Hot Breath! (Learn Comedy from the Pros)

Happy New Year Hot Breathiverse and welcome to our first official episode of HB! Live 2024. In addition to interviewing your favorite comics, we're going to start experimenting with different styles of content to help you level up your comedy game faster. This episode is from our weekly YouTube livestream we do every Tuesday at 5PM EST. Listen and learn about the future plans of Hot Breath! and ho...

We're back with the final episode of 2023 and our first ever "best of" episode. Joel and Yoshee breakdown their top 5 episodes of 2023 and see how they compare to what the analytics say the top 5 are. We'd also love to hear what your time 5 episodes of 2023 are so join our Facebook group below to join the conversation. Join our email list here: https://hotbreathpodcast.com/vip Join our Facebook gr...

The champ is here! After several months in the making, Earthquake is on the show! All of this started over a year ago when we did a review of his comedy special: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHQ9UhGSY5U&t=572s Quake was so excited about the review that he reposted and reached out about being on the show. And thus the adventure begins… A few months later I met Quake backstage to record our i...

Love him or hate him, you can’t deny Brendan Schaub’s impact on comedy. Regardless if you believe his impact is for better or worse, you can’t deny he gets more online hate than other comedian. I’m all about comics helping comics and wanted to get to the bottom of this mystery, so I flew out to LA and spoke to Brendan directly about this topic and he does not disappoint. Our conversation not only...

Gianmarco Soresi joins the Hot Breathiverse for a crowd work masterclass. Over the past year he has built a huge social media following that is now converting to sold out shows. With every comic trying to find their lane online, Gianmarco shares all the game on how to stand out. We go deep on topics like: How to do crowd work How to create viral content The future of comedy content Young comic adv...

Joey Avery joins us to spit major game on social media and how comedians can use it to sell tickets. After being mentored by Andrew Schulz, Joey has built an engaged social media following through sketches and crowd work clips. How he has done this is a lot easier than you might think and he shares all the sauce on how we can do the same. Topics covered: How to do crowd work How to find your voice...

Social media sensation Leah Rudick joins us to share all her secrets to building millions of followers on social media. We've interviewed a lot of social media comedians on this show and Leah's approach is the most attainable we've ever heard. Topics covered are: Producing authentic content How to create fun ideas When to post Finding your online voice +MORE Watch Leah's comedy special here: https...

Josh Sneed joins us to share his 25+ years of comedy experience into a masterclass to help comedians level up and get paid. He also shares a lot of great advice for the show and how we can keep expanding the Hot Breathiverse. Topics covered: Getting mentored by Mitch Hedberg Balancing family and comedy Side hustles for comedians Navigating the comedy business + MORE Get more info on Josh here: htt...

Ian Bagg returns to Hot Breath! to share all the sauce around his new social media fame. On our first interview together he spoke candidly about how he should be "further along." He actually didn't get his "big break" until he hit rock bottom, fired his entire team, and hired a young editor to start posting his now viral crowd work clips. His entire story is wild so I hope you enjoy and share with...

This is our first ever comedian round table discussion and we're kicking it off with a bang. Paul Elia , Ian Edwards , Eva Alexopoulos , and JFL's Ariane Tonka join us to discuss the comedy game like you can't find anywhere else. This show gets into the goods on topics like: Is social media ruining comedy? Battling imposter syndrome How to get into JFL Have you ever considered quitting comedy? Bes...

Michael Colyar joins us to share his inspiring journey from a drug addict street performer to working with comedians like Eddie Murphy, Bernie Mac, and more. Michael has seen it all and gets real about his early comedy hustle and advice for the next generation of comedians. Listen learn and share! Donate to Michael's taping here: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/michael-colyar-the-king-of-venice...

Steve Byrne is a 30+ year comedy vet that developed in the comedy trenches with the greats like Bill Burr, Patrice O’Neil and more.  His career started sweeping floors at Caroline’s, driving 168K miles doing gigs sleeping in his car, and more all to now be one of the most prolific comedians in the game.  Not only has he released multiple specials, but also movies and TV shows.  Stev...

