The Laugh Button Podcast #121: Greg Stone makes friends
Matt and Bram go over all the big news of the week including comedy siblings and all the news about the upfronts including canceled shows, greenlit ones, and all in between. Then, comedian Greg Stone joins us on the podcast to talk about getting his start in comedy, which all started from Communism, Gallagher, why […]
The Laugh Button Podcast #122: Costaki Economopoulos and Aaron Hodges are lucky dogs
Comedian Costaki Economopoulos and former SiriusXM comedy person Aaron Hodges drop in on Matt to talk about Costaki’s new comedy album and Aaron’s new comedy record label. How are they related? Costaki will serve as the label’s first release. It’s a move that makes an incredible amount of sense because this duo are old friends […]
The Laugh Button Podcast #123: And Jeff Simmermon is not lying
Jeff Simmermon is about to release his debut stand-up comedy album, And I Am Not Lying. It’s a culmination of many years working as a writer of stories, that have appeared on both The Moth and This American Life. Now he’s following a true passion of his and turning said funny stories into works of […]
The Laugh Button Podcast #124: Joe Sib is nowhere near the top
Joe Sib wears a lot of hats, he’s the former lead singer of the punk rock band WAX, he’s the co-founder of the record label, SideOneDummy, and he’s also been working on his stand-up comedy career for the last decade or so. Sib just released his debut album, “Nowhere Near The Top” on 800 LB […]
The Laugh Button Podcast #125: Spoilers with Monroe Martin
Comedian Monroe Martin stops by The Riotcast studios to hang with Matt. The two talk about his career in comedy and the story of his childhood in the foster system. Then, the pop culture geeks in both of them gets exposed as they cover everything from comic books, the movies they’ve spawned, fashion, and of […]
The Laugh Button Podcast #103: Sarah Colonna brings out the rally monkey
Happy New Year to you all! Mark and Matt return after a few weeks off for the first podcast of 2017. Yay! We made it? After a recap of their lives they talk about what’s in store for the new year. Then they welcome comedian Sarah Colonna to the podcast. During a recent visit to […]
The Laugh Button Podcast #104: Carrie Keagan swears that everybody curses
Mark and Matt breakdown the trailer for I’m Dying Up Here. Showtime’s new series centered around stand-up comedy in 1970s Los Angeles after that we talk about the abundance of stand-up comedy coming to streaming platforms. Our guest Carrie Keagan then joins us to talk about her new book, Everybody Curses, I Swear. A book […]
Daniel Sloss on Conan, “I’m a foreigner, I don’t live here, but I do pay tax here more than your current President does”
Daniel Sloss shares his fantasies about tripping a small child with an ice cream cone. And that is just the tip of what’s currently on his brain these days. Enjoy his most recent and fifth performance on Conan. If you are unfamiliar with Sloss, you should get familiar ASAP. He is a Scottish comedian, actor, […]
The Laugh Button Podcast #107: We are not mad at Joe List
Matt welcomes Metal Insider’s Editor In Chief Bram Teitelman on the show to co-host as they talk about how comedy got a bit political this week as we breakdown Jon Stewart making a return to late night, Neal Brennan dropping some politics, and how this is all shaking out. The comedian Joe List joins us […]
The Laugh Button Podcast #108: Harrison Greenbaum is magical!
The Laugh Button’s editor-in-chief Matt Kleinschmidt is once again joined by Metal Insider’s editor-in-chief, Bram Teitelman. Joining us this week is also, Brittany Brave from The Laugh Button who is also a UCB student and publicist living in NYC. The three of us break down the week in news and there’s a lot of it. […]