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The Comedy Cellar: Live from the Table
For 30 years, New York's legendary Comedy Cellar has served as the launching pad for greatest stand up comedians in the world. Colin Quinn, Dave Chappelle, Ray Romano, Dave Attell, Chris Rock, Jon Stewart, Dane Cook, Robert Kelly and Greg Giraldo are just a few of the comedians who began as Cellar regulars. But classic stage performances have never been the only show going on at the Cellar. The biggest comedians in the world come to sit at the table upstairs, where comedians come to argue and…
Episodes
The Comedy Cellar: Live from the TableRafi Bastos
Rafi Bastos is a Brazilian comedian, actor, journalist and television personality. He is one of the most well known and important comics in Latin America.
The Comedy Cellar: Live from the TableInflation with Jason Furman
Jason Furman is the Aetna Professor of the Practice of Economic Policy jointly at Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) and the Department of Economics at Harvard…
The Comedy Cellar: Live from the TablePhillip Lopate and The Spicy Meatball
Phillip Lopate is an American film critic, essayist, fiction writer, poet, and teacher. He is a professor at Columbia University’s School of the Arts, where he…
The Comedy Cellar: Live from the TableAriel Elias
Ariel Elias is a New York based comedian who mixes her unique personal stories with witty, wry observations. She was selected as a 2021 New Face for the Just…
The Comedy Cellar: Live from the TableParenting and Economics
Bryan Caplan is a professor of Economics at George Mason University and New York Times Bestselling author. Dov Davidoff is a comedian, author, and real estate…
The Comedy Cellar: Live from the TableAnti Racism with Tim Wise
Tim Wise is among the most prominent anti-racist writers and educators in the United States. He is the author of nine books, including his latest, Dispatches…
The Comedy Cellar: Live from the TableJoe Lindsley and Tanael Joachim
Tanael Joachim (TJ) is a stand up comic who grew up in Haiti. He is an Op-Ed contributor to The NY Times and his debut special, January 3, is available on…
The Comedy Cellar: Live from the TableTik Tok with Eric
Eric Neumann is a stand up comic who made his late night debut on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon in February of 2022. He is a regular at the Comedy…
The Comedy Cellar: Live from the TableSean Wilentz and Myq Kaplan
Sean Wilentz is a professor of American History at Princeton. He is the author of numerous books including Bob Dylan in America, a consideration of Dylan's…
The Comedy Cellar: Live from the TableKliph Nesteroff and James Mattern
Kliph Nesteroff is the author of The Comedians: Drunks, Thieves, Scoundrels and the History of American Comedy and We Had A Little Real Estate Problem: The…
The Comedy Cellar: Live from the TableAkeem Woods
Akeem is a regular at the Comedy Cellar in NYC, was a semi-finalist on Stand Up NBC, has been seen on Kevin Hart’s LOL Network and just recently made his…
The Comedy Cellar: Live from the TableUkraine: Michael Tracey and Sean Patton
Michael Tracey is a journalist for Substack. Has written for the Wall Street Journal, NY Daily News, The Nation, The Spectator, and other publications. Sean…
The Comedy Cellar: Live from the TableRoe v. Wade with Alan Dershowitz
Noam Dworman, Dan Naturman and Periel Aschenbrand discuss abortion and the overtuning on Roe v. Wade with famed attorney, author and Professor at Harvard Law…
The Comedy Cellar: Live from the TableRYDER DIE: Ryder Kessler and Mike Feeney
Ryder Kessler is a Working Families Party-endorsed candidate for New York State Assembly in the 66th District. He was the founding CEO of DipJar, and since…
The Comedy Cellar: Live from the TableThat's Not Funny
Authors Matt Sienkiewicz and Nick Marx of That's Not Funny--which shows how much political and cultural power the right-wing comedy world has gained…
The Comedy Cellar: Live from the TableJo Boaler
Dr Jo Boaler is a Stanford Professor. Former roles have included being a maths teacher in London schools. She is author of 18 books, numerous articles and a…
The Comedy Cellar: Live from the TableCancel Culture with Mike Pesca and Tanael Joachim
Mike Pesca is host of The Gist,and guest hosts the NPR Programs All Things Considered and the news quiz, Wait, Wait, Don’t Tell Me. His work has been featured…
The Comedy Cellar: Live from the TableAlan Dershowitz: Don't Say Gay
Famed attorney, author and Harvard Professor and Comedy Cellar regular, comic Danny Cohen.
