Poetry and wrestling take centerstage for the first time since Lanny Poffo played “The Genius.” Evan chats with Navpreet Singh aka Nav The Poet aka The Third Singh Brother. Nav talks about how he got started in poetry, where his inspiration comes from and what’s next for him. He also discusses Jinder Mahal’s recent WWE Championship run and what it meant to India.

Evan and Nav then transition to preview WWE Survivor Series, a Thanksgiving tradition that this year is featuring two 5-on-5 elimination matches and such bouts as AJ Styles vs Brock Lesnar and The Shield vs The New Day. 

We’re strapping the rocket to Nav and pushing him to the moon. Have a listen so he can get over. (This is all wrestling jargon.)

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Comedy music takes centerstage as Evan interviews comedic songwriter Rhune Kincaid. He has a new album out everywhere called Squirrelmaggedon and we are running down the hilarious tracks including “Two Cats,” “The Special Chord” and “@rhunekincaid.” Plus, Evan explores Rhune’s Colorado roots, where the name Rhune comes from and how best to outsource freelancers when you need to get stuff done. All that and a song about the BP oil spill.

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In a stroke of all-time randomness, Evan interviews Luis Aguilera, Cassidy Turner and Morgan Evans, students from Fairleigh Dickinson University (FDU) whom he met them at a NACA (college programming) conference in Hartford. Now his Facebook friends, Evan sits down to chat with them about such topics at Luis’ college radio show, his septum piercing, tattoos, Cassidy’s time abroad, and Morgan’s love of Jon Bon Jovi (who performed at FDU’s graduation last year). We are Jersey Strong this week and we’re down with FPC (yeah, you know me)!

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Evan reunites with his former acting classmate Palmer Davis. She is a standout actress, dancer and choreographer who is touring with her one-woman show “Suburban Showgirl.” They delve into Palmer’s dance background as well as her favorite songs with “dance” in the title. Palmer and Evan then pivot to how parenting changes as your kids get older. Plus, Palmer has a message to the Facebook universe: #solutionsonly. 

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Actor Jake Ramirez joins Socially Awkward this week as he speaks to Evan for the first time since Evan performed at his college, Otterbein University, in 2011. Now in Los Angeles, Jake has appeared on such shows as New Girl, 2 Broke Girls and Superstore. Jake shares how he got into acting, why he moved to LA and also delves into his ability to find extremely cheap flights all over the world. $50 from Cincinnati to Las Vegas?! Less than $10 to jump countries in Europe?! Jake shares all his travel hacks.

Plus, Evan and Jake preview/predict WWE’s No Mercy PPV that features John Cena vs Roman Reigns and Brock Lesnar vs Braun Strowman. This episode is one giant white-meat babyface. #kayfabe

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Fresh off his show at South Dakota School of Mines & Technology, Evan interviews his newest Facebook friend, Cameron Hickey, a student at SD Mines who also opened for Evan at the show! Live from the common area of Cameron’s dorm, hear how an ex-girlfriend drove Cameron to comedy, how far he has traveled to perform and how he balances comedy and being an engineering major. Plus, a ton of comedy talk.  #FunnyBone

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Evan sits down with Actor Kevin O’Grady in a random sweltering bunker to talk all things acting. Hear how Kevin found acting, how he booked 50 commercials coming up the ranks, and what some of his acting highlights are. He can currently be seen in Hallmark Channel’s Garage Sale Mystery with Lori Loughlin (aka Aunt Becky from Full House). He also has some CW cred, but nothing compares to when Evan wrote for Kevin when he played The Grinch is a Christmas skit. We’re all over the place in this episode, which is what happens when you interview a Canadian.

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To celebrate 50 SOCIALLY AWKWARD interviews, Evan ventures to the celebrity wing of his Facebook friends to interview Actress Robin Riker! A third-generation actor and veteran of TV, film and theater, Robin has seen it all and done it all, which is why she has a book out called A Survivor’s Guide To Hollywood – How To Play The Game Without Losing Your Soul. Robin also recounts getting started in acting, auditioning for her parents, arriving in Hollywood and how auditions have changed for her over the years. She was also “Sharon Potter” on one of Evan’s favorite shows, Get A Life, and they discuss the show, Chris Elliot and how one episode made TV Guide’s top funny tv moments of all-time! 

Robin and Evan then shift gears to talk about the direction of SAG-AFTRA and Robin offers her dismayed reaction to the recently passed TV/Theatrical contracts. Why does she think it’s the worst contract ever? And why was she against the merger? Robin lays out the facts and offers a behind-the-scenes look at how the actors’ union operates. And did I mention she is the same Riker that New York City’s Riker’s Island is named after? All this and even some Inside The Actor’s Studio questions. It’s more awesome than awkward for Episode 50!

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Evan’s latest Facebook friend, and one of his former interns, Adah Gorton, wasn’t on Facebook at the time of their interview, but she’s back… for now. Hear how they met on Craigslist and why Evan was her favorite boss and what made her other bosses so terrible. Evan and Adah then trade dog stories, dig into Netflix, bed bugs, The Gong Show, podcast recommendations and how we can keep Adah on Facebook for good. It’s the Adah Bucket Challenge this week on SOCIALLY AWKWARD!  

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For the first time since 2007 when they filmed a Zappos commercial together, Evan talks with Actor Sean von Buseck. Hear how Sean made the move to South Carolina after successfully beating the LA housing market! Sean then goes into how acting and auditions work in the Southeast and how he got to work with Marlon Wayans. He also goes into auditioning as a leprechaun and being up against a little person for the part. Did he get it? And does Sean miss Los Angeles? This is what happens at 3 AM!  

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