Episodes
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This week I am joined by comedian Che Durena. We talk about him growing up in Canada, living in Mexico for a few years for scuba, heading back to the great white north to pursue his standup dream, then eventually landing in New York.
Great EX Drinking Buddy stories this week: Che talks about partying while in Mexico, doing shrooms in Toronto, a crazy evection party in the "comedy house", and so much more!
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This week I am joined by former professional wrestler and comedian, Roger Staton. Roger tells us about getting into stand up then moving into wrestling then back to stand up, growing up in the sticks outside of Jacksonville, FL, and so much more.
Great EX Drinking Buddy Stories this week: Roger talks about where his distain for drinking came from, why he likes weed the most, trying steroids', all the trouble he got in as a white trash youth, and so much more.
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This week I am joined by comedian Denham Demac. We talk about growing up being bullied, playing sports through high school, him splitting time between the US and Canada, finding his own fun, and getting into stand up.
GREAT EX Drinking Buddy Stories this week: Denham talks about the trying drinking for the first time in 7th grade, blacking out in 9th grade, passing out and getting tagged by his teammates, dealing with the cops in suburbia, what lead him to getting sober, and more.
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This week we see the return of hilarious comedian and my best pal, Matt Fulchiron. We catch up on his life in LA, the differences between the two biggest comedy scenes in the country (NYC and LA), the chaos it is coming back to the east coast, and more.
Fun EX Drinking Buddy stories this week; Matt talks about a party at Drew Carey's house, extended periods of sobriety, his drinking now compared to his 20's, and we get deep talking about the effects partying has had on our mental and physical health now that we are older.
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This week I am joined by writer and comedian, Vannessa Jackson. She tells us about her growing up in California, getting into standup after college, getting a job on Colbert through an internet add, writing for Saturday Night Live, and more.
We got caught up talking comedy so only a couple EX Drinking Buddy stories this week; Vannessa talks about her Christian college, what they did to stop drinking and driving, and a story involving Common a scarf and almost getting sued.
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This week I am joined by theater actor, musician, and comedian, Paul Saylor. We talk about his upbringing; singing in bars with his dad at 12, going to Christian camps, and finding his love for the stage.
GREAT EX Drinking Buddy Stories this week; Paul tells us about getting into drinking later in life, challenging the wrong people to drinking competitions, friends that have always had his back while partying, his wedding festivities, and more.
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This week I am joined by my good buddy, comedian, and podcaster, Dylan Krasinski. We talk politics, sports, student loans, how he went became an English major, and then into law school.
Fun EX Drinking Buddy Stories this week: Dylan recaps some of the stories we talked about last time, the amount of hard drugs he saw in Law School, how partying and friends pushed him to go to different state for law school, tailgating at sports games, and more.
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This week I am joined by comedian Julio Diaz . We talk about him growing up in New York, trying a couple different life paths before landing on comedy, getting into stand up through improv, and the people that pushed him to treat comedy like a job.
Great EX Drinking Buddy stories this week: Julio talks about why he has such a distain for booze vs softer drugs, the first time he smoked weed, a "free spirit" that got him into mushrooms, a few wild shroom trips, and more.
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This week I am joined by actor and comedian Peter Guarraci. We talk about him growing up in a traditional Italian family in the NE, trying acting at a young age, trying stand up to impress a girl at 8 years old, finding his passion for acting and comedy in his late 20's, and more.
We go from EX Drinking Buddy Stories this week to EX Betting Buddy stories: Peter tells us about starting to play poker with family friends, to all night poker games, how winning at blackjack ruined parts of his life, begging for gas money to get home from Atlantic City, quitting gambling all together, and so much MORE!
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This week I am joined by film maker and comedian, Matt Vita. We talk about growing up, how he got into making movies at a young age with camcorders, how he found his way into standup, making his first feature film (link down below), and more.
GREAT EX Drinking Buddy stories this week: Matt opens up about taking things all the way, from starting the Roller Kingdom Kegger with his buddy, a slip-n-slide party, bringing in sand for a "blizzard beach" party, and some less crazy situations; like doing stand up drunk and getting a ticket for drinking in the bed of a truck.
