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For 30 years, New York's legendary Comedy Cellar has served as the launching pad for greatest stand up comedians in the world. Colin Quinn, Dave Chappelle, Ray Romano, Dave Attell, Chris Rock, Jon Stewart, Dane Cook, Robert Kelly and Greg Giraldo are just a few of the comedians who began as Cellar regulars. But classic stage performances have never been the only show going on at the Cellar. The biggest comedians in the world come to sit at the table upstairs, where comedians come to argue and discuss the events of the day and their lives, sharpening their their comedy knives on each other. This kibitzing (an inspiration for Comedy Central's Tough Crowd), has always been a private affair... until now. Join us for a weekly peek into the happenings at the Comedy Cellar's comedian table, where the funniest people in the world debate and discuss. Subscribe now and don't miss a second of it. We would love to hear your comments. Email them to [email protected]
Ann Coulter: Immigration, Forgiving Trump, RFK, Worries About the "Crazy" Hard Right
Ann Coulter, stops into the Comedy Cellar.
Some Studies on Long Covid:
https://www.yalemedicine.org/news/how-to-manage-long-covid-brain-fog
https://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2024/august/in-covid-19-patients-neurological-symptoms-last-up-to-three-years/
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanwpc/article/PIIS2666-6065(24)00080-4/fulltext
01:18:0923/11/2024
Yardena Schwartz on 100 Years of Anti-Semitic Riots. Also, a Reply to Dave Smith and Jake Shields.
1. Yardena Schwartz, author of "Ghosts of a Holy War," discusses her new book on the 1929 Hebron Massacre and how it informs the modern day. https://www.amazon.com/Ghosts-Holy-War-Palestine-Arab-Israeli/dp/145494921X
2. Noam responds to the accusation made on the Jake Shields podcast that he had taken Dave Smith and Nick Fuentes out of context.
01:22:5214/11/2024
Why I Voted Against the Democrats - I don’t care for Trump, but I needed to strike back - Ann Bauer
Author of the WSJ op-ed: "Why I Voted Against the Democrats
I don’t care for Trump, but I needed to strike back against the hectoring and fanaticism of the left," tells us about the experiences within liberal academia that led to her decision to vote for Trump.
Read the column: https://www.wsj.com/opinion/why-i-voted-against-democrats-fanaticism-of-the-left-swayed-over-trump-dislike-874daacc
01:00:5014/11/2024
How Binary Thinking Divides Us with Kat Timpf
Kat Timpf is a New York Times best selling author, comedian, and television personality. She's currently the co-host of “Gutfeld!” on Fox News weeknights at 10 p.m. and a Fox News analyst. Her new book, "I Used to Like You Until. . ." (How Binary Thinking Divides Us) is out now.
01:18:2710/11/2024
Trump Wins: Election Results Hot Take with Richard Hanania
Richard Hanania is the President of the Center for the Study of Partisanship and Ideology. His substack is: @richardhanania
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01:14:0207/11/2024
Coleman Hughes: Harris vs, Trump - The Best Arguments For And Against Each - Final Considerations
Check out Coleman's book The End of Race Politics and his most recent Free Press article How the Democrats Rigged the Vote in Puerto Rico
We toss around the best arguments for and against the candidates and come to the conclusion we're not voting.
01:35:1231/10/2024
Trump Versus Harris, Final Considerations with Batya Ungar-Sargon
Batya Ungar-Sargon is an American journalist and author. She is the Opinion Editor of Newsweek and author of Bad News and Second Class. She weighs in on Trump versus Harris, Tony Hinchcliffe and final thoughts on the election.
01:33:2131/10/2024
Live from the Table: Political Writer Brendan O'Neill on October 7, Israel and the Crisis of Civilisation
Noam Dworman and Periel Aschenbrand are joined by political writer and author Brendan O'Neill. His new book, After the Pogrom: 7 October, Israel and the Crisis of Civilisation is an unflinching account of how the West failed the test of Hamas’s pogrom.
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01:28:3825/10/2024
Dr. Feroze Sidhwa - Author of Controversial NY Times Article - Reports on Children Shot in Gaza
Dr. Feroze Sidwha is interviewed about his NY Times article: "65 Doctors, Nurses and Paramedics: What We Saw in Gaza".
