Who Dis‪?‬ Liz Komos

We hope you enjoyed Season 1 of the Who Dis? Podcast! Since it may be awhile before we can get future guests together due to the pandemic, we're releasing some bonus episodes from the live show we recorded on November 13, 2019 at the iO Theater in Chicago. Today's episode features stand up comedy from Nikk Tetreault. Nikk was also featured on episode 4 of this podcast!

You can follow Nikk on Instagram at @nikk_is_dead.

This episode was hosted by Liz Komos and produced by Jack Mathews. You can find more information on the Who Dis? Podcast or the Who Dis? Live Show at www.whodisshow.com on the web, on Instagram or Facebook at @WhoDisShow, or on Twitter at @TheWhoDisShow. If you want to talk about the show, feel free to use the hashtag #WhoDis.
This episode was recorded at the iO Theatre. The iO Theatre is home to Chicago’s best improv comedy with shows 7 nights a week. They offer classes in improv, writing, and more! Visit ioimprov.com for a full schedule. 

This week, we welcome Maria Konopken to the show. Maria is an improviser and burlesque dancer in Chicago with a general anxiety diagnosis. We discuss how family and other support systems with anxiety, healthy it is to fully "open up" to an audience, and her love of burlesque.

You can follow Maria on on Instagram at @MariaKonopken.

Who Dis? is hosted by Liz Komos and produced by Jack Mathews. You can find more information on the Who Dis? Podcast or the Who Dis? Live Show at www.whodisshow.com on the web, on Instagram or Facebook at @WhoDisShow, or on Twitter at @TheWhoDisShow. If you want to talk about the show, feel free to use the hashtag #WhoDis.

This episode was recorded at the iO Theatre. The iO Theatre is home to Chicago’s best improv comedy with shows 7 nights a week. They offer classes in improv, writing, and more! Visit ioimprov.com for a full schedule. 

This week, we welcome Cherise Joy to the show. Cherise is an improviser and singer in Chicago who lives with PCOS and general anxiety. She is also a former teacher, and we discuss mental health in the classroom, women's health issues, and issues relating to privilege in the treatment of chronic illness.

You can follow Cherise on Facebook or on  Instagram at @CheriseJoy12.

Who Dis? is hosted by Liz Komos and produced by Jack Mathews. You can find more information on the Who Dis? Podcast or the Who Dis? Live Show at www.whodisshow.com on the web, on Instagram or Facebook at @WhoDisShow, or on Twitter at @TheWhoDisShow. If you want to talk about the show, feel free to use the hashtag #WhoDis.

This episode was recorded at the iO Theatre. The iO Theatre is home to Chicago’s best improv comedy with shows 7 nights a week. They offer classes in improv, writing, and more! Visit ioimprov.com for a full schedule. 

This week, we welcome Laura Fillenwarth to the show. Laura is our first non-performer and is the executive director of Keen Chicago. Keen Chicago provides free recreational opportunities to children and young adults with disabilities. Laura talks about Keen's mission, her personal journey with keen, and raising a child with a disability (in addition to the 140 children she raises with Keen!). We also learn, many times, how to spell keenchicago.org.

You can follow Laura on Instagram at @rossenwarth. You can follow Keen Chicago on Instagram at @KeenChicago or find them on the web at keenchicago.org.

Who Dis? is hosted by Liz Komos and produced by Jack Mathews. You can find more information on the Who Dis? Podcast or the Who Dis? Live Show at www.whodisshow.com on the web, on Instagram or Facebook at @WhoDisShow, or on Twitter at @TheWhoDisShow. If you want to talk about the show, feel free to use the hashtag #WhoDis.

This episode was recorded at the iO Theatre. The iO Theatre is home to Chicago’s best improv comedy with shows 7 nights a week. They offer classes in improv, writing, and more! Visit ioimprov.com for a full schedule. 

This week, we welcome Simon Collier to the show. Simon is a legally blind, transgender, and albino comedic performer based in Chicago. This episode is a true journey - talking about growing up as an "inspiration," gender identity, staying relatable in your art, and even, somehow, Chicago-based genre television.

You can follow Simon on Instagram or Twitter at @lolsimoncollier.

Who Dis? is hosted by Liz Komos and produced by Jack Mathews. You can find more information on the Who Dis? Podcast or the Who Dis? Live Show at www.whodisshow.com on the web, on Instagram or Facebook at @WhoDisShow, or on Twitter at @TheWhoDisShow. If you want to talk about the show, feel free to use the hashtag #WhoDis.

This episode was recorded at the iO Theatre. The iO Theatre is home to Chicago’s best improv comedy with shows 7 nights a week. They offer classes in improv, writing, and more! Visit ioimprov.com for a full schedule. 

This week, we welcome Myriam Raymond to the show. Myriam is a musical comedian and improviser who currently lives in Chicago but originally hails from Cyprus. She lives with chronic migraines and has been diagnosed with Lupus. We discuss how to being a performer while dealing with chronic pain, especially when that pain is largely invisible to the outside world. Myriam also talks about her new film, Otherwise a Woman, which was inspired by her real-life workplace sexual harassment and assault..

You can follow Myriam on Instagram at @MyriamRaymond

For more information on the Shirley Ryan Ability Lab in Chicago, you can find them on the web at https://www.sralab.org/

Who Dis? is hosted by Liz Komos and produced by Jack Mathews. You can find more information on the Who Dis? Podcast or the Who Dis? Live Show at www.whodisshow.com on the web, on Instagram or Facebook at @WhoDisShow, or on Twitter at @TheWhoDisShow. If you want to talk about the show, feel free to use the hashtag #WhoDis.

This episode was recorded at the iO Theatre. The iO Theatre is home to Chicago’s best improv comedy with shows 7 nights a week. They offer classes in improv, writing, and more! Visit ioimprov.com for a full schedule.

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