Nice to meet you! Im a comedy journalist living in New York City. For nearly a decade, Ive been fascinated by stand-up comedy and the comedians who perform it. Ive worked in comedy clubs, hosted a stand-up comedy themed radio show, helped write a book about stand-up, written articles, produced video essays, and interviewed some really lovely comedians. I even wrote a chunky MA thesis about Mark Twains Lecture Tours and the origins of American stand-up comedy. Are you a comedian, a writer, or a comedy nerd? Maybe you just really like laughing? Whatever the case welcome. Stay a while. Say hi."The motives and functions of stand-up comedy are complex, ambiguous, and to some extent paradoxical." Lawrence Mintz