Cocktails with Dimples & The Beard

Madinah Wilson-Anton talks about slipping punchlines into her pandemic-era political speeches and realizing she liked waiting for laughs more than applause, which eventually led her into stand-up and onto the Kill Tony stage. From there, the conversation moves through sitting in the holding room with hundreds of comedians, being taken in by a group of Texas comics afterward, and joking about hopin...

Sara Cline tells a joke about detachable shower heads that immediately turns into a conversation about having two vaginas. From there, the discussion moves through her appearances on Kill Tony, an on-stage kiss during her interview, and the DMs she says she started receiving afterward — including messages offering to pay her to “see” things. Sara also describes what it felt like being on the Kill...

Somehow, we made it through 2025. Through chaos, ridiculous conversations, unexpected wins, and moments that probably shouldn’t have worked — but did. This is a guest-free year-end episode where we look back the only way we know how — laughing at what went sideways, appreciating what went right, and realizing just how much happened in one year. In this episode, we talk about: * The moments that de...

What starts as a relaxed Christmas episode quickly turns into absolute chaos. Between holiday drinks, terrible singing, questionable gifts, and one very confusing dating story, this one spirals fast — in the exact way you’d expect from us. It’s a guest-free, anything-goes Christmas hang where inside jokes collide with uncomfortable realizations, bad decisions get louder, and nothing stays on track...

Fielding Edlow joins us for a fast, hilarious, and wildly honest conversation that bounces between comedy, parenting, dating, and complete absurdity. From razor-sharp observations to moments that spiral into pure chaos, this episode never slows down and somehow keeps getting funnier. She’s a comedian, writer, and actor known for her fearless honesty, sharp wit, and unforgettable takes on modern li...

Kaycee Bills brings absolute chaos to the studio in one of our fastest, wildest, most unpredictable episodes of the year. From her life in comedy to the kind of real-world stories you swear have to be made up, this one never lets off the gas. She’s a comedian — and if you watch Kill Tony, you definitely know her as Dr. Rabbit. In this episode we talk about: • How Dr. Rabbit became a recognizable n...

Abby Jones has lived through hell and rebuilt herself into an artist, performer, and the creator of the high-energy burlesque/circus fusion company Art of Seduction. In this episode, she opens up about the custody battle that used her OnlyFans and dancing against her, what it took to reclaim her life, and how she now helps women feel powerful, confident, and seen through dance, performance, and ph...

Episode 250 got out of hand immediately. We kicked things off with Spicy Candyland — our own punishment-loaded twist on a childhood classic — and the chaos hit faster than any of us expected. The punishments were brutal, the board betrayed us, and the whole night spiraled from the first move. After barely surviving Spicy Candyland, we jumped straight into FU The Game, and things somehow got even l...

Episode 249 might be the most chaotic “just us” episode we’ve ever recorded — wild stories, bad decisions, and zero adult supervision. Consider this the official warm-up (and warning) for Episode 250… because things are about to get way worse. In this unhinged pre-game episode, Dimples and The Beard get into: 🍺 Minnesota beer runs & legendary cans 🧉 Great Lakes Distillery pumpkin whiskey 🌿...

Meet Carlos Tkacz, the filmmaker who turned five years of van life, a love of climbing, and a crisis of faith into the horror short COW. It’s blood, symbolism, and DIY madness — all mixed with the kind of off-the-rails honesty and heart that only happens when life refuses to follow a script. Join Dimples and The Beard for a conversation that goes everywhere: from van life to filmmaking, from relig...

She hates horror but stars on a horror channel. She wins roast battles but preaches kindness. Final Girlz star and Roastlemania champ Anne Flagg joins Cocktails with Dimples and The Beard for an unfiltered talk about stand-up, sobriety, divorce, and the chaos of rebuilding your life through comedy. From Final Girlz fame to Roastlemania champion, Anne breaks down the weirdest parts of her career —...

Hey fellow lushes — some guests bring jokes. Peter Angelo brought stories, scars, and absolute chaos. Comedian Peter Angelo can make you laugh, wince, and question his life choices all in one story. From late-night comedy gigs to underground wrestling shows, his life is an unpredictable mix of laughter, pain, and mayhem. On this episode of Cocktails with Dimples and The Beard, he takes us through...

Hey, fellow lushes! 🍸 This week’s guest is the fearless and hilarious Elizabeth De Razzo, best known as Janet in The Greasy Strangler and Maria on HBO’s Eastbound & Down. Elizabeth joins us for one of the wildest, most honest conversations we’ve ever had — talking about awkward auditions, uncomfortable scenes, cult invites, and why she’s learned to face Hollywood’s chaos with laughter instead...

