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Heidi Regan! Comedian! Author! Friend! Delight! More! Her new book "How to Slay Dragons and Influence Peasants" is out now and it's hilarious1 You can also follow her @heidi_regan on instagram/tiktok. Also, she's my guest on this podcast! We have a great talk. You can have a great listen! Enjoy! PS This is only the first HALF of our chat. For part two, subscribe via Apple Podcasts OR simply click on over here to Patreon!

Derek Sheen! Comedian! Friend! Delight! More! Derek and I have a great talk! You can have a great listen! And here's some more about Derek and his newest hour of comedy, "Unrelatable": "As often as his crowd seems to brace for impact, they spend more time howling at his audacity. Sheen can be crude, but he's never alienating or upsetting" - Chicago Reader

Derek Sheen is a cuddly mess of insecurities, a human hug and a one-of-a-kind storyteller. He has amassed a loyal fanbase after years of touring with such acts as Patton Oswalt, Janeane Garofalo and Brian Posehn who said, "Derek is so funny and smart it makes me mad." Sheen has been described as audacious, irreverent and a "human hug" by acclaimed author Lindy West. His ability to mine humor from the dark underbelly of the human condition has made him a favorite of comedy nerds around the globe.

On Unrelatable Derek Sheen tackles the creeping indignities of aging, chronic social awkwardness, and the strange comfort of feeling out of step with everyone. Through dark autobiographical stories and irreverent, meticulously crafted bits, he makes an unusually compelling case that discomfort is pretty universal.

Derek Sheen has been writing and performing comedy since his late teens. But after 4 full-length hour releases, a string of tremendous personal losses befell him followed by 2 years of lockdown that he says "changed [him] fundamentally on a molecular basis." This was the moment that comedy became less about joke-writing and more about mining humor from real-life tragedy, a transition that brought out a more genuine version of himself. "This hour is the most honest and genuine thing I've ever written," he said. "I hope the audience can laugh with me at the darkness and absurdity of being a human being, because as uniquely awkward as our individual journeys seem, we are all, in the end, relatable."

Watch Unrelateable on on Blonde Medicine's YouTube channel, and enjoy the audio album version wherever albums are sold or heard.

And of course, listen to him on THIS VERY PODCAST! Enjoy!

PS This is only the first HALF of our conversation. For part two, subscribe via Apple Podcasts OR merely click on over here to Patreon!

Grace Bahler! Comedian! Actress! Writer! Friend! Delight! More! Grace's debut album of affirmations, "Gracefirmations for the Bestest Day Ever" just came out, available on all major streaming platforms.

IG and YouTube: @gracebahlercentral

Grace and I have a great chat! You can have a great listen! (Or a Grace listen.)

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Jamel Johnson! Comedian! Podcaster! Friend! Delight! More!

We have a great conversation! you can have a great listen!

Jamel's newest album is called Mid-Range, shot live in one take at Sports Drink in New Orleans.

More about Jamel:

LA-based comedian Jamel Johnson has been in the entertainment world for 16 years. He made a name for himself on the D.C. comedy scene through a hard-to-hate mixture of non-threatening yelling, weird stories and impressively specific but not alienating sports and music references. Jamel lives for the laugh from the one dude in the back of the room who also watches too much SportsCenter. After making his television debut in 2016 on Kevin Hart Presents: Hart of the City, Jamel now performs regularly all across America. Jamel has also been on Comedy Central's Stand Up Featuring, and Vulture's Comedians You Should Know.

On Mid-Range, Jamel brings levity to serious topics like the racial biases of artificial intelligence, the ways men encourage toxic masculinity, and the pros and cons of being a fat boyfriend. Of course it wouldn't be Jamel's comedy without some hyper-specific references, this time about phone game ads, basketball, ice hockey, and living with an iPod Touch instead of a phone.

Jamel Johnson online:

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Jamel Johnson's Podcasts:

In-SeasonAin't It FootySorry We Love Football The Brandon Jamel Show And now he's on THIS one! Enjoy! PS This is only the first HALF of our conversation. For part two, subscribe via Apple Podcasts OR merely click on over here to Patreon!

Wyatt Cenac! Comedian! Writer! Actor! Director! Friend! Delight! More!

Check out his website and his projects like Problem Areas, aka Wyatt Cenac and Night Train!

And enjoy our conversation! It's great!

PS This is only the first HALF of our chat! For the next half, subscribe via Apple Podcasts OR simply click on over here to Patreon. Enjoy!

Liz Glazer! Comedian! Friend! Delight! More!

