Why Do I Do This?

Our guest on this episode Marcus Cardona, a New York City based comedian, writer, actor and producer who performs throughout the city. Apart from forming the Youtube Sketch comedy group Pinetree Comedy, he also produces and hosts the popular Bassanova Ramen shop based comedy show, SEND NOODS in Chinatown, and a concept roast comedy show, GROUP TEXT.

It’ll be interesting to listeners to hear Marcus’s style of storytelling comedy come to the fore in all the different tangents our conversations took. Marcus speaks about how his parents deterred him from his earlier art by throwing facts at him, and we bonded over how we were both bullied as kids, and also about how getting beat up by your parents is no big deal as a brown kid.

Also, Stay tuned for his upcoming split-album project, Buxton Born/Brooklyn Bound. We hope you enjoy this episode !

Our guest on this episode is Eddie Gamez, a New York City based stand-up comedian and writer. Eddie has featured on The Gooncast, Good Morning Texas (KLVT Radio) and Stellar Underground, in addition to his performances all over the country. He is also a co-producer for Comedians On The Loose, a comedy production company that focuses on showcasing the best emerging talent in the industry.

On this episode, we discuss Eddie's influences like comedian Chris D'Elia and how emotions are at the core of his performances. We hope you enjoy this episode !

Why Do I Do This? is an artistic inquiry of an artist's background, their influences, and their process. Each guest on the episode tries to answer why they do this thing we call art!