The Stand-Up Chronicles

Brett Erickson returns to the show this week to talk music festivals and being a soccer referee.  Brett just wrapped up touring with Doug Stanhope and has worked with Dave Attell in the past.  He’s got a new CD out called Merch.

It’s girl talk and nerd talk with Ben Moore this week.  He’s been heard on Bob and Tom and has a CD out called Never Coming Back. Here’s more on Ben: Ben Moore is quickly becoming a major factor in the Midwest comedy scene, cutting his teeth at top rooms all across the nation. He has b...

Ryan Singer joins me on the show this week.  Ryan has been on WTF with Marc Maron.  He has two albums out Comedy Wonder Town and How to Get High Without Drugs.  He’s also been heard on Bob and Tom.  We talk baseball, sabermetrics and his comedy web series. Here’s m...

Dan St. Germain joins me on the show this week.  Dan can be seen on VH1’s Best Week Ever.  We talk about what his week is like with balancing stand-up and working on the show.  He’s also been on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon and John Oliver’s Stand-Up New York.  He has a Comedy Central Half-Hour ...

Tim Wilson returns to the show this week. Find out why a comedian should never leave the stage.  Tim was just on the Showtime special Road Dogs of Comedy and he can be heard on Bob & Tom. Here’s more on Tim: Forty five years is hard to squeeze into a web pa...

Auggie Smith returns to the show this week to talk about floods, the dark side of Portland, and acts of cowardice.  Auggie has a new podcast called Motivationally Speaking and a new CD called Smell the Thunder.  He’s been heard on Bob and Tom and seen on Comedy Central. Here’s m...

Danny Kallas, one of Chicago’s Comedians You Should Know, joins me on the show this week.  Danny has performed at the Just for Laughs Festival and Laughing Skull Festival.  We talk about people’s perceptions of Chicag...

Chicago comic Sydney Adeniyi joins me on the show this week.  Sydney is Nigerian-American and we talk about the time he’s spent in Nigeria.  Sydney won the Best of the Best Chicago Comedy Contest and teaches comedy at McKay Arts Theater. Here&rsq...

This week we talk to Jamison Raymond about launching a successful Kickstarter campaign and how comedians can use it to their advantage.  Jamison won the Bloomington Comedy Festival and was a semi-finalist in the Funniest Person in Cincinnati contest. Here’s more on Jamison: Jamison i...

Andy Beningo joins me on the show this week.  Andy has been on Bob and Tom and performed at comedy festivals all over the country.  We’ll talk about working clean and the Michigan comedy scene. Here’s more on Andy: Andy Beningo, named “Best Comedian” by the Detroit...