The Comedy Cellar: Live from the Table

Peter Boghossian is a Founding Faculty advisor at the University of Austin and the Executive Director of National Progress Alliance. His most recent book is How to Have Impossible Conversations, and his writing can be found in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Scientific American, Time Magazine, National Review, and elsewhere. His work is centered on bringing the tools of professional philosophers to a wide variety of contexts to help people think through what seem to be intractable problems.

Professor Jeffery Sachs tells us all that's wrong with the proposed Anti-Semitism Awareness Act. Does it violate the First Amendment? Is it hypocritical? https://pen.org/the-wrong-way-to-fight-campus-antisemitism/

Campus Protests, Norman Finkelstein, Israel, The Atom Bomb, and More.

Phillip Abraham is a developing stand-up comedian making waves in Austin, Texas who recently got himself banned from a number of clubs. Tyler Fischer is a comedian, actor and filmmaker known for his stand-up & sketch videos with over 200 million views. He is a regular at The Comedy Cellar.

Historian, Member of Knesset, Ambassador, and Author Michael Oren joins us for an interview analyzing the current conflict. Takeaways Israel faces challenges in responding to Iran's strike while avoiding triggering a regional conflagration and alienating allies. The concern of Iran obtaining nuclear weapons and the potential risks involved. The changing policies of the United States towards Israel and the impact on the Israeli response. The psychological impact of the conflict and the rise of anti-Semitism. The conversation highlights the cultural struggle surrounding the terms 'Israel' and 'Palestine', which encompass a wide range of meanings and ideologies. The Obama administration's worldview and misrepresentation of historical events, particularly regarding the Arab-Israeli negotiations, are discussed. The conversation explores the challenges and complexities of the settlements in Israel and the need for creative thinking to achieve peace. Michael Oren emphasizes the importance of recognizing the rights and identities of both Israelis and Palestinians in order to move towards a resolution. Sound Bites "Courage, a little luck would help at this point." "If they are humiliated or shown to be impotent, that might lead them to the conclusion that we can't put up with this anymore." "If Iran were to break out and have a nuclear weapon, then we might as well just pack our bags and move somewhere." "This war has given us clarity on a lot of issues. One of them is on the nature and extent of antisemitism." "When people say Palestine in America today, they mean many things. They mean socialism. They mean LGBT rights, strangely, because there are no LGBT rights in Palestine, or women's rights. They mean anti-colonialism. They mean anti-nationalism." "His worldview was a democratic worldview, which included respect for international institutions, a strong feeling about Palestinians, a reticence to use military force, and unfamiliarity with military force."

Destiny, also known as Steven Bonnell II, is a prominent political commentator and content creator known for his debate skills and provocative takes on various issues. With a passion for gaming, politics, and philosophy, Destiny engages in lively discussions that often challenge the status quo.

Ed Obayashi is the Deputy Sheriff and Policy Advisor for the Modoc County Sheriff's Office. He also serves as a law enforcement advisor for numerous law enforcement agencies, joint powers authorities for law enforcement (insurance funds), and law enforcement advisory organizations. As a licensed attorney, he also serves as the Legal Advisor, General Counsel, and official training advisor related to Use of Force and Police Practices for these entities. He is recognized as a foremost legal and training expert in California, nationally, and internationally in law enforcement matters, particularly in Use of Force and Internal Affairs Investigations issues. He is one of the most in demand legal lecturers in Use of Force and Police Practices for law enforcement legal associations, including the State BAR of California.

Voice was converted using elevenlabs.io You can follow him on Twitter @HeTows. Raffi's articles are published here: https://mosaicmagazine.com/author/rafi-demogge/

Abigail Shrier is the New York Times bestselling author of Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren't Growing Up.

Jacob Magid, Times of Israel US Bureau Chief explains the aid situation in Gaza.

Atlantic writer Phil Klay https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2024/03/gaza-war-indefensible-united-states/677896/ discusses his recent article.

Haaretz Reporter Michael Hauser Tov analyzes and explains what has gone wrong that has led to injuries and amputations of prisoners at an Israeli field hospital. Also covered are the "Hannibal Directive" and other issues relating to the conflict.

Foreign policy analyst Jon Hoffman discusses his recent article and worldview. "The special relationship does not benefit Washington and is endangering U.S. interests across the globe." https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/03/22/israel-gaza-biden-netanyahu-security-united-states/

My friend Hatem Gabr objects to many of the things Sam Harris said, and recorded this response.

