Papa's Basement

Let the intellectual spit roast begin!

Shawn Westfall's Unified Scene Theater (DC's finest improv comedy establishment) hosts a second evening of him and John Papageorgiou of the Papa's Basement Podcast dispensing wisdom, Loveline-style, to an audience that came to share their personal problems and, hopefully get them solved. The answers range from funny to wisdom-laden (words that look a lot more like "bin Laden" than I'm comfortable with, come to think of it), and we hope that everyone who came got something out of it. For those of you that didn't, enjoy the audio from the evening, and we hope to see you at the next WTF is wrong with you in lovely Bloomingdale, DC!

Click here to listen to the latest episode of Papa's Basement in your browser or here to open and listen in iTunes (you can also use the embedded player below). And, if you want to see our faces that very clearly are fit for radio, you can watch videos of our episodes on YouTube

A picture of me dressed to record the show.

Can a comedy podcast heal the hearts of man? We'd like to think so. Gifted radio veteran Bill Rohalnd and I talk the recent Ralph Northam blackface scandal. And a bunch of other crap I don't remember since I recorded this a week ago. But, it's funny, so enjoy!

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If you truly love the show and realize money talks more than kind words (fine, we like kind words, too), donate on a monthly basis to the show via our Patreon. Some of the rewards aren't bad! Or buy a shirt at Redbubble so people you walk past in the mall can ask you what a Papa's Basement is.

Click here to listen to the latest episode of Papa's Basement in your browser or here to open and listen in iTunes (you can also use the embedded player below). And, if you want to see our faces that very clearly are fit for radio, you can watch videos of our episodes on YouTube

A picture of me dressed to record the show.

Can a comedy podcast heal the hearts of man? We'd like to think so. Gifted radio veteran Bill Rohalnd and I talk the recent Ralph Northam blackface scandal. And a bunch of other crap I don't remember since I recorded this a week ago. But, it's funny, so enjoy!

Follow this episode's cast on Twitter and Instagram (because that's how we measure our self-worth)!

If you truly love the show and realize money talks more than kind words (fine, we like kind words, too), donate on a monthly basis to the show via our Patreon. Some of the rewards aren't bad! Or buy a shirt at Redbubble so people you walk past in the mall can ask you what a Papa's Basement is.

Click here to listen to the latest episode of Papa's Basement in your browser or here to open and listen in iTunes (you can also use the embedded player below). And, if you want to see our faces that very clearly are fit for radio, you can watch videos of our episodes on YouTube

I wanted to do an episode where each of us picked our top choice for most overrated comedy film, standup comedian and comedy tv show of all time. The problem is, everyone else on my show wants to see the bad in people and not the good, so they each went with underrated, not overrated. So listen to this episode, featuring Shawn Westfall, Brian Duss and Bizzy Fain to learn about three standups, three comedy films and three comedy shows you need to check out...and one of each that suck. Because I keeps it real.

Follow this episode's cast on Twitter and Instagram (because that's how we measure our self-worth)!

John Papageorgiou - Twitter - @PapasBasement, Instagram - @PapasBasement

Shawn Westfall - Twitter - @ShawnWestfall, Instagram - @ShawnWestfall

Brian Duss - Twitter - @BPDuss, Instagram - @BPDuss

Bizzy Fain - Twitter - @BizzyFain, Instagram - @BizzyFain

If you truly love the show and realize money talks more than kind words (fine, we like kind words, too), donate on a monthly basis to the show via our Patreon. Some of the rewards aren't bad! Or buy a shirt at Redbubble so people you walk past in the mall can ask you what a Papa's Basement is.

Click here to listen to the latest episode of Papa's Basement in your browser or here to open and listen in iTunes (you can also use the embedded player below). And, if you want to see our faces that very clearly are fit for radio, you can watch videos of our episodes on YouTube

I wanted to do an episode where each of us picked our top choice for most overrated comedy film, standup comedian and comedy tv show of all time. The problem is, everyone else on my show wants to see the bad in people and not the good, so they each went with underrated, not overrated. So listen to this episode, featuring Shawn Westfall, Brian Duss and Bizzy Fain to learn about three standups, three comedy films and three comedy shows you need to check out...and one of each that suck. Because I keeps it real.

