What The Heck With Richard Dweck

Damian Rucci is a powerhouse of perseverance, a poet who has formed the New Jersey Poetry Renaissance that has been around for a decade. Recently appearing on PBS with the documentary Voices In The Garden which was filmed right in on our own open mics . Since collaborating with the poetry renaissance our open mic scene got a shot in the arm and it’s been awesome . Poets and comics are similar creatures , so we get along perfectly . Damian and I hit it off right away , like I mentioned he’s a powerhouse of perseverance, an epic egalitarian , he is truly a revolutionary and he’s funny . To Catch him on tour check out his Instagram @damianrucci

Rob Bloch is a year into doing stand up, he is a story teller comic, Italian and we get into all of it!

Gene Grey came into the scene close to 2 years ago, he’s a fantastic comic and we go through his upbringing , his love for comedy , his notable deep voice as he was born in Ukraine and moved to the US at 7. His pursuit into voice over work, getting more personal on stage.

Mike Mar and I have become pretty good friends in his time doing stand up, Mike is an incredibly talented comic with experience in bands and sales, going from writing jokes 10 years ago to finally being able to do them. **also a cameo from VJ again like the Jordan Episode due to my poor planning

Josh G started in 2008, took a break, we talk about how his return to stand up has been, his origins in the early New Jersey comedy

Nerdy, wordy with a touch of dirty Chica Loca is an a great host and comic. I know her through her hosting at Bar 13 in Delaware , we talk about hosting, her getting spots on shows quickly and being able to do shows like those with legends like Jackie “ The Joke Man” Martling . The background on her stage name and the reactions to it. This was an absolutely awesome episode

Drew Landry is a stand-up comedian & writer from Baltimore, currently based Landry started doing comedy when he was 13, and went on tour with Carlos Mencia a week after graduating high school. He has also toured as an opening act for Dana Gould and Iliza Shlesinger. ​ Landry performed at Just For Laughs in Vancouver in 2022. He has also performed at The Laughing Skull Comedy Festival, The San Diego Comedy Festival, headlined The Charm City Comedy Festival, and he hosts the monthly show Salty AF at the Hollywood Improv. ​ Landry writes the humor section for the popular hip-hop site DJBooth, as well as video essays for the YouTube channel HipHopMadness, and was a satire writer for the college websites Total Frat Move and Total Sorority Move. His articles on Medium have received a total of over a million views, including his piece "I Have A Theory That Donald Glover and Childish Gambino Are Secretly The Same Person" which went viral. He was recently named one of the official top 50 Humor writers on Mediu

Pat danger is new to doing stand up comedy but he’s enthusiasm is awesome .

Mela Shea introduced me to Lakisha as a guest for the podcast. She’s a phenomenal comic who has been praised by Joey Diaz, she’s a great writer with a lot of creative spark.

Emily Paige got started during the pandemic , she started at studying American Comedy Institute in New York, we talk about starting at 30 as a newly divorced single mom, she’s a great comic with a great positive perspective.

Carl Callan returns with a great in person edition of the podcast which I always love getting to do. I ask all about his style and we bond over how hard it is to do comedy even though we still love it, we also talk a lot about his podcast audio-sitcom Balls which is available on Spotify . We also we’re able to geek out over Matchbox 20 and Rob Thomas

Steve Kain is a really funny comedian , the first time I saw him perform , he stood out to me with his ingenuity.

Jamie is a Philly based comic and photographer . She co hosts the This Should Be Good Comedy at Helium comedy club with Shealyn Elizabeth .

Andre Mitchell gives great gems of advice , not really on purpose. He’s been doing comedy a long time and is so good

Chris Pattison is a comedian and satirist , originally performing out of North Carolina. Unfortunately we did not get to the satirist part of what he does but he does mention and I’ll definitely have him on again to talk about it. We discuss what stand up comedy is like in North Carolina , clubs and bar shows. Check out his social media stuff on Instagram and Tik Tok: Chrispcomedie

Pat Rocchi is a keynote speaker turned stand up comic out of Philadelphia Pennsylvania. I saw him crush at an open mic at a brewery in Wiliamstown New Jersey called Cross Keys

Matt was the 6th guest of the podcast 2 years ago , we have a fantastic conversation about comedy and live music, how artists from other platforms influenced us

Lauren Bakker is only in her first month of doing comedy at the moment of recording , she’s very funny already. We geek out all about starting to do comedy , doing sports in high school such as being the only girl on the football team, having a supportive family who loves comedy too.

Luke Kincade is from Pennsylvania, we talk about how his conservative upbringing has impacted and influenced him in many ways, especially as a comedian. Luke Kincade is extremely hilarious and has been working out his sets all through the tri-state areas.

Tom has been a working comedian and actor for over 20 years. In the world of stand-up I have worked venues all over the east coast. Tom now resides in New York City and does not plan on moving anytime soon. Over the years Tom has worked with and shared the stage with a variety of great comics. Dom Irerra, Michale Winslow, Jim Norton, Kevin Nealon , just to name a few. Tom has a personable somewhat autobiographical style of comedy. Growing up in a crazy dysfunctional family gives him a lot of ammo for his comedy arsenal. Tom can be seen as the Fire Chief in the movie "Green Point Tavern". He has appeared in a few different web series. "Bruber" and PN & Friends. He has also created his own children's book. "Owenopolis". A day in the life of a little boy from Brooklyn, Currently he is working on a solo show called "A Cat in A Box" that is a little bit more of the serious side of growing up in his dysfunctional family.