Greener Pastures Podcast

Now entering Greener Pastures!

Greener Pastures is a comedy and satire site run by a bunch of writers obsessed with out-writing, out-joking and out-funnying each other!

And because we love to writing satire, talking about it, and the people who do it, we’ve expanded into podcasting!

Today, we interview Brooke Preston!

Brooke Preston is a Midwest-based writer, satirist and storyteller. Her humor writing has been published in The New York Times, McSweeney’s, Reductress, Men’s Health, Romper, The Huffington Post, Electric Literature, and many other web and print outlets. She is also a founding editor of The Belladonna Comedy, a satire site by women and non-binary writers, for everyone. She and her fellow editors co-authored a satire book called "New Erotica for Feminists". She is a proud faculty member of The Second City Training Center, where she teaches the Online Satire Writing program. 

That's where our paths crossed. No regrets! 

Find Brooke online:

Tune in next Monday for the next episode!

Follow us on Twitter at @greenerpastsat and on Medium at Greener Pastures Magazine.

Now entering Greener Pastures!

Greener Pastures is a comedy and satire site run by a bunch of writers obsessed with out-writing, out-joking and out-funnying each other!

And because we love to writing satire, talking about it, and the people who do it, we’ve expanded into podcasting!

Today, we interview Leslie Ylinen!

Leslie Ylinen is an advertising copywriter and humor writer based in San Francisco. Her writing appears frequently on McSweeney's Internet Tendency, among other sites. She has not won any awards for her writing, but she did receive very polite threats from Canadians for making fun of RUSH. She has spawned exactly one human child.

Find Leslie online:

Next Monday we have another interview, so stay tuned!

Follow us on Twitter at @greenerpastsat and on Medium at Greener Pastures Magazine.

Now entering Greener Pastures!

Greener Pastures is a comedy and satire site run by a bunch of writers obsessed with out-writing, out-joking and out-funnying each other!

And because we love to writing satire, talking about it, and the people who do it, we’ve expanded into podcasting!

Today, we interview Justin Avery Smith!

Justin is a humor writer from central MA and a proud graduate of ImprovBoston’s comedy school where he also interned and worked. He's also studied various forms of writing with the Second City through online classes, including sketch, late-night television, and internet satire among others. He likes to remind himself everyday, “You’re never fully dressed without a pair of combat boots."

Find Justin online:

Next Monday we have another interview, so stay tuned!

Follow us on Twitter at @greenerpastsat and on Medium at Greener Pastures Magazine.

Now entering Greener Pastures!

Greener Pastures is a comedy and satire site run by a bunch of writers obsessed with out-writing, out-joking and out-funnying each other!

And because we love to writing satire, talking about it, and the people who do it, we’ve expanded into podcasting!

Today, we interview Chris Monks!

Chris Monks has been the weary managing editor of McSweeney's Internet Tendency since 2007.

Read McSweeney's!

Find Chris online:

Next Monday we have another interview, so stay tuned!

Follow us on Twitter at @greenerpastsat and on Medium at Greener Pastures Magazine.

Now entering Greener Pastures!

Greener Pastures is a comedy and satire site run by a bunch of writers obsessed with out-writing, out-joking and out-funnying each other and this is now our companion podcast!

While the work of editors has been published all over the web on sites like The New Yorker, McSweeney’s, Belladonna, Points In Case, Weekly Humorist, and more, our work has also been rejected so many times, we had no choice but to seek greener pastures.

And because we love to writing satire, talking about it, and the people who do it, we’ve expanded into podcasting!

This episode, we chat about simplifying premises to get more jokes!

Follow us on Twitter at @greenerpastsat and on Medium at Greener Pastures Magazine.

Now entering Greener Pastures!

Greener Pastures is a comedy and satire site run by a bunch of writers obsessed with out-writing, out-joking and out-funnying each other!

And because we love to writing satire, talking about it, and the people who do it, we’ve expanded into podcasting!

Today, we interview Emily Flake!

A fan of hyphens, she’s a cartoonist, writer, performer, teacher, and illustrator. Her work has been seen across the web in the New Yorker, The Nib, MAD magazine, and other places. She has also written and drawn for print in the form of books, her most recent which is available now, “That Was Awkward - The Art and Etiquette of the Awkward Hug”. Emily is also the founder of St. Nell’s Writing Residency for Ladies which launched this month and are now accepting applications for the September residency!

Find Emily online:

Learn more about St. Nell's:

Next Monday we have another editors chat, so stay tuned!

Follow us on Twitter at @greenerpastsat and on Medium at Greener Pastures Magazine.

Now entering Greener Pastures!

Greener Pastures is a comedy and satire site run by a bunch of writers obsessed with out-writing, out-joking and out-funnying each other and this is now our companion podcast!

While the work of editors has been published all over the web on sites like The New Yorker, McSweeney’s, Belladonna, Points In Case, Weekly Humorist, and more, our work has also been rejected so many times, we had no choice but to seek greener pastures.

And because we love to writing satire, talking about it, and the people who do it, we’ve expanded into podcasting!

This episode, we chat about subjectivity from the writer and editor's perspective. 

Follow us on Twitter at @greenerpastsat and on Medium at Greener Pastures Magazine.

Now entering Greener Pastures!

Greener Pastures is a comedy and satire site run by a bunch of writers obsessed with out-writing, out-joking and out-funnying each other!

And because we love to writing satire, talking about it, and the people who do it, we’ve expanded into podcasting!

Today, we interview Brett Shollenberger!

Brett Shollenberger is a comedy writer whose work has run at UCBNY, McSweeney's, Points in Case, LOL Comedy, The PIT, Endgames, and PianoFight. He produced Drunk Theatre SF and has performed a shameful amount of improv comedy, ie. more than none.

Find Brett online:

Next Monday we have another editors chat, so stay tuned!

Follow us on Twitter at @greenerpastsat and on Medium at Greener Pastures Magazine.

Now entering Greener Pastures!

Greener Pastures is a comedy and satire site run by a bunch of writers obsessed with out-writing, out-joking and out-funnying each other!

And because we love to writing satire, talking about it, and the people who do it, we’ve expanded into podcasting!

Today, we interview Audrey Burges!

Audrey writes novels, satire, and has published work in McSweeney's, Into the Void, Human Parts, Empty Mirror, The Belladonna, Slackjaw, and Points in Case. Two of her stories placed in the 2020 Pen Parentis Fellowship for New Parents, and one received a Juror's Prize.

When she isn't writing, she's being tolerated by her two rambunctious children and very patient husband.

Find Audrey online:

Tune in next Monday for another great interview!

Follow us on Twitter at @greenerpastsat and on Medium at Greener Pastures Magazine.

Now entering Greener Pastures!

Greener Pastures is a comedy and satire site run by a bunch of writers obsessed with out-writing, out-joking and out-funnying each other!

And because we love to writing satire, talking about it, and the people who do it, we’ve expanded into podcasting!

Today, Kegan interviews his mom, Laura Avery!

Find Kegan online:

Website + Twitter

Another interview coming at you next Monday, so stay tuned!

Follow us on Twitter at @greenerpastsat and on Medium at Greener Pastures Magazine.