Follow this episode's cast on Twitter and Instagram (because that's how we measure our self-worth)!

John Papageorgiou - Twitter - @PapasBasement, Instagram - @PapasBasement

Shawn Westfall - Twitter - @ShawnWestfall, Instagram - @ShawnWestfall

Brian Duss - Twitter - @BPDuss, Instagram - @BPDuss

Bizzy Fain - Twitter - @BizzyFain, Instagram - @BizzyFain

If you truly love the show and realize money talks more than kind words (fine, we like kind words, too), donate on a monthly basis to the show via our Patreon. Some of the rewards aren't bad! Or buy a shirt at Redbubble so people you walk past in the mall can ask you what a Papa's Basement is.

Click here to listen to the latest episode of Papa's Basement in your browser or here to open and listen in iTunes (you can also use the embedded player below). And, if you want to see our faces that very clearly are fit for radio, you can watch videos of our episodes on YouTube

Power publishing couple AND fashion icons? Josh Bard and Kelaine Conochan of The Prompt Magazine don't limit themselves.

We are joined by the incredibly talented Josh Bard and Kelaine Conochan, co-creators of the comedic writing website The Prompt Magazine. They quickly show off their gift for comedy by gifting the show with a fantastic bit: Ranking the fame, 1-10, of various celebrities. For the most part, we agree…until we get to Leslie David Baker, aka Stanley Hudson of The Office fame. So I ask of you, dear listener (let us know via email, Twitter, Instagram, whatever)…how famous is Stanley Hudson?

Follow this episode's cast on Twitter and Instagram (because that's how we measure our self-worth)!

John Papageorgiou - Twitter - @PapasBasement, Instagram - @PapasBasement

Josh Bard - Twitter - @JoshBard, Instagram - @TheJoshBard

Kelaine Conochan - Twitter - @Kelaine, Instagram - @TerpMcNasty

The Prompt Magazine - Twitter - @ThePromptMag, Instagram - @ThePromptMag

If you truly love the show and realize money talks more than kind words (fine, we like kind words, too), donate on a monthly basis to the show via our Patreon. Some of the rewards aren't bad! Or buy a shirt at Redbubble so people you walk past in the mall can ask you what a Papa's Basement is.

Click here to listen to the latest episode of Papa's Basement in your browser or here to open and listen in iTunes (you can also use the embedded player below). And, if you want to see our faces that very clearly are fit for radio, you can watch videos of our episodes on YouTube

Power publishing couple AND fashion icons? Josh Bard and Kelaine Conochan of The Prompt Magazine don't limit themselves.

We are joined by the incredibly talented Josh Bard and Kelaine Conochan, co-creators of the comedic writing website The Prompt Magazine. They quickly show off their gift for comedy by gifting the show with a fantastic bit: Ranking the fame, 1-10, of various celebrities. For the most part, we agree…until we get to Leslie David Baker, aka Stanley Hudson of The Office fame. So I ask of you, dear listener (let us know via email, Twitter, Instagram, whatever)…how famous is Stanley Hudson?

Follow this episode's cast on Twitter and Instagram (because that's how we measure our self-worth)!

John Papageorgiou - Twitter - @PapasBasement, Instagram - @PapasBasement

Josh Bard - Twitter - @JoshBard, Instagram - @TheJoshBard

Kelaine Conochan - Twitter - @Kelaine, Instagram - @TerpMcNasty

The Prompt Magazine - Twitter - @ThePromptMag, Instagram - @ThePromptMag

If you truly love the show and realize money talks more than kind words (fine, we like kind words, too), donate on a monthly basis to the show via our Patreon. Some of the rewards aren't bad! Or buy a shirt at Redbubble so people you walk past in the mall can ask you what a Papa's Basement is.

