The Forum

After a 5 month Long hiatus, Ian and Alise return with some big news. www.forumpodcast.com

This week we're revisiting Matt Rubano's HARROWING tale of being catfished on a younger, more dangerous, more myspacey internet. 

We'll be back soon with The Forum and a whole new group of amazing guests!

Matt is an active member of the UCB community in New York performing Improv and doing Music Production as a member of UCB Digital Team ‘The Backyard’.   

Matt has performed monologues at ASSSSCAT, has had teams featured in the 15th and 16th and 17th annual Del Close Marathons, UCB Cage Match and Indie Improv Showcase at UCB.

Bailey Edwards is an actor and comedian based in New York City. Originally from Austin, Texas, she has studied improv at UCB since 2012, and is incredibly stoked to be performing on the UCBTNY Lloyd team, Steakhouse. You can also find Bailey performing characters and stand-up around the city, as well as comedy dance-routines as one half of the duo, Christina & Bailey. [email protected]

Margaret is a writer and editor with experience crafting copy for ad agencies, magazines, TV, and events. She specializes in writing for teens and young adults (but as a 26-year-old woman who wept through the 2016 finale of Austin & Ally, she will not judge any adults who like her stuff, too.) You can find out more about her by visiting lolmargaret.com

Dara Katz is a New York City-based writer, editor and performer. She is currently a senior editor at women's lifestyle site, PureWow. Before that, she was editor of Modern Notion, a new site for the ultra-curious and co-host of their podcast Modern Notion Daily, where she interviewed some of the coolest people ever. She was previously at MAKERS, an AOL + PBS digital storytelling initiative showcasing groundbreaking women and also worked as a managing editor for AOL.com.

You should totally check out In The Service and let them know we sent you!  Claire is a writer, improviser, storyteller, comedian and a sometimes actress who was born, raised and still lives in New York. She create videos with my sketch team, Chico Comedy which can be seen on Huffington Post, College Humor, Funny or Die and more. She's also one half of Side Dish Comedy If you have additional questions for her including her EXTENSIVE background, favorite place to get a bloody mary or where the friendliest bodega cats live -please feel free to reach her via email: [email protected]

This week we're joined by the wonderful Peter Smith. Peter helps us get out heads around starbucks newest craze and we write some of our own commandments. Then we get into the meat of the show as Peter helps us understand the experiences of people living with gender and identity in rural montana, as well as how it feels to mentor some kick ass kids. Show audio gets better half way through! Sorry for the screwup.

This week we're joined by Nonny Onyekweli to talk about nugget retweets, the original apple computer, our embarrassing moments and most importantly, her work with Policing Project to try and bring more democracy to policing.  If you have feedback for us, you can get in touch by emailing [email protected]

Brian Faas performs at UCB Theatre in New York with the long-running improv show, The Law Firm. He got his start as a cast member on Vh1's Best Week Ever. Since then, he's been featured in Interview magazine, NYLON Guys, and as the drunk sidekick on the late-night show Bianca Unanchored. Look out for Brian in the upcoming indie comedy, Bruce. www.BrianFaas.net

Amanda Giobbi is a 2004 graduate of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. She worked for an organization called 'Friends of the Children' for over thirteen years, where she had advocated for the underexposed youth of inner city Washington, D.C. and Harlem, NY. She is currently an employee of NBCUniversal and a performer at the Upright Citizens Brigade. She started acting in 2009 and doing improv in 2011. She has studied at The DC Improv school of comedy and The Upright Citizens Brigade. She performs improvisational comedy, sketch comedy and character showcases. Check her out here: AmandaGiobbi.com