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 Scott Dikkers!

Scott Dikkers founded the world’s first humor website, TheOnion.com, in 1996. A few years earlier he helped found the original Onion newspaper. He’s served as The Onion’s owner and editor-in-chief, on and off, for much of the last quarter century.

Scott co-wrote and edited The Onion’s first original book, Our Dumb Century, a look at recent history through front pages of The Onion. It's sold over a million copies, debuting as a #1 New York Times and #1 Amazon bestseller. He also co-wrote and edited The Onion’s second original book, Our Dumb World, a world atlas parody, which also debuted on the New York Times bestseller list.

In the mid-2000’s, Scott headed up the creation of "The Onion News Network" web series, serving as a director and executive producer. The series gave rise to many viral videos and a TV series on IFC. The web shorts won a Peabody Award in 2008.

Scott led The Onion’s rise from small, unknown college humor publication to internationally respected comedy brand. He gathered a talented team of writers and editors over the years, working with them to develop The Onion’s culture of creative freedom and brutal honesty, its distinct comic voice, and its reliable process for generating award-winning satire, day after day.

This unique process is spelled out in Scott’s books, How to Write Funny, and the second in the series, How to Write Funnier, which are the basis of the Writing with The Onion program he created and teaches at The Second City Training Center in Chicago. Scott offers other courses and free resources for comedy writers on the How to Write Funny website.

His work with The Onion, its website and other ancillary products, earned Scott the #43 spot on Time magazine’s list of the Top 50 “Cyber Elite” alongside such iconic figures as Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, and George Lucas.

Scott began his career in the entertainment business with his self-syndicated comic strip, Jim’s Journal. The popular college cartoon, comprised of little more than stick figures, spawned a self-published book collection that became a national bestseller. Rolling Stone magazine ranked “Jim” one of America’s top ten favorite writers in 1992. Scott continues to draw and animate cartoons under the banner of the Dikkers Cartoon Company.

In addition to his other work, Scott is an accomplished voice actor who’s performed in many national commercials, video games and animated cartoons, including Saturday Night Live’s “TV Funhouse.” He’s also written and directed several award-winning short films, and two feature films, Spaceman, and Bad Meat.

Website = Fan forever

Another interview coming at you next Monday, 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 Julia Zhen and John Hendrick of The Lunar Times!

The Lunar Times is a satirical news site for all Asian Americans. We are dedicated to telling stories from an Asian American perspective. Founded in 2020.

John Hedrick is a stand up comedian from Maryland who performed from 2018 to 2020. During this time he opened for Karen Chee and worked with Capital Laughs in Washington, D.c.  Now you can find his satirical work in Flexx Mag and The Daily Drunk Mag. His preferred drink is all three vaccines mixed together like a Long Island Iced Tea. If you know a bar that serves this, please let him know!

Julia Zhen is an improviser and writer from Maryland. She is the founder and EIC of The Lunar Times. She is a recipient of the UCB SNL scholarship, and you can find more of her work in The Hard Times and Flexx Mag.

Website + Twitter = Fan forever

Another interview coming at you next Monday, 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 is where we chat about finding a format for your satirical piece!

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 is where we chat about submitting to satire publications, primarily our very own Greener Pastures!

More episodes to come weekly on Monday after that.

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 Kyrie Gray!

Kyrie Gray is a humor writer and artist, and also edits the satire publication, Jane Austen's Wastebasket!

Medium + Twitter + Newsletter = Fan forever

Pieces mentioned:

Teapot Standards Have Got to Go 

All-in-One Products That I, a 30-something Woman in 2021, Would Love to See

The 12 Days of Christmas if It Were Written by Jane Austen

Check in next Monday for a chat with the editors of Greener Pastures Magazine and what they look for in submissions to the publication!

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 Caitlin Kunkel!

Caitlin Kunkel is a writer, teacher, and speaker.  Her work has been featured in The New York Times,  The New Yorker, McSweeney's Internet Tendency and public radio.

Caitlin is the co-founder of the comedy and satire site The Belladonna. She created the online satire writing program for The Second City and teaches workshops and speaks across the US and internationally. In 2019 Caitlin co-created The Satire and Humor Festival.

Her first co-written book, NEW EROTICA FOR FEMINISTS came out  in 2018 and named one of the 10 best comedy books of the year by Vulture (NY Mag).

Website + Twitter = Fan forever

Another interview coming at you next Monday, 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 Carlos Greaves!

Carlos is an Afro-Latino engineer, writer, and filmmaker based in Boston. His writing has been featured in The New Yorker, McSweeney's and other satire sites, and he also teaches online satire writing at The Second City.

Website + Twitter = Fan forever

Another interview coming at you next Monday, 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 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 is our very first episode and it's a housewarming party - or "podwarming" party, if you will! 

More episodes to come weekly on Monday after that.

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 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!

We hope that this podcast will be fun and informative to listen to as we’ll have interviews with humor writers and cartoonists as well as detailed dives into topics like how to punch up and not down, heightening, creating a one panel cartoon, and more.

Our first episode will be a housewarming party - or podwarming party, if you will- and it’ll air on March 15th, 2021, with more episodes to come weekly on Monday after that.

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