PodGis with Ava Val

Let's get LUMPY! What a lumpy lumpy start, as Algis acknowledges her egregious blunder of forgetting to edit in the theme song in the previous episode! It won't happen again? It won't happen again! She then talks about being a third wheel, her upcoming dogsitting stint that she's really looking forward to, being the only one in a big family without a partner, a story about the last time she rode o...

What a week Val (AKA Algis) has had! She spends most of this episode dissecting and discussing her experience with going viral on Instagram for a silly dance: the influx of hate and pettiness, the addictive feelings of watching the numbers and tracking the likes, the lack of thought that went into the video in the first place, the universality and relatability of the clip, and much much more. She...

Welcome back! AGAIN! And again and again and again welcome back, because Val can't seem to nail down a regular weekly schedule! BUT she packs another episode with quality (with an extra 15 minutes of oomphy quantity!), covering such topics as: remembering the word for "gingham" and her family's inside jokes involving the word "Tannenbaum"; Arnold Schwarzenegger soundboard prank phone calls; profou...

What a special one this one is! Algis comes hot out of the gate, Ellen-style singing and dancing in the snow! She goes on a tangent about song lyrics that only make sense to the writer. Then after burning her tongue on her tea she gets distracted from her point about earworms and instead explores the most American thing she could think of; goes into a lengthy philosophical dissection of the absurd...

Hello hi hello! Welcome to PodGis! Al Val's unofficially official podcast! In this hairy scary episode, Val braves the growing fog outside her window and discusses the string of shows she'd recently had and the simple things that can make a set suddenly interesting and inventive; online dating and her cynicism towards the dating landscape; people who have an "INNUENDO ONLY" sense of humour; a funn...

Let's start out by saying this first: in this episode of "PodGis", Val gets a ton of mileage out of a silly sounding stutter he accidentally exclaims. Otherwise, in this episode Val discusses voting and democracy; she discusses her hairline surgery - the grotesqueries, the discomforts and the triumphs of it all; Chance the Rapper's recent trans-related controversy, and the broader implications reg...

On the eve before her hairline surgery Val is brimming with exuberance, dancing lithely from topic to topic, streaming a thread of consciousness through a wide myriad of topics off the top: obsessing over a single song, being an obsessive person, pitching TV shows and the deadly secrecy around it, the lone hair on the box, what "street smarts" really means, and how Canadians say "aBOOT". Val then...

Time for a real "Open Concept" podcast! In this episode of PodGis, Val excitedly shares her new housing arrangement; debriefs about her experience writing for "This Hour Has 22 Minutes" and how it all started with her feet somehow; the mental anguish or trying to look sexy and the 22 Minute afterparty; an awkward and baffling encounter at a public bathroom that Val CANNOT get out of her head; mini...

CONFIDENCE!!! We're talking confidence today!!! In this PodGis episode, Val may be tired but she PULLS THROUGH for a nice little chitchat about writing political satire versus standup, a little crash comedy lesson, the time she was compared to Woody Harrelson in bed, being told to 'be more confident', a segment called "PeeveGis" about a specific confidence-related pet peeve, and lastly she discuss...

Uh oh oh boy! It's time for another "PodGis Excluuu"! Val kicks this one off being hella annoying (just trying to get those followers down, baby!), then discusses the origins of 'EXCLU'; the rise and fall of the generation-defining Cheese Factory rap group; and  explores when things are wheat versus when they are chaff. Val then issues a definitely not apology for her emotional outburst in th...

Val records this podcast the day after attending a wedding as a plus one, and tells some silly anecdotes, reflects on the wonderful time she had, and then digs into some intimate details on what she sees (or rather, doesn't see) in her love life's future; she then closes on a reading of some of Dr. Seuss' finest quotes and what they mean to her. Warning: Val gets pretty emotional in this one. It's...

Val got sick with Covid! Oh nooo!!! But the worst of it is behind her, and so our plucky podcast heroine forges onward providing insights and giggles. In this especially enthusiastic episode, Val digs in and gets to the bottom of a number of topics, including: having hair extensions and YOLO'ing the extension experience; when people suggest movies and TV Shows; a brief thought exercise involving "...