Liz is the best. When there's a milestone to celebrate, she's here. This is one of those times. We have a delightful conversation, like we always do. Stop reading about it and start listening to it! (Or read as much as you want. Literacy is important.) She's great, you're great, this conversation is great, enjoy!

Hay Beacon! Comedian! Podcaster! Friend! Delight! More! Hay's podcast "No Contact" is on YouTube and Patreon. More about Hay: Hay Beacon is a comedian and writer based in Los Angeles, proudly from the San Francisco Bay Area. They are the host of No Contact from DSP Productions, a podcast where they talk with guests about the people they don't talk to. They have produced many comedy shows in LA and the Bay area with Don't Tell Comedy, Toxic Thots, a queer and PoC standup show in a plant store, raising funds for mental health services, and a life-changing weekly stand-up showcase in a parking lot behind a taco shop. Despite being smart, most of their jokes about the stupid things that they've done and won't stop doing. Fully acknowledging they sound like a pathological liar, Hay's material is honestly sourced from real life experiences, and comes out as defensive Zillennial rhetoric, on-stage spiraling, and pop-psychology references. Mostly, Hay is a very good person who somehow never does anything wrong. Hay and I have a great chat on MY podcast, which is this one right here. You can have a great listen, also right here. Also this is only the first HALF of our chat. For part two, subscribe via Apple Podcasts OR merely click on over here to Patreon!

Edy Modica! Comedian! Actor! Friend! Delight! More! Edy's new comedy special "I'm Just Like You (And It Sucks)!" debuts on YouTube this Thursday, September 17, 2026 at 8pm ET, and she'll be in the chat then so check it out then and also any time after then until infinity-ish! We have a great chat! You have a great listen! And here's some more official information about Edy and the special:

"NYC-based comedian, filmmaker and actor Edy Modica's debut comedy special, I'm Just Like You, (And It Sucks)! has set September 17, 2026 at 8pm as the wide release and YouTube Premiere date. Produced by Irony Point, the Emmy and Peabody-winning production company behind projects like I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson, Chris Fleming's lauded HBO special Live at the Palace, and countless other instant comedy classics, the special was shot at The Slipper Room in NYC last summer, directed by Ben O'Brien with DP Alex Bliss and editor Danny Scharar.

"Through unfiltered story telling, Edy Modica discusses her longing for human connection and all of the ways she's contorted herself in search of it. Whether it be talking to stains on her aunt's carpet, making out with a pair of brothers on a cruise in 2007, or talking to a stranger about his late girlfriend who died in a car accident, Edy will stop at nothing to feel and spread love to the world around her. Edy guides the audience through her life as an angry poor kid, a sexually deviant teen, all the way to where she is now: a poor yet a slightly famous, sexually deviant adult, with a passion for Human Connection. Said Modica, 'we are all insane, complex perverts which means none of us are! And isn't that beautiful?!!?!'

"Born and raised a New Yorker from Nyack to Bay Ridge to Ridgewood, Edy Modica is best known for her role in the Emmy Nominated comedy, Jury Duty in a performance that earned her a place in the The Hollywood Reporter's list of 20 Supporting Actors Who Stole The Scene. She's also one of Vultures 'Comedians You Should and Will Know. As a creator, Edy was named one of Filmmaker Magazine's '25 New Faces of Film Independent Film 2022 for her debut short film NICOLE, a Vimeo Staff Pick which Edy is currently developing as a half hour comedy pilot for HBO. On the small screen, Edy has recurred on Apple's SHRINKING, HBO Max's MADE FOR LOVE, HBO's HIGH MAINTENANCE, and Tracy Morgan's multicam series CRUTCH for Paramount+. On the big screen, Edy can be seen in Shawn Simmons's EENIE MEANIE starring Samara Weaving and recently wrapped on the Cameron Diaz star lead feature for Netflix, BAD DAY."

Edy Modica Online:

Instagram- @doodiehole Youtube - @doodiehole (Edy Modica Zone)

And this is only the first HALF of our conversation! For part two, subscribe via Apple Podcasts OR merely click on over here to Patreon!

Skyler Higley! Comedian! Writer! Podcaster! Friend! Delight! More!

Margreet de Heer! Artist! Writer! Friend! First Comic Artist Laureate of The Netherlands! Delight! More! Check out her Substack here! And listen to this podcast conversation we had! It's great! Enjoy! PS This is only the first HALF of our conversation! For part two, subscribe via Apple Podcasts OR merely click on over here to Patreon!