The Underground Comedy Podcast

Ron Taylor

Ron Taylor is a fast-rising comic, originally from Detroit and now living in Los Angeles. Ron recently did a featured set for Comedy Central and killed it at Big Hunt when he was here. In 2018 he was selected as a New Face at the Just for Laughs Festival in Montreal and in 2017 he performed at the festival as part of Kevin Hart’s talent showcase LOL Live. Ron talks about starting in Detroit, lying his way onto Live at the Apollo, and living in his van while trying to establish himself in LA.  

Sean Joyce is the founder of Underground Comedy and produces over 500 live comedy shows each year.  

Matt Braunger

Our guest this week is Matt Braunger. Matt is the co-founder of the Bridgetown Comedy festival in Portland. He was a cast member on MADtv and has performed on Conan and Letterman. He has a new one-hour special called Finally Live in Portland and a new podcast called Advice From a Dipshit.

 

Sean Joyce is the founder of Underground Comedy and produces over 500 live comedy shows each year.  

Sasheer Zamata

Our guest this week is Sasheer Zamata. Sasheer is a very funny comic now living Los Angeles. Sasheer was a cast member on Saturday Night Live, has performed on the Late Show with Stephen Colbert, and most recently had a recurring role on Corporate on Comedy Central. On this episode she talks about having to change schools while growing up in a military family, her early experiences in New York, and the position she is in now to spread awareness about the issues she cares about most. 

Sean Joyce is the founder of Underground Comedy and produces over 500 live comedy shows each year.  

Stavros Halkias

Stavros Halkias is a great comic who performed regularly on Underground Comedy shows for years before moving to New York and starting his podcast, Cum Town, with two other former DC comics. Their podcast gets hundreds of thousands of listeners each week, Stavros just did a feature set for Comedy Central that you can see on their website, and he is now headlining throughout the country. 

Sean Joyce is the founder of Underground Comedy and produces over 500 live comedy shows each year.  

Pete Lee

Pete Lee is originally from Wisconsin and has appeared on Comedy Central and Last Comic Standing. In this episode Pete explains how after years of doing stand-up and being on TV he manifested a Tonight Show audition, booking, and standing ovation. He has now been on the Tonight Show four times in the past two years. And clips of his sets have been viewed millions of times allowing him to tour the country doing stand-up.

Sean Joyce is the founder of Underground Comedy and produces over 500 live comedy shows each year.

Phil Hanley

Phil Hanley is a great comic who is originally from Canada and was one of the earliest headliners at Big Hunt. He's a regular at the Comedy Cellar, has his own half hour special on Comedy Central, and is the co-host of a podcast called Keeping Joe along with Sam Morril and Joe Machi.
 
Sean Joyce is the founder of Underground Comedy and produces over 500 live comedy shows each year.

Jo Firestone

Our guest today is Jo Firestone. Jo has done a ton of stuff in short period of time. She wrote for and acted in a show called Joe Pera Talks to You on Adult Swim. She has also written for and performed on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon. She hosts several live shows in New York City and just released her debut comedy album, The Hits. 

Sean Joyce is the founder of Underground Comedy and produces over 500 live comedy shows each year.

Matteo Lane

Matteo Lane has been headlining our shows for years. He's a regular at the Comedy Cellar and has appeared on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Late Night with Seth Meyers, Comedy Central, and MTV. He co-hosts a podcast called Inside the Closet with Emma Willmann. And he just put out a new fifteen minute special on Netflix. 

 

Sean Joyce is the founder of Underground Comedy and produces over 500 live comedy shows each year.

 

Ryan O'Flanagan

Ryan O'Flanagan is a Los Angeles-based comic who has a half hour Comedy Central special and was in the Netflix show American Vandal. Ryan made a viral video called the Overly Excited Tourist that was picked up by Funny Or Die. He made over 30 of these short videos, some of which had over five million views. In this interview Ryan talks his decision to distance himself from that character as well as his early days in comedy, filming the comedy central special, and his experience as an actor.

Sean Joyce is the founder of Underground Comedy and produces over 500 live comedy shows each year. 

Zainab Johnson

Our third episode is an experimental one. After two conversations about comedy, this one is all about relationships. Our guest, Zainab Johnson, is a very funny comic from New York who has appeared on HBO, NBC, BET, and MTV. The episode begins with a question about her about growing up as one of thirteen siblings, which led to a discussion about relationships that consumed the entirety of the episode. Next week's episode will be back to a more comedy-centric conversation. But this week we're getting real personal.