The Suicide Prevention Punchline

Jonas Barnes is a stand up comedian, producer, podcaster, writer and photographer based out of New York City. He talks about his life because, short of being in prison, he's been through every level of hell the world can offer. After being born homeless & being babysat by Courtney Love as an infant, life got better. It wasn't a perfect life but it was his life and it's a hell of a story.
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Preston Gitlin is a New York-based stand-up comic and founder of Comedywire.com, the world’s largest comedy writing platform. He has worked with legends from Seinfeld, SNL, The Tonight Show and TheOnion.com, and has been featured on SiriusXM, Fox Business and Bloomberg. He is open about his life-long struggle with anxiety and uses his comedy to fight the stigma of mental illness.
Website: https://www.mentalhealthcomedytour.com/

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Lorraine Chambers is an Orange County-based comedian, artist, and grandmother who is writing 2 books. She experienced the sudden loss of her brother by suicide.
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Richard Sarvate is a comedian spent 10 years working as a programmer before deciding to throw off the shackles of corporate life. Now he spends his nights on stage poking fun at his previous career. His jokes range from an impression of a GPS for insecure men to deep and introspective subjects like his mother's schizophrenia.

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Madonna Kilpatrick is a standup comedian, improvisor, and puppeteer who performs at prominents spots in the Seattle area. She discusses living with autism, mental health, and does a live demonstration of puppeteering!


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Fizaa Dosani is a comedian, actor, and writer who has performed in clubs and festivals all over the U.S. including the New York Comedy Festival, SF Sketchfest, and Funny Women Festival. She produces a national comedy show called Facial Recognition Comedy. Fizaa discusses mental health and minority status as a South Asian woman.


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Entrepreneur Malcom Messer is the truest friend anyone could ask for. He moved across the country, leaving his family and girlfriend behind, to help his friend who was suicidal. He shares his story as her helper and discusses his clothing company, Here 4 Lyf, that raises mental health awareness and suicide prevention.

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Mormon comedian Seth Lawrence has performed at Ice House, Comedy Store, and Flappers. He brings his mother, who is a therapist, along for a wild ride talking about comedy, Mormonism, suicidality, and how Seth's mom really feels about him doing comedy.

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Mexipino comedian Erik Escobar was on Last Comic Standing, has a movie coming out soon, and is pursuing a Master's in Fine Arts. He discusses his documentary on the role of mental illness and suicide among comedians.
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Comedian Daniel Zambrano has performed at multiple Improvs in California and manages the Orange County Standup Instagram page. He discusses Roast Battling, comedy heroes, passive thoughts of suicide, and how therapy has helped him.
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