No Idea Zone: Recent Episodes
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Steven Lolli discusses the struggles and rise of fellow comedians including their struggles during the pandemic.
Season 2 finale.
Collaborator and comedy legend Eddie Pep drops in to give his views on escapism, The Great Disintegration, and post-Covid comedy audiences. 11am PST -YouTube please share and subscribe (and wherever else you can download podcasts).
Claire Hawley and I investigate what makes her so goofy, and we almost get to the bottom of things...
Veteran NYC comic Barry Ribs tells only about a quarter of the story as there is not enough time in one podcast to accommodate a dude like this - who has been in places that will never see a hipster.
11am PST -YouTube please share and subscribe (and wherever else you can download podcasts). The No Idea Zone is now available on Spreaker, Spotify, Deezer, iHeartRadio, Google Podcast, Podchaser, JioSaavn, & Podcast Addict
The legendary Lou Angelwolf joins Steven for the first in person interview on No Idea Zone to discuss his beginnings in Ron Bennington's comedy club inside the mall 1984 all the way up until present day of his amazing career... and much more.
Tarik Lewis and Aniria Medrano Turney tell how they met in acting class. Tarik and Steven talk sports, which Aniria could care less about. So we take the conversation in the direction of race, which is a subject which can be fun for everyone.
Journeyman comic Richard Chassler has lived 9 lives as an entertainer. An hour can only begins to tell his many stories, one of which is his meeting his good friend Mitch Hedberg years before his rise to cultural icon. Shout out to multi-talented Joli Rx for the podcast bomb!
Surreal animator Jim Lujan (Freakmaster Theater, Revengance) and hilarious character actor Charley Rossman (Superbad, Curb) discuss their early days as creative people, their influences and a few observations about these strange tines we are living in...
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Houston native and "swiss army knife" of showbiz, Al Bahmani, comes out from the shadows of helping our podcast (and the multitude of other projects he is involved with) to explain why he prefers to operate "Behind the Scenes"
11am PST -YouTube please share and subscribe (and wherever else you can download podcasts). https://youtu.be/sTTyC1AfoJY
n addition to being a Comedienne and host of "Happy Endings" Podcast Joy Eileen is also a full time mom, pro masseuse, and has even been the comedy store chicken wing deliverer. But few know where her talents all sprung from. I didn't even know, until now...
Joeryl Jackson's comic energy is like an alarm clock ready to go off at any moment. One of the first comedians I met when I moved to LA and started doing shows with. Hear some great stories of a time period & comedy scene just outside of Hollywood known to few. And some revelatory moments as we compare greatest bombs we've had.
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Man, this is not for the faint of heart. Morgan Anderson, Molly Hartzell and I careen all over the place and into the margins of what might be considered polite, to say the least. If you feel sophisticated as you listen to clean comedy - this episode is not for you. It is imperative to also note: Nobody on this podcast slept with Doug Stanhope. Please share and subscribe (and wherever else you can download podcasts).
Comedian and CPA - Bob Wheeler joins Steven Monday to reveal some information from his years work with The Comedy Store. Also we get some good, surprising news for tax season!
Adam Gropman discusses his upcoming book & he and Steven get into the scenes he has wandered through in his comedy journey and some insights on the modern day ordeal of cancel culture.
Hear how comedians Mike Eshaq (MTV) and Mike Batayeh (Breaking Bad) met in Detroit and our conversation culminates in two people who should never be giving out relationship advice (Mike Batayeh and Steven) attempting to help Eshaq with his unspecified issues.
Host of the "Speaking Highly" podcast and Cubs fan Jon Huck joins Steven to kick the tires on old times and dig into his beginnings in Stand up and to figure out how he does his own Bill Murray thing via social media. 11am PST -YouTube (and wherever else you can download podcasts).
Comedian Ted Alexandro joins host Steven Lolli and talks about whether or not SNL writers used one of his sketches without giving him credit or paying him.
Joining Steven to discuss the difficulty of booking comedy rooms during Covid is my pal Cristy Barnett Barrick … and we also get into some silly stuff. This Monday on our season premiere!