Comedy Wham Presents

Oct 11, 2026

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Episode #399

• Trading chilly Bismarck for Austin, bombing at early open mics, and finally taking a comedy class
• Teaching hundreds of comics to write jokes and launching Smile More, her all-women showcase
• Building her own pandemic MFA and...

Oct 4, 2026

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Episode #398

• Starting stand-up at 36 after a comedy class
• Hitting nearly 40 comedy festivals while racing to check off all 50 states
• Her Kill Tony weight loss challenge and the Moody Center New Year's Eve prize on the line
• Hosting for...

Sep 27, 2026

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Episode #397

• Turning TV paychecks into Under Covers, a silly web series pitched as Brooklyn Nine-Nine meets Cheaters
• Flipping Perfect Strangers into Strange, But Perfect, his award-winning Hill Country film starring Ed Begley Jr. and...

Sep 20, 2026

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Episode #396

Vanessa Gonzalez returns to talk with Valerie about

• Self-funding her Hulu special, Mamona, after a manager lied for a year about shopping it.
• Landing her first writers' room job and feeling like an imposter at Warner Brothers.
• The anxiety medication that changed how...

Sep 13, 2026

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Episode #395

• Getting engaged, co-hosting Quackin Jokes, and juggling comedy with her 2027 wedding planning
• Retiring her "single girl" jokes and learning to write fresh material as a newly engaged comic
• Teaching special ed adults...