Making people laugh during a pandemic, with Jon Lovett and Jon Gabrus

Channels with Peter Kafka

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Technology, Tv & Film, Business News, News

4.4 • 585 Ratings

🗓️ 26 March 2020

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Two chats with people who make you laugh for a living: Pod Save America co-host Jon Lovett talks about making his shows — including one that’s supposed to happen with a live audience - from home during the pandemic, what’s happening to his podcast business during the economic disruption, and how to help people get through a very rough time. Then, in an interview taped as the pandemic was beginning to hit the U.S., improviser Jon Gabrus explains how podcasting has allowed him to build a loyal audience and make money. Gabrus talks about how he got his start, via the influential Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in New York, how he’s making his way in Los Angeles, and what the comedy landscape looks like in 2020. Featuring: Jon Gabrus (@Gabrus), comedian and host of High & Mighty and Action Boyz Jon Lovett (@jonlovett), Co-Founder of Crooked Media, host of Lovett or Leave It Host: Peter Kafka (@pkafka), Senior Editor at Recode More to explore: Subscribe for free to Recode Media, Peter Kafka, one of the media industry's most acclaimed reporters, talks to business titans, journalists, comedians, and more to get their take on today's media landscape. About Recode by Vox: Recode by Vox helps you understand how tech is changing the world — and changing us. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:39.5	live not from box media headquarters, but from my bedroom where I'm sitting on the floor,
1:46.0	because that's how we're making podcasts these days.
1:48.0	I hope you're well. I hope you're safe.
1:50.0	And I hope what we're making is something that you want to hear and that gives you a little joy or information or both.
1:56.0	Thank you for all the nice words about the stuff we made last week.
1:59.0	We're going to make many more in the future.
2:01.8	We've got a two-partner for you today, two interviews with two men who make comedy for a living.
2:08.0	John Lovett works for Cricket Media. It does Patsy of America, love it or leave it. We recorded that this week in Los Angeles.
2:16.7	We've also got a recording with John Gabris, who also makes comedy for a living.
2:20.7	He is a podcast or comedian who's also in Los Angeles.
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