The Comedy Cellar: Live from the Table

Patrice O'Neal documentary, SNL & antisemitic jokes and how Noam's old friend almost killed him.

In our most heated episode yet, Noam goes to head to head with journalist Will Wilkinson. Danny Cohen talks about gay conversion therapy and Dan sees a mouse.

Immigration, stealing jokes, Ted Alexandro and Saturday Night Live. Eric Kaufmann is an author, journalist and Professor of Politics at Birkbeck College, University of London. Alingon Mitra is a stand up comedian whose credits include Conan, Colbert, and Comedy Central.

Noam Dworman, Dan Naturman and Periel Aschenbrand with comic Eagle Witt and esteemed Law Professor and author Richard Epstein. Noam connects with Epstein, after admiring his work from afar for decades, Dan considers self publishing and Periel goes on a tear about Marilyn Manson.

Dean Edwards is a stand-up comedian, actor, singer, writer, musician and voice artist. Dr. Satish Pillai is a Senior Investigator in Viral Pathogenesis at Vitalant Research Institute and a Professor of Laboratory Medicine at UCSF.

Nick Clairmont is an associate editor at Arc Digital, a words columnist at the Washington Examiner Magazine, a book reviewer, and a writer based in New York. He’s currently working on a book about the history of Trolling. Neko White is a stand up comic. His new special is called DARK OUT.

Elizabeth Bernstein has been a reporter for The Wall Street Journal for 20 years. For the past decade, she has written a column she created called “Bonds: On Relationships,” about the psychology of relationships. Graham Kay is an award-winning comedian seen on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. Has an Autism Awareness Podcast called “Autastic.”

Barry Friedman serves as the Faculty Director of the Policing Project at New York University School of Law, where he is a Professor of Law and of Politics.

Rich Vos, Robert Kelly and Hatem Gabr. Beloved by audiences around the globe, Rich Vos has over 100 television appearances and is the co-host of My Wife Hates Me podcast. Robert Kelly’s credits include the hit series Louie, Inside Amy Schumer, Trainwreck, Nurse Jackie and Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn. He hosts the top rated podcast, You Know What Dude.

Damon Linker is a senior correspondent at TheWeek.com. He is an author and a lecturer at the University of Pennsylvania. He has worked as a senior editor at Newsweek/The Daily Beast and his essays and reviews have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, and other leading publications. Ian Fidance is a New York City comedian, writer, and actor. He’s been featured in the New Yorker, New York Times, was a writer on Crank Yankers and has made multiple TV appearances. His first comedy album debuted at #1 on iTunes. He has a podcast forthcoming called Ian's Infinite Playlist.

Why is the government is killing small businesses? should Seinfeld should be nicer? Why is comedy getting the brunt of this pandemic. Make it make sense with Rebecca Trent, owner of iconic Creek and the Cave and Dani Zoldan, owner of Stand Up NY.

Michael J. Stern is a former state and federal prosecutor. He worked for the U.S. Department of Justice for 25 years and prosecuted some of the Justice Department’s most significant cases. His expertise is in wiretap investigations, use of cooperating witnesses, and trial litigation. Joe Machi is a stand up comic and Comedy Cellar regular.

Author Margalit Fox is considered one the foremost explanatory writers and literary stylists in American journalism. She was a senior writer at The New York Times for the newspaper’s celebrated Obituary Department. She has written the front-page public sendoffs of some of the leading cultural figures of our age. Danny Cohen is a stand up comedian and regular at the Comedy Cellar. He is also the creator of Danny Cohen Ties.

Jena Friedman is a comedian, writer and filmmaker. Her recent credits including acting in the movie, Palm Springs, and writing on Borat. She has a stand up special called American Cunt. Eric Neumann has appeard on The Iliza Shlesinger Show, is the host of IFC’s Deep Dive, and his special, “Just A Phase” is coming out in December 2020.

Bonus Episode 12 with Dov Davidoff

Author and journalist Mickey Kaus is a neoliberal-turned-populist Democrat. But be warned, he voted for Trump. Twice! He has contributed to numerous publications including Harper’s, Newsweek andThe New Republic. He writes about everything but especially welfare reform and immigration and has a newsletter on Substack called kausfiles.

On the table: Donald Trump, trans politics, COVID, the vaccine and being Jewish with guest, Jaye McBride. McBride is one of the first trans comedians to work on a national level. She has performed as a headliner and shared the stage with comedy greats. She recently made her television debut on Comedy Central's 'This Week at the Comedy Cellar'.

Fred Siegel is a historian and the author of multiple books including his most recent, The Crisis of Liberalism: Prelude to Trump.

Transgender politics, woke culture, pronouns and sex. Sound engineer, DJ and one of Noam's oldest and dearest friends, Nikki Jax joins us along with stand up comic and Cellar regular, Danny Cohen.

