Corey Wagner is a professional food reviewer, filmmaker, actor, & writer based in Chicago, Illinois! 💯 Catch him in the legendary 'Number Six With Cheese', a comedic food review channel serving high-quality food reviews since 2016. You can ALSO see him in 'Eat Local', a channel entirely dedicated to local businesses and their menus. 🍝🥓🍰 In this episode, we discuss why everything in life is curation, how algorithms replaced tastemakers, whether AI could manipulate humans without becoming conscious, why creative talent is "taste + execution", balancing artistic vision with audience expectations, and much more! 🔥

Ben Bishop is an actor based in Chicago, Illinois! 💯 You can catch him in 'The Amazing Digital Circus', 'Hamster In My Head', 'Big Spooky House', '8 Hours With Scott', & much more! 🎭 In this episode, we discuss how Ben unexpectedly joined 'The Amazing Digital Circus' phenomenon, why he became a cheerleader (& how that led to acting), the process of playing a hamster controlling a human, how actors create emotions through thought processes rather than expressions, what to expect from 'Big Spooky House', and much more! 🔥

David Vox Mullen is a stand-up comedian, improviser, writer, producer, author, actor & more based in Chicago, IL! 💯 Not only all of this, but he's the EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR of OVW Wrestling's board of operations 💪 His new book, 'GO BOOK YOURSELF', is available now. 📖 Catch one of the independent comedy shows he produces here in the Chicagoland area under the name 'Type 2 Comedy' 2️⃣ In this episode, we discuss why no one is going to save you (& how this means no one is going to stop you), why momentum beats perfection, how Kevin Hart and Adam Sandler created their own opportunities, why 'Go Book Yourself' was self-published, how stage fright never really disappears, what comedy can learn from professional wrestling, and much more! 🔥

Rovaughn Hill is a stand-up comedian based in Chicago, IL! 💯In this episode, we discuss "bringer shows", how sports betting has changed the way people watch sports entirely, whether pets can understand English, what would happen if dogs and cats switched places, the rise of RICO rap, and much more! 🔥

Mike Capra is a filmmaker, musician, comedian, & actor based in Chicago, IL! His latest film, 'Don't Call Me Baby', is OUT NOW on YouTube. 💯 He's the frontman of The Capra Brothers Band and also the co-founder of Warwick Motion Pictures, a comedy/horror production company 🎥

James Najjar is a comedian, producer, & social media personality in Chicago, Illinois. 💯 Catch his apartment comedy show, 'Cozy Corner Comedy', once a month in Andersonville! 😂 In this episode, we discuss why people fear flying (Ruse included), the absurdity of toilet paper advertisements, whether social media is about quality or quantity, the true story that inspired the Tom Hanks film 'The Terminal', detaching happiness from the idea of "making it", how money influences virtually all of the media you see, and much more! 🔥

Dan Cass is a standup comedian & producer based in Chicago! 💯 You might recognize him from Zanies, Laugh Factory, Don't Tell Comedy, etc. He produces THREE shows at the moment. These are: 'What Could Go Wrong?' at The Laugh Factory Chicago, 'Lowkey Funny', also at The Laugh Facotry Chicago, & 'The Love Below Comedy Show' at Beermiscuous, in Lakeview. Catch one of these masterpieces live! It's what we're here for. 😉In this episode, we discuss why musical comedy almost always fails, what makes 'resetting the room' the most useful skill a performer can have, how opposing political groups share the same revolutionary impulse, the different levels of interpersonal trust (+ what it means to trust someone at all), why "everything is a process", and much more! 🔥

Bill D. Russell is an improv artist, actor, & comedian! 💯 you can see the endless list of all of his film work on IMDb 🎬 In this episode, we discuss whether independent filmmaking will survive the streaming era, how social media uses the same psychological techniques as slot machines, why trying to be funny makes you less funny, the legend of Tom Cruise, why you should question everything, and much more! 🔥 stick around to the end for a FIRE FREESTYLE SESSION 🔥

Debo The Comedian is a stand-up comedian based in Chicago, IL! 💯 In this episode, we discuss what makes 'Not Like Us' an all-time diss record, what the internet used to be, Debo's first comedy open mic, whether Marvel peaked with 'Endgame', how failure is the first stage of success, and much more! 🔥

Rebecca Jaffe is a stand up comedian & musician based in Chicago, Illinois! 💯 she's one of two masterminds behind the comedy duo 'Jaffe and Magy', an extremely anxious comedy duo with classic hits like 'It's Okay To Poop Your Pants' 👖 In this episode, we discuss what our pets would sound like if they could talk, how to write a proper diss rap, performing for the camera VS performing for the room, the beautiful failure of 'Osmosis Jones', making art for yourself first, and much more! 🔥