While the many functions and purposes of comedy will be up for debate, its ability and capacity for healing is pretty undisputed. Squarely in that healing corner is multi-disciplinary comedian and artist Greg Barris who has gone so far as to make a very enjoyable and accessible-in-almost-every-way, pocket book for &quot;deep healing&quot; called <a href="https://www.deephealing.energy/book.html">DEEP HEALING // A BOOK OF HEALINGS</a>. We talk all about and around and through the reach and power of the art of comedy along with this delightful book that Greg co-wrote with Michelle Newman on this week's TCB Field Report.
Follow Greg @<a href="https://www.instagram.com/galimmimus/">galimmus</a> on IG and get DEEP HEALING // A BOOK OF HEALINGS <a href="https://www.deephealing.energy/book.html">here</a> and get tix to the Deep Healing live release show on 6/18 at the Elysian <a href="https://www.elysiantheater.com/shows/gregbarris0618">here</a>.
Produced by Jake Kroeger 
Music by Brian Granillo 
Artwork by Andrew Delman and Jake Kroeger Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

<description>&lt;p&gt;While the many functions and purposes of comedy will be up for debate, its ability and capacity for healing is pretty undisputed. Squarely in that healing corner is multi-disciplinary comedian and artist Greg Barris who has gone so far as to make a very enjoyable and accessible-in-almost-every-way, pocket book for &amp;quot;deep healing&amp;quot; called &lt;a href="https://www.deephealing.energy/book.html"&gt;DEEP HEALING // A BOOK OF HEALINGS&lt;/a&gt;. We talk all about and around and through the reach and power of the art of comedy along with this delightful book that Greg co-wrote with Michelle Newman on this week's TCB Field Report.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Follow Greg @&lt;a href="https://www.instagram.com/galimmimus/"&gt;galimmus&lt;/a&gt; on IG and get DEEP HEALING // A BOOK OF HEALINGS &lt;a href="https://www.deephealing.energy/book.html"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; and get tix to the Deep Healing live release show on 6/18 at the Elysian &lt;a href="https://www.elysiantheater.com/shows/gregbarris0618"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Produced by Jake Kroeger&lt;br /&gt;
Music by Brian Granillo&lt;br /&gt;
Artwork by Andrew Delman and Jake Kroeger&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;p&gt;Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See &lt;a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com"&gt;pcm.adswizz.com&lt;/a&gt; for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

This week's TCB Field Report follows venerable multi-disciplinary comedian and artist Greg Barris having a go at healing the world with his latest comedy work, a pocket book he co-wrote "DEEP HEALING/A BOOK OF HEALINGS".

Ep. 291: Greg Barris & The Ever-Underestimated Power of Comedy

<a href="https://www.instagram.com/gericourtneyaustein">Geri Courtney-Austein</a> has done so many things in so many different lanes in LA comedy between sketch, improv, and clown (oh, and podcasting and filmmaking) and even combining those all into a live variety show for charity that being at the Cannes Film Festival for a short she made seems to be timing in Hollywood working out for once. We chit chat Geri up about this wild journey and what it took to get there and more on this week's TCB Field Report.
Follow Geri for everything at @<a href="https://www.instagram.com/gericourtneyaustein">gericourtneyaustein</a>
Photo by @<a href="https://www.instagram.com/gregoryjmkasunich/">gregoryjmkasunich</a>
Produced by Jake Kroeger 
Music by Brian Granillo 
Artwork by Andrew Delman and Jake Kroeger Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.instagram.com/gericourtneyaustein"&gt;Geri Courtney-Austein&lt;/a&gt; has done so many things in so many different lanes in LA comedy between sketch, improv, and clown (oh, and podcasting and filmmaking) and even combining those all into a live variety show for charity that being at the Cannes Film Festival for a short she made seems to be timing in Hollywood working out for once. We chit chat Geri up about this wild journey and what it took to get there and more on this week's TCB Field Report.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Follow Geri for everything at @&lt;a href="https://www.instagram.com/gericourtneyaustein"&gt;gericourtneyaustein&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Photo by @&lt;a href="https://www.instagram.com/gregoryjmkasunich/"&gt;gregoryjmkasunich&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Produced by Jake Kroeger&lt;br /&gt;
Music by Brian Granillo&lt;br /&gt;
Artwork by Andrew Delman and Jake Kroeger&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;p&gt;Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See &lt;a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com"&gt;pcm.adswizz.com&lt;/a&gt; for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

From doing it to a 10 at Groundlings all the way to The Croisette at Cannes, we follow Geri Courtney-Austein through her marvelously winding path in LA comedy on this week's TCB Field Report.

