Podcasts by Vox Celeste
Comic/writer, Celeste "Chocolate Milf" Jennings sits down every week with comedians who are, have and had parents.
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Vox Celeste- True Crime Series: Conversations with Madea from 2023-05-16T03:17
After 21 years, a TikTok and encouragement from my 13-year-old kid later, I unearthed a failed documentary project, Conversations with Madea, a series profiling women ...
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Episode 108 - Barbara Holliday: Comedy to Go from 2021-12-13T22:34:08
The second in a two-part interview series, “The Owners: The Business of Show Business,” profiles Barbara Holliday, co-owner of Flappers Comedy Club in Burbank, Californ...
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Episode 107 - Al Martin: The Battle Axe from 2021-12-08T06:09:37
The first in a two-part interview series, “The Owners: The Business of Show Business,” profiles comedy club owners; Al Martin of Broadway Comedy and Greenwich Comedy Clubs and Barbara Holliday, ...
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Episode 106 - John Fugelsang from 2021-11-08T05:00
John Fugelsang has been a politically and socially relevant figure for decades; from his time at VH-1 to his current gig on Sirius XM, host of “Tell Me Everything.” T...
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Episode 105 - Maryssa Smith: The Low-key Diva from 2021-10-06T14:47:06
Maryssa's successful Fashionably Funny comedy show ran for years at New York City’s Broadway Comedy club, in the before times. Smith joins Vox Celeste discussing the t...
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Episode 104 - Andrew Kelly: Attempted Murderer from 2021-09-28T14:37:25
Colorful and unpolitically correct, Andrew Kelly looks and sounds as if he could be a bookie at a dive bar in Hell’s Kitchen not portraying historical figures in movies...
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Episode 103 - Del Harrison: All is Del with My Soul from 2021-09-21T03:03:01
Del is best described as everyone’s favorite fun-loving, funky, spiritual godmother. This delightfully, talented comedian, actress and singer is a fan favorite in, internet sensations, Bi...
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Episode 102 - Todd Montesi: The Topless Redux from 2021-08-02T18:02:07
If hard work indeed paid off in comedy, then no doubt, returning guest, Todd Montesi would be the king of comedy. Montesi is, hands down, one of the most prolific content creators in the New Yo...
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Episode 101 - JL Cauvin: Trumped from 2021-07-27T16:16:03
This week on Vox Celeste we are joined by comedian and master impressionist, JL Cauvin. Half-Hatian, half-Irish, but one hundred-percent Catholic, JL opens up about his...
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Episode 100 - Nicky Sunshine: Pandemic Mama from 2021-05-27T03:33:11
The first time actor and comedian, Nicky Sunshine (FYI Network) joined Vox Celeste she was a stepmother of two and uncertain if she wanted to become a mother herself. Two-and-a-half-years and a...
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Episode 99 - Perry Strong- The Reset Button from 2021-03-30T15:45
Filmmaker, comedian, actor, Perry Strong (180 Seconds and 2 Comics on a Bench, Power) attended 22 schools throughout his childhood, shuttling from one...
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Episode 98 - Tanya Rochester Cooper: Trigger Warning from 2021-02-17T17:12:08
Born to a drug addicted mother, Tanya spent her childhood in foster care suffering unspeakable horrors. Cooper, however, made the proverbial lemonade from her experiences and has dedicated her l...
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Episode 97 - Peter Jallah: Full Circle from 2021-02-09T17:49:05
Liberian by birth, American raised, Peter Jallah has been met with much success in and out of the world of comedy. One of the driving forces behind Blacktag Media, a B...
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Episode 96 - Guidian from 2021-01-28T17:31:34
Kunal “KC” Aurora (The Unmovers) is a self-described Guidian (part guido, part Indian). Growing up in Queens, according to Aurora everyone becomes a little Italian. H...
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Episode 95 - Zygy Susser: Uncle Zygy Needs Improvement from 2020-12-15T02:11:31
For Zygy Susser (Marvelous Mrs. Maisel) being average and unambitious is a source of pride, except when it comes to comedy. Susser joins Vox Celeste to discuss his fail...
