Impolite Company's Wind-Down Friday

The final prime-time episode of The Wind-Down features comedian and all-around renaissance man Ron Finger. Yale offers thank you'd and farewells and gets a special gift from Ron. 

Yale riffs on illness, bears, soccer, Michael McDonald, Steely Dan and chicken Alfredo. 

Hillary Anger joins in to talk about professorial tenure, comedy, motherhood and Thai food.

Ella Fritts joins in to talk about whatever she wants. 

Comic, improviser, podcaster extraordinaire Tina Dybal joins Yale in the studio to talk about her history in standup, her American experience, her dad and what it's like to collaborate with a peer on a new podcast. Yale offers up a tribute to Anthony Bourdain and shares some thoughts on being a good and whole person. 

Comedian, showrunner, sketch actor, mom and PASTOR Meredith Hopping is our guest this week, covering topics like the work/life/parenthood/comedy balance, the ups and downs of comedy, building a merchandising empire, pooping, among other topics. Yale struggles to adequately euphemise the term "eating ass" in a radio-safe format and also has an update regarding the future of the Wind-Down franchise.

Comedian and soon-to-be-podcaster Angela Smith joins Yale in the studio for a chat about comedy, animals and lady stuff, among other topics. A major announcement about the show is also revealed.

We open with a tribute to the late Philip Roth and offer a birthday salute to St. Louis media legend Ray Hartmann. We talk comedy, small towns and social media lunatics with Brian McDowell, St. Louis comedian and star of the 2001 motion picture Legally Blonde. 

Comedian, storyteller, producer, sketch writer, and rising comedy club host Sam Lyons visits the studio to talk about his rise from hitting the occasional comedy show in Mississippi to a full-fledged, multi-tool comedy impresario in St. Louis. Yale also offers a tribute to the late Tom Wolfe.

Yale's back in the studio for this visit from Tamara Keefe and Frank Uible of Clementine's Naughty and Nice Creamery. Listen to the pair talk about the growth of their business, the challenge of ice cream innovation, carding people in an ice cream shop and the price of vanilla on the open market. Yale proposes a new flavor and a potential new taste treat is born!

Yale spends a rare evening in the studio and chats with Bare Knuckle Comedy creator and overlord Christian Lawrence.  The two chat about the troupe's history, the troupe's History Shmistory, England and unconventional naming processes. 

In this week's show, Yale sits down at the Tick Tock Tavern with Chris Cyr, comedian, comedy godfather and host of the Impolite Company radio show and podcast. The subject is BARS. The gents chat and debate about the rules of proper bar etiquette and share memories of bars past and present.