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Bleav in The Comedy Bureau Field Report — 294 episodes
Ep. 295: Edib Farhan & Winning Fringe as a Poignant (Very Funny) Clown
Ep. 294: Spaghetti Fest 2026 & Gettin' Spaghetti Everywhere
Ep. 293: Amelia Cameron & Doing Late Night at the Kennedy Center
Ep. 292: John Gilkey & The Power of The Fools
Ep. 291: Greg Barris & The Ever-Underestimated Power of Comedy
Ep. 290: Geri Courtney-Austein & Clowning Around and Ending Up at Cannes
Ep. 289: Dewayne Perkins & Flipping Fear Into Comedy
Ep. 288: Sydney Kane & Tragedy Plus Time as a Musical
Ep. 287: Maggie Winters & Embracing All Sides of Live, Laugh, Love
Ep. 286: Chris Colthurst & Better Living Through Improv
Ep. 285: Jeremy Pinsly & Opening a Brand Spankin' New NYC Comedy Club in 2026
Ep. 284: Nikolai Phalen & Dreaming Big Comedy Dreams (and Often in English) in Barcelona
Ep. 283: Jackie Kashian & Finding Joy in Rage
Ep. 282: Chandler Dean & Sparking Joy Through Abolishing Everything
Ep. 281: Rachel Olson & Being of Service with a Seat at the Table
Ep. 280: Natasha Mercado & Building Your Own Corner of Clown
Ep. 279: Mark Vigeant & The Unspoken Inspiration of Getting Your Ass Kicked
Ep. 278: TCB's Jake & What Goes Into Making a Year End List
Ep. 277: Ethan Stanislawski & Being Timely in Comedy (Whether You Like It or Not)
Ep. 276: Andy Sandford & Keeping Jokes as Tight Possible
Ep. 275: Jamie Linn Watson & Getting Back to The Old Internet
Ep. 274: Spaghetti Festival & Sticking on the Wall (Together)
Ep. 273: R.M. Aranda & Bringing Clown to All
Ep. 272: American High Digital & Being Part of a Burgeoning Comedy Empire
Ep. 271: Joey Greer & Defying Convention Starting from the Get Go
Ep. 270: Fabrizio Copano & Getting Your Citizenship So You Can Release Your Comedy Special
Ep. 269: Beth Stelling & Doing a Whole Comedy Special About Your Landlord
Ep. 268: Isaac Landfert & Keeping an Alt Comedy Theater Alive IN THIS ECONOMY
Ep. 267: Lisa Curry & Possibly Doing Comedy at the End of It All?
Ep. 266: Bri Pruett & Building the Hr. in 2025
Ep. 265: Ali Hart & Producing Comedy as Agent of Change(?)
Ep. 264: Walker Ward & Pedicab Powered Blind Dating
Ep. 263: Shannon O'Neill & Molding Comedy Into a Potholder
Ep. 262: David Drake & The Power of Bowling Alleys
Ep. 261: Linzy Beltran & Comedia Por Todo
Ep. 260: Erica Bitton & 10 Years of a Solo Show
Ep. 259: Julie Seabaugh & Documenting Marc Maron
Ep. 258: Victoria Male & Revisiting the 90s the Good Way
Ep. 257: Sam Walt Jones & Manifesting the Theatrical in Live Comedy
Ep. 256: Business Casual & Focused Chaos for Comedic Gold
Ep. 255: Laser Webber & Defying with Queer Joy
Ep. 254: Alexis Dubus & Attempting to Translate Comedy in 2025
Ep. 253: Rebecca Drysdale & Using The Force With Improv
Ep. 252: Pilot Season & aEp. 252: Pilot Season & Growing an Improv Show Out of the Writers' Strike
Ep. 251: YALL Fest & Ep. 251: YALL Comedy Fest & Juggling Truth to Power & Safe Spaces in Comedy
Ep. 250: Skyler Higley & MANDAL & Guaranteeing GUARANTEED!
