Oct 2, 2019
The Scientists Ep 6: Cancer w/Sachi Ezura, John Reynolds, Blythe Roberson and Madelyn Freed
The Scientists
This show was so good that after this show a bunch of Sloan Kettering administrators asked for my autograph. We delighted them and probably the audience with dreadful facts about CANCER. Did you know that the doctors that invented chemotherapy tried to poison their young patients with anything they could think of including mustard gas? Did you want to know? Sachi Ezura and John Reynolds yummed our yucks, too.
Madelyn Freed and Blythe Roberson host.
Recorded at Union Hall Oct 24, 2017. Live sound and recording by Dave Polk. Edited by Shannon Manning for Good Orbit. Poster by Hallie Bateman (@hallithbates) with edits by Josh Roman.
Feb 24, 2019
Book Club: A Comedy Show Ep 4: Nancy Drew and the Clue in the Diary w/Jen Spyra, Nore Davis, Joe Zimmerman, Rebecca O’Neal and hosts Blythe Roberson and Colin Stokes
Book Club: A Comedy Show
Book Club is a comedy variety show where hosts Colin Stokes and Blythe Roberson (The New Yorker, The Onion), along with some of NYC’s best comedians, read the books so you don’t have to. Held monthly at Union Hall.
Book Club decides to take it easy for once, so we read a children’s book: Nancy Drew and the Clue in the Diary. Discussion topics include: how rich is Nancy? Is Ned actually hot? And why the hell is everyone so mean to Bess?
With: Jen Spyra, Nore Davis, Joe Zimmerman, Rebecca O’Neal and your lovely hosts Colin Stokes and Blythe Roberson
Live sound and recording by Harry Scott. Produced and edited by Shannon Manning.
Recorded live January 27, 2018 at Union Hall.
Poster Art by Will McPhail
Nov 21, 2018
The Scientists Ep 5: Lying to Yourself w/Mitra Jouhari, Alex Watt, Zach Zimmerman
The Scientists
This month we’re psychologists. And you have to pay us $225/hr to be told that you’ll swim faster if you tell yourself you’re terrific. So pony up, kiddo. Kings and queens of Brooklyn Mitra Jouhari, Alex Watt, and Zach Zimmerman floor us with giggling.
Hosted by Blythe Roberson, Madelyn Freed
Recorded Tuesday, June 6, 2016 at Union Hall
Live sound and recording by Dave Polk. Produced and edited by Shannon Manning.
Aug 4, 2018
Book Club: A Comedy Show Ep 3: What Happened by Hillary Clinton w/Dylan Marron, Halcyon Person, Steven Markow, Catherine Cohen
Book Club: A Comedy Show
Book Club is a comedy variety show where hosts Colin Stokes and Blythe Roberson (The New Yorker, The Onion), along with some of NYC’s best comedians, read the books so you don’t have to. Held monthly at Union Hall.
This episode is WHAT HAPPENED by Hillary Rodham Clinton. Listen and laugh with us, or Blythe sobbing while reading this book on a plane will be all for naught!
We had some sizzling possibly political comedy by:
Dylan Marron (Conversations With People Who Hate Me)
Halcyon Person (Nickelodeon)
Steven Markow (New Yorker, Turner Masters Memory Hospital)
Catherine Cohen as Hillary
♥ and your lovely hosts Colin Stokes and Blythe Roberson ♥
Part of the Brooklyn Podcast Festival
Live sound and recording by Gary O’Keefe. Produced and edited by Shannon Manning.
Artwork by Will McPhail
Jun 3, 2018
The Scientists Ep 4: Dead Bodies w/Jo Firestone, Josh Gondelman, Friends Who Folk & Bess Lovejoy
The Scientists
We don’t mean to spook you but someday Blythe is going to die. What is going to happen to her? We will tell you in excruciating detail and Madelyn’s not going to like it. Luckily, Madelyn’s mom didn’t ever give her permission to die so she can’t. They talk to Order of the Good Death member, author, and alive ghost Bess Lovejoy. We got some cool ass witches on the docket scamming us with tricks, Jo Firestone, Josh Gondelman, and Friends Who Folk. (Bowen Yang’s motivational dance to fend off rigor mortis was unfortunately too hot to share!)
Hosted by Blythe Roberson, Madelyn Freed
Recorded Tuesday, August 1, 2017 at Union Hall
Live sound and recording by Dave Polk. Produced and edited by Shannon Manning.
