Comics Coming Up

In this episode it’s two comics for the price of one (the podcast is still free, so post a review or tell a friend) In the first half R.A. Bartlett (@RABartlett) and I talk about life, comedy cancer and things from all over the spectrum. In the 2nd half Dan Crohn (@DanCrohn) talk about his […]

I sit down in a conference room and talk to a young comic Andrew Coalson (@Andrew_Coalson) extensively about his time as a student at Emerson College, from the process of starting over w/a new city/comedy scene to becoming the President of the storied Emerson Comedy Workshop. (Videos at: http://www.youtube.com/ecwcomedy ) We also discuss trials and […]

Matt Graham becomes the most experienced comic to come on as a guest. He’s done numerous Late Night with Conan O’Brien appearances, had television writing jobs and been doing standup since a young age. He talks to me about his one man show “This Too Shall Suck” ( which runs every Thursday at The Soho […]

Ken Reid (@KennethWReid) is BACK after a one week absence. We dip back to the beginning of the month for a (sort of rushed) mini Halloween wrap up/Thanksgiving TV special preview, then flash forward to the recent past to talk about Ken’s Thanksgiving, what he watched, family stuff and preview the new Thursday show he’ll […]

Matteo Lane (@MatteoLane) visits from Hurrican Sandy ravaged NYC. We talk about his move from Chicago to his current home in NYC, singing opera, how he approaches his nightly standup sets, performing with drag queens, getting used to crowds in different cities, Italian grandmothers and more! Also if you’re in the Boston area the last […]

Matt reports/records live from The Comedy Studio with two former residents, Jimmy Whitman (@JimmyWhit) gets tricked into the closet and podcasted upon and talks about taking the bullet every night, the progression of the set he worked on, missing days of his month and why he didn’t mind missing out on a highly sought after […]

Matt bounces around between opening spots to track down comics who did their residency earlier in 2012.  In an attempt to recapture the magic of The Tuesday night Mystery Lounge he talks to Cam MacNeil (@CamMacNeil) and Guitler Raphael (@GuitlerRaphael) about their experience performing amongst magicians.  He travels through snow and crowded Irish pubs to […]

Throughout November Matt Kona will be comic in resident at The Comedy Studio in Cambridge. This is part one (week one/days 1 & 2) featuring interviews with show hosts Sean Sullivan (@MrSeanSullivan) and Ken Reid (@KennethWReid) and also post show wrap ups. Read a so far way too detailed blog update at www.mattkona.tumblr.com or www.facebook.com/MattKonaStandup

‘ween season’ is winding down in the continuing series of Ken Reid Holiday special viewings. This week Matt and Ken talk from a park in Harvard Square Cambridge. Ken talks about his brief jaunt to New York to record the RISK podcast (also available on iTunes) Matt reads a correspondence from Sarah Heggan about some […]

It’s the second week of the three month opus that is Ken Reid’s Holiday Special Viewing Update. This is a road trip edition as I tag along for a car ride with Ken and his wife Rachel, pestering along at 40+mp with listener questions in tow. We go over what has been watched over the […]

The first of (hopefully) a new regular segment for the next few months. Ken Reid (@KennethWReid) talks to Matt about his yearly ritual of watching Holiday Specials from his collection. For the inaugural episode we go over the method to his madness, what he’s seen so far and talk briefly about his trip to Hollywood […]

This week’s talk from Grandma’s Basement revolves around self sabotage and self doubt in the world of comedy. P.J. Brown (@PJBChairo) postpones his dinner to make his CCU debut and Matt is joined by Benny Bosh (@PoopEMcPoops) and Ted Pettingell (@TedPettingell). I would write a more full description for this episode but nobody is going […]

From the archives! Collin A. Bullock (@awkwardpodcast) and I sit down on my final day in Chicago. There were numerous delays on this for tiny various reasons that are not podcast description-worthy. Collin talks about his podcast (“Awkward Moments”) have discussions about feeling slightly slighted in our respective comedy scenes, being passed over out of […]

Matt is joined by Shawn Carter (@ShawnCarters), Ted Pettingell (@TedPettingell), Sandy Asai and Alex Ansel aka Kool Aid (@y2koolaid) on the afternoon of the Boston Comedy Festival finals from the Davis Square Theater. They talk about Shawn’s approach to a 5 minute set over the past three years of being in the BCF and how […]

Benny Bosh and Al Park return to the live Wednesday show at Grandma’s Basement. The topic begins with a discussion of Benny’s trip to Burning Man in the Nevada desert and quickly shifts into the panel sharing tales of debauchery and intrigue from various parts of the world. Guilt, exploitation and poorly tinted windows are […]

After several weeks off detoxing from podcasting, life and other things Matt Kona is back and live at Grandma’s Basement for episode 50. He updates everyone on the time off, lack of sleep from a controversial Boston Comedy Softball League Championship game and slips some jokes in to pander to the live audience. He’s joined […]

Tommy Sunshine (@SunshineTommy) , a new (old) guy in the comedy scene. Initially dismissed by Matt as loud obnoxious drunk guy disrupting him at Mottley’s, he won me over with his own chat show “The Sunshine Open Mic Podcast” where he has personal conversations with his peers and people that he looks up to in […]

East Infection Comedy Tour: Special Edition. Four Austin comics invade the northeast! Pat Sirois (@peezytx) Stefany Wood (@stefanywood) Michael Monsour (@monsooncomedy) and John Stringer (@monsooncomedy) sit down to podcast before their show at Grandma’s Basement. We talk about the ups and downs of spending 30+ hours in a car with three other comics, what you […]

Live from Grandma’s Basement (@GrandmasComedy) with a full house of people. TRAVEL is the theme, and one of our guests is Kit Rivers (@KitRivers) who travelled in from VT, also including CCU regulars @WillNoonan, Stephen McConnen comes on to promote a food themed comedy show (that already happened woops!) and tells a tale of wedding […]

Al Park (@AlParkHaHaHa) sits down for two sessions. One is recorded in a car, the other in an apartment. In both we talk a lot about the state of Boston comedy from the despair of late night open mics, putting together shows early on, friendship/alienation and being patient (and funny). We also sneak a few […]