PodGis with Ava Val

"I just got back from the Ontario Science Center, and boy are my arms science!"

-Al Val

In this episode of PodGis Val talks about her recent experience at the Ontario Science Center and her lifelong connection to David Attenborough; from then she explores a variety of topics such as people who believe that she's just "trans for stagetime", the science of Operant Conditioning as it applies to hopelessly romantic strangers on FaceBook, and the unfortunate amorality of pet ownership by the noisiest species on the planet.

Al Val is down as ever to have a hodgpodge, silly vanilly time this week! Al Val takes a short trip down memory lane, talking about album covers she'd designed for CD's she burned as a teen, a "letter from a fan" she received one time in university, domain names/capitalism and Martin Shkreli, one particularly personally resonant line from the movie "Hook", and finally a tale of putrid, comforting warmth on the subway.

Al Val is back from her tour in B.C. (the place, not the... measurement of time) and she's getting her SILLY on! Welcome, new fans!

Val rips right into this one, talking about the stresses of everyday living, poignant memories of Jeb Bush, some observations on TikTok and joke theft, a fond memory of the time a flight attendant tried reading the synopsis to a Russel Crowe movie, and a new world order as a result of line etiquette deviance.

See you soon! Muah!

Al Val is away! In British Columbia, Canada! But have no fear - she recorded a "PodGis" so you don't miss a single fun-having dang-blasted crumb-nibbling moment.

In this one, Al Val talks about being "hoisted by your own petard" and then provides a transition update regarding boob pain in sports; after that she guides you through a very exclusive meditation practice, then closes on a whole bunch of nonsense about Rodney Dangerfield.

As the French say, "C'est L'Halloween!" Are you dressing up as Luke Skywalker wearing a t-shirt of all his friends? What are you doing? Listening to this podcast, of course!

Al Val talks a bit about Halloween (AKA Closet Crossdresser Christmas), a bit more about Dave Chappelle's "The Closer" and the ongoing fallout, being Luke Skywalker one time as a child, Al Val's very dear friend Omid, and her recent inspired performance as a "Sentient Speaker at an Open Mic".

Check out the Youtube clip online! Search "Al Val as 'Sentient Speaker does open mic comedy'"

Uh ohhhhhhhhh! Warning: BIG controversies addressed in this one! Lol just kidding, maybe! Algis tackles some big controversies like Netflix's "Explained" episode, elaborate high-fives, the Canadian Men's National Soccer Team, catchphrases, imbroglios, another story about Algis' naivete, and a short story about someone complaining about Al's arms.

Al Val is a controversial comic now! Look out! HERE COMES TROUBLE!

Al Val recorded this one hot off the release of Dave Chappelle's last Netflix special "The Closer", and of course shares her opinions on the thing - the good, the bad, and the... inflexible.

We're talking voices! You know you got a voice? Isn't that NUTS???

In this one, Al Val does a whole bunch of Italian accent nonsense, talks about being related to doctors, voice feminization training, "Hamburger" Jones, and comics who claim to have never bombed.

Uh oh! We're getting a little sacrilegious on this one!

Al Val ventures headlong into the unknown this time with next to NOTHING prepared, but nonetheless finds delightful fodder in discussing the poster of Jesus she recently hung up in her room, a missed pitch opportunity to a TV exec, a perfectly silly and heretical TV show idea, and an old bit about a married couple raising a pet hippopotamus.

Al Val welcomes you back from a brief hiatus by getting SUPER introspective, pulling on several existential threads. She talks about her recent (hormonal?) crying episode, goes OFF on what she thinks of professional art/comedy critics, bathroom graffiti and legacy-making, The Marijuana Party of Canada, and ends on a tale of a recent catcalling experience that went sideways for both parties.