Ask Roulette

Ask Roulette

By Jody AvirganComedyArtsPerforming Arts
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Ask Roulette episodes

  • Robert Krulwich, Favorite Word, One Rule, Goat Sex (or Comebacks/Clap Back)

    Ask Roulette is the conversation series in which strangers ask each other questions live on stage. You come with a question you want to ask a stranger, then get randomly paired. The catch is you can't ask a question until you've answered a question first. This is an excerpt from our regular live shows. For more information about how to attend a live show, subscribe to the newsletter at AskRoulette.net. Ask Roulette is hosted by Jody Avirgan (FiveThirtyEight) with house band Eli Bolin (Story Pirates; Sesame Street)

    44 min
  • Rembert Browne, Sex vs. Food, Funeral Home, Cowboy Musical

    Ask Roulette is the conversation series in which strangers ask each other questions live on stage. You come with a question you want to ask a stranger, then get randomly paired. The catch is you can't ask a question until you've answered a question first. This is an excerpt from our regular live shows. For more information about how to attend a live show, subscribe to the newsletter at AskRoulette.net. Ask Roulette is hosted by Jody Avirgan (FiveThirtyEight) with house band Eli Bolin (Story Pirates; Sesame Street)

    42 min
  • Anna Holmes, Subway Etiquette, U.S. President, Shoplifting

    Ask Roulette is the conversation series in which strangers ask each other questions live on stage. You come with a question you want to ask a stranger, then get randomly paired. The catch is you can't ask a question until you've answered a question first. This is an excerpt from our regular live shows. For more information about how to attend a live show, subscribe to the newsletter at AskRoulette.net. Ask Roulette is hosted by Jody Avirgan (FiveThirtyEight) with house band Eli Bolin (Story Pirates; Sesame Street)

    27 min
  • (We're Back!) Pat Kiernan, Leaving NYC, Sleepless Nights

    Ask Roulette is the conversation series in which strangers ask each other questions live on stage. You come with a question you want to ask a stranger, then get randomly paired. The catch is you can't ask a question until you've answered a question first. This is an excerpt from our regular live shows. For more information about how to attend a live show, subscribe to the newsletter at AskRoulette.net. Ask Roulette is hosted by Jody Avirgan (FiveThirtyEight) with house band Eli Bolin (Story Pirates; Sesame Street)

    36 min
  • Ask Roulette: Tracy Clayton, Heben Nigatu, Your Body, Friends

    Ask Roulette is the conversation series in which strangers ask each other questions live on stage.

    This excerpt is from our recent show at Housing Works Bookstore in NYC, featuring Tracy Clayton and Heben Nigatu of Buzzfeed, house band Eli Bolin, and questions from the audience.

    More podcasts and info about the live show on the website: www.askroulette.net

    Ask Roulette Intro Theme: "Let Her Go" by Mac Demarco

    Ask Roulette Outro Theme: "Credible Threats" by The One AM Radio

    34 min
  • Ask Roulette - W. Kamau Bell, Bell House, Remembering David Carr

    Ask Roulette is the conversation series in which strangers ask each other questions live on stage.

    This excerpt is from our 2014 show at Brooklyn's Bell House, and features comedian W. Kamau Bell, as well as house band Eli Bolin and audience members.

    We also remember New York Times columnist David Carr with an excerpt from his appearance on the show.

    More podcasts and info about the live show on the website: www.askroulette.net

    Ask Roulette Intro Theme: "Let Her Go" by Mac Demarco

    Ask Roulette Outro Theme: "Credible Threats" by The One AM Radio

    40 min
  • Mixtape: Best of Ask Roulette Year 3

    Ask Roulette is a conversation series in which strangers ask each other questions on stage.

    The best of Ask Roulette year three! Featuring, among many others: W. Kamau Bell, Jad Abumrad and Robert Krulwich of Radiolab, John Dickerson of Slate, Jay Smooth, Anna Holmes of Fusion, Rembert Browne of Grantland, Lizzie O'Leary of Marketplace, Chuck Klosterman, Kurt Andersen of Studio 360...and lots more.

    More podcasts and info about the live show on the website: www.askroulette.net

    Subscribe (please rate and review!) to the podcast on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/ask-roulette/id527319855

    Follow us Twitter.com/askroulette | Facebook.com/AskRoulette

    Ask Roulette Outro Theme: "Credible Threats" by The One AM Radio

    25 min
  • Ask Roulette - Clinton Yates, Mars vs. Trucking, Advice to Yourself (And That Buzz)

    Ask Roulette is a conversation series in which strangers ask each other questions on stage. This excerpt is from our April show at Politics and Prose bookstore in DC, and features Clinton Yates of the Washington Post, plus house band Eli Bolin -- and some audience members.

    Questions Asked:

    -- What advice would you give your younger self?

    -- Would you rather go to Mars but lose all your brain cells, or drive a truck?

    -- What was your best summer job?

    -- More!

    More information about Ask Roulette, including future events: www.askroulette.net

    Subscribe (please rate and review!) to the podcast on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/ask-roulette/id527319855

    Follow us Twitter.com/askroulette | Facebook.com/AskRoulette

    21 min

About Ask Roulette

From the publisher's feed

Ask Roulette is a conversation series in which strangers ask each other questions, live on stage. It's a mix of conversation, comedy, and storytelling -- there's also music. David Plotz of Slate calls it "great" and the Observer says it's one of NYC's 10 Best Podcasts.