A special Comedy Cellar Live From The Table one-on-one interview with Sam Harris.

Andrew Kirschner is the founder of Epic Walking Tours which provides walking tours in Greenwich Village, New York, to educate, entertain, and inspire the public. He regales us with stories of some of the most remarkable heroes and innovators who lived, worked, and advocated there.

Rochman's work primarily focuses on shifting the global, ideological, and political conversations regarding the Jewish People & Israel, uniting sectors of Israeli society, locating & bringing awareness to the disconnected Tribes of Israel worldwide, and generating innovative ways to combat antisemitism.

Writer, Substacker, and podcaster Nancy Rommelmann joins Noam to discuss being a defiantly un-woke female skeptical of #me-too accusations (even rape). https://substack.com/@UCng-b4AdOBk2UmAyDug3N7A https://substack.com/@smokeempodcast podcast@comedycellar.com

Walter Olson is a senior fellow at the Cato Institute’s Robert A. Levy Center for Constitutional Studies and is known for his writing on law, public policy, and regulation. His first book, The Litigation Explosion, was one of the most widely discussed general‐​audience books on law of its time.

Richard Hanania is a writer on social science and geopolitics. He's the author of The Origins of Woke and publishes articles at richardhanania.com, where you can subscribe to his newsletter.

Kat Rosenfield is a culture writer and columnist at Unherd, and the author of five novels including the Edgar-nominated, No One Will Miss Her.

Jes Anderson and Dane Hesseldahl are comics and the owners of Comedy Bar, a local comedy club in Seattle. They recently booked--and promptly canceled--several shows after local complaints about the comics, and found themselves in the midst of a national uproar and an onslaught of online hate.

Ben Gleib is a standup comedian and the lead anchor on The Young Turks. He has two standup specials “The Mad King” and “Neurotic Gangster” and is the host of Emmy nominated brain teaser game show “Idiotest." He also hosts the podcast “Last Week on Earth.” His online views are now over half a billion.

Regina DeCicco is the warm-up comedian for ABC's "The View," and she recently appeared on Sherri Shepherd's show as part of her "Laugh Lounge" segment. ABC News sent Regina to Philadelphia to warm up both President Joe Biden's and President Trump's Town Halls, and she has warmed up the audience for NBC's Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree Lighting for the last three years. Regina has also been a guest contributor to The Howard Stern Show on SiriusXM and performs regularly at The Comedy Cellar in NYC.

Khaled Hassan is an Egyptian-British counter-terrorism researcher. His research interests include propaganda, antisemitism in the Arab world, terrorism and extremism. He leads the Western Security Network, a not-for-profit established to safeguard Western national security and counter the threat of extremism, as well as authoritarian, expansionist states. He can be reached via Twitter/X at @Khaledhzakariah

Rikki Schlott is a journalist and political commentator. She is a research fellow at FIRE, host of the Lost Debate podcast, a columnist at the New York Post, and a regular contributor to numerous publications and television programs. She is co-author of The Canceling of the American Mind.

Dr. Carmen Harra is a world-renowned intuitive psychologist, best-selling author, radio show host, and relationship expert. Her new book, Plus One: the Numerology of Relationships is available now.

Donald G. McNeil, author of the new book, "The Wisdom of Plagues," discusses where we went wrong on COVID policies, as well as his outrageous termination at the NY Times. Here is folder with PDFs of all the docs: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1wfTdozvW-vpuot2XXkwnQT9GG717txf3?usp=sharing https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2020/02/17/nih-disease-official-anthony-fauci-risk-of-coronavirus-in-u-s-is-minuscule-skip-mask-and-wash-hands/4787209002/ https://web.archive.org/web/20220112073517/https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/prevent-getting-sick/types-of-masks.html https://www.ualrpublicradio.org/2021-01-26/some-european-countries-move-to-require-medical-grade-masks-in-public https://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12889-021-11688-7 https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/14/health/cloth-masks-covid-cdc.html https://reason.com/volokh/2023/01/10/no-lockdown-sweden-seemingly-tied-for-lowest-all-causes-mortality-in-oecd-since-covid-arrived/ https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/ https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-022-31441-x https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/dec/17/king-sweden-failed-covid-strategy-rare-royal-rebuke-lockdown-hospitals-cases https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-52903717 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/may/24/sweden-wrong-not-to-shut-down-says-former-state-epidemiologist https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2022-03-31/sweden-covid-policy-was-a-disaster https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/10/19/1010646/campaign-stop-covid-19-vaccine-trump-election-day/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8783302/ https://academic.oup.com/jid/article/228/12/1720/7103191

Felicia Madison, GM of the West Side Comedy Club has it out with Comedian Geoffrey Asmus over their differing views on Israel/Palestine and whether it should affect his spots.

