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Welcome to On the Mic with Mike! Chicago-native Multi-State Certified Firearms Instructor, US Army veteran, Criminal Justice Practitioner & Former Law Enforcement Officer Mike Brown tackles firearms and criminal justice issues across America from an independent perspective using stats, facts, and figures. As seen on Fox News nationally & locally and on WTTW’s Chicago Tonight, his controversial approach to telling it like it is has given him a nationwide social media following. Sit back, rela ...
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Send us a text Juan Pantaleon grew up in the Albany area before moving to Florida following a break-up. He got into stand-up six years ago on the verge of a break-up. He's back in New York now -- he's got a different girlfriend -- and helping Albany keep developing its comedic chops. He's a regular at the Albany Funny Bone and the Comedy Works in S…
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Send us a text Ryan Flaherty started doing stand-up in Scranton in 2018 and has become one of the most positive, driving presences in the scene. He didn't really take stand-up seriously until a house fire changed his perspective on his place in the scene. He started the Spacement open mic that got shut down because there were too many people, which…
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Send us a text Ralph Tetta started doing stand-up in 1988 and was an anchor in the Rochester, N.Y., comedy scene before hitting the road in 2001. He managed a comedy club and just got passed to do Carnival Cruises. He teaches a comedy class every year and co-hosts the $18 Podcast with his brother, Christopher Tetta. Follow Ralph Tetta: Instagram: h…
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Send us a text Kaelin Clements is a comedian, designer and photographer living in Hunt Valley, Md., a few miles outside of Baltimore. She started doing stand-up in 2022 at the Church of Satire Comedy Club in Hanover, Pa. She's become a regular there and is working all over Maryland, too. She produces a womens' show at the Church of Satire. She's al…
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Send us a text Derek Humphrey is a very funny comedian in New York City. He grew up in Ohio, joined the navy and then started doing stand-up in 2008 while in Charleston, S.C. He moved to New York in 2012 and released his debut album, "Late Bloomer," on Sept. 30. He's been at the Red Clay Comedy Festival, the Boston Comedy Festival, Skankfest and th…
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Send us a text Brian Roe started doing stand-up in October 2011 when he was going to Purdue University in Indiana. He came back home, right outside of Chicago, to do mics in the suburbs and moved to the city after school. He sold out The Lincoln Lodge and released his first special, "That's My Vibe," on YouTube in 2023. He writes, he acts a little …
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Send us a text Chris Gullo started doing stand-up in Buffalo back in 2008 while in college and began his career in the wrestling business in 2011. He's still doing both, but outside of Asheville, N.C., now. He moved down there earlier in 2024 and began producing shows under Neon Moon Comedy. The flooding has slowed some of his progress, but he's ru…
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Send us a text Will Abeles has been doing stand-up off and on since 2009. He spent most of that time in New York City, working in TV production with The Late Show with David Letterman and the Miss Universe pageant, before leaving in 2020. He moved to Nashville, Tenn., in 2021 and works the road routinely, so long as no deer get in the way. He grew …
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Send us a text Adam Palmeter grew up in Oneonta, N.Y., but started traveling after a break-up. He began doing stand-up in South Korea and has been all over the world -- literally -- ever since. He recorded an album, "Older Teenager," in Mexico City, met Arkansas comedian Raj Suresh at a show in Cape Town, South Africa, lived in New York City before…
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Send us a text Damon Tucker is a 32-year-old comedian and producer in Des Moines, Iowa. He got sober more than six years ago and decided to make another change in his life. He started doing stand-up three years ago and has been at the Portland Comedy Festival and the North Carolina Comedy Festival over the last couple months. He also runs a weekly …
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Send us a text Sean Day waited until he was 26 to start doing stand-up. All it took was a best-man speech at a wedding and a blackout at a bar to get him going. He did his first open mic in 2017 and was Rochester's Funniest Person in 2019 before moving to Phoenix for a year. He's been back in Rochester since 2021 and works all over New York, includ…