Ep. 290: Geri Courtney-Austein & Clowning Around and Ending Up at Cannes

Coming fresh off of a sold out Netflix Is a Joke. Fest performance of How Being Black &amp; Gay Made Me Better Than You!, the amazing (the name of the show is on point, FYI) <a href="https://www.instagram.com/dewayneperkins/">Dewayne Perkins</a> gives us the ins and outs of developing his show as well as the greater hopes and dreams for it (including it being seen by the whole world) on this week's TCB Field Report.
Follow Dewayne @<a href="https://www.instagram.com/dewayneperkins/">dewayneperkins</a> on IG
Produced by Jake Kroeger 
Music by Brian Granillo 
Artwork by Andrew Delman and Jake Kroeger Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

<description>&lt;p&gt;Coming fresh off of a sold out Netflix Is a Joke. Fest performance of &lt;em&gt;How Being Black &amp;amp; Gay Made Me Better Than You!&lt;/em&gt;, the amazing (the name of the show is on point, FYI) &lt;a href="https://www.instagram.com/dewayneperkins/"&gt;Dewayne Perkins&lt;/a&gt; gives us the ins and outs of developing his show as well as the greater hopes and dreams for it (including it being seen by the whole world) on this week's TCB Field Report.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Follow Dewayne @&lt;a href="https://www.instagram.com/dewayneperkins/"&gt;dewayneperkins&lt;/a&gt; on IG&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Produced by Jake Kroeger&lt;br /&gt;
Music by Brian Granillo&lt;br /&gt;
Artwork by Andrew Delman and Jake Kroeger&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;p&gt;Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See &lt;a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com"&gt;pcm.adswizz.com&lt;/a&gt; for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

The amazing Dewayne Perkins gets into the finer details of his show and the meaning and hopes and intentions of the wonderfully named How Being Black & Gay Made Me Better Than You! on this week's TCB Field Report.

Ep. 289: Dewayne Perkins & Flipping Fear Into Comedy

When doing the alchemy of taking heartbreak and turning it into comedy, it often manifests as stand-up or a short film. Doing an entire solo musical is a whole other incredibly ambitious endeavor and one Sydney Kane has found her way to doing just that with Wife Material, set to take stage at The Roxy later this month. Sydney traces her steps for us going from embarking on the biggest and most personal and most successful work to date on this week's TCB Field Report.
Follow Sydney @<a href="https://www.instagram.com/sydneymorgankane/">sydneymorgankane</a> and get tix to Wife Material at The Roxy on 4/21 <a href="https://www.axs.com/events/1380750/sydney-kanes-wife-material-tickets">here</a>.
Produced by Jake Kroeger 
Music by Brian Granillo 
Artwork by Andrew Delman and Jake Kroeger Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

<description>&lt;p&gt;When doing the alchemy of taking heartbreak and turning it into comedy, it often manifests as stand-up or a short film. Doing an entire solo musical is a whole other incredibly ambitious endeavor and one Sydney Kane has found her way to doing just that with Wife Material, set to take stage at The Roxy later this month. Sydney traces her steps for us going from embarking on the biggest and most personal and most successful work to date on this week's TCB Field Report.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Follow Sydney @&lt;a href="https://www.instagram.com/sydneymorgankane/"&gt;sydneymorgankane&lt;/a&gt; and get tix to Wife Material at The Roxy on 4/21 &lt;a href="https://www.axs.com/events/1380750/sydney-kanes-wife-material-tickets"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Produced by Jake Kroeger&lt;br /&gt;
Music by Brian Granillo&lt;br /&gt;
Artwork by Andrew Delman and Jake Kroeger&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;p&gt;Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See &lt;a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com"&gt;pcm.adswizz.com&lt;/a&gt; for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

This week's TCB Field Report follows Sydney Kane turning the tragic end of situationship into a wildly fun, nuanced, meta solo comedy musical completely from scratch.

Ep. 288: Sydney Kane & Tragedy Plus Time as a Musical

As the volume of comedy specials released increases at an exponential rate, one really must go against the grain to stand out. Chicago's own <a href="https://www.instagram.com/saggiesplinters">Maggie Winters</a> took that to heart with her very comedy special, which is a recorded edition of her solo show, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZ7MJeOPO9Q">Marguerite</a>, handpicked by UCB and Abso Lutely. Winters shares her process behind wanting to something truly different from the crowd on her very first special and how she made that exactly happen.
Follow Maggie @<a href="https://www.instagram.com/saggiesplinters">saggiesplinters</a> and watch and enjoy her special <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZ7MJeOPO9Q">Marguerite</a> on YouTube <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZ7MJeOPO9Q">here</a>.
Produced by Jake Kroeger 
Music by Brian Granillo 
Artwork by Andrew Delman and Jake Kroeger Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

<description>&lt;p&gt;As the volume of comedy specials released increases at an exponential rate, one really must go against the grain to stand out. Chicago's own &lt;a href="https://www.instagram.com/saggiesplinters"&gt;Maggie Winters&lt;/a&gt; took that to heart with her very comedy special, which is a recorded edition of her solo show, &lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZ7MJeOPO9Q"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Marguerite&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, handpicked by UCB and Abso Lutely. Winters shares her process behind wanting to something truly different from the crowd on her very first special and how she made that exactly happen.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Follow Maggie @&lt;a href="https://www.instagram.com/saggiesplinters"&gt;saggiesplinters&lt;/a&gt; and watch and enjoy her special &lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZ7MJeOPO9Q"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Marguerite&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; on YouTube &lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZ7MJeOPO9Q"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Produced by Jake Kroeger&lt;br /&gt;
Music by Brian Granillo&lt;br /&gt;
Artwork by Andrew Delman and Jake Kroeger&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;p&gt;Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See &lt;a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com"&gt;pcm.adswizz.com&lt;/a&gt; for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

With her amazing debut special, Marguerite, just released, we talk to Maggie Winters all about taking big swings with your first hour and why that needs to happen more.

Ep. 287: Maggie Winters & Embracing All Sides of Live, Laugh, Love

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