Hangin' With Langan

I talk women's reproductive rights with Lizz Winstead, co-creator of “The Daily Show,” and host of the weekly series “Feminist Buzzkills Live!,” a comedy talk show on Youtube. Lizz is the founder of Abortion Access Front, the only non-profit that travels the country doing comedy and providing aid and comfort to independent clinics in hostile states (yes, sometimes wine). Listen to some seriously insane clips, including a Georgia representative comparing women to barnyard animals. Want to watch the video interview? Subscribe for $5 at www.Patreon.com/MaureenLangan. You'll see all Hangin' with Langan interviews.

Burial or cremation? Fr. Joe Veneroso says there a better way to be dead. How about human composting? The Roman Catholic priest and rebel is lobbying the N.Y. State Legislature to legalize Natural Organic Reduction (human composting), which is legal in three states. Fr. Joe says it respects both faith and science, but it has some flipping their lids.

Laurie Kilmartin just released her comedy album Corset. She is an Emmy-nominated writer who was on the staff of CONAN for ten years. She has performed standup on CONAN, Jimmy Kimmel Live, Comedy Central and the Late, Late Show with James Corden. Her first book, Sh-tty Mom, was a NY Times bestseller. Her Seeso (RIP) special, 45 Jokes About My Dead Dad, was chosen one of the tops by Vulture Magazine. Buy Corset on iTunes, Amazon.. and more.
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Comedian Carole Montgomery tells us how she created a local standup comedy show in NYC called Women of a Certain Age and turned it into a Showtime TV sensation. From Fran Dresher, Caroline Rhea and Teri Hatcher to Marsha Warfield, Monique Marvez and Wendy Liebman to the many talented women you may be meeting for the first time, Carole has created a stage for Women Of A Certain Age to rock it! See the video episode at www.Patreon.com/MaureenLangan

After 27 years of writing for Conan O'Brian, comedian and writer Brian Kiley is now a writer on The Ellen Degeneres Show. We talk about what it is like working for Ellen and the adjustments he's made writing for a daytime audience vs. late night. Brian talks openly about life's challenges and his desires for his future. And he gives great advice to those looking to make it as writers in Hollywood. His new recording, The Life Of Kiley, is out in November of 2021. Get if everywhere! IG @kileybriancomic TW @KileyNoodles

Malachy McCourt is raconteur, writer, actor, teller of tales and brother of Frank (Angela’s Ashes).
Malachy just turned 90 years old and is re-releasing his memoir, A Monk Swimming. We talk about his life from poverty in Ireland to becoming a bigger than life personality in New York City. He talks about the impact his brother Frank had on his life. Malachy was a regular on the Jack Parr Show, the soap opera One Life to Live and owner of New York City's first singles bar. His stories are hysterical!

John McDonagh’s has spent 30+ years as a NYC taxi driver. He talks to me about his years behind the wheel and his one man show, Off The Meter. He is a radio talk show host on WBAI in NYC.

Jrome Andre is an actor and a real life exonerated man who was accused of sexual assault and battery. He is one of the stars in the Out of Box Theater production of The Exonerated from Oct 7-10th at the Bernie Wohl Center in the UWS of Manhattan. We talk about his journey as an innocent man through the legal system. He is on fire! You will love his spirit.

The Ladies of Laughter competition gives female comics the opportunity to showcase their comedy around the country. Past winners Liz Glazer, a former law professor, and Katie Hannigan, who has appeared on The Late Show with Steven Colbert join me along with
The Ladies of Laughter Founder Peggy Boyce.
Past finalists (myself included) are Amy Schumer, Tammy Pescatelli and Melissa Rauch (“Big Bang Theory”).

Nicole Doz is Miss New York 2021 and a NYC Sanitation worker. Both her dad and uncle are members of New York's strongest. Nicole is one of about 300 female members of the DSNY. So why would a beauty queen choose to join the NYC Sanitation Dept?