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Send us a text Alex Brady is one of Buffalo's best comedians. He started back in 2016 and was able to use his experience as an English and social studies teacher to his advantage. He's been a regular host and feature at the Helium Comedy Club in Buffalo since 2019 and is running the Western New York shows for Next Stop Comedy, beginning with Ressur…
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Send us a text Alex Kominos-Smith graduated from Cornell with an architecture degree and was ready to attend Columbia for a career in real estate, eyeying the type of good jobs that two Ivy League degrees should promise. But he chose to pursue stand-up instead. Now 18 years after hs opted not to go to Columbia, he's recording his first special on S…
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Send us a text Alex Kaufman is one of the best comedians working in Montana. Statistically, it's true. He started doing stand-up in Tacoma, Wash., back in 2014 and has been based out of Bozeman, Mont., for the last five years -- really putting that physics PhD to use. He's worked all over the country and produced shows under Bone Yard Comedy. He's …
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Send us a text Brandon Ciotti started doing stand-up in Utica, N.Y., after a really bad day. Starting at 33, he went into overdrive and went to open mics all over upstate New York. His family and friends made sure he was tough enough to handle the abuse. He's only a little afraid to try the slightly (or more?) offensive material. He'll be at the Cr…
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Send us a text Patrick Logan is a relatively new stand-up around Richmond, Va. He spent 13 years rapping around town before turning to comedy when he was 32. He's gained some ground pretty quickly. He won three consecutive Clash of the Comics at the Richmond Funny Bone -- the third of which got him passed as a host at the club. He runs a monthly sh…
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Send us a text Turner Sparks started playing in punk and ska bands when he was a kid and found stand-up back in 2009 when he was working in China. He opened a comedy club, then a Mister Softee business and both flourished until the government had other plans. He's been living in New York City for the past eight years and he's headlining shows all o…
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Send us a text Kevin McCaffrey has been doing stand-up for the last 18 years. He followed his girlfriend-now-wife, Jamie McCaffrey, from Ball State University to New York City and now he's one of the funniest guys there. He's a huge Cubs fan and has appeared on The Late Show with David Letterman, truTV's Greatest Ever, truTV Presents: World's Dumbe…
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Send us a text Drew Brooks has been working all over the Harrisburg, Pa., stand-up scene over the last three years. He got into long-form improv comedy when he was in high school and spent 10 years before trying something more competitive. After two false starts and a couple Zoom shows, Brooks has established himself in the scene. He became the mos…
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Send us a text Mike Quindlen is one of the most important comedians in Baltimore. He stepped onto the stage at Magooby's in Timonium, Md., 13 years ago and won a contest. Then he started a monthly show at The Ottobar, the Second Saturday Shit Show, that's still happening today. He just wants the best for his city and scene. He ran the Ellicott Sill…
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Send us a text Rebecca Sanders has been doing stand-up around Lexington, Ky., for about eight years. She took some time off following the pandemic, but she's back at it. Inspired by David Sedaris, Rebecca started by writing comedic essays and then quickly went to work after beginning her stand-up career. She did field pieces for the news show, "Hey…
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Send us a text Josh Wells started doing stand-up about 15 years ago when a group of his musician friends needed a host. A big fan of stand-up when he was a kid, he found a place in the New Jersey scene around North Bergen. When he's not following NOFX all over the East Coast, Wells co-produces the Hell Yea! Comedy Show at the Wawa Social Club. He a…
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Send us a text Rachel Daze started doing stand-up in October 2019. She's been traveling all over New York, giving audiences a good look at who she really is. Graduating from a 110-person class, she's found a good home on the stage. She's competing in Rochester's Funniest Person contest at the Comedy at the Carlson. She also runs a writer's workshop…