Ep. 249: Sarah Claspell & Doing Improv Literally Everywhere
Ep. 248: Kristal Adams & Fields-of-Dreams-ing It in NYC
Ep. 247: Joel Mandelkorn & Closing Out a 20 Year Weekly Show
Ep. 246: Teresa Lo & Sticktoitiveness
Ep. 245: Meg Penney & What Goes Into Running a Cool Brooklyn Venue
Ep. 244: Lindsay Adams & The Neverending Quest of Being Liked
Ep. 243: Sam Morrison & Endless Miles of Your Solo Show
Ep. 242: Jenny Chalikian/Romantic Comedy & The World's First & Only Bicoastal Romance Novel Store Comedy Show
Ep. 241: Emily Browning and the Path to Comedy Balloon Enlightenment
Ep. 240: John Hastings and the One After that Dumb Election in 2024
Ep. 239: Lauren Leroux & Standing Out When Everyone Else Is Trying to Stand Out Just Like You
Ep. 238: Sam Varela & El Paso Silverlake Ramen Comedy
Ep. 237: Luke Null & Standing Up for Guitar Comedy
Ep. 236: Tiffany Kimmel & Kind Darkness
Ep. 235: James Adomian & (All the) Path(s) of Most Resistance
Ep. 234: Danny Jolles & Knowing Yourself/Your Credits
Ep. 233: Caroline Hirsch & Doing a Comedy Festival in NYC for 20 Years
Ep. 232: Michael Blieden & The Beauty and Courage of the Joke
Ep. 231: Joel Mandelkorn & The Centers of a Comedy Scene
Ep. 230: Chris Laker & the Meaning Behind Toiling in Obscurity
Ep. 229: Open Screen LA & Creative Neutrality
Ep. 227: Ryan Bitzer & Ian Adkins & an International 800 Pound Gorilla
Ep. 226: Cara Mones & Caroline Suh & Making a Doc About Louis C.K.
Ep. 225: Priyanka Mattoo & Kashmir to Comedy To Memoir
Ep. 224: Tyler Jackson & Taping an Hour of One Liners
Ep. 223: Uriah Wesman & Redefining Yourself as a Comedian
Ep. 222: Emily Catalano & Finally Having Your Own Crowd
Ep. 221: Rachel Scanlon & The Gay Reality
Ep. 220: Tommy Tiernan & Returning to America for Comedy
Ep. 219: Dave Ross & Getting Back Into Doing Everything
Ep. 218: Noah Eberhart & How To Comedy Photography in 2024
Ep. 217: Jake Kroeger & Running a Bureau and a Theater (and a Million Other Things)
Ep. 216: Mike Bridenstine & Comedy Bar Show 101
Ep. 215: Kel Cripe & Being Handpicked by Netflix
Ep. 214: Caitlin Linden & Sketch Comedy Outside of SNL
Ep. 213: Shane Mauss & Comedy a la Science (or Science a la Comedy)
Ep. 212: Kate Willett & Comedy Making a Difference: Question Mark
Ep. 211: Jessica Svendsgaard & Starting an Improv Festival Called MILF
Ep. 210: Red, White & You & Everyone Else You Know
Ep. 209: Sydney Duncan & Being Enough in All the Comedy Spaces
Ep. 208: Kurt Braunohler & 20 Years of a Weekly Comedy Show
Ep. 207: Chloe Radcliffe & Doing a Solo Show About You Cheating
Ep. 206: Club Video & Keeping the Club Actually Cool (and Inviting)
Ep. 205: Sam Varela & State of Comedy 2024
Ep. 204: Hay Beacon & The Easier Way to Move on Up
Ep. 203: Paul Danke & What Makes Live Comedy ALIVE
Ep. 202: Jimmy Jatho & The Importance of Hitting Cues
Ep. 201: Ian Farley & Coming Up with a Show on the Spot
Ep. 200: Natasha Mercado & The Clowning Life
Ep. 199: Atheer Yacoub & Finding Palestinian Comedy in the American World
Ep. 198: Jeremy Culhane & What Makes for Good Improv
Ep. 197: Sachi Ezura & The Legend of 50 First Jokes
Ep. 196: Mo Welch & Estranged Dad Jokes
Ep. 195: Best of 2023 Comedy with Mike Bridenstine
Ep. 194 Joe Zimmerman & Baby Hitler Jokes
Ep. 193: Johnny Gold & The Importance of Small Scenes
Ep. 192: Kristian Mercado & Directing Comedy in 2023
Ep. 191: Frank Chindamo & Proof of Laughter Being Medicine
Ep. 190: Cam Gavinski & Gettin' Meta About Being Meta
Ep. 189 Derek Del Core & How To (Possibly) Get Repped
Ep. 188: Adam Gold & Producing 33 Shows at a Festival
Ep. 187: Sunny Zimmerman & Caitlan Moore & Creating a Brilliant Meta Play About LBJ (and Identity)
