Comedy Convos with Ambi: Recent Episodes
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A podcast about a comedian's journey while in conversation with DC comedian, Ambi Narula. Learn about different comedians every Monday
Unapologetically themself, Sophie Connell is a comedian who uses their wit and life experiences to create an unforgettable comedy experience. Featured in The Guardian, Sophie is an up in coming talent from Baltimore, Maryland.
Follow them on Twitter: @SophieComedian
Emily Paige is a Jersey-based comedian who has studied with the American Comedy Institute based out of NYC. Emily’s relatable content focuses on navigating the world as a single mom and all the insanity the comes with it.
Follow her on social media:
Twitter: @EmPaigeComedy
Instagram: @emilypaigecomedy
Elani Nichelle is a DC comedian who enjoys making herself and others laugh. Elani's been doing comedy around the DMV now for two years, and when she's not doing comedy, you can find her reading a good book or napping.
Follow her on Twitter @ElaniKitten
Natalie McGill is a 2007 Merrill College graduate and a D.C. stand-up comic. She has worked as an on-air correspondent and writer for the political satire TV show “Redacted Tonight” on RT America. She will be joining as a writer for the Season 3, Black Lady Sketch Show on HBO.
Her comedy credits include performing for the 2 Dope Queens podcast, Bentzen Ball Comedy Festival, Limestone Comedy Festival, Asheville Comedy Festival, Black Women In Comedy Laff Fest, North Carolina Comedy Festival, and the Kennedy Center's District of Comedy Festival. Her stand-up was also featured in the 2019 comedy film “American Comic” on Amazon Prime.
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Brooke Knisley is a California-based satire writer. Follow them on Twitter @BrookeKnisley and check out their website: https://www.brookeknisley.com
Sarah Jane Dillon (she/they) is a writer, actor, and comedian based in Brooklyn, NY. She has performed on Bravo TV, Caroline's, and Gotham Live!
Follow Sarah Jane on social media
Twitter: @dillonsaur
Instagram: @sarahjanedillon_
Morgan Julian is a DMV-based comedian. Learn more about his comedy journey by listening to this episode
Krista Moy (she/her) is a comedian, host, writer, and voice-over actor based in Los Angeles. She is a staff writer for the Asian American satirical news site The Lunar Times. Krista hosts a weekly show Moy Meets World on Twitch discussing everything from the latest news stories to what she is binge-watching. Twitter @moytweetsworld and IG/tiktok @mistakoy.
Hailing from the mean streets of Southern California, Shelley is a comedian, producer, and content creator now based in DC. Her sharp material and charisma has made her stand out in the DC comedy scene. A rising star, Shelley has opened for headliners such as Ramy Youssef, Dulce Sloan, and Judah Friedlander.
Sophia Florence is a comedian from CT. Learn more about her in this weeks' episode!
Twitter: @AllanaSmithee
Kinda Live Comedy is a DC-based Stand-Up comedy promotion group created by Hayden Arrington, Victor Gonzalez, Noah Goldstein, and Matilda Epstein. Together, they produce shows in the DC area bringing in nationally touring comedians and local favorites!
Follow them on social media @kindalivecomedy and subscribe to their newsletter for the latest updates on shows.
Ang Buxton (they/them) is a nonbinary comedian from Springfield, Massachusetts. This up-and-comer tells tales about the trans masc experience, being a public school teacher, and life as a sober party animal. They've previously lived and performed in Baltimore, MD, and Nashville, TN, though they can now be seen live in the Boston area. Ang hosts Dang! Zoom Comedy every Tuesday at 7 pm.
Kacie is a Washington, DC-based stand-up comedian and trivia host. In 2020 she founded Distantly Social Trivia which has raised nearly $15,000 for various charities primarily supporting individuals in the restaurant industry struggling during the pandemic.
Kacie has performed at the Northern Virginia Comedy Festival, NY Underground Comedy Festival, Flapper’s Uncle Clyde’s Comedy Competition, and Mohegan Sun’s Last Comix Standing. She’s opened for Steven Michael Quezada and frequently performs in the DC area.
Liz Glazer is a standup comedian, actor, and writer who was previously a tenured law professor, a job she was very funny at. In the past 6 months, she won first place in the Boston Comedy Festival, won first place in the Ladies of Laughter Competition, and appeared in a full article about her comedy in the Wall Street Journal. She lives in New Jersey with her wife and two teenage cats.
Twitter: @ElizabethGlazer
Instagram: @lizglazer
Irina is an NYC bred not born comic and writer who works in film and television. In her spare time, she enjoys holding the door open for people who will never say thank you and tweeting about boys and bread.
Twitter: @chelirina
Charlie Girard is a DC-based comedian. As a gay trans masc comedian, Charlie brings audiences together to giggle about gender norms, Grindr, and Animorphs. Find him on Twitter at @charlescgirard
Meet Jatin Khanna and Jatin Chhugani!
