The Funny Podcast
by Emteaz Media LLC
The Funny Podcast Live is a comedy podcast from Emteaz Media bringing you funny conversations, entertaining stories, unexpected moments, and plenty of laughs.Tune in for lighthearted discussions, hilarious takes on everyday life, and entertaining conversations designed to make you smile and brighten your day. Whether you're looking for a quick laugh or something fun to listen to, The Funny Podcast Live keeps it simple: good vibes, great conversations, and comedy.🎙️ The Funny Podcast Live 😂 Comedy • Conversations • Entertainment 🎧 A podcast by Emteaz Media
Episodes
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#82 The Set You Never Planned to Write
Our guest has spent years discovering that the best bits often arrive by accident, usually in the middle of a bad day or a worse drive home. This week we talk about writing from unplanned moments, how to tell a happy accident from a distraction, the value of keeping a messy notebook, and why the...
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#81 The Joke You Almost Didn't Tell
Our guest has spent years learning that the jokes they almost cut are often the ones audiences remember most. This week we talk about taste, self-editing, the risk of testing new material in front of strangers, and why comedy is partly a negotiation with your own fear. We argue about whether…
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#80 Stop Explaining the Joke
Our guest has spent years watching audiences decide in a single second whether a joke is worth their laughter. This week we get into the mechanics of confidence, why the best comics know when to explain less, how to recover from a dead room, and the surprising role of misunderstanding in great...
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#79 The Pause Is the Punchline
Our guest has spent years learning that a joke lives or dies in the silence before it lands. This week we talk about timing, crowd work, roasts, and the first set that taught them to stop apologizing. We argue about whether roasts are cruel, whether callbacks are cheating, and what new comics get...
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#78 The Open Office Is Just a Library With Chewing
😂 You were promised "collaboration" and "serendipity," and what you got was a desk with no walls, a coworker who eats almonds like a woodchipper, and noise-canceling headphones that now count as business attire. Emteaz sits down with workplace environment psychologist and stand-up comic Dr.…
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#77 Everyone Has Deleted Something Important, Say It Out Loud
😂 You hit "send" on the wrong attachment, the wrong person, or the wrong version of the file called "FINAL_final_v7." Emteaz sits down with organizational learning researcher and stand-up comic Dr. Saoirse Adeleke-Brandt to unpack mistakes at work: how to own them, how to report them, and why…
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#76 Your Office Dress Code Is Older Than Your Career
😂 You own a "business casual" wardrobe you can't define, a pair of shoes that only exist for Zoom-free days, and a firm belief that the CEO's hoodie is a power move. Emteaz sits down with workplace style sociologist and stand-up comic Esperanza Nakamura-Boateng to unpack the strange rules of…
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#75 Seventy-Five Episodes and Still No Corner Office
😂 Seventy-five episodes in, the host still hasn't labeled his yogurt, the mug wall has become a fire hazard, and the office family keeps growing. Emteaz sits down with career-longevity researcher and stand-up comic Chiamaka Lindholm-Duarte to talk about what it takes to stay curious, employed…
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#74 Your Boss Is Using AI to Write Your Praise
😂 Your manager just sent you a glowing message that says "You consistently demonstrate synergistic excellence," and you're fairly sure a robot wrote it, because your manager can't spell "synergistic." Emteaz sits down with workplace ethics researcher and stand-up comic Dr. Kalinda Oyelowo-Brandt...
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#73 Your Mental Health Day Needs a Better Excuse Than "Flu"
😂 You've called in sick with a "stomach thing" for the fourth time this year, and your manager has started to look at you like a detective with a very long case file. Emteaz sits down with workplace wellbeing researcher and stand-up comic Dr. Ifeoma Strand-Castellanos to unpack mental health at...
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#72 Your Side Project Is Not a Business Until Someone Pays
😂 You have a logo, a domain name, a Notion workspace with forty-seven tabs, and exactly zero customers. Emteaz sits down with early-stage business advisor and stand-up comic Oluwaseun Haraldsen-Reyes to unpack the leap from "I have an idea" to "someone just paid me," from the first awkward sale…
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#71 Your Job Title Says Manager, Your Calendar Says Therapist
😂 You were promoted to manager because you were good at your job, and now your job is mostly listening to people explain why the printer hates them. Emteaz sits down with first-time-manager coach and stand-up comic Temitope Lindqvist-Alvarado to unpack the awkward leap from doing the work to...