Fascinating and thoughtful journalist Rober Wright discusses his view of the Israeli conflict, the dangers of the "retributive impulse," realism in foreign policy and more...

Foreign policy expert David Rothkopf discusses the non-existential threats to Israel and (his views) the war crimes Israel is committing in response. Needless to say, a debate ensues.

Caroline Suh is an independent documentary filmmaker, whose work in film, television and commercials has been featured on Netflix, CNN Films, Sundance Channel, PBS, and Epix, among others.

Carmen Lynch has appeared on a string of late night TV shows including The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, The Late Show with David Letterman and Conan. She has also appeared on Inside Amy Schumer, That Damn Michael Che, Life & Beth and the documentary Hysterical. Her latest special, Queef Week, is out now. Jeffrey Gurian is the host of Comedy Matters TV where he has over 500 interviews with celebrities. He has written eight books, five on comedy. The 2020 documentary, Who the F*ck is Jeffrey Gurian, is available on Vimeo.

Israeli Professor Joel Roskin caused an international stir with his editorial - "Why Moving to the Sinai Peninsula is the Solution for Gaza's Palestinians". Was he misinterpreted? He explains his intentions.

A new documentary maintains that Derek Chauvin was not given a fair trial. We interview doc creator Liz Collin. In my view this is as much about the trial as it is the right to discuss it. You be the judge. Here is a folder of some docs, including the Minnesota training manual. I do NOT endorse or know the reliability of these studies. https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/10MnO6P-T6z5SVtveGKKACBuueJzU80Xf?usp=drive_link Doc: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFPi3EigjFA&t=3414s Comments to podcast@comedycellar.com

Rabbi Dr. Jay Michaelson is a journalist, teacher, and rabbi. He is the author of ten books, including The Heresy of Jacob Frank, which won the 2022 National Jewish Book Award for scholarship.  He holds a Ph.D. in Jewish Thought from Hebrew University, a J.D. from Yale Law School, and nondenominational rabbinic ordination.  Jay is a frequent commentator on CNN and a contributor to Rolling Stone, The Daily Beast, The Forward, and other publications. Dr. Michaelson worked as an LGBTQ activist for ten years and has been included in the ‘Forward 50’ list of influential American Jews.

Stand up comedian Tina Friml uses animated optimism and fearless honesty about the social assumptions that come with living with cerebral palsy. She has appeared on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, Comedy Central, and The Drew Barrymore Show

He walks off after about 35 minutes of a 60-minute interview. In our view, this is an expose of the deep bias that permeates Human Rights Watch. You be the judge. Roth even goes as far as to claim that Israeli soldiers knowingly shot at people speaking in Hebrew. Ironically, we also offer an apology to Norman Finkelstein here. This is quite an episode. 04:44 Dershowitz was unfair to Finkelstein 13:05 Roth Intro 16:02 Proportionality 47:59 Israel Shoots White Flags and its Own Hostages Podcast@ComedyCellar.com Chairman of HRW repudiates Ken Roth: https://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/20/opinion/20bernstein.html Danielle Haas HRW letter or resignation: https://twitter.com/HillelNeuer/status/1727452511408152934 HRW on Palestinian White Flag Deaths: https://www.hrw.org/report/2009/08/13/white-flag-deaths/killings-palestinian-civilians-during-operation-cast-lead HRW on Iraq: https://www.hrw.org/report/2003/12/11/target/conduct-war-and-civilian-casualties-iraq HRW - Needless Deaths in the Gulf War: https://www.hrw.org/legacy/reports/1991/gulfwar/

Clayton Fletcher is a comedian, poker dude and author of "The ROI of LOL." Ray Ellin is a comedian, host and producer and the owner of Aruba Ray's Comedy Club.