02:21:2020/10/2024
Interview With Darryl Cooper (AKA Martyrmade) Part2 - Political Philosophy, Fascism, Tucker and More)
Second of two parts. Intro is repeated on both
01:27:1416/10/2024
Interview With Darryl Cooper (AKA Martyrmade) Part I - Christianity and the Jews
First of two parts. Intro is repeated on both
52:3616/10/2024
Which Party is Better for the Economy in '24 with Jason Furman
Jason Furman is the Aetna Professor of the Practice of Economic Policy jointly at Harvard Kennedy School and the Department of Economics at Harvard University. He is the former top economic adviser to President Obama and a regular contributor to the Wall Street Journal, Project Syndicate and the editor of two books on economic policy. Furman holds a Ph.D. in economics from Harvard University.
52:4910/10/2024
One Year Since 10/7 with Dan Senor
Dan Senor is a columnist, writer, and political adviser. He is co-author of the book Start-up Nation: The Story of Israel's Economic Miracle and The Genius of Israel. He is host of the podcast Call Me Back.
01:06:2408/10/2024
Live from the Table: Bonus Episode Dan Naturman and Periel Aschenbrand Get Personal
With Noam away, Dan Naturman and Periel Aschenbrand discuss stand up, Diddy, women and a variety of medical and personal matters.
01:13:2227/09/2024
Destiny on the Election and the Current Political Scene
Steven Bonnell II, commonly known as Destiny, is a prominent figure in the online gaming and political commentary sphere. Renowned for his incisive debates and unfiltered opinions, Destiny has cultivated a large following on platforms like Kick and YouTube. With a background in professional gaming, he transitioned to political discourse, often engaging in discussions on controversial topics with a focus on logic and reason. His blend of gaming, politics, and sharp rhetoric has made him a polarizing yet influential figure in digital media.
02:00:2719/09/2024
Historian Andrew Roberts on Churchill WWII Revisionism and the Tucker/Darryl Cooper Interview - Is It Anti-Semitic?
Noted historian and Churchill Expert Lord Andrew Roberts gives us his take on the recent Darryl Cooper (@MartyrMade) interview controversy. Was Churchill the villain of WWII? Is Cooper's take anti-semitic?
Roberts' books, including Churchill: Walking with Destiny, are available on Amazon and everywhere else.
“Unarguably the best single-volume biography of Churchill . . . A brilliant feat of storytelling, monumental in scope, yet put together with tenderness for a man who had always believed that he would be Britain’s savior.” —Wall Street Journal
https://www.amazon.com/Churchill-Walking-Destiny-Andrew-Roberts-ebook/dp/B079R3VH13/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1OKHRQ2HF107X&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.XRyoEwHDcO_pXSIzOvxrmoStMtBE8yO-BxvmRuYP9sB3dF1MCwBTx2m39dNbn4Cb42vo-A2qb4VqvzsVQUtt7DBPVMg9N_S2XWkzwLEKw0xMnIS5f5rpCniWhbTb2q-fOorNmj2mtUxKBbR15UR4eOt3MFgK_k3pryX3M_k0C_aP79_3gd4JqLJz4HDGFjdVzCUmtmu139osn2FgB-KVgDBi06kJMlwBf80yZsKOL78.JV8fiqjgDR74n1ERHiqpvYYZSgSxrKHicOQzisTuVJU&dib_tag=se&keywords=andrew+roberts+churchill&qid=1726529104&sprefix=andrew+rob%2Caps%2C95&sr=8-1
52:0317/09/2024
Maintaining Mental Acuity with Philosopher Peter Boghossian
Peter Boghossian is an American philosopher, professor and co-author of the book, How to Have Impossible Conversations. His work has been featured in The New York Times, Time Magazine, The Wall Street Journal and many other publications.
01:44:3313/09/2024
Martyr Made, Hostages in Gaza, Far Right Anti-semitism
Noam Dworman is joined by Dan Naturman and Periel Aschenbrand and discusses Martyr Made, the hostages in Gaza and far right anti-semitism.
01:35:4506/09/2024
Getting to Know Comic Gray West
Dan Naturman and Periel Aschenbrand are joined by comic, Gray West. West is originally from Alabama, has performed all over the United States and frequently MCs shows at The Comedy Cellar. In this episode, they discuss the differences between hosting and doing spots, how your style on stage affects your persona and West shares some personal anecdotes.
01:09:3431/08/2024
Getting to know Comic Adam Muller
Adam Muller is a New York based, MIT-educated, former finance professional turned comedian. His comedy specials, "According to Plan" and "Funny to You" are available on YouTube.
01:02:4021/08/2024
Is There An Immigrant Fueled Crimewave? With Analyst Jeff Asher
Jeff Asher is a nationally recognized data analyst with expertise in evaluating criminal justice data. He is the co-founder of AH Datalytics and author of Jeff-alytics Substack.
01:02:4515/08/2024
The Inside Story of the Bias at NPR with Uri Berliner
Uri Berliner was a reporter at NPR for 25 years.
