Good Orbit

We don’t mean to spook you but someday Blythe is going to die. What is going to happen to her? We will tell you in excruciating detail and Madelyn’s not going to like it. Luckily, Madelyn’s mom didn’t ever give her permission to die so she can’t. They talk to Order of the Good Death member, author, and alive ghost Bess Lovejoy. We got some cool ass witches on the docket scamming us with tricks, Jo Firestone, Josh Gondelman, and Friends Who Folk. (Bowen Yang’s motivational dance to fend off rigor mortis was unfortunately too hot to share!)

Blythe Roberson and Madelyn Freed host.

Recorded Tuesday, August 1, 2017 at Union Hall 

Live sound and recording by Dave Polk. Produced and edited by Shannon Manning.

We don’t mean to spook you but someday Blythe is going to die. What is going to happen to her? We will tell you in excruciating detail and Madelyn’s not going to like it. Luckily, Madelyn’s mom didn’t ever give her permission to die so she can’t. They talk to Order of the Good Death member, author, and alive ghost Bess Lovejoy. We got some cool ass witches on the docket scamming us with tricks, Jo Firestone, Josh Gondelman, and Friends Who Folk. (Bowen Yang’s motivational dance to fend off rigor mortis was unfortunately too hot to share!)

Hosted by Blythe Roberson, Madelyn Freed

Recorded Tuesday, August 1, 2017 at Union Hall 

Live sound and recording by Dave Polk. Produced and edited by Shannon Manning.



Book Club is a comedy variety show where hosts Colin Stokes and Blythe Roberson (The New Yorker, The Onion), along with some of NYC’s best comedians, read the books so you don’t have to. Held monthly at Union Hall.

This month’s book Colin, Blythe and guest Catherine Cohen discuss Emily Brontë’s WUTHERING HEIGHTS. It’s a classic of Western literature, and every single person in it sucks.

Live sound and recording by Daniel Evanko. Produced and edited by Shannon Manning.

Artwork by Will McPhail

Book Club is a comedy variety show where hosts Colin Stokes and Blythe Roberson (The New Yorker, The Onion), along with some of NYC’s best comedians, read the books so you don’t have to. Held monthly at Union Hall.

This month’s book Colin, Blythe and guest Catherine Cohen discuss Emily Brontë’s WUTHERING HEIGHTS. It’s a classic of Western literature, and every single person in it sucks.

Live sound and recording by Daniel Evanko. Produced and edited by Shannon Manning.

Artwork by Will McPhail

Book Club: A Comedy Show 

Recorded the week before the election. A pared-down Original Lineup (Joey D’Alessio, bass and Misaki Nakamichi, keys) leads host Yedoye Travis in a one-way eighties rap battle after sets by comics LeClerc Darguin, Tyler Richardson, and Casey Balsham.

Show Recorded  Oct 24, 2016 at Union Hall. Live sound and mix by Alex Nahas. Produced and edited by Shannon Manning.

ABOUT RENT PARTY

We did this show because Madelyn had a fever dream about a scientific study that may never have existed at all. If you have any information about it, please call 911. We truly figure out love in this episode with the help of the queen, Dr. Helen Fisher. Elna Baker, Patti Harrison, Alexandra Song, and Catherine Cohen thrill us with their little skits.

Hosted by Blythe Roberson, Madelyn Freed

Recorded Live at BRIC House May 2, 2017. Live sound and recording by Andrew Lulling and Evan Zierk at BRIC. Produced and edited by Shannon Manning for Good Orbit.