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Episode 94 - Don't Let the Old Woman In from 2020-12-03T22:06:05
Episode 93 - D!@#s and Blunts: Christiana Jackson from 2020-09-19T00:04:05
While some folks mark time in calendar years, Christiana Jackson marks time in dicks. Christiana joins Vox Celeste to discuss life growing up with a Black mother and a bi-polar white step-fat...
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Episode 92 - Let it Glo: Glo Butler from 2020-09-08T03:40:41
Glo Butler has made a name for herself in the New York City, LGBQT comedy scene as both a comedian and a producer of the very popular Glo in the City stand-up comedy sh...
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Episode 91 - The Babe From Boston: Zenobia Del Mar from 2020-09-02T02:07:20
You may not like what Zenobia has to say, but I can assure you- she really doesn’t give a shit. I mean she really doesn’t, as you will hear on her recent comedy album, “Reckless With the Truth....
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Episode 90 - Noam of the Round Table: Noam Dworman from 2020-08-25T16:19:55
For many aspiring comedians, getting passed at The Comedy Cellar or “The Cellar," is akin to getting the keys to comedy heaven. There aren’t many clubs in New York City...
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Episode 89 - Dante Nero: The Dean of Man School from 2020-07-16T18:30:40
Dante Nero (Man School) host of the popular Beige Phillip Podcast, Dante Nero is a relationship guru. Sometimes it’s not the advice you want to hear but for many it’s the advice you need.
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Episode 88 - Victor Varnado: Of Cats and Farts from 2020-07-10T17:37:09
Lost Episode: Last episode recorded in the World Famous Comic Strip Live. Comedian, cartoonist, and producer Victor Varnardo joins Vox Celeste to talk about the love h...
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Episode 87 - Roxxy Haze: Cos She Can from 2020-06-08T14:43:55
Cos playing, Texas vixen and self-described blerd, Roxxy Haze (Bedtime Bitchin’ with Roxxy Haze) was an accomplished YouTuber with a devoted fanbase before sta...
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Episode 86 - Marilee: Seven Good Eggs from 2020-06-04T21:10:13
Unapologetically, fabulous and sexy Marilee (Comedy Central) is a tour de force in the Chicago comedy scene. Recognized by Mo’Nique as a comic to watch- Marilee has e...
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Episode 85 - Lindsey Jenningz: Weirdo from 2020-06-02T11:00
Lindsey Jenningz‘s (Suicide Girls, Roast Battle) can do a one-handed cartwheel while holding a full glass of wine without spilling a drop. Lindsey joins Vox C...
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Episode 84 - Sherrod Small: His Big Small World from 2020-05-28T11:00
Some comics become comedians in an attempt to heal childhood wounds. For Sherrod Small (Comedy Central, Race Wars Podcast, Small Ball) it was an epic night o...
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Episode 83 - Showing Up: Ashley Austin Morris from 2020-05-18T19:45:56
If there is one thing Ashley Austin Morris (Electric Company) learned from being a daughter of a missionary it is to- show up- even if you don’t want to- just show up. Whether i...
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Episode 82 - Mr. Must See: Kareem Green from 2020-05-15T02:53:24
There isn’t a stage Kareem Green (Def Jam Comedy, Showtime at the Apollo) doesn’t own. Unapologetic and far from politically correct, Kareem joins Vox Celeste ...
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Episode 81 - King Montesi: Todd Montesi from 2020-05-11T21:38:01
Todd Montesi (Crashing) is undoubtedly the uncrowned king of New York’s underground comedy scene. His UG Comedy shows have been a mainstay in the lower east side for w...
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Episode 80 - Powering Lifting Through: Justin Covington from 2020-05-08T23:10:39
Justin Covington (Netflix), diagnosed with a spinal cord injury at the age of two; growing up with a terminally ill father and his battle with obesity were just a few o...
