Sunday Night Comedy – Tig Notaro on Conan

March 4, 2012 by 3 Comments

Was listening to a couple more episodes of Pete Holmes’ podcast You Made it Weird, and Tig Notaro came up during interviews with both Sarah Silverman and Doug Benson, who mentioned this set she did on Conan last December. I can tell why it appealed to a fellow comedian, because much of the bit is just her pushing a stool around the stage, in order to see if it will elicit audience laughter.

See Also:
Podcast Moments: Neal Brennan on You Made It Weird
Lady Podcast: Professor Blastoff
Tig Notaro Interviews Zach Galifianakis for Funny or Die

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Melissa Harris-Perry on the Choice of Motherhood

March 4, 2012 by 2 Comments

The most recent push by the right-wing to limit birth control and to force unwanted medical procedures on women seeking abortions reminds me of how much I dislike the term “pro-life”, because most of the people in that movement are not. They presume that life begins at conception, but their commitment is selective, fading quickly when it comes to anything other than preventing women from making decisions about whether or not to bear children.

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Podcast Moments: Neal Brennan on You Made It Weird

March 4, 2012 by Leave a comment

I’m grateful that Julio from NY alerted me to the existence of You Made It Weird, which is part of the Nerdist podcast empire. Pete Holmes is the host of You Made It Weird and, during his interview with Marc Maron, he admits to imitating WTF with Marc Maron, which remains my favorite podcast.

One You Made It Weird episode that really caught my ear was the interview with the Co-Creator of Chappelle’s Show, Neal Brennan. I definitely have a much better sense now of how Brennan thinks and operates, which includes some unfortunate bigotry.

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