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Carly Ann Filbin is a comedian/writer/actor living in Brooklyn. She does a lot of improv and really really loves it. Her solo show, Validate Me, debuted at The People’s Improv Theatre and was performed at UCB and the Fringe Festival. She is the face of MikMak, an innovative new shopping app, and has written/acted on numerous projects for MTV, Logo, Cosmopolitan, Zodiac Productions and others. Her mom really liked her web series, Not Twins, which was featured on FunnyOrDie.com. She is a castmember on the nationally touring, storytelling show Awkward Sex...and the City, and is the host of the live monthly show, Let Me Break You Up: An Anti-Dating Game Show. Murder By Spirit Stick, which she co-wrote and stars in, will premiere in New York in April. Carly Ann Filbin loves being blonde and is a proud Hanson fan.

Nicole Pasquale is an actor, writer, comedian, and host based in Brooklyn, New York. Originally from Anchorage, Alaska she studied at the American Musical and Dramatic Academy, the New School, the Upright Citizens Brigade in New York and Second City in Chicago. A proud former host of the indie improv darling show Kaleidoscope and the video series Mic Check, you can now catch her performing monthly with Live Dubbed Sitcoms at Videology, "Dr. Brothers" at UCB Chelsea, and with the Lloyd team Blush at UCB East Village. She loves what she does and she loves her dog J, even though J has chewed up and destroyed two expensive vibrators.

Branson is a Greenpoint based comedian and illustrator originally from Virginia. You can watch him at UCB as Professor Goose in Simon's Street. You can also catch him performing every Wednesday with his team The Music Industry at The Magnet Theater. His credits include The Special Without Brett Davis, The Onion, WNYC, Cartoon Monsoon, and The Macaulay Culkin Show. Die-hard fans of Brisk Iced Tea will remember him as the skinny lemon-headed man from the commercial. Branson's illustrations can be seen in The Neu Jorker, Snake Milk Magazine, and "How May We Hate You?" from Penguin Publishing. You can follow is exploits on twitter @brasonreese

Taylor is a writer, producer and actor stationed in Brooklyn. He cuts his teeth producing shows all around the city. He's known to eat a sandwich.

Trevor Lyon is a comedian in Brooklyn who makes a bunch of comedy videos. You can see them at trevorlyon.yolasite.com and on youtube. You can also see Hart Street Lemonade Stand at hartstreetlemonadestand.com, new eps coming soon, oh yes, oh yes

In this special post US election episode, Ian and Alise try to piece it all together. Their pal Mark Zuckerberg has something to say. Will it be enough to stop him being exiled to the middle of the pacific ocean? Listen and find out! Questions? Comments? Email us: [email protected]

Kerryn Feehan is a comic, writer, actress and producer living in NYC. She produces and hosts the longest running (4 years) monthly all female stand up and burlesque show “Stand up and Take Your Clothes Off” the first Sunday of every month at The Kraine Theater. Kerryn performs regularly at Caroline’s, The Comic Strip Live, Broadway Comedy Club, The Stand, and Stand Up New York. She is a recurring guest on The Real Ass Podcast, Keith and the Girl, Myka Fox and Friends, This Week in Jackin, Guys we Fucked, We the People, Hot Mess Comedy Hour, and Hard Lonely and Vicious podcasts.

Grosser is a rapper and musician living in New Orleans. You can check him out on twitter and Soundcloud. https://twitter.com/grosser_tho www.soundcloud.com/grossermusic

t.j. misny writes, directs, photographs and edits those moving pictures you keep hearing about. he is currently in the early stages of pre­production on his first feature film as writer/director. his short films have screened at over three dozen film festivals worldwide, including DETRITUS (director/cinematographer/editor) which was awarded the kodak director's prize at the 2015 slamdance film festival. his collection of three darkly comic short films, INTIMATE SEMAPHORES (writer/director/producer/editor) starring kate lyn sheil ("house of cards"), ariane labed ("before midnight") and jocelin donahue ("house of the devil") made its US premiere as the opening night of the 2014 brooklyn film festival (winner: best editing) and its international premiere at the 2014 stockholm film festival (nominated: iFestival award). As a director, t.j.'s web video work has accumulated over 75 million online views, including Comedy Central's "hack into broad city" (2016 Emmy nominee: outstanding short form series) and "why starbucks spells your name wrong" which was named one of the 50 funniest moments of 2014 by the Huffington Post and screened on the TODAY Show. His online work been written about in The New Yorker, Forbes, Rolling Stone, USA Today, Buzzfeed, People, Time, Business Insider, New York Magazine, Entertainment Weekly, Grantland, Complex, Glamour, Interview, Cosmopolitan, Esquire, Variety and Deadline.com. top online curators have celebrated these pieces, including Short of the Week, Nowness and the Vimeo Staff ("the truth about meeting women" + "exes"). misny has also directed + photographed original comedic shorts for Big Beach, Huffington Post, MTV, Conde Nast Entertainment and Refinery29.

Arti Gollapudi is a Jersey-born-Brooklyn-based comedian & musician. She performs with the Lloyd team Steakhouse. Arti hosts LAWL at New Women Space every month & Comedy CUNT at Bluestockings Bookstore every other month. You can catch her performing all over the city or catch her on the web but good luck holding her down!! www.artigollapudi.com @ArtiParty