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New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast
In depth discussion of the weekly New Yorker Caption Contest as well as interviews with Cartoonists and former Contest winners.
Email: CartoonCaptionContestPodcast@gmail.com
Credits:
Intro/Outro music created and performed by Chris Nesja.
Podcast logo designed by Dan Nesja with artwork by Shannon Wheeler.
Episodes
- New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast
272 - Paul Noth Returns Again
Paul Noth returns to the podcast to talk about his first book of cartoons, "I Am Going To Eat You ...And Other Awkward Truths". We also talk about him becoming…
- New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast
Episode 271 - Lawrence Wood
Larry Wood joins us this week to talk about the contests and cartoons from the current issue of the New Yorker. Some great discussions with Larry as always! We…
- New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast
Episode 270 - Riley Fanning
Riley Fanning joins us on the podcast this week. Riley is a fairly recent contributor to the New Yorker. She had her first cartoon in the Daily last year and…
- New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast
269 - The P.C. Vey Tribute
This week's podcast is a special tribute to New Yorker Cartoonist, P.C. Vey. Peter passed away on September 17th. He was a terrific cartoonist with a…
- New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast
Episode 268 - Olivia Pecini
Olivia Pecini joins us on the podcast this week. Olivia had her first cartoon appear in the print issue of the New Yorker a few weeks ago (she's also had a…
- New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast
Episode 267 - John Konno
Frequent Caption Contest finalist, John Konno joins us on the podcast this week. John (or a member of his family) has been a finalist in the New Yorker contest…
- New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast
266 - Michael Maslin Returns Again
Michael Maslin returns to the podcast to talk some more about cartoons, process, motivation and the contests. We get into a great discussion on a new trend in…
- New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast
Episode 265 - Bob Mankoff Takes The Fifth
Bob Mankoff returns to the podcast for a fifth time. We talk with him about the changes to the CartoonStock contest, The recent decision by Air Mail to no…
- New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast
Episode 264 - Lawrence Wood
Larry Wood joins us this week to talk about the contests and cartoons from the current issue of the New Yorker. We have some great discussions and…
- New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast
Episode 263 - Guy Richards Smit
Guy Richards Smit joins us on the podcast this week. Guy has followed his muse down many paths: art, music, video production and most recently, gag cartooning…
- New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast
262 - John Klossner Returns
John Klossner returns to the podcast to talk some more about cartoons, Children's book illustrations, his stint doing the Caption Contest Commentary for Beth's…
- New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast
Episode 261 - Olivia Noble
Olivia Noble joins us on the podcast this week. Olivia Started submitting her cartoons to the New Yorker through Submittable in 2024 and had her first Cartoon…
- New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast
Episode 260 - Lawrence Wood
Larry Wood joins us this week to talk about the contests and cartoons from the current issue of the New Yorker. We were all pretty much in agreement with the…
- New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast
Episode 259 - Rusty Epstein
Rusty Epstein joins us on the podcast this week. Rusty's cartoons have appeared in The Weekly Humorist, The Times and other magazines and will soon be…
- New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast
Episode 258 - Avi Steinberg Returns
Avi Steinberg returns to the podcast to talk some more about cartoons, the rewards of being a kindergarten teacher and his soon to be published book, "The…
- New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast
Episode 257 - Lawrence Wood
Larry Wood joins us this week to talk about the contests and cartoons from the current issue of the New Yorker. We go over the New Yorker contests with some…
- New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast
Episode 256 - The Co-Hosts Meat Cute
A short podcast this week with just the podcast co-hosts Vin, Beth, Nicole and Paul talking about the contests and their favorite cartoons from the current…
- New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast
Episode 255 - Peter Kuper
Cartoonist, Peter Kuper joins us on the podcast this week. Peter is a frequent contributor to the New Yorker, is the current cartoonist for Spy Vs Spy in MAD…
- New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast
Episode 254 - Keith Knight
Keith Knight joins us on the podcast this week. Keith is a syndicated cartoonist and has been published in MAD, the New Yorker and many other magazines. He was…
