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Our guest, Joshua Danger Emerson, is a stand-up comedian who, alongside his good friend Elliott Weber, will be taking their show ‘Dead Men Talking’ to Edinburgh Fringe 2025 for the largest arts & cultural festival in the entire world.  Follow Joshua on Instagram @dangeremerson & please check out and support his comedy! Josh educated me about lots during our hang.  And thank goodness, becau...

Our guest is a Denver stand-up comedian with a myriad of interests ranging from Martial Arts to mental health — please welcome to Top Shelf — John Henry!   You can follow John @John_Henry_Wilson on Instagram & be sure to check out his podcast ‘Mania & Melancholy’ if you enjoy him as much as us. We talked about how John first became interested in martial arts, how he minored in Japanese whi...

Our guest is a proud man of the midwest.  He was recently promoted to regular at Comedy Works — folks please welcome stand-up comic, Austin Black!  Follow him on Instagram @Austin_Black__ & check out his new comic ‘The Janitor’ on his website: AustinBlackComedy.com We talk about how Austin started comedy in Iowa, we play some good ‘ole Midwest jeopardy, and we share stories of Penguins Comedy...

Returning guests Nick Hahn & Alek Seballes grace Top Shelf Studios for an episode fraught with both Nick Hahn’s anxiety for his upcoming Delta flight & his unparalleled passion for the movie Norbit.  I guess to be fair, public transportation disasters & beautiful films have that effect on all great men.  Alek Seballes keeps us on track with Muppet questions while being grilled by Nick...

My guest is the first to use our table as a school-desk; so you know he’s an educated man!  Ladies & gentlemen I am overjoyed to welcome today’s guest, a stand-up comic who you can also find bartending at the Denver Comedy Underground — Mike Long!   You can follow Mike on Instagram @Black_Hagrid & find his upcoming dates to see him crush all around Colorado.  A hard working man, Mike was t...

They’re two brothers… Well.. Not actually, but they may as well be.  I mean just look at those mustaches!  Jack Thomas Graham (@just_another_gary) returns to TSS & we welcome newcomer Keegan Casey (@thekeegancasey), overdue to join in the fun of the cast (my fault).  Jack mourns the loss of his favorite skater from a shoe brand, we get the boys' opinions on everything from Crocs to Jesus’...

My guest is a stand-up comedian & 2024 finalist in Comedy Works New Faces Competition: Ryan Ergo! We talked the first half about stand-up & his roots in performing sketch comedy, in the after-hours portion we discussed Ryan’s travels. You can follow Ryan @Ryan_Ergo on Instagram or his website — RyanErgo.com He produces fantastic shows around Denver, be sure to check out Kuhl_shows on Insta...

My guest is embarking on a nation-wide, 50-state stand-up comedy tour — ‘Here to Pee Tour’ — Ren Q is building this tour through organic reach from queer & trans communities across the country, partnering with local nonprofits along the way, & bringing all transgender & queer stand-up comedy shows to every state in our “fair” land!   Using potty humor to challenge legislative bodies &a...

My guest is JD Lopez — a stand-up comedian & the host of ‘Left Hand Right Brain’ — his podcast that he started in 2013 has accumulated over 300 episodes with guests from all walks of life. Follow him on social @lefthandrightbrain We discussed his early influences, how his love for radio led to pursuing broadcasting school, how smaller schools give you better access to equipment & accelerat...

Folks, settle in real deep, maybe even draw a bath for this one. Our guest is a veteran O.G. Redditor, mother, a stand-up comedian, and former contract employee for the Department of Defense — and boy howdy, does she have some stories to share!  Nance Nagel joins our host Sean Connolly & fearless producer Chris in TSS for an episode full of open conversation & sharing ideas about how (if a...

We’re movin’ at mach fuck for our guest, stand-up comedian & alleged necronomicon — Grant Lucas — who joins Sean & Chris in Top Shelf Studios to talk about rods in space, advanced drones, superyachts, and whatever the hell we want, at least until the global social credit score system gets in place. Grant is fully-fed from the jump on this one, eager to blow our minds with satirical thought...

Two hilarious guests join Sean to discuss gonzo-capitalism, the surprising age of Enron’s CEO, and the gift that keeps giving: the Pop-Tart Bowl (RIP Strawberry) — among other things, of course!  We learn more about Jack’s life, from what it was like for him growing up in California, to starting out in the LA comedy scene, to Jack’s dad being a WW2 veteran.  How is that even possible?  Listen and...