Click here to listen to the latest episode of Papa's Basement in your browser or here to open and listen in iTunes (you can also use the embedded player below). And, if you want to see our faces that very clearly are fit for radio, you can watch videos of our episodes on YouTube

A serious photo for a serious episode.

Upright Citizen's Brigade NY has closed its UCB East location in NYC, and the theater has given countless other clues that its fortunes in the city are failing. Perhaps more alarming, though, is that the market as a whole for the bevy of talented performers that the theater churns out seems to be shrinking. On the other side of that coin, the theater doesn't pay its performers, a practice which I'm more than happy to call into question. I'm joined by improv theater owner / veteran Shawn Westfall and very tall man Brian Duss to discuss what UCB owes its grads that wish to keep performing in its ecosystem, if improv in general is nowhere close to the pipeline to entertainment success that it once was, and whether the world is an all-consuming abyss and we'd be better off blowing a T-1000-sized hole through our heads. If you enjoy the show, please like, share, follow and tattoo my own face over your own.

Follow this episode's cast on Instagram!

John Papageorgiou - @PapasBasement

Shawn Westfall - @ShawnWestfall

Brian Duss - @BPDuss

If you truly love the show and realize money talks more than kind words (fine, we like kind words, too), donate on a monthly basis to the show via our Patreon. Some of the rewards aren't bad! Or buy a shirt at Redbubble so people you walk past in the mall can ask you what a Papa's Basement is.

Click here to listen to the latest episode of Papa's Basement in your browser or here to open and listen in iTunes (you can also use the embedded player below). And, if you want to see our faces that very clearly are fit for radio, you can watch videos of our episodes on YouTube

A serious photo for a serious episode.

Upright Citizen's Brigade NY has closed its UCB East location in NYC, and the theater has given countless other clues that its fortunes in the city are failing. Perhaps more alarming, though, is that the market as a whole for the bevy of talented performers that the theater churns out seems to be shrinking. On the other side of that coin, the theater doesn't pay its performers, a practice which I'm more than happy to call into question. I'm joined by improv theater owner / veteran Shawn Westfall and very tall man Brian Duss to discuss what UCB owes its grads that wish to keep performing in its ecosystem, if improv in general is nowhere close to the pipeline to entertainment success that it once was, and whether the world is an all-consuming abyss and we'd be better off blowing a T-1000-sized hole through our heads. If you enjoy the show, please like, share, follow and tattoo my own face over your own.

Follow this episode's cast on Instagram!

John Papageorgiou - @PapasBasement

Shawn Westfall - @ShawnWestfall

Brian Duss - @BPDuss

If you truly love the show and realize money talks more than kind words (fine, we like kind words, too), donate on a monthly basis to the show via our Patreon. Some of the rewards aren't bad! Or buy a shirt at Redbubble so people you walk past in the mall can ask you what a Papa's Basement is.

Click here to listen to the latest episode of Papa's Basement in your browser or here to open and listen in iTunes (you can also use the embedded player below). And, if you want to see our faces that very clearly are fit for radio, you can watch videos of our episodes on YouTube

Two bad neighbors.

I've known the Kriksciuns for a long time, since I was shoved into a gifted and talented class at age eight with their son, Al. This past Christmas, I spent a ton of time mooching delicious, homemade snack food off of them, and that sort of thing doesn't go unrewarded by this hungry, hungry hippo. Longtime listeners might remember Eva Kriksciun, who has done several episodes of the show previously. We're joined by her dad, Tom, and they both spill the beans on all sorts of family horrors as I cackle like Robin Quivers. Hope you like.

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John Papageorgiou - @PapasBasement

If you truly love the show and realize money talks more than kind words (fine, we like kind words, too), donate on a monthly basis to the show via our Patreon. Some of the rewards aren't bad! Or buy a shirt at Redbubble so people you walk past in the mall can ask you what a Papa's Basement is.

Click here to listen to the latest episode of Papa's Basement in your browser or here to open and listen in iTunes (you can also use the embedded player below). And, if you want to see our faces that very clearly are fit for radio, you can watch videos of our episodes on YouTube