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Episode 79 - Horatio Gerber from 2020-04-21T22:20:14
Growing up Marc Gerber (Avid Indoorsman) was Long Island’s Ferris Buehler with weed. Though he was bright- Marc found himself dropping out of high school and floundering for a couple of years....
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Episode 78 - Wanjiku Eke: Folk Song from 2020-04-02T16:33:24
Half-Nigerian, Half Kenyan, 100% Texan. The middle daughter of African immigrants, Eke was not like her girly-girl sisters. Wanjiku talks about Austin Queer Culture ...
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Episode 77 - The Zen of DF Sweedler-The Comedy Godfather from 2020-03-26T20:19:55
DF Sweedler started working at the Comic Strip the second day it opened in 1976: Jimmy Carter was president, Russia was communist and “Rocky” was number one in the box ...
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Episode 76 - Luck of the Irish from 2020-03-18T04:12:25
Brian Scott McFadden (Letterman) is known as the “The Father of Modern Comedy.” The son of an accomplished stand-up comedian, Brian never entertained the idea of being...
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Episode 75 - El Gordito- American Poor from 2020-03-05T04:56:04
Daniel Perafan grew up in Queens with an undocumented single mother and grandmother living pillar to post. On his childhood “I wished I was American poor.”
Episode 74 - Let’s Get Stoned from 2020-03-03T18:35:45
If Adam and Todd Stone (Going Both Ways) were superheroes they would be the Comedic Wonder Twins, they couldn’t be closer if they were conjoined. The Stone Brothers jo...
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Episode 73 - Dad in Aisle Three from 2020-02-28T13:55:03
Growing up as an only child to a single mother in Ann Arbor, self-described blerd, Brandon
Collins (Drunk Black History) had no idea w...
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Episode 72 -The Prince of Politics from 2020-02-25T17:30:37
Prince Arkiem comes through talking politics. Who is going to win this ultimate cage fight/clown car known as the Democratic primaries? We talk about Harlem in the ‘8...
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Episode 71 - Everything Works Out for Kyle from 2020-02-12T16:45:11
God watches over babies, fools and Kyle Pennant (Hype School). With less than just three credits to go- Kyle dropped out of the University of Missouri because he “did...
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Episode 70 - Butler Anyone? from 2020-02-04T18:15:34
Ferris Butler- sounds a lot like Ferris Bueller. Because Ferris Bueller is Ferris Butler. Meet the inspiration behind one of the most iconic films of a generation. Ferris Butler joins Vox Cele...
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Episode 69 - The Deep Dish from 2020-01-23T17:40:18
Laughter is the best medicine and no one knows that better than comedian and psychologist, Dr. Wilson McDermott. Wilson (Dr. Will Show) joins Vox Celeste, to discuss t...
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Episode 68 - Jeffrey the Friendly White Devil from 2020-01-14T17:46:10
Jeff Leach (Savage Snowflake) joins Vox Celeste talking about growing up in London; the time he died and why being an immigrant in America sucks- even if you’re not from a “shithole” county.
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Episode 67 - Crack Baby from 2020-01-06T16:41:47
Jamar Neighbors (Comedy Central, Roast Battle) is a self-described crack baby. Born to a drug-addicted mother, Jamar bounced back and forth between family mem...
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Episode 66 - Barn Raiser from 2019-12-23T16:09:02
With only five years under his belt, single dad, and Philly-based comic Alan Massenburg (Sirius XM Sway in the Morning) is making a name for himself in the Phi...
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Episode 65 - Nerds are Us from 2019-12-17T19:49:14
Queens-born and bred, unapologetic Mets fan and proud blerd Darin Patterson (SNL Nerds podcast) joins Vox Celeste to talk about his love of all things SNL; Whi...
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Episode 64 - Doing it Her Way-ans from 2019-12-10T18:47:13
When you are a Wayans you either become a door-knocker or comedian. Much to the chagrin of the Jehovah Witnesses’ Chaunté chose the latter. Chaunté Wayans (Tru TV, Ne...