Matan Peretz is stand up comedian, social media influencer and an active IDF soldier in the army reserves.

Laura High is a New York actor and comedian. She has been featured on the New York Comedy Festival and won the 'Broadly Funny' Divison at the 360 Stand Up Festival. Laura is a rising content creator and has gone viral several times on TikTok.

Aaron David Miller is an American Middle East analyst, author and negotiator. He is a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. He has been an advisor to both Republican and Democratic secretaries of state and his articles have appeared in the New York Times, Washington Post, Politico, Foreign Policy, USAToday and CNN.com.

A freewheeling debate on a lot of matters. Check out our YouTube page for sources and fact-checking matters. https://youtu.be/F1GkOhvscVY

Coleman Hughes and Michael Moynihan join for a quick conversation addressing some of Norman Finkelstein's main arguments.

Jonathan Haidt is a social psychologist at New York University’s Stern School of Business. His research examines the intuitive foundations of morality, and how morality varies across cultural and political divisions. Haidt is the author of multiple books including the forthcoming, The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness.

Daniel-Ryan Spaulding is a world-traveling comedian, TV writer and social media influencer. He has been described by Huffington Post as “brilliantly subversive,” and has a one-man show called 'Power Gay.' His special, 'So Berlin,' is available on YouTube.

Dan Senor, the author of the new book "The Genius of Israel", is a columnist, writer, and political adviser. We discuss Israeli society during the war, the effect on American politics, Biden's hopes for reelection, and much more.

Alan Dershowitz has been called 'the nation's most peripatetic civil liberties lawyer' and one of its 'most distinguished defenders of individual rights,' 'the best-known criminal lawyer in the world,' 'the top lawyer of last resort,' and 'America's most public Jewish defender.' He is the author of forty books including seven bestsellers.

This is a version of a debate originally aired on Live From America. See an extensively sourced version on YouTube https://youtu.be/XuDK8nyyT2I

Liel Leibovitz is editor-at-large for Tablet Magazine, host of its weekly culture podcast, Unorthodox, and author of the new book, How the Talmud Can Change Your Life.

Mark Yosef is an attorney, comic and the new owner of Dangerfield's Comedy Club.

Netanyahu Derangement Syndrome? Spyer pushes back on some of the more extreme interpretations of Netanyahu's policies and comments. Also discussed: Human shields, Jihad, Camp David negotiations, and more. Spyer is a British-Israeli analyst, writer, and journalist of Middle Eastern affairs. He is director of research at the Middle East Forum, editor of Middle East Quarterly magazine

Shai-Li Ron, a student at Harvard as well as former spokesperson for the IDF, describes the current state of anti semitism on campus.

Comments: Podcast@comedycellar.com Controversial Professor Norman Finkelstein and Commentary Magazine writer Eli Lake debate the current Hamas-Israel conflict. It's quite a conversation. Check out Eli's podcast - The Reeducation, and Professor Finkelstein's many books, including Gaza: An Inquest Into Its Martyrdom.

PEN CEO and author of the book Dare To Speak, Suzanne Nossel discusses the coverage of Hamas, the banning of books in school libraries, Twitter, and other free speech matters. Buy her book! https://www.amazon.com/Dare-Speak-Defending-Free-Speech/dp/0062966030

Columbia professor Khalidi felt this interview was an "ambush." You be the judge.  We discuss all matters Palestine. *Two clarifications: 1. I think we talked past each other a bit on the issue of "indigenous people." I wish I had that part to do over. 2. He said the Israelis were killed in "settlements," he didn't use the word "settlers". I don't really think there's a difference though.  00:00:19: Ambushed? 00:09:52 The Hospital "Strike" 00:14:13 False Casualty Counts? 00:23:00 Has Israel Really Targeted Hospitals Before? 00:25:00 Does Hamas Use Human Shields? 00:34:00 Is International Law Used To Control the Oppressed? 00:44:02 Is Israel A White Settler Colony, Indigenous, or Both 00:51:00 Solutions? One State? Two States? 01:09:04 Were the Israelis Killed on "Settlements?" Order his book: "The Hundred Years' War on Palestine". https://www.amazon.com/Hundred-Years-War-Palestine-Colonialism/dp/B083Z3YW4S/ref=sr_1_2?crid=DTV4RF6OW2XO&keywords=rashid+khalidi&qid=1697992719&sprefix=rashi%2Caps%2C297&sr=8-2

