The Laugh Button Podcast

Matt and Bram are joined by Nick DeSimone on the podcast this week as they learn all about his secret talent. We discuss comedy movie sequels and Netflix. We're then joined by comedian Jim Tews, who just released his debut comedy album, "I Was In Band." Jim stares stories about his time in middle school band, his time in the Coast Guard, starting stand-up comedy in Cleveland, then we go deep into great comedy clubs. It's a kickass episode that you need to tell all your friends about.

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We're coming in hot this episode. If you want to ease into a podcast, this is not the right one for you. Bram and Matt start right off with the barbs as they welcome Olivia Timm onto the show to give the "Millennial Point of View" whatever that is. Then Tim Dillon sits down with Matt to talk about how jury duty made him realize he wanted to be a comedian, giving unorthodox tours of NYC, the super-rich, politics, and a conspiracy theory or two. It's a wild conversation from front to back. Subscribe, rate, and tell a friend.

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Seth Olenick is a professional photographer who has spent the last 15 years or so photographing comedians. He recently finished a 7 year project to put together a coffee table book, "Funny Business" as he documented both established and up-and-coming comedians. Many of the latter who would later make it big time. Whether through chance encounters or referrals, Olenick chased down nearly 240 comedians for the project, and that's just for the one book, his career goes even deeper than that. Seth and Matt break it all down. Subscribe, rate, review.

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It all started at an open mic. Comedian Kevin Gootee was critiquing a comedian on stage and the idea struck him and the start of Comics Watching Comics was born. Think Last Comic Standing meets @Midnight, Gootee recruits his comedian friends to talk about other's stand-up. He sits down with Matt to break it all down and talk about his motivation to follow his dream to be a stand-up comic.

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We're back from SXSW and oh what great fun it was. Matt runs down the trip with Bram as they run down the week, followed up by a lot of half-hour special conversation. Then, guest comedian Shane Mauss joins us on the podcast to talk about his current tour, "A Good Trip" which is his one-man show out on the road talking about his experience with psychedelics. But Mauss isn't just out to get high, he's on a mission to talk about his experiences and maybe even find out about some of the science behind it all.

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Katie Goodman is a comical badass. She's a Feminist and mother. She also spent a large chunk of her life in the theater, cranking out hundreds of productions, formed women's comedy troupes, released comedy albums, written songs, teaches theater to children. She's given keynote speeches and put on events to raise money for Planned Parenthood. See, a badass! As luck would have it, she sat down with Matt on International Women's Day to talk about her latest comedy album, "Halfway Closer To Death" featuring songs with hilarious takes on many of these issues. Download, review, tell a friend.

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Matt and Bram talk about something Colossal that happened this week with comedy festivals and then take on recent news of comedians behaving badly. Then comedian Seaton Smith joins us to discuss, well everything, getting passed at the Comedy Cellar, how to start a cult, politics, our President, his time on "Mulaney," and his comedy heroes. We get into it! Download, rate, and tell your friends.

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Matt and Bram breakdown the news of Louis C.K. and Netflix and the super wild notion that Joe Piscopo might run for public office in New Jersey. We then welcome comedian Michael Palascak onto the podcast. Mark first met Michael at Gilda's Laughfest last March and he's releasing his new comedy album, "That One Thing" which premiered exclusively on Audible and is now available to the rest of the world.

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Matt is once again joined by Metal Insider's Bram Teitelman to take the slow and sensual route to this week's podcast but those plans are scrapped pretty damn quickly. We're covering the big stories of the week including the Grammys (and maybe too much Beyonce), Rolling Stone's top 50 comedians, Wayne's World hitting a 25 year anniversary, and the enduring legacy of Beavis And Butt-head. We then welcome comedian Ryan Beck onto the show to talk about his career in comedy and keeping the eye on the prize.

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The Laugh Button's editor-in-chief Matt Kleinschmidt is once again joined by Metal Insider's editor-in-chief, Bram Teitelman. Joining us this week is also, Brittany Brave from The Laugh Button who is also a UCB student and publicist living in NYC. The three of us break down the week in news and there's a lot of it. From Conan's joke theft lawsuit, Saturday Night Live's breakout this weekend, and festival season kicking off. Comedian Harrison Greenbaum joins us for an interview about his career in comedy which began from his days at Harvard, writing for MAD Magazine, clown college, and magic. He also happens to be a big fan of playing Escape The Room. Subscribe, rate, review, and tell your friends.

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