- New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast
Episode 253 - Lawrence Wood
Larry Wood joins us this week to talk about the contests and cartoons from the current issue of the New Yorker. We go over the New Yorker contests without much…
- New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast
Episode 252 - Jim Benton
Jim Benton joins us on the podcast this week. Jim is a renown illustrator and children's book writer. He created "IT'S HAPPY BUNNY" which has generated…
- New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast
Episode 251 - Ellie Black
Ellie Black joins us on the podcast this week. Ellie started submitting to the New Yorker in 2017 and had their first cartoon published in 2019. Their latest…
- New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast
Episode 250 - Lawrence Wood
Larry Wood joins us to help celebrate our 250th podcast! Nicole was not able to make it to the main podcast, so we recorded an additional one that we added to…
- New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast
Episode 249 - Polly Lou Adams
Polly Lou Adams joins us on the podcast this week. Polly is a fairly new cartoonist and has had a number of cartoons printed in the New Yorker and many more…
- New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast
Episode 248 - Frank Cotham Returns
Frank Cotham returns to the podcast this week after a nearly five year absence. We catch up with Frank on what he's been up to (mostly cartooning and yard…
- New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast
Episode 247 - Tom Chitty Returns
Tom Chitty returns to the podcast to talk about his upcoming book, "Nooks & Crannies of New York—from the Chronicles of Baron von Schoogenheimer". Tom's tome…
- New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast
Episode 246 - Joel Mishon
Joel Mishon, cartoonist and Co-founder of CartoonStock, joins us on the podcast this week. We had a great time talking with Joel about his career as a…
- New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast
Episode 245 - Wayne Kline
Comedy writer and captioneer extraordinaire, Wayne Kline, joins us on the podcast this week to talk about his career as a TV comedy writer ("Good Times"…
- New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast
Episode 244 - Jake Goldwasser
Jake Goldwasser joins us on the podcast this week. Jake is a cartoonist, poet, translator and high school English teacher. He's had a number of cartoons (and…
- New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast
Episode 243 - Original Recipe
A short podcast this week with just the original podcast recipe of Vin, Beth and Paul talking about the contests and their favorite cartoons from the current…
- New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast
Episode 242 - Lawrence Wood
Larry Wood joins us for our monthly discussion about the CartoonStock contest. He hints at some changes to the contest that will be announced in the next…
- New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast
Episode 241 - Funny Business with Nicole
We start the podcast talking with our own Nicole Chrolavicius about her ventures into writing humorous articles this last year. She's had seven pieces…
- New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast
pisode 240 - Lynn Hsu & Carol Lasky
A fun podcast this week with cartoonist, Lynn Hsu and frequent contest finalist, Carol Lasky. Lynn and carol have been collaborating on cartoons since Carol…
- New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast
Episode 239 - Lawrence Wood
This is an off week for the New Yorker (double issue last week), but we do have Larry Wood joining us for our monthly discussion about the CartoonStock…
- New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast
Episode 238 - Rich North
Rich North joins us on the podcast this week. Rich is a fairly new cartoonist with his cartoons first appearing in the New Yorker just over a year ago. We talk…
- New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast
Episode 237 - Dan Misdea Returns
We're happy to have cartoonist, Dan Misdea return to the podcast this week! We talk with Dan about the children's book he had published after the last time he…
- New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast
Episode 236 - Drew Dernavich Returns
New Yorker cartoonist, Drew Dernavich, returns to the podcast for the ninth time (one more punch on his podcast ticket gets him a free pizza!) We talk about…
- New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast
Episode 235 - Katherine Bettis
Katherine Bettis Joins us on the podcast this week.Katherine is a fairly new cartoonist to the scene, but has already had her cartoons published in Airmail…
- New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast
Episode 234 - Lawrence Wood
Larry Wood joins us for our monthly discussion about the CartoonStock contest. We have a good discussion about whether an obvious caption should be picked as a…
- New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast
Episode 233 - 2025 Year in Review
