Your EX Drinking Buddy

This week I am joined by hilarious comedian from Atlanta, GA, Damon Sumner. We talk about HIS FIRST ALBUM “I Know Who I Am” OUT NOW!! how he got into stand up, his first headlining gig (which was in China), and maintaining his love for the craft even though he was constantly moving and starting over in new scenes.

Some crazy EX Drinking Buddy Stories that Damon was a part of, even though he is an admitted “novice drinker”; almost getting mugged in China by drunk audience members, helping his friend through a supposed weed gummy overdose, his first house party, sneaking treats like I did booze, and MORE!!

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This week I am joined by comedian and the final co-producer of the Hell Yeah comedy shows, Jimmy Ong. We talk about his start in comedy, his love of New York even though he grew up hating it in Chicago, How he got involved with the Hell Yeah crew, and some odd turns his life has taken since the pandemic and getting older.

Great EX Drinking Buddy stories this week; how Dazed and Confused influenced some drunken high school hazing that went HORRIBLY wrong, the regrets that come with too much drinking and driving as a youth, bartending/ drinking at work stories, doing drugs with a Rockstar, and more.

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This week I am joined by hilarious comedian, Nathan Orton. We talk about his start in a smaller market, what it was like growing up with both a super famous dad and brother (Cowboy Bob Orton and Randy Orton), we poke fun at a few things in the social climate when it comes to comedy, and have an depth very personal discussion about our anxiety and other things that lead to a reoccurring performance issues for both of us.

Great EX Drinking Buddy Stories this week to boot; including driving his car into a pond, Missouri “Float Trips” (getting drunk and partying on the river), fighting MMA SUPER hungover, and more!

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This week I am joined by great comedian and co-producer of the Village Idiot comedy show, Andrew Ginsberg. We talk about him starting out in the improv community before switching to stand up, growing up with city parents in rural country, the underground counter culture of stand up during the pandemic, and just a lot about our experiences in comedy in New York.

With Andrew being over a year sober from booze he has plenty of EX Drinking Buddy stories that got him there; starting to drink in 7th grade, partying all through high school and college featuring a hybrid drug we dubbed “Molly-esque”, blacking out a lot (including on a zoom call with friends), and we end on the two stories that lead to his current sobriety.

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This week I am joined by the lead guitarist for Social Creatures and my buddy Dan Tooma. We get into him picking up a guitar at 7 knowing he wanted to do music, the almost 10 year hiatus from following his passion, and how he got back in it with his current awesome band, Social Creatures.

As you can imagine with a rock and roll axe man, LOTS of EX Drinking Buddy stories this week; Dan tells us about an assortment of blackout stories (from what he remembers), the bartender lifestyle he had of partying every night on long island, the 1 crazy year he spent away at college, an insane story that ends with a bounty on his and his friends head, and so much MORE!!

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This week is a little short, but packs a punch! I am joined by great comedian, creator of The God Damn Comedy Jam, host of The 500 podcast, and my friend, Josh Adam Meyers. We talk about his come up in the world of comedy in the two biggest cities for it, LA and NYC, some good old fashion early job stories, his adventures in doing his own podcast and being on some pretty big ones, and his life now away from hard drugs and booze.

LOTS of EX Drinking Buddy Stories as you could imagine; Josh touches on his 3 DUI’s, first experiences drinking, crazy fun party days, his battle with opioids, and so much MORE!

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This week I am joined by hilarious comedian and fellow Gemini, Glorelys Mora. We talk about her passing on a full academic scholarship because of love, trying stand up at 13, going from a traditional office job to comedy, and how her love life has been since the college decision.

Plenty of EX Drinking Buddy stories this week mostly involving, you guessed it, Glorelys and Love. Like the time she got kicked out of a frat party for crying, a drunken blow up with her, her friends, and a cheating boyfriend, sending close to 100 selfies to a guy, a random hostel interaction with a girl over pink eye, and more.

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This week I am joined by filmmaker, podcaster, and former Loveline engineer, Anderson Cowan. Anderson is the third and final host of one of my favorite podcasts, The After Disaster, to come on the show. We talk about him and Mike Carano starting the AD after a meeting where they were admonished for kicking Billy Bush off the air, when he realized at 18 that he wanted to make movies, film school and making movies today while still being a father and husband.

GREAT EX Drinking Buddy Stories this week; Anderson tells us about his idea of “living life” first to write about it later, trying to encite a riot, his experience with various different drugs, how he was able to avoid becoming hooked on them even with his addictive personality, a horrific fall that left his body broken, how the accident changed his life, and so much more.

Check out Anderson’s movie Groupers. His podcasts: The After Disaster, The Film Vault, and CinemAddicts. His Website and YouTube Channel.

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This weeks episode is awesome. I am joined by hilarious comedian, Espi Rivadeneira. She tells us about starting out in Improv before moving into stand up, her upbringing with strict immigrant parents, her fiery temper that gets away from her sometimes, and deciding to give up drinking at 22.

GREAT EX Drinking Buddy stories this week; Espi’s last drunk (which ended in a literal fist fight with a dude), being confronted by the police in Ecuador, drunken parkour in Peru, feeling like she was on the cusp of death when she mixed booze with drugs, and SO MUCH MORE!!

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This week I am joined by great comedian Jeff Scheen. We talk about recording his first album where he first started doing open mics, dropping out of college, his crazy journey from his impulsive decision to move to LA and his eventual landing spot in NYC.

Plenty of EX Drinking Buddy Stories this week; bad mushroom trips, testing drugs (smartly) at a young age, taking XTC cut with speed, his favorite form of exercise Drunk Biking, and his realization to stop drinking during the pandemic.

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