Random UCB Podcasts

A weekly chat with someone from the New York comedy community about life, how we got here, where we’re hoping to go, with lots of digressions.

Categories: Comedy

Tags: brigade, citizens, liz, lorinsky, UCB, upright

This is Hear Me Out, the podcast where Winston Noel and Alden Ford, along with a special guest each episode, explore the songs we love, no matter what literally everyone else says. We are not music officials. We are not music critics or music snobs. We are unqualified on every level to provide any cogent analysis of why a song is good or bad. All we know is, there are songs we just can’t stop loving, even though the world passed its harsh judgment on them long ago. So every episode we sit down with one choice for each of us, along with our guest, and discuss the sublime highs and humiliating lows of these gentle pariahs of pop music. Join us, won’t you? And we know what you might be thinking about some of our choices. But just hear us out. We might win you over. Or not. Some of these songs are genuinely terrible. New episodes every Wednesday!

Categories: Comedy, Music

Tags: brigade, citizens, Comedy, guilty, music, pleasure, UCB, upright

Ding Ding! Welcome to the Improv Punch Up! Each episode our hosts (Tuong La, Angus MacDonald, and Leslie Cserepy) take another pass at famous scenes from movies, tv….whatever, and make them better through improv! It’s wacky. It’s raw. It’s THE IMPROV PUNCH UP!

Categories: Arts, Comedy, TV & Film

Tags: aliens, anime, christmas, City, Comedy, dragonball, film, Funny, game, Harold, improv, improvisation, lotr, Marvel, mcu, Movies, netflix, Oscars, ottawa, Podcast, podcavern, punch, punchup, ranked, robots, scene, Second, spiderman, star, Toronto, tv, UCB, up, wars, writing, youtube

Take part in the World Improv Network (WIN) Improvised Comedy Radio Show “Live” every Sunday from 7:58-9pm MT on Mile High Sports Radio (KDCO DENVER – FM104.7 and AM1340 / www.milehighsports.com) or via ‘Periscope’ / ‘FaceBook Live’ @ World Improv Network, and hear the comedy you help create play-out live in 140+ countries around the world! … Become a WIN Contributor or “WINner” by posting “Your Suggestions or Questions” for any of the 4 WIN Show Segments on FaceBook, on Twitter (@ WorldImprovNet) or by calling directly into the ‘AUDI Studio Line’ @ 303-831-1340, and be a part of this truly unique interactive improv comedy radio show & live videostreaming experience as the WIN Cast act-out “Your Suggestions” or answer “Your Questions”, right then and there, live on the air 🙂 … Suggestions for the 4 WIN Show Segments are … 1) WIN World Local News = “What News Stories Do You Want Reported?” … 2) Community Court = “Who’s Suing Who? / What’s The Case About?” … 3) Talking Points w Shabazz Davis = “What Topic Should Shabazz Dig Deep Into?” … 4) Good, Bad, Ugly = “What Everyday Problems or Weekly Dilemmas Do You Need Advice Or Answers To?” … 4b) Horoscope Corner = “What Color, Noun Or Mood Are You Feeling?” … If you miss any of the live broadcast, the WIN Show can be played-back in its entirety via the WIN Weekly Podcast Rewind on ITunes, Google Play, etc. @ World Improv Network or any of the 4 WIN Show Segments can be heard individually @ the World Improv Network YouTube Channel (www.youtube.com/user/WorldImprovNetwork) or on the Mile High Sports Radio Soundcloud Page (http://milehighsports.com/win-radio) … Become a “WINner” in this one-of-a-kind worldwide Improv Comedy Experience!

Categories: Arts, Comedy

Tags: alex, art, beyonce, Bieber, broadcast, City, Clinton, Close, Colorado, Comedian, Comedy, cosmos, cyrus, del, Denver, drama, ebola, facebook, famous, film, form, Funny, harz, high, humor, improv, instagram, international, Jay, justin, kanye, laugh, live, local, long, mile, miley, national, network, obama, OLYMPICS, pizza, Putin, radio, ray, rice, rogan, sanders, Second, Seth, short, show, snapchat, SPorts, theater, timberlake, tosh, Trump, tv, Twitter, UCB, unique, USA, win, world, zika

Bosses can drive you crazy. How do you deal with micromanagers, unclear direction — or get a promotion? Our workplace heroes Liz Dolan (ex-CMO, Nike, NatGeo Channels) and Larry Seal (executive coach) will help you make the big decisions, sort through the small stuff, and get more fulfillment from your work life. A fictional ad agency, Penn & Pencil, will serve as a comedic point of reference for your questions. I Hate My Boss. Workplace Drama. Comedic Relief.

All episodes are available now. You can binge the series ad-free on Wondery+ or on Amazon Music with a Prime membership or Amazon Music Unlimited subscription.

Categories: Business, Comedy, Society & Culture

Tags: advertising agency, advice, career, career advice, Comedy, execituve, executive coach, Larry Seal, life coach, Liz Dolan, office politics, Penn & Pencil, scripted, UCB, work

Host Ben Greene interviews breakout writers and performers in the alternative comedy scene to discuss their hopes, their fears, and what it’s like to be “on the cusp” of achieving celebrity status.

Categories: Comedy

Tags: alternative, celebrity, Comedian, comedians, Comedy, improv, interviews, sketch, UCB, wtf

Random Awesomeness is a comedy quiz show where panelists are given points not only for correct answers but also for making everyone laugh. Each episode has a central theme, such as ‘Sex’, ‘Food’, ‘The Internet’, etc. Each round is filled with fascinating facts about that theme and then, some of the funniest people in comedy, from places like Upright Citizens Brigade, attempt to answer trivia about those facts. No one care about winning. It’s funny people talking about fascinating facts.

