Comedy Wham

In this episode of the Comedy Wham Presents podcast, Valerie Lopez interviews local Austin comedian and Richmond, VA native, Joe Hafkey. Hafkey talks about getting starting comedy in a town with an extremely small scene, moving to Austin, and future plans. 

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In this episode of Comedy Wham Presents, Lara Smith interviews Avery Moore, a local comedian who's a San Antonio native, grew up doing musical theater, and a creative comedian. 

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In this episode of Comedy Wham Presents, Valerie Lopez chats with Maggie Maye right before her big move to the west coast. Maye is an established Austin comedian who's amassed an incredible list of credits over the past several years. 

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In this episode of Comedy Wham Presents, Valerie Lopez interviews the ukulele playing, creator of an emo puppet band, and host of Stand Up Empire, Brently Heilbron. This is a fun interview with an Austin, TX icon and comedian.

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Jesse Hensley is from a small small small East Texas town called Diane. Diane's claim to fame is that it's an hour from three other states, and Jesse Hensley. Jesse came to Austin and endeared himself to Coldtowne Theater and thanks to a vote of confidence from Nate Bargatze, landed a spot at Cap City. That's all it took. In his interview with Valerie Lopez, The Austin comedian talks about his history in comedy. 

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Raised in the lesser known, Santa Fe, Texas, Roy Janik grew up loving Mystery Science Theater 3000. Eventually he packed his passion for performing, moved to Austin and found the Hideout Theatre. The rest, as they say, is history. Find more about his history with improv comedy and what his future plans are. 

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Things come full circle in our latest podcast episode of Comedy Wham Presents as Valerie Lopez celebrates a year of interviews with one half of our first interview, Brendan K. O'Grady. 

O'Grady talks about Sure Thing Records, the importance of having a recording label for Austin comedians, and his commitment to staying busy in the town that's made him famous.

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Austin stand up comedian, Tai Nguyen, talks about growing up in Vietnam and how hip hop lead him to comedy. Though relatively new to the Austin comedy scene, Nguyen has been featured in a number of showcases and has competed in the Funniest Person in Austin contest. 

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Adrienne Dawes may not know, but she drops serious wisdom in this episode. If you are in a rut and need inspiring words, listen to this.

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Austin playwright, Adrienne Dawes talks about how she turned a natural shyness into a career in comedy writing and expanding comfort zones.