No Suggestion: An Improv Comedy Talk Show

So excited to share this exciting and absurd episode of #NoSuggestionPod with this week's guest, actor, clown, teacher, humanitarian, content creator, and improv comedian, the powerful Riley Soloner (@rileysoloner)! Guest co-host Christopher Morucci (@christophermorucci) and I run the gamut with Riley, learning about his epic journey, starting as a youth resisting his bohemian, hippie parents enco...

Honored to have actor, producer, Italian-American, clown and stand-up comedian Lauren LoGiudice (@laurenlogi), on #NoSuggestionPod this week! Co-host Aston Hollins (@astonhollins) and I got to hang with her at Radio Free Brooklyn studios and chat about how she started doing and selling out shows in Little Italy, traditionalism vs progress, calling out people on their shit, studying with clown guru...

Such an honor and privilege to have 1/3 of one of the best improv teams in the city, Branded Silk (@brandedsilk), on #NoSuggestionPod, actress, singer, producer, and improv comedian, Onyi Okoli (@onyiokoli)! Jake Joseph (@f00lish_b0y) and I had such a wonderful time with Onyi at Radio Free Brooklyn studios chatting about being a raw vegan, forbidden stories of being a property manager, how being a...

This episode of #NoSuggestionPod was a post-punk rager as we chopped it up with actor, comedian, singer-songwriter, band-leader of Gustaf (@gustaf_nyc), Lydia Gammill (@l_y_d_i_a_gammill)! Co-host Aston Hollins (@astonhollins) and I went full romper room chatting with Lydia about being raised on Conan O'Brien, the fact that not everyone laughs every day, finishing things, whether personal art has...

Had a lovely hang with comedy writer, producer, nanny, actress, and comedian Slaney Rose Jordan (@slaneyrose) on #NoSuggestionPod this week. Co-host Jake Joseph (@f00lish_b0y) had a good time chatting with Slaney about her namesake, Michael Jordan, Apolo Anton Ohno, competition, growing up in Maine, her inheriting the role of producer of NYC comedy staple, Old School Sketch Show (@oldschoolsketchs...

Thrilled to start 2024 with this episode! This week's guests are actor, teacher, philosopher, cannabis advocate, and comedian Shawn Wickens (@timetravelingstoned), back for the third time, and explorer and musician Zarif (@spaceroyz). Co-host Aston Hollins (@astonhollins) and I had such a deeply enjoyable hang at Radio Free Brooklyn studios with these two na'er do-wells. The four of us talked abou...

What a beautiful, luxurious, elegant salon we had with on #NoSuggestionPod this week with playwright, LGBTQ activist, actress, and comedian, Meg (@phallicmother)! Co-host Jake Joseph (@f00lish_b0y) and I got to spend a lovely hour at Radio Free Brooklyn studios hanging with my old friend Meg this week, and we got to chat about the deeper meaning of mock duck, God's vibe, high value platform shoes,...

This week's episode of #NoSuggestionPod is a free-for-all! We had a wild, delightfully unhinged time with our guests, clown comedy duo Shoshana Rubin-Mann (@shoshanashoshanashoshanashosha) and Riley Stanzione (@rileystanz)! Me and co-host Aston Hollins (@astonhollins) have our work cut out for us trying to tame this wild pair as we gab about topics as far ranging as sounds, popsicle binges at the...

So lovely to get to shoot the breeze, and play with actor, screenwriter, singer, teacher, and improv comedian Katy Berry (@katyberrycomedy) this week on #NoSuggestionPod! Co-host Jake Joseph (@f00lish_b0y) and I got in a really solid hang with Katy at Radio Free Brooklyn Studios where we really got to know Katy, and all about her adventuresome story. We chat with Katy about clown being so hot righ...

What a lively, lovely, vulnerable conversation we had with actor, clown, and comedian Sloan Brettholtz (@foreverasloan) on this week's episode of #NoSuggestionPod! Co-host Aston Hollins (@astonhollins) and really enjoyed having Sloan up at Radio Free Brooklyn Studios to chat about everything from there being a time and place for matzah, her family's fascinating religious spin moves, finding love,...

We really had a treat this week on #NoSuggestionPod welcoming back a favorite guest of mine, educator and improv comedian Hannah Marias (@hannah_marias) with her boyfriend, first-time guest, music director, musician, actor, and improv comedian, Adrien Pellerin (@adrienpellerin)! Had such at Radio Free Brooklyn Studios blast with my first improv couple on the show! In this spicy chat we talk about...

#NoSuggestionPod continues its Aaron streak this week! Check out this bonus episode!

This week we had a member of one the funniest indie improv teams in the city, Branded Silk (@brandedsilk), actor, rapper, musician, comedy writer, stand-up and improv comedian, the elusive Aaron LaRoche (@hersheylickings)! I've been trying to get the members of Branded Silk on this podcast for a long time, and Aaron is the first one I managed to get. Aaron is such a smooth, thoughtful, laidback, b...

