The Comedy Cellar: Live from the Table
Comedy Cellar Network
For 30 years, New York's legendary Comedy Cellar has served as the launching pad for greatest stand up comedians in the world. Colin Quinn, Dave Chappelle, Ray Romano, Dave Attell, Chris Rock, Jon Stewart, Dane Cook, Robert Kelly and Greg Giraldo are just a few of the comedians who began as Cellar regulars. But classic stage performances have never been the only show going on at the Cellar. The biggest comedians in the world come to sit at the table upstairs, where comedians come to argue and discuss the events of the day and their lives, sharpening their their comedy knives on each other. This kibitzing (an inspiration for Comedy Central's Tough Crowd), has always been a private affair... until now. Join us for a weekly peek into the happenings at the Comedy Cellar's comedian table, where the funniest people in the world debate and discuss. Subscribe now and don't miss a second of it. We would love to hear your comments. Email them to podcast@comedycellar.com
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Feb 2, 2024 • 1h 7min
Predicting the Future: Noam and Numerologist Carmen Harra
Dr. Carmen Harra is a world-renowned intuitive psychologist, best-selling author, radio show host, and relationship expert. Her new book, Plus One: the Numerology of Relationships is available now.
Jan 31, 2024 • 1h 31min
Donald G. McNeil - Surviving COVID, Pandemics, and Working at the New York Times.
Donald G. McNeil, author of the new book, "The Wisdom of Plagues," discusses where we went wrong on COVID policies, as well as his outrageous termination at the NY Times.Here is folder with PDFs of all the docs: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1wfTdozvW-vpuot2XXkwnQT9GG717txf3?usp=sharinghttps://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2020/02/17/nih-disease-official-anthony-fauci-risk-of-coronavirus-in-u-s-is-minuscule-skip-mask-and-wash-hands/4787209002/https://web.archive.org/web/20220112073517/https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/prevent-getting-sick/types-of-masks.htmlhttps://www.ualrpublicradio.org/2021-01-26/some-european-countries-move-to-require-medical-grade-masks-in-publichttps://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12889-021-11688-7https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/14/health/cloth-masks-covid-cdc.htmlhttps://reason.com/volokh/2023/01/10/no-lockdown-sweden-seemingly-tied-for-lowest-all-causes-mortality-in-oecd-since-covid-arrived/https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-022-31441-xhttps://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/dec/17/king-sweden-failed-covid-strategy-rare-royal-rebuke-lockdown-hospitals-caseshttps://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-52903717https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/may/24/sweden-wrong-not-to-shut-down-says-former-state-epidemiologisthttps://www.latimes.com/business/story/2022-03-31/sweden-covid-policy-was-a-disasterhttps://www.technologyreview.com/2020/10/19/1010646/campaign-stop-covid-19-vaccine-trump-election-day/https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8783302/https://academic.oup.com/jid/article/228/12/1720/7103191
Jan 26, 2024 • 1h 6min
Comedy Clubs, Political Beliefs and Social Media
Felicia Madison, GM of the West Side Comedy Club has it out with Comedian Geoffrey Asmus over their differing views on Israel/Palestine and whether it should affect his spots.
Jan 21, 2024 • 1h 15min
Journalist Robert Wright - The Retributive Impulse, Realism vis-a-vis Israel and other Matters.
Fascinating and thoughtful journalist Rober Wright discusses his view of the Israeli conflict, the dangers of the "retributive impulse," realism in foreign policy and more...
Jan 21, 2024 • 1h 19min
David Rothkopf - War crimes in Israel?
Foreign policy expert David Rothkopf discusses the non-existential threats to Israel and (his views) the war crimes Israel is committing in response. Needless to say, a debate ensues.
Jan 19, 2024 • 1h 10min
Documentary Filmmaker Caroline Suh
Caroline Suh is an independent documentary filmmaker, whose work in film, television and commercials has been featured on Netflix, CNN Films, Sundance Channel, PBS, and Epix, among others.
Jan 12, 2024 • 1h 23min
The Art of Naming a Special with Carmen Lynch and Jeffrey Gurian
Carmen Lynch has appeared on a string of late night TV shows including The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, The Late Show with David Letterman and Conan. She has also appeared on Inside Amy Schumer, That Damn Michael Che, Life & Beth and the documentary Hysterical. Her latest special, Queef Week, is out now.Jeffrey Gurian is the host of Comedy Matters TV where he has over 500 interviews with celebrities. He has written eight books, five on comedy. The 2020 documentary, Who the F*ck is Jeffrey Gurian, is available on Vimeo.
Jan 9, 2024 • 28min
The Controversial Sinai Plan - Is it Expulsion or Expansion: Israeli Professor Joel Roskin
Israeli Professor Joel Roskin caused an international stir with his editorial - "Why Moving to the Sinai Peninsula is the Solution for Gaza's Palestinians". Was he misinterpreted? He explains his intentions.
Jan 9, 2024 • 1h 5min
Did Derek Chauvin Get a Fair Trial?
A new documentary maintains that Derek Chauvin was not given a fair trial. We interview doc creator Liz Collin.In my view this is as much about the trial as it is the right to discuss it.You be the judge.Here is a folder of some docs, including the Minnesota training manual. I do NOT endorse or know the reliability of these studies.https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/10MnO6P-T6z5SVtveGKKACBuueJzU80Xf?usp=drive_linkDoc: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFPi3EigjFA&t=3414sComments to podcast@comedycellar.com
Jan 5, 2024 • 1h 24min
Antisemitism on Campus with Rabbi Jay Michaelson
Rabbi Dr. Jay Michaelson is a journalist, teacher, and rabbi. He is the author of ten books, including The Heresy of Jacob Frank, which won the 2022 National Jewish Book Award for scholarship. He holds a Ph.D. in Jewish Thought from Hebrew University, a J.D. from Yale Law School, and nondenominational rabbinic ordination. Jay is a frequent commentator on CNN and a contributor to Rolling Stone, The Daily Beast, The Forward, and other publications. Dr. Michaelson worked as an LGBTQ activist for ten years and has been included in the ‘Forward 50’ list of influential American Jews.
