Category: Podcast
PODCAST #8: Highlights from “Who in the Whatnow?: A Variety Show #3″
Beginning in December 2012, Man on the Street DC began producing a variety show called “Who in the Whatnow?”. While self-styled variety shows have gotten popular in the DC area, Whatnow is unique in its format, with gameshow elements, and unscripted performances from stand-up comedians that aren’t really improv either. Some of the regular features [...]
Guest on About Last Week
David and Asif have another podcast, About Last Week, where generally they talk about TV, but we don’t watch much TV aside from sports, so we discuss odd jobs, including mascot work and trying out (unsuccessfully) to be one of the Washington Nationals Racing Presidents. Also, we pick up the guitar and play half a [...]
Guest on Hollywood Pitch Funtime
It’s been quite around MOTS DC lately for a number of reasons, meaning we haven’t been doing our own podcast since the turn of the new year. But, that should be changing very soon, and we’ll be getting back on schedule. In the meantime, we were the guest on this week’s Hollywood Pitch Funtime podcast, [...]
PODCAST #7: SM Shrake / Story League
SM Shrake is the brains behind Story League, the only storytelling competition in the nation’s capital. Based partially on The Moth, Story League hosts monthly showcases at venues in Washington DC such as Busboys & Poets, the Black Cat, and the Kennedy Center. SM join the podcast to talk about competition, Barbara Streisand, growing up in [...]
PODCAST #6: Jimmy Long / Professional Wrestler
Jimmy Long occupies a strange space in our world. He is a current member of the cast of “The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Diety“, a morality play set in the world of professional wrestling. The production, at the Woolly Mammoth Theater in Penn Quarter DC, is Long’s first acting gig. Well, not actually. He got [...]
PODCAST #5: Reggie Melbrough / Comedian
Reggie Melbrough moved to DC from Boise, Idaho, in 2007 and has been a fixture on the local comedy scene there. A history teacher in NW DC by day, he hosts his own showcase “Don’t Block the Box” and performs both around the area and in New York City. Reggie joins the podcast to talk [...]
PODCAST #4: Kate Michael / K Street Kate
Kate Michael, aka K Street Kate, left Georgia 10 years ago to pursue dance in New York City, then ended up working on the Hill in DC in 2004. In 2006, she became Miss District of Columbia, which sent her to Las Vegas months later to compete for the title of Miss America. She came [...]
PODCAST #3: Jay Irizarry / Chocolate City Beer
Jay Irizarry has been working at bars around DC for a decade, including Chef Geoff’s, where he would meet another craft beer enthusiast, Ben Matz. Years later, they would team up with two other guys to start Chocolate City Beer, one of two independent breweries (DC Brau, the other) to open in the district in 2011, [...]
PODCAST #2: Justin Trawick / Singer-Songwriter
Justin Trawick began writing and performing at bars in Northern Virginia around 2005, just as social media became a part of musician’s live. He’s since played the 930 Club, Birchmere, Black Cat, The Hamilton, State Theatre, and the Kennedy Center on his way to becoming a regional touring act. He’s released 5 CDs and started The [...]
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