Greg Lukianoff is the President & CEO of the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression and the co-author, along with Rikki Schlott, of the new book, The Canceling of the American Mind: Cancel Culture Destroys Trust and Threatens Us All—But There Is a Solution. Get Greg's new book: https://www.amazon.com/Canceling-American-Mind-Undermines-Threatens-ebook/dp/B0BTZT9PLM/ref=sr_1_1?crid=20F3LOZXMQW85&keywords=greg+lukianoff&qid=1697910161&s=digital-text&sprefix=greg+lu%2Cdigital-text%2C77&sr=1-1

Noam Dworman and Periel Aschenbrand sit down with journalist and editor Bret Stephens to discuss Hamas's attack on Israel. Bret Stephens joined The New York Times as an Opinion columnist in April 2017. He came to The Times after a long career with The Wall Street Journal, where he was most recently deputy editorial page editor in charge of international opinion and, for 11 years, the paper’s principal foreign-affairs columnist. Before that, he was editor-in-chief of The Jerusalem Post. At The Post he oversaw the paper’s news, editorial, digital and international operations, and also wrote a weekly column. He has reported from around the world and interviewed scores of world leaders. Mr. Stephens is the author of “America in Retreat: The New Isolationism and the Coming Global Disorder,” released in November 2014. He is the recipient of numerous awards and distinctions, including three honorary doctorates, the Ellis Island Medal of Honor, and the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for commentary. In 2022, the government of Russia banned him for life from visiting that country.

Ross Barkan is a contributing writer to the New York Times magazine and a columnist for Crain's. His Substack is called Political Currents.

Israel's preeminent historian, Benny Morris, discusses the latest Israeli controversies. He hasn't budged much...

Yascha Mounk, comes in to discuss his new book, "The Identity Trap," and much more.

Kyle Dunnigan is an Emmy, Peabody and Writer’s Guild Award winning comedy writer.  He stars in the Jerry Seinfeld movie "Unfrosted" along with a new cartoon series starring Adam Carolla. Kyle can also be heard regularly on the Howard Stern Show and the Adam Carolla Podcast, doing various impressions. Kyle has a significant online presence with over 1.3 million followers and was featured in The New York Times Best Comedy of 2018.

Scott Adams discusses it all. Was the election stolen, why he was canceled and how to "reframe" racism, his new book Reframe Your Brain, media bias, conspiracy theories, Tucker Carlson, and more.

Noam Dworman, Dan Naturman and Periel Aschenbrand sit down with actor and comedian, Adam Ferrara.  Ferrara's multiple television appearances include the FX series Rescue Me, playing NYPD Sgt. Frank Verelli opposite Edie Falco on Showtime series Nurse Jackie, co-hosting the critically acclaimed BBC sensation US version of Top Gear and numerous others. His comedy album, It’s Scary in Here, debuted number one on iTunes.

Ruy Teixeira is a nonresident senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), where he focuses on the transformation of party coalitions and the future of American electoral politics. Before joining AEI, he was a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress from 2003 to 2022. A political demographer and commentator, Dr. Teixeira is the author of numerous books, reports, and articles. He is the coauthor of The Emerging Democratic Majority (Scribner, 2002), one of his most influential books, which was selected as one of the best books of the year by the Economist.

Noam Dworman and Dan Naturman have a round table to discuss the episode with Philip Bump that went viral.  Eli Lake is a journalist and the former senior national security correspondent for The Daily Beast and Newsweek. Currently, he is a columnist for the Bloomberg View. He has, among others, contributed to CNN, Fox, C-SPAN and Charlie Rose. Created and hosted by Mike Pesca, The Gist is the longest running daily news podcast in history, consistently ranked in Apple's Top 20 Daily News charts. In addition to guest hosting NPR Programs, he has frequently appeared on MSNBC, CNN, and The PBS Newshour, and written for The Washington Post, The Guardian, GQ, and more.  Michael Moynihan is a journalist, former National Correspondent for Vice News and co-host of The Fifth Column podcast. He was the cultural news editor for The Daily Beast/Newsweek, and the managing editor of Vice magazine.

