Episode 20: Louis Virtel

Louis Virtel is a writer on Jimmy Kimmel Live! and a co-host of the Crooked Media podcast Keep It.

I remain shocked that I could meet a ton of people who are like me here. I really thought that was a New York thing. [...] I really thought in the abstract it was the land of models and actors, and I’m so psyched to learn: No–this is totally where I belong, [around] people who have made me so much funnier. I guess I’m just shocked to belong here so much, even though everything I’ve ever wanted to do involves being in California.

Notes and references from this episode: 

@LouisVirtel - Louis Virtel on Twitter  

Keep It - Crooked Media home page

Keep It - Apple Podcasts

“101 of the Best Songs About California,” by Soumya Karlamangla, NY Times

@kylebuchanan - Kyle Buchanan on Twitter

Black’s Beach - SanDiego.org

“Virtel it Like it Is” - Marvel segment -  Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Louis Virtel on Jeopardy! - YouTube

2020 Red Carpet Coverage - The Oscars 

The Richard & Karen Carpenter Performing Arts Center - CSU Long Beach

Karen Carpenter Plays the Drums - YouTube

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