It was an honor to speak to my teacher, friend and muse, alt comedy legend, Beth Lapides. Beth is the founder of Uncabaret, as well an artist, author, performer and creativity coach. We shared an edgy, illuminating conversation about aaalll the things, including:

• The limitations of traditional comedic format then and now

• Comedian Andrew Dice Clay is an unlikely catalyst

• Culture, Art and Performance of the 1990s as compared to the present

• Living in a culture of regulated and hierarchical denial

• The holocaust: Why can’t we deny it?

• Free Speech Absolutism and other bad ass business

• Devotion and Desire: The hunger for authentic curiosity in an enflamed culture

• Louis CK – bad guy or just a complex human being?

• A tale of a recovering know it all and the liberation of not knowing

• The absence of personal responsibility + its role in the infantilization of women

• Win/win: Why does anyone have to lose?

• Beth Lapides new book: SO YOU NEED TO DECIDE

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Beth Lapides

Beth LapidesBeth is the creator of the legendary UnCabaret which she has shepherded through 25 + years of weekly live shows, TV, CD’s, streaming and touring.

Dani KatzDani Katz is a writer based in Los Angeles who has contributed to dozens of publications, including Los Angeles Times, Vice, Teen Vogue, Swindle, LA Yoga, Whole Life Times/Magazine and Santa Fe Reporter, as well as Nerve, The Numinous and Reality Sandwich.