Stand up comedian, producer, actor, and podcaster, Megan Gailey (Conan, After Midnight) has picked “Michael Shannon Sorority Letter” from the Funny or Die Vault. She and our host, Marcos González, dig into everything from insane Greek life lore to graduating during the recession to Chipotle burrito C-sections. Tune in to hear about the weirdest regulars in Chicago bars and how the sweetiepie stand up persona is the worst person on Earth.

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Megan’s pick from the FOD Vault is “Michael Shannon Reads the Insane Delta Gamma Sorority Letter” from 2013: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dngOH9G4UPw 

Megan Gailey is a stand-up comedian, producer, actor and podcast host. She has appeared on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon,  The Conan O’Brien Show, @midnight, and After Midnight. She was selected as a "New Face" at the Montréal Just for Laughs festival in 2015. She has written for the 2017 ESPY Awards. Megan was an official performer at SXSW, Bridgetown Comedy Festival,  and she released a comedy album: My Dad Paid for This in 2019. She co-hosts the podcasts I Love A Lifetime Movie, Hysteria, and currently hosts the podcast, Sports Bitches. Megan performed in MTV’s Ladylike (2016), HBO’s Pause with Sam Jay (2021), Dealing with Dad (2022), and wrote for The Roast of Tom Brady (2024).

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Key Moments:

(0:00) Intro

(02:11) Greek life culture

(13:33) Graduating during the recession to starting stand up

(18:49) Zany regulars at bars

(24:44) Comedians getting their start on TikTok

(31:08) Worst stand up experience

(36:31) Best and worst comments online

(40:31) Childbirth horror stories 

(43:15) Speed round questions

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