After getting tagged as each other on a comedy show flyer, the two connected through their mutual friend, Ambi.
Jatin Khanna is a DC-based comedian. He performs on the DC Speakeasy Comedy Show every other Wednesday. Check out his website www.jatinkhanna.com for more information.
Jatin Chhugani is a NY-based stand-up comedian and sketch writer. He has performed at various NY comedy clubs such as Eastville Comedy Club and The People’s Improv Theater.
Justin is a humor satire writer based out of Shrewsbury, MA. He is the Headline Contributor of Whole Wheat Post. His words have been in Points in Case, Greener Pastures, The Broadway Beat, Robot Butt, Slackjaw, and Little Old Lady Comedy.
You can find him on social media @JustAVerySmith
Gigi Modrich is a Washington, DC-based comic originally from New Mexico. She has performed at The Funny Bone in Richmond, VA, Flappers in Burbank, CA, and Broadway in NYC. She was a part of the First Nations Comedy Experience which is now available on Amazon Prime.
Follow her on social media: @gigimodrich
Anthony Zuccaro is a comic of 7 years from San Francisco. He’s opened for Jen Kirkman at Cobb’s Comedy Club on her tour dates. He’s also headlined the Monkey House in Berkeley and shot a 45 min special at SF’s Oasis. Recently, Anthony was on the lineup for the Sacramento Comedy Fest and was a featured comedian at the Ventura Harbor Comedy Festival. Other credits include SF and Sac Punchline, Mutiny Radio Comedy Festival, Rooster T Feathers, and Comedy Oakland amongst others.
Maddy Gross is a comedian based in NYC. They are a contributor for Awf Magazine and have previously written for the Belladonnas and Robot Butt. You can find them on social media going viral for their fire tweets @TheirMaddesty
Emily Mame Ford is a Boston-based Standup Comedian is known for her sharp, witty humor and ridiculous puns. From referencing her strange New Hampshire upbringing to the challenges of being bisexual in the dating world, you’ll never know what you’re in for next.
Follow her on Social Media : @emilymameford
Yiannis Cove is a writer, producer, and performer, and podcaster based in London, England. He studied improv at UCB and comedy writing at the Second City. He performers Improv with the Comediasians, the UK’s only Pan-Asian long-form improv team. He also hosts and produces the podcast Everyone’s a Critic, where guests are brought on to defend a movie that was reviewed badly by critics.
Follow him
Twitter and Twitch: @ycove
Instagram and Tik Tok @yianniscove
Ngoc Bui is a writer and comedian based outside of Philadelphia. She has performed at the Good Good Comedy and Punch Line. Learn more about her by listening to her episode!
Follow her on social media: @ngocbbuii
Alex Dobrenko is a writer, producer, improviser, and actor in Los Angeles, CA. His latest series DISTANCE, a much watch, was nominated for the 2018 Gotham Award: Breakthrough Shortform Series, was born in Ukraine, and moved to America when he was seven.
Sofia Javed is a Washington, DC-based comedian. She delivers tightly-worded, thought-provoking jokes around the DC area and has also performed in Seattle, Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, and New York. Sofia’s comedy is inspired by her life as a woman of color in America and her side hustle as a cubicle bureaucrat.
Al began performing comedy on a dare while in college, using his unique background and observations as a catalyst for his comedy. Since then Al has moved to Washington D.C. and later New York City where he continued performing and hone his comedic skills. He has performed at the Greenwich Comedy Club, Eastville Comedy Club, Broadway Comedy Club, Stand Up NY, DC Comedy Loft, Hilarities, Dead Crow Comedy Club, Flappers Comedy Club, and more.
Follow Al on social media: @ALWILLIAMSFUNNY
Elizabeth McGuoirk holds an Electrical Engineering degree and now disappoints her family by pursuing comedy because she prefers to make people laugh over doing math. She also co-produces the zoom show, "Comedy Bonfyre" with Ambi.
You can find her on Twitter, Instagram and Tik tok!
Twitter and Instagram: @eamcguoirk
Tik tok: @elliephant316
Ankur is a joke sculptor, writer, performer, and model. He will quadruple text you with no shame and is an amazing hype man. He is also good with computers, and consoling them, I mean consulting.
Twitter, Instagram,Tik tok: @ankurcomedy
Arielle Dundas is a stand-up comedian in New York City. She hosts a weekly show called "Conspiracy Brunch" on Zoom - Sundays at 1:30 pm EST.
Follow Arielle
Twitter, Instagram and Tik Tok: @ArielleDundas
Martin Amini is a stand-up comic based in Los Angeles and born and raised in Silver Spring, MD. He has opened for headliners such as Trevor Noah, Jerrod Carmichael, and Hasan Minaj. Martin's stand-up material touches on what it's like growing up mixed in America coming from an Iranian and Bolivian background.