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Episode 63 - Following Dad from 2019-12-03T16:43:54
Kate Meaney was 17 when her father, comedian Kevin, suddenly passed away.” It was shocking but I wasn’t surprised.” Like her late father, Kate struggles with addictio...
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Episode 62 - Born in Taiwan, Made in Queens from 2019-11-29T16:12:31
YouJean Chang joins Vox Celeste to discuss his experience growing up in large extended family in Queens; the contradiction of Asian male stereotypes and his United Col...
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Episode 61 - F&%! That D@#! from 2019-11-26T16:57:37
Pat Brown (ESPY Awards) joins Vox Celeste talking about growing up queer in Kansas City; her exodus from Atlanta to New York in search of acceptance and touring with th...
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Episode 60 - The Phoenix from 2019-11-11T22:08:34
Onika McLean (Violently Funny) is truly living her best life. When Onika found the courage to leave her tumultuous marriage, of almost 20 years, she discovered comedy ...
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Episode 59 - Born Terminal: Jenny Saldaña from 2019-10-31T15:56:13
“Survival starts the day you’re diagnosed.” Jenny Saldaña (Little Brown Girl) was 34-years-old when she was finally diagnosed with breast cancer beca...
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Episode 58 - Trans Fran from 2019-10-28T16:36:40
Fran Sisco (A Trans Girl Like Me) transition from male to female came at a glacial pace. Fran discusses the underground New York City trans-scene of the ‘70’s...
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Episode 57 - Lynae DePriest: Flip-Flop Beauty Queen from 2019-10-24T18:23:25
To say their life was unconventional would be an understatement at best. For starters, discovering their “aunt” was in fact their mother’s partner and the time they w...
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Episode 56 - Saltz of the Earth from 2019-10-21T15:03:06
George Saltz (Funniest Jewish Comedian) is a mensch to the tenth power. His trajectory into comedy had more twists and turns than the Coney Island Cyclone but at 85-yea...
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Episode 55 - What it Be-yah from 2019-10-18T18:29:14
If an energy drink was a comic it would be Larry Beyah (Letz Get Loud). Ever-affable, kale-loving, Nipsey Russell-doppelganger, host with the most joins Vox ...
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Episode 54 - The Panama Canal from 2019-10-03T17:49:50
Mr. Puntastic- Esteban “Tino” Romero (Pundamonium 1 &2) known for his creative word play- didn’t learn English until he was 16 years-old. Esteban joins Vox Celeste di...
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Episode 53 - My Best Friends Inside Me from 2019-09-30T14:49:45
Episode 52 - The Queen of Brooklyn Comedy from 2019-09-26T15:05:35
Joanna Briley (Black Women in Comedy Festival, Brooklyn House of Comedy) is one of the most revered figures in the Brooklyn comedy scene. Over the past year Briley los...
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Episode 51 - Haitian Sensation from 2019-09-25T16:58:11
Outspoken, first-generation American, Brooklynite Reg Thomas (Productively Stoned) joins Vox Celeste talking about love, comedy, weed and the time he got stabbed.
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Episode 50 - Neko in Black and White from 2019-09-19T19:42:21
Neko White (Tru TV) joins Vox Celeste on the heels of celebrating his twelfth year in comedy and he isn’t even thirty-years old. White started performing comedy at the...
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Episode 49 - Sea Turtles from 2019-09-17T15:53:40
When Cornel West is a fixture at dinner, you’re bound to have a couple of interesting childhood stories. Not everyone gets to say “Cornell, can you the f@#$ shut up a...
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Episode 48 - Christmas Comes Early from 2019-09-11T02:11:54
Shanna Christmas, (Black Chicks, Pink Dicks) joins Vox Celeste talking about interracial dating; the time she dated a pimp and we also go hard on the "53 percent” and then some.
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Episode 47 - Charles in Charge from 2019-09-10T14:49:58
Born and bred in “scary” Brooklyn, Neil Charles (Swatches and Boom Boxes, Comedy Central) joins Vox Celeste to discuss his recent marriage, his new role as ste...
