The Comedy Bureau Field Report, a nice, neat rundown of comedy news (and news about nothing else), with Comedy Bureau founder and director Jake Kroeger.
Latest episodes
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1 h 06
Ep. 305: Steve Hernandez & First Special About Being Fat! Mexican! Queer?
Of this era, Steve Hernandez is one of a very select handful names synonymous with LA comedy. As such, he's well overdue for a debut special, which is coming next week in the form…
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55 min
Ep. 304: Brandie Posey | #SiriusSebastian & Preserving the Livelihood of Comedy
It has been no secret that, for decades, the art form of comedy has been a feast or famine proposition when it comes to making a living. Yet, the recent transition of SiriusXM's Ra…
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1 h 10
Ep. 303: Joey Clift & Getting Your Humorous Book on Native American Culture and History on College Reading Lis…
While it's something to note when good comedy folks publish books, it's a whole other, even more amazing thing to note when their book is such good "edutainment" that it gets on co…
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57 min
Ep. 302: Beth Lapides & The Going Through-ness of It's-A-Lot-Ness
Seminal comedy pioneer Beth Lapides is still blazing a trail after being at the helm of the legendary comedy/music/variety showcase Uncabaret for decades and now going forth with h…
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58 min
Ep. 301: Brady Smith & The Virtues of Comedy Intern-in'
In Tinseltown, internships often come with the prospect of your fate being tied to how your answer a phone and your acumen for running errands at very same time. When it comes to i…
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1 h 08
Ep. 300: Derek Sheen & Self Producing Your 5th Hour of Comedy/1st Special
Even if you have done stand-up comedy for a long time, successfully, and released multiple hours of comedy that have been critically acclaimed, diving into producing your own speci…
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1 h 20
Ep. 299: Emily Menez & Ian Goldstein & Fixing American Healthcare as a Bit/Comedy Festival
The labyrinthian and dystopian nature of the American Healthcare System as is feels like a cruel joke, which is why NYC comedians Emily Menez and Ian Goldstein have decided to do a…
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1 h 19
Ep. 298: Alaina Bamfield & Doing a Trauma Special (That's Packed with Jokes)
While the idea of comedy as a salve for trauma is nothing new, Alaina Bamfield makes her own mark on today's ever growing, crowded field of comedy by doing an entire half hour stan…
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53 min
Ep. 297: Comedy Gives Back & The Legacy of Brody Stevens
The memory and comedy of one Brody Stevens and the importance he highlighted for mental health both in comedy and beyond strongly continue to this day. The Annual Brody Stevens Fes…
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1 h 15
Ep. 296: Mary Houlihan & The Common Ground That Is Comedians Yelling at Each Other
The idea that these are divisive times is so old hat, which is partially why the very funny Mary Houlihan is dead set on truly bringing back having comedians from opposite ends of…
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1 h 25
Ep. 295: Edib Farhan & Winning Fringe as a Poignant (Very Funny) Clown
Fresh off their win of Top of the Fringe at this most recent Hollywood Fringe Festival, the amazing Edib Farhan is already busy with a sequel to their award winning show, Syrian So…
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1 h 31
Ep. 294: Spaghetti Fest 2026 & Gettin' Spaghetti Everywhere
Hot off the tail from Hollywood Fringe, Elysian's annual cavalcade of daring new work in Spaghetti Festival is just around the corner and we get a preview of a delicious bit of wha…
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1 h 18
Ep. 293: Amelia Cameron & Doing Late Night at the Kennedy Center
With all the things that The John F. Kennedy for the Performing Arts has had to endure this year under the 2nd Trump Administration, one might be surprised to find that there's a s…
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1 h 32
Ep. 292: John Gilkey & The Power of The Fools
While there is a spotlight on clown, especially in LA, these days, one ought to know that this daring comedic work isn't a new phenomenon. With that in mind, we wax all things clow…
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1 h 09
Ep. 291: Greg Barris & The Ever-Underestimated Power of Comedy
While the many functions and purposes of comedy will be up for debate, its ability and capacity for healing is pretty undisputed. Squarely in that healing corner is multi-disciplin…
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59 min
Ep. 290: Geri Courtney-Austein & Clowning Around and Ending Up at Cannes
Geri Courtney-Austein has done so many things in so many different lanes in LA comedy between sketch, improv, and clown (oh, and podcasting and filmmaking) and even combining those…
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51 min
Ep. 289: Dewayne Perkins & Flipping Fear Into Comedy
Coming fresh off of a sold out Netflix Is a Joke. Fest performance of How Being Black & Gay Made Me Better Than You!, the amazing (the name of the show is on point, FYI) Dewayne Pe…
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1 h 15
Ep. 288: Sydney Kane & Tragedy Plus Time as a Musical
When doing the alchemy of taking heartbreak and turning it into comedy, it often manifests as stand-up or a short film. Doing an entire solo musical is a whole other incredibly amb…
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1 h 12
Ep. 287: Maggie Winters & Embracing All Sides of Live, Laugh, Love
As the volume of comedy specials released increases at an exponential rate, one really must go against the grain to stand out. Chicago's own Maggie Winters took that to heart with…
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1 h 10
Ep. 286: Chris Colthurst & Better Living Through Improv
Taking a cue from San Diego's biggest annual happening, Comic-Con, Chris Colthurst is paving a way in similar fashion for all things celebrating and enlightening in the art form of…