In this short episode I open up on the hurt I, like millions of people around the world,  feel in the tragic loss of Kobe Bryant.  What can we learn from this tragedy?  What's this got to do with laughter?  And is it alright to be emotional over someone most of us never knew personally?

Andy Freeman is the Senior Producer of Huckabee, filmed near Nashville. 

Andy is a wealth of knowledge in TV Production, comedy and life.

Kicking off the new decade were the 2020 Golden Globes.  As time moves on, each Hollywood awards show becomes more and more about pushing agendas rather than celebrating talent, people and hard work.  The Golden Globes would prove to be more of the same, but then there was Ricky Gervais.  Never one to shy away from being politically incorrect and unafraid of offending groups, he let the jokes fly!

What is Defensively Offended?  It 's being offended for someone else assuming they will be offended.  In this short episode I propose we should trust they have the maturity and even desire to take in jokes they may relate to.

For anyone else, The Unemployed Alcoholic would be a woeful badge, but Aaron Sorrels wears it with a smile.  Pursuing recovery while facing rejection from the job market was painful.  He battled identity crisis, depression and anxiety — But he also found purpose.  Now he helps people laugh while highlighting recovery and faith.

Joby Saad talks about his good friend, the late-great comedian Brody Stevens. Joby also shares how he may have inspired the late-great Michelle McNamara to marry comedian Patton Oswalt.

BIG Andrew Kuykendall talks about producing your own shows and his thoughts on Political Correctness, midget jokes and more!

In this episode, Chris Ruppe shares being raised by deaf parents and his experience doing jokes about them. Also doing warm-up for TV shows, the downside of longer joke setups, using comedy to raise money for charity and more!

Grace Klein wanted to be a comedian from the very first time she got her family to laugh when she was a kid. It only took her a couple more decades to bring it to the stage, but once she started, she couldn’t stop. She brings her own spin to subjects like being single in your 30’s, not understanding church terms or young people and being stuck in a health crazed, hiking, Cross Fitting, kale eating, Fitbit wearing-society that she is too gluten, dairy, and peanut tolerant to fit into.

Chris Wineland is one of the most in-demand comedian's and writers of today!  He has brought laughs to millions for over a decade and has written for Emmy Nominated "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon."  Pursuing his love of late night comedy, Chris co-created the acclaimed Christian late night show "Next Week with Jeff Durbin."  He's performed on the show Huckabee and is currently the host of the online late night sensation, "The Monologue Show."