Check him out
Twitter: @MartinAmini
Instagram: @martinamini
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdk6UfBnrpIyk8yvWWba8tQ
Stefania D'Andrea is a prose and comedy writer from Queens, NY. She is one of the original staff readers for the literary magazine Cagibi, where she edits and reviews works of fiction and non-fiction. Her first short story, In Her Head, is published in the 12th issue of Newtown Literary. Many of her comedy sketches have been performed at the People's Improv Theatre (PIT) in New York City in 2018 and 2019. Stefania received her B.A. in English, with a concentration in Creative Writing, from the Macaulay Honors College at CUNY Hunter in 2017.
John Windmueller, Ph.D. serves as the Director of WIT@Work, the corporate training and applied improv branch of Washington Improv Theater. He comes to WIT with over a decade of experience designing, delivering, and overseeing professional training and graduate education focused on communication and collaboration. His WIT@Work clients have included: Deloitte, PWC, Marriott, DOJ, McDermott Will & Emery, NSA, NPR, PBS, University of Maryland, George Washington University, ACDI/VOCA, Brookings, Capital One, TD Waterhouse, World Bank, Medstar, National Institutes of Health, and the National Academy of Sciences.
In addition to his education and training background, he holds a Ph.D. in Conflict Analysis and Resolution. John is also a member of WIT’s King Bee ensemble and performs in improv festivals throughout the U.S.
Gina Brillon was born and raised in the Bronx, New York. Her new one-hour special, Gina Brillon: The Floor is Lava, and her first one-hour special, Pacifically Speaking, was produced by Gabriel Iglesias are both on Amazon Prime.
Social media:
Twitter and Instagram: @GinaBrillon
Lukas is an NYC basedscreen, stage, and voice-over actor and stand-up comedian. He also creates Tik Toks and has an increasing audience of over a million followers. Learn more about Lukas and his journey in comedy, acting, and Tik Tok with this episode!
Follow him
Twitter @LukasTArnold
Instagram @lukastarnold
Tik tok @lukastarnold
Lauren is an NYC stand up comedian and satire writer for SlackJaw humor and Points in Case.
Find Lauren on social media
Twitter: @laurenislaughin
Instagram: @mcgrathlaughs
Ronny Pascale is a Brooklyn based comedian. His tweets have been featured on Comedy Central, Buzzfeed, and Huffington Post. Recently he was featured in Plano Comedy Festival and New South Comedy Festival.
Social media: @ronnypascale
Annam Choudhry moved to Louisville, Kentucky to teach middle schoolers but discovered her hidden comedy talents in a local nerd bar the summer before starting her new career. She now moonlights (and zoom lights) as a standup comedian.
Catch her on Twitter @annamlaughs
Tyler Fowler's witty and clean brand of stand up comedy has made him a favorite around Chicago and across the US. Regularly appearing at Zanies Comedy Club he was recently named among the 'Best Of The Fest' at the 2018 Cleveland Comedy Festival. Tyler's debut album Friends With 401(k) Benefits premiered #1 on iTunes and Top 10 on the Billboard Comedy Charts.
Blaire is a comedian based in D.C. She has been featured on PBS NewsHour, The Happy Trucker Radio Show, and on streaming services for NBC affiliates around the country.
She’s been an officially selected performer at the San Francisco Sketchfest, Limestone Comedy Festival, 10,000 Laughs Comedy Festival (where she was named "Best of the Fest"); Asheville Comedy Festival, 208 Festival, Women in Comedy Festival, Bird City Comedy Festival, Out of Bounds Comedy Festival and others.
She's opened for world-class headliners at wonderful clubs & theaters including Goodnight's (Raleigh), The DC Improv, The Comedy Attic (Bloomington), Arlington Drafthouse, House of Comedy (AZ), DC Comedy Loft, Richmond Funny Bone, DC Drafthouse Comedy and many more.
Martin Phillips is a stand-up comedian primarily based in Washington DC, but still travels all over the country and has even performed in Alaska! While in college Martin was named the funniest college student in DC and hasn't stopped since; from performing at festivals, like The LA Diversity in Comedy Festival to the Cleveland Comedy Festival, and performing at colleges, appearing on the Kill Tony podcast multiple times, corporate gigs, apartment shows - Martin does it all!
To contact Martin:
Email: martinphillipscomedy@gmail.com
Instagram: @flymartyphilly
Twitter: @PhunnyFillips
Nikita Redkar is a comedian, screenwriter, and actress originally from Texas and now based in London. Like all great comedians, Nikita started standup comedy on a dare but stuck with it for five years after the $6 she was promised. Nikita has performed all over the country, including opening for Sean Patton, Jermaine Fowler, and more. She has also performed at the Moontower Comedy Festival. Nikita is currently completing a master's in screenwriting in London and has a web series called Paranormal Disruption that you should check out if you hate capitalism!
