Comedian, Podcaster, Activist, Thoughtful Guy, Gay Man: Adam Sank
Stand Up! with Pete Dominick
Pete Dominick
4.8 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 26 April 2023
⏱️ 91 minutes
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ADAM SANK is one of the most recognized and accomplished openly gay stand-up comics in the country, having been featured on NBC's Last Comic Standing and The Today Show, FOX's Laughs, CBS News, Vh1's I Love the 2000s and Best Week Ever, CNN's @ThisHour, CNBC's Street Signs and truTV's World's Dumbest Criminals, along with countless appearances as both a guest and fill-in host on Sirius-XM satellite radio.
His debut comedy album, "Adam Sank: Live from the Stonewall Inn," went to No. 1 on both Amazon's list of Comedy Album Downloads and iTunes's New Comedy Releases, and it plays in rotation on SiriusXM's Raw Dog channel. Adam also hosts a weekly podcast– "The Adam Sank Show (ASS)" – every Saturday at 11AM ET at DNRStudios.com and other streaming platforms.
For 15 years, Adam performed regularly at comedy clubs, special events and festivals throughout the New York City area and beyond, including appearances at NYC Gay Pride, Gay Days Orlando, Atlantis Events and the Gay Naturists International (GNI) Annual Gathering. He has served as master of ceremonies and auctioneer at multiple fundraisers, helping to raise hundreds of thousands of dollars for charitable organizations. He has also personally raised over $95K for AIDS Walk NY.
In 2019, Adam retired from stand-up after releasing his second comedy album, "Adam Sank's Last Comedy Album," which went to No. 1 on Amazon and iTunes and plays regularly on SiriusXM Raw Dog. He occasionally still appears live for select events.
In addition to being a comedian and podcaster, Adam is a licensed wedding officiant in the state of New York, specializing in (but not limited to) same-sex, Jewish and/or comedy-themed ceremonies. He currently lives in New York City with his dog, Lady.
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| 0:00.0 | I mean, Eleanor Roosevelt just walked into my life and as she turned it around, Dr. King |
| 0:06.4 | called me on the phone one day, Malcolm X knocked at the door one day, Nelson Mandela |
| 0:11.8 | he landed an exchange of letters while he was in prison and just these things kept emerging |
| 0:16.6 | and each time I saw opportunity to become involved in what their struggle and our struggle |
| 0:22.5 | was about and felt that make as big a difference as I could. |
| 0:29.0 | I'm a deep-abricated solar-powered garden shed in Rockland County, New York, USA. |
| 0:35.4 | This is stand-up with Pete Dominick. |
| 0:38.9 | On today's episode, a look back at a simpler time in America when we all just used DDT. |
| 0:51.7 | And now the podcast host who has no need for such things because he banishes pests by |
| 0:57.2 | share force of personality, Pete Dominick. |
| 1:04.2 | Pete is never wrong, thank you very much Pete Co and very happy that you are here with |
| 1:12.0 | me today because I have what I think is really good and very special conversation with |
| 1:18.7 | the comedian and podcast host and personality. |
| 1:22.7 | Adam Sank Adam has never been on the show before but I follow him on social media and I thought |
| 1:29.0 | we might have a really good conversation and I thought right this is a good one folks. |
| 1:34.9 | I'm sure you are going to like it and learn a lot from my conversation with Adam Sank |
| 1:41.3 | on today's program. |
| 1:43.7 | Thank you to everybody who reached out about the special extravaganza, banana that I did |
| 1:49.2 | about the Tucker Carlson firing yesterday, smart cousin Darcy said yesterday I just ignored |
| 1:55.8 | all the coverage around Tucker Carlson's firing. |
| 1:58.2 | I found myself only wanting to hear from your experts but given that you're a one person |
| 2:02.3 | team I thought I'd hear some clips at the top and then some interviews with folks you |
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