Imperfections, Nuance, and Humanity with come...

Maybe you know the feeling: everyone around you seems to be getting ahead, and every hour you spend on something "frivolous" — the hobby, the detour, the game on a Sunday afternoon — feels like falling behind. Brendan Hunt's career is proof those hours are never wasted. The detou ...  Show more

Every lasting relationship has survived at least a few hard conversations. But most of us would still rather not have them... So we put them off and tell ourselves the tension will fade on its own. Instead it goes underground: into the stories we build about people, the resentmen ...  Show more

Comedian Alex Edelman stops by to talk with writers Mike Sweeney and Jessie Gaskell about getting friendly heckled during his first Conan set, being Modern Orthodox, achieving a UK following after a successful solo show at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, working on Saturday Night ...  Show more

Comedian Alex Edelman is having a moment in the spotlight. Yet, he admits his 8-year-old self would never believe he works in an industry that requires talking in front of so many people. The writer, producer, and comic joins Sophia to talk about how he got his start in comedy an ...  Show more

In December Mike presents Alex’s Edelman’s solo show, "Just for Us" off-Broadway at the Cherry Lane Theatre. It's an award-winning comedy in which Alex (who is Jewish) tells the story of being accidentally invited to a gathering of white nationalists & then what happened when ...

Tony-Award winning (and return guest) Alex Edelman returns to share the downsides of getting unsolicited hole pics, doing a Broadway fundraiser for Joe Biden, the challenge of writing a one-man show, and why w33d emporiums have gotta stop. Follow Alex Edelman on Instagram, TikTok ...  Show more