What The Heck With Richard Dweck

Jesse Draham is a very driven comedian and he’s hilarious . A former musician has been doing comedy for 8 years. He has a podcast with his wife about the early 2000’s , called KYG Y2K podcast . He’s very opinionated and we get into a lot of great comedy talk .

Jack has been doing comedy for 3 months. He’s got a really great attitude and ambition , he’s very funny as well.

Sarcastic, satirical, smart, social media savant, and shameless. These "S" alliterations comprise of Marcus' comedic style. The by-product of middle class rural Maine upbringings, Filipino immigrant parenting, TV addiction, post college debt depression, under protest private school attendance, and an all too self aware Peter Pan syndrome. Marcus' youthful storytelling abilities and coming to grips with "adulting", social interactions, politics, stereotypes, pop culture, life, and relationships in the social media age is an original post-postmodern comedic commentary you don't want to miss out on. Marcus Cardona is a New York City based comedian, writer, actor, and producer who performs throughout the city. The Maine born Filipino-American comedian began performing in 2011, after forming the YouTube sketch comedy group, Pinetree Comedy. Assistant manager at Brooklyn House Of Comedy, helping develop new talent in Brooklyn, a power house of a producer with a build your stage and kill it too energy the host of a

Dejan Tyler grew up in South Sacramento and started doing stand up in 2005. He came out with his album in 2016 called Get Rich or Diabetes. He tells the story of how that came to fruition, making comedy a full time job and Covid hitting right then and we talk about the TI situation .

Mike Fellows is one of the top comedians specializing in original memes , he does stand up as well , a featured regular at West Side Comedy Club in New York . He’s also working on a movie with previous guest Kurt Ryan. I met Mike through Kurt Ryan on Facebook . This was awesome

Besim Tonuzi I met at Lana’s mic at the Rat in Frenchtown. We talk a little bit about being a McDonald’s style Muslim and his start in comedy. He showed off his personality really well. He is an awesome hang too.

Mike Lauro returns to talk about hosting , running shows in comedy and also pop punk !

Paul Carson started in 2015 like me, a few weeks ago he went to our Friday open mic at the Eatontown Library again with a few comedian friends and it was great to see him again for the second time . I reached out and he’s also a listener of the podcast ! Paul and I get really introspective into comedy , the microphone quality on this episode is one of the best so I wanted to do a longer episode plus I feel like I’ve been talking too much on recent episodes and need to let the guest speak .

Despite being still new to doing stand up Jack is a natural comic both on stage and off as a good hang as we say, just meaning he’s cool when we hang out after performing . He’s also a fan of the podcast !

It’s the 4th appearance of Daniel Caprio ! We get into his novel , his special , his top 10 horror films.

Ending season 7 with Josh Tinley, he’s a comic and he co hosts an open mic and shows with Alex Amaya at Lemon Grass Sports Bar & Lounge at 77 Mainstreet South Bound Brook.

John Morris is a playwright , theatre major and comedian. Around 2017 he was doing stand up comedy in our local jersey shore scene when he was a senior in high school . He went to college , graduated . He’s very passionate and earnest .

Rob Adie’s still killing it at the online comedy ! His sketch comedy is so good you have to check it out on Tik Tok rob Adie comedy he has 2028 followers, 232.9 K likes. He had a viral video, he also has a YouTube channel Rob Adie Comedy . He was amped up and we talked about everything about his comedy and he’s mentioned he wants to return to stand up.

Kevin Bourne is a comic of Brooklyn New York scene . He’s a former rapper and poet . I met him at a comedy tournament and saw him kill so I had to had have him and I’m happy I was able to do that . He produces shows such as Hoodie Saason and was really fun to talk to

Lana Epstein is a 5’1 powerhouse from Frenchtown NJ, she’s an actress , improviser and comedian . She hosts the Rat open mic on Tuesdays and she’s just awesome and hilarious . A great conversation and interview !

Vin Brue returns , he’s a comedian and musician , he has two new albums out on Spotify and a new band that features previous guests of this podcast

Jon Beecroft tells jokes, writes a comic strip called It’s Hot In Hell. co-host the best podcast about cartoons called Comics, Cartoons and Craft Beers with Joe Weber , he plays trumpet in Vin Brue’s new band Vin Brue and The Long Branch Davidians . He also still designs and sells hat pins at Instant Pinner . He’s one of my closest friends in comedy and we hadn’t communicated in a while so it was really fun to catch up .

Sean McCracken is a comedian and podcaster . He and Dominic Valente co-host the podcast called The Hit List , now featuring previous guest of this podcast Sean McDonough . Sean’s a sweetheart with lots of life experience and is an avid fan of this podcast . Check out Sean on Instagram at mccrackenyouup09

(This conversation will also be included on the 4th episode of Comedy Nerd Geek Out : Mark Normand) Joe Weber has been mentioned before but he’s finally on the podcast . We talk about working at a comedy club as a waiter to actually doing stand up ! he works at Uncle Vinnies In Point Pleasant and he’s killing it with podcast regular Tim Rager. He has a podcast with Jon Beecroft( the 3rd guest of this podcast ) called Comics, Cartoons and Craft Beers. I was on 10th episode with my best friend Timmy( who was the first guest ever on this podcast ). That episode is very successful . I really hope you enjoy this , this was a very fun kind of deep cut episode

Mike knows how to handle difficult people because he was one! Surviving a traumatic brain injury, he overcame his own addiction to drugs. He then went on to devote over 20 years of his professional life as a clinical social worker servicing the needs of the mentally ill and chemically addicted. As an expert in treating patients with borderline personalities, he has delivered keynotes internationally, including speaking at the European Association of Gestalt Therapy in Sicily. Besides his career as a clinical social worker, Mike has also achieved acclaim as a stand up comedian where he discovered the power of humor to heal. He has headlined at The Laugh Factory in New York City, as well as Binghamton University, Columbia University and Kansas State University. His special on PPV , Roku and Amazon Fire TV