Working Comic Podcast

Austin Nasso

Podcast by Austin Nasso

  1. How to Be Productive, Rich and Funny with Josh Lanzet

    13/01/2020

    How to Be Productive, Rich and Funny with Josh Lanzet

    I sat down with the very funny and talented Josh Lanzet. Josh is a fellow high tech comedian. He works at Google, does stand up, and creates his own content. In this conversation we chat about outsourcing work to virtual assistants when you're way too busy, Josh's personal organization system, a meticulous approach to maximizing effectiveness of open mics, balancing a high tech job with comedy, and overcoming creative resistance. P.S. Sorry it's been a long time for me. Lately I have been trying to focus more on the creative parts of comedy, so I will be posting less frequently for the time being.

    50 min
  2. Episode 52: Auggie Smith (Big Sky Comedy Festival)

    21/11/2019

    Episode 52: Auggie Smith (Big Sky Comedy Festival)

    I recently had a great conversation with Auggie Smith who is one of the producers of Montana's Big Sky Comedy Festival, a touring headliner, and the only person to win both the Seattle AND San Francisco International Comedy Festivals in the same year. In this episode, Auggie talks about what it's like being a headliner, gives some tips on getting into competitions, shares his perspective on comedy today, talks about how Big Sky works and much more! Enjoy!

    41 min
  3. Episode 51: Jr De Guzman, Musical Comedy and Traveling the World

    02/10/2019

    Episode 51: Jr De Guzman, Musical Comedy and Traveling the World

    In this episode we talk about traveling the world doing comedy, the power to make money, how opportunities domino, and much more!

    1h 12m
  4. Episode 50: Sarah Keller, Roast Battle Producer and Asking For Opportunity

    24/09/2019

    Episode 50: Sarah Keller, Roast Battle Producer and Asking For Opportunity

    Hi Everyone, In this interview, I sit down with Sarah Keller! Sarah is an actress, comedian and the producer of the "Roast Battle" live comedy show at the Comedy Store in Los Angeles. What started as a show hidden away in the Comedy Store's famous "Belly Room," Roast Battle has become a world-wide phenomenon. Since the inception of this show, roast battling now exists across the world and has informed the popular Comedy Central's Roast Battle show. We talk about what it takes to run Roast Battle, how to get into the comedy store, how to ASK for what you want and more

    1h 16m
  5. Episode 49: Usama Siddiquee, Getting Passed at the Cellar and Bringing Charisma to Comedy

    26/08/2019

    Episode 49: Usama Siddiquee, Getting Passed at the Cellar and Bringing Charisma to Comedy

    Hey everyone! I'm finally back in LA. While I was in New York, I had the opportunity to sit down with the very funny and charismatic Usama Siddiquee. Usama is a bit famous in NY for his incredible comedy hustle. At one point, he was hitting 28+ mics/shows PER week. That's four per night and more than anyone else in NY (and probably the country?). Usama was featured in Just For Laugh's and was recently passed at the Comedy Cellar. One thing I really admire about Usama is his incredible charisma. He has such a powerful, kind, magnetic presence and it's always something I look up to. In this interview, Usama and I talk about charisma, hustling, treating comics as PEOPLE first, being a good human, and just doing the comedy thing. Check out his podcast Mango Bae and follow him at @UsamaBinLaughin

    51 min
  6. Episode 48: Curtis Cook (Jim Jefferies Show & Comedian) and Joke Politics

    23/07/2019

    Episode 48: Curtis Cook (Jim Jefferies Show & Comedian) and Joke Politics

    Hi Working Comic Fans, I know I have been sparsely posting, but I am still at it. I am probably going to do less than one podcast per week, but I am definitely not dropping the ball here. I've been travelling a lot and prepping my tech roast show "Socially Inept." I had a really cool interview with TV Show Writer & Comedian Curtis Cook. We start out talking about how Curtis got into comedy and segue into an interesting tangent on comedy politics. We spend most of the episode talking about recovering from an offensive bit, being edgy on stage, using stereotypes, growing from mistakes, and much more. These are a lot of the questions that I ponder over with my close comedian friends, so it was a real treat discussing them with the very well spoken and accomplished Curtis Cook. Curtis' Bio: Curtis Cook is a writer and standup living in Los Angeles. He’s done a few things on television you may have seen, like puking after a keg stand on a show called Flophouse or traveling through an Ebola checkpoint for a segment on Vice News or awkwardly interacting with Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein during a sketch on Porlandia or doing a standup set on Comedy Central. Most recently, you may have caught his work as a writer and correspondent for The Jim Jefferies Show on Comedy Central.

    1h 13m
  7. Episode 47: Devin Field (Late Night Writer, UCB Main Stage, & Comedy Central Stand Up)

    29/06/2019

    Episode 47: Devin Field (Late Night Writer, UCB Main Stage, & Comedy Central Stand Up)

    In this episode, I interview Devin Field. Devin is like a comedy "jack of all trades" - he writes for Jimmy Kimmel Live, performs on a coveted UCB Main Stage Team in LA, and is great stand up comic with a 30 minute comedy central special. Most people (myself included) complain about the difficulty of excelling in multiple areas of comedy at once, yet Devin is a walking testament that IT IS POSSIBLE.

    1h 6m
  8. Episode 46: Tyler Smith and The Dope Show

    20/06/2019

    Episode 46: Tyler Smith and The Dope Show

    Hi Working Comic Fans, Sorry for the craaaazy delay. I've been MIA for about a month now. For the last three weeks of May I was travelling Europe with my girlfriend because I'm a monogamous wealthy jew and THEN I had three Socially Inept roast shows in a row. We had one big show at Cobb's Comedy Club in San Francisco on June 6th followed by two great shows in Los Angeles on June 13th and 14th. Anyway - back to business - in this episode, I interviewed Tyler Smith, the producer of the "Dope Show." The Dope Show is a comedy show where comics do their sets, get high, and then do them again. Tyler's show is prolific in the Pacific Northwest and he is able to MAKE A LIVING on the money he makes selling tickets. In my opinion, this is pretty much the dream for a comedian, so there's definitely a lot of cool stuff to learn. We talk about how the show started, marketing tactics he uses, and how he sells thousands of tickets per year. ENJOY!

    37 min
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About

Podcast by Austin Nasso

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  • Creator
    Austin Nasso
  • Years Active
    2018 - 2020
  • Episodes
    54
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
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  • Show Website
    Working Comic Podcast