On this week's episode, Vin, Paul, Beth and Nicole review past and present contests from 2025 and choose our best and worst of the year. We also talk a bit…
- New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast
Episode 232 - Co-Host Christmas
A short podcast this week with just the hosts talking about the contests and their favorite cartoons from the current week's issue of the New Yorker. Our…
- New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast
Episode 231 - Lawrence Wood
Larry Wood joins us on the podcast this week to talk about the recent CartoonStock contest. There was some controversy with the cartoon in this contest with a…
- New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast
Episode 230 - Kate Isenberg
Kate Isenberg Joins us on the podcast this week. Kate is a New Yorker cartoonist, illustrator, animator and musician, but mostly she is a story teller. Along…
- New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast
Episode 229 - Kyle Bravo Returns
Kyle Bravo returns to the podcast to talk about what he's been up to since we last talked with him. He's had a couple more cartoons in the New Yorker and a…
- New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast
Episode 228 - Scott Green
Scott Green joins us on the podcast this week. Scott was the winner of contest #962 (Octopus Pilot) and heard us on the podcast talking about it. He contacted…
- New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast
Episode 227 - Lawrence Wood
Larry Wood, the all time New Yorker cartoon caption contest winner, author and CartoonStock caption contest judge, joins us again to talk about the current New…
- New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast
Episode 226 - Ed Himelblau Returns Again
This week on the podcast, we welcome back Ed Himelblau. Ed fills us in on what he's been up to since we last had him on. Turns out he moved from California to…
- New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast
Episode 225 - Anjali Chandrashekar
Artist, illustrator and cartoonist, Anjali Chandrashekar joins us on the second half of the podcast this week. Anjali had her first New Yorker cartoon…
- New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast
Episode 224 - Greg Nussbaum
Cartoonist and comedian, Greg Nussbaum joins us on the second half of the podcast this week. Greg is a fairly new cartoonist, his first cartoon in the New…
- New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast
Episode 223 - Lawrence Wood
Larry Wood, the all time New Yorker cartoon caption contest winner, author and CartoonStock caption contest judge, joins us again to talk about the current New…
- New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast
Episode 222 - Bob Mankoff Returns Again
On part 2 of this week's episode, we talk with former New Yorker Cartoon Editor and current Cartoon Editor at Air Mail Magazine, Bob Mankoff. Bob talks about…
- New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast
Episode 221 - Isaiah Legette
Cartoonist, Isaiah Legette joins us on the second half of the podcast this week. Isaiah is a fairly new cartoonist and has been published in the New Yorker…
- New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast
Episode 220 - David Gomberg
Cartoonist, David Gomberg joins us on the second half of the podcast this week. David Started creating cartoons in 2019. In 2021, he started getting them…
- New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast
Episode 219 - Kaamran Hafeez Returns
Kaamran Hafeez joins us for a second time on this week's podcast. Kaamran has been a New Yorker cartoonist since 2010. He has recently published a book, "The…
- New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast
Episode 218 - Matt Diffee Returns
Matt Diffee joins us for a second time on this week's podcast. Matt had been a New Yorker cartoonist until recently, when he decided to try his hand at…
- New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast
Episode 217 - Tom Toro Returns Again
Tom Toro returns to the podcast for a fourth time this week. We talk with Tom about the publication of his cartoon book, "And to Think We Started as a Book…
- New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast
Episode 216 - Lawrence Wood
Larry Wood, the all time New Yorker cartoon caption contest winner, author and CartoonStock caption contest judge, joins us again to talk about the current New…
- New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast
Episode 215 - John Cuneo
On part 2 of this week's podcast we are joined by Illustrator, John Cuneo. John's art has appeared in many publications, including The New Yorker, Esquire…
- New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast
Episode 214 - Paul Noth Returns
Paul Noth returns to the podcast this week. We talk with Paul about winning this year's Thurber Prize for American Humor, his new Substack, "Noth Things" and…
- New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast
Episode 213 - Rose Anne Prevec
Cartoonist, Rose Anne Prevec joins us on the second half of the podcast this week. Rose Anne has been creating cartoons since she was young, but has only…