Noam Dworman and Dan Naturman sit down with Daniel Drezner and Dov Davidoff. Daniel Drezner is Professor of International Politics, a nonresident senior fellow at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, and the co-director of Fletcher's Russia and Eurasia Program. He has written seven books and published articles in numerous scholarly journals. Dov Davidoff is a comic and an actor whose television appearances include The Tonight Show, Crashing and numerous others. He is regular at The Comedy Cellar.

Noam Dworman sits down with Philip Bump and Dov Davidoff.  Philip Bump is a national columnist for The Washington Post; before that he led political coverage for The Atlantic Wire. One of the paper’s most read writers, he focuses on the data behind polls and political rhetoric. Dov Davidoff is a comic and an actor whose television appearances include The Tonight Show, Crashing and numerous others. He is regular at The Comedy Cellar.

Dr. Richard J. Haier is Professor Emeritus in the School of Medicine at the University of California, Irvine, where he has been teaching and conducting research since 1984. In addition to his many professional publications, Professor Haier's research has been featured on NOVA scienceNOW, NPR, CNN, and CBS Sunday Morning, and in numerous newspaper and magazine articles. Nick Griffin has appeared on Conan, The Late Late Show, in his own half-hour Comedy Central special and was featured on The Late Show with David Letterman eleven times. His special, Absolutely Wonderful is available on YouTube.

Noam Dworman and Dan Naturman are joined by Dr. Louise Aronson, returning guest, psychiatrist Dr. Larry Durlofsky and comic, Maddie Wiener.  Dr. Aronson is a leading geriatrician, writer, educator, professor of medicine at UCSF and the author of the New York Times bestseller and Pulitzer Prize finalist, Elderhood: Redefining Aging, Transforming Medicine, and Reimagining Life. Maddie Wiener was selected as a New Face at the 2021 Just for Laughs Festival, and recently taped a stand up set for Comedy Central. She has also appeared on You Up w/ Nikki Glaser on Comedy Central's Sirius XM channel, and PAUSE with Sam Jay on HBO.

Noam Dworman and Dan Naturman sit down with world-renowned Clinical Psychologist and Psychoanalyst, Dr. Orna Guralnik. She is on faculty at NYU, co-founder of the Center for the Study of Dissociation and Depersonalization at the Mount Sinai Medical School and is featured on Showtime’s documentary series, Couples Therapy. Special guest Juanita Dworman.

Todd Barry is an actor and comic whose numerous television and film appearances include HBO’s Flight of the Conchords and Mickey Rourke’s deli boss in 2009 Oscar winner The Wrestler. His stand up appearances include The Late Show with David Letterman, Late Night with Conan O’Brien, Jimmy Kimmel Live! and two Comedy Central Presents specials. He has a stand up special on Netflix called Spicy Honey and he is the author of Welcome to Hattiesburg. He is a regular at The Comedy Cellar.

David Folkenflik was described by Geraldo Rivera of Fox News as "a really weak-kneed, backstabbing, sweaty-palmed reporter." Others have been kinder. The Columbia Journalism Review, for example, once gave him a "laurel" for reporting that immediately led the U.S. military to institute safety measures for journalists in Baghdad. Based in New York City, Folkenflik serves as NPR's media correspondent.

Dan Naturman and Periel Aschenbrand sit down with Jaye McBride. McBride is funny, smart and proudly transgender. She is the first openly transgender comedian to perform at Madison Square Garden and is a regular at New York City’s “Comedy Cellar." In 2021, she was featured as one of the "New Faces" at the Just For Laugh's Comedy Festival.

Dan Naturman and Periel Aschenbrand sit down with comedian, writer and actor, Jay Jurden. Jurden was named one of Variety's 10 Comics to Watch in 2022, has appeared on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert and is a Staff Writer for Apple TV+'s The Problem With Jon Stewart.

Noam Dworman and Dan Naturman sit down with Dan McLaughlin, senior writer at National Review online and a fellow at National Review Institute. His writings on politics, baseball and law have appeared in numerous newspapers, magazines and legal journals. They discuss responsible reporting, conspiracy theories and the Trump indictments.

Noam Dworman, Dan Naturman and Periel Aschenbrand sit down with Zach Zimmerman. Zach Zimmerman is a comedian and the author of “Is It Hot in Here (Or Am I Suffering for All Eternity for the Sins I Committed on Earth)?” He is a Comedy Cellar regular and contributor to The New Yorker Magazine.

