The Madness Continues

I talk with Chicago comedian and The Bachelorette finalist Zako Ryan. We talk about getting into comedy, trouble with the law, staying positive, and giving 110%.

Zako's one of the most positive, nicest guys in the Chicago scene, and he's hustling day-in and day-out.

Say a prayer for his family in South Carolina, hoping that Hurricane Florence avoids them.

Check out Zako on Facebook at www.facebook.com/zako.ryan.9 and on Instagram www.instagram.com/zakoryan/

I talk with one of the coolest cats I know, Matthew Bright. This guy is chill and really, really intelligent. He's making waves in the comedy scene in Chicago.

Follow Matt on Instagram goo.gl/ZKz5Ty

Check out Go Hard Comedy on 10/28 at Laugh Factory Chicago!

Also follow Corey Wood on Facebook: goo.gl/p4UJ9W

Every since I got to chicago there's been one comic who's grinded harder than any other: Anthony Bonazzo. He's been on a non-stop hustle to get stage time.

And he's hilarious to boot. Beyond comedy he's also a personal trainer. We talk comedy, sets, comedy, reps, and comedy.

I talk with the lovely and hilarious Silvia Saige. It's amazing how hard this woman hustles.

We chat about porn, comedy, balancing something you love with a profession, and why I can't get cast in any adult films.

Check out Silvia's podcast here: http://sexualdisorientation.com/

Check out Silvia's YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUSyt8vLuzJVP4Rl0AEE_IA

Find her on all social media @SilviaSaige

I sit down with one of my best friends and former roommate John Norman. We shoot the shit and he talks about staring out in Lubbock, Texas and meeting Corey Wood.

John's one of the chillest guys I know, and I miss not living with him.

I sit down and talk with the Director of Operations at The Laugh Factory Chicago. This dude super loves comedy because he used to work at the world famous Fermi Lab in Illinois and now works at the World Famous Laugh Factory.

We talk about how Curtis got to where he's at, why he loves comedy and what he looks for when booking comedians.

Get at him at the Laugh Factory

I talk with my buddy Matt Baker, creator, rapper, filmmaker. Check out his movie on Amazon: http://a.co/6fKnwid

Check out Matt Baker's beats here: https://soundcloud.com/matt-baker-135

Check out my website: www.brendonlemon.com

Sharup Karin, my guest on the pod, is a talent. The guy is classy, smooth, and one of the nicest and most patient people I know. He has a silky smooth voice that lures you into taking him seriously. He should've been a salesman.

Sharup did the Chicago Comedy Showcase in Edinburgh, Scotland that I produced last year. This was also the first time that I learned, undoubtedly, white privilege exists. Sharup nearly got turned away at the border for the same show that they let me walk in for, nearly no questions asked. He told me that it wasn't the first time, but that once before, years earlier, he had actually been turned away at the UK border!

We talk about race relations in the US, travel, growing up in Oklahoma, and his hilarious show which has toured the US.

Check out Sharup here: http://www.sharupk.com/

Vik Pandya is a straight-up good guy. He's a hilarious, working comedian and a hard-working dude. I used to run into him in the Sears Tower in downtown Chicago.

Check him out at https://www.facebook.com/vpcomedy/

I sit down for a part 2 with my dad to discuss his retirement.

He talks about his early career, how he almost died twice, and other misadventures from his poop testing and sampling days.