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#70 Every Office Has a Difficult Coworker, Check Your Mirror
😂 There's a coworker who chews like it's a competitive sport, a manager who "just has a quick thought" at 5:58 p.m., and a colleague who replies "per my last email" to your face. Emteaz sits down with workplace mediator and stand-up comic Dr. Wanjiru Eriksson-Patel to unpack conflict at work…
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#69 Nobody Dies of a Bad Presentation, Just Wishes To
😂 Your slide has eleven bullet points, your clicker has died, and the person in the third row is definitely reading email. Emteaz sits down with presentation coach and stand-up comic Anneliese Boateng-Marković to unpack public speaking at work, from the sweaty-palm panic to the slide deck that...
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#68 Your Pay Disparity is Hiding in Plain Sight – Part 2
😂 Two people, same title, same team, and somehow one of them is paying for a very different lunch. Emteaz sits down with pay-equity researcher and stand-up comic Marguerite Oyelaran-Whitfield to unpack the pay gap: how it forms, why it hides, and what individuals and companies can actually do...
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#67 Your Pay Gap Is Hiding in Plain Sight
😂 Two people, same title, same team, and somehow one of them is paying for a very different lunch. Emteaz sits down with pay-equity researcher and stand-up comic Marguerite Oyelaran-Whitfield to unpack the pay gap: how it forms, why it hides, and what individuals and companies can actually do...
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#66 Nobody Warned Us That Networking Means Small Talk
😂 You're holding a lukewarm drink, a name tag that says "HELLO my name is" in someone else's handwriting, and a plan to leave in eleven minutes. Emteaz sits down with relationship-building researcher and stand-up comic Ximena Adeyinka-Rowe to unpack networking: the conferences, the "let's grab...
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#65 Your Calendar Is Full and Your Life Is Not
😂 Your calendar looks like a game of Tetris, your "focus time" block keeps getting double-booked, and you've scheduled a meeting to find time for another meeting. Emteaz sits down with time-use researcher and stand-up comic Folasade Brandvold-Quiroz to unpack why we're all so busy, why "I'll get...
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#64 Your Best Ideas Die in the Group Chat
😂 You had a brilliant idea in the shower, a decent version of it in the meeting, and a quietly deleted one in the chat. Emteaz sits down with innovation researcher and stand-up comic Noor Castellanos-Eze to unpack why good ideas die at work, from the "we tried that in 2014" reflex to the…
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#63 Everyone Is Underpaid and Nobody Knows Their Boss's Salary
😂 You've been "meaning to ask about a promotion" since the last leap year, and your plan is to wait until your manager is in a good mood. Emteaz sits down with career-growth strategist and stand-up comic Bronwyn Achterberg-Mensah to unpack promotions, titles, and the mysterious criteria nobody...
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#62 Your Inbox Is a To-Do List Written by Strangers
😂 You open your inbox "just to check one thing," and ninety minutes later you've replied to a newsletter, unsubscribed from nothing, and forgotten the one thing. Emteaz sits down with attention researcher and stand-up comic Ayesha Kowalczyk-Ndlovu to unpack email overload, the chat-notification...
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#61 Nobody Taught Us How to Say No at Work
😂 You said "sure, happy to help" to a task you did not have time for, a favor you did not want to do, and a committee you did not know existed. Emteaz sits down with boundaries coach and stand-up comic Chidinma Valdivia-Holm to unpack the funny, guilt-soaked, surprisingly learnable art of saying...
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#60 Your Company Values Are Just Wall Decor
😂 "Integrity, Innovation, Excellence" is painted on the lobby wall, and somehow nobody can name them during a layoff. Emteaz sits down with organizational culture researcher and stand-up comic Sunita Verghese-Lindahl to unpack mission statements, "we're a family" speeches, and the gap between…
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#59 Everybody Has a Work Wife and Nobody Told HR
😂 You know their coffee order, their lunch schedule, and which meetings make them twitch, yet you've never once seen them on a weekend. Emteaz sits down with workplace relationships researcher and stand-up comic Lucía Fontaine-Adebayo to unpack the funny, tender, and slightly weird world of work...
