Kiki Melendez has had her cheerleading trunks stuffed into her underwear drawer for years. Her cheerleading career was one of her first forays into performing that lead to her starting “Hot Tamales Live!”, a talent showcase that celebrates diversity in America through performances by comics, sketch artists and dancers. Like The Bitch Seat on Facebook

The early aughts brought us blockbuster movie franchises like Lord of the Rings and Pirates of the Caribbean. They also provided a golden age of magazine covers where Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom and Elijah Wood stared at you as you stood in line at the supermarket. Luckily for us, Caitlin Durante clipped and cataloged all […]

The Bitch Seat’s very own live show producer in L.A., Matt Fried, compares and contrasts some of poems he had written when he was 15 and then 18. Like the Bitch Seat on Facebook

Jess Wood returns to the Bitch Seat with more tantalizing tales and debauched discourse.

Jess Wood’s notes to her 10th grade boyfriend are a good reflection of her playful and fun-loving nature. These notes make for an interesting and unique contrast to her life, which she explains in her Twitter bio as “Born to hippies, raised by gangs”. She talks to Lyssa & Phil about being a part of […]

Nate Starkey’s drawings were originally meant for the refrigerator of his childhood home in Denver, Colorado. A few years later, when Nate was a grown man, his mother decided to frame and gift these drawings back to him, where they have hung in his bathroom ever since. Nate brings them in as Lyssa & Phil […]

Rich Templeton’s letters of note are written on objects that are almost as interesting as the content of their text. A greeting card, a post card that says “Brake For Moose”; these are the media with which Rich penned his youthful, yet elegant works. Follow The Bitch Seat on Twitter Like The Bitch Seat on […]

In this super-sized episode of The Bitch Seat, Lyssa & Phil celebrate their final-for-now live show in NYC as well as their 50th episode with a bang. Christian Finnegan (Black & White, Chapelle’s Show) unearths a coupon book he made for his mother and  Subhah Agarwal (Comedy Central, PBS) shares her deck of playing cards […]

Deepak Ananthapadmanabha’s childhood comic books are some of the more coveted artifacts that we’ve had on the show, particularly at a time when the Marvel & DC brands are everywhere. Deepak brings in a few of his favorites to share with Lyssa & Phil. Follow The Bitch Seat on Twitter Like The Bitch Seat on […]

Elke Reid is an improviser and is full of surprises. She sits down with Lyssa & Phil and shares stories about her time in the military as well as one of her earliest featured roles.