The Comedy Cellar: Live from the TableSkeleton Crew
Noam, Dan and Periel catch up: Dan gets to Vegas despite a cancelled flight, Louis CK's Grammy, Noam’s interview with The Hollywood Reporter about the slap…
The Comedy Cellar: Live from the TableGlenn Loury Bonus Episode
A CONVERSATION highlighting the role of comedy as a political, moral and analytic tool in our time: Taboos are everywhere. Plain facts are being denied…
The Comedy Cellar: Live from the TableThe Slap: Chris Rock and Will Smith
Dan Naturman and Periel Aschenbrand are joined by comedian Mia Jackson and Juanita Dworman to discuss the slap heard around the world. Mia Jackson is a Georgia…
The Comedy Cellar: Live from the TableAbracadabra with Harrison Greenbaum
Harrison Greenbaum is a magician and a comedian who began performing stand-up comedy while studying psychology and English at Harvard. He has been featured on…
The Comedy Cellar: Live from the TableScrabble
David Stone is a Comedy Cellar superfan. He has played in Scrabble tournaments since the mid-1990s and was once rated within the top 50 players in North…
The Comedy Cellar: Live from the TableCensorship
Michael Mailer has been working extensively in the independent film world since graduating Harvard University. His first feature film, A Fool And His Money…
The Comedy Cellar: Live from the TableDavid Chalmers and Al Lubel
David Chalmers is University Professor of Philosophy and Neural Science and co-director of the Center for Mind, Brain, and Consciousness at NYU. He is…
The Comedy Cellar: Live from the TableAlan Dershowitz and Kim Potter, Daunte Wright
Alan M. Dershowitz is Brooklyn native who has been called “the nation’s most peripatetic civil liberties lawyer” and one of its “most distinguished defenders…
The Comedy Cellar: Live from the TableCrime, Guns and Castro
Frida Ghitis is a long-time world affairs columnist. She is a weekly contributor to CNN Opinion and World Politics Review and a contributing columnist for the…
The Comedy Cellar: Live from the TableOn Joe Rogan and Ukraine
Guests: Tanael Joachim (TJ) and Fred Kaplan. Tanael Joachim is a standup comedian who has made appearances on Gotham Comedy Live on AXS TV and on Good Day New…
The Comedy Cellar: Live from the TableColeman Hughes and Blasphemy
Coleman Hughes is a writer, podcaster and opinion columnist who specialises in issues related to race, public policy and applied ethics. He is also a…
The Comedy Cellar: Live from the TableSkeleton Crew
Noam Dworman, Dan Naturman and Periel Aschenbrand discuss Joe Rogan, Covid and their lost podcast episode.
The Comedy Cellar: Live from the TableDov Davidoff
Dan Naturman and Periel Aschenbrand with Dov Davidoff. His numerous television appearances include Hustlers, Crashing, Shades of Blue. He is a regular at The…
The Comedy Cellar: Live from the TableAl Lubel
Al Lubel is a stand up comedian whose documentary, Mentally Al was chosen by The NY Times as best comedy doc of 2021.
The Comedy Cellar: Live from the TableZarna Garg & Uriel Epshtein
Zarna Garg is a TikTok comedy sensation with over 75 million views and 370k followers. She is the winner of Kevin Hart's Lyft Comics comedy competition on…
The Comedy Cellar: Live from the TableAlina Chan
Dr. Alina Chan is a co-author of the book, VIRAL: The Search for the Origin of Covid-19, and a researcher with a background in medical genetics, synthetic…
The Comedy Cellar: Live from the TableStand Up 101
Dan Naturman and Periel Aschenbrand sit down with Nick Griffin and Ryan Reiss. Nick Griffin has appeared on Conan, The Late Late Show, in his own half-hour…
The Comedy Cellar: Live from the TableAlan Dershowitz and Lara Bazelon
Alan Dershowitz and Lara Bazelon discuss Ahmaud Arbery, Kyle Rittenhouse and Larry David. Lara Bazelon is an author and Professor of Law. She is also the…
The Comedy Cellar: Live from the TableFranqi French
Franqi French is one of 2020 Variety’s 10 Comics To Watch, reigning champion of Stand Up NBC and a regular at the Comedy Cellar. She can be seen on season 10…
The Comedy Cellar: Live from the TableAruba Ray (PART 2)
Ray Ellin is a comic and the Executive Producer of This Week at the Comedy Cellar on Comedy Central. He is the founder of www.comedycloud.co
The Comedy Cellar: Live from the TablePaul Bloom and Ray Ellin
Paul Bloom is Professor of Psychology at the University of Toronto, and Brooks and Suzanne Ragen Professor Emeritus of Psychology at Yale University. He has…
The Comedy Cellar: Live from the TableBo and Monroe
Bo Winegard has a PhD in social psychology from Florida State University. He is an essayist who is interested in evolutionary psychology, philosophy, and…
The Comedy Cellar: Live from the TableGianmarco Soresi
Gianmarco Soresi is a stand up comic, actor and writer. His special, Shelf Life, is available on Amazon Prime. He just started performing at the Cellar.