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Send us a text Patrick Holbert is a very funny comedian, director, film-maker, producer and podcaster in New York City. He started doing stand-up for real in 2014 after a couple false starts. He jumped right into hosting open mics and running shows and has traveled the country doing college gigs. He just finished working with Joe List on a document…
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Send us a text Victoria Vincent is a really funny comedian working out of Chicago. She grew up in Columbus, Ohio, the daughter of a surgeon and a nurse practitioner. She joined the rest of her extended family by working in healthcare as a radiation technician, but decided to persue stand-up full-time after getting into Just For Laughs in Montreal b…
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Send us a text Rachel Peters has been doing stand-up in Philadelphia for the last decade. She did improv in high school and then took the microphone when she was 18 while attending the University of the Arts. She took a break during the pandemic, but is back in the scene. She produces shows with More Please! and co-hosts the We're Dating Podcast wi…
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Send us a text Sam Ellefson started doing stand-up when he turned 21 years old in college in Tacoma, Wash. In the last seven years, he's risen toward the top of the Tacoma scene, moved to Denver and recorded his first special, "Minnesota Nice," in his hometown, Hutchinson, Minn. He released the special on YouTube last year and Burn This Records pic…
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Send us a text PT Bratton, a comedian in Bowie, Md., started doing stand-up nine years ago after he and his wife saw a comedy show. A preacher since he was 14 and a military veteran, Bratton decided to give it a shot and has become one of the best comedians in the D.C.-Maryland-Virginia area. He teaches at the Armed Service Arts Partnership and his…
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Send us a text Jacqui Marpa moved to Michigan from the Philippines when she was 15 years old. She'd studied up on America by watching High School Musical, so she was ready to perform when she got here. She began doing stand-up in Lansing, Mich., when she was 19 and has performed across the Midwest and made it to Sketchfest in San Francisco back in …
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Send us a text Erin Clough started doing stand-up at The Backline Comedy class in January 2023, mainly out of boredom. Since then, she's become and established member of the comedy scenes in Omaha and Lincoln, Neb. She performed at the Floodwater Comedy Festival in Iowa City, Iowa, in April and has big plans for the next year. She's got her dad in …
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Send us a text Bob Beach is one of the best comedians in Utica, N.Y. He started doing improv at the Uptown Theatre in 2018 and began stand-up pretty soon after that. He's able to do that while working on his PhD dissertation on cannabis usage between World War I and World War II, something we all think about on a daily basis. He's expecting his fir…
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Send us a text Eric Rueseler is a comedian in Cape Girardeau, Mo. He started doing stand-up six years ago and is a part of the St. Louis scene. It was either that or Memphis. An active Marine for six years, he works at the Helium Comedy Club and the Funny Bones and has a weekly podcast called "The Best?" He gave a preview of it on this episode. Fol…
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Send us a text Austin Baca is a very funny comedian in Reno, Nev. After growing up in Los Angeles, Baca ditched his plans of becoming a geologist and began doing stand-up in 2016. He helped keep the comedy scene in Reno going after the pandemic and is enjoying life now. Follow Austin Baca: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/itwasjustaustin/ Suppo…
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Send us a text JJ Jones is a Boston-area comedian who was raised on British TV and New England sarcasm. He started doing stand-up in Denver eight years ago. He moved back to Massachusetts in 2017, lives in Foxboro and has been getting steady work all over the Northeast. He's a regular at the Comedy Connection in East Providence, R.I., and is headli…
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Send us a text Carson Taylor has been doing stand-up in the Mobile, Ala., area for almost a decade. He made friends with Zeke Buckhaults in high school, joined his band, Shropshire Collective, and followed him into the comedy scene. Taylor quit drinking six months ago and has noticed a big change in his stand-up -- mainly that he doesn't black out …
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Send us a text Kristen Lytie grew up in the punk rock scene in Green Bay, Wisc., and started doing stand-up in Chicago in 2013. She moved back to Green Bay in 2018 and is one of the big pieces of the comedy scene. She's been in festivals all over the country and is starting one, the Green Bay UFO Fest, this year from July 19 to 21. She recorded her…
