Laura Lyons has survived the unimaginable. After 3 months of being in a coma fighting every COVID complication, she's sharing her story with truth and humor while making some viral content along the way. Laura is a comedian, writer, and COVID survivor who has been in The Daily Beast, NPR, and The New York Times. She and Claire chat about how much her life has changed pre/post COVID, her favorite memory of a surprising random Wednesday in NYC, daily rehab treatments, creating joy in pain with digital content, and learning the monumental life lesson: listen to your body.

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The sanitation museum is kinda real?

Claire dives into the world of casting with Casting Director extraordinaire, Erica A. Hart. First they ask the important questions like who they would go to space with. Then they chat about Erica's original love of dancing, pivoting to casting, Big Brother wins, and wanting to know more about ventriloquists. Claire also jaunts down memory lane to her "mosquito" bite in Rome with Mr. Happy.

Claire is joined by a VERY special guest this week. Her Dad. Who also happens to be a retired Judge. They chat about his love for travel, what retirement looks like, and how meeting people from all walks of life is an important attribute of a fair and honest Judge. Claire also reminds him of her favorite trip to court when she essentially ate sugar cubes for 4 hours straight. But first, Claire talks about being forcefully pushed to the ground by a ghost. Or maybe it was just a pothole.

We're back! Claire was effected but the planets and the season and the whatever else she can blame her funk on but returns with a special episode celebrating working mother and dear friend, Emily Rutzky. They chat about Emily's premonition 18 years ago, her love of local news, juggling the work/family balance, and how everyone would be lucky to have a mom on their team at work. Claire also shares a fond memory of her Mom visiting a cab wasteland aka the Brooklyn Museum. Check out Vote Mama Foundation!

"In" lists are "in" so Claire made her's for 2023. If all goes right, the year will be filled with guffaws and naked sleepovers. But hopefully not at the same time. 

Then Claire dives in with Lianna Nielsen, an integrative nutrition health and wellness coach, who tells us about her relaxing time Paris, her love of tequila, how she’s an avid reader, her love of a random playlist, and her thoughts on the evolution of gut and brain connection. Lianna's work has helped change Claire's life even though Claire admits to hating how well the sugar detox works. She just wants her literal cake and eat it too.

Have Trader Joe's Mini Gingerbread People ever caused you to start sobbing in the Kroger parking lot? It totally hasn't happened to Claire either. Ok, maybe it has. Claire shares the "fun" of her holiday before jumping into her great conversation with multi-hyphenate, Jonathan Braylock (writer/actor/producer/podcaster/future author). They chat about how the pandemic effected work in a TV writer's room, spilling tea with his pup, how Severance gave him hope, and multiple hot takes. Catch Astronomy Club on Netflix and Jonathan's podcast, Black Men Can’t Jump [in Hollywood].

Claire kicks off this episode pacing in the basement of her Dad's house talking through the fun of the holidays. And when she says fun, she means anxiety ridden. Thankfully before she traveled, she had a delightful conversation with Twitch streamer and content creator, Ellinor DiLorenzo. They chat about how the pandemic made her realize it was time to showcase her love of gaming to the world. Elli also talks about life in Sweden before relocating to New York, how Street Fighter got her hooked on gaming, and her realization that showing boobs at 10am might just be too early. 

Claire kicks off her new podcast with 2 time Emmy-nominated Latina director and producer, Ana Bretón. They chat about a day in her life working on The Kelly Clarkson Show, her childhood crush on Matthew Perry, and that in the end, it doesn’t really matter if no one else joins your conga line.

Host Claire introduces her new fun podcast which is actually just an excuse to be a nosy neighbor.