On part 2 of this week's episode, we interview cartoonist Brooke Bourgeois. Brooke has had an interesting journey on her way to becoming a New Yorker cartoonist: Harvard, neurobiology, Second City Improv, Scotland, Edinburgh Fringe, a MA in Children's Book Illustration... A very eventful journey!  

You can find more about Brooke at her website:
https://www.brookeabourgeois.com

And you can learn more about her upcoming children's book, "Penelope’s Balloons"  and preorder it here:
https://www.unionsquareandco.com/.../penelopes-balloons.../


On Part 1 of the episode, we discuss...  
The winning captions for New Yorker contest #881 (Cutting to the paper chase, I'll have mine on the rocks). 
You can find out Paul Karasik's original caption by joining his Patreon page:
 https://www.patreon.com/paulkarasik

Finalists for contest #883 (There's more than one way for a cat to swing). 

Current New Yorker contest #885 (Float like a snowflake, go down like an avalanche). 

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