Tim Barnes chats with comedian/writer Evan Waite about his early fascination with comics, his brief career as a teacher abroad, and how he carved his way into being a working comedy writer.

Evan Waite is a co-executive producer on Fox’s Family Guy, and wrote on the Emmy-winning Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, NBC’s Sunnyside, Inside Job, The President Show, Our Cartoon President, Fairfax, and Kevin Hart’s Guide to Black History. He won a Writer’s Guild Award for his work on Adult Swim’s Three Busy Debras. He also contributes to The Onion, The New Yorker and McSweeney’s, and has written for Mad magazine, ClickHole, and Funny or Die. He lives in LA and can be found on Twitter at @TheOhBits.

His first humor book, "Life Wants You Dead: A Calm, Rational, and Totally Legit Guide to Scaring Yourself Safe" is available now and in bookstores everywhere!

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CREDITS:

* Host: Tim Barnes

* Guest: Evan Waite

* Theme Song: “You Are The Genre” by Freddie Nunez

* Music Engineer: Adam Smith (@a_scug on Instagram)

* Podcast Art: Madhuri Shukla

Tim Barnes chats with musician/Vanderpump Rules cast member Israel Isaac about his early passion for music, finding the courage to be openly gay and Christian, and how his music and faith have enhanced in the process.

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CREDITS:

* Host: Tim Barnes

* Guest: Israel Isaac

* Theme Song: “You Are The Genre” by Freddie Nunez

* Music Engineer: Adam Smith (@a_scug on Instagram)

* Podcast Art: Madhuri Shukla

Tim Barnes chats with comedian/writer Andrew Nadeau about his early fascination with jokes on TV, navigating a comedy career while managing a chronic illness, and launching the social media branding company (Tim hopes that’s the right way to describe it) Persona Essential.

Andrew Nadeau is a writer and comedian known for specializing in personal content creation. From first working with names like Netflix, Nasdaq and Redpoint Ventures Andrew’s background as a stand up led him to focus on writing for the voices within a company rather than just the company itself. Beyond just social media writing and developing his own accounts to garner over 100,000 followers, he then launched, hosted and produced his own successful podcast, before becoming a producer of one of the top tech podcasts in the industry. Andrew works hard to help craft a voice for others, writing content that feels true to the client, allowing them to not just stand in the spotlight, but feel they’re well represented within it.

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CREDITS:

* Host: Tim Barnes

* Guest: Andrew Nadeau

* Theme Song: “You Are The Genre” by Freddie Nunez

* Music Engineer: Adam Smith (@a_scug on Instagram)

* Podcast Art: Madhuri Shukla