There It Is Podcast

Brother of the show, Trey, Best Friend of the Show, Rob, and Girlfriend of the Show, Justina, all join Jason to talk about Trevor Noah's Daily Show announcement, their thoughts on new shows, SNL's premiere and its next era, and then they expose how truly awful Vulture's ranking of 102 movie sequels is. The "Of the Show" gang may just have to make a ranking of their own. Listen on Amazon Music, App...

Storyteller Adam Wade (The Moth) joins us to talk starting out in comedy and storytelling. He has had some pretty cool experiences between moving to NYC and working at Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn and Late Night with Conan O'Brien while starting out in comedy. He shares stories about how nice everyone was at Late Night (and having a band with some staffers including one you won't believe), transit...

We had a thrilling chat with Emmy and Peabody winning Late Show segment producer, Ballard C. Boyd! He tells Jason about how he finagled his school projects into opportunities to direct and produce videos, his love of the Muppets, behind the scenes stories about Kermit the Frog and other stars, the process of developing and directing music videos, creating pieces for the Late Show with Stephen Colb...

We talked to our good buddy and improviser, Max Ross! Max and Jason took several Magnet Theater improv classes together and are on an indie improv team together known as BOYF. Max talks about using comedy as a tool to be socially appealing, wanting to be different growing up and how that turned him into a Mets fan, definitely not liking any Philly teams despite being born there, concurrently takin...

Jason talks to the amazingly talented actor and performer, Eleanore Pienta! Eleanore is a damn delight and one of the three special and unique performers of Cocoon Central Dance Team (including recent guest Tallie Medel). If you've heard the podcast before you know Jason absolutely adores them. This convo gets into performing with reckless abandon. They also talk about her approach to comedy, bein...

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In this episode we were joined by two members of the D&D podcast, Bad Guys & B-Sides, Ro Rovito and Aaron Gold. Aaron was previously on the podcast, but this is Ro's first time hanging. Jason met them both at the Magnet Theater. These two funny peeps had Jason on their podcast (out the day after this one drops) and in this chat they discuss how they started their podcast, improv, celebrity run-ins...

We have another Prince-inspired episode about his comedy and sense of humor! YouTuber Eloy "Prince's Friend" Lasanta returns for a third time to the podcast to talk with Jason and Best Friend of the Show, Rob, about Prince's humor. They share their favorite of Prince's funniest moments in movies and TV and the songs they think are hilarious! They also chat about their experience at Paisley Park be...

Discovery's acquisition of Warner Brothers got even more bonkers than it already was with the bombshell news that they are cancelling Batgirl. This despite the film having completed principal photography and would have seen Michael Keaton back under the Bat cowl for the first time in 30 years. The "Of the Show" boys get together to try to make it make sense. Spoiler alert: They can't. Listen on Am...

We talk to Scenie award winning actress, Sonal Shah, of "Untitled Baby Play" and Scrubs. Sonal is a super positive and talented actor from outside of Chicago. She talks about working on Scrubs, what Bill Lawrence is like as a leader, the random way she landed a role in a National Lampoon's movie, training her craft, how she worked on her voice, working at IAMA Theatre Company, teaching acting at J...

We got to talk to artist and actor, Tallie Medel! In this episode, Jason geeks out over his love of Tallie and their comedy trio, Cocoon Central Dance Team. Tallie talks about being characters in public as a teen, studying at Emerson where CCDT met, different approaches to acting, filming EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE, clown and what it is, and much more. It's a fun chat and Tallie is a deligh...

GF of the Show, Justina, joins Jason for a fun little chat! Jason and Justina talk about the performing they've been up to lately, the success of previous guests of the podcast (like Davy Gardner, Ayden Mayeri, Lace Larrabee, and Alrinthea Carter), and going to the immersive play experience that is Sleep No More. Give it a listen and give those friends of the podcast your support by checking out t...

We were thrilled to get to talk to awesome NYC musician and singer, Sasha Dobson. She talks with Jason about how hard it was to not perform live and commune with other musicians during the pandemic, doing online shows to cope with that, her musical family, establishing herself in NYC, working with her pal Norah Jones, the reality of being an artist, self sufficiency, and much more! Listen on Amazo...

