Pat Dwyer joins me to talk Peace Corps, Boston, Potbelly's, Comedy Sportz and more. One of my favorite shows.
Episode 155: If It Bleeds It Leads With Ben Bowman
• May 10th, 2012Ben Bowman stops by to talk about the news, twitter, Chicago Comedy, making videos, and more. Saturday May 12th Exquisite Corpse at Stage 773 10:30 P.M.
Episode 154: All The Worlds A Stage with Brian Posen
• May 8th, 2012Brian Posen joins me to talk about Stage 773, Second City, and performing in Chicago. May 12th Stage 773 Exquisite Corpse 10:30 P.M.
Episode 153: The Other Other Ghosts with The Other Other Guys
• May 3rd, 2012Devin Bockrath and Brian McGovern join me to talk sketch, ghosts, upstairs gallery, and more. Check out their sketch show Friday May 4th at Midnight. iO Chicago.
Episode 152: The Magic of Chris Witaske
• May 1st, 2012Chris Witaske of Sad on Vacation joins me to talk about magic, agents, The Second City, and SNL.
Episode 151: Noshing with Jo Feldman
• April 26th, 2012Jo Feldman stops by to talk about Michigan, Israel, Second City, and more. Listen to her podcast "Another Podcast".
Episode 150: Where Are We At with Jamison Webb
• April 24th, 2012Jamison Webb stops by to talk about the last four years in Chicago and the last two years of Poor Choices.
Episode 149: Scoring Time with Jesse Case
• April 19th, 2012Jesse Case musical director at The Second City stops by to talk about growing up in Boulder, moving to Chicago, working on The ETC, and more. Check out his website iamjessecase.com
Episode 148: Chemical Equations with Jason Geis of pH
• April 16th, 2012Jason Geis the AD of pH Productions joins me to talk about his past in Chicago with Low Sodium, Advertising, and building a theater.
Episode 147: The Show Choir with Katie O’Brien
• April 12th, 2012Katie O'Brien of The Katydids and Rick stops by to talk about Omaha, Show Choir, L.A., and more. Live show Upstairs Gallery 8 PM Chicago April 16th.
Episode 146: Is That… It’s Daniel Strauss’ Music
• April 10th, 2012Daniel Strauss stops by to talk D.C. , The Second City, and his podcast. Poor Choices Live Show. April 16th 8 P.M. Upstairs Gallery Chicago. FREE
Episode 145: Taco Talk With Greg Hess
• April 5th, 2012Greg Hess stops by to talk about Tacos, Cook County Social Club, Virginia, and more. This is a good one. Poor Choices Live Show April 16th 8 PM Upstairs Gallery Chicago. Mark Colomb is the host.
Episode 144: Jayhawking with Nathan Jansen
• April 3rd, 2012Nathan Jansen of Comedysportz Chicago, Baby Wants Candy, and Challenger joins me to talk about Kansas, bad first homes, and more. Poor Choices Live Show April 16th 8 P.M. Upstairs Gallery Chicago.
Episode 143: Singing Along with Mansical
• March 29th, 2012Brian "Dice" Finlay and Michael Girts from Mansical www.mansical.net stop by to talk about singing and playing together. Poor Choices Live Show April 16th 2012 8 P.M. Upstairs Gallery Chicago.
Episode 142: Master of Direction with Joe Avella
• March 27th, 2012Joe Avella joins me to talk about making his first movie Master of Inventions. Joe wrote, produced, and directed the film on his own. Poor Choices Live Show April 16th 8 PM Upstairs Gallery Chicago
Episode 141: The Current Mrs. Scott with Jo Scott
• March 22nd, 2012Jo Scott stops by to talk about being married, writing a solo show, and working really hard. Poor Choices Live Show April 16th 8 P.M. Upstairs Gallery Chicago.
Episode 140: Getting a 7.6 Rating from Dave Maher
• March 19th, 2012Dave Maher joins me to talk about his time as a music critic, improvising in college, and well, everything. It's a super sized podcast. April 16th 8 P.M. Poor Choices Live Show at The Upstairs Gallery Chicago. It's Free.
Episode 139: Te-Has with Josh Segovia
• March 14th, 2012This week Josh Segovia from Claymore stops by to talk about moving from Texas to Maryland, Claymore, and more.
Episode 138: Driving The Baseline With Kevin Sciretta
• March 5th, 2012Kevin Sciretta of Challenger, Second City's Touring Company, and more stops by. We talk New York, Acting, Touring, Singing and more. The first 22 minutes are sports talk. Thanks for indulging me.
Episode 137: Changing Channels With Tim Paul
• February 28th, 2012Tim Paul stops by to talk about Escape from Ground Zero (Opening March 11), taking his show "No Fats, No Femmes" to Ireland. Make sure to a one night only staging at The Annoyance April 30th.
Episode 136: The Irene Marquette Experience
• February 21st, 2012The first five minutes of the show are a podcasting how to. After that Irene stops by to talk 40 Whacks, Podcasting, Directing, and more. Look her up www.irenemarquette.com
Valentines Day With Jimmy Pennington
• February 15th, 2012Jimmy talks about putting his show up at The Annoyance. We talk politics. You may be bored. You should listen.
Episode 134: An Ivy League Education With Karisa Bruin
• January 26th, 2012Karisa Bruin stops by to talk about going to Dartmouth, being a working actor, and being on a game show. Taking a break for a little bit. The show will be back in March.
