
In this episode, Val relaxes her butt in her chair post-special taping and speaks at length about her mindset throughout the experience, then goes on about The Maple Leafs "All or Nothing" documentary, hockey slang, and ends on an observation (a CONSPIRACY???) about Lisa Simpson.
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E107 - Xzibit Vs. Martha Stewart's Friend
Check check check check it out! Spread thine legs and enjoy another episode of PODGIS! In this episode, Val talks about prepping for her upcoming special taping, her previous experience taping a special, and talks *at length* about one of the more obscure but hilarious video games she's always...
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E106 - Euro Recap, Part 2
In this episode, Val continues with her shenanigans as Thaddeus McFaddeus in the hit TV show "WHICH ONE'S BIGGER?", laments her financial woes, and then continues with her Euro recap, speaking at length about the tale of King Gustav Adolf II, his hubris, and the embarrassing maiden voyage of the...
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E105 - The Sleepy Traveler's European Recap, Part 1
Al Val's long-awaited return has come! She's back from Europe and fresh off a reality dating shoot, both of which she recounts with delight and mirth. She also introduces the hit new game "Which One's Bigger?"
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E104 - The Great Big JFL Recap 2023
In this episode, Al Val broadcasts from home, walking you through the night-by night details of her week at the Just For Laughs festival in Montreal - from the highs of rocking her guitar onstage at a live outdoor concert to the lows of transphobia and joke theft.
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E103 - American Gladiators: The Tragedy of the Little Guy
Hello and good day! Thanks for always coming back to these rip-roarin' episodes of PodGis.In this sporty episode, Val talks about dry-clean only fabrics, backhanded fashion compliments, consumers marketing a company's product for them (ie. McDonald's Grimace Shake), adoption and orphancy. And…
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E102 - Extemporaneousville, USA
Happy summertime, y'all! Al "Hollywood" Val is in the house and she's in full SUMMER MODE. In this episode, Val talks at length about being a juror in this year's T.O. Webfest, times when Val tries so hard to be not be a nuisance that she becomes a nuisance, what she calls her biceps, the cruel...
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E101 - The Goofiest City in the World
On this episode, Ava talks about feeling self-conscious about family, being a bad server and lying to customers, not knowing what to do with a Starbucks gift card, what makes Toronto the silliest city in the world, Ava's "U-Shaped Theory of Movie Enjoyment", and her recounting of her Pride Parade...
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E100 - The Centennial Episode!
We made it to 100!!! Look at us go!!! In this episode, Val answers some viewer-submitted questions and looks back fondly on 100 episodes. Thank you so much for listening! <3
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Ava Val, a Canadian stand up comic, rants about today's topics, spins hilarious yarns, explores and shares her reflections of gender during her transition, and covers a wide variety of topics, all while injecting a little therapeutic optimism in there.A podcast full of impressions, characters, ridiculous premises, non-sequitors, and wild, silly thoughts... but above all, it's a podcast full of heart.
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AVA VAL
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Ava Val, a Canadian stand up comic, rants about today's topics, spins hilarious yarns, explores and shares her reflections of gender during her transition, and covers a wide variety of topics, all while injecting a little therapeutic optimism in there.A podcast full of impressions, characters,...
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