Category: David Feldman Show

Rich Hall


Richard “Rich” Hall is an American comedian, writer, and musician, who became popular in the United Kingdom, regularly appearing on panel shows. He has created and starred in several series for the BBC, including comedies with Mike Wilmot, and documentaries often concerning cinema of the United States. Hall has also maintained a successful stand-up comedy career, as both Otis T. Crenshaw and himself. A combination of stand-up, sketch and interview, Rich Hall’s (US Election) Breakdown broadcasts live from the fictional IBBC network in Washington to the whole of the United States. Rich