The "Of the Show" Gang returns to talk our favorite and most disappointing movie franchises! Jason talks with Best Friend of the Show, Rob, Brother of the Show, Trey, and GF of the Show, Justina, about the drama circling next year's The Flash because of Ezra Miller's behavior and how that might affect the release, the Disney+ series Obi Wan Kenobi, before finishing out the episode with a discussio...

We talked to the stars of the short film Unbridaled, Caitlin Simpson and Mischa Dani Goodman! Caitlin and Mischa are a gosh darn delight together! They told Jason about how they met and started working together, the years-long road it's taken to get Unbridaled developed and released, what it's like for friends to collaborate as a team, taking the film on the festival circuit, working with previous...

We had a killer conversation with comedian, writer, musician, and actor, Dave Hill! Dave Hill never planned to do comedy, he was a journalist and found his way into comedy and performing by accident. He tells Jason how that came to be, how he got into music, why he tries to be the best guitarist on stage, his experience acting in various roles, writing on TV as a correspondent, his novel approach...

Director, designer, and creative director, Lake Buckley, joined us for a very informative chat! This sweet chat was precipitated by Jason getting to be in a commercial Lake directed. She is such an inspired artist because of her approach and work that we knew we had to have her on to share her insights. The two chat about the commercial they shot together, Lake's background in art and design, her...

"Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to get through this thing called 'life.'" June 7th, "Prince Day" as it should be known, is also our anniversary! Happy 6th Anniversary to us! We have an extra special celebration this year because we were joined by the "Of the Show" Gang! Brother of the Show, Trey, Best Friend of the Show, Rob, and GF of the Show, Justina are all here to share their all-...

For our 12th mini episode, we talk about how to generate comedic material. So you've started doing comedy, you did a few open mics, and now you're flesh out of material. Now what? How do you come up with new jokes to try? That's what we tackle with some tips we've heard over the years from people like Jerry Seinfeld. We also include great advice from previous guests Abbi Crutchfield and Liz Miele....

There's a lot of talk about comedy, whether that's people saying it goes too far and plays a huge role (good or bad) in our society or it's comics who say that comedy is under fire and audiences are too sensitive. How much of this is fair? Is it under fire or is it shaping narratives? Jason shares his thoughts on what he agrees and disagrees with in this discussion. Listen on Amazon Music, Apple P...

In this episode we talk about what the improv principle of 'Yes And' teaches us about collaborating. We've all heard 'Yes And.' So much that we don't entirely know what it means sometimes, but the underlying principle of it is a fundamentally profound part of collaboration. Jason talks about how this principle can play out in comedy settings or at work and why it's so important to follow. Listen o...

NYC-based actress, Anna Belanger, joins us for an inspiring chat! Anna went to Michigan State University where she earned her BFA in theater. She talks with Jason about how she met friend of the show Nicole Pascaretta, moving to Chicago and studying at Second City, what studying theater and improv was like for her personality type, joining the union, moving to NYC, starting her online sketch show...

The "Of the Show" Gang is here to talk all that Pop (Culture). Brother of the Show, BFF of the Show, and GF of the Show are all back to talk about movies and shows they like but the average person dislikes and the ones everyone loves but they do not. Rob has a whopper of an answer. They also discuss Dave Chappelle getting attacked on stage and the alarming rate in which incidents like that happen,...

We got to talk to one of the hottest R&B guitarists out there, Kerry "2Smooth" Marshall! Kerry talks to Jason about the difference between playing for acts like Jason DeRulo, Michelle Williams, and Ty Dolla $ign; the nuances of playing gospel music; playing at church; developing your social media presence; traveling to play with The Roots or to do a Jimmy Kimmel Live taping; how and why he altered...

We had the pleasure of talking to comedian, circus performer, and data scientist, Andrea Jones-Rooy Ph. D.! Jason and Andrea have a thrilling chat! They talk about being creative consistently, how to create fun shows out of less-exciting material, how they got started out doing so many different things, what data science is and how it plays out with COVID, what people get wrong about data in gener...