Categories: Comedy, TV & Film

Tags: Comedy, Funny, History, improv, quiz, trivia, UCB

Dizzy Peoples Comedy is a young sketch and improv group in LA desperately searching for direction. Hosts Alex Dayan and Anthony Bentrovato interview some of the funniest people on the West Coast – everyone from their friends to celebrities – to find out how to break into entertainment.

Categories: Comedy

Tags: angeles, Comedian, Funny, improv, LOL, los, people, sketch, Stand, UCB, up

In the distant future, archeo-astronomer Jeffrey Lutz travels the stars collecting broadcasts from Earth. A scripted sci-fi comedy podcast by Rob Schultz and Russell August Anderson, Frequency Earth is a blend of sitcom – the adventures of a guy traveling through space – and sketch comedy – the transmissions he picks up from Earth.

Categories: Comedy, Fiction

Tags: archeo-astronomer, better radio, bubble, Comedy, computer, fiction, humor, kids in the hall, monty python, mr show, night vale, radio, rob schultz, Sci-Fi, science-fiction, sctv, sketch, sketch comedy, SNL, Space, UCB, upright citizens brigade, zyxx

Comedy duo Marty Scanlon & Ali Gordon invite you to their “writer’s room” as they craft on-the-fly pitches for sequels and prequels that should not exist. You’ll never see these movies! (New episodes every other Thursday)

Categories: Comedy, Society & Culture, TV & Film

Tags: behind-the-scenes, Comedy, film, improv, making number 2, making number two, Movies, pitches, prequel, sequels, UCB, writers room

Their superheroes are super dead. Trusty sidekicks, Utility Belt Boy and Froglet, host a weekly podcast from their secret hideout, The Watch Basement, in search of a new one. This is There Goes My Hero!

Categories: Arts, Comedy

Tags: awesome podcast, Comedy, comedy podcast, comic books, Earth-Za, frogboy, Froglet, George Christopher, improv, improv podcast, improvised super hero podcast, Kurt Cruz, Nickelbick, nyc, Sidekicks, Superheroes, The Watch Basement, There Goes My Hero, UCB, Utility Belt Boy

Geoff Garlock (Orchid, Panthers, The Year is One, UCB Theatre) and Mike Pace (Oxford Collapse, The Child Actors, Jungle Jesters) wallow in the crapulance of what it takes to be a musician, comedian, artiste in this world, with a different guest every week.

Categories: Comedy

Tags: Comedy, Hardcore, indie, jokes, music, rock, UCB

Second Best: A DnD Adventure is a real-play D&D 5e comedy podcast created by NYC improvisers. Second Best follows the adventures of Bug, Yolanda, Gail, and Hue in a fantasy realm called Milarien. They’re not the finest adventurers in the land – a fact they’re reminded of a lot – but that won’t stop this determined bunch. Stephen Buckley is your dungeon master, the players are Ali Gordon, Glo Tavarez, Marty Scanlon, and Stephen Kelly.

Categories: Comedy, Fiction, Leisure

Tags: 5e, actual play, ali gordon, Comedic, Comedy, DD, dnd, Dungeons and Dragons, Funny, Games & Hobbies, glo tavarez, improv, improvisation, improvised, inclusive, marty scanlon, Real Play, rpg, stephen buckley, stephen kelly, tabletop, UCB, upright citizens brigade

Legendary time-traveling writer H.G. Wells (Paul F. Tompkins) welcomes literary giants to The Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in Los Angeles for a lively discussion in front of a live audience. Unscripted, barely researched, all fun! Guests include Andy Richter, Maya Rudolph, Matt Gourley, Andy Daly, Scott Aukerman, John Ross Bowie and many more! Follow us on Twitter: @DeadAuthorPod. For more information on The Echo Park Time Travel Mart and 826LA’s many tutoring and writing programs, visit 826LA.org.

Categories: Arts, Comedy

Tags: 826, andy, conan, daly, machine, Maya, mcsweeneys, rudolph, SNL, superego, time, tompkast, tompkins, travel, UCB

Hi! We’re Kelly Hudson and Dan Klein. We don’t like a lot of stuff. So we have our funniest friends come on our show and convince us to like the stuff they like.

Categories: Comedy

Tags: Comedy, dan klein, dislike, film, friends, kelly hudson, like, music, stuff, television, things, UCB

The podcast about chain restaurants. Comedians Mike Mitchell and Nick Wiger review fast food/sit-down chains and generally argue about food/everything.

Categories: Arts, Comedy

Tags: chains, Doughboys, Fast Food, fastfood, healthfitness, Mike Mitchell, Nick Wiger, restaurants, snacks, Spoonman, UCB

Two comedy and theatre nerds watch SMASH and become bros. It’s one of those shows. Each week, our hosts Jimmy Blackmon (Smash viewing veteran) and Marty Scanlon (Smash viewing virgin) are joined by guest luminaries from the world of Broadway, TV, and comedy to celebrate (and at times, just comprehend) NBC’s short-lived musical drama SMASH, episode-by-episode in all its beautiful, arresting, endlessly frustrating, and inspiring glory. All episodes of SMASH can be streamed for free on NBC’s website. Watch along with us to follow along! Lastly, this podcast has no official affiliation with the NBC series SMASH, and is all intended in good fun. We know how much hard work people put into any TV series (or any Broadway musical), so know that for as much as we rib it and poke holes in it, we both agree the world is a much better place thanks to SMASH’s existence.

Categories: Arts, Comedy, TV & Film

Tags: brian d'arcy james, Broadway, Comedy, debra messing, free the show, improv, jack davenport, jimmy blackmon, katharine mcphee, marty scanlon, megan hilty, musical theater, musical theatre, recap, second best, SMASH, television, theater, theatre, tv, UCB