No Suggestion: An Improv Comedy Talk Show

This week on #NoSuggestionPod, we start Some Suggestions Sometimes Summer School Series, AKA 6S. All summer long I'll invite different past No Suggestion guests, all of whom are some of the best improvisors, and improv teachers, in NYC, to give a stand-up comedian, clown, or other miscellaneous NYC performer with no improv experience, a private improv lesson live on the air. We're blessed to have...

This week we were thrilled to hang with actor, husband, co-host of UCB Cage Match (@cagematchnyc), and improv comedian, Max Bank (@thatmaxperson) on #NoSuggestionPod! Guest co-host Riley Stanzione (@rileystanz), and I, got to have a very dynamic, sometimes deep, and very joyous convo with Max this week, about how Max thankfully stumbled into quitting a job that was bad for his mental health, all t...

We got all rizzed up this week on #NoSuggestionPod by our guest, actor, model, nanny, Washingtonian, clown and improv comedian, Rebecca Wolf (@rebacawolf)! Co-host Christopher Morucci (@christophermorucci) and I had to stay on our toes keep up with Rebecca's quick wit as we chatted about how New York City is really just a small town, the solitude of Washington state, candy bar fillings, the inspir...

Had such a good time hanging with the spunky and delightful actor, teacher, and improv comedian, Steph Jacobson (@stephahahaha_) on #NoSuggestionPod this week. Guest co-host PJ Nally (@pjswithbuttons), Steph, and I sure caused a ruckus in Radio Free Brooklyn Studio. We chat with Steph about growing up in Wisconsin, being the youngest sibling, how her parents bravely switched careers in middle age,...

It's a thrill ride on #NoSuggestionPod this week as we invite live-wire actor, producer, teacher, father, and comedian, Frank Angelini (@Dieagressivestylez) to Radio Free Brooklyn studios. Co-host Aston Hollins (@astonhollins) and I get into all sorts of hi-jinx with Frank as we chat about being a long-time cast member of the comedy shoe Batsu! (@batsulive), being a New York native, being one of a...

This episode of #NoSuggestionPod is bursting and shimmering with comedy, inspiration, culture, and ideas! Captain Kirkley (@captainkirkley) returns this week with her friend from Belgium, actor, teacher, and comedian, Kelly Agathos (@kelly_agathos)! Co-host Christopher Morucci and I dive in with Kelly and Captain into a conversation that goes so deep with topics like the sleep schedules of medieva...

A privilege this week on #NoSuggestionPod to get to know actor, activist, writer, Bronx native, and improv comedian, Joseph Elijah (@josephiselijah). Co-host Aston Hollins (@astonhollins) and I were so taken by Joseph's thoughtfulness and experiences, and we got to chat with him about everything from the reboots of Perry Mason and Matlock, how the Bronx doesn't offer itself up, algorithms and echo...

Super fun hang on #NoSuggestionPod this week, with the scrappy and sharp actor, dancer, filmmaker, and comedian, Kristin "Captain" Kirkley (@captainkirkley). Co-host Christopher Morucci (@christophermorucci) and I have a ball mixing it up with Kristin chatting about all kinds of topics from ancient cities and civilizations, to traveling via Amtrak, relationships, both platonic and romantic, and mu...

Such a privilege to have a rare sighting of one of NYC's most essential Soviet creatives on #NoSuggestionPod, actor, designer, visual artist, and improv comedian, Nikolai Solonski (@pocketz888). Joined by guest co-host Rich Templeton (@richhunttemp), we get to chat with Nikolai about some fascinating topics, and both present us with a great surprise at the end of the podcast. We chat with Nikolai...

Thrilled on #NoSuggestionPod this week to have one of my favorite personalties in the city, actor, host, producer, native New Yorker, and stand-up, sketch, and improv comedian, Simon Bloch (@simonjupiter). Christopher Morucci (@christophermorucci) and I had a blast at Radio Free Brooklyn Studios getting to know Simon better. We got to have a lively chat with Simon about David Goggins vs Walton Gog...

It's a privilege this episode of #NoSuggestionPod to really get to know, actor, father, middle child, and comedian, Frankie Rollo (@frankierollocomedy). Co-host Aston Hollins (@astonhollins) and I take the opportunity at Radio Free Brooklyn studios this week to learn all about Frankie's interesting life, and there's so much to talk about like his beloved Scottish and Italian parents, his New Jerse...

I think truly one of the best improvisors in the city, and he's been a dream guest for while, actor and comedian Nick Carrillo (@nickcarrillo77) joins us on #NoSuggestionPod this week. Co-host Christopher Morucci (@christophermorucci) and I learned a lot getting to know Nick at Radio Free Brooklyn studios this week. We got to chat with Nick about his incredible tenure on house teams at The People'...

