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Jeff Simmermon and Kim Martel: Smart Bombs

1h 13m · It's Funny Because · 31 Aug 07:00

This week: Bombing! What happens? How does something so well planned take a turn for the worst? Two sources on the subject:

From public radio's This American Life and The Moth - Jeff Simmermon talks about a particularly hard bombing at a Richard Pryor tribute show as well as how he came to develop his long-form joke style. Johnny sits down with Kim Martel. She discusses the physical effect of bombing; what happens to the mind and body.. Plus Kim discusses what shes learned & learning here in the early days of her stand up career. 


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