Vox Celeste

Filmmaker, comedian, actor, Perry Strong (180 Seconds and 2 Comics on a Bench, Power) attended 22 schools throughout his childhood, shuttling from one home to another.  After years of engaging in self-destructive behavior, Strong found sobriety and just as his life was turning around, he was diagnosed with prostate cancer.  Perry joins Vox Celeste discussing the value of resetting your life.  

Born to a drug addicted mother, Tanya spent her childhood in foster care suffering unspeakable horrors. Cooper, however, made the proverbial lemonade from her experiences and has dedicated her life to bettering the lives of foster kids, through her organization Foster Kids Unite. Everything life has thrown at her she’s thrown right back and even harder.

Liberian by birth, American raised, Peter Jallah has been met with much success in and out of the world of comedy.  One of the driving forces behind Blacktag Media, a Black owned, Black content driven, social media platform, Jallah shares his sobering take on racism in social media venture capitalism, “If the Clubhouse was presented by Black people, it would have never been funded.  Now you think it’s (Clubhouse) only for Black people”

Host: Celeste Joseph Jennings

Sound Engineer: Adam Hiniker

Music: Matt Da Godfatha “Burn it Down”

Kunal “KC” Aurora (The Unmovers) is a self-described Guidian (part guido, part Indian).  Growing up in Queens, according to Aurora everyone becomes a little Italian.  He joins Vox Celeste to discuss his comedy and why growing up in New York City ages you more than booze and cigarettes.

Host: Celeste Joseph Jennings

Sound Engineer: Adam Hiniker

For Zygy Susser (Marvelous Mrs. Maisel) being average and unambitious is a source of pride, except when it comes to comedy. Susser joins Vox Celeste to discuss his failings as a NYC teacher and shares his tips on potty training birds.

Sound Engineer: Adam Hiniker   

Recorded: Cedar Closet Studios

Music: “Burn it Down” Mat Da God Fatha

While some folks mark time in calendar years,  Christiana Jackson marks time in dicks.  Christiana joins Vox Celeste to discuss life  growing up with a Black mother and a bi-polar white step-father, in a hic New Jersey town and why every straight woman needs a Latino lover. 

Glo Butler has made a name for herself in the New York City, LGBQT comedy scene as both a comedian and a producer of the very popular Glo in the City stand-up comedy show.  Glo in the City is one of the few stand-up comedy shows that serve both LGBQT comedians and audiences of color.  If the pandemic is the proverbial monkey- it hasn’t stopped her show.  Glo in the City is still serving laughs to Brooklynites in these uncertain times. 

You may not like what Zenobia has to say, but I can assure you- she really doesn’t give a shit.  I mean she really doesn’t, as you will hear on her recent comedy album, “Reckless With the Truth.”  Del Mar joins Vox Celeste opening up about managing her mental health and the wonders of CBD.   

For many aspiring comedians, getting passed at The Comedy Cellar or “The Cellar," is akin to getting the keys to comedy heaven. There aren’t many clubs in New York City where one could be bumped for a drop-in by Dave Chappelle.  And it is because of these big name drop-ins is why the lines for his clubs, in the  pre-Covid era, snaked around the block.  Noam joins Vox Celeste to discuss the future of live stand-up comedy, why New York City will never die and the writings of Fredrick Douglass.