Ep. 186: Raiza Licea & Looking to Build an Empire
Ep. 185: Blake Wexler & Nailing Your First Hour
Ep. 184: Eitan Levine & Avoiding Eviction When Doing a Comedy Festival in Your Apartment
Ep. 183: Zach Zucker & Stamptown Stamping Everywhere
Ep. 182: Kyle KA & Don't Tell Comedy Tell All
Ep. 181: Nataly Aukar & NYC Mornings
Ep. 180: Beth Lapides & Conversation Sanctity
Ep. 179: Jesse Friedman & Those Fightin' Memes
Ep. 178: Maddy Martin & Staying Aggressively Alive
Ep. 177: Derrick Brown & The Poetic Comedic
Ep. 176: James Fritz & Political Shmolitical
Ep. 175: Mike Bridenstine & All Star Picks New Faces to Watch
Ep. 174: Mark Vigeant & Finding the Path to a Solo Show
Ep. 173: Allison Goldberg & Taking on Patriarchy & AI Through Fun
Ep. 172: JoAnn Schinderle & Being an Upright Citizen
Ep. 143: Maggie Mackay & The Rebirth of Vidiots
Ep. 166: Sunanda & Finding Yourself in Britney (in Australia)
Ep. 168: Scout Durwood & Atlantic City Dreams
Ep. 171: Matt Catanzano & Six Degrees of Comedy
Ep. 170: Isaac Landfert & Keeping Orderly Chaos in the YARD
Ep. 169: Chris Fleming & The State of Silly
Ep. 167: Babs Romen & The Green Room as The Green House
Ep. 165: Josh Gondelman & Fighting for Deserved Slivers
Ep. 164: Mike Bridenstine & Butthole Vietnam/Chronicling History of a Comedy Scene
Ep. 163: Nato Green & The Parallels Between Union Organizing and Stand Up
Ep. 162: Noah Eberhart & Switching Lenses from LA to NYC Comedy
Ep. 161: Alan Kliffer & Planting Comedy Seeds and Watching Them Grow
Ep. 160: Claire Woolner & The Importance of PDA (Public Displays of Altadena)
Ep. 159: Joe Pickett & Nick Prueher & Living for Bits
Ep. 158: Addie Weyrich & Doin' Transcendent Bits
Ep 157: Addi Somekh & Better Living Through Balloons
Ep. 156: Myq Kaplan & 2 Evolve 2 Enlighten
Ep. 155: Ben Wasserman & Doing Comedy at Funeral Homes
Ep. 154: Byron Bowers & Keeping It Raw
Ep. 153: Mary O’Connell & Winning a Comedy Contest on OnlyFans TV
Ep. 152: Shaun Landry & Having Space(s) for Diversity in Comedy
Ep. 151: Joel Mandelkorn & The Re-Rebirth of Hot Tub
Ep. 150: Bill Oakley & Bringing Back Mission Hill
Ep. 149: Reshma Meister & Giving Yourself Permission to Clown
Ep. 148: Bobcat Goldthwait & Leaving Los Angeles
Ep. 147: Kenneth Rudnicki & The Comedy Fan Perspective
Ep. 146: Sara Schaefer & Finding Yourself in Comedy (After Trying Everything)
Ep. 145: Bobbie Oliver & Safe Space Upkeep
Ep. 144: Megan Koester & Doing One of Those 2022 Round-Ups, But Much More Fun
Ep. 142: Sean Casey & a New NEW Lyric Hyperion
Ep. 141: Sammy Mowrey & The Non Binary Side of the Comedy
Ep. 140: Lynn Maleh & Making Space for All Shades of Brown
The Comedy Bureau Field Report Ep. 139: Johnny Gold & Respect for the Artistry of Comedy
Ep. 138: Ariel Elias & Having a Kimmel Debut Because of How You Handled a Heckler with Grace
Ep. 137: Hasan Minhaj & The Mise En Scène of Comedy
Ep. 136: Chloe Radcliffe & Importance of Timing (Offstage)
Ep. 135: Jane Harrison & Not Having to Go Up All the Time to Be a Comedian
Ep. 134: Curtis Cook & Being Absolutely Clear
Ep. 133: Richard Barrett & Running Comedy Clubs on Both Sides of LA
Ep. 132: Joel Mandelkorn & Slow Apocalypse Variety Hr
Ep. 131: Dylan Adler and Kelly Bachman & Making Their Own Comedy Gold from Trauma
Ep. 130: Simon Taylor & Taping at Sydney Opera House
Ep. 129: Ellory Smith & Dana Donnelly & Coming Up in Comedy Under Capitalism
Ep. 128: Adam Cayton-Holland & Staying on The High Plains
Ep. 127: Brett Davis & The Slow Burn
Ep. 126: Blake Rosier & Uncharted Territories
Ep. 125: Roz Hernandez & Second Go Arounds
Ep. 124: Todd Glass & Moving Comedy Forward
Ep. 123: Alex Hanna & The Door at The Comedy Store
Ep. 122: Hayley Beacon & Zillennials?
