This week I am joined by comedian Akash Bajpai. Akash tells us about growing up in Jersey, the culture shock when he got to the University of Michigan, getting through college during Covid, and starting stand up.

GREAT EX Drinking Buddy Stories this week: Akash blacked out on bid night at UM, lit a Christmas tree on fire by accident then ran naked, getting lost in Michigan's upper peninsula hammered, and so much more

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This week I am joined by film maker, comedian, and music creator Matthew Zeitoun. Matt tells us about his first love, music, moving to Los Angeles, getting into film making, and coming back to the east coast and trying his hand at stand up.

Crazy EX Drinking Buddy stories this week: Matt talks about crashing USC classes and parties while in LA, eating too many weed brownies while at work, getting pulled over in a bunny suit, a party at Fetty Waps mansion, and a wild murder mystery at a marijuana farm in northern Cali.

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This week I am joined by comedian Jill Weiner. Jill talks about growing up in the south, the insanity of going to a school that was K-12, getting into stand up at 32, a whole life she lived before moving to New York, a 6 month road trip across the country, and so much more.

GREAT EX Drinking Buddy stories this week: Jill tells us about getting drunk on scotch at 13, doing acid and other drugs in high school, an older guy at parties who turned out to be a narc, her freshman year in college- drinking, video poker, and cigarettes, picking up a "drifter" on said road trip, and so much more.

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This week I am joined by comedian Brooks Tawil. Brooks tells us how he got into stand up, Covid derailing his start, his observations about different clubs and the comedy scene in New York as a whole, which led him to opening his own club, Bushwick Comedy Club, with a few other people in stand up.

Great EX Drinking Buddy Stories this week: Brooks explains the transition from a "goodie two shoes" through high school into a true "State school party guy" in college, being the president of his fraternity, his 21st birthday insanity, and having the wherewithal to grow up and leave that life behind as an adult.

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This week I am joined again by my great friend and comedian Michael Thomas Geary. We talk about what we have been up to since his last appearance, stand up comedy, and social media or in his case a lack there of.

Fun EX Drinking Buddy stories: Michael talks about his 13 years in sobriety, still getting resentments to this day, and living in the solution instead of the problem.

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This week we have the return of comedian Rob Roeck. Rob tells us what's been going on in the Daytona comedy scene, what he's been up too since his last time one the podcast, and we talk ad nauseum about stand up comedy.

Fun EX Drinking Buddy stories this week: Rob tell us about a 14 day cruise, a party camping weekend that turned into one of his worst times on stage, traversing across Spain, and an upcoming South America trip.

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This week I am joined by former Executive Chef now comedian, Kieran Minihan. Kieran talks about growing up in London, going from university to bartending to restaurant life, starting from the absolute bottom in the kitchen to being the Executive Chef at an incredibly upscale restaurant in London, his back and forth between England and the US, and the chaos of all of it.

GREAT EX Drinking Buddy stories this week; Kieran tells us how a drunken bar night changed his life from bartending to kitchens, getting addicted to booze and drugs and the spiral that it lead too, missing the opportunity to cook for Obama because of a 3 day bender, going in and out of rehab 4 times, actually dying, then finally getting sober and what his life is like now.

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This week we have the return of my good friend and hilarious comedian, Samantha Santos. Sam tells us about her comedy career, her engagement with (friend of the podcast) JC Mendoza, we talk halftime show and the diversity in New York City compared to everywhere else we have been to in the US, and so much more.

Great EX Drinking Buddy stories this week: Sam tells us about a trip to Puerto Rico, a Bad Bunny concert, micro dosing shrooms, a party bus in an old school bus, why she had to quit smoking and switch to edibles, and more

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This week I am joined by musician, actor, and writer turned firefighter and comedian, Walter Vincent. Walter talks about the elephant in the room- going from feature length films to fire fighting, he tells us how he found and got into stand up comedy, the travel with being in bands and film making, and so much more!

GREAT EX Drinking Buddy Stories this week: Walt talks about his partying band days, his partying acting days, going to France for Cannes (and being hammered most of the trip), barely escaping the DR crashing a friends vacay, near death in Florida, and so very much more.

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This week we have the return of my great friend and hilarious comedian, JC Mendoza. JC tells us about his growth as a comedian and in his career, some fun accomplishments in the last few years, we rail against the social media machine, and catch up on his upcoming nuptials.

Fun EX Drinking Buddy stories this week: JC goes into why he has slowed down his drinking, how he got into edibles after thinking he didn't like weed, Bad Bunny/ Shrooms/ Costa Rica, his "Freshie" negotiation skills when he is with his boys, and so much more

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