Don't Be Alone with Jay Kogen
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Don’t Be Alone with Jay Kogen is a comedy/advice podcast trying to fight the isolation of modern life. Each episode, Award winning TV writer/comedian/philosopher Jay Kogen has a conversation with a friend about how to solve the problems on Jay’s mind. These friends happen to be famous comics, musicians, actors, artists, writers, and sometimes even his family. It’s an entertaining, fun, and thoughtful show meant to bond us through humor, experience, and empathy.From Straw Hut Media
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- I Had a Real Career Until I Met Jay Kogen — Jonathan Shapiro · 58 dkJonathan Shapiro spent years as a successful attorney, working for the Justice Department and prosecuting organized crime. Then he met Jay Kogen — and somehow ended up writing…
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- Does Nerve Run in the Family? Comedy Siblings Allan & Phyllis Katz on Risk & Spit Takes · 56 dkCan comedy run in the family? M*A*S*H and Laugh-In writer/producer Allan Katz and Groundlings pioneer Phyllis Katz join Jay Kogen to compare the wildly different paths that took…
- When Should You Push? When Should You Back Off? | Christian Duguay (Valley Heat) · 57 dkWhen does pushing for what you want become pushing too far? Jay sits down with comedian, writer, performer, and Valley Heat creator Christian Duguay for a conversation about…
- Why This Arrested Development Writer Hates Having a Boss · 52 dkFrom Arrested Development to insubordinate rebels: John Levenstein tells all. Long before podcasting was cool, John Levenstein (Arrested Development, Kroll Show) was already…
- Can America Still Be Saved? | PoliticsGirl · 60 dkIs America really doomed or is there still a path forward? In this episode of Don't Be Alone, Jay Kogen sits down with Leigh McGowan, better known as Politics Girl, for an…
- Writer/Life Coach, Barbara Heller Turns An On Stage Panic Attack Into A Life Quest · 49 dkBarbara Heller talks about walking away from the perfect man just before her wedding and breaking down with a mid-life panic attack on stage and committing to being a Jew to find…
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- Harper Steele Found Her Authentic Self While Jay Is A Total Fake · 59 dkHarper Steele talks about transitioning and the differences in how she experiences the world as a woman and how the world experiences her. The differences in parenting, writing…
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