In this battle of slowpokes versus speed demons, two teams of comics from the worlds of stand-up and late-night television fight about how civilization best makes progress. Should we carefully plod along, eating slow food while talking on flip phones? Or move fast and break things while alternating between espresso and ginger shots?
This installment features Matthew Broussard (The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon), Spike Einbinder (Los Espookys), Negin Farsad (Fake the Nation), Alison Leiby (It's a Long Story), Andre D Thompson (Slouch Theory) and Adam Wade (The Moth). Hosted by Matthew Love.
The popular comedy debate series invites two teams of funny folks from the worlds of stand-up and late-night television to tackle topics of great importance to pop culture, such as which pet is superior--cats or dogs--and is it better to be comfortable or fashionable? The verbal sparring and all-around absurdity stop only when the audience decides the winner. Hosted by Matthew Love.
Performers are subject to change.
Matthew Broussard is an actor and stand-up comic. His screen credits include The Mindy Project, Conan, The League, Roast Battle, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, and the film Here Today, as well as his half-hour special on Comedy Central. Broussard is the creator of the webcomic Monday Punday.
Spike Einbinder is a shape-shifting demon and comedian from Los Angeles. Their screen credits include The Chris Gethard Show, High Maintenance, and Los Espookys, and were a featured writer and performer on The Special Without Brett Davis.
Negin Farsad is the host of the podcast Fake the Nation and is a regular panelist on Wait Wait Don't Tell Me. She is the director of the documentaries Nerdcore Rising and The Muslims Are Coming!, and was selected as a TEDFellow for her work in social justice comedy. Farsad's debut memoir, How to Make White People Laugh, was nominated for the Thurber Prize for Humor.
Alison Leiby's television writing credits include The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, The President Show, and The Opposition with Jordan Klepper, and her humor writing has appeared in The New York Times, New York Magazine, and Vice, among other publications. Leiby currently co-hosts the Ruined podcast and the monthly comedy-storytelling show It's a Long Story.
Matthew Love is a performer and writer whose bylines has appeared in The New York Times, Rolling Stone, Vulture, LitHub, American Theatre, Village Voice, The Onion, AV Club, and Time Out New York, where he was formerly the Comedy and Books editor. He's currently a consulting producer for Selected Shorts and its spin-off podcast, Too Hot for Radio. He has interviewed or hosted shows featuring Chris Rock, David Byrne, Parker Posey, Jordan Peele, Stephen Colbert, Tig Notaro, and many, many more. Love is putting finishing touches on his “grandma noir” novel, Tough Old Birds.
Andre D Thompson made his television debut on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon in 2020. A 2019 Stand Up NBC finalist, he has performed at The Comic Strip Live, New York Comedy Club, Carolines on Broadway, and other venues all over New York City. Thompson currently hosts the podcast Slouch Theory.
Adam Wade is the author of the #1 best selling Audible Original You Ought to Know Adam Wade and a twenty-time winner of The Moth's StorySlam. His screen credits include Inside Amy Schumer, Girls, and Stories from the Stage. Wade regularly performs live at the Theatre Under St. Marks, the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater, the Magnet Theater, and other New York City venues.
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Past Performers include Elna Baker, Maria Bamford, Michael Ian Black, Guy Branum, Wyatt Cenac, Ronny Chieng, Jo Firestone, John Fugelsang, Janeane Garofalo, Jon Glaser, Ilana Glazer, Josh Gondelman, Dave Hill, Maeve Higgins, Mehran Khaghani, Julie Klausner, Hasan Minhaj, Aparna Nancherla, Kristen Schaal, Baratunde Thurston, Kevin Townley, Michael Showalter, Dan Soder, Bowen Yang, Sasheer Zamata, and many more.
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