Ep. 121: Olivia Amerling & Comedy Fandom Turned Dedicated Comedy Producing
Ep. 120: MC Chris & Multi-verses on Multiverses
Ep. 119: Bailey Norton & Women Getting Death Threats They Don't Deserve in 2022
Ep. 118: Max Beasley & Being on the Side of Jokes
Ep. 117: Sophie Santos & Lesbian (+ Filipino & Others) Agenda
Ep. 116: Comedy Give Back (Amber J Lawson & Zoe Friedman) & Looking Out for Comedians
Ep. 115: Nicole Blaine & Building Comedy in an Art Colony
Ep. 114: Avry Ross & Getting an Open Mic with Audience in LA at Midnight
Ep. 113: Cara Connors & Your First Nationwide Tour
Ep. 112: Business Casual & Sketchy Times
Ep. 111: Cricket Arrison & Tenderness in Absurdity
Ep. 110: Brett Johnson & Bringing It All Back to the YARD
Ep. 109: Alice Hamilton & Shots Fired
Ep. 108: Sara June & All Comedy, Everywhere, All at Once
Ep. 107: Chris Copen & Small Market Comedy Economics
Ep. 106: Helen Levenson & Figuring Out a Comedy Scene
Ep. 105: Gianmarco Soresi & Doing the Soderbergh
Ep. 104: Kenice Mobley & Rooftop Debuts
Ep. 103: Danielle Lee & The Importance of Being Yourself
Ep. 102: Val Douroux & Starting Comedy Festivals
Ep. 101: Yedoye Travis & Redefining the Idea of Being a Comedian
Ep. 100: Yemi Afolabi & Comedy in Swenglish
Ep. 99: Will Miles & Keeping it Chicago
Ep. 98: Katrina Davis & What Apologies Are Missing
Ep. 97: Erik Abriss & The Actual Good Fight
Ep. 96: Gabe Henry & Comedy Haikus in a Time of a Global Pandemic
Ep. 95: Ruby Karp & Actual Hope
Ep. 94: Casey Feigh & Walking Into a Dive Bar to Do Improv
Ep. 93: Joel Mandelkorn & Oof, It's 2022
Ep. 92: Sam Varela & 2022 Electric COVID-loo
Ep. 91: Rebecca Drysdale & Changing with Change
Ep. 90: Sean Casey & Making Works in Progress
Ep. 89: Dylan Adler & The In-Betweens
Ep. 88: Dave Ross & Rededicating Yourself to Comedy
Ep. 87: Carl Tart & Indie Improv Days Again
Ep. 86: Catherine McCafferty & First 8 Days Living in NYC
Ep. 85: Skyler Higley & Where We Are with Adoption Jokes
Ep. 84: Kate Banford & Homes for Weirdness
Ep. 83: Mike Mulloy & Growing Grassroots
Ep. 82: Jeena Bloom & Forward Moving Needles
Ep. 81: Caitlin Cook & New New York Comedy
Ep. 80: Alissa Nutting & Alyson Levy & Following Illogic
Ep. 79: Paul Provenza & Comedy of Future Past
Ep. 78: The Comedy Co-op & Sociocracy
Ep. 77: Chase Bernstein & Letting Go
Ep. 76: DeAnne Smith & Transplanting Again
Ep. 75: Kelly McInerney & The New Landscape of Comedy
Ep. 74: Julie Seabaugh & 9/11 Jokes
Ep. 73: Mikala Knezevich & Working the Comedy Matrix
Ep. 72: Jared Goldstein & LA in NYC
Ep. 71: Lane Moore & Reviving a Nationwide Tour
Ep. 70: Carly Hoogendyk & The New NYC
Ep. 69: Luke McGarry & No Straight Lines
Ep. 68: Carolina Barlow & Truthiness in Love
Ep. 67: Sarah Squirm & The Craft of Absurdity
Ep. 66: Danielle Perez & Making Those Lists
Ep. 65: Robby Hoffman & Knowing Thyself
Ep. 64: Ever Mainard & CC: Vulnerability
Ep. 63: Ashley Ray & Balancing TV/Going Out Again
Ep. 62: Kevin Allison & Pandemic Storytelling
Ep. 61: Teresa Lee & Singularity Humor
Ep. 60: Holly Gabrielson & Pivoting (Maybe)
Ep. 59: Fizaa Dosani & Feel Good Hustling
Ep. 58: James Adomian & The Upcoming Aftermath
Ep. 57: Babs Romen & What Comedy Is Supposed To Do
Ep. 56: Jessica Watkins & Getting Through
Ep. 55: Eli Green & Decentralization
Ep. 54: Lizzy Cooperman & Envisioning Reality
Ep. 53: Amy Solomon & Picking Up the Torch
Ep. 52: Danny Jolles & Oh Yeah, We've Been Doing This for a Year
Ep. 51: Candice Thompson & Thriving?
