Clash Clown

Riley Soloner

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Clash Clown is a dive into sharing and exploring a wider world of clown. Riley Soloner is a punk hippie comedy theater nerd. He’s in search of how to inject the lessons of clowning into aspects of artistic, political and spiritual life.

03/30/2025

9: Joosh

A Jewish clown?? Now I've seen everything.

59 min
03/16/2025

8: Vacation Jason

Dive into the lore of my perennial clown character as I connect dots and reveal shocking origins behind Vacation Jason. For even more Vacation Jason lore, here's an interview between me and "Jersey" Dave Szarejko for Planet Scum's Saturday NOT Live: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIpWWNmRV84 Here's the full Chris Gethard Show season 2 finale, the Fight for the Fish: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8awydCqNxQ

1h 6m
03/08/2025

7: Death Clown

A lifelong fascination with the Grim Reaper gives way to wondering if Death personified is in fact..a clown!

59 min
02/28/2025

6: A Clown Sees the World

Hello world, it's me! I felt that it's high time to circle back and dig into the reason I started this show. So here I am! Here's me doing Clash Clown.

53 min
02/22/2025

5: Bash Clown

In which Riley breaks down his love for professional wrestling, and how he sees it overlapping and mingling with its carnival traveling partner in clowning.

1h 7m
02/15/2025

4: Nerd Punk Comedy, Punk Comedy Nerd

The origins and overlaps of my teen punk years, the beginning of my improv comedy journey, and how these moments influenced my approaches to a clown philosophy and performance.

1h 5m
02/13/2025

3: Theatrical Clown Teacher

The third Clash Clown installment where Riley describes meeting and learning from his clowning mentors. Riley's clown brain is shocked and bursted open thanks to Jean E. Taylor's theatrical clown lessons.

59 min
02/13/2025

2: Patch & Clown Trips

Riley shares his memories of meeting, clowning with, and learning from Patch Adams, the clown who became a doctor. Stories include: meeting patch at Camp Winnarainbow, traveling on a humanitarian clown trip with Patch's Gesundheit! Institute to El Salvador in 2006, and living communally at Gesundheit! for two weeks in 2023.

1h 25m
02/13/2025

1: Wise Fools

Riley recounts stories about his hippie clown dad Kevin Schmevin and the inspirational, legendary activist clown hippie icon, Wavy Gravy.

1h 8m
02/13/2025 · BONUS

0: The Fool

Clash Clown is a dive into sharing and exploring a wider world of clown. Riley Soloner is a punk hippie comedy theater nerd. He’s in search of how to inject the lessons of clowning into aspects of artistic, political and spiritual life.

45 min

10 Episodes

Clash Clown is a dive into sharing and exploring a wider world of clown. Riley Soloner is a punk hippie comedy theater nerd. He’s in search of how to inject the lessons of clowning into aspects of artistic, political and spiritual life.

Creator

Riley Soloner
Years Active

2K
Episodes

10
Rating

Explicit
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© Riley Soloner
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