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Episode 46 - Kevin Farley… Any Relation To… from 2019-09-05T13:26:12
Yes. Kevin Farley (F is For Family) younger brother of comedy icon, the late, Chris Farley, joins Vox Celeste sharing Farley childhood stories; coping with the devasti...
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Episode 45 - Napoleon Not So Complex from 2019-09-04T04:47:17
Hovering around 6’4”, Napoleon Emil (Just For Laughs)- has no complex. This Southern gentle giant joins Vox Celeste discussing the ...
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Episode 44 - Barry Ribs Takeover from 2019-08-29T15:18:23
Barry “Motherfucking” Ribs (Apollo Comedy) joins Vox Celeste discussing his quarter century career in comedy and we debate whether or not adult film star’s @anyaivy’s b...
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Episode 43 - Glory Hole from 2019-08-22T03:12:33
A sex addiction, a failed marriage and an AIDS scare, Rodney Daniels (Big Talk and Brewskis) already has what it takes to be a star. He also happens to be very funny. We talk about hi...
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Episode 42 - Comedy Bitch from 2019-08-15T11:00
Growing up in the South Bronx as an immigrant, having Dumbo ears and a last name that looks like “fuck,” Allan Fuks (This Week in Sex), was a three-course mea...
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Episode 41 - Unsupervised Redbone from 2019-08-08T15:34:57
Born to a 14-year-old mother, Courtland Faulden would be the first of her nine children. Most kids hope to see Santa Claus and get presents on Christmas not social workers from Child Protective ...
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Episode 40 - Uncle Dad from 2019-08-02T14:56
“The day she was born, I knew I was going to raise her.” When DB Frick’s (Conan, National Lampoon) brother was sentenced to prison for 15-years, leaving behind a young...
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Episode 39 - Oh My Josh! from 2019-07-25T21:33:01
If Brooklyn born and bred Josh Carter (Northern Discomfort, Polished Beauty) was a superhero his super powers would be simultaneously pissing off the left and the right...
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Episode 38 - Milly Rocking on the Subway from 2019-07-18T17:09:15
Abe Gatling III (Cry Baby Comedy) joins Vox Celeste discussing his “prep school Negro” experiences at Taft. We exchange our respective school daze “go back to where you came from” horror storie...
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Episode 37 - 12 Years a Jew from 2019-07-11T15:29:56
When one thinks of New York’s Funniest Jewish Comedian, a tall man Black man rocking a glorious Afro with a yarmulke nestled inside, is not what usually comes t...
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Episode 36 - Just a Guy From the Chi from 2019-07-03T18:19:40
Brian Babylon (NPR’s Wait Wait...Don’t Tell Me!, Comedy Central) joins Vox Celeste- talking about his sweet home Chicago; touring with Hannibal Burress in the motherland and old family friend, H...
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Episode 35 - Figuring it Out from 2019-06-27T03:03:39
Born to an Italian mother and Puerto Rican father, Mike Figs (PornHub) describes himself as the product of the “real West Side Story.” Raised by his Italian mother and extended Italian family,...
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Episode 34 - Not a Hair on My Chinny Chin Chin from 2019-06-20T11:00
Diagnosed with alopecia at the age of four, Zachary Levi (WBCR) learned very early on that being a bald, thin, sickly-looking kid can be very profitable. People tend to...
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Episode 33 - Fury from 2019-06-18T15:32:23
When comedian Elsa Eli Waithe (High Bible Stories) made the cover of the New York Post, on July 8, 2016, it was not funny at all. The photograph of her arrest, at a Black Lives Matter rally, wit...
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Episode 32 - Salmon Gizz from 2019-06-13T11:00
The ever-affable and self-proclaimed odds beater, Jacob Machlis, joins Vox Celeste to discuss his childhood obsession with Manzai comedy which led to him moving to Japa...