Ep. 50: Yassir Lester & Some Common Sense
Ep. 49: Megan Koester & Lettin' Quarantine Ride
Ep. 48: Symone Baptiste & Reparations (with People Telling Their Own Stories)
Ep. 47: Leonard Robinson & New (Inclusive) Frontiers
Ep. 46: Aristotle Athiras & Keeping Up During COVID
Ep. 45: Jessica Kelley & Managing the Spirit of Comedy
Ep. 44: Cole Stratton & Keeping a Major Comedy Festival Alive
Ep. 43: Aaron Chase & Doing Comedy Alone
Ep. 42: Mike Bridenstine & Rediscovering Comedy Panel
Ep. 41: Luisa Diez & Reimagining Comedy (When COVID’s Over)
Ep. 40: 2020 Wrap-Up/Best Of/Looking Forward (w/Joel Mandelkorn)
Ep. 39: Zane Rubin & The Miracle of Getting Things Made
Ep. 38: Jill Paiz-Bourque & Big Business in Comedy Live-streaming
Ep. 37: Andrew Max Levy & Seeing What’s Out There
Ep. 36: Tammy Jo Dearen & Nikole Larson & Drive-In Comedy
Ep. 35: Chris Gethard & Community Building
Ep. 34: Morgan Jay & Going Boffo on Zoom
Ep. 33: Chad Damiani & Clowning/Idiot in a Pandemic
Ep. 32: Chris Estrada & Making the Best of 2020
Ep. 31: James Austin Johnson vs. Trump
Ep. 30: Lost Moon Radio & Doing Fine (w/Hiccups)
Ep. 29: Matt Kirshen & Recalibrating
The Comedy Bureau Field Report Ep. 28: Jamel Johnson & The LA Outdoors
Ep. 27: Sean Patton & Gettin’ (Somewhat) Back on the Road
Ep. 26: Fifi Dosch & Being Out/Getting Out
Ep. 25: Lisa Curry & Coming Oh So Close
Ep. 24: Steve Hernandez & Calculated Risks
Ep. 23: Carmen Morales & Important Distractions
Ep. 22: Elyssa Phillips & Pack Mentality
Ep. 21: Emma Willmann & Outside
Ep. 20: Kyle Kinane & Tranquility (Kind of)
Ep. 19: Sam Varela & Thinking of Everyone
Ep. 18: Jena Friedman & Dark Comedy Now
Ep. 17: Steve Feinartz & The Waiting to See
Ep. 16: Nore Davis & Change for the Better
Ep. 15: Christina Catherine Martinez & Aesthetics
Ep. 14: Naomi Ekperigin & Connection
Ep. 13: Eddie Pepitone Takes Over
Ep. 12: Brodie Reed & Balance in Chaos
Ep. 11: Atsuko Okatsuka & BLM Rising
Ep. 10: Gareth Reynolds Right Before LA Curfew
Ep. 9: Barbara Gray & Moving Forward
Ep. 8: Jackie Kashian & Adaptation
Ep. 7: David Gborie and Chilling Alone
Ep. 6: Myq Kaplan and Staying Present
Ep. 5 Ahamed Weinberg/Nick Nemeroff & Quarantine Beef
Ep. 4: Debra DiGiovanni & Adaptation
3. Jamie Loftus and a Quarantine Comedy Sword
2. Joel Mandelkorn and Live-Streaming Live Comedy
1. Ian Abramson and Weird Times