Chaos & Clarity with Harrison Marx

We are back with Brian Rigby, a very good friend, a great comic, and a killer musician. He actually made the intro and outro music for this podcast.

We spoke about everything from dating, life, comedy, music etc. but the biggest theme of the episode was the connection between music & comedy. 

Brian's Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/brianrigbycomedy?igsh=dmRzejc1YWpodzdl

Check out Brian's newest single "See Me Again" it's fantastic

https://open.spotify.com/album/33g7JcIx1zjvE8bQA2Od7k?si=vko2X2eyR2qTNAYwNUiZBg 

Steve is a NYC stand up comedian and very good friend of mine, he is originally from New Jersey. He runs a weekly open mic called Brainstorm Comedy with his partner Alec Wirth at Judy Z's in the West Village every Wednesday at 6 PM. Steve also has a podcast called The Bridge Burner Podcast.

Topics we spoke about

- The comedy writing process

- Dealing with bugs/rodents in NYC

- NYC squirrels vs other squirrels

- Pigeons in NYC

- Boston becoming PC

- Zohran Mamdani

- Trump 

- New guys in politics

- Master marketing in politics

- No good options for politicians 

- NYC comedy with Zohran as mayor

- Digging a hole in comedy and having to get out

- The Jews voting in NYC

- Principles in politics

- Steve takes his socks off

- Making old jokes from the beginning good now

- Writing routines

- Having a girlfriend and doing comedy

- Going from business to comedy

- How do famous people deal with fame

- How COVID affected us 

- First time getting on stage

- The start of comedy

and much more

Steve’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/steve_messner?igsh=NHQwazc1Ymo0YjU=

Brainstorm Comedy’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brainstormcomedylive?igsh=N2o2eTZiMHZvOXZz

Bridge Burner Podcast’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thebridgeburnerpodcast?igsh=MTJrdGhkdWM4dDFreg

Jay Servedio is a NYC stand up comedian & writer. He is currently working on a live late night show called On The Watchlist with Jay Servedio, which he is live streaming at the Caveat in the Lower East Side of Manhattan on Saturday, November 22nd at 4PM.

Info on the show below:

https://www.caveat.nyc/events/on-the-watchlist-with-jay-servedio-a-live-late-night-comedy-show-11-22-2025 

Jay's Instagram

https://www.instagram.com/therealjayservedio?igsh=N2d1YTdvbmQ4cWY0

Topics we spoke about

- Jay's late night show and how he put it together

- The world is burning 

- You have to have hope

- Why do we do what we do

- Wanderlust and the importance of silence, solitude and travel

- The importance of perspective change

- The strangeness of comedy

- Higher powers & seeing outside of yourself

- Legacy, and does it matter?

- Everything is a blessing, and remaining grateful

- The way your brain experiences imaginary circumstances

- Is there a deep state?

- USA is just a better Rome

- When is America's expiration date?

- The Epstein Files

and much more.

Eli Maroney is a NYC comic, one of my favorite people in the world and 1 of the 4 Proud Girls.

Topics we touched upon

- Loneliness epidemic in the world & USA

- Gen z men not asking women out

- Jim & Marg's morning public radio show

- "Friend" AI ad in the NYC subway

- The importance of comedy & laughing

- It's harder to make people laugh now

- Where are all the gay Chinese men?

- Hot Asian guys are in

- China took our pandas

- Reality doesn't feel real anymore 

- Army generals using Chat GPT

- How we should be using AI

- The importance of gay and black culture

- Alan Turing

- Are we in a simulation?

- Eli is working on a podcast about Sex and the City

- Comedy thoughts during a date

- Dating someone and them seeing your comedy

- Corporate prisons

- Finding a life partner and not being able to make friends

- Ed Gein

- and much much more 

Eli's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/eli.maroney?igsh=cmxvd2xjcDN2dzZ0

Jamie McClelland is NYC based comic and great friend of mine from across the pond. He is originally from England and has been in New York City for few years now doing comedy.

We got into sarcasm being a second language in England and that Americans have a very hard time understanding it, the good and bad history of England, The integral role they played in World War 2, His great grandfathers role in World War 1, Winston Churchill being one of the absolute greatest bad asses to have ever lived, the difference between men back then and men now, toxic masculinity and the bullsh*t behind it, being useful as a man, difference between men and women in high stress situations, Jamie's scary moment at a gas station in Compton, my scary moment at a gas station in Oklahoma, England's knife problem, if we took away guns in the states there would be a sword problem, Jamie's week from hell, audience reading emotions while you're on stage, allowing yourself to be free on stage, emotions on stage in general and so much more.

