Chris Carfizzi’s senior quote is a solid example of both plagiarism and pretentiousness, still the immortal bard would have been proud if he knew who was ripping him off.  Chris joins Lyssa & Phil on the show to discuss family expectations, yearbooks and Newbugh, NY.

The magic of worlds like Sailor Moon and Harry Potter had a profound affect on Lily Du. One of the ways in which this manifested itself was her fan fiction that allowed her to participate in the world of Sailor Moon. Lily shares some of her writing from when she was 12 which combines her love of […]

Mallory Gracenin’s thank you letter was to her biggest 4th grade crush, written after a magical night at the roller rink. It was filled with thought, sentiment and Cartman sketches. The tragedy is that it was never delivered to it’s intended recipient… and it was all his fault. Despite this grade-school heartbreak, Mallory has been […]

The bitch seat is coming to you live from Q.E.D. in Astoria with Dave Ebert’s superhero drawings, Brooke Arnold’s religious literature, Livia Scott’s roll of tape and a special musical performance by Rebecca Vigil.

Xanga was the blogging platform of choice for a large generation of angst fueled adolescents. “shatteredsoul”, or Chelsea Condren as she’s known these days, filled hers with journal entries and reviews. Her developing diatribes about Ron & Hermione would help lead to her realizations that she didn’t want a boyfriend like Ron, but rather a Girlfriend […]

David Lawson’s Short Story was published in the Emerson College literary journal in 2002. It was David’s attempt at writing in the style of Woody Allen, who is a huge influence of his. David got his first taste of the spotlight at his bar mitzvah, after which he knew he wanted to be an entertainer. […]

Jen Keefe’s Journals from the Santa Maria detail the mindset of ‘Diego’, a crewman of Christopher Columbus’ ready to put him into a cooper barrel and toss him overboard. It’s guaranteed to be one of the top five pieces of historical revisionism from a fourth grader you’ll hear today. Jen is one of the rare well-adjusted comics that […]

Katie Compa’s “Save the Chesapeake Bay” piece was never supposed to really see the light of day. It wasn’t until her father secretly submitted it to the local newspaper that it had it’s day in the sun. In fact they even started a children’s column because of it. While Katie became confident after discovering comedy, she […]

Jared Wilder’s WWE blanket has been with him through thick and thin. It’s a tangible symbol of both strength and vulnerability for the NYC based comedian who was born underweight with a heart condition, had his Bar Mitzvah at Medieval Times and signed into AIM using the handle ‘LithiumDX’. Lyssa shares a 1996 entry from […]

Josh Kreb’s script is a dark work of angst mixing both the morbid and humorous. You can probably say that for a lot of what he’s still doing today. The co-Host of sister show “Bloody Date Night” joins Lyssa and Phil to discuss being a troublemaker in Texas and a special table read of his […]