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This week I am joined by comedian Tristan Bowling. We talk about him growing up in Arizona, trying stand up at 16, being a theater kid in school, and how he ended up in New York.
Great EX Drinking Buddy Stories this week: Tristan talks about drunk cooking, "road soads", getting into drinking at 18 but getting into weed at 12, his alter ego "Dristan", and so much more.
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This week I am joined by comedian Liam Dalton. We talk about Liam growing up, getting into rapping in high school (aka Rusty Grey), trying out for a Netflix hip Hop competition show, and then transitioning into stand up comedy.
GREAT EX Drinking Buddy stories this week; Liam trying vodka by accident at 13, getting drunk for the first time at 16, his "No Blackout No Puke" streak, getting into awkward tiffs at bars, an Ireland "man on the street" gone wrong, and so much more.
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This week I am joined by comedian Dillon Krause. We talk about Dillon growing up in a more conservative household and how he still found stand up comedy, deciding to forgo his masters to pursue stand up comedy, his adventures in the city post undergrad, and more.
Great EX Drinking Buddy Stories this week; Dillon talks about drunken hijinks when he studied abroad in Europe, high school basement party mishaps, trying weed in high school, trying booze at 13, frat parties and so much more.
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This week I am joined by comedian, musician, and karaoke king, Jay Simpson. We talk about how he got into music, then comedy, then combining the two. His multiple moves all around the country for music and comedy, and his life now as an artist with a 3 year old.
GREAT EX Drinking Buddy stories this week. Trying booze, weed, and sex for the first time at 13, a band lifestyle filled with drugs, drinking too much running karaoke rooms and also crushing on the karaoke stage, and SO much more.
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This week I am joined by comedian Peter James Fowler. We talk about him growing up in Arizona, dropping out of High School to pursue comedy, getting a huge endorsement when he first got to New York, and so much more.
So many EX Drinking Stories this week; Peter talks about trying weed and drinking at 16, getting heavy into drugs and not so much drinking, moving to New York and his drinking really picking up, and what the catalyst was that got him to check into rehab.
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This week I am joined by Army Veteran and comedian, Rob J. We talk about his upbringing in the south, joining the Army to shake things up, going to the Middle East as a soldier, moving to New York, and getting into comedy.
Great EX Drinking Buddy stories this week: Rob talks about the first time he drank (at 23), the drinking culture in the military, weed brownies, and his love for orange juice that lead to his love of Mimosa's.
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This week I am joined by comedian Mandy Simonson. We talk about our chance run in 2021 at the cellar when she first started comedy, what the comedy scene is like where she is out west, her life before getting into stand up comedy (as a cop), and so much more.
Great EX Drinking Buddy stories this week: Mandy saved a hammered woman's life on this trip to New York City, the time she got drunk on wine coolers, doing her first set high, crazy drunk people she would deal with as a police officer, and more.
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This week I am joined by comedian Onika McLean. We talk about how she got into stand up comedy, having and raising kids while she was young, going back to school later in life, and balancing her life in the cooperate world of lawyers and the creative world of comedy.
Great EX Drinking Buddy stories this week; Onika tells us about her past life around "entrepreneurs", getting into scotch and whiskey through her co workers, demonizing all drugs to enjoying weed, and so much more.
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This week my good buddy and hilarious comedian, Ryan O'Toole, RETURNS! We talk a lot of sports, how his acting and comedy careers are going, and we openly talk about people and things in show business we dislike.
Lots of EX Drinking Buddy Stories feathered throughout the episode. We talk about drunkenly (and not so drunk) peeing in public, what the night of/ night after a championship win looks like, what lead to him winning "life of the party" in high school, and more.
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This week I am joined by comedian Michael Thomas Geary. We talk about how he found stand up through Eddie Murphy, growing up in Los Angeles, getting into acting, and what eventually brought him to New York to pursue comedy.
Great EX Drinking Buddy stories this week: Michael tells us about just starting off as a beer guy, how working in the service industry ramped up his partying, an intervention, and what his life is like now with over a decade of sobriety.
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