His work has been recognized with a Peabody Award, a Loeb Award, an Edward R. Murrow Award, and a Society of Professional Journalists New America Award, among others.
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01:14:1609/08/2024
Nectome Will Preserve Your Body, Brain & Memories. Wake You in the Future.- for $10,000
Aurelia Song is the winner of the Brain Preservation Prize and has spent the last several years working to adapt the technology for human use. Her company, Nectome, works to preserve and store brains with the future goal of bringing people back to life.
01:01:4302/08/2024
Live from the Table: NY Times Journalist Ross Barkan on Biden, Trump, Israel, VPs, anti-Semitism...
Ross Barkan is a novelist and journalist from New York City. He's a contributing writer to the NY Times Magazine and his reporting and essays have appeared in a wide variety of publications. His next novel, Glass Century, will be published in 2025 and he's writing a book about American politics and the 2024 elections.
01:33:2302/08/2024
Battle of the War and Terrorism Experts - John Spencer vs. Robert Pape - Is Gaza Backfiring?
Get Ready To Rumble
John Spencer is an award-winning scholar, professor, author, combat veteran, national security and military analyst, and internationally recognized expert and advisor on urban warfare, military strategy, tactics, and other related topics. Considered one of the world’s leading experts on urban warfare, he served as an advisor to the top four-star general and other senior leaders in the U.S. Army as part of strategic research groups from the Pentagon to the United States Military Academy.
He’s authored over 130 articles in our leading intellectual publications. He is the author of three books, including The Mini-Manual for the Urban Defender, which was translated into 16 languages.
Robert A. Pape is a Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago specializing in international security affairs. His commentary on international security policy has appeared in The New York Times, Washington Post, New Republic, Boston Globe, Los Angeles Times, and Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, as well as on Nightline, ABC News, CBS News, CNN, Fox News, and National Public Radio. Before coming to Chicago in 1999, he taught international relations at Dartmouth College for five years and air power strategy for the USAF's School of Advanced Airpower Studies for three years. He received his PhD from the University of Chicago in 1988 and graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Pittsburgh in 1982. His current work focuses on the causes of suicide terrorism and the politics of unipolarity. He is the director of the Chicago Project on Security and Threats.
0:00 Introduction
3:36 Coin Toss Decision
5:30 Robert Opening Pape's Argument
11:20 John Spencer's Counterargument
15:53 Pape Responds
29:53 Assessing Hamas's Strategic Goals
34:00 Critique on Planning for the Future
37:13 Rebuilding Democracy in the Middle East
41:01 Pape's Preferred Israeli Strategies for October 8th
42:46 Creating a Wedge Strategy
47:09 Insights from General McChrystal
49:42 Differing Military Strategies
50:23 Debating Military Approaches
51:38 Winning Battles vs. Winning Wars
55:58 Political Power Dynamics
59:00 Importance of Words in Strategy
1:01:27 Acknowledging Past Mistakes
1:04:53 Counterinsurgency Strategies
1:08:36 Role of Threat in Strategy
1:10:20 Separating Militant Groups
1:12:05 Achieving Strategic Objectives
1:12:09 Counterinsurgency Tactics
1:14:20 Importance of Meaningful Conversations
1:14:38 Sharp Arguments and Surviving Contact with the Enemy
01:16:1319/07/2024
An Analysis of Trump and Biden with CNN's senior legal analyst Elie Honig
Elie Honig is CNN's senior legal analyst, a former federal and state prosecutor and the bestselling author of Hatchet Man.
01:04:2819/07/2024
Did Political Rhetoric Cause the Trump Assassination Attempt with Nick Gillespie
Nick Gillespie is an editor at large at Reason, the libertarian magazine of "free minds and free markets," and host of The Reason Interview With Nick Gillespie.
01:17:4518/07/2024
Case Dismissed? Politic Legal Expert and Former Federal Prosecutor Ankush Khardori - Cannon, Immunity, The Current Supreme Court and more
Partisanship or principle? IMHO, one of the best and most reasonable liberal analysts of the current Supreme Court, discusses Trump's immunity and Chevron's reversal decisions and what motivated them.
Also, Cannon's dismissal.
Contributor for New York magazine, also The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, The Financial Times, The New York Review of Books, The New Republic, The Atlantic, TIME, USA Today, WIRED, Slate, The American Prospect, and the Columbia Journalism Review.
01:11:1917/07/2024
Former Shin Bet Chief - Ami Ayalon discusses the Gaza War, Peace, Hannibal and more.
The former chief of Israel's internal intelligence agency discusses all things Gaza, Hamas, Israel, peace talks, and more.
