About this podcast
Luke Girgis speaks with the executives, managers, agents and artists building businesses across music and comedy. Honest conversations about how careers are made, companies are run and the industry really works.
Episodes
- How an indie music promoter makes $200M - Mike Christidis, Untitled Group · 59 min · Season 1 Episode 10Mike Christidis lost $1 million on his first festival at 20. A decade later, Untitled Group is on track for more than $200 million in revenue. Mike co-founded Untitled Group, the…
- Netflix passed, then came crawling back - Joe DeRosa · 2 h 2 minAfter more than two decades in comedy, Joe DeRosa spent three years making “I Never Promised You a Rose Garden.” Netflix, Hulu and HBO passed. He released it himself on a new…
- New Rule for Breaking Comedians · 1 h 0 minLuke Girgis sits down with Emilio Savone to unpack what it really takes to build a lasting career in comedy. Most comedians think they’re treating their career like a business…
- How He Built Diplo · 1 h 39 minKevin Kusatsu managed Diplo for twenty years without a contract. This is the playbook. Kusatsu co-founded TMWRK and took Diplo from a support act in 2006 to the most streamed…
- Inside the Business of Comedy in 2026 with Emilio Savone · 1 h 25 min · Season 1 Episode 6Luke Girgis interviews Emilio Savone, owner of New York Comedy Club, on The Black Hoody Podcast to break down what's really happening inside the business of comedy in 2026.Luke…
- Comedy Cellar Booker - Estee Adoram · 50 min · Season 1 Episode 5Estee Adoram has been the booker of the Comedy Cellar for more than 40 years. Luke Girgis and Estee Adoram discuss how the Cellar grew from one show a night in a basement nobody…
- Assistants Vs Agents - What is happening in Hollywood? · 1 h 8 min · Season 1 Episode 5Warner Bailey built a 100,000 person community by making fun of the most powerful people in Hollywood while sitting at a desk ten metres away from them. In this episode of The…
- Comedy Cellar Owner Reveals All! · 1 h 46 min · Season 1 Episode 3Noam Dworman owns the Comedy Cellar, the iconic New York comedy club that turns away 20,000 fans per week. Today, the greatest comedians in the world like Dave Chappelle, Chris…
- The man behind Chappelle, Burr and Louis CK reveals his playbook · 2 h 0 min · Season 1 Episode 2Barry Katz discovered and managed Dave Chappelle, Bill Burr and Louis CK before anyone knew their names. In this episode, we discuss how he spots talent before it breaks, the…
- NY Comedy Club Owner Reveals EVERYTHING ! · 1 h 44 min · Season 1 Episode 1Emilio Savone joins me today. The owner of 5 NYC comedy clubs, a ticketing platform, a record company and management firm reveals how he built a vertically integrated empire. He…
