This week I am joined by the super funny comedian and one of the founders of what became known as the Smack Boys, Ian Lara. We talk about him going from class clown to open mics to TV appearances and national tours, how he approaches the grind of comedy, and how he has always had a keen ability to make friends because of his overall genuine and great attitude in life.

Lots of great EX Drinking Buddy Stories this week; Ian tells us about him and his friends starting to throw MASSIVE after hours parties in college that dubbed them “The Smack Boys”, getting drunk after a gig and having a strange and violent hookup that almost ruined his Lasik, having those nights where he plans on getting WAY to drunk, and the time he woke up in a tub.

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Awesome episode this week with hilarious comedian Derek Drescher. We go deep this week talking about Derek growing up in various institutions, the chaos and hell he raised to get put into said institutions, his love of standup, and when he finally decided to go for it.

Great EX Drinking Buddy Stories this week from fun to transformative: Derek tells us how drinking derailed his Army career, going from booze to heroin, the violent/ intense situations he found himself in to keep his addiction going, the moment he thought he was going to die, and the tragic loss of someone incredibly close to him and staying sober through it.

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This week we go “Down Under” with hilarious comedian and another one of the HELL YEAH BOYS, Julian Breheny. He tells us about growing up all around the world, the struggle it was to move to America from Australia, his love of stand-up, and his slow start into drinking.

Lots of EX Drinking Buddy stories in this one; organizing the Beer Olympics while at University, trying to get his name embroidered on a bar wall, Scull Sessions, his alter ego Jersey Steve, finding himself in some precarious situations to keep the party going, and SO MUCH MORE.

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This week is a BLAST! I have on hilarious comedian, Oscar Aydin. Despite some technical difficulties we had a great time. Oscar talks about going from Chicago to NYC, starting out in theater, going back and fourth with standup, and then finally hitting it hard and getting passed all around ton (including The Stand).

Not a ton of EX Drinking Stories, because Oscar has one that was so traumatic it kept him sober for over 10 years!! We dive deep into that and also touch on a few crazy stories from before his sobriety and how he handles his drinking now-a-days.

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This week I am joined by comedian, podcaster, actor, and fitness model, Amanda Lundy. We get into how she ended up in New York after growing up in Wisconsin, traveling Europe, and living in DC for a while. What drove her into sketch then stand up, how she got into acting and modeling, and what happened when things were just starting to break her way in comedy right before the world shut down.

Lots of fun EX Drinking Buddy stories this week; Escaping a written arrest at a house party when she was underage, escaping a DUI arrest when she was of age, walking around shirtless at a holiday party, being kicked out of a Vegas Casino, and outrages (drunken) spending habits.

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This week I am joined by comedian, ultrarunner, and co-producer of the monthly comedy showcase Rent Money, Dan Lamorte. We go on a wild ride in this one. Dan tells me all about how his promising baseball career ended so abruptly, losing 180 pounds through running stoned, his meteoric rise in the New York Comedy scene at a very young age, and the aftermath of that.

Great EX Drinking Buddy stories sprinkled in throughout: His arrest at 17, The insanity that was Dan’s one year in college on a full ride for baseball, the multiple occasions he got alcohol poison, the enlightenment he found through a mushroom trip, and so many more!

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This week I am joined by the other co-producer of Hell Yeah comedy and stand up comedian, Billy Hockman. We talk about him growing up in private school then attending a major PUBLIC University, signing up for open mics but bailing out when he got there 10 TIMES, finally doing stand up, what he has seen as a host of NYC open mics, and we discuss both of our experiences when meeting people we look up too goes well and terribly.

Lots of EX Drinking Buddy Stories this week; starting with an underage drinking written arrest, being a terrible roommate in college, getting kicked out of an MLB game for being anti-American, and a massive Bruce Springsteen related debacle in Nashville.

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This week I am joined by comedian and lead bartender at the best comedy club in New York, John Slack. We talk about him getting into comedy, how he was able to get his job despite their strict “no comics” policy, what its like doing open mics while he is friends with some of the biggest comics in NYC, and how he went from a massive trouble making youngster to the relied upon great dude he is today.

More than enough EX Drinking Buddy stories in this one; John gets into some of his many arrests; weed and probation at 16, drug tests turning him into a problem drinker, his first DUI at 17, constant disputes with his probation officer, his second DUI, and so much more!!

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This week I m joined by very funny NYC comic, co-producer of Hell Yeah comedy, and host of the Hell Yeah open mics here in the City, Cody Lewis. It is Cody’s first time ever on a podcast! We talk about how he got into comedy, odd jobs he has worked while in the city, and the kind of stuff he has seen running a few open mics here.

Plenty of EX Drinking Buddy stories for us this week as well; Cody tells us about the time he faked being paralyzed to guilt trip some bouncers, getting drunkenly trapped in a strangers garage, a LMFAO concert gone terribly wrong, passing out on random sidewalks in New York, and more!!

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This week I am joined by hilarious New York comedian, writer, and one of the faces of TruTVS World’s Dumbest Kevin McCaffrey. We talk about him working on Letterman after being a fan for so long, booking Letterman as a comic, going from college straight into showbiz, and what’s on the horizon moving forward.

Some great EX Drinking Buddy stories as well; getting into a fight with the cops on Halloween (sort of), throwing up in the most obscure places, black outs and shame, and not quite remembering a Dave Matthews Band concert.

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