Brand Building: Entertainer shares insights on managing a team and making tough decisions to grow professionally.

The Steve Harvey Morning Show

iHeartPodcasts

Comedy, Society & Culture

4.5 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 20 August 2025

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Two-time Emmy and Three-time NAACP Image Award-winning, television Executive Producer Rushion McDonald interviewed Earthquake.

Comedian, Actor, Entrepreneur and Radio Host

Comedy Icon known for his Netflix special Chappelle’s Home Team Presents Earthquake: Legendary (produced by Dave Chappelle).
Host of Quake’s House on Kevin Hart’s Laugh Out Loud Network via SiriusXM.
Longtime contributor to the comedy scene since the 1990s, with roots in Atlanta.

🎤 Key Themes & Insights 🧠 Comedy with Purpose

Earthquake emphasizes that his comedy is rooted in truth and humor—not shock value or controversy.
He uses comedy to educate, especially on health issues like colonoscopies, encouraging Black men to prioritize their well-being.

💼 Business of Comedy

Talks about the evolution from performing for meals to becoming a headliner.
Shares insights on managing a team and making tough decisions to grow professionally.
Advocates for professionalism over loyalty when scaling a business.

📺 Upcoming Projects

New comedy special titled “Joke Telling Business” filmed in Atlanta.
Developing a sitcom with Bill Burr, backed by Fox Network President Michael Thorn.

📻 Quake’s House Radio Show

A platform for emerging comedians.
Described as “The View with comedians,” focusing on hot topics and real-life scenarios.

❤️ Personal Life

Credits his fiancée (soon-to-be wife) for grounding and motivating him.
Says being “properly loved by a Black woman” has transformed his life and career.

💬 Memorable Quotes

“I’m in the joke telling business. I’m not your pastor, not your critic. Judge me on the jokes.”
“Being properly loved by a woman, especially a Black woman, is a beautiful thing.”
“Laughter is the best healing ever.”

#SHMS #STRAW #BEST

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0:00.0	This is an IHeart podcast. Hi, I'm Roshan McDonald.
0:24.3	I host this weekly Money Making Conversation Masterclass show.
0:27.5	The interviews and information that this show provides are for everyone.
0:30.9	It's time to start reading other people's success stories and start living your own.
0:34.6	I'm talking about you.
0:35.9	Now, if you want to be a guest on my show, Money Making Conversations Masterclass, please visit our website, moneymakingconversations.com, and click the be a guest button. If you are a small business owner, entrepreneur, motivational speaker, influencer, or nonprofit, I want you on my show. Now, let's get this show started. My guest is a comedy icon, known for his razor sharp wit, unapologetic honesty, and
1:00.0	commanding stage present.
1:01.8	He earned critical acclaim for his breakout Netflix special, Chappelle's home team, presents
1:07.0	earthquake legendary, produced by the one and only Dave Chappelle, held by the New York Times as the funniest comedy special of the year.
1:16.3	He's also the host of Quake's House, his unfiltered and fan favorite radio show on Kevin Hart's Laugh Out Loud Network via Sirius XM.
1:25.1	Please welcome the one and only to Moneymaking Conversations Masterclass, Earthquake. How you doing, my brother? How you doing, brother? You know I love you because you say the whole word, Conversations. You got to, man. Articulation. My wife be on me. She be on me, brother. She's the number one good critic. I'm so lazy with these words.
1:45.2	I do combo and let it stay right there, convoy.
1:48.9	You know what I mean?
1:49.7	I don't give them the whole word, but she's giving them a whole four-course meal.
1:54.3	And she's going to love that, and I appreciate it, man.
1:56.8	Earthquake, you know, we all go, you know, we go way back in the comedy, all the way back to Beatty's Comic View.
2:03.2	In fact, let me just tell you all private story.
2:05.1	I've done it on my show.
2:06.6	I met him on stage in Atlanta in 1995.
2:11.3	I came into town as a hell old comedy writer off the Steve Harvey ABC sitcom.
2:18.6	And that brother was hosting, and he was waiting on me.
2:21.9	And, boy, he tore that stage up, and I learned what earthquake was, is, and why he's
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