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🗓️ 23 April 2025
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Jared is joined by Saturday Night Live cast member and stand-up comedian Devon Walker for their first-ever sit-down, and it’s instant chemistry.
The two dive deep into what it’s like performing stand-up on the college comedy circuit, share hilarious stories from their campus gigs, and unpack why college audiences can be both the easiest and trickiest crowds. Devon shares behind-the-scenes insights from SNL, what it’s like having a master’s degree in comedy (spoiler: it's mostly useless except for impressing dads), and how he juggles prestige with punchlines.
🎤 Topics include:
- The hidden money in college stand-up gigs
- Why being on SNL is the best resume item in comedy
- Getting mistaken for fictional colleges
- Navigating parties as a comedian (and when it gets old)
- Whether that pricey graduate degree is worth it
If you love stand-up comedy, behind-the-scenes SNL stories, college life, or just two comics chopping it up with real talk, this episode delivers laughs and insight in equal measure.
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0:00.0 | Chit Chat Wednesday for you to listen to, I have a guess who will be your new boo. |
0:09.4 | You're gonna love them too. |
0:14.3 | Chit chat Wednesday, I hope you're having a good day today. |
0:19.5 | I hope it's gonna be a perfect week too. |
0:26.6 | I hope you have a nice poo. |
0:30.6 | It's a chit chat Wednesday too. |
0:34.6 | Hello and welcome to the J-Train podcast. |
0:37.8 | It's a chit-chat Wednesday, and today's guest is Devin Walker. |
0:40.8 | I knew of Devin. |
0:42.2 | I've seen him on S&L. |
0:43.3 | He's super funny. |
0:44.6 | We'd never met. |
0:45.4 | So this is us meeting for the first time and talking comedy. |
0:49.5 | He just come from doing a show at Northwestern. |
0:52.5 | So we talk a little bit about the college stand-up |
0:56.4 | circuit and those gigs and what they're like. And it was just really cool to talk to another |
1:02.6 | comedian. I've talked about this on this show before, but when I meet a comedian who is doing |
1:08.2 | stand-up and working hard at it, I can tell right away, and it's like I've known them forever. |
1:13.6 | And I think that's how I felt walking away. |
1:16.9 | Walking away, I'm sitting. |
1:18.1 | You know, after this interview, that's kind of how I felt. |
1:20.7 | And it was cool to hear a little bit about SNL and being on that show, |
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