Jake Renick Simpson’s story is straight out of a dream — the kind every music fan has but few ever live. In eighth grade, Jake wrote a letter to Dave Matthews saying he’d play music with him someday. Years later, that dream came true when he stepped on stage at The Gorge, performing fiddle alongside Dave Matthews Band in front of thousands. On this episode of Cocktails with Dimples and The Beard,...

Would you ask a white supremacist to take down a Nazi sign? Journalist Steffen Hou did — and he didn’t know if he’d walk away. We’re usually cocktails and chaos, but this week we’re going somewhere darker. Steffen Hou, the Danish filmmaker behind Face of Hate, spent seven years following Jasen Barker — a KKK member whose life was built on trauma, rage, and the search for belonging. What started as...

Hey, fellow lushes! On this episode we sit down with singer-songwriter and Wisconsin native Genevieve Heyward — a musician who grew up belting karaoke at age ten, picked up her first bar gigs before she could legally drink (thanks, Mom), and now splits her time between the Midwest and Nashville chasing songs, chaos, and the perfect metaphor. Genevieve takes us through her winding path from teenage...

Hey, fellow lushes! On this episode we sit down with Michael Morgan — Texas-born comedian, musician, Marine veteran, and accidental expert in saying the wrong word at the wrong time. Michael takes us through his wild path from sneak-watching Saturday Night Live at volume “3” in a Pentecostal household, to one of his very first sets where he dropped the C-word three times during somebody’s steak di...

Hey, fellow lushes! On this episode we sit down with Lisset Díaz, powerhouse vocalist and frontwoman of Sweet Lizzy Project — the Cuban-born, Nashville-based band that’s been lighting up Mile of Music for three years running. Lisset takes us from Havana’s underground rock scene, where every gig required government approval, to a chance discovery by PBS that catapulted the band to the U.S. and a ne...

Hey, fellow lushes! On this episode we dive straight into the twisted imagination of author Jarret Keene and his latest collection Gateways to Annihilation — 14 short stories packed with voodoo, werewolves, cursed comics, skunk apes, and enough dread to fuel your nightmares for weeks. Jarret takes us behind the scenes of his research obsession — from New Orleans yellow fever cures and Celtic mytho...

Hey, fellow lushes! Jenna Warren stops by to talk about being “killed twice by Eli Roth” — once in his Trick VR Treat project and again in Thanksgiving, where her infamous corn skewer death became the movie’s most talked-about kill. She shares how Eli added the corn holders in reshoots, what it was like acting the scene in reverse, and how her family reacted (her grandparents cheered, her mom cove...

Hey fellow lushes! This week we’re joined by musician, songwriter, and now stand-up comedian Stephen Kellogg. Fresh off the release of his new comedy special Maybe This Will Work and his latest album To You, Old Friend, Stephen sits down with us to talk about his journey from 3,000 concerts to comedy clubs, and why he’s more inspired than ever to keep creating. We dig into his time at Mile of Musi...

Hey, fellow lushes! This week we sit down with comedian Molly Magee — who wowed the Kill Tony panel with her sharp comedy and unhinged conspiracy ballad about Forrest Whitaker and the unsolved murder of Biggie Smalls. But her real-life stories are somehow even wilder. Molly opens up about living with amnesia after a traumatic head injury, marrying a con man who blew $25K on cam girls, and getting...

Hey, fellow lushes! Who’s “America’s Stepmom”… and how did she kill Tony? It starts with a 12-year break from stand-up, explodes on the Kill Tony stage, and ends in a rain-soaked Sixth Street alley with a Secret Show invite in her pocket. Donna Lee delivered her minute, then rolled straight into the interview portion — where the panel immediately jumped into anatomy talk before she steered the con...

Hey, fellow lushes! She moved to Austin, signed up for Kill Tony, and dropped a menopause mic drop that had Tony Hinchcliffe reeling — meet Kimberly Koester, the cougar who came to kill. In this episode, Kimberly takes us through her journey from Iowa farm girl to stand-up comic, starting comedy at 50, ghost-hunting with karaoke weirdos, and surviving cockroaches, Facebook cowboys, and hecklers wi...

Hey, fellow lushes! We’re back with the incredible team behind the Rock’n Corn Festival — a free, all-ages event that’s become one of Wisconsin’s best summer traditions. This festival has everything: live music, a cornhole tournament with real cash prizes, a wild frozen T-shirt contest, snakes and alpacas for the kids, delicious food trucks, and yes… corn so good people drive back for seconds. But...