Conversations with Funny Feminists

On her last CWFF episode for a while, Pam Victor has a great conversation with Carolyn Fin, who Pam crowns The Smartest Improviser in the World. (Pam will be a taking a break from the podcast in order to focus on her burgeoning improv business. We hope you'll take this opportunity to catch up on any podcasts that you may have missed. And tune in when we return!) Carolyn Fin is an Orlando-based astrophysicist and patent examiner by day and a performer and producer by night. She founded the...

Recorded live at the Brattle Theater (Boston) for the Women in Comedy Festival 2017, Pam chats with Lizz Winstead about her persistence in comedy and life. Lizz Winstead is the co-creator of The Daily Show where she worked as a head writer for three years. She then had a show with Rachel Maddow on Air America. Lizz Winstead is one of the founders of Lady Parts Justice, reproductive rights messaging hub that uses comedy, culture and digital media to get its message across.

Recorded Live at the Women in Comedy Festival (2017): We all know Rachel Dratch from Saturday Night Live, where she performed for seven years, making us laugh with memorable characters, like "Debbie Downer." Currently, Rachel plays the titular character on ABC's Imaginary Mary. This special episode was recorded live at the Women in Comedy Festival in 2017. (BTW, Rachel has a vibrant coughing fit in the middle of the episode - and we're super grateful to the kind women who offered up some...

What happens when two Type-A podcasters want to interview each other? They do it as efficiently as possible. Hence, this two-for-one episode in which Pam interviews award-winning professional speaker Angela Lussier for Conversations with Funny Feminists and at the same time Angela interviews Pam for Claim the Stage! Angela Lussier is the CEO of the Speaker Sisterhood, a network of public speaking clubs for women who want to follow their dreams by finding their voice, the author of three...

Pam Victor talks comedy and feminism with the funniest woman in the business.

Frances Callier and Angela V. Shelton are real life best friends who share their smart and funny insights with the rest of the world. They met at the Second City Chicago, where they polished their talents as writers and comedy satirists. You may have seen fighting off bugs on NBC’s I’m A Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here. They brought hilarity to the big screen in the hit film He’s Just Not That Into You. Frances and Angela have appeared as “Pop Cultural Pundits” on NBC’s The Today Show and...

Julia Weiss is a comedian, a playwright, and a former Second City's touring company member, a job she left to be one of the head writers at Cards Against Humanity. She performs with the improvised Star Trek podcast and regularly contributes to The Paper Machete, a weekly live magazine. You can also catch her performing improv occasionally at The Annoyance theatre and in Cards Against Humanity’s live shows. Julia has also produced several plays in Chicago including the acclaimed Tammy: A...

Michelle Barbera has performed, written, and produced comedy in Boston for over a decade. She was a member of ImprovBoston’s Mainstage for over four years and co-directed the Tribe Theatre. Michelle is the co-founder of the Women in Comedy Festival (WICF) whose goal is to help close the gender gap in comedy by showcasing women and their allies across all comedic platforms.