The Forum

The Forum

By Ian Griffin Adams and Alise MoralesComedy
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The Forum episodes

  • Episode 86: Cell Phones w/ Danny Groh
    Danny Groh is an actor and improviser from Cedarburg, WI. He recently moved to New York from Chicago where he studied and performed comedy at The Annoyance, Upstairs Gallery, iO Theater, The Playgound, & The Second City. Danny is a member improv groups Selfish Green Men, Brothers, & Squall. He shoots fake commercials with 3 The Hard Way Productions. You can see him in the feature film Party Time Party Time and the web series Greetings! From Prison! Danny is very honored and excited to be a member of The Annoyance NY House Team Santeria. Boom Jam PowerSlam!!!!
    55 min
  • Episode 85: Life on Mars? w/ Kristopher Knight
    Kristopher Knight is a NYC comedy filmmaker whose work has been mentioned across the Internet, such as /Film, Splitsider, NPR, Vice, and Boing Boing. He directs on the UCB Digital Team, Cardinal Goose and directs at Mic [www.mic.com] More than anything else, he's a dumb ass.
    1 hr 3 min
  • Episode 84: What Makes Viral w/ Max Knoblauch

    The week, Mashable's Max Knoblauch joins the show, to help Ian and Alise get their heads around what plays online. Does it involve bears? Are cats no longer viable? We ask the tough questions and get some great answers. 

    We're still looking for your podcast reviews! It's going to help us make a huge push to 100! Send proof to [email protected] and we'll rate the social profile of your choice!

    Max Knoblauch is the Assistant Humor Editor at Mashable. He is a journalist, comedian and illustrator. More humor and art by Max can be found on his website. Follow him @MaxKnoblauch

    1 hr 5 min
  • Episode 83: Women in Tech w/ Bailey Edwards
    Please rate us on iTunes (or whichever podcast service you use)! If you email [email protected] with proof, we'll rate your social media profile! 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]
    1 hr 15 min
  • Episode 82: Rating Profiles w/ Alex Song
    At UCB, Alex currently improvises with the house improv team Barrymore on Lloyd Night and around the country with the UCB Touring Company. She was a writer on the house sketch teams Ripley and Roanoke on Maude Night. Alex is one of the hosts of the Wednesday Night Improv Jam and the Lady Jam, and a cast member with The Terry Withers Mysteries. She also hosts Ballers Deep, a recap show for the HBO show Ballers, on UCB Comedy's Facebook Live.
    1 hr 8 min
  • Episode 81: Smart Boards w/ Milly Tamarez
    We're still counting down to Episode 100! We'd really appreciate you rating our pod on iTunes, Stitcher... Wherever you listen to pods! If you email proof of your rating to [email protected], and link us to one of your social media accounts we'll critique it on the show Milly Tamarez is a comedic actress/marketing professional based out of Brooklyn, New York. She has completed the core curriculum from the Upright Citizens Brigade, is on several improv teams (Wenis, What's Good, Penis, Some Brown Girls) and is a founding member of the all women of color improv group Affirmative Action. Affirmative Action has won Lady Cagematch, Indie Indie Cagematch, and a three time winner of Indie Cagematch. Milly also performs every week as a featured house team player at the Queens Secret Improv theater. In addition to performing all over the city with her many improv teams, Milly has also performed as an actress, dancer and back up vocalist with the DNA Dance Comedy troop for a season and performed many sketches at Liquid Courage and BYOT. She is currently on the BoogieManja sketch team, First Kiss, as an actress, and she really, really likes Kanye West way too much.
    50 min
  • Episode 80: Old Phones w/ Danny Groh
    Danny Groh is an actor and improviser from Cedarburg, WI. He recently moved to New York from Chicago where he studied and performed comedy at The Annoyance, Upstairs Gallery, iO Theater, The Playgound, & The Second City for over six years. You can see him in the feature film Party Time Party Time and the web seriesGreetings! From Prison! Danny can be seen performing regularly at the Annoyance Theatre NYC and tons of other awesome spots around the city. He currently hosts Dog Fight every Friday night at 7pm and plays with Michael Jordan Steakhouse on Saturdays at 9:30pm. Boom Jam PowerSlam!!!!
    1 hr 7 min
  • Special Episode: We're taking a quick break!
    Ian's room (where we record the podcast) floods without warning. In this special episode we're sitting down to talk about a short break to get things sorted out. Alexa also joins to try and stump us on our favorite kind of trivia. We'll be back soon.
    23 min
  • Episode 79: Echochamber w/ Anna Drezen
    Anna Drezen is an actor, comedian, and writer living in Brooklyn, NY. Her work has been featured on MTVu, the front page of CollegeHumor, Funny or Die, WitStream, Thought Catalog, Huffington Post, BuzzFeed, and SplitSider. Anna has performed at Joe's Pub, the PIT, the UCB, the Del Close Comedy Festival, the Women in Comedy Festival, and many other festivals, clubs and colleges across the city and country. She graduated with a BFA in Acting from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, where she studied under Michael Potts, Ted Sluberski, Ruben Polendo, and Theresa McCarthy, among others. Anna received a certificate in Shakespeare in Performance from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, UK, and completed the Advanced Improv course of study at the UCB in NYC. Mostly she enjoys petting other people's dogs when those people are trying to get somewhere.
    58 min

About The Forum

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The Forum (formerly Important Shit That Doesn't Matter) is a podcast about the internet, social media, and life online hosted by former roommates and current friends Ian Griffin Adams (The Unemployed…