Hannah Roeschlein pulls no punches on stage or off, a fact which has spurred the Indiana native to new heights across the country. She's also got a lot on her mind – and her return to A Tight 45 with Tabari McCoy is the place where you can find out all she has to say!

In just seven years of comedy, Hannah has achieved quite a bit: Her debut album, Asian American Psycho, was released  in 2023, she's a regular at The Stand in New York City and The Laugh Factory in her current home of Chicago ... And she was the cover subject of Pattern magazine's March 2022 issue. She's also working on her acting chops, the short film It Happened One Weekend – a tale about two friends explore the boundaries of their relationship after both getting dumped – finding her playing the role of Abby.

On this episode of A Tight 45, Hannah chats with Tabari on a number of subjects, including sports, racism, being uncensored, maturity on and off stage ... And why you can slide in her DMs anytime you want as long as you're prepared to be disappointed. 

Check out this episode and others you may have missed at https://atight45.buzzsprout.com/or wherever you get your podcasts today! For more on Tabari or ask a question, be sure to visit www.tabarimccoy.com or email [email protected].

There are three things you should know about Mia Jackson: (1) She's a funny (2) She's tall ... and now, (3) She's a two-time guest on A Tight 45 with Tabari McCoy!

A New Face by the Just for Laughs Comedy Festival  and Atlanta's Creative Loafing's Critic's Choice Best Stand-Up in the city in 2017, Jackson has toured nationally with Amy Schumer and is a featured comic at festivals and clubs across the country. Her first stand up special aired in October 2018 as part of Unprotected Sets on EPIX (Now MGM+).  Additionally, she has appeared on "NickMom's Night Out," Viceland, "Comedy Central's This Week at the Comedy Cellar" and was even a semi-finalist on season nine of NBC's "Last Comic Standing." You may have also seen her starring in her own Comedy Central Half-Hour in 2019.

On this episode of A Tight 45, Mia chats with Tabari on a number of subjects, including Atlanta sports, OutKast, their mutual love of sneakers and so much more! Why are you still reading – go listen to the episode!!! 

Check out this episode and others you may have missed at https://atight45.buzzsprout.com/or wherever you get your podcasts today! For more on Tabari or ask a question, be sure to visit www.tabarimccoy.com or email [email protected].

Cy Amundson is a very funny native of Minnesota with a litany of achievements to his credit. This includes appearances on CONAN, Comedy Central's This is Not Happening and Adam Devine's House Party  as well Family Guy and American Dad!, all of which cemented his work on stage as a top stand-up comedian with appearances on The Bob & Tom Show and the former Just for Laughs Comedy Festival in Montreal. Away from the stage, he's also overcome a  lot in recent years, which is inspiring his comeback to the stage in very personal and honest ways.

But on this episode of A Tight 45 with Tabari McCoy, the only thing happening is pure hilarious insanity from start to finish!

On this episode of A Tight 45, Cy flips the tables on Tabari, taking the role of interviewer, throwing jabs and zingers faster than his host can think of a response. This leads to covering a lot of subjects including their height difference, the weather in Amundson's native Minnesota and - oh, just listen to the episode and find out for yourself!  

Check out this episode and others you may have missed at https://atight45.buzzsprout.com/or wherever you get your podcasts today! For more on Tabari or ask a question, be sure to visit www.tabarimccoy.com or email [email protected].

 Luke Capasso is a renaissance man. Funny on stage, he has been seen on  MTV, heard  on  BBC Radio,  Provided Content and Performed for Channel 5's Furious and Funny as well as a few failed TV pilots for Dave and ITV. Off stage, he is a very skilled craftsman whose work with hands should have landed him a PBS or HGTV show by now.

But while he waits for things to happen, he'll just have to settle for being the  latest guest on A Tight 45 with Tabari McCoy!

A self-fancied absurdist who got into comedy in a very unexpected way, Luke joins this episode of A Tight 45 to chat with Tabari talks with Robert about military life, comedy, the seemingly lost art of working with one's hands and dollhouses. Yes ... Dollhouses. 

Check out this episode and others you may have missed at https://atight45.buzzsprout.com/or wherever you get your podcasts today! For more on Tabari or ask a question, be sure to visit www.tabarimccoy.com or email [email protected].

Robert Jenkins not only passed the bar as a comedian, he actually also passed the bar as a lawyer. Now, he combines both talents to leave his clients happy and audiences in stitches.   And now, he's the latest guest on A Tight 45 with Tabari McCoy!

Beginning his comedy career in 2012, Robert has quickly established himself as a comedic force throughout the Midwest, appearing on the Fox television show Laughs as as well as several festivals including Gilda's Laughfest’s "Best of the Midwest Competition" and the Bridgetown Comedy Festival in Portland, Oregon.

On this episode of A Tight 45, Tabari talks with Robert about Ohio and Michigan's football rivalry, the duality of holding down a very regulated day job while pursuing wild comedy dreams at night, the benefits of therapy ... And the insanity of watching criminals snitch on themselves on television shows.

Check out this episode and others you may have missed at https://atight45.buzzsprout.com/or wherever you get your podcasts today! For more on Tabari or ask a question, be sure to visit www.tabarimccoy.com or email [email protected].

Rachel Gallager knows two things: Comedy and talent. Now that she's part of the Avail Comedy team, she's combining her two loves into a career while helping her clients laugh all the way to the ... Well, why not let her tell you on the latest episode of A Tight 45 with Tabari McCoy!