To contact:
Twitter: @Nikitaredwoman
Instagram: @nikitaredgirl
Peter Mehlman is an American television writer, comedian, and producer, best known for serving as a writer and producer on the TV series Seinfeld through nearly all of the show's nine-year run from 1989–98. Before his Seinfeld fame, he was a sportswriter for the Washington Post and then became a freelance magazine writer in New York.
To learn more about Peter, check out his episode!
Social media:
Twitter: @PeterMehlman
Disclaimer: This episode is published on Both "Comedy Convos with Ambi" and "On the Record with Ambi"
Jenny Cavallero is a DC-based comedian, filmmaker, librarian, and disabled person. She is the Writer, Director, and star of the dramatic short film “The Bottle,” which premiered on August 12, 2020. She started doing stand-up in spring 2018. She has performed on the Underground Comedy Festival and at The Miracle Theater for the Las Culturistas Live “I Don’t Think So, Honey” show with Bowen Yang and Matt Rogers. She co-hosted Underground Comedy's Thursday show at Reliable Tavern and was a frequent performer at the DC Drafthouse, Big Hunt, and DC Comedy Loft. With Comedian Blaire Postman, she also started a monthly meet-up called "Shoulder Pads" for women-identifying and non-binary comics in the DMV to discuss the business of stand-up and share skills and resources.
Follow Jenny on social media
Instagram: @jennyandthelibrarians
Twitter: @jennycavallero
Dan Perlman is a comedian, writer, and director from New York City. He was named one of the 2018 New Faces in stand-up at the Montreal Just For Laughs Festival. Currently, Dan is the co-creator, executive producer, writer, star of the upcoming Showtime series, Flatbush Misdemeanors. He co-created the award-winning digital series of the same name, which became Oscar-qualified after winning the Grand Jury Award for Best Narrative Short at the 2018 Florida Film Festival.
Previously, Dan created and wrote an animated series, That's My Bus!, which received a pilot order from FOX. He has appeared on The Iliza Shlesinger Sketch Show on Netflix and his writing has appeared in The New Yorker.
In May 2020, Dan released his debut stand-up album, Emergency Contact. Most recently, Dan wrote and directed a short film, Cramming, which won the Audience Award at the 2020 Brooklyn Film Festival and First Prize at the 2020 Rhode Island International Film Festival.
Yamini Nambimadom is a performer, writer, and recent college grad who has spent the last eight years doing comedy in and around Chicago and LA. In high school, Yamini performed improv with the youth ComedySportz league. After moving to Chicago for college, she joined the University of Chicago's storied Off-Off Campus, the country's oldest collegiate sketch & improv group, and began writing and performing sketch & stand-up in addition to improv. While in Chicago, Yamini also studied at The Second City. In quarantine, she is adapting to the digital world by making character videos, performing at Zoom showcases, and hosting Pillow Fight, a comedy and culture podcast!
Check out Yamini's social media:
Twitter: @showmetheyamz
Instagram: @yaminidoescomedy
Tik tok: @whatstheyamz
Elliot Bromberg is a 23-year-old comedian based in Washington, D.C. Elliot dipped his toes into comedy as an undergrad at the University of Maryland where he wrote sketches and performed for The Bureau (UMD's co-ed and all-purpose comedy group) and also edited for a satirical news source: The Rival UMD. After graduating in 2019, Elliot moved to the Capitol and began performing standup comedy. He was a finalist in the DC Comedy Loft’s Best New Comic competition and has performed at venues all over the DC, with the occasional trips to New York City. Currently, Elliot is co-hosting a weekly online Zoom Comedy show: Witty Wednesday with fellow D.C. comedian, Elani Nichelle.
You can follow Elliot on Twitter (@ElliotWith1T) to see his daily musings or you can follow him on Instagram (@elliot_bromberg) to see him looking plain cute!
Elizabeth Norman is a Baltimore based Comedian. She started her comedy journey by joining her college's sketch comedy group, Beyond Therapy at Kenyon College in Ohio. The summer after her junior year, 2015, she decided to try her hand at stand-up comedy, performing at a handful of open-mics in her hometown of Baltimore. Returning to Ohio for her senior year, she successfully joined the campus stand-up comedy group and the satirical newspaper. After graduating in 2016, she started performing regularly in Baltimore. In 2017, she took over producing Club “Out-of-Town,” a monthly showcase for women and LGBTQ+ performers. She’s performed in over 15 comedy festivals and used to run several successful showcases in Baltimore. She was the judge of the Magooby’s New Comedian of the Year competition in 2019 and was on the selection panel for the 2020 District Queer Comedy Festival.
Follow Elizabeth on social media
Twitter: @lizzynormal
Instagram: @elizabethdangernorman