It's Show Business with Latif Tayour

Director of Mentally Al, Josh Edelman (also a comedian).

Comedian and Podcaster Dave Ross (Comedy Central, Drunk History) joins Latif Tayour to talk about the history of the legendary Good Heroin show at Stories Cafe, and how to make yourself a business in comedy (or not).

It's Comedian Todd Glass! Todd has inspired many of our show biz conversations all the way back to the beginning of the podcast! Checkout Todd's hilarious Netflix special Act Happy.

Comedian Tori Piskin of MTV's Wild'N Out and her Got It From My Mama Podcast.

Comedian, writer, and actor Grant Gordon on literature, commercials and the Pomodoro writing system.

Francisco Ramos is a comedian and actor featured on Shameless, HBO Max, Netflix, and Last Comic Standing.

Comedian, producer & podcaster Keith Johnson.

John Hastings is a comedian featured on America's Got Talent and Just For Laughs.

Chris James is a comedian and model from the U.K.  His career took off while he was in South Africa and he now lives LA.  Chris and Latif talk about the modeling business, college touring and more.

On our 100th episode Chad Kroeger, of Going Deep with Chad & JT, joins Latif Tayour to talk about creating viral videos, standup comedy, guesting on Howard Stern and Ellen, podcasting, and the origins of the name Chad Kroeger and how it relates to Nickelback.

John Taylor is a comedian featured on Iliza's Locals and is part of the team behind Low Key Outside outdoor comedy shows in Los Angeles.

Amir K is a comedian, podcaster, and actor from the show MadTV.

Luke Schwartz is a comedian featured in The Comedy Store documentary, on Bill Burr's The Ringers and Iliza's Locals.

Aaron Mliner is a comedian and founder of The Nitecap and The Southland Comedy Festival.  Listen for great advice on booking and getting booked.

Mary Romeo is a comedian and the founder of the Ocean Mic, which kept comedy alive in LA during the pandemic.  We talk marketing, setting up your first tour and building relationships.

Gianmarco Soresi is a New York based comedian and actor.  He's been on Huster's, The Last OG, and the Billy Crystal/Tiffany Haddish film Here Today.

Fizaa Dosani is a comedian and actor who can be seen on Snowfall on FX & Dear White People on Netflix.  She is the founder of Facial Recognition Comedy that promoted brown female comics.

Steph Tolev is a Juno Nominated (Canadian Grammy) comedian who was featured on Comedy Central's Bill Burr presents.

Emmy award winning writer, comedian and camera angle specialist Robby Hoffman.

Andrew Michaan is a comedian, actor, writer and host of Podcast But Outside.

Comedian Ron G is an Emmy award winning comedian and actor in Los Angeles and a finalist of Last Comic Standing.  Latif & Ron discuss the benefits of working clean and where the opportunities are in the new entertainment business.

Comedian Rob Pugliese talks about selling The RedRobRoy Show and getting it on Amazon Prime.

Grammy nominated producer Cobaine Ivory (Luke James, H.E.R., Jorja Smith, Rhapsody, Action Bronson) talks about music production and psychology.

Sue Obeidi of MPAC (Muslim Public Affairs Counsel) joins Latif to talk about how Muslim writers can break into film and television.

Comedian Emma Willmann of Crazy Ex-Girlfriend talks about the return of comedy in New York, LA love, podcast strategy, and the importance of managing your calendar.