Buy his book Friendly Fire, How Israel Became its Own Worst Enemy: https://www.amazon.com/Friendly-Fire-Israel-Became-Future/dp/1586422588
01:06:0615/07/2024
The Amazing Life of Glenn Loury
In a remarkable and candid conversation, Glenn Loury discusses his new book "Late Admissions," and his amazing, checkered, erratic, inspirational, and dramatic life.
00:00:00 Introduction
00:04:37 Performing the book for Audible
00:05:04 Had to be Honest to be Believed
00:09:09 A Gifted Family
00:15:22 Understanding Slavery and History
00:20:07 Constant Self-Doubt and Inferiority Complex
00:26:11 Betraying a Best Friend
00:32:25 Decoding Glenn's Politics from His Life
00:32:57 Stealing a Car
00:38:54 A Child Is Born
00:39:54 Glenn's Son's Gift to His Father
00:47:34 Glenn's Heroic Father
00:49:05 Glenn feels Put Off by Middle-Class Blacks
00:57:13 Arrested
01:03:14 Modern Hypocrisy
01:05:29 Speaking in Tongues
01:09:33 Smoking Crack
01:20:21 Called the N-Word
01:24:00 Final Remarks on Humanity
01:27:0813/07/2024
Is Israel's Strategy Making Hamas Stronger with Terrorism Expert Robert Pape
Robert Pape is a professor of political science and founding director of the Chicago project on security and threats at the University of Chicago. He is an author and leading scholar of political violence and has been studying terrorism both internationally and domestically for over 20 years. His most recent publication is “Hamas is Winning,” in Foreign Affairs (June 2024).
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Noam made a mistake - At Ma'alot 105 children were taken hostage, 22 were killed. He carelessly read the page in front of him. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ma%27alot_massacre#:~:text=The%20Ma'alot%20massacre%20was,hostages%20and%20six%20other%20civilians. Apoliges to professor Pape.
YouTube Version: https://youtu.be/xoCgk-w0wHQ?si=LT-MiBCsV7S733wc
01:27:2612/07/2024
Haviv Rettig Gur on the Gaza War, American Jews, Hopes for Peace, and more (with Coleman Hughes).
The Times of Israel's Haviv Rettig Gur in a freewheeling conversation on Israel and related matters.
Co-hosted by Coleman Hughes
Did Netanyahu prop up Hamas?
Will peaceful Islam prevail?
Why are American Jews ignorant of their own history?
Why is America so bad at negotiating?
Please write: [email protected]
01:27:0409/07/2024
Live from the Table: Leclerc Andre
LeClerc was featured at Just For Laughs Comedy Festival as one of the New Faces of Comedy. He has appeared on The Tonight Show w/Jimmy Fallon, as well as on NBC’s “Bring the Funny."
01:16:3605/07/2024
Congestion Pricing and the Safety of the Subways with Nicole Gelinas
Nicole Gelinas is a columnist for the New York Post, a regularly quoted source for the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal, and a contributing editor to the Manhattan Institute’s City Journal. She has covered New York’s transportation issues for over a decade. Her book, Movement: New York's Long War to Take Back Its Streets from the Car if forthcoming.
01:09:1505/07/2024
Is Anti Semitism Funny? With Raanan Hershberg and Juanita Dworman
Raanan Hershberg's multiple television appearances include: The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, The Late, Late Show with James Corden, and Comedy Central. His special, BRAVE, is available on YouTube. He is a regular at The Comedy Cellar.
01:17:3030/06/2024
Trump, Tariffs and Israel with James Kirchick
Noam Dworman and Periel Aschenbrand are joined by James Kirchick, journalist for the New York Times and bestselling author of Secret City: The Hidden History of Gay Washington.
01:16:4228/06/2024
How The Elites Betrayed Us. (and Anti Semitism) with Batya Ungar-Sargon
Batya Ungar-Sargon is the opinion editor of Newsweek and author of Second Class: How the Elites Betrayed America's Working Men and Women.
01:22:2028/06/2024
Critical Thinking with Warren Smith
Warren Smith is a teacher, volunteer firefighter and founder of the Secret Scholars on YouTube. He was recently fired from his teaching position after he went viral for teaching his students to think critically.
46:3420/06/2024
Anti-Israeli Protests, Palestinian Genocide, Noam's biases - Elizabeth Spiers (Gets a bit heated)
Writer (NY Times, Salon, Fortune, Gawker, Slate) Elizabeth Spiers joins the Table to discuss her columns on student protests & social media. The conversation veers off into a debate on whether Israel is committing genocide.
