The Madness Continues

Matt Koff's new comedy album, Who's My Little Guy drop this Friday 11/1 on Spotify, iTunes, and his website, www.mattkoff.net

He's been a writer on The Daily Show since the halcyon days of Jon Stewart, and continued through the tumultuous Trump period. He's overcome a lot of frustrating comedy poverty (such as we all know), and all the while continued writing until something stuck. Through his network an opportunity for The Daily Show came together and Matt sprung at it.

This is his first comedy album and he's excited about it. So am I - can't wait to check it out on Spotify!

Matt's Twitter: https://twitter.com/mattkoff

Matt's website: www.mattkoff.net

Btw, check out my upcoming book, The Power Bible, and get on the mailing list for early release and the first chapter, FREE, by following this link: http://bit.ly/2p4uFCo

Cold Call Like A Comedian, currently available on Amazon: https://amzn.to/36dI8ZQ

Rocco Siffredi is perhaps *the* most prolific male pornstar. He's transcended the world of porn, particularly in Europe, and is a genuine celebrity.

Outside of his career, he's mostly a normal guy, a family man with a wife of 25 years and two great sons. How does he do it?

Aside from his, ahem, career work, I took notice of him on the Netflix doc Rocco, which chronicles a bit of his life.

Truly, he's an interesting man who chalks up much of his success in life to honesty, to passion, to authenticity, and to having a good sense of humor about life.

We talk about a broad range of things and he shares stories of his career, projects he's working on now, how much he loves his family, and more. Truly, I'm looking forward to seeing his next project, a one-man-show he's launching in Italian first, French second, and (if I can talk him into it) English as well.

Follow him on social media:

https://twitter.com/RoccoSiffrediXX

https://www.instagram.com/roccosiffredi_official/

https://www.roccosiffredi.com/

A link to Rocco's Pornstar Academy: https://www.roccosiffrediacademy.com/

Also, I'M RELEASING A BOOK! Sign up for the early-release & discount list here: bit.ly/2p4uFCo

Cold Call Like A Comedian, currently available on Amazon: amzn.to/36dI8ZQ

An unofficial theme for this podcast from the beginning has been men and women and the #metoo movement.

I saw Judith Taylor, professor of sociology and women & gender studies talking about Incels (involuntary celibates)on the CBC after the tragic events in Toronto (https://youtu.be/wEeLSTOZA2Q). She displayed a level of understanding and compassion for men in this community in a way that I've never seen in mainstream media.

I looked her up and forwarded an email, and she responded!

We talk through a bunch of issues with boys and girls, men and women, incels, why people turn to violence, and how as a culture and community we can prevent it.

We also have a couple of laughs too!

Also, check out my book, Cold Call Like A Comedian, currently available on Amazon: amzn.to/36dI8ZQ

Today on The Madness Continues, we talk to the business-minded comedian Ron Tite. Founder of Church+State, he cut his teeth in the world of comedy and advertising before moving more thoroughly into the world of marketing.

He and I are of one mind about "marketers" - they're pretty eye-roll-y. He has an authentic, grounded, no-BS approach to branding and I dig it.

We get into the details about his philosophy from his book, Think Do Say. It's available TODAY! Check it out here: https://amzn.to/2VvJJp2

Also, I'M RELEASING A BOOK! Sign up for the early-release & discount list here: http://bit.ly/2p4uFCo

Cold Call Like A Comedian, currently available on Amazon: amzn.to/36dI8ZQ

On this episode of The Madness Continues, I talk with author and businessman Jeremy Miller. He talks with me about his new book, Brand New Name.

We walkthrough the truth of what I've always expected: my life is meh because I'm "Brendon Lemon" and not "Raef Cortez." He talked me into changing my name, because I want to eventually be successful.

Jeremy's a hilarious and intelligent guy, even though he doesn't like Ontario minor league hockey.

Check out his book on preorder now, finally available on October 8th: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1989025609/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_U_qU6KDbAP0JZDG

Cold Call Like A Comedian, currently available on Amazon: amzn.to/36dI8ZQ

Follow him on twitter: https://twitter.com/StickyBranding

I talk with ugallery.com founder Alex Farkas.

It's one of the best websites for buying art online. Following the theme of curation I've been into lately, we discuss what it's like to find new artists, and starting a business.

We chat about the marketplace for art, how he got the idea to start it, and all kinds of things related to art, comedy, business, and everything on the inside of that triangle.

I talk with Matt Guralsky about growing up in Florida, moving to Chicago, and working with Tucker Brookshire about the maybe genius, maybe ridiculous web series Untucked.

I talk with the very talented and hilarious Shannon Noll about comedy and their amazing show Just Call Me Ripley, which they wrote, directed, and starred in.

Shannon's been an amazing talent since I met them, and they continue to impress at every turn.

Check the show out on Open Television or https://www.justcallmeripley.com/

I talk with my friend Megan Eskoff. You never know what the people you meet in your life are into, turns out the barista at the cafe around my office is a really talented artist!

I talk with Megan about her gallery solo show at Happy Gallery (https://happygallerychicago.com/).

Go take a look, we'll dive into her gallery and post-gallery experience in the part 2 of this episode.

I met Colby Kennedy when we both moved to Chicago in 2015. He was always grinding mics and brought an amazing energy to every set he had.

After a bit he disappeared from the standup scene. However, he wasn't gone from comedy. From time to time other projects he was working on would appear on Facebook. Improv, sketch, short films, all kinds of creative things.

I ran into him recently at Finley Dunnes where he was filming the open mic for a documentary he was making about Chicago comedy and knew he had to be on the pod.

This guy has an amazing work ethic, I can't wait to see his future projects.