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#58 Getting Laid Off Is the New Plot Twist
😂 Your badge stops working, your Slack vanishes mid-sentence, and the email says "this was not an easy decision." Emteaz sits down with career-resilience researcher and stand-up comic Tamsin Okonkwo-Hale to talk about layoffs, restructures, and the surprisingly human art of starting over. 📦 It...
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#57 Hybrid Work Means Commuting to Sit on Zoom
😂 You spent ninety minutes commuting to sit in a glass room and join a video call with the person two desks away. Emteaz sits down with commuting economist and stand-up comic Nneka Obiora-Lindgren to unpack the hidden math of the workday: the commute, the lunch, the "office clothes," and what…
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#56 Your Performance Review Is Basically a Horoscope
😂 "Exceeds expectations" in one box, "needs development" in the next, and a rating scale that somehow makes everyone a three. Emteaz sits down with performance management researcher and stand-up comic Gabriela Santoro-Lindqvist to unpack the strange, funny, and occasionally painful ritual of the...
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#55 Mentors Give Advice, Sponsors Give You Promotions
😂 You've been "meaning to find a mentor" for three years, and your only real career coach is a fortune cookie. Emteaz sits down with mentorship researcher and stand-up comic Rukmini Balasubramanian to untangle mentors, sponsors, and the awkward coffee chat that begins with "Can I pick your…
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#53 Your Group Project Taught You Everything About Work
😂 Remember the group project where one person did everything, one vanished, and one "contributed moral support"? Congratulations, that was your first job training. Emteaz sits down with team dynamics researcher and stand-up comic Imani Brooks-Adeyemi to talk about collaboration, coworkers who...
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#52 Nobody Trained Us for Feedback, Only for Fear
😂 "Can I give you some feedback?" might be the scariest sentence in the English language, right after "Per my last email." Emteaz sits down with communication coach and stand-up comic Delphine Okoye to talk about giving and receiving feedback at work, from the compliment sandwich nobody trusts…
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#51 Your Meeting Has More Attendees Than Decisions
😂 You've been invited to a "quick sync" with fourteen people, no agenda, and a calendar title that just says "Touchpoint." Emteaz sits down with productivity researcher and stand-up comic Beatriz Almeida-Grant to unpack why meetings multiply, why nobody speaks until minute forty, and how to run...
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#50 Fifty Episodes In, We're Still Not Promoted
😂 Fifty episodes, dozens of guests, and one very confused host who still hasn't labeled his yogurt. Emteaz sits down with career storyteller and stand-up comic Zainab Okafor-Reyes to look back at everything the show has taught us about modern work, from the death of the ladder to the rise of the...
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#49 How to Quit Your Job Without Burning the Building Down
😂 You've drafted your resignation letter eleven times, practiced "I have some news" in the shower, and still ended up saying "thanks for everything" to a manager who once microwaved fish. Emteaz sits down with workplace transitions researcher and stand-up comic Elif Demir to talk about the…
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#48 Office Politics Is Just High School With Lanyards
😂 There's a lunch table you're not sure you're allowed to sit at, a group chat you were somehow left out of, and a coworker who knows your entire life story but not your last name. Emteaz sits down with organizational psychologist and stand-up comic Soraya Mehrabi to talk about office politics,...
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#47 Seven Interviews Later, They Chose the Internal Candidate
😂 You rewrote your résumé nine times, survived five rounds of interviews, and received a rejection that began with "We were so impressed." Emteaz sits down with recruiter turned stand-up comic Marisol Vega-Torres to unpack the strange, funny, and occasionally painful world of job hunting, from...
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#46 My Coworker Is a Chatbot and Gets Promoted Faster
😂 Your inbox now has a robot summarizing your meetings, your boss wants "an AI strategy," and you're quietly wondering whether your job is next. Emteaz sits down with AI-at-work researcher and stand-up comic Hana Takahashi to separate the panic from the real picture, from résumé-reading robots…
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#45 Remote Work Gave Us Freedom and Also Pants Optional
😂 You're wearing a blazer on top and pajama pants on the bottom, and your "home office" is a laundry basket with a laptop on it. Emteaz sits down with remote-work researcher and stand-up comic Fatima Al-Rashid to talk about hybrid chaos, office culture, and what "culture" even means when your...
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#44 The Corporate Ladder Is Now a Jungle Gym
😂 You were promised a ladder, a pension, and a corner office, and what you got was a "lateral move" and a laptop sticker. Emteaz sits down with labor historian and stand-up comic Katarzyna Nowak to trace how the 9-to-5, the career ladder, and the lifelong job came to be, and why they're falling...