Columns mentioned:
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/17/opinion/student-protesters-gaza-hillary-clinton.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/17/opinion/social-media-israel-palestine.html
01:22:0520/06/2024
The Twitter Feud Continues: Nick Gillespie and Kat Rosenfield
Nick Gillespie is an editor at large at Reason, the libertarian magazine of "free minds and free markets," and host of The Reason Interview With Nick Gillespie. Kat Rosenfield is the author of five books and a columnist at the Free Press.
01:23:5515/06/2024
Getting to Know Comic Lev Fer
Lev Fer started his stand-up career at just 17 years old in Raleigh, North Carolina. The week that he turned 18, he left his high school early to move to New York City and dive head-first into the world of New York comedy. He hosts his own podcast called The Lev Fer Show and can be seen headlining all over. He just started performing at The Comedy Cellar.
01:16:1907/06/2024
The Trump/Stormy Case is Tyranny!... or Not. A Debate with Law Professor Ilya Somin
Can the Alvin Bragg Trump decision be defended? We debate with George Mason Univesity professor, and Reason Magazine contributor, Ilya Somin.
Also, check out Ilyas's recent book on immigration: Free to Move: Foot Voting, Migration, and Political Freedom
01:03:2406/06/2024
Tricks of the Trade with Lenny Marcus
Lenny Marcus is a stand up comedian. He has appeared on The Late Show with David Letterman multiple times and the Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon as well as comedy festivals both domestic and international. He has appeared on Comedy Central's Inside Amy Schumer, and FX's Louie. Most recently, he has been traveling the world with comedian Leslie Jones writing and performing and he has collaborated with her on multiple projects.
59:3631/05/2024
The Comedy Cellar, Cigars and Cancel Culture: Bobby Kelly and Big Jay Oakerson
Noam Dworman, Dan Naturman and Periel Aschenbrand are joined by Robert Kelly and Big Jay Oakerson.
Robert Kelly is a stand up comic and actor. His multiple television and film appearances include: The Tonight Show, Louie, Trainwreck, Fourth of July, Nurse Jackie, Inside Amy Schumer. He is co-host of the podcast, The Bonfire and has a one hour comedy special called Kill Box.
Big Jay Oakerson is a comic and the co-host of the podcast, The Bonfire. On the screen, Jay has been featured on “This Is Not Happening” with Ari Shaffir, “Comedy Underground” with Dave Attell, FX’s Emmy winning “Louie”, “Inside Amy Schumer”, and “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon” & Conan O’Brien. His new special, Dog Belly is available on You Tube.
01:21:5828/05/2024
Nick Gillespie on Libertarianism
Noam Dworman, Dan Naturman and Periel Aschenbrand are joined by Nick Gillespie, editor at large at Reason. He is also host of The Reason Interview with Nick Gillespie podcast.
01:23:5323/05/2024
Magic, Comedy and the Spectrum of Sexuality with Harrison Greenbaum
Harrison Greenbaum is a comic and magician. He has been featured on America's Got Talent, Last Comic Standing, Conan, Sherri, Comedy Central's, This Week at the Comedy Cellar and many more. He is a regular at The Comedy Cellar.
01:01:0723/05/2024
Dan Senor on Israel's State of Affairs
Dan Senor is a geopolitical expert best-selling author of “Start-Up Nation: The Story of Israel’s Economic Miracle" and "The Genius of Israel." He is a longtime expert in policymaking, politics and business in the Middle East and has written numerous articles in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Washington Post, The Weekly Standard and TIME. He hosts a podcast called Call Me Back.
01:16:5722/05/2024
Down with Tech with Nathan Macintosh
Nathan Macintosh is a stand up comedian, writer and actor based in New York, originally from Nova Scotia. He joins Dan Naturman and Periel Aschenbrand to discuss the horrors of social media, the anxiety of stand up comedy, Jordan Peterson and all things Canada.
01:16:1017/05/2024
Almost Everything We're Told About Gaza is Wrong - Urban Warfare Expert John Spencer
John Spencer joins "Live From The Table" for an in-depth interview to discuss the moral, legal, and strategic implications of Israel's actions in the Gaza War.
Also discussed: hostages, day-after plans, and other matters.
01:28:5714/05/2024
Peter Boghossian - DMT the Objectivity of Numbers, Arguments About Race and IQ, and Jew hatred
Peter Boghossian is a Founding Faculty advisor at the University of Austin and the Executive Director of National Progress Alliance. His most recent book is How to Have Impossible Conversations, and his writing can be found in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Scientific American, Time Magazine, National Review, and elsewhere. His work is centered on bringing the tools of professional philosophers to a wide variety of contexts to help people think through what seem to be intractable problems.
01:26:4710/05/2024