Bleav in The Comedy Bureau Field Report

How does one tell if and when it's a good time to write a memoir as a comedian? There's no exact science to it, but the life lead by one Byron Bowers most certainly calls for one with all of his stories of growing up with paranoid schizophrenic dad and then finding his way through comedy from ATL to LA to Montreal and all around the world. On this week's TCB Field Report, we follow Byron through his journey to writing this book with the esteemed Julie Seabaugh (when there were times he almost burnt it all up)

Follow Byron @byronbowers across socials and get The Hardest Part of Schizophrenia is Spelling Schizophrenia where you get your books.

Produced by Jake Kroeger

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Grace Bahler is a very quickly rising star in LA comedy, so much so that she just achieved what many in comedy endlessly strive to do: Quitting the day job to pursue comedy full time. Bahler already has so much on her plate with an experimental comedy album, a weekly WIP hour show, a weekly new material stand-up show, and another semi-monthly stand-up show in both LA and NYC that she won't worry of what to do with her newly freed up time. We get into all of Grace's journey, past, present, and future as well as what goes into doing an entire album of affirmations on this week's TCB Field Report.

Follow Grace @gracebahlercentral on IG, listen to Gracefirmations here, and get tix to all her upcoming shows here.

Produced by Jake Kroeger

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Of this era, Steve Hernandez is one of a very select handful names synonymous with LA comedy. As such, he's well overdue for a debut special, which is coming next week in the form of Fat! Mexican! Queer? We get into the nitty gritty of how Steve not only built this hour, but capturing his entire ascent through the Los Angeles comedy scene not only as a bi-poly-queer Mexican comedian, but the man behind one of LA's most revered rooms, The Chatterbox in West Covina.

Follow Steve @hernia on IG and watch his Spesh! special Fat! Mexican! Queer? on YouTube 10/28 @ 12PM.

Produced by Jake Kroeger

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It has been no secret that, for decades, the art form of comedy has been a feast or famine proposition when it comes to making a living. Yet, the recent transition of SiriusXM's Raw Dog Comedy Channel to one curated by Sebastian Maniscalco has made that dynamic even more dire. We break down the entire #SiriusSebastian situation with Burn This Records founder and beloved LA comedian Brandie Posey and what needs to be done to make a better future for comedy (and, well, artists in general).

Follow Brandie @brandazzle on IG, visit BurnThisRecords.com, and read up on #SiriusSebastian here.

Produced by Jake Kroeger

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While it's something to note when good comedy folks publish books, it's a whole other, even more amazing thing to note when their book is such good "edutainment" that it gets on college reading lists before it's actually released. That's what happened with the amazing writer/performer Joey Clift and his upcoming book We've Been Here the Whole Time: A Not So Sacred Guide to All Things Native America, which hilariously lives up to the title (and then some). We get into Joey's journey into making this milestone book not only happen, but get such rave response ahead of it hitting bookstore shelves.

Follow Joey @joeycliiiiiift on IG and get his amazing book We've Been Here the Whole Time: A Not So Sacred Guide to All Things Native America here.

Produced by Jake Kroeger

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Seminal comedy pioneer Beth Lapides is still blazing a trail after being at the helm of the legendary comedy/music/variety showcase Uncabaret for decades and now going forth with her own show, It's A Lot with the aim to both entertain and also show a better path forward in a universe that is seemingly beset with onslaughts of chaos from all sides. We go in deep with Beth on the origins, plans, and hopes on the pretty perfectly, aptly named show.

Follow Beth at bethlapides.com on IG @beth_lapides and get tix for It's a Lot at Lyric Hyperion from 9/17-9/19 here.

Produced by Jake Kroeger

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In Tinseltown, internships often come with the prospect of your fate being tied to how your answer a phone and your acumen for running errands at very same time. When it comes to interning at a comedy at a theater, the responsibilities run different, but it doesn't mean that you're hustling any iota less. We chat with Lyric Hyperion's brand new intern, the bright and ambitious Brady Smith, on hitting the ground running in LA while studying up at Emerson's LA campus and interning at the wondrous, wildly varied nights at Lyric Hyperion on this week's TCB Field Report.

Follow Brady @bradysmith_25 on IG and catch a show at Lyric Hyperion here.

Produced by Jake Kroeger

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Even if you have done stand-up comedy for a long time, successfully, and released multiple hours of comedy that have been critically acclaimed, diving into producing your own special for the first time can be daunting as well as rewarding in ways you couldn't even imagine. That's the story we follow with the hysterical Derek Sheen and his brand new shiny (self-produced) hour special, Unrelatable on this week's TCB Field Report.

Follow Derek on @dereksheen666 on IG and watch Unrelatable right here right now.

Produced by Jake Kroeger

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The labyrinthian and dystopian nature of the American Healthcare System as is feels like a cruel joke, which is why NYC comedians Emily Menez and Ian Goldstein have decided to do an entire comedy festival dedicated to joking about the mess that is the aforementioned healthcare system this weekend at Brooklyn Art Haus. Best of all, unlike your healthcare premiums, it's FREE. We talk all about it's origins, reasons, and more on this week's TCB Field Report.

Get tix for Fixing the American Healthcare System (in 2 Days) Comedy Festival this weekend here. Follow Emily @theemilymenez and Ian @iangoldsteinyes on IG.

Produced by Jake Kroeger

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While the idea of comedy as a salve for trauma is nothing new, Alaina Bamfield makes her own mark on today's ever growing, crowded field of comedy by doing an entire half hour stand-up comedy special about life as a survivor of infamous serial child molester Larry Nassar. Called Untouchable, Alaina took her time honing it, making sure that the material was undeniably funny, and very much wanted to have humor be part of her journey forward from the horrific experience (she had to make her victim impact statement less roast-y). We follow how all of this came to be with a terrific new special on this week's TCB Field Report.

Follow Alaina @alianabamfield on IG and watch Untouchable now on YouTube here.

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