Taking Dadplications

In the last episode of season one, Jessie Wayburn talks about recovery and an unholy union of mashed potatoes and ketchup with Mark Haven Britt.

Mark Haven Britt is an art director and comic book maker living in the Bay Area. He’s a sober single dad raising a 12 year old son. He was raised in the Boston area. He was married for ten years. He taught college at Parsons the New School in New York. He now works as a designer in tech and lives in Berkeley where he co-parents with his babymama and her husband. His comics have been published by Image Comics. You can find his work at californiaghost.com

Content Warning: This episode contains mentions of rape.

Taking Dadplications is an Opus Nox Media production.

Music and cover art by Nic Jenkins

Jessie Wayburn talks with Dirk Anschütz about some sensitive and not-so-sensitive subjects.

Dirk was born and raised in a small town in Germany and moved to the US when he was 22. He is a photographer and has been working on a portrait project about fathers and sons for the last 7 years. He lives in Brooklyn with his girlfriend and their 9 year old son and enjoys the occasional game of football (soccer), either playing or on tv.

Taking Dadplications is an Opus Nox Media production.

Music and cover art by Nic Jenkins

Jessie Wayburn talks about the 4 kinds of dads with Dave Apkarian.

Dave Apkarian is a comedian based out of Fresno, CA. He has bombed at bars and breweries, clubs and Christmas parties. But he's getting better. Dave has toured nationally and opened for a whole bunch of comics you've probably never heard of, but they're great, he swears. He hosts a podcast called SAD DAD where he and fellow comedians talk about their dads. For the better part of a decade he has produced countless comedy shows in his hometown and is currently running The Downtown Beat Down Comedy Showcase with Full Circle Brewing.

Taking Dadplications is an Opus Nox Media production.

Music and cover art by Nic Jenkins

Jessie Wayburn receives some solid flirting advice from Adrian Ashby,

Adrian Ashby was born and raised from Queens, and even though he isn’t a formally trained culinary professional, Adrian more than makes up for that with his twisted competition ready creations (from duck fat cannoli filling to gator & shrimp chili) , his stunning record of participation in competitive cooking known nationwide as "TakeDowns" as well as other NYC based cook-offs over the past several years.  Adrian also has a passion for entertaining along with public speaking. Adrian welcomes the opportunity to take on any amateur or professional who step into the arena with him!

Taking Dadplications is an Opus Nox Media production.

Music and cover art by Nic Jenkins

Jessie Wayburn explores the meaning of authenticity with Nico Carney.

Nico is a Brooklyn based standup comedian and writer. Their comedy covers their own queer/trans experience and anything else that makes them laugh.

Taking Dadplications is an Opus Nox Media production.

Music and cover art by Nic Jenkins

Jessie Wayburn learns about pleasing yourself before others with Geneva Rust-Orta.

Geneva is a stand-up comic from Oakland, California. She went to college in England, hoping to fall in love and relocate. She moved back to her moms' house immediately following graduation. In the UK, she took a half-hour stand-up show, Messed Up, to the Edinburgh, Camden, and Great Yorkshire Fringe Festivals 2016. She is now living in New York City. Her moms love all her jokes except the stupid ones. Well, her drunk mom likes them all. That's why she's the favorite.

Jessie Wayburn receives multiple sampler platter options from Phil Wong.

Phil Wong is a dabbler from Oakland, CA. His main dabble is theatre but he has been known to dabble in comedy, music, hip hop, and writing. He enjoys noodles of all colors and creeds and is still riding high off his 3-second role as "Tony Rydinger's Blonde Friend" in Pixar's 2004 hit film The Incredibles.

Taking Dadplications is an Opus Nox Media production.

Music and cover art by Nic Jenkins.

Jessie Wayburn receives late-night wisdom from Mark Pagán

Mark Pagán is an award-winning filmmaker, audio producer, writer, educator, and graying b-boy. He also loves telling stories live.  

He lives in NYC with a pigeon roommate named Valentina.

Hello’s + Speaking or Consulting Inquires: markpagan (at) gmail (dot) com

Taking Dadplications is an Opus Nox Media production.

Music and cover art by Nic Jenkins.

Jessie Wayburn talks with Darren Busing about everything except how to mend a broken heart. 

Darren Busing has lived in the Bay Area since he was 3 and has worked in Tech since 1989. He is married with 3 kids all soon to be out of the house. Darren has been doing standup and improv since 2017. 

Jessie Wayburn gets a lot of great tee-shirt ideas from guest Sarah Khari.

Sarah Khari is a comedian / content creator from San Francisco. They started their career doing radio and tv writing / production for companies like ESPN and CBS, and made the mistake of thinking standup would be fun, so here we are.

Taking Dadplications is an Opus Nox Media production.

Music and cover art by Nic Jenkins.