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The More You Poe – Katie Hartman

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Katie Hartman chills us to the bone with the podcast “The More You Poe.” In the episode she brought us, we are faced with the knowledge of dancing skellingtons.

Episode Guest

Katie Hartman

Katie Hartman is a New York-based theatre maker. She is co-artistic director of the touring theatre company, the Coldharts, and the Producer of the 2022 Cincinnati Fringe Festival.

Jonathan Mitchell – Talking Truth

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Strap on your headphones and get ready for this “movie for your ears”—this week we’ve got Jonathan Mitchell, creator and producer of one of our favorite podcasts, The Truth, which just celebrated its tenth year. We get into Jonathan’s history in public radio and the early days of podcasting, experimental electronic music, the process of breaking a Truth episode, and we even get into Jonathan’s new hobby: DIY stop motion animation!

Episode Guest

Jonathan Mitchell

Jonathan Mitchell is the producer of The Truth Podcast, an anthology fiction show that’s celebrating its tenth year. He has been an audio producer for 25 years.

The Sounds that Stop the Sirens – Dejen Tesfagiorgis

Made Up Talk Show
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Dejen Tesfagiorgis serenades us with HIS OWN PODCAST, “The Sounds that Stop the Sirens.” In this episode… does Let’s Hear It Network invest, or not?!?

Episode Guest

Dejen Tesfagiorgis

Dejen Tesfa is a Brooklyn-based comedy writer / performer with a sketch and improv background from UCB Theater. He's currently in an animation writing fellowship for PBS affiliate WGBH and their show "Work it Out Wombats!" premiering early 2023. He drops two sketches a month to his YouTube channel (Deja Deja Comedy, bit.ly/funnyreel) with over 5k subscribers, and he's written two web series, two original pilots, and specs for Pen15 and ATLANTA. Further back he had a software company in college that he sold in 2013, and has since worked at various tech startups and Microsoft while appearing in videos for Disney+, NBC News Digital, Bleacher Report and Cosmopolitan, and performing in the Toronto Sketch Fest, Philly Sketch Fest, Brooklyn Comedy Festival, NY Sketchfest and New York Musical Improv Festival.

Jamie Rivera – Love the Burn

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This week we welcome our BFF Jamie Rivera to the pod! Jamie’s a performer and teacher at Magnet Theater, as well as an amateur toy photographer. What’s amateur toy photography? Give this episode a listen and find out!

We discuss the challenge of embracing hobbies deemed “juvenile,” the perfect way to receive a compliment, and learning to love the burn of Scotch (and the burn of making art)!

Check out Jamie’s toy photography on Insta: @jamrivfigs, and his tweets @mr_jamriv. Interested in signing up for one of Jamie’s improv classes? Or seeing him perform live? Check out magnettheater.com for both!

Episode Guest

Jamie Rivera

Jamie Rivera is a performer and teacher at the Magnet Theater as well as an amateur toy photographer.

Development Hell – Kevin Tully and Matt Kerstetter

Made Up Talk Show
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Kevin Tully and Matt Kerstetter develop our interest in the pod cast they brought, “Development Hell.” In the episode they brought, Denny’s has great accoustics.

Episode Guests

Kevin Tully

Kevin Tully has been doing Improv in NYC since 2008. He has been taught by the epically talented Rick Andrews, Russ Armstrong, Louis Kornfeld, Zach Woods and Curtis Gwinn. He has been on Armory and Magnet house teams and has appeared on The Colbert Report and College Humor. He is also one of the co-founders of “Crisis: An Improvised Comic Book” Outside of Improv, Kevin edits and shoots videos for local bands and comics.

Matt Kerstetter

Performer in the jet-setting, nation-traveling improv group Crisis: An Improvised Comic Book. Doing dumb li'l skits with Matt & Austin (Youtube, Instagram, Facebook). Wrote some plays about superheroes, time travel, and Prince. Big fan of his wife, their cat, and the Twisted Metal video game franchise.

Rob Penty – Minimizing Risk

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This week improviser, storyteller, and writer Rob Penty talks perfectionism and how it’s really about minimizing risk. Then, Rob and the Perfectionists somehow do a “sober drunk history” on psychological experiments. If you’re looking for a fun convo about hypochondria, OCD, Catholicism, and mindfulness meditation, you’ve come to the right place. Folks, if this one don’t have it, you don’t want it!

You can find Rob performing monthly on The Little Big Show at the Magnet Theater. Read his writing at www.actuallyitsrobpentydotorg.com. Rob’s ebook was designed by Carly Monardo and laid out by Nick Jaramillo.

Episode Guest

Rob Penty

Rob Penty
Rob Penty is an improviser, storyteller and writer from Brooklyn.

Jessica Coyle and Richard Krysztoforski – Celebrate Little Milestones

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We’re back, baby!!! Join us as we kick off Season 2 with our friends Jessica and Richard, hosts of our sister podcast “Made Up Talk Show” (also on the Let’s Hear It Network). We discuss the journey of starting a podcast from scratch and how to deal with the successes and failures along the way. We also talk ADHD and rejection-sensitive dysphoria. Let’s get into it!

Episode Guests

Jessica Coyle

Jessica Coyle
Jessica Coyle is an ESL professional, improviser, world traveler, and servant to guinea pigs.

Richard Krysztoforski

Richard Krysztoforski
Richard is an internationally trained improviser, comedian, and professional development expert. His creative projects are focused around building community and rejuvenating outdated modes of creation. Most recently he founded the Let’s Hear It Network, an independent artist-owned podcast network (the network Pursuit of Perfectness is part of!). You can find out more about him at rjk.nyc.

Hello from the Brooklyn Bridge – RJ Williams

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RJ Williams enchants us with his podcast “Hello from the Brooklyn Bridge.” In the episode he brought us, it turns out your can fry pizza!

Episode Guest

RJ Williams

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RJ is a Dallas born improviser who trained through The Peoples Improv Theater. He currently performs with North Coast and Baby Wants Candy. He will have his masters in Education in May! Hooray!