Jamie runs a weekly mic called Chewsday Innit in Manhattan 

Jamie's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jamieisnotfunny?igsh=MWw4YzJyMHY4b2VkZw==

Chewsday Mic Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chewsday_innit_mic?igsh=YzdnY2drcG92MGlm

Justin Hartmann is a comedian in New York City. This is his second appearance on the show. Before we get into the details on the episode. We have a Halloween stand up comedy show this Thursday, October 30th 10:30 PM at St Marks Comedy Club in New York City. Today we sat down and discussed foot fetishes, other types of fetishes, live streaming, violence in America, some past relationships, top 5 best assassinations, dirty talk in the sack, toxic relationships, women in comedy and a ton of other inappropriate/twisted topics. Also a ton of foot promotions in order to get people to the show this Thursday. He's offering a very sweet deal on his feet if you come to the show. 

Justin's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/justinhartmanncomedy?igsh=amo1MXYwcDU0Zm9x

Link to tickets for Thursday's show: https://www.tixr.com/groups/stmarkscomedyclub/events/ski-mask-comedy-halloween-show-158016?fbclid=PAdGRleANM861leHRuA2FlbQIxMAABp-4sZSC29HLcoQXfbXrc0lG411y2zNRvRelrDRDyyU43bdx2NUbTBNvl0b6r_aem_drGosKBFcgniQ1coZCAP5A 

JC Devito (aka Joe) rolled through this week, he is a NYC comic and very good friend of mine from Long Island. We sat down and spoke about South Park, the stigma of Manhattan being from Long Island, has NYC gotten safer or more dangerous over the years, doing comedy in small towns versus big cities, judging audiences before getting on stage, growing up in Long Island, how he got into comedy, funny complainers vs annoying complainers, being angry on stage, women altering their bodies, dealing with weight issues throughout life, abusing caffeine every day, the craziness of your 20s, the paranoia that can come with weed and how strong its become too strong, The Orwells being a phenomenal band that lost it, being a cool woman  is as important as looks, being less picky with age, Diddy going to jail, being happy and steps to taking care of your body and mind.

He has a show he's producing coming up on November 21, 2025 at Burton SOHO 69 Greene St NYC 7 PM

JC's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jeauxdevito?igsh=ZzltOXNuczEzcDl5

Mariel is a stand up comedian in NYC and a very good friend of mine. We spoke about attire in the work place, self expression in the way people dress, dating apps, her new relationship and how they met, friendship being the cornerstone for any good relationship, dating history, not settling when it comes to romance, being a late bloomer, the societal roles of men and women, cutting people off after relationships, micro-penises, foot fetishes, diaper kinks, meeting someone of feeld vs hinge, politics in dating, owning a fleshlight vs owning a vibrator, the ebbs and flows of comedy, finding time for yourself while doing comedy, being in limbo, writing on stage, posting on Tik Tok/Instagram, finding light at the end of the tunnel when things are going bad.

She performs every Sunday at New York Comedy Club on the Upper West Side at 6 PM.

She also has a charity show coming up on Thursday, October 9th at 7:30 PM. Details are on her Instagram.

Mariel's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/marieloreilly?igsh=MWZibzZ3MnRrbjloaA==

David London is a school teacher in New Jersey that I met brushing shoulders doing comedy. He dabbles in stand up, he is newer to comedy but has been hitting the ground running. As well as teaching he also coaches basketball and baseball. We spoke about inviting friends to see you do comedy before you’re good, what it must be like being a police officer, the difference between being a cop in NYC vs Jersey, blue collar jobs in New Jersey, working as a school teacher in the technological age, how the kids are in high school in 2025, cool teachers vs boring teachers, the "bad" kids in school, David's love for Gettysburg, celebrating his 21st birthday at Gettysburg, a book his mother wrote, what it’s like being single and all your friends are single at the same time, working on yourself before finding a relationship, having hot female friends, men and women being friends, the correlation between comedy and coaching, coaching woman's basketball vs coaching men’s baseball, recording comedy sets and reviewing them immediately, the strangeness of a teacher who relates too well to teenagers, feeling behind in life, the struggle of marriage and kids in present day life, moving on from relationships with grace and positivity, dating in general and horrible dating habits, diversity in school, democrats vs republicans, politics and division between friends, and much more.

David London's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/daviddalessandro_?igsh=amJxc2lsNG0yZHNk

Adam Thomas is a NYC based comedian and good friend of mine. We spoke about what the comedians job is, the window of relating to one another as humans slowly shrinking, the battle for what reality is in today’s world, censorship/self-censorship for the algorithm, the destruction of the English language, freedom of speech, Charlie Kirk & the shooter, the news echo chambers, the insanity of both political parties, the absence of a universally liked comedic character, hosting comedy shows and what to do if things go wrong, saying a word that is socially unacceptable, censoring other comics, Luigi Mangione, being liked by others, the unreal reality that is created when someone dies, the insanity of the world in politics, Adam's past relationships, the world of gay men, my past working as a bar back at gay parties in LA, the societal norms of men & women, expectations vs reality and many more chaotic topics.

Adam's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/adamthomascomedy?igsh=dnQ2bHhxa3J6cnA5