It's a rare one on one episode of #NoSuggestionPod this week with Ralf and co-host Aston Hollins (@astonhollins). This week, at Radio Free Brooklyn studios, it's a quieter, more focused and more intimate hour, but no less fun and funny, actually. Aston and I have a really good time hanging just the two of us and chatting about soda, sobriety, dating in high school, our views on what parenthood mig...

This week on #NoSuggestionPod we are privileged to make friends with actor, writer, filmmaker, and sketch and improv comedian, Noah Friend (@noahfriend). Co-host Christopher Morucci (@christophermorucci) and I have a delightful, chill hang with Noah, and we chat about the pressure of living with such a friendly name, how haunted Connecticut is, Ketamine, starting improv as a way to get better at s...

It was a pleasure and a privilege to spend an hour on #NoSuggestionPod this week getting to know actor, director, improv coach and teacher, and comedian, Nicole Asava (@nicoleasava)! Co-host Aston Hollins (@astonhollins) and I really dug in with Nicole at Radio Free Brooklyn Studios this week as we chatted all about how Thai names change, pound cake, the 4 years Nicole spent in LA around the pande...

For our Valentine's Day episode I invited two guests that I love to #NoSuggestionPod... my CO-HOSTS! This week I invited on both Aston Hollins (@astonhollins) and Christopher Morucci (@christophermorucci) to Radio Free Brooklyn studios, who had NEVER MET before to be here at the same time! We have a very chill hang, and chat about comedy and improv in our lives, what it means to be an artist and a...

We spent a beautiful hour with actor, writer, tarot reader, somatic therapist, and improv comedian, return guest Lyssa Mandel (@aflockofsandwiches) on #NoSuggestionPod this week. Co-host Aston Hollins (@astonhollins) and I really enjoyed chatting with Lyssa about how Lyssa went from leaving the house to audition all the time to taking clients all-day at home via zoom. We also chat about morning al...

A joy to spend time getting to know, and do improv with, actor, filmmaker, writer, Illinois native, Hofstra University grad, Pioneers (@pioneersbar) bartender, and improv comedian, Mark Melton (@swugmark) this week on #NoSuggestionPod. Co-host Christopher Morucci (@christophermorucci) and I enjoyed chatting with Mark about the midwest, bagel preferences, cooking versus eating out, passion and drea...

What a party we had this week on #NoSuggestionPod with our guest, actress, model, influencer, brand ambassador, and improv/sketch/stand-up comedian Maya Fadi Acra (@whatevermayawants)! Joined by honorary guest co-host, Andreus Sonder Hills (@allcity_flow), back from last week, Maya dishes with co-host Aston Hollins (@astonhollins) and I for a full hour. We talk about why and how Maya became a cunt...

Super fun playful time on #NoSuggestionPod this week with improv comedians Andreus Sonder Hills (@allcity_flow) and Davey Miguel Ruiz (@dmruizcreative). Co-host Christopher Morucci (@christophermorucci) and I have a fun chat with Andreus and Davey about stoicism, wisdom, how they became friends through a misunderstanding at an improv, celebrities vs content creators, and much more! We also do a to...

It finally happened. The man who at the top of my list wish-list of possible guests on #NoSuggestionPod when we started, actor, entrepreneur, care-taker, former SNL staff-writer, teacher, the proprietor of Pioneers Bar (@pioneersbar), founder of the People's Improv Theater (@thepitnyc), and comedian, Ali Farahnakian (@alialinyc) is our guest this week. Co-host Aston-Hollins McClanahan (@astonholli...

We welcome back one of our first guests we ever had on #NoSuggestionPod, actor, stand-up and improv comedian, Dean Rule (@deanrulesinsta)! It's been more than two years since Dean first came on, and co-host Aston-Hollins McClanahan (@astonhollins) and I have a giddy time catching up with the Dean about how unpleasant the stand-up world can be, the apocalypse, when Dean first moved to NY to pursue...

This week's on #NoSuggestionPod our guest is my long-time friend, one of the funniest people in NYC, actor, filmmaker, teacher, husband, father, clown, and improv comedian, Chris Manley (@chrismanley). Co-host Christopher Morucci (@christophermorucci) and I find endless insights and surprises getting to know Chris Manley's squirrelly origin story. We talk about how Chris and I met the day I entere...

We kick up some dust this week on #NoSuggestionPod with actor, law librarian, eligible bachelor, and improv comedian, Ben Jones (@bennyjones52)! Co-host Aston Hollins McClanahan (@astonhollins) and I have a thrill getting to know Ben this week, as we chat with him about the early days of UCB, passion for life, black eyed peas on New Years, auditioning, Ben being raised by his grandma in Dallas, ha...

I've wanted this guest on #NoSuggestionPod for a long time, and actor, teacher, and improv comedian, formerly of Centralia, and currently part of the Second City NYC (@secondcitynyc) ensemble, Patrick McCartney (@thepatrickmac)! Co-host Aston Hollins McClanahan (@astonhollins) and I really have fun mixing it up with Patrick, chatting about life and death, the early improv scene of NYC, Patrick's d...