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Episode 31 - I Ain’t Gay No More! Yeah Right? from 2019-06-05T19:13:04
Returning guests Danny Cohen (Comedy Cellar, Caroline's) and Chewy May (She-Devil Comedy Festival) kick off Pride Month discussing their experiences in “gay conversion therapy.” Something, som...
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Episode 30 - Having a Ball from 2019-05-30T15:15:56
Eric Piesco was living his best life until he was diagnosed with testicular cancer, at a relatively young age. The only cure- the removal of his left testicle. You would think walking around w...
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Episode 29 - Eli Sairs: Son of a Preacher Man from 2019-05-23T11:00
It’s hard to imagine that Comedy Central Roast Master, Eli Sairs, known for his no-holds-barred, kick ‘em in the nuts, nothing is sacred (he roasted an opponent’s wife’...
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Episode 28 - The Refugee from 2019-05-16T16:41:17
Nataly Aukur (@natyourcolor), was a Lebanese Christian living her best teen life in Beirut, until 2006 when war broke out between Hezbollah and Israel forcing Nataly ...
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Episode 27 - Hair He Is… Jeffrey Gurian from 2019-05-09T22:27:23
Bronx born and bred, comedian, writer, author and dentist- Dr. Jeffrey Gurian (Comedy Matters TV) kibitzes with Vox Celeste- about his ch...
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Episode 26 - Domo Jones- Get My Money Up! from 2019-05-01T03:01:41
Orphaned by age eight, Domo Jones life reads like a Langston Hughes poem, it ain’t been no crystal stair. Domo Jones (@townofjones) joins Vox Celeste to discuss growing up in (pre-gentrified) ...
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Episode 25 - Naked Therapist Heroin Weekend from 2019-04-25T14:43:16
Born and raised in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Alia Janine’s (Hardcore Comedy; Listen
Episode 24 - Hi My Name is Angela and My Father is an Alcoholic from 2019-04-18T11:00
This week Angela Cobb (My First Time: A Stand-Up & Storytelling Show) joins Vox Celeste to discuss growing up with an alcoholic father, her “parallel” addictive behavi...
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Episode 23 - Pullout Game from 2019-04-10T11:00
Fatherless by choice comics Mike Hernandez (We’re Going to Hell, podcast) Jon Gardiner (Afterhours Comedy) join Vox Celeste to discuss why they do not want to have chil...
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Episode 22 - But I Miss Her from 2019-04-03T02:42:11
In the second episode of our series on comedians caring for their parents– scholar, comic, author, and always a lady Dr. Leighann Lord (People With Parents, podcast; Dict Jokes Listen
Episode 21 - Alzheimer’s and Other Blessings from 2019-03-28T14:16:46
In the first of this two-part series about comedians as caretakers for their elderly parents, self-proclaimed optimistic-cynic, uber-Texan, Jason Salmon, (Force of Nurt...
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Episode 20 - Yamaneika Saunders Part 2: Shrimp Back Poop from 2019-03-20T02:18:24
We’re back with comedy inferno and my sister from another mister, Yamaneika Saunders. We talk about scabies; why she cursed out one of the judges during her audition f...
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Episode 19 - Light-Skinned Girls Don’t Get Beat… and other Yamaneika Truisms- Part I from 2019-03-14T11:00
Comedy dynamo and my “sister” Yamaneika Saunders, (Netflix, Comedy Central, Comedy Cellar, Tru TV, Rantin’ and Ravin’ with Yamaneika (podcast,) kikis with Vox Celeste ...
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Episode 18 - Celeste and the Godmother of Comedy from 2019-03-07T21:21:15
Get your crumpets and finger sandwiches ready, the godmother of New York City comedy, Gladys Simon (Gladys Simon Comedy, Comic Strip) pours some piping hot tea about the comedy biz, her childhoo...
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Episode 17 - Uncle Knuck if You Buck from 2019-03-02T01:44:13
Answer: Phil, Buck, Scar, Joey, Jesse, Tom, Creepy, Rich
Question: Who are uncles?