Our returning guest comes to us bearing mysterious speculations surrounding the Orb activity that has been reported across the skies over the Eastern US. Plasmoid-like orbs captured in both amateur & professional settings (live news broadcasts), but most commonly brought to the public’s eye through ‘Ole reliable when it comes to the topic of Alien speculation: Reddit.  Chris has done the hard...

Talon Saucerman is an 18-year veteran stand-up comic & Comedy Works regular.  He moved from the humble prairie plains of South Dakota to pursue art school in the “big-city” of Denver, CO.  We talked about Talon’s experience growing up in Midland, South Dakota, how most of the U.S. (outside of cities) is just an outlet mall, after American Furniture Warehouse, after Home Depot, and we hear abou...

This guest is Top Shelf Studio’s 2024 recipient of ‘Kindest Guest of the Year’ award!  Pat Treuer is a talented stand-up comedian, a graduate of Second City in Chicago, a corporate salesman who jumped from his 14-year career in the corporate world to creating a new niche during the Covid Pandemic — producing stand-up comedy shows for corporate gigs over Zoom.  His skills, drive, and timing all coa...

It is rare that I am lost for words when describing a guest of the show, but this is one of those times.  Our guest today is 24 year old, Colorado native, & stand-up comedian — Nate Malouf!   You can follow him — @suffering.malouf — on Instagram Nate provides Top Shelf Studios with perhaps the coolest wing rating to date by changing the scale altogether.  And on top of that, he’s too generous,...

Fellow riffer, a former Pacific Northwesterner, & stand-up comic Jeff Morris is our guest today!  He joined us on Christmas Eve for an episode that ranged from opening a 90’s ‘Godzilla’ pack of collectible cards, to how not-sorry we felt to learn that HawkTua coin investors had the rug pulled, and lost it all.    Jeff tells me all about his plans to curate the saddest possible Christmas for hi...

In celebration of our 150th ep. milestone, we are lucky to welcome back a legend of the show from the early-days.  My guest is one of my childhood friends & my high school debate partner, Nathan Inge.   For the last year or so, Nathan has been living & working in Amsterdam, focused on an entirely new problem space.  We are fortunate to get his first amendment rights on display for our list...

Sunee is a talented stand-up comedian who began performing in Vancouver, Canada.  He then spent some of the pandemic in Edmonton, then a stint in Toronto, before his recent move to the Mile High City here in Denver!  We are lucky to have him join the fray of incredible Denver comedians.    Go see him perform comedy at one of the best places in the country to see stand-up, Comedy Works, on January...

Folks, I am proud to say this episode is someone who I hoped I may someday get on a mobile-road-pod, but thank goodness she moble’d her way all the way home to TSS for a legendary episode I completely fumbled half of with a stupid camera error.  More learning by making massive mistakes, we love to see it! My guest is Melissa, one of the community managers at the company I work for at my day-job. S...

Tanner Coffman is hilarious.  A stand-up of over two years, his perspective & wisdom for life is beyond his years.  Follow Tanner on Instagram @trashbagtanner   “It's him —Luigi!”  We discuss the ethical qualms of the public’s reaction to recent news of the United Healthcare CEO gunned down from behind by a childhood video-game-character-named assailant seen getting his Starbucks before the at...

Two returning guests join TSS for an episode full of riffs, stories, and fun with new friends: James Cooper & Makana Gellatly.  We reflect on our recent staff open mic, where Sean was declared dead, after he was buried by the Denver legend, Sam Tallent.  I will be completely serious for a moment to share a shed truth with our listeners. Sam did the funniest 15 minutes of inside-baseball materi...

The Founder returns! At long last, the highly anticipated event of the holiday season is here!! After a year of living in New York City, our OG co-host — Makana Gellatly — is back with a new aura of NY elitism to share with the fans. We hear about living in a shoebox, moving to midtown Manhattan, and how it only took him 1 month of living in NYC to yell at tourists to get out of the way on crowded...

We’re calling you out, grocery prices!! That’s right, two returning guests join us for a record-beating episode. Longest one yet & chocked full of riffs, stories, and pontifications on this bloated corpse we call America.    Grayson Schrom (@gs.was.here) & Patrick Trujillo (@Patrick_Trujillo_Comedy) are Denver-based Stand-Up comedians — Follow them on socials & see them all around town...

Our guest is filmmaker, photographer, roast-battler, and stand-up comedian: Jeff Stonic. Jeff is raising funds for his latest project — Bad Indian — a short film that begins with Josh Emerson's journey to produce Netflix's first all-native lineup in Los Angeles while spreading his mom's ashes, yet ends with rediscovering a lost path toward the meaning of life. A small step for America, but a giant...