Vox Celeste

Vanetta Schoefield (Funny Hunnyz LLC) delivers the gospel on what it was like growing up the daughter of a Southern minister.  

Trigger Warning: childhood sexual abuse and drug abuse.

Music: Phantom Boyz and Arkitexx

Comedians Victor Varnado (Six Unseemly Questions), Roc Belushi (Roc Cast) and Andrea Coleman (Comic Strip Live) share their  ass whoopings experiences on Vox Celeste.  Is corporal punishment effective? Necessary evil?  Holdover from slavery? Lazy parenting?

Trigger Warning: Childhood sexual abuse; domestic violence and sexual exploitation

Comics Tanya Cooper and Nichole Spain discuss growing up in foster care: moving from home to home, state to state and enduring unspeakable abuse.  Their tales of survival and fearlessness determination make for a both an emotional and inspirational episode.

Single-mom comedians Aminah Amani (Wine Before Nine), Carolyn Castiglia (Laugh Exchange) along with my very special co-host, Nasir (son of Aminah) discuss the struggles and joys of single motherhood while working in the, not-so family-friendly, business of comedy.

When Ice, Ice baby isn’t a catchy hook to a 90’s rap song but means that Immigration Customs Enforcement is on its way and it’s time to go.  Chewy May, Todd Montesi, Daniel Perefan and Celeste all first generation Americans, discuss being trapped in cultural purgatory and how our parents sacrifices were ultimately in vain because we’re comics and not doctors. 

Guests: Chewy May, Todd Montesi, Daniel Perefan

Intro Music: Phantom Boyz and Arkitexx

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Some family members bring a side dish or a bottle of wine to a holiday gathering, others bring machetes.  Has your mother ever asked you, “Hey, can you pass the gravy, by the way are you sleeping with your cousin?” Comics Christiana Jackson, Jim Search and Todd Montesi offer tips on how to survive your dysfunctional family holiday circus.

Guests: Christiana Jackson, Todd Montesi,  Jim Search

Intro Music: Phantom Boyz and Arkitexx

New York comedians Danny Cohen and Pamela Rae both lost their fathers at ages five and four respectively.  They discuss the impact their losses had on their adult lives and discover they have common phobias.   The pair offer advice on how to speak with young kids  about death- hint: not talking about it is not a good thing.

Guests: Danny Cohen and Pamela Rae

Intro Music: Phantom Boyz and Arkitexx

Comedian/actress Nicky Sunshine discusses the joys and tribulations of being a stepmother.  Other questions answered on the episode:  What’s it like to have seven stepmothers?   Can you still ask the girl you like out- if your father marries  her mother?  And what happened to Ronaldo’s father’s second wife?

Guests: Nicky Sunshine, Gaye Lirot, Evan Bowen and Ronaldo Robiero

Intro Music: Phantom Boyz and Arkitexx

Still deciding on a name for the podcast but comics Kimberley Berns, Joe DeLuca and Tony Gong all parents of boys discuss Fleshlights as an alternative to teenage sex and other things so there is that…

Guests: Kimberley Berns. Joe DeLuca and Tony Gong

Intro Music: Phantom Boyz and Arkitexx