155 - Jena Friedman (Live at the Edinburgh Fringe)

The Comedian's Comedian Podcast

Stuart Goldsmith

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4.8 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 22 January 2016

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Summary

Wickedly spiky and dry as sand, controversy-courting stand-up Jena Friedman has writing credits for "Letterman" and "The Daily Show" under her belt. We discover her unusual origin, as her thesis on Chicago's improv scene drew her into the undertow of the comedy world, and talk in depth about the courage required to "own" difficult material...

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0:14.4	Hello, Stue here. This isn't an ad. This is me telling you that you have got to get hold of a copy of Adam Blooms book, Finding Your Comic Genius. It's just so great, and I want everyone to buy it for everyone else for Christmas. We discuss it in detail on episode 437 and at the time of recording this it has 66 five-star reviews out of 66 reviews on Amazon.
0:21.2	So go and find Adam Blooms book, repeat. This is not an ad and I'm not
0:24.7	being remunerated. Or remunerated. You can now book your train on Uber and get 10% back in credits to spend on Uber.
0:42.0	So you can order your own fries instead of eating everyone else's.
0:46.0	Trains, now on Uber. T's and C's apply. Check the Uber app.
0:51.0	This is a podcast from Comedians Check the Uber app.
1:07.0	This is a podcast from comedian podgos. Hello and welcome is the final episode.
1:15.0	Not of the podcast as a whole but of the ones that we recorded at Edinburgh last year in black medicine under the auspices of the
1:25.6	PBH free fringe. This is Jenna Friedman. I mean dry as sand I've said on the blurb and I don't know if that begins to cover it.
1:34.0	Her show was really, really funny.
1:36.3	Just someone who can take an idea and ring all of the comedy out of it.
1:41.2	I mean that in a positive way so that you're left with the comedy, not that
1:44.8	the comedy's been rung out. The mic is weird.
1:53.0	Thank you so much.
1:55.0	Hello, oh you're right.
1:59.0	The mic is weird.
2:00.0	Okay.
2:01.0	Yeah, it's pretty strange, right?
2:02.0	It's a weird little pointy job.
2:04.0	Have a seat. Would you like a drink?
2:06.0	I mean, it's some water?
2:07.0	I'm okay, actually, yeah. I will drink most of that throughout the proceedings.
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