Noam Dworman, Dan Naturman and Periel Aschenbrand are joined by Jocelyn Chia, to discuss the recent controversy surrounding her joke about Malaysian Airlines. Also joined, from Singapore, is comic, Sam Cee.

Noam Dworman, Dan Naturman and Periel Aschenbrand are joined by journalist, Radley Balko. Balko is the author of two books and has received numerous honors and awards for his work.

Periel Aschenbrand and Dan Naturman are joined by Noam Dworman, Carmen Lynch and Kruger Dunn. They discuss the title of Dan's upcoming special, Al Pacino and Dan's relationship status.

Noam Dworman, Dan Naturman and Periel Aschenbrand are joined by comics Kruger Dunn and Carmen Lynch. They discuss Autism, Carmen's upcoming special and Al Pacino.

The Cellar Responds to the Inaccurate New Yorker Article with comedian Tyler Fischer.

Noam Dworman, Dan Naturman and Periel Aschenbrand are joined by Dara Gottfried. They discuss happiness, money, her new foundation and Dara regales with tales of Gilbert Gottfried.

Mike Vecchione is a stand up comedian based in NYC. He has appeared on the Tonight Show multiple times and has been on Netflix, Comedy Central and Hulu. He has also appeared in the movie The King of Staten Island. His comedy special, The Attractives, directed and produced by Nate Bargatze, is available now on YouTube.

Noam Dworman, Dan Naturman and Periel Aschenbrand discuss John Mulaney's new comedy special, addiction and Alzheimer's tests.

Noam Dworman, Dan Naturman and Periel Aschenbrand sit down with journalist and author of the book, Jackpot, Michael Mechanic.

Noam Dworman, Dan Naturman and Periel Aschenbrand are joined by comic, Jason Salmon. They discuss Spirit Airlines, impossible choices, suicide and more.

Noam Dworman, Dan Naturman and Periel Aschenbrand are joined by Fredrik DeBoer, a writer and academic. He is the author of The Cult of Smart and How Elites Ate the Social Justice Movement.

Noam Dworman, Dan Naturman and Periel Aschenbrand are joined by psychiatrist Dr. Larry Durlofsky. They discuss Lolita, Brooke Shields and parenting.

Noam Dworman, Dan Naturman and Periel Aschenbrand are joined by comedian and actor, Jason Salmon. His multiple television appearances include Orange is the New Black, 30 Rock and 1 of 5 automobile based commercials you’ve seen in your lifetime. His new standup special, Biscuits & Gravity, is out now, on YouTube.

Dan Naturman and Periel Aschenbrand are joined by comic and actor, Brian Scott McFadden. They discuss the art of stand up comedy and optometry.

Dr. Larry Durlofsky is a board certified psychiatrist with a master’s degree in pharmacology. He is the psychiatric consultant for NYC’s Metropolitan Jewish Health Systems managed Medicaid program and the NY and PA medical director for CHE Behavioral a nationwide psychiatric/psychology provider.

Noam Dworman, Dan Naturman and Periel Aschenbrand talk tragedy in comedy, meditation and Chat GPT steals Dan's joke.

Noam Dworman, Dan Naturman and Periel Aschenbrand are joined by lawyer and former Harvard Law professor, Alan Dershowitz. They discuss transgender rights, the current political climate in Israel and Trump's indictment.

Noam Dworman, Dan Naturman and Periel Aschenbrand are joined by Myq Kaplan. They discuss unrealistic hypotheticals, mental illness and Kentucky Fried Chicken.

Judy Gold is an Emmy Award-winning actress and comedian. She discusses her new, one-woman show, Yes, I Can Say That, based on her book of the same name.

Dan Naturman and Periel Aschenbrand discuss Noam's recent purchase, new jokes, Chris Rock, whether or not it's cold in the studio and Periel tries to get Dan to give her advice.

Dan Naturman and Periel Aschenbrand in the inaugural bonus episode of Table Talk, the new series of bonus episodes of Live from the Table. They discuss different styles of comedy and Dan gets vulnerable.

Brian Scott McFadden is an actor and comedian who is also well known for his voice over work. He has made multiple television appearances including on The Late Show with David Letterman, The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson and many more. He is a regular at The Comedy Cellar.