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What We Thought Would Happen

Stand-up comic and major player, Laura Kightlinger, talks to writers and performers on staying wealth-free and anonymous in the face of Hollywood celebrity, beard babies and untold millions.

Comedy Comedy Interviews Stand-Up
Update frequency
every 7 days
Average duration
59 minutes
Episodes
57
Years Active
2023 - 2024
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In Julia Sweeney we trust!

In Julia Sweeney we trust!

Laura and Daniel talk with the peerless comic, author and polymath Julia Sweeney about the Greystone Mansion ghost tour, SCTV, Catherine O’Hara, Andrea Martin,  prison sex in Ireland, Catholicism, SN…

00:59:14  |   Mon 11 Sep 2023
Golden Globe Winner & Minneapolis rocker, Jimmy Harry

Golden Globe Winner & Minneapolis rocker, Jimmy Harry

Laura and Daniel welcome Jimmy Harry, musician, composer and golden globe winner. They weigh in on pop, punk, RuPaul, Bob Mould, Peaches’ birthday in Berlin, the Bey Hive Vs. Swifties, Kylie Minogue,…

00:56:35  |   Mon 04 Sep 2023
From Austin to L.A. the effervescent Maggie Maye

From Austin to L.A. the effervescent Maggie Maye

Daniel and Laura sit down with the stellar Maggie May and cover Austin, TX, the Spider Room, reading the audience, cheerleading, living in Los Angeles, Cassavetes, The Simpsons, Gary Shandling, poetr…

00:55:07  |   Mon 28 Aug 2023
Brian Kiley Takes the Edge off U2’s The Edge

Brian Kiley Takes the Edge off U2’s The Edge

The prolific, delightful, comedically corpulent Brian Kiley joins Laura and Daniel to chat about working on Conan, Ellen, comedy writing, baseball,  Eileen Brennan, Murder By Death, Clue, Bob Newhart…

01:02:29  |   Mon 21 Aug 2023
From child star to adult supernova, Nicholle Tom

From child star to adult supernova, Nicholle Tom

Actress, Handy Woman and Minor Accomplishments alumni, Nicholle Tom stops by to chat with Laura and Daniel about working with SAG pres. Fran Drescher on the Nanny, what to do when your magician lover…

00:55:54  |   Mon 14 Aug 2023
It's Wendy!

It's Wendy!

Daniel and Laura welcome the wonderful, unbreakable Wendy Liebman to discuss car accidents, the hazards of supermarket rejiggering, beautiful EMT’s, Letterman, the dearth of women on TV after 9 pm,  …

01:02:41  |   Mon 07 Aug 2023
Fielding Edlow has a type

Fielding Edlow has a type

Fielding Edlow, "Bitter Homes and Gardens creator and star, and  standup debuting  her one-woman show, "Gaslighting Is My Love Language” at the Edinburgh Festival  from Aug 3 to 13, joins Daniel and …

00:59:49  |   Mon 31 Jul 2023
The Inimitable Mike Sweeney

The Inimitable Mike Sweeney

Renowned Conan head writer, comic, former mailman and tall glass of water, Mike Sweeney, joins Laura and Daniel to discuss the behind-the-scenes trajectory of the Conan show, open swimming, Keith Har…

00:58:47  |   Mon 24 Jul 2023
Margaret Cho!

Margaret Cho!

Laura & Daniel sit down with the brilliantly talented, multifaceted, iconic Margaret Cho to discuss loose criminals, tv watching face, comedy communes, almost destroying Mark Ruffalo: the only man th…

00:56:39  |   Mon 17 Jul 2023
The Divine Lizzy Cooperman

The Divine Lizzy Cooperman

Laura and Daniel are joined by comedian, podcaster and soothsayer Lizzy Cooperman

Lizzy Cooperman's In Your Hands

Book a tarot reading with Lizzy

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01:05:19  |   Mon 10 Jul 2023
Fälschenfreude

Fälschenfreude

Daniel and Laura discuss communal waffle irons, confusing murders with musicals, that f*cking submarine, losing your dressing room to Cher's wig, is Laura of sound mind?, hearing an Appalachian gay m…

00:54:49  |   Mon 03 Jul 2023
Jim Vallely of the Dolls

Jim Vallely of the Dolls

Emmy and WGA award winning writer on Arrested Development, writer/producer on Golden Girls, The John Laroquette show, My wife and kids, with two Tonight Show appearances under and above his belt, ple…

01:04:34  |   Mon 26 Jun 2023
Festivals, Absinthe & Parallel Stealing

Festivals, Absinthe & Parallel Stealing

Daniel and Laura discuss the downside of inviting friends to standup shows, their regard for Stephen King’s compelling, multi-dimensional female characters, the standup pandering trend, parallel stea…

00:50:37  |   Mon 19 Jun 2023

"People should know how shitty it is to be a female TV writer" with Liz Astrof

Laura and Daniel sit down with the ingenious, sitcom writer/creator and critically acclaimed author, Elizabeth "Liz" Astrof. The dictator show runner: “Where do you live, fat jew town?"  Late night a…

00:55:23  |   Mon 12 Jun 2023
The Under The Influencers

The Under The Influencers

We covered Disney movies with unhappy endings - Bambi, Dumbo, The Lion King, going to the theater alone and crying, how it rained trench coats at the  25th Anniversary of Caligula, a porn theater con…

00:54:42  |   Fri 02 Jun 2023
The Incomparable & Illustrious, Laraine Newman!

The Incomparable & Illustrious, Laraine Newman!

Daniel and Laura are joined by the incomparable, illustrious, Laraine Newman. Details from Laraine's revelatory book “May You Live in Interesting Times” available exclusively on Audible, such as grow…

00:54:10  |   Fri 26 May 2023
We’re the tallest f*ckups here

We’re the tallest f*ckups here

Obama, Phylis Diller and layover sex

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Insta: @laurakightlingerlives
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00:52:17  |   Fri 19 May 2023
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