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Episode 16 - Black and Gay in America Today from 2019-02-22T21:48
Calvin Cato (Playable Characters Podcast) joins Vox Celeste to discuss growing up gay, in a West Indian household. We wax poetic about the ever-evolving Jussie Smollett soap opera and what if...
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Episode 15 - Interracial Adoptions: When East Meets Western New York Meets East Again from 2019-02-16T03:37:24
You know you’re a Korean adoptee when… when you’re out to dinner with your white father and people assume you’re his escort. Kate Moran (The Revolution) joins Vox Cele...
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Episode 14 - Disenfranchised Grief from 2019-02-07T21:17:29
When you lose a parent, you lose your past. When you lose your child, you lose your future. When you lose a spouse, you lose the present. When you lose a sibling you lose all three. Jordon Fe...
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Episode 13 - Lucas Connolly and His Four Mommies from 2019-01-30T18:15:13
Episode 12 - Ode to Black Girls, Part 2 from 2019-01-24T15:09:21
Vox Celeste picks up from where we left off, with returning guests Vanetta Schofield (Funny Hunnyz) and Norah Yahya (Gotham Live), discussing the value of Black girls i...
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Episode 11 - Ode to Black Girls, Part 1 from 2019-01-15T16:10:06
Episode 10 - 2018 Recap from 2019-01-04T17:49:51
Vox Celeste is back- with a 2018 year-in-review of the biggest news stories involving children and parents. We recap the year with two funny fathers- Fun Sized Fen ...
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Episode 9 - Daughter of a Preacher Woman from 2018-12-22T03:52:10
Vanetta Schoefield (Funny Hunnyz LLC) delivers the gospel on what it was like growing up the daughter of a Southern minister.
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Episode 8: Get a Switch from 2018-12-18T02:25:39
Comedians Victor Varnado (Six Unseemly Questions), Roc Belushi (Roc Cast) and Andrea Coleman (Comic Strip Live) share their ass whoopings experiences on Vox Celeste. Is corporal punishment eff...
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Episode 7: Growing Up In Foster Care from 2018-12-12T18:02:11
Trigger Warning: Childhood sexual abuse; domestic violence and sexual exploitation
Comics Tanya Cooper and Nichole Spain discuss growin...
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Episode 6: Parenting Without a Co-Host from 2018-12-03T22:09:18
Single-mom comedians Aminah Amani (Wine Before Nine), Carolyn Castiglia (Laugh Exchange) along with my very special co-host, Nasir (son of Aminah) discuss the struggles and joys of single mother...
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Episode 5: I Was Born in the USA but My Parents Weren’t: First Generation American from 2018-11-20T19:33:38
When Ice, Ice baby isn’t a catchy hook to a 90’s rap song but means that Immigration Customs Enforcement is on its way and it’s time to go. Chewy May, Todd Montesi, Daniel Perefan and Celeste a...
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Episode 4: Dysfunctional Family Holiday Survival Guide from 2018-11-20T19:30:12
Some family members bring a side dish or a bottle of wine to a holiday gathering, others bring machetes. Has your mother ever asked you, “Hey, can you pass the gravy, by the way are you sleepin...
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Episode 3: Losing a Parent at Young Age from 2018-11-20T19:27:25
New York comedians Danny Cohen and Pamela Rae both lost their fathers at ages five and four respectively. They discuss the impact their losses had on their adult lives and discover they have co...
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Episode 2: Step-parenting: The Brady Bunch Was a Lie from 2018-11-20T19:25:28
Comedian/actress Nicky Sunshine discusses the joys and tribulations of being a stepmother. Other questions answered on the episode: What’s it like to have seven stepmothers? Can you still as...
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Episode 1: How Will Boys Just Be Boys in the “Me Too/Him Too” Era? from 2018-11-20T19:20:27
Still deciding on a name for the podcast but comics Kimberley Berns, Joe DeLuca and Tony Gong all parents of boys discuss Fleshlights as an alternative to teenage sex and other things so there i...
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