Who's Headlining Anyway? Presented by The Comedy Zone

Jason Collings joins Jason from LA to talk about the white lie that started his comedy career, and doing The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on 45 minutes notice.

 Chuck Johnson from Summit Comedy joins Jason to discuss booking comics into college and corporate gigs, why you should never book Tracy Morgan, and how the game has changed over the past 20 years.

Comedians who want to be actors, listen up!  Talent Agent to the Stars Renee Vesci from Fast Lane Talent joins Jason to spill all the inside secrets about making sure your auditions get seen, and what it really takes to break through in the business.

Cale Evans from Queen City Comedy and Joe Hunsaker from Blumenthal Performing Arts are in-studio to talk about the upcoming Queen City Comedy Experience, Sept 7-12 at Blumenthal Arts Spirit Square.

Comedy Arts Theater of Charlotte's Kevin Shimko joins Jason in-studio to talk about the doozy of a year CATCH has had, upcoming shows, and dropping five pages of a Shakesperian play in front of an audience. 

Television writer/comedian Mick Betancourt joins Jason in-studio to talk about his potential return to comedy and podcasting, writing for Law and Order SVU, The Purge (TV series), and the number of comedians and writers who are leaving Hollywood.

Carols Valencia joins Jason in-studio to talk about taking the leap, dealing with hecklers and having a podcast with an unidentifiable name.  

Comedian Kenyon Adamcik joins Jason to talk about his comedy roots and approach to writing, and tells the story of how he got left back in elementary school in spite of being bilingual.

Comedian Mike Speenberg joins Jason to talk about his return to Charlotte and how his podcast has helped him love this city more, plus the one class upcoming comics should take after they graduate from standup school.

 Comedian EJ Nonstop joins Jason from the front seat of his car.  

Comedy Zone owner Brian Heffron, booking manager Len Kure and Comedy Zone Charlotte GM Ted Garvin join Jason in-studio to talk about how the Comedy Zone survived COVID-19, the first days of the lockdown, canceling hundreds of shows, pivoting to on-line comedy, canceling even more shows, and the soon-to-be-re-opening a newly remodeled Comedy Zone Charlotte... we're breaking Comedy Zone news on this...

After doing standup for only five years, NY comedian Steve Rogers performed on The Late Show with Steven Colbert.  Crazy, right?  In this week's Comedy Zone Podcast, he tells Jason how he did it.

Comedy Zone Podcast Hall of Famer Paul Hooper joins Jason IN-STUDIO to talk about his year, what's next, and his writing process or lack thereof.

Jason shoots his Dry Bar special and spends time in Utah; plus, to hang out in the green room, or not to hang out in the green room?

Comedian Tom Simmons joins Jason and talks about his start in comedy, living on the road with a new wife, and writing for a new television program without knowing anything about writing for a new television program.  

Jason is joined by Kenny and Leah Garcia, talking comedy, live shows, their podcast (Side By Side) and why they bailed on Philadelphia.  

A major announcement regarding Charlotte's Comedy Zone, plus Charlotte Laughs Tonight's Dana Koster joins Jason to talk about there love of comedy, her stage fright, booking comedy at The Evening Muse, and how she started Charlotte's most comprehensive on-line comedy calendar.

Comedian James Hodge joins Jason and this one goes off the rails early, plus - listen for Jason's April Fool's prank... somewhere in this episode.

Guests Jonathan Williams and Tara Brown join Jason to talk about their new Queen City Podcast Network podcast, Preachers Kids, and why their unlikely partnership works so well.  Plus, a spirited round of Bible Trivia.

NC comedian Jeremy Alder joins Jason to talk about his comedy journey from the pulpit to the stage, and how a sarcasm intervention may have led him to all this.  

Comedian Crystalle Ramey joins Jason to discuss how she's using all this down time to improve as a comedian, make connections, and work 6-8 open mics a night from her home!

Jason is joined by PJ Barnes and Natascha Adams from the movie "All We Got,"  produced in Charlotte during the pandemic in 2020, and streaming now on Amazon Prime.  

Comedian Derek Richards joins Jason to talk about his unlikely start in comedy, following Brad Garrett in his own club, and his fight with cancer.

Charlotte comedian J. Bliss talks with Jason about his conversion from corporate life to comedy, and nearly back again due to COVID. 

Preparation is key to podcasts, and comedy, plus Jason encourages comics to keep politics off the stage in 2021.