Episode 133: The Full Steve Nelson
• January 23rd, 2012Steve Nelson of Salute Jive and Rick stops by to talk about iO, Acting, and Second City.
Episode 132: The Enthusiasm of Jorin Garguilo
• January 17th, 2012Jorin Garguilo stops by to talk about Mike Enriquez for a moment. We also hear about his time in North Carolina and about starting over in Chicago.
Episode 131: Exquisite Guest with Tyler Smith
• January 12th, 2012Tyler comes by to talk about Claymore, Black Wax, and Exquisite Corpse.
Episode 130: Thirty One Flavors of Mary Sohn
• January 10th, 2012Mary Sohn joins me to talk about growing up in the midwest, playing at Second City, and more.
Episode 129: The Upstairs Year In Review
• January 4th, 2012Walt Delaney and Alex Honnet of The Upstairs Gallery join me to talk about our favorite things this year. We talk about Sovereign, 3033, Jo Scott, Sand, and more.
Episode 128: Yelling With Jason Shotts
• January 3rd, 2012Jason Shotts stops by to talk about Dummy, Coaching, and going to The Jam.
Episode 127: More Talk With Scott Morehead
• December 28th, 2011Scott Morehead stops by to talk about working in commercials, playing at iO, and growing up in Iowa.
Episode 126: Boxing Day with Colleen Doyle
• December 26th, 2011Colleen stops by to talk Dummy, iO Chicago, writing greeting cards, and more.
Epsiode 125: Hey Kathy with Kate Lambert
• December 21st, 2011Kate Lambert comes by and talk Katydids, boats, and more.
Episode 124: Day Trading with Mike Johnson
• December 19th, 2011Mike Johnson joins the show to talk about working in the market, playing at iO, and being a part of The Playground.
Episode 123: Close Quarters With Farrell Walsh
• December 14th, 2011The artistic director of CIC joins me to talk about Revolver, Rob White, Arizona, and more.
Episode 122: Reel Talk With Ted Tremper
• December 12th, 2011Ted Tremper stops by to talk about filming The Breakups and his new series Shrink.
Episode 121: Pulling Jared Jeffries Into Focus
• December 7th, 2011Jared Jeffries stops by to talk CIC, Ball State, Inkling, and more.
Episode 120: All Matt Ulrich Got Was This Podcast
• December 5th, 2011Matt Ulrich joins me to talk about his time in the military, moving to Chicago, and writing about his show.
Episode 119: Left For Dead with Sarah Maher
• December 1st, 2011Sarah Maher of Comedysportz Chicago, iO, and The Second City joins me to talk video games, performing as a couple, and more.
Episode 118: Hoops With Tim Baltz
• November 28th, 2011Tim Baltz stops by to talk about The NBA Lockout, iO, Second City, and more. We recorded the show before the lockout ended. If NBA talk isn't your thing we are done by about 15 minutes.
Episode 117: Flotilla with Daniel Haight
• November 23rd, 2011Daniel Haight author of Flotilla joins me to talk writing, publishing, and a whole lot about sci-fi. Have a Happy Thanksgiving.
Episode 116: Hey! Colt Cabana
• November 21st, 2011I make the trip out to The Colt Cave to interview Colt Cabana. We talk comedysportz, wrestling, promotion, podcasts and more. Visit his website http://www.welovecolt.com/ and listen to his show: Art of Wrestling.
Episode 115: Going To Denver with Nnamdi Ngwe
• November 16th, 2011Nnamdi Ngwe joins me to talk about living all over the world, performing in Denver, being a twin, and making the move to Chicago.
Episode 114: Dubstepping With Kristen Studard
• November 14th, 2011Kristen Studard joins the show to talk about her activist past, performing by yourself, Felt, and more. Thanks for listening.
Episode 113: Impressing Thea Lux
• November 9th, 2011Thea Lux joins the show to talk about The New Colony, Impress These Apes, and more. Live show tonight November 9th 8 P.M. Upstairs Gallery.
Episode 112: The Opinions of Greg Kot
• November 7th, 2011Greg Kot of The Chicago Tribune, Co-Host of Sound Opinions, and author of Learning How To Die joins the show this week. We talk about his history in Chicago, Sound Opinions, Wilco, and more. Live Show Wednesday November 9th 8 P.M. at The Upstairs Gallery.
Episode 110: Eric Lindberg, Baby
• November 2nd, 2011Eric Lindberg talks iO, Del, Comedysportz, noir movies, acting, and more. Poor Choices Live Show November 9th, 2011. Upstairs Gallery Chicago. 8 PM. Magic, Mystery, and Murder? Thanks for listening.
Episode 111: Weissoween
• October 31st, 2011Julia Weiss joins me to talk about Halloween, iO, Cornservatory, and more. Live Show Wednesday Nov 9th. Upstairs Gallery, Chicago.
Episode 109: Even More O’Malley
• October 26th, 2011Conner joins me to talk about Annoyance, Chicago, Doughnut Power, and more. Poor Choices Live Show November 9th 8 P.M. at The Upstairs Gallery.
Episode 108: Two Hours With Conner O’Malley Part One
• October 24th, 2011Conner joins me to talk about Annoyance, Chicago, Doughnut Power, and more. Poor Choices Live Show November 9th 8 P.M. at The Upstairs Gallery.
Episode 107: The Magic of John Sturk
• October 19th, 2011John Sturk stops by to talk about being a magician, playing piano, and more. Poor Choices Live Show Nov 9th 8 P.M. Upstairs Gallery Chicago.
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