A lifelong fan of stand-up comedy who got hooked on live performance when her womb-mate first got on stage at 18, Rachel started working in the corporate world in project management, working and living in London, Munich, Melbourne and Singapore before going back to her first love: Comedy. That led to her settling in Los Angeles in 2018, before producing podcasts. The pandemic saw her start running the "Nowhere Comedy Club," the first virtual club to bring live stand-up to your living room. She also produced and co-hosted a virtual show that raised almost $100K for comedians that were out of work.

In 2020 she transitioned into talent management, now alongside Jessica and Tasha. Her primary focus are comedic actors, writers, and performers. Her clients are on Netflix, Comedy Central, Hulu, Adult Swim, Hartbeat, and can be heard on Sirius/XM.

On this episode of A Tight 45, Tabari talks with Rachel about the business side of comedy, detailing everything from the differences between agents and managers as well as all the various trends that should (and shouldn't) continue in 2024 and beyond ... And clowns. Yes ... Clowns.

Check out this episode and others you may have missed at https://atight45.buzzsprout.com/or wherever you get your podcasts today! For more on Tabari or ask a question, be sure to visit www.tabarimccoy.com or email [email protected].

In 2019, Kyle Grooms was just cruising along, doing his thing. Then, he endured a challenging health setback leading to emergency brain surgery, leaving the comedian to do the only thing he could: Turn it into comedy.

Now, the veteran stand-up is simply enjoying his time on and off stage every day by finding the humor in life and joy in simply being alive.

A native of New Jersey now living in Florida, Grooms is a veteran familiar to fans of stand-up with a resume filled with esteemed credits. This inlcude his half-hour special on Comedy Central as well as notable appearances on "Chappelle's Show," VH1, NBC, "Showtime at the Apollo," BET,  CBS, HBO ... and a standout role in the Amy Schumer-led film "I Feel Pretty."  He also turned his medical experience into a comedy special,  "Kyle Grooms: Brain Humor" in 2020.

On this episode of A Tight 45, Tabari talks with Kyle about his outlook on life post-brain surgery, the joys of parenting, going vegan ... And gets some insight into the former "Straight Plan for the Gay Man" cast member's dream acting role. 

Check out this episode and others you may have missed at https://atight45.buzzsprout.com/or wherever you get your podcasts today! For more on Tabari or ask a question, be sure to visit www.tabarimccoy.com or email [email protected].

She's no Southern belle ... She's just very, very talented. "She" is Allison Summers – and she's the next guest on this episode of A Tight 45 with Tabari McCoy!

An actress and filmmaker who can be seen in both commercials and performing in sketches and with improv groups, Allison Summers is also an accomplished stand-up comedian. Earning her  BFA from University of Maryland, she studied at The Second City in Chicago, the Upright Citizens Brigade and The Annoyance Theater.  A person who values her sobriety, she has also taught improv and stand-up to people in recovery and women in prison. She's even got several entries on her IMDb page!

On this episode of A Tight 45, Tabari talks with Allison about the similarities and differences between stand-up and sketch,  how people seem to be getting married earlier and earlier as well as why there are few things funnier than people tripping and falling.

Check out this episode and others you may have missed at https://atight45.buzzsprout.com/or wherever you get your podcasts today! For more on Tabari or ask a question, be sure to visit www.tabarimccoy.com or email [email protected].

Lee Michael Kimbrell traded in classrooms for comedy clubs ... And he's been teaching people to laugh along ever since.

A humble Southern gentleman who likes to make every show a chill party full of good times and great vibes, Lexington, KY native Lee Kimbrell is making waves - and plenty of fans - nationwide. Often seen performing in comedy clubs and theaters nationwide as a regular opener for fellow comic Theo Von, Kimbrell is poised for big things in 2024 and beyond as he gains more and more followers.   His debut special, "Mike & Molly," is available on YouTube now and is on Tubi, which you can find in between all the low budget 'hood movies,  old episodes of "The Bachelorette" and kids' programming  – "The Son of Bigfoot," anyone? - you didn't even know existed.  

On this episode of A Tight 45, Tabari and Lee discuss everything from their shared days working in America's classrooms to working with Theo Von and the key to a great relationship - and more! This episode was also recorded at the new Go Bananas Comedy Club podcast studio ... Although Tabari had to use his own mic since the finishing touches were still being put in place at the time!

New episodes of A Tight 45 with Tabari McCoy, sponsored by Everybody's Records, release Thursdays at 9 a.m. Check out this episode and others you may have missed at https://atight45.buzzsprout.com/or wherever you get your podcasts today! For more on Tabari or ask a question, be sure to visit www.tabarimccoy.com or email [email protected].

So ... Did you miss me???

There's been a sabbatical in between episodes ... But after 13 months, A Tight 45 with Tabari McCoy is back – and Emmy Award-winning sports journalist Elise Jesse is the guest!   

A Tight 45 specializes in chatting with people who have interesting careers/hobbies/habits/insight into this thing we call life ... And Jesse has all four.  As noted on her page on SI.com, Jesse has been covering the NFL with an emphasis on the Cincinnati Bengals and AFC North since 2013 – her feature storytelling has earned her an Ohio Valley Emmy Award in broadcast journalism. In addition, the former TV reporter is an  avid college basketball watcher, a mother of two and is the wife of Mike Rehfeldt, the Associate Athletic Director for Sports Performance at the University of Cincinnati.
 
On this episode of A Tight 45, Tabari dives into Jesse's career and finds out how the near 6-foot tall sports junkie got her start in journalism, the wonders of working in Montana and discusses her non-sports specialty (cooking) among other subjects. And this was before Tabari himself turned on his oven to do something more than make bacon and she became obsessed with sourdough bread!

Check out this episode and others you may have missed at https://atight45.buzzsprout.com/or wherever you get your podcasts today! For more on Tabari or ask a question, be sure to visit www.tabarimccoy.com or email [email protected].