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#43 Your Job Will Change, So Will Your Skills
😂 You learned a skill in 2015 that now lives only in your résumé, and your "five-year plan" got rewritten by a software update. Emteaz sits down with future-of-work researcher and stand-up comic Amara Nwosu-Bell to talk about which skills last, which ones fade, and how to stay useful without...
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#42 Burnout Is Not a Personality, Stop Putting It on Your Résumé
😂 You've said "I'm slammed" so many times it's basically your email signature, and your calendar looks like a game of Tetris nobody wins. Emteaz sits down with occupational psychologist and stand-up comic Ingrid Solheim to talk about burnout, hustle culture, and the fine art of doing less…
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#41 Your Personal Brand Is Just Your Group Chat Voice
😂 Everyone's a "thought leader" now, every headshot has a blurry bookshelf, and somehow your cousin has 40,000 followers for posting sandwiches. Emteaz sits down with personal branding strategist and improv comedian Mei-Lin Chen to talk about visibility, authenticity, and the awkward art of...
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#40 Boomers Got Gold Watches, We Got Pizza Parties
😂 Your dad says "just work hard and stay loyal," your younger coworker says "that's a red flag," and you're stuck in the middle holding a free pizza slice. Emteaz sits down with workplace sociologist and stand-up comic Naledi Mokoena to unpack how different generations define success. 🕰️ It...
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#39 Your Salary Is Not a Secret, It's a Group Project
😂 Money is the one topic we'll discuss for hours with strangers online but never with the coworker sitting three feet away. Emteaz sits down with financial psychologist and part-time stand-up comic Dr. Leila Haddad to talk about the awkward, hilarious, and surprisingly emotional world of pay,...
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#38 Nobody Knows What Their Boss Actually Does
😂 Your manager is "in back-to-back meetings" again, and you have no idea what that even means. Today, Emteaz sits down with leadership coach and former middle manager Priya Raghunathan to talk about the funniest, most awkward, and most human side of bosses, from the "open door policy" nobody…
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#37 Everyone Has a Side Hustle and Most Are Candles
😂 Your cousin sells resin coasters, your barber is a crypto consultant, and you've got a "business idea" in your Notes app. Welcome to the side hustle era! Emteaz sits down with independent-work researcher turned comedy writer Camila Restrepo to unpack the gig economy, the freelance dream, and…
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#36 Why Every Office Is Secretly a Sitcom
😂 Ever sat through a one-hour meeting that could have been a two-line email? You're not alone, and today we're laughing about it. Emteaz sits down with workplace humor writer and former HR manager turned stand-up comedian Adaeze Okonkwo to break down the funniest, strangest, most relatable parts...
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#35 Funny Travel Memories – Bus Vomit, Hotel Eggs & Getting Lost.
Is travel always relaxing and peaceful? Not in desi families! 😂In this episode of The Funny Podcast Live, host Ahammed shares some of his most hilarious travel memories — from throwing up in buses, sleeping in noisy hotel beds, getting lost in tea gardens, to forgetting bags on trains!If you've...
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#34 My favorite game – PUBG Mobile, passion and madness.
What is your favorite game?In this episode, Ahmed, host of The Funny Podcast Live, shares some funny, memorable, and slightly crazy experiences with his favorite game, PUBG Mobile.Sitting down to play games after school without eating tiffin, fighting with a friend in the squad, and shouting...
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#33 Hilarious School Life Stories – Chalk Fights, Crushes & Crazy Exams.
Remember those days when forgetting homework felt like the end of the world, and sharing a tiffin made you best friends forever?In this episode of The Funny Podcast Live, host Ahammed takes you on a hilarious ride through the unforgettable memories of school life — from blackboard crashes and…
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The Funny Podcast Live is a comedy podcast from Emteaz Media bringing you funny conversations, entertaining stories, unexpected moments, and plenty of laughs.Tune in for lighthearted discussions, hilarious takes on everyday life, and entertaining conversations designed to make you smile and brighten your day. Whether you're looking for a quick laugh or something fun to listen to, The Funny Podcast Live keeps it simple: good vibes, great conversations, and comedy.🎙️ The Funny Podcast Live 😂 Comedy • Conversations • Entertainment 🎧 A podcast by Emteaz Media
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