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Send us a text Charlie Nadler is a stand-up comedian living in the Berkshires in Western Massachusetts. His parents, Marty and Holly Nadler, met while working on Laverne & Shirley, and Charlie was able to be on the sets of The Princess Bride and Pretty Woman and got to know Garry and Penny Marshall. Charlie wanted to be a screenwriter and worked in…
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Send us a text Jake Silberman started doing stand-up in Minneapolis in 2013 before moving to Portland and beginning a serious run. He was one of Potland's best comedians, putting out "The Crowd Work Album" in 2020, and moved to New York City in 2022. He's toured the country in a van and worked with Norm Macdonald, Nate Bartgaze, Kyle Kinane and Nic…
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Send us a text Brad Monkell picked up the bass when he was in middle school and has been able to make a career out of it. At the end of 2019, he stepped onto a comedy stage. It took him about a year to get back to it, and since then, he's been one of the driving forces of Albany's scene. He's also a radio host for WOOC 105.3 FM. He hosts open mics …
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Send us a text Ted Anderson went to college at Marquette and decided with his wife to buy a house in Hawaii. After beginning their physical therapy practice, he started doing stand-up in 2009 and became an integrel part of the Maui scene. He's one of the founders of Power Up Comedy and a producer of the Hawaiian TV show, Moku Moku. It's about three…
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Send us a text Alan Massenburg started doing stand-up in Lancaster, Pa., in 2015. Already with two daughters, he decided to take his funny social-media persona onto the stage and it's paid off. He splits time between Lancaster with his kids and New York City and he recorded his debut album, "We Got Action," in November. It's available on March 22, …
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Send us a text Chris Jones started doing stand-up in the Poconos when he was 15 years old. He started doing bar shows and open mics when he was 19. He's 28 now and after a few years away from the stage, he's back and being productive. He's emerged as one of the stand-outs in the Northeast Pennsylvania scene and has big plans for 2024. Follow Chris …
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Send us a text Paul Clemente started doing stand-up when he was 36 years old and is doing all he can to keep comedy alive in Jamestown, N.Y. Always a performer at heart, he did improv at the Lucille Ball Comedy Festival and is trying as hard as he can to get local comedy into the National Comedy Center. The only constant member of the Jamestown com…
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Send us a text Dan Alten started doing stand-up in Louisville, Ky., back in 2012. He studied journalism at Indiana University, but was told by a professor he should be writing comedy. A sitcom guy growing up, he decided to move to Louisville and get good at stand-up. He co-hosts the Funny Dinner podcast and travels all over the country -- even in C…
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Send us a text Brian Enck got a laugh in an English class in middle school and turned it into a career as a stand-up comedian. He grew up in Rochester and got his start in comedy as a freshman at Keuka College. After doing open mics and a few shows, he transfered to film school in New York City, where he got good at stand-up. Enck moved up to Syrac…
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Send us a text Steve Vanderploeg started doing stand-up in Denver, his hometown, 11 years ago. All he wanted to do back then was get a five-minute booking at the Comedy Works open mic. Now he's headlining there. Vanderploeg is touring the country and founded Roatating Tap Comedy back in 2019. He's putting that English degree to work. He's performed…
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Send us a text Anna Huntley is a very funny comedian in Washington, D.C. She moved from South Carolina for a job and decided to get on stage five years ago at 36. A lifelong learning, she took improv, acting and stand-up classes and writes and performs on a sketch team. She also got permission from her landlord to get a cat, which might have a deep…
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Send us a text Dan Wilbur started doing stand-up when he was 18 years old and attending Bard College, where he met comedian Katie Berlant and Raphael Bob-Wakesberg, the creator of BoJack Horseman. Wilbur moved to Brooklyn after school and has kept himself busy. He's published two books, "How Not to Read: Harnessing the Power of a Literature-Free Li…
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