Episode 16: Ophira Eisenberg

Ophira Eisenberg is a standup comedian, writer, and host. She is known
for hosting NPR’s national comedy trivia radio show and podcast Ask Me
Another where she interviewed and played games with Sir Patrick Harris,
Rosie Perez, Yo-Yo Ma, Awkwafina, Roxanne Gay, Bob The Drag Queen, Nick
Kroll, Chelsea Handler and more. 

She is also a regular panelist on Hulu’s Up Early Tonight. She’s
appeared multiple times on CBS’s The Late Late Show, Comedy
Central, This Week At The Comedy Cellar, The New Yorker Festival, Kevin
Hart’s LOL Network, HBO’s Girls, Gotham Live, and The Today Show. 

She is regular host and teller on The Moth Radio Hour. Her stories have
also been included in three of The Moth’s best-selling
collections, including the most recent: How To Tell A Story: The
Essential Guide to Memorable Storytelling from The Moth.

Ophira’s own comedic memoir, Screw Everyone: Sleeping My Way to
Monogamy was optioned for a television series. Her comedy special Inside
Joke is available on Amazon, and her new comedy album and special
Plant- Based Jokes is available through 800Pound Gorilla Records on
iTunes and streaming on YouTube.

Her new weekly comedy podcast Parenting Is A Joke is out now, produced
by iHeart Radio and Pretty Good Friends.