Category: Interview

On the cusp of his Sunday special on Comedy Central, I talked with the comic about the power of public speaking, working clean and how tour buses are the death of comedians. Read More

I talk to Joe Rogan about the similar influences of martial arts and psychedelic drugs, his magic trick and, of course, Carlos Mencia. Read More

I talk with Jen Kirkman, the inaugural artist on AST Records, about Joan Rivers, audiences on dates and the parallels of political dissent and comedic taste. Read More

I talk with Jonathan Katz about his beginnings in the Boston Comedy scene, Dr. Katz’s legacy to stand-up comedy and how the media expects someone with MS to behave. Read More

On the release of his new DVD, Zach Galifianakis: Live at the Purple Onion, I talk to Zach about being polished, comedy nerds and the ethics of pranking. Read More

As a reliable putdown artist for many of Comedy Central Roast, Lisa Lampanelli rose to prominence as a breed of comic that seemed more destined for parody by Triumph the Insult Comic Dog on late… Read More

Kurt Andersen, the former co-editor of the much-imitated humor magazine Spy, touches upon the influence of Spy's predecessor Mad, the end of the Irony Epidemic and the so-called Harvard Lampoon mafia. Read More