Your EX Drinking Buddy

This week I am joined by comedian, podcaster, and twitch streamer, Natalie Cuomo. We talk about her going from acting to standup comedy, her unorthodox style high school, her love of tattoos (and why I never got one while incarcerated), and how she got into Twitch. Some great EX Drinking Buddy stories this week; Natalie getting caught stealing, her first adventures into drinking (at school), a les...

This week I am joined by my buddy early in his comedy adventure, Josh Simensky. We talk about his passion for stand up starting at a young age, always planning to pursue it in New York, going from a D1 athlete to D3, and the adjustment it has been growing up in Maine to being in the Big City. Great EX Drinking Buddy stories this week; Josh getting the cops called at his first and only house party,...

This week I am joined by comedian Ryan Thomas. We talk about him going from the corporate world into stand up, growing up in a strict household with siblings that had little in common, track and field at USC, and his life in New York. Great EX Drinking Buddy stories this week; including some USC hazing, getting corrupted by his corporate co-workers, casual acid, a wild trip to Brazil, and more. Fo...

This week I am joined by my buddy and comedian, Matt Bowman. We talk about him growing up in a religious household, how he got into standup comedy, going to a Christian College instead of THE Ohio State University, and moving to NYC. Great EX Drinking Buddy Stories this week: Matt tells us about waiting until he turned 21 to get drunk, having "fight nights" in college instead of getting wasted, th...

This week I am joined by actor and hilarious comedian, Ryan O'Toole. We talk about his drive for acting that pushed him to acting school in NYC from Boston, how he got into stand up, being married and divorced before 30, and his distinct personality on and then off stage. Great EX Drinking Buddy Stories this week; Ryan talks about drinking 40's as his first drunk experience, getting kicked out of...

This week I am joined by my friend and comic Gastor Almonte. We talk about him going from a sales career into standup comedy at 28, his story telling style, growing up in Brooklyn, and what its like having a family, owning a building, AND doing his comedy career. Great EX Drinking Buddy Stories this week; getting super drunk by accident at 13, getting in trouble as a kid after he swore off drinkin...

This week I am joined by comedian and podcaster Joshua Paled. We talk about him trying comedy then taking a 16 year break, growing up in the middle of plenty of chaos, working on Wall Street, losing over 200 pounds, and so much more. Great EX Drinking Buddy stories this week; including being a child in his fathers night clubs, trying booze for the first time at 5 years old, getting into hard drugs...

This week I am joined by comedian and podcaster, Kevin Sanchez. We talk about Kevin's wild childhood including him being adopted and all that comes with it, his decision to go into the Military, then the transition into standup comedy. Great EX Drinking Buddy stories this week; Kevin living the hott service industry life into his 20's, his mom calling the cops on him after a bender, drinking in th...

This week I am joined by hilarious comic and my buddy, Michael Rowland. We talk about his mother putting him on a stage and in the arts by 10 years old, coming up in Atlanta, living in California for college, dropping out to do standup, then going back, his love of music, and more. Michael is currently taking a break from drinking, which makes for some great EX Drinking Buddy stories; getting kick...

This week I am joined by comedian Luke Thayer. We talk about his introduction into comedy, his upbringing as a late addition to his family in a religious household (in a religious community), moving to New York one year into performing, going from several different types of comedic styles into stand up, and more. Luke rarely drinks and doesn't do drugs so this episode is a bit of a pallet cleanser...

This week I am joined by former Professional Wrestler turned comedian, Matt Maran. We talk about him going from cutting weight for wrestling tournaments to being a heel in small pro wrestling circuits, how he got into comedy, a near death experience requiring brain surgery, his life now after athletics (what he thinks of the product today), and doing comedy. Lots of great EX Drinking Buddy stories...

This week I am joined by up and coming Orlando comedian Kameron Patterson. We get into his come up in the Florida comedy scene only a few years in, getting in trouble for always being the class clown, and odd jobs he got fired from. Some fun EX Drinking Buddy stories this week too; Kam was a terrible drug dealer, doing mushrooms and having a BAD trip, having to quit weed, lots of crazy times with...

This week I am joined by comedian and podcaster, T.J. Francis. We talk about his love for attention while dealing with crippling anxiety, playing baseball all the way into college, his love of stand up from an early age, and his pursuit of it now. T.J. is now sober, so you know he has some great EX Drinking Buddy Stories; from high school parties where he missed the skinny dip to throw up, using b...

