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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
Episode 152 - Madeline Horwath
On part 2 of this week's episode, we interview Cartoonist Madeline Horwath (also known as Mads). Mads talks with us about their journey to become a New Yorker…
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Episode 151 - Tom Bachtell
On part 2 of this week's episode, we interview Artist, Tom Bachtell. Tom talks with us about his career as an illustrator and his time doing the New Yorker's…
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Episode 150 - The Hosts
On part 2 of this week's episode, we interview ourselves. The hosts: Vin, Paul, Beth and Nicole share a little bit about themselves, how they got into the…
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Episode 149 - Jenny Kroik
On part 2 of this week's episode, we interview Artist, Jenny Kroik. Jenny talks with us about her career as an illustrator and being featured in many national…
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Episode 148 - Lawrence Wood
Larry Wood, the All Time New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest winner, joins us to talk about the current New Yorker contests, the latest CartoonStock contest and…
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Episode 147 - Will Santino
On part 2 of this week's episode, we interview cartoonist, Will Santino. Will talks with us about becoming a New Yorker cartoonist, writing and his current…
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Episode 146 - Erika Sjule
On part 2 of this week's episode, we interview cartoonist Erika Sjule. Erika tells us that her need to draw has always been a part of her life. She has…
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Episode 145 - Marty Dundics
On part 2 of this week's episode, we interview Marty Dundics. Marty is the founder of Humorist Media and editor-in-chief of Weekly Humorist magazine and also…
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Episode 144 - David Ostow
On part 2 of this week's episode, we interview cartoonist David Ostow. David tells us about how he became a New Yorker Cartoonist (by the usual route of…
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Episode 143 - Brooke Bourgeois
On part 2 of this week's episode, we interview cartoonist Brooke Bourgeois. Brooke has had an interesting journey on her way to becoming a New Yorker…
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Episode 142 - Mr. Peanut Meets His Taker
On this week's episode, we discuss... The winning captions for New Yorker contest #880 (Repent Harlequin said the Ticktockman. Your session ends in five…
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Episode 141 - Lawrence Wood
Larry Wood, the All Time New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest winner, joins us to talk about the current New Yorker contests, the latest CartoonStock contest and…
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Episode 140 - Amy Hwang
On part 2 of this week's episode, we interview cartoonist Amy Hwang. Amy talks with us about her journey to becoming a New Yorker cartoonist, her sense of…
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Episode 139 - Avi Steinberg
On part 2 of this week's episode, we interview cartoonist Avi Steinberg. Avi talks with us about his early life and wanting to become a cartoonist, how he got…
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Episode 138 - 2023 Year in Review
On this week's episode, Vin, Paul, Beth, Nicole and Larry review past and present contests from 2023 and choose our best and worst of the year. We also discuss…
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Episode 137 - Lila Ash
On part 2 of this week's episode, we interview cartoonist Lila Ash. Lila talks with us about how she got her start in cartooning and how she eventually broke…
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Episode 136 - Overtime With Carol Lasky
Carol Lasky makes a quick return to the podcast and joins us in discussing this week's contests and favorite cartoons from the current New Yorker. We also…
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Episode 135 - Carol Lasky and Colin Mills
On this week's episode we're joined by the most winningest New Yorker Caption Contest Finalist in 2023 and any single year in the history of the contest, Carol…
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Episode 134 - Tim Hamilton
On part 2 of this week's episode, we interview cartoonist Tim Hamilton. Tim talks with us about his career as a comic book artist, cartoonist and children's…
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Episode #133 - Kyle Bravo
On part 2 of this week's episode, we interview cartoonist Kyle Bravo. We talk with Kyle about how he got into cartooning and breaking into The New Yorker. He…
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Episode 132 - Lawrence Wood
All Time New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest winner, Larry Wood joins us to talk about the current New Yorker contests and our favorite cartoons from this…
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Episode 131 - Michael Shaw's Halloween Spooktacular
Michael Shaw joins the podcast this week with a special Halloween episode. He retells his spooky night sleeping at the Thurber House and Beth and Paul tell…
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Episode 130 - Marc Philippe Eskenazi
Writer. musician and former Assistant (to the) Cartoon Editor, Marc Philippe Eskenazi joins us on the podcast this week. Marc talks about his background and…
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Episode 129 - Barbara Smaller
On part 2 of this week's episode, we interview cartoonist Barbara Smaller. Barbara talks about her career as a cartoonist, her sense of humor, her process for…
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Episode 128 - Ken Levine
Emmy Award winning writer and cartoonist, Ken Levine joins us on the podcast this week. Ken has been a writer for MASH, Cheers, Frasier, Wings. The Simpsons…
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Episode 127 - Lawrence Wood
All Time New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest winner, Larry Wood joins us to talk about the current New Yorker contests, the CartoonStock contest and our…
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Episode 126 - Dave Blazek Returns
On this week's episode we're joined once again by cartoonist Dave Blazek. We open the show discussing Dave's recent win for Best Newspaper Panel Cartoon in…
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Episode 125 - Juan Astasio
On part 2 of this week's episode, we interview cartoonist Juan Astasio. We talk with Juan about how he became a new Yorker cartoonist (thanks to all the women…
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Episode 124 - Lynn Hsu
On part 2 of this week's episode, we interview cartoonist Lynn Hsu. We talk with Lynn about her path from being an Architect to becoming a cartoonist and…
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Episode 123 - José Arroyo
Humor writer and cartoonist, José Arroyo joins us on the podcast this week. José Has been a writer for Jay Leno, Dennis Miller, Bill Maher and most recently…
