The Comedy Cellar: Live from the Table

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

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.

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: [email protected] 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.

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.