Tag: Mental Illness Happy Hour

Comic Paul Gilmartin & Journalist David Dayen

July 8, 2017 - Activists, Actors, Authors, Comedians, Comedy Writers, David Feldman Radio Show, Journalists

Comic Fred Stoller, Storyteller Dylan Brody and Constitutional Law Professor Corey Brettschneider. Paul Gilmartin hosts The Mental Illness Happy Hour and talks about coping as well as curing problems of the mind. David Dayen writes for The Nation, The New Republic, American Prospect and The Intercept. He talks about who the real culprits are behind rising drug costs and why California’s attempt to pass Single Payer has stalled. Professor Corey Brettschneider on why we need to impeach Trump as soon as possible and why Neil Gorsuch may turn out to be more conservative than Antonin Scalia. Dylan Brody has been called a genius by David Sedaris. He’s also been called a genius by David Feldman, but who cares what Feldman thinks? Dylan is performing his new one man show “Driving Hollywood” at The Pit all this month in Manhattan. Fred Stoller’s new book is “Five Minutes To Kill.” He’s currently working on a new book about his mother Pearl.

Produced by Alicia Cordova

Listen to individual interviews:

Paul Gilmartin

David Dayen

Corey Brettschneider

Dylan Brody

Fred Stoller

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Paul Gilmartin

April 2, 2012 - Comedians, Full Interviews With Our Guests, Most Recent, Our Podcast

Mental Illness Happy Hour’s Paul Gilmartin talks to David about his new show. Paul Gilmartin is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Indiana University at Bloomington, with a BA in theater and drama. Before becoming a stand-up comedian, he appeared in numerous plays in the Chicago theater scene, and studied at the famed Second City Theater. He can currently be seen co-hosting movies and cooking every Friday night on TBS’ Dinner and a Movie, which he has been doing since 1995. As a stand-up, Paul has dozens of television appearances, including NBC’s Late Friday, CBS’ The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, and his own half-hour Comedy Central Presents: Paul Gilmartin.
He has performed as a stand-up and a sketch actor at the Montreal Comedy Festival, and three times at the Aspen Comedy festival, most recently as his character, Republican Representative Richard Martin, who spreads hope to suburban couples having trouble affording a second home. He has been a guest on Politically Incorrect and written for the Emmy Awards as well as Dennis Miller. He has been a frequent guest on The Bob and Tom Radio Show since 1991, with his poems appearing on many of their charity albums.

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