Steve Kaplan is an author, producer, director, consultant and teacher. He has been the industry’s most sought-after expert on comedy. In addition to having taught at UCLA, NYU, Yale and other top universities, Steve created the HBO Workspace, the HBO New Writers Program and was co-founder and Artistic Director of Manhattan Punch Line Theatre. He has consulted and taught workshops at companies such as HBO, DreamWorks, Disney, Aardman Animation, Sony Pictures Network India, Globo Brazil, and others. He is also the Author of THE HIDDEN TOOLS OF COMEDY, and THE COMIC HERO'S JOURNEY. In addition to private coaching and one-on-one consultations, Steve has taught his Comedy Intensive workshops to thousands of students all around the world. In this podcast we talk about, how a cab driver became a comedy expert and leader in the comedy space, fear of failure, love of comedy and truth in comedy, finding your voice, hustle, reinventing yourself (more than once), vulnerability to pain and success. If you'd like to keep up to date with Steve, check him out on: Facebook: KaplanComedy Website: www.kaplancomedy.com Instagram: skcomedy52 Twitter: skcomedy Follow @Funny in Failure on Insta and FB and @Michael_Kahan on Insta to keep up to date with the latest info.