What The Heck With Richard Dweck

I met Molly in improv a decade ago and she’s one of my friends in comedy I’ve known the longest . She is hilarious and we had a great conversation .

Danny Braff is a former magician and a fantastic comedian and host/emcee who runs lots of shows . check him out, he’s awesome

Ken Krantz has been funny his whole life. He had to be to get any attention growing up the youngest of eight kids in a real-life Brady Bunch situation. He started doing stand up in 2009 and quickly became a fixture on the Tri-State comedy scene, where he gained a reputation as a no holds barred joke writer. His laid back style combines self-deprecating humor, his views on fatherhood, and his take on pop culture and current events. Ken has performed at all of the major clubs in the Tri-State area, including Gotham, The Stand, Stress Factory, and The Comedy Cellar. He can be seen every month on his own show, Underground Comedy, at Gotham comedy club and has been featured on Rawdog Comedy on Sirius XM Radio. He released his debut stand up album, No Punchline Required, in 2016, and is the co-host of the podcast Why Bother? With Ritu and Ken. He has been seen on The Anthony Cumia Show, and jokes he’s written have appeared on Comedy Central and NBC. He has also performed for the New York Comedy Festival.

Mike Lauro is a fantastic comedian who started just before COVID . Mike co-hosts a podcast with Steve Pocaro called Better off Drunk .

Carl is an amazing comedian and we had a really great conversation

Ziggy Bryson is a stand up comic , writer and certified law of attraction practitioner.

It’s the third Daniel Caprio episode . He is the most popular guest of the podcast , he has his album recording at the Brighton Bar called “Otterly Ridiculous “ on May 20th. He wasn’t able to make my roast last year so he’s in charge of hosting the 2nd ( date to be announced later ). Plus he’s still working on his book a gangster- thriller . This Sunday we are facing each other at a roast battle show produced by Comedy Fight Club at the Wawa Social club in north Bergen

Donna Lloyd is a comedian and actor , she started doing comedy a couple years ago and we had a really great conversation

Suzanne is part of the original group of comics I’ve met early on. She also works in radio, we talk about classic sitcoms , clean comedy , music . She put up with the technical difficulties which I’m always grateful for .

New Jersey is known for a lot of things both good and bad. Jersey Shore. Atlantic City. Bruce Springsteen. Bon Jovi. Thomas Edison. Whitney Houston. Hot dog eating contests. It’s about to become famous for one more thing. Comedian Dr. Max Sheppard. In some ways, this Hungarian American (she is a legal resident of both countries) might seem like a New Jersey cliche. She is Jewish. Never married, single mother. But if you take a deep dive into her personality you will see that she is much more than that. She is intelligent. Clever. Thoughtful. Determined. And as she will tell you herself, she has done her hard living on the inside. Max started her comedy career two and a half years ago. That’s not a lot of time by comedy standards, but this lady doesn’t take anything lightly. She has a doctorate degree. In her other life, she is an educator close to retirement. She applies the same approach to comedy as she does her life… she gives it all that she’s got. She has performed at top clubs in New York, New Jersey

VJ is an awesome stand up comic , he has a successful youtube channel where he reviews video games and other pop culture. This was a really awesome episode.

Dylan Trimboli, you can find him on social media , Instagram as under_construction_comedy . Dylan is a great, really cool person and comedian. He has many interests that we get into and it’s a really good conversation .

Don Harris is one of the local legends in our comedy scene. I am excited that I got him on , he’s a really humble and cool dude . A fantastic comedian , story teller who started in spoken word

Angelo returns to the podcast to talk about his new book Stand Up and Laugh: How to build a comedy scene , produce your own shows and create community .

The 26th guest on the podcast is Kurt Ryan . Kurt is a comedian from Maryland , he has autism, I’m on the spectrum too . He’s known for making his own memes on Facebook . We had a fantastic conversation

Joey is an awesome painter and comedian ,

Eleazar Guzman is a very driven and ambitious person, he’s a comic who has been very influential and inspiring . We talk about his early creative endeavors and his journey into comedy. He’s a great guy and this was a great conversation .

Liam Wolfe is the co- host of the Foul Housemates podcast. We talk a lot about comedy , a lot about politics as we are both progressives . This is a fantastic episode that didn’t have any technical difficulties shockingly . Liam is awesome . Please check out the Foul Housemates podcast , I was on episode 10.

Vin Brue is a multi-faceted artist , he’s a Musician and comedian. I met Vin in 2018 when he started doing stand up .

The 21st guest of the podcast , 4th of season 4 , Jay Rashid joins the podcast today . He’s a musician and comedian . He is in a drummer in a punk band called Kill The Engine , their album is on Spotify called License and Registration.