This week I am joined by comedian and podcaster, Sean Donnelly. We talk about him starting comedy later than most (28), the guys from the Opie and Anthony days he looked up too, so many different odd jobs, and some upcoming projects. Some great EX Drinking Buddy stories this week; Sean's slow start into drinking, random drunken fights defending his buddies honor, almost getting jumped, and so much...

This week I am joined by comedian, podcaster, show runner, and fellow FLA BOI, Jared Waters. Jared tells us about coming up in a strict military household, living all over the world, starting comedy, and getting to NYC. Great EX Drinking Buddy stories this week; Jared tells us about partying on the base in Japan in high school, going out in the Netherlands when he lived there, foam parties, crazy...

This week I am joined by comedian and comedy show producer (The Last Show NYC), Joe Senra. Joe talks about starting comedy somewhat timidly then jumping in full force after a breakup, how much he hates most other people, and does his best to (hilariously) alienate every listener I have. Some great EX Drinking Buddy stories this week; Joe getting drunk as soon as his mom dropped him off at college,...

This week we see the RETURN of my great buddy and comedian, Scott Sandlin. We talk about heart break, finally making the plunge to move to New York, and what his plan is with comedy moving forward. LOTS of EX Drinking Buddy stories, as usual with Scott; he tells us about NYC trying to kill him his first month, embarrassing comedy club stories, an adventure back to Bogotá, some of his and his frien...

This week I am joined by my buddy, comedian, and “Goon to a Goblin” show producer, Max Fine. We talk about him starting comedy in the 5th grade, moving to NYC super early into his adult standup career, almost joining the Navy as an officer, almost joining the FBI, and a few other great “quits” he has. Some really fun EX Drinking Buddy Stories this week; being pretty straight edge until Max got to...

This week I am joined by comedian and founder of the Limestone Comedy Festival, Mat Alano-Martin. We talk about his start in comedy, getting sober, starting the festival, and his latest ALBUM out now, “ Midnight Nachos ”. As you can imagine with Mat having over 8 years sober there are some crazy EX Drinking Buddy Stories to get into: House Party Robin Hood, Camo Clause, creating a HUGE disruption...

This week I am joined by comedian and podcaster, Ray Zawodni. Ray is an admitted great drinking buddy; so we talk about growing up in/around bars, going to the number 1 party school, at the time, for college, getting started in comedy, and moving to NYC. Super fun array of EX Drinking Buddy Stories; including a few run-ins with the police, a DUI, sending nudes of other dudes, peeing drunk, and so...

This week I am joined by hilarious comedian Caitlin Peluffo. We open with her journey through comedy; going from a comedy class to now performing on stage with some of her heroes. She talks about her recent engagement to friend of the show and comedian, Steven Rodgers, and playing sports into college. GREAT EX Drinking Buddy stories this week: Caitlin’s fear of drinking in high school, partying HA...

This week I am joined by comedian and podcaster ( Keep It Basement ) Alex Nicholas. We talk about him being a skater kid who did not drink or smoke, to starting to drink and smoke, to living the bartender lifestyle, how doing standup comedy came to be for him, and his album “None of this Shit Works” Some great EX Drinking Buddy stories this week; Alex taking acid for the Eagles Super Bowl, mixing...

This week I am super excited to have hilarious comedian, TikTok’er, and my good buddy on, Wyatt Lutz. Wyatt is a comic out of Dayton Ohio; we talk about him getting into standup, how we met, his new policy on booze and drugs before a show, and his AWESOME experience working in Yellow Springs, OH for Dave Saves the Summer. Some Great EX Drinking Buddy stories this week; Wyatt tells us about startin...

This week I am joined by producer of the “Just Friends” comedy show, sketch performer, and stand up comedian, Julia Kastner. We talk about our very different styles, but same love for stand up, her growing up in England, going to boarding school, picking her college because she so badly wanted to be in NYC, and her hard work right out of the gate going from sketch to stand up. Some great EX Drinki...

This week I am joined by hilarious comedian, podcaster, and fun dude Collin Chamberlin. We talk about his recent album, growing up in and around the Church, his dads influence in his career/ his dads own podcast success, and making the jump to NYC. Great EX Drinking Buddy Stories this week; stealing the wine at catholic school as a very young man, drinking during class in high school, partying har...