Comedy - Evan Wecksell

It’s a podcast debut for Shayna Amster! She’s an aspiring comedienne and she just wrapped working at THIRTEEN different Starbucks. Hear her favorite Starbucks stories, how she found comedy, how she went to seven different high schools, how she is a good (or bad) friend and what it’s like going to Arizona State… online.

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Evan brings in Beth Confino to preview their high school reunion while also looking back at being in the same kindergarten class. Beth is now an English teacher on Long Island as well as a stand-up comedian. How did she get into comedy? Who was her favorite teacher at Great Neck South? All that and classmate name-dropping!

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The Holiday Season is now! Thinking of recording? Get what Evan uses: the Blue Yeti Microphone on AMAZON!

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Comedy music takes centerstage as Evan interviews comedic songwriter Rhune Kincaid. He has a new album out everywhere called Squirrelmaggedon and we are running down the hilarious tracks including “Two Cats,” “The Special Chord” and “@rhunekincaid.” Plus, Evan explores Rhune’s Colorado roots, where the name Rhune comes from and how best to outsource freelancers when you need to get stuff done. All that and a song about the BP oil spill.

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In a stroke of all-time randomness, Evan interviews Luis Aguilera, Cassidy Turner and Morgan Evans, students from Fairleigh Dickinson University (FDU) whom he met them at a NACA (college programming) conference in Hartford. Now his Facebook friends, Evan sits down to chat with them about such topics at Luis’ college radio show, his septum piercing, tattoos, Cassidy’s time abroad, and Morgan’s love of Jon Bon Jovi (who performed at FDU’s graduation last year). We are Jersey Strong this week and we’re down with FPC (yeah, you know me)!

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Actor Jake Ramirez joins Socially Awkward this week as he speaks to Evan for the first time since Evan performed at his college, Otterbein University, in 2011. Now in Los Angeles, Jake has appeared on such shows as New Girl, 2 Broke Girls and Superstore. Jake shares how he got into acting, why he moved to LA and also delves into his ability to find extremely cheap flights all over the world. $50 from Cincinnati to Las Vegas?! Less than $10 to jump countries in Europe?! Jake shares all his travel hacks.

Plus, Evan and Jake preview/predict WWE’s No Mercy PPV that features John Cena vs Roman Reigns and Brock Lesnar vs Braun Strowman. This episode is one giant white-meat babyface. #kayfabe

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Fresh off his show at South Dakota School of Mines & Technology, Evan interviews his newest Facebook friend, Cameron Hickey, a student at SD Mines who also opened for Evan at the show! Live from the common area of Cameron’s dorm, hear how an ex-girlfriend drove Cameron to comedy, how far he has traveled to perform and how he balances comedy and being an engineering major. Plus, a ton of comedy talk.  #FunnyBone

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Evan sits down with Actor Kevin O’Grady in a random sweltering bunker to talk all things acting. Hear how Kevin found acting, how he booked 50 commercials coming up the ranks, and what some of his acting highlights are. He can currently be seen in Hallmark Channel’s Garage Sale Mystery with Lori Loughlin (aka Aunt Becky from Full House). He also has some CW cred, but nothing compares to when Evan wrote for Kevin when he played The Grinch is a Christmas skit. We’re all over the place in this episode, which is what happens when you interview a Canadian.

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Evan’s latest Facebook friend, and one of his former interns, Adah Gorton, wasn’t on Facebook at the time of their interview, but she’s back… for now. Hear how they met on Craigslist and why Evan was her favorite boss and what made her other bosses so terrible. Evan and Adah then trade dog stories, dig into Netflix, bed bugs, The Gong Show, podcast recommendations and how we can keep Adah on Facebook for good. It’s the Adah Bucket Challenge this week on SOCIALLY AWKWARD!  

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For the first time since 2007 when they filmed a Zappos commercial together, Evan talks with Actor Sean von Buseck. Hear how Sean made the move to South Carolina after successfully beating the LA housing market! Sean then goes into how acting and auditions work in the Southeast and how he got to work with Marlon Wayans. He also goes into auditioning as a leprechaun and being up against a little person for the part. Did he get it? And does Sean miss Los Angeles? This is what happens at 3 AM!  

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Evan and Sean’s Zappos Commercial

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For the first time in almost 15 years Evan talks to comedienne/ventriloquist/media personality April Brucker. Hear how they awkwardly met at an open mic in New York City’s West Village and what her connection is to Evan’s sister. Then April weighs in on other famous ventriloquists and shares some comedy stories including the time she signed up as comic #100 at an open mic. Also, April talks about her new book April Unwrapped: My Naked Dreams Revealed, which is pretty much self-explanatory. And before leaving, April goes full astrology on Evan, his family and herself. It’s that kind of episode and it’s that kind of awkward!

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