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Episode 122 - Ed Himelblau Returns
This week on the podcast, we welcome back Ed Himelblau . Ed joins us as we discuss New Yorker Caption Contest winner for Contest #860 (rat and pigeon on the…
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Episode 121 - Tom Toro
This week on the podcast, we catch up with Tom Toro. We talk about "Back To School, Backpack", Tom's latest book collaboration with Simon Rich (their previous…
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Episode 120 - Michael Gerber
Michael Gerber is Editor and Publisher of the humor magazine, The American Bystander. We talk with Michael about his love of all things humorous, from him…
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Episode 119 - Jessica Misener
On this week’s episode, we talk to the winner of contest #857 (Flying Ant), Jessica Misener. Jessica has a background in creative writing and has been…
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Episode 118 - Zoe Si
On part 2 of this week's episode, we interview cartoonist Zoe Si. We talk with Zoe about her path from being a lawyer to becoming a cartoonist and eventually…
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Episode 117 - Sara Lautman
On part 2 of this week's episode, we interview cartoonist Sara Lautman. We ask Sara about the path she took to being a cartoonist, her early submissions to the…
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Episode 116 - Alan Rozanski
On part 2 of this week's episode, we interview cartoonist Alan Rozanski. Alan had a life long dream of becoming a published cartoonist and decided to make that…
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Episode 115 - Lawrence Wood
For this week’s episode, we had a last minute change in guests due to a family emergency by our scheduled guest, Sara Lautman (everything turned out fine and…
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Episode 114 - Sam Marlow
On part 2 of this week's episode, we interview cartoonist Sam Marlow. Sam talks about his career as a cartoonist and animator. Sam was the background artist…
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Episode 113 - Ivan Ehlers
On part 2 of this week's episode, we interview cartoonist Ivan Ehlers . Ivan talks about how he became a cartoonist and breaking into The New Yorker. He also…
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Episode 112 - Lawrence Wood
On this week's episode, we're joined once again by Larry Wood. We open the show by discussing the New Yorker Caption Contest winner for Contest #850 (Death…
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Episode 111 - Amy Kurzweil
On part 2 of this week's episode, we interview cartoonist Amy Kurzweil. Amy talks about how she became a cartoonist and breaking into The New Yorker. We also…
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Episode 110 - Stephen Nadler
**NOTE: for those who listen just for our thoughts on the caption contest, that starts 42 minutes into our discussion** On this week's episode, we interview…
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Episode 109 - Linda Davis on Charles Addams
On part 2 of this week's episode, we interview writer Linda Davis. Linda is the author of the Charles Addams biography and offers an insight into his personal…
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Episode 108 - Rich Sparks
On part 2 of this week's episode, we interview cartoonist Rich Sparks. Rich talks about how he broke into The New Yorker, his drawing style, gag writing and…
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Episode 107 - Lawrence Wood
On this week's episode, we're joined by Larry Wood. We open the show by discussing New Yorker Caption Contest winner for Contest #845 (Financial wizard)…
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Episode 106 - Jason Chatfield
On this week's episode, Vin and Paul are joined by Jason Chatfield and Nicole Chrolavicius. Jason shares news about his upcoming book "You're not a real parent…
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Episode 105 - Drew Panckeri
On part 2 of this week's episode, we interview cartoonist Drew Panckeri. Drew talks about how he became a cartoonist and we discuss many of our favorite…
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Episode 104 - Lawrence Wood
On this week's episode, we're joined once again by Larry Wood. We discuss the recent winner for New Yorker Caption Contest #842, Finalists for Contest #844 and…
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Episode 103 - Ed Himelblau
On part 2 of this week's episode, we interview cartoonist Ed Himelblau. Ed discusses his career as a Biology Professor and how he strives to mix humor and…
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Episode 102 - Akeem Roberts
On part 2 of this week's episode, we interview cartoonist Akeem Roberts. Akeem discusses getting into drawing at a young age and his unique path into The New…
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Episode 101 - Dan Misdea
On part 2 of this week's episode, we interview cartoonist Dan Misdea. We recently met Dan at the 100th Podcast party and we get to enjoy a bit more in-depth…
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Episode 100 - The One Hundredth
On this week's episode, we're joined by Nicole Chrolavicious to recap our party over the weekend celebrating our one hundredth episode. We also discuss the…
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Episode 99 - Sarah Morrissette
On part 2 of this week's episode, we interview cartoonist Sarah Morrissette. Sarah shares what it was like being raised in a hippie commune “off the grid” in…
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Episode 98 - Daniel Kanhai
On part 2 of this week's episode, we interview cartoonist Daniel Kanhai. Daniel discusses his unique path into The New Yorker, his career in advertising and…
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Episode 97- Larry Wood
On this week's episode, we're joined once again by Larry Wood. We discuss the recent winner for Contest #835, Finalists for Contest #837 and the recent Contest…
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Episode 96 - Crowdsourcing Issues and CartoonStock Contest
On this week's episode, we discuss the issue of The New Yorker losing roughly 80% of submissions for Contest numbers 834, 835 and 836. After that, we chat…
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Episode 95 - Navied Mahdavian
On part 2 of this week's episode, we interview cartoonist Navied Mahdavian. Navied shares his story of leaving his career as a fifth grade teacher to move to a…
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Episode 94 - Mary Lawton
On part 2 of this week's episode, we interview cartoonist Mary Lawton. Mary shares her inspiring story of her twenty-plus year pursuit to sell a cartoon to The…
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Episode 93 - Marisa Acocella
On part 2 of this week's episode, we interview cartoonist Marisa Acocella. Marisa shares how she became interested in cartooning and her late start after…