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Punchline Punchout is a comedy competition at Acme Comedy Club today, tomorrow, and Saturday. Two teams of five comedians head off on a standup showdown to see who’s the punchingest comedian in the universe or something. The contenders that we had on were Cy Amundson and Chad Daniels.
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Contains the actual audio from Angela’s 911 call. This episode also marks the beginning of Don’s career as a private eye/mercenary.
Angela Champagne-From graduated summa cum laude from Hamline University in 2013. She majored in legal studies and women’s studies and earned conflict studies and paralegal certificates. She is planning to attend law school. Since the attack, Angela has started a “fight like a girl” campaign. This was intended to refute the stigmatized notion that women/girl are somehow inferior to men/boys. She fought for her life that spring afternoon and believes she wouldn’t be here to share her story if she had not done so. Angela considers it a privilege and an honor to share her story. Angela resides in Anoka, Minnesota with her husband, Adam, and yellow lab, Coach. In her spare time, she enjoys working out, running and spending time with her family and friends.
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Note: since we’re not in Canada, you can’t sue us for PTSD if you don’t like our show.
Kevin Miller is an award-winning screenwriter, director and producer who has applied his craft to numerous documentaries, feature films and shorts. Recent projects include “Hellbound?,” “Drop Gun,” “No Saints for Sinners,” “spOILed,” “Sex+Money,” “With God On Our Side,” “Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed” and “After…” In addition to his work in film, Miller has written, co-written and edited over 40 books. He lives in Abbotsford, BC, Canada with his wife and four children.
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Today we learned about great uses for lard, the #1 brick-shaped food.
Ann Rosenstein is a certified fitness instructor and personal trainer with certifications from ACE, AFAA, AEA, Schwinn Cycle and a Pilates certification from the Physicalmind Institute. Ann has been teaching group fitness, water aerobics, and weight training since 1989. She also has a BA and MA from the University of Minnesota and works as a reference librarian for the Dakota County Library System in Minnesota. Besides Diet Myths Busted, Ann has written Water Exercises for Parkinson’s, Water Exercises for Fibromyalgia, Water Exercises for Osteoarthritis, and Water Exercises for Rheumatoid Arthritis.
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The comedian, not the Warhol guy. I think it’s better that way.
Paul C. Morrissey was raised as a sports fanatic in the tiny town of Owego, in upstate New York. After four years of playing college basketball, somehow he graduated. Aside from playing in the NBA, his dream job was to talk about sports for a living. Paul then moved to California after landing a television sports anchor job but found out quickly that he was “too much of a smart-ass” for TV news. After he was fired, Paul took his unique sense of humor to comedy club stages all over the country.
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This is the High Fashion episode, with non-in-depth discussions on dress sizes and hair color.
Nick Thune, comedian / actor, hails from the Great Northwest (Seattle), where he spent his early years growing up. Nick’s absurdest view and deadpan wit combined with the soothing lull of his guitar, have distinguished his unique style of comedy. He has appeared on the Tonight Show 8 times, and on each occasion, he won. Nick has also appeared on Conan, The Late Show w/ Jimmy Fallon and has his own Comedy Central Special. Thick Noon, Nick’s debut album, was released on Comedy Central Records in 2010 and was included in amazon.com’s “Best of 2010 Comedy Albums“. Nick can be seen in Mike Judge’s movie “Extract” and the independent film “Highway 61 Re: Revisited” opposite Tobin Bell. Thune’s other film credits include “Spring Breakdown” and “Unaccompanied Minors”. Nick has created two web series for Comedy Central, “iThunes” and “NicksBigShow.com“. Currently, Nick is touring the country changing lives one joke at a time. For more information, go to nickthune.com, eyethune.com or twitter.com/nickthune.
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Today’s podcast is a somber affair with the announcement of the death of Vince Flynn. We will be reposting our interview of him from back in October today.
Margaret Moran Cho is a comedian, fashion designer, actress, author, and singer-songwriter. Cho, of Korean descent, is best known for her stand-up routines, through which she critiques social and political problems, especially those pertaining to race and sexuality. She has also directed and appeared in music videos and has her own clothing line. She has frequently supported LGBT rights and has won awards for her humanitarian efforts on behalf of women, Asians, and the LGBT community. As an actress she has played parts such as Charlene Lee in It’s My Party and that of John Travolta’s FBI colleague in the action movie Face/Off. She is part of the TV series Drop Dead Diva on Lifetime Television, playing the role of Teri Lee, a paralegal assistant.
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Today we learn Don Shelby’s secret vice courtesy of Drew and Danny.
Real estate agent Drew Levin and his partner, licensed contractor Danny Perkins, have figured out how to make money in today’s housing market. They buy old, foreclosed houses in good locations, completely renovate them from top to bottom, then rent them out for top dollar. These guys are both only 30 years old but they already own 24 homes. And down the road, when it’s time to sell, they’ll be sitting on a goldmine.
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