The Comedy Cellar: Live from the Table

A conversation about a piece Jed Shugerman co-authored in Persuasion magazine.  Jed Shugerman is a Professor at Fordham Law School. He received his B.A., J.D., and Ph. D. (History) from Yale.   

Dr. Lichtman is a Professor at Northern Illinois University. She holds a PhD in linguistics.    Carmen Lynch is a Spanish-American comedian, actress, and writer based in New York City. Her multiple television appearances include Fallon, Letterman, Colbert.  

Alan Dershowitz discusses trans swimmer Lia Thomas, Donald Trump and his newest book, The Price of Principle. 

Mehran Khaghani is a standup comedian, emcee and actor. He is "remarkably gay" and of Iranian descent. He is a regular at The Comedy Cellar.  Bryan Caplan is a Professor of Economics at George Mason University and New York Times Bestselling author.  Justin McKinney has had multiple performances on The Tonight Show, his own Comedy Central specials and consistently selling out theaters. 

Mike Cannon is a comedian, podcaster and actor. His newest special is called Mike Cannon's Huge Mistake. He is a regular at The Comedy Cellar.   

Stephen Merchant is an actor, comedian and director. With Ricky Gervais, Merchant was the co-writer and co-director of the British TV comedy series The Office, and co-writer, co-director, and co-star of both Extras and Life's Too Short. His show, The Outlaws is available on Amazon Prime. 

Rafi Bastos is a Brazilian comedian, actor, journalist and television personality. He is one of the most well known and important comics in Latin America. 

Jason Furman is the Aetna Professor of the Practice of Economic Policy jointly at Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) and the Department of Economics at Harvard University.  He served eight years as a top economic adviser to President Obama acting as both President Obama’s chief economist and a member of the cabinet. Furman also served under President Clinton. Myq Kaplan is the host of Broccoli and Ice C...

Phillip Lopate is an American film critic, essayist, fiction writer, poet, and teacher. He is a professor at Columbia University’s School of the Arts, where he teaches nonfiction writing. He is also Noam's elementary school teacher. He joins us along with John Engle, Noam's first friend. 

Ariel Elias is a New York based comedian who mixes her unique personal stories with witty, wry observations. She was selected as a 2021 New Face for the Just For Laughs Festival, performed warm-up for The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, and has been featured in the New York Times, described as, “a sly young comic.” 

Bryan Caplan is a professor of Economics at George Mason University and New York Times Bestselling author. Dov Davidoff is a comedian, author, and real estate  investor. His mutiple television appearances include Crashing, Maron and Shades of Blue. He is a regular at The Comedy Cellar. 

Tim Wise is among the most prominent anti-racist writers and educators in the United States. He is the author of nine books, including his latest, Dispatches from the Race War.

Tanael Joachim (TJ) is a stand up comic who grew up in Haiti. He is an Op-Ed contributor to The NY Times and his debut special, January 3, is available on Amazon Prime. He is a regular at the Comedy Cellar.  Joe Lindsley is an American journalist living in Ukraine and the editor of Ukrainian Freedom News. He was the long time protege of Roger Ailes.  

Eric Neumann is a stand up comic who made his late night debut on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon in February of 2022. He is a regular at the Comedy Cellar and his most recent album / special is called, But Enough About Me: A Crowdwork Album.    

Sean Wilentz is a professor of American History at Princeton.  He is the author of numerous books including Bob Dylan in America, a consideration of Dylan's place in American cultural history.  Myq Kaplan is a stand up comic and Comedy Cellar regular. His numerous television appearances include: Tonight Show, Conan, Letterman, James Corden and more. 

Kliph Nesteroff is the author of The Comedians: Drunks, Thieves, Scoundrels and the History of American Comedy and We Had A Little Real Estate Problem: The Unheralded Story of Native Americans and Comedy.    James Mattern is a stand up comic and regular at The Comedy Cellar. His special is called The Check Spot. 

Akeem is a regular at the Comedy Cellar in NYC, was a semi-finalist on Stand Up NBC, has been seen on Kevin Hart’s LOL Network and just recently made his television debut on The Late Late Show with James Corden. He is on the new season of PAUSE with Sam Jay. 

Michael Tracey is a journalist for Substack. Has written for the Wall Street Journal, NY Daily News, The Nation, The Spectator, and other publications. Sean Patton is a Comedy Cellar regular whose multiple TV appearances include Maron, Inside Amy Schumer, Fallon, Conan and many more. 

Noam Dworman, Dan Naturman and Periel Aschenbrand discuss abortion and the overtuning on Roe v. Wade with famed attorney, author and Professor at Harvard Law school for fifty years, Alan Dershowitz. 

Ryder Kessler is a Working Families Party-endorsed candidate for New York State Assembly in the 66th District. He was the founding CEO of DipJar, and since 2016, he has worked in Democratic politics to take back the House, Senate, and White House, with a focus on voting rights. He is a member of Community Board 2 in Manhattan and has written extensively about the need for more vibrant, equitable,...

Authors Matt Sienkiewicz and Nick Marx of That's Not Funny--which shows how much political and cultural power the right-wing comedy world has gained. Sienkiewicz is Associate Professor and Chair of the Boston College Communication Department and Marx is Associate Professor of Film and Media Studies in the Department of Communication Studies at Colorado State University.  Dan discusses being reject...

Dr Jo Boaler is a Stanford Professor. Former roles have included being a maths teacher in London schools. She is author of 18 books, numerous articles and a White House presenter on women and girls. Her latest book is called: Limitless Mind: Learn, Lead and Live without Barriers. She co-founded www.youcubed.org, is currently one of the writing team creating a new Mathematics Framework for the stat...

Mike Pesca is host of The Gist,and guest hosts the NPR Programs All Things Considered and the news quiz, Wait, Wait, Don’t Tell Me. His work has been featured on This American Life, Radiolab, and Planet Money. He has frequently appeared on MSNBC, CNN, and The PBS Newshour, and written for The Washington Post, The Guardian, GQ, Slate, and Baseball Prospectus. Tanael Joachim (TJ) is a stand up comic...

Famed attorney, author and Harvard Professor and Comedy Cellar regular, comic Danny Cohen. 

Noam, Dan and Periel catch up: Dan gets to Vegas despite a cancelled flight, Louis CK's Grammy, Noam’s interview with The Hollywood Reporter about the slap, Justice Jackson, "Don't Say Gay" and more.