The Comedy Cellar: Live from the TableFor Whom Chapelle Droles
Ismael Loutfi is a stand up comedian in NYC who’s performed on Jimmy Kimmel Live! Bill Burr Presents, and has a Comedy Central Half Hour special coming out…
The Comedy Cellar: Live from the TableThe Captain and Tanael
TJ is a standup comedian born and raised in Haiti, currently based in New York City. He started performing standup in 2012 and quickly became a rising star in…
The Comedy Cellar: Live from the TableLook at Me I'm Katherine Dee
Katherine Dee is an internet historian and writer based in the Midwest. You might also know her as Default Friend on Twitter. Jordan Jensen is from upstate NY…
The Comedy Cellar: Live from the TableTo Mask or Not to Mask
David Zweig is a contributor to the Atlantic, New York magazine, Wired, and the New York Times, among other outlets. He is the author of the nonfiction book…
The Comedy Cellar: Live from the TableMentally Al
Al began getting work at comedy clubs and within a year won the $100,000 Comedy Grand Prize on television’s Star Search. Doing the Tonight Show was a childhood…
The Comedy Cellar: Live from the TableMichael Moynihan and Alingon Mitra
Michael Moynihan is a correspondent for Vice news and co-host of the Fifth Column Podcast. Alingon Mitra is Comedy Cellar regular who has performed on Conan…
The Comedy Cellar: Live from the TableA Deadline in the Sand
Linette Palladino is a Major in the United States Army and stand-up comic, who deployed three times in support of Operations Iraqi Freedom, Enduring Freedom…
The Comedy Cellar: Live from the TableJordan Jensen
Jordan Jensen is from upstate NY, where she started started doing stand up. After a brief love affair with Nashville, she moved to Brooklyn where she was…
The Comedy Cellar: Live from the TableThe World According to Sheba
Sheba Mason is a NYC based comedian whose album was recently released called “Not Just a Whore.” Danny Cohen is a Comedy Cellar regular.
The Comedy Cellar: Live from the TableLee and the Libertarian
Pete Lee is a comic. His new special, Tall Dark and Pleasant is available on Showtime Anytime. Ilya Shapiro is the Director of the Robert A. Levy Center for…
The Comedy Cellar: Live from the TableBig Butts
Dr. Constantino Mendieta, who basically pioneered the Brazilian butt lift and comic and Trump impersonator, Bob Dibuono.
The Comedy Cellar: Live from the TableMusic & Comedy
Isabel Hagen is a stand up comedian who’s been featured on the Tonight Show and the Just For Laughs festival, and a classical violist who went to Juilliard.
The Comedy Cellar: Live from the TableCringe Factor
Kyle Smith is critic at large for National Review and for 12 years was a film critic and columnist for The New York Post.
The Comedy Cellar: Live from the TableWhen Men Behave Badly
David M. Buss is a Professor of Psychology at the University of Texas at Austin. Buss previously taught at Harvard University and the University of Michigan…
The Comedy Cellar: Live from the TableInvisible Women
Dan Naturman and Periel Aschenbrand with Guest Zoe Strimpel, a columnist, historian of gender and intimacy in modern Britain, and author.
The Comedy Cellar: Live from the TableGender, Spas and Bill Cosby
The whole gang is back in the studio! Nick Griffin is a Cellar regular, has made multiple appearances on Letterman and hosts a podcast called Scary Monsters…
The Comedy Cellar: Live from the TableIsraeli Politics and American Crime
Patrick Sharkey is professor of sociology and public affairs at the PRinceton School of Public and International Affairs. He was formerly chair of sociology at…
The Comedy Cellar: Live from the TableThe Jeff Singer Saga and True Crime Novels
Mehran Khaghani and Lara Bazelon