Stand Up

For the first seven years of her life, Alonzo lived in an abandoned diner in a south Texas border town. Her latest Netflix stand-up special is called Upper Classy. Originally broadcast Sept. 25, 2025.

Arnett co-wrote his new film, in which he plays a man going through a divorce who finds himself onstage doing stand-up. He also has an extensive voiceover career, and co-hosts the SmartLess podcast.

Atsuko Okatsuka's new stand-up special is called "Father." It debuts on Hulu June 13. And she's currently performing her new stand-up as part of her Big Bowl Tour.

interview with comic, writer and actor Sarah Silverman. Her new Netflix comedy special, called "PostMortem," is about her father, who everyone called Schleppy, and her stepmother, Janice, and how they died within nine days of each other two years ago. For Janice, it was pancreatic cancer. Sarah's father had kidney disease.

As Hacks returns for its fourth season, we listen back to archival interviews with stars Smart and Einbinder, and with series co-star and co-creator Downs. Originally broadcast in 2021 and 2024.

Bill Burr, was recently described by New York Times comedy columnist Jason Zinoman as one of the greatest living stand-up comics. Bill Burr has a new comedy special on Hulu called "Drop Dead Years."

comedian and talk show host Roy Wood Jr. He has a new comedy special on Hulu called "Lonely Flowers." It's a satirical look at why we're so disconnected and isolated these days. He now hosts the CNN comedy news quiz show "Have I Got News For You."

Glaser made headlines for her roast of Tom Brady. "All I want is people to like me," she says of her comedy. Glaser's latest HBO special is Someday You'll Die. Originally broadcast July 29, 2024.

"I didn't want to brag," the Malaysian-born comic says. "I just wanted to do the work." Chieng now costars in the series Interior Chinatown, and has a new Netflix comedy special, Love to Hate It.

our guest is actor and stand-up comic Jimmy O. Yang. He costarred in the HBO show "Silicon Valley" and the film "Crazy Rich Asians." Now he's the star of the new television show "Interior Chinatown," based on the National Book Award-winning novel of the same name.

Bridget Everett stars in the semi-autobiographical series "Somebody Somewhere," which begins its third season on HBO Sunday, October 27.

Stand-up comedian and late-night talk show host Taylor Tomlinson. She hosts CBS' "After Midnight," which bills itself as the smartest show on TV about the dumbest things on the internet.

Paul W. Downs co-created and stars in the HBO Max Series 'Hacks'. The series centers on Deborah Vance (played by Jean Smart), a veteran comedian whose career is waning. In response, Deborah's manager (played by Downs) brings in a Gen-Z comic named Ava (Hannah Einbinder) to help freshen up her act. Along the way, Hacks explores themes of sexism in comedy and the nuances of "cancel culture" — as when some of Deborah's old offensive jokes resurface.

Comic Nikki Glaser. One of her favorite subjects onstage is sex, and that's true of her new comedy special, "Someday You'll Die," which is streaming on Max. In the special, she also talks about why she doesn't want to have children, her thoughts on monogamy, her experiences with depression and suicidal thinking, getting older - she's 40 now - and how comics are often afraid of getting canceled.

David Bianculli offers an appreciation of the star of Newhart and The Bob Newhart Show, who died July 18. In 1998, Newhart told Terry Gross that his signature stammer was not an affect.

Stand-up comedian, actor and author Michelle Buteau. She stars in the new movie "Babes" alongside her real-life friend, Ilana Glazer. It's a comedy about friends who have grown up together and confide in each other as they take different paths toward motherhood. Michelle Buteau also stars in the semi-autobiographical series "Survival Of The Thickest," which has been picked up for a second season on Netflix.

Writer and actor Jenny Slate. Her new comedy special, "Seasoned Professional," is streaming on Amazon.

Julio Torres, is a comic, actor and writer. You may know him from his comedy specials on HBO and Comedy Central, from the short films he used to do on "Saturday Night Live," his bits as a correspondent on "The Tonight Show" and as a writer and actor on the HBO series "Los Espookys." Now he's making his debut as a movie director with his new satirical film "Problemista," which he also wrote and stars in. Emma Stone is a producer of the film. Isabella Rossellini is the narrator. RZA co-stars.

The Brooklyn-born comic made his standup debut in 1971. His routines were full of biting takes on love, life, and physical and mental health. Lewis died Feb. 27. Originally broadcast in '88 and 2000.

Jones says performing stand-up for the first time as a freshman in college felt like putting on a shirt that fit perfectly. Her memoir is Leslie F*cking Jones. Originally broadcast Sept. 21, 2023.