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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May 1, 2021 • 1h 45min
Wesley Yang and Brittany Carney
Wesley Yang is a widely published essayist and narrative nonfiction writer who has written for Harper's, New York Magazine, and the New York Times Magazine and the author of the 2018 collection the Souls of Yellow Folk published by W.W. Norton and named as one of the year's best books by the New York Times and Washington Post. He is at work on a book about what he has termed the Successor Ideology and about to launch a Substack that will explore the ongoing bourgeois moral revolution that goes by that name. Comic Brittany Carney recently made her aired standup debut on Comedy Central Stand-up Featuring.
Apr 25, 2021 • 1h 56min
George Floyd
Lara Bazelon is a professor at the University of San Francisco School of Law where she holds the Barnett Chair in Trial Advocacy and directs the Criminal & Juvenile Justice and Racial Justice Clinics. Her first novel, a courtroom thriller titled A GOOD MOTHER, will be published next month. Seaton Smith is a comedian and actor. His special, The Lockdown Special can be seen on EPIX.
Apr 15, 2021 • 1h 8min
New York City, the Royals and Andrew Yang
Mayoral candidate, Andrew Yang, joins us! Andrew Yang is a NYC public school parent, business owner, and activist. He is running for mayor to help the city recover, after having successfully running a top education company, a non-profit recognized by President Obama, and building an anti-poverty movement during his presidential campaign.
Apr 10, 2021 • 1h 17min
Comedy Cures!
Glenn Miller is a one time manager the Dworman Conglomerate including: Cafe Wha, The Olive Tree Cafe and The Comedy & VU and FBP. Saranne Rothberg started The ComedyCures Foundation from her chemo chair in 1999.
Apr 2, 2021 • 1h 20min
The Cellar Reopens!
Andrew Hankinson is a journalist and author. His second book, Don't Applaud. Either Laugh or Don't. (At the Comedy Cellar) is a portrait of the iconic New York comedy club. Jon Laster is a stand up comedian, actor, writer, producer and regular at The Comedy Cellar.
Mar 26, 2021 • 1h 12min
Patrice O'Neill - an Homage
Von Decarlo is a stand up comedian & Executive Producer of The Patrice O’Neal Documentary Killing Is Easy. Marina Franklin is a comedian, actor, writer, and host.
Mar 21, 2021 • 1h 31min
Spin Cycle
Jamie Kirchick is a visiting fellow at the Brookings Institution and a columnist for Tablet magazine. His first book, The End of Europe: Dictators, Demagogues and the Coming Dark Age, was published in 2017, and his next book, Secret City: The Hidden History of Gay Washington is forthcoming from Henry Holt. Erin Jackson has appeared on Late Night with Seth Meyers and CONAN and just made her Netflix debut as part of Season 2 of Tiffany Haddish Presents: They Ready.
Mar 14, 2021 • 1h 27min
Antiracism and Baby Skeletons
Trish Roberts-Miller is a scholar of train wrecks in public deliberation—times that communities had all the information they needed to make a good decision and instead made a disastrous one. She is also a at the University of Texas at Austin, and author of several books. Comic Adrienne Iapalucci has appeared on "The Degenerates" on Netflix and Letterman. She just released her debut album, "Baby Skeletons."
Mar 6, 2021 • 1h 7min
BONUS EPISODE: Comedy, Antisemitism and the Woke Left
Dov Hikind is an American politician, activist, and radio talk show host. He is a former Democratic New York State Assemblyman. Hatem Gabr is the co-host of the podcast, Live from America.
Mar 5, 2021 • 1h 8min
The History of Stand Up
Wayne Federman is an Emmy-nominated stand-up, actor, author, professor, and podcaster. His new book is called, The History of Stand-Up: From Mark Twain to Dave Chappelle. He co-hosts the acclaimed podcast: The History of Stand-Up.
