Rekha Shankar is a comedy writer, performer, and video editor in Brooklyn. She improvises at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre and writes for MTV News’s Decoded and Reductress. She has made videos for Clickhole and Funny or Die, and has worked on a pilot for comedian Hari Kondabolu. She also makes videos with the group […]
Continue ReadingThe comedy podcast universe is ever expanding, not unlike the universe universe. We’re here to make it a bit smaller, a bit more manageable. There are a lot of great shows and each has a lot of great episodes, so we want to highlight the exceptional, the noteworthy. Each week our crack team of podcast […]
Continue ReadingWhat do you do when you need more life experience to create new and innovative comedy, but you want to make things now? You go down wormholes, looking for inspiration. Weird wormholes. 3am wormholes that expose you to things like “El Cuco”– the Portugese and Spanish answer to the American Boogeyman. He punishes bad children and […]
Continue ReadingWelcome to The Second City Archives, in which we post an exclusive clip each week of some of comedy’s biggest superstars performing early in their careers on the legendary Chicago stage. Second City has generously given us a glimpse into their extensive archive of live performances, and over the coming weeks we’ll be sharing some […]
Continue ReadingComedian Katherine Ryan is technically Canadian, but comedically British. She started comedy in Toronto as a more casual, post-Hooters shift pastime, before moving to the UK and really buckling down on her act. “I’m a British comic, I suppose. Even though I’m Canadian, I developed over here.” Ryan has become a recognizable face in British […]
Continue ReadingStan Laurel once said, “All comedians steal from all comedians.” If you waste enough time looking into it, you might be surprised to learn that it’s practically become a tradition over the years: Milton Berle was infamously known as “The Thief of Bad Gags,” Robin Williams & Carlos Mencia were repeatedly accused of stealing jokes, […]
Continue ReadingStan Laurel once said, “All comedians steal from all comedians.” If you waste enough time looking into it, you might be surprised to learn that it’s practically become a tradition over the years: Milton Berle was infamously known as “The Thief of Bad Gags,” Robin Williams & Carlos Mencia were repeatedly accused of stealing jokes, […]
Continue ReadingPod-Canon is an ongoing tribute to the greatest individual comedy-related podcast episodes of all time. Sean Clements and Hayes Davenport’s Hollywood Handbook has been in a fascinatingly meta, intricate and multi-layered groove as of late. Earwolf’s obsessively loved show-business satire has devoted episode after episode to giddily deconstructing the elements of podcasting, comedy, and show […]
Continue ReadingComedian Adam Newman’s credits are as unusual and diverse as the themes he explores in his new special. He’s been seen on Letterman, Silicon Valley, The Tyra Banks Show, and Animal Planet’s We Love Puppies. In his new Seeso special Fuzzies (streaming now) he tackles subjects like the dark side of The Jetsons, his lost […]
Continue ReadingComedian Adam Newman’s credits are as unusual and diverse as the themes he explores in his new special. He’s been seen on Letterman, Silicon Valley, The Tyra Banks Show, and Animal Planet’s We Love Puppies. In his new Seeso special Fuzzies (streaming now) he tackles subjects like the dark side of The Jetsons, his lost […]
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