Such a pleasure to have my friend, and former indie improv team teammate, actor, sketch and improv comedian Matt Hammond (@matthammondyo) on #NoSuggestionPod this week! Co-host Jake Joseph (@f00lish_b0y) was on board for me and Matt's catch up session, up in Radio Free Brooklyn studios, as I hadn't seen Matt since before the pandemic. In the before the pandemic times Matt and I were on an indie im...

Actor, filmmaker, stand-up, and improv comedian Tom Achilles (@tomachilles) brought such a chill, fun-loving vibe to #NoSuggestionPod this week. This episode is such a smooth, easy, low-key hang between me, Tom, and guest co-host Aston Hollins (@astonhollins) down at ol' Radio Free Brooklyn Studios (@radiofreebk). We end up chatting about space movies, stress management, Tom moving back in with hi...

We had a party on #NoSuggestionPod with the vivacious, and mischievous, actor, singer, and improv comedian Murph Baker (@murphbaker)! Co-host Jake Joseph (@f00lish_b0y) and I had a ball with Murph up at Radio Free Brooklyn Studios (@radiofreebk)! We chatted with Murph about what in the heck an incorporated township is, what improv taught Murph about life, Big Foot being an attention whore, moving...

(Uploaded the wrong episode so this is a repost with the correct episode. Sorry!) We were blessed this week to have the angel of positivity that is actor, stage combat choreographer, essayist, mental health advocate, improv comedian, and all around good-egg, Michael Serpe (@badcaseofserpes) on #NoSuggestionPod this week! We chat with Michael about toiling in the community theater mines as a youth,...

A great honor to have actor, teacher, father, stand-up and improv comedian, Matt Higgins (@matthigginsnyc) on #NoSuggestionPod this week. Matt is part of the legendary team, the team I consider the greatest improv team on Earth, Centralia (@centralia_improv). Centralia is the inspiration for the name of this podcast, because famously they do not take a suggestion from the audience. Matt is the sec...

Had a ball this week on #NoSuggestionPod with our guest, the effervescent whirlwind of fun that is actor, athlete, and improv comedian, Julia Schroeder (@juliaeschroeder). Guest co-host Aston Hollins (@astonhollins) and I had a giddy, ugly time chatting with Julia about everything from the fraternal order of improv comedians, to her one-person character show, Changing Room, to her participation in...

A playful and freewheeling hang with actor, PBS animation writing fellow, jazz musician, open-mic host, comedian, and quintessential Leo, Dejen Tesfagiorgis (@dejen45) on #NoSuggestionPod this week! Guest co-host Geoff Grimwood (@grimwoooo) and I spend a breezy hour getting to know this renaissance man at Radio Free Brooklyn Studios (@radiofreebk), and we chat about the harrowing fallout of recent...

My North Coast (@northcoastnyc) teammate, one of the most beloved improvisors in the NYC scene, actor, poet, administrative director, freestyle rapper, teacher, and improv comedian Billy Soco (@bsoco) is our guest this week on #NoSuggestionPod. Co-host Jake Joseph (@f00lish_b0y) and I had such a good time with Billy at Radio Free Brooklyn (@radiofreebk) Studios hanging with Billy. I immediately ac...

Had such a chill hang at Radio Free Brooklyn (@radiofreebk) Studios this week with actor, singer, marathoner, and improv comedian Claire Shiell (@claireshiell). Guest co-host Aston Hollins (@astonhollins) and I sat down and just shot the breeze with Claire for an hour and we had such a fun time! We chatted about the last time we each cried, getting cut from theater school, training for ultra-marat...

So blessed to have my old friend, comedian, actor, teacher, filmmaker, poet, and dad, Chris Roberti (@chrisroberti) up to the Radio Free Brooklyn Studios (@radiofreebk) to be our guest this week on #NoSuggestionPod. Co-host Jake Joseph (@f00lish_b0y) and I left with our brains, and our hearts, all a-tingle, because Chris is so brimming life-affirming philosophy and sweetness. We chatted with Chris...

Thrilled to have our guest the illustrious, formidable, and sparkling actor, content creator, and comedian, Kate Owens (@kate__owens) up to Radio Free Brooklyn Studios (@radiofreebk)! Co-host Jake Joseph (@f00lish_b0y) and I had a blast getting to know Kate. We had a deep, fun, sincere chat about everything from therapy, to approaches to drinking water, to discipline around ice cream, to satire. K...

After a month off, No Suggestion is back with a special episode. We're in Radio Free Brooklyn studios with a very special guest, half-Jewish, half-Puerto Rican, only child of the Bronx and Spanish Harlem, Morty Saperstein (Elke Reid, @elketv). Co-host Jake Joseph (@f00lish_b0y) and I have a good time chatting with Morty the actor Leon, schooling, dating advice, the Illuminati, Conga drums, Courtne...