Episode 281- Samantha Santos (Joke Anxiety)

This week I am joined again by my great friend and comedian Michael Thomas Geary. We talk about what we have been up to since his last appearance, stand up comedy, and social media or in his case a lack there of.Fun EX Drinking Buddy stories: Michael talks about his 13 years in sobriety, still getting resentments to this day, and living in the solution instead of the problem.Follow MTG on INSTAGRAMFind everything for me through the LINKTREE

This week we have the return of comedian Rob Roeck. Rob tells us what's been going on in the Daytona comedy scene, what he's been up too since his last time one the podcast, and we talk ad nauseum about stand up comedy.Fun EX Drinking Buddy stories this week: Rob tell us about a 14 day cruise, a party camping weekend that turned into one of his worst times on stage, traversing across Spain, and an upcoming South America trip.Follow Rob on INSTAGRAMFind everything for me through the LINKTREE

This week I am joined by former Executive Chef now comedian, Kieran Minihan. Kieran talks about growing up in London, going from university to bartending to restaurant life, starting from the absolute bottom in the kitchen to being the Executive Chef at an incredibly upscale restaurant in London, his back and forth between England and the US, and the chaos of all of it.GREAT EX Drinking Buddy stories this week; Kieran tells us how a drunken bar night changed his life from bartending to kitchens, getting addicted to booze and drugs and the spiral that it lead too, missing the opportunity to cook for Obama because of a 3 day bender, going in and out of rehab 4 times, actually dying, then finally getting sober and what his life is like now.Follow Kieran on INSTAGRAMFind everything for me through the LINKTREE

This week we have the return of my good friend and hilarious comedian, Samantha Santos. Sam tells us about her comedy career, her engagement with (friend of the podcast) JC Mendoza, we talk halftime show and the diversity in New York City compared to everywhere else we have been to in the US, and so much more.Great EX Drinking Buddy stories this week: Sam tells us about a trip to Puerto Rico, a Bad Bunny concert, micro dosing shrooms, a party bus in an old school bus, why she had to quit smoking and switch to edibles, and moreFollow Sam on INSTAGRAM and check out her podcast "Soft Launch"Find everything for me through the LINKTREE

This week I am joined by musician, actor, and writer turned firefighter and comedian, Walter Vincent. Walter talks about the elephant in the room- going from feature length films to fire fighting, he tells us how he found and got into stand up comedy, the travel with being in bands and film making, and so much more!GREAT EX Drinking Buddy Stories this week: Walt talks about his partying band days, his partying acting days, going to France for Cannes (and being hammered most of the trip), barely escaping the DR crashing a friends vacay, near death in Florida, and so very much more.Follow Walter on INSTAGRAM and check out his WEBSITEFind everything for me through the LINKTREE

This week we have the return of my great friend and hilarious comedian, JC Mendoza. JC tells us about his growth as a comedian and in his career, some fun accomplishments in the last few years, we rail against the social media machine, and catch up on his upcoming nuptials.Fun EX Drinking Buddy stories this week: JC goes into why he has slowed down his drinking, how he got into edibles after thinking he didn't like weed, Bad Bunny/ Shrooms/ Costa Rica, his "Freshie" negotiation skills when he is with his boys, and so much moreFollow JC on INSTAGRAM and check out his podcast with his hilarious fiancé, Samantha Santos, "Soft Launch"Find show dates, tickets, merch, and everything else for me through the LINKTREE

This week I am joined by comedian Liz Glazer. Liz tells us about going to law school, practicing law, becoming a law professor, all before making the move into stand up comedy, growing up in New York, what the last few years have been like becoming more and more successful, and more.GREAT EX Drinking Buddy Stories this week: Liz talks about weed changing her perspective and pushing her towards stand up, the many lessons she learned from her different experiences with drugs, when she started drinking and where that lead, her life now sober, and so much more.Follow Liz on INSTAGRAM, check out her YouTube channel, and watch her latest special- "Do You Know Who I'm Not?"Find everything for me and the show through the LINKTREE

This week we have the return of comedian Tessa Fleming. We catch up on her life in New York, Tessa's stand up career, and what it is like now compared to when she first got into it.Great EX Drinking Buddy stories this week: Tessa and I do a deep dive into the similarities between trying to "make it" in the arts and sobriety, we discuss how we deal with people drinking and using around us, dealing with drunks while "barking" for comedy shows, and so much more!Follow Tessa on INSTAGRAMFind everything for me through the LINKTREE

This week I am joined by comedian Shaun Murphy. We talk about his latest special out now on YouTube, how he got into stand up comedy, a New York dry run, then eventually moving to The City full time, and more.Great (adjacent) EX Drinking Buddy stories this week: Shaun talks about why he has never had a drink or tried drugs, being the best guy to have in the group because he always has a clear head, being a good barometer for his friends when they've partied to hard, and so much more!Check out Shaun on INSTAGRAM and watch BOTH of his specials "Long Story Thin" and "Neal"Find everything for me through the LINKTREE

This week I am joined by comedian Mike Fleming. Mike tells us how he got into comedy, playing tennis all the way through college, thinking he would be a Navy Seal (and just about doing it), then a wild ride to end up in New York City.GREAT EX Drinking Buddy Stories this week: Mike talks about being on the straight and narrow through high school as an athlete, then starting to party in college, a bachelor party in Orlando he remembers bits and pieces of, door dashing food to the wrong house, a "Get Out" type story from the Hamptons that will leave you on the edge of your seat, and so much more!Find Mike everywhere through his LINKTREEFind everything for me AND get your tickets to my upcoming shows through the LINKTREE