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 Michael Ondrick is an improvisor, a sketch comedy writer, and a humongous wrestling fan. The first half of this episode is dedicated to all things wrestling. Michael tells me when he discovered wrestling and when he became a fan, and as a fan, he lets me behind the secret curtain revealing the ins and outs of wrestling fandom. I was enlightened and impressed by world I know nothing about. The second half we talk about living in small towns, great places to eat, and Michael opens up a bit about his past struggles with addiction and his road to recovery. Michael is a solid dude and this was a great talk. Enjoy

Matt Solter is a Pittsburgh Improvisor. We trade stories of going to religious schools and our most dreaded confessions, which for Matt is that he is a connoisseur of Rom-cons.

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 Pittsburgher Michael Buzzelli is a comedian, Theater critic for the Burgh Viviant, and humor columnist for the Observer Reporter. We talk about living and doing comedy in LA, Stories from his funny book Below Average Genius, and what it's like meeting a performer you gave a bad review to. Michael is such a pleasant guy to talk to and I had such a fun time talking to him. You can get his book Below Average Genius off amazon, some really funny stories in there. Fun talk. Enjoy!

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 Julia is an Improvisor and Stage manager living in Pittsburgh. Her three-person team Steven with the previous guest Michael Cunningham and Chris Laychak were a finalist in the Improv4humans contest. I and Julia have a weird conversation filled with random topics. Julia talks to me about when she started smoking, strange boyfriends she had growing up, her tattoos, and I mess up a fact about periods. We also play fuck, marry, kill and we talk deeply about what we want to work on in our Improv. Julia is just a fun person to shoot the shit with. Fun talk. Enjoy!!

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 Michael Cunningham Is an Improvisor living in Pittsburgh. Me and Mike just shoot the shit about numerous topics. We discuss him living in Florida, being in the navy and having terrible mentors, both of us being very gullible dudes, and his daughter and what it's like being a dad. Mike is just a solid dude, doesn't want to gossip behind peoples back, really nice guy. I felt like I barely scratched the surface with him, would love to have him back on. Fun talk. Enjoy!

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Alex & Anna Part 2 of 2. See description in Part 1.

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 In this two-part episode, I talk with the amazing Anna C. Reilly. Anna is a Pittsburgh Improvisor and all around great person. Talk about many things, like what the C in her full name stands for. We dive into what her college life was like, which leads into a cool lesson on the Kremlin and many other Russian things! Anna and I also discuss Improv, the whole social side of the community, and are anxiety being in the community. Anna also talks about passions she has outside of Improv, and how she learned to not make Improv her entire life, which leads to some deep life talk. This was the first time I've ever had a full conversation with Anna, surprised that we had a lot in common. Loved talking to her. Great talk. Enjoy!

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 Frank McDade is a Pittsburgh Improvisor and Entrepreneur. I've always wanted to talk to him since we met in passing. We talk about sketch and Improv and how we approach it. But we really dive into the comedy community and what we've noticed lately and why he decided to take a break from all of it. Frank talks about his own personal journey from how he was in college, how he works in corporate America, and how he said goodbye to all of that when he went to work for himself. Talking to Frank was awesome, really speaks his mind. Great talk. Enjoy!

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Valerie Gauvain is an Improvisor/Comedian living in Pittsburgh. We discuss her growing up and being home schooled for her whole public school life, how that ignited her love of books, and reading things way more advanced then her friends. Also, we discuss being weird kids who couldn't really relate to other people. She talks about why she took a break from comedy and why she's back now. We also talk about our anxiety and depression (one of my favorite subjects) and how it has effected our lives in and out of comedy. Also, Me and Valerie were very hot in this episode, but you'll hear us say that a million times. Very fun talking to Valerie. Great talk. Enjoy!!

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 Jocelyn Hillen is a Pittsburgh Improvisor/Actress. She's another person I've had on my old podcast, but I wanted to get her back for more. We discussed her theater background and all the stuff she went through during and after college. She brings up her recent trip to San Diego for the San Diego Improv Festival. We also talk at length about the great people she's met in her Improv journey and our local improv community. This was a great conversation, it has everything: Funny banter, serious topics, even a bathroom break (first time for the show!). Jocelyn is a really cool person and I love talking to her. Great talk. Enjoy!