Before comedy, Michael Yo was a celebrity reporter interviewing everyone from Tom Cruise to Will Smith but now he is a full time comic creating his own success with killer stand-up and social media content.  We get into the nitty gritty on the comedy hustle including his mentor Jo Koy. Jo gave Michael a lot of game about both performing and writing but the biggest advice was “don’t write joke...

In just a few years into comedy Jen Fulwiler has already build a viral social media following selling out venues around the country. She joins us to share all the sauce on how she's doing it with hopes of helping you do the same. This is a must listen for anyone curious about how to find your voice both on stage and online, business advice, tips for going viral, and much more! Jen's website: https...

Bill Dawes has found success both on stage and on screen and is here to share all his goods for the next generation of comedians. We get into a lot of great tips for acting and auditioning plus some hilarious stories of his early comedy days. Listen, learn, and share! Follow Bill here: https://www.instagram.com/billdawes/ Join our email list here: https://hotbreathpodcast.com/vip Join our Facebook...

In last week’s pod you heard CJ Landry  get real real…for real…about sleeping on floors, living in Air BnBs, and stealing food from DoorDash all to survive while chasing his comedy dreams.  Well I say all that to say we’re now building on this comedy sacrifice theme with  this week’s guest Amy Shanker.  She was an award winning teacher that quit her job for comedy. You’ll hear...

CJ Landry is the definition of "all-in" on this comedy game and has sacrificed everything to make his comedy dreams come true. That is through living out of Air BnBs to stealing form Doordash and much more we get into this episode. You will never look at the comedy grind the same again after this interview. Listen and share! Follow CJ here: https://www.instagram.com/thecjlandry/ Join our email lis...

We answer a lot of great questions and also get a surprise visit from a Hot Breathren producing his own shows and booking big name comedians. He joined us to share all his sauce to help you do the same. Follow Dubz here: https://www.instagram.com/dubzgeneral/ Join our email list here: https://hotbreathpodcast.com/vip Join our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/HotBreathComedyNetwork/...

After over 7 years of doing this podcast, this episode is a first of its kind. We're making a very special announcement that is going to level up the Hot Breathiverse into a new galaxy and we're super excited to be on this journey with you. Listen and celebrate with us! Join our email list here: https://hotbreathpodcast.com/vip Join our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/HotBreathCome...

This week's Q&A covers a lot of topics to help you level up your comedy business game. We talk about how to find the right venue for a killer show, how to promote that show on social media, and also how to find other shows in other cities. I recommend every comedian should produce their own show and this episode will help you do that. Join our email list here: https://hotbreath.beehiiv.com/sub...

This week's live Q&A gets into the goods on our favorite comics to find inspiration, how to add tags to your jokes, how to contact bookers and much more! Send us a DM on social media: https://instagram.com/hotbreathpod/ https://twitter.com/HotBreathPod Join our email list here: https://hotbreath.beehiiv.com/subscribe Join our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/HotBreathComedyNetwo...

This live Q&A gets into the goods on a range of topics from Nate Bargatze's opinion to young comics on crowd work to taxes, corporate gigs, and finding your on stage persona. Join our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/HotBreathComedyNetwork/ Join our email list here: https://hotbreath.beehiiv.com/subscribe Subscribe to our YouTube channel here: https://youtube.com/hotbreathpod?su...

This live Q&A gets into the goods on a lot of great topics that are going to level up your writing, storytelling, and performing. Listen, learn, and share! Some topics covered: How to turn a one liner into a story How to personalize your material Judd Apatow's best writing advice Christopher Titus Storytelling Tips Should you perform sober? Join our email list here: https://hotbreath.beehiiv.c...

Today Joel does a solo Q&A and gets into the goods on some of today's hottest topics. He goes deep on the good/bad impact of crowd work clips on comedy, the value of comedy classes, plus much more! Join our email list here: https://hotbreath.beehiiv.com/subscribe Join our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/HotBreathComedyNetwork/ Subscribe to our YouTube channel here: https://yout...

We had a great live Q&A with the homie Barry Brewer spitting game on his worst bomb on stage, lessons learned from Tyler Perry, creating his own studio + MORE Join our email list here: https://hotbreath.beehiiv.com/subscribe Join our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/HotBreathComedyNetwork/ Subscribe to our YouTube channel here: https://youtube.com/hotbreathpod?sub_confirmat...