Al Martin is the owner of New York Comedy Club, Greenwich Village Comedy Club and Broadway Comedy Club. His new book is called, I Did it on A Dare: How I Created a Comedy Empire in 30 Short Years.

Cellar regular Danny Cohen and Dr. Maurice Shaw, the pharmacist and a stand up comedian who went viral after he lost his job at Walmart.

Claira Janover, the Harvard student who got doxxed and went viral after she made a TIK TOK about Black Lives Matter.

Colin Quinn (Saturday Night Live, Tough Crowd, Comedy Central, HBO) discusses the state of America and his new book, Overstated: A Coast-to-Coast Roast of the 50 States.

Noam Dworman, Dov Davidoff, Dan Naturman and Periel Aschenbrand

Bonus Episode 11 with Dov Davidoff

British comic, Konstantin Kisin, who made international in 2018 by refusing to sign a university “behavioral agreement form” which banned jokes about religion, atheism and insisted that all humor must be “respectful and kind”. He is joined by Francis Foster, co-host of their popular podcast, TRIGGERnometry. Use the code (COMEDYCELLAR) and Mybookie will double your first deposit at https://bit.ly/MB_COMEDYCELLAR

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Benny Morris, one of Israel's leading historians and public intellectuals, discusses the possibility of peace in the Middle East, and whether or not Donald Trump is good for Israel.

Author, journalist (The Economist, The Atlantic, The New York Times) and Washington Post columnist, Megan McArdle. Use the code (COMEDYCELLAR) and Mybookie will double your first deposit at https://bit.ly/MB_COMEDYCELLAR

Comics Judy Gold (HBO, Comedy Central) and Allan Havey (Mad Men, Billions) join the show as Comedy Cellar owner, Noam Dworman, goes on a rant about Jerry Seinfeld and Zabar's baskets.

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Entrepreneur, investor, author and co-owner of the comedy club, STAND UP NY, James Altucher discusses whether or not New York City is dead and responds to being called a putz by Jerry Seinfeld in The New York Times.

International and multilingual comedian Sugar Sammy is also a judge on France’s version of the hit show America’s Got Talent. He

Lara Bazelon is a professor at the University of San Francisco School of Law. She directed an innocence project at Loyola Law School and was a trial attorney in the Office of the Federal Public Defender. Her work has appeared in the New York Times, the Washington Post, Slate, and The Atlantic Magazine. She is the author of Rectify: The Power of Restorative Justice After Wrongful Conviction.

Justin Weinberg is associate professor of philosophy at the University of South Carolina. He is also the editor of Daily Nous*, a popular philosophy news site. Nimesh Patel (Saturday Night Live, Late Night with Seth Meyers) is a comedian and writer.

Bonus Episode #8 with Dov Davidoff

Professor Robert Plomin is a psychologist and geneticist best known for his work in twin studies and behavior genetics. His new book, Blueprint: How DNA Makes Us Who We Are, that describes what he has learned after 45 years of research on nature and nurture.

Jacob Sullum is a senior editor at Reason magazine and a nationally syndicated columnist who writes about drug policy, criminal justice, and civil liberties. He is the author of For Your Own Good: The Anti-Smoking Crusade and the Tyranny of Public Health (Free Press) and Saying Yes: In Defense of Drug Use (Tarcher/Penguin).

Bonus Episode #7 with Dov Davidoff

Former Styx frontman Dennis DeYoung is back with his sixth original solo studio, album "26 East: Volume 1.” He is a singer-songwriter, musician and producer. He is a founding member of the rock band Styx as primary lead vocalist and keyboardist. Dave Juskow is a comedian, writer and actor, perhaps best known for such televisions shows and films as Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist, TV Funhouse, The Sarah Silverman Program and HBO's Crashing. He is the host of the Podcast, The Nightfly.

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Peter Singer has been described as the world's most influential living philosopher. He is professor of bioethics at Princeton University, and the author of many books, including Animal Liberation, Practical Ethics, One World, The Life You Can Save, and The Most Good You Can Do. Coleman Hughes is a fellow at the Manhattan Institute and a contributing editor at City Journal. His writing has been featured in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, National Review, Quillette, The City Journal and The Spectator. He has appeared on many podcasts, including The Rubin Report, Making Sense with Sam Harris, and Real Time with Bill Mahr.

Taylor Dayne is an American pop icon. Her groundbreaking debut single “Tell It To My Heart” turned her into an overnight international star in 1987. She followed the smash hit with seventeen Top 20 singles over the course of her three-decade career and she has sold over 75 million albums and singles worldwide.

Bonus Episode 5 with Dov Davidoff

Keith Robinson and Danny Cohen

Ted Lange, John Joseph and Black Lives Matter

Cellar Security Discusses the Police: Steven King, Sean Moore and Andre Garcia

Dan Naturman, Periel Aschenbrand and Dov Davidoff

Astronomer David Kipping and Nick Griffin

Bonus Episode 3: Dan Naturman, Periel Aschenbrand and Dov Davidoff