Down By The River With Terence Hartnett

Harris Alterman dispenses comedy wisdom

Harris got 30k followers on Instagram and then switched to a flip phone. He is funny and mentally healthy and that is a crazy combination. We talk about our experiences grinding in NYC, Harris's new post-covid approach to comedy, and why he hates the internet. We also develop a new app called "Squingle."

 

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Lisa Curry wants out of this country

Lisa Curry (The Jim Jefferies Show, "Alive For Now" on Spotify) is not an olympian, she is a comedian and writer based in Los Angeles. I met up with Lisa in Nashville and we talked about getting her first writing job, recording her album in London, Second City, and her plan to flee to Europe ASAP.

 

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Follow Lisa

Instagram @OlympianLisaCurry

Twitter @Lisa_Curry

Harrison Tweed moved to Durham

I met Harrison Tweed (not his real name!) at the Creek and the Cave in New York.  We caught up and talked comedy, doing jokes about tough subjects, adjusting to Durham, handsomeness, and his plan to record a special in his hometown.

 

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Nic the Poet likes being called that

Nick Eckerson self-identifies as a poet and has the chops to back it up. He is currently finishing his master's degree in poetry at Brockport University. We talk about slam, spoken word, the classics, our mutual love of Shakespeare and the story of how a passionate professor begrudgingly invited him into the poetry world.

He also reads his poems "Asphodel Front Yard" and "Afterhours, in an Industrial Park"

Tucker Brookshire Tries to be Optimistic (New Orleans)

I met Tuck doing comedy in Chicago and we met up in New Orleans to talk about our encounter with some NOLA street toughs, the future of our country, a too-intense mushroom trip, and why he thinks pessimism is the new realism. 

 

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Max Friedman Returns (New Orleans)

Max and I took 90 minutes away from eating in New Orleans to talk about restaurants, politics, the horrors of working as a Certified Nursing Assistant, riding motorcycles in Vietnam, John McCain, and the tragic closing of Jeri's Grill in Chicago. 

 

Go to a diner!

Spencer Diaz Tootle Teaches Terence Tarot

6 months ago, Spencer read my Tarot at a football party which we were both ignoring and it kind of blew me away. So we sat down in New Orleans to talk Tarot, witchcraft, premonitions, potions, patriarchy and intuition.

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A Wandering Mystic goes by Michael

I met A Wandering Mystic when I did Stranger Danger: Big Bend and we were able to catch up again in Santa Fe. We talked about WWOOFing, mutual aid, the human condition, and pooping in the woods.

 

Please donate to your local mutual aid!

This is a link for the mutual aid in Sunnyside mentioned by Michael:

https://opencollective.com/swma_nyc

Corey Evans teaches 7th grade

Can you be a good teacher and a good comedian? As a retired teacher with a 3 month tenure, I wasn't sure. But Corey Evans kills it at both! We talk about dealing with administration, testing, student relationships, teacher/comedians who sh-- talk their students, Texas Tech, and how comedy saved Corey's life!

 

Donate school supplies to a teacher! They need them and they are using their own money to buy them and that sucks. Here's a link where you can do that:

https://www.unicefusa.org/stories/where-donate-school-supplies-help-kids/36186

Andy Huggins Kills at 71

Legendary Houston comedian Andy Huggins (America's Got Talent, Vaccinated!) talks to me about his long and storied career in comedy. He tells me about his time at the Comedy Store, his relationship with Bill Hicks, one-liners, and how being old has helped his comedy. One of the best conversations I've ever had!