Sorry for the delay! Val is back and very excited to regale you with tales of her experience performing at the Jo Koy Gala in Montreal for the prestigious Just For Laughs festival! She walks you through the good and the bad - from the beginning of her trip, managing a massive wave of hatred from a silly impression, to SLAYING the Gala and feeling like she's really and truly arrived.

In this silly, upbeat episode, Val introduces a new sponsor: Krogus! She also discusses how she thinks she would fare in prison, and her desire to 'get hard'; about her experience seeing "Rage Against the Machine and walking around town looking like a head-turning rocker chick; the ways that people stare at her on the street; getting harassed; her explanation for being 'the hardest working comedia...

Algis sets the record straight about the previous episode's misinformation regarding coffee, before she covers a variety of topics at a distracted clip, contemplating whether she has ADD or if she's just a distractable millenial with bad habits; discussing a video that she had to watch in order to feel like a nice person and more broadly, the things that people send her without context; the symbol...

Algis comes right out of the gate fully honest about the case of the 'Sads' that she's got going on today, but she turns the GODDAMN BUS AROUND and has a lovely time! In this episode she talks about supporting her podcast through natural disasters, suddenly loving a new colour, seeing morbid content on Reddit by accident, her incredibly delicious guacamole, her favourite instagram account (@franci...

In this fine-as-wine episode, Algis kicks off the episode by describing her new 'studio setup', then exercising her 'expertise' by speaking absolute nonsense about Bitcoin. After that she talks about the pain of facial laser hair removal, the irrelevance of Freudian Psychology and sitting on a carrot when you're four years old, having sex to odd music, overplucking her nose, and a story about trac...

Happy 57th episode to people whose favourite number is 57! This one is JUST FOR YOU! In this episode of "PodGis", Val discusses (at great length) the number 57, her upcoming headlining week of shows at JFL Toronto (tickets available online Friday June 17!), then talks about her charming brother and the ways in which he laughs at her; she then tells a story about an unconfident magician, about magi...

HELLO MY LOVELIES!!!! AL VAL HAS RETURNED AND " PODGIS " IS BACK! Oh boy, so much to catch y'all up on! Val rips right into it, describing her new setup; proposing a new catchphrase for all trans people (across the entire spectrum!); a new term for her favourite colour; talking about her recent big move across town; and speaks at length about her recent experience filming season 3 of "Drag Heals"...

HELLO HELLO PAT PAT PAT! In this fun and introspective episode (were you expecting anything less??) Val talks bindle sacks, the relevance of clowns, how people talked in the 1920's, and a wide variety of philosophical reflections regarding meaninglessness, nihilism, and the movie "Everything Everywhere All At Once". Enjoy!!

After a brief hiatus, Val is back! In this one, she freeforms about recently losing her credit card because of silly pocket standards for women's clothing; funny sound bites with her Roommate & Friend; a tale about being far too stoned on edibles at the club; and some closing thoughts on neurodivergence, human nature and social media. Have a good week, ya jackals!

Hey hey hey happy 'Trans Day of Visibility'! Get your WOBBLE BOBBLE on and have a super visible day, trans friends! In this fun, frolicking episode Val begins by offering some positive, optimistic thoughts on Trans Day of Visibility (as well as some observations on her own hormonal and... physical... progress). She then dives into two of the more ridiculous takes she's observed online in regards t...

Hello, PodGis listeners! Check out this episode, why dontcha?? In this episode, Val starts out joking about the "UNCUT JAHHHMZ" valley girl, and the idea of being one's 'muse'; after which, she tells you the full details of a hilarious Instagram video that made her laugh so hard she cried on the couch and got a headache. Finally, for the second half of this episode of "PodGis", Val digs pretty dee...

This is a true yin-yang, self-reflective episode of weighing the positives and negatives! In this one, Val talks about her gag reflex; about dress codes in standup; the cesspool of the comments section; her definition of modern day saintliness in the social media era; the time a woman wrote and performed a dating request to Val in song; and the previous night's misadventures with mentally unhinged...

Oh no! Al Val is sick with Covid :( But that won't stop her joking and hanging out with you! It does, however, make her sound hella raspy. It is what it be! In this one, Val talks about sad balloons; how her high school experience differs significantly from modern media's portrayal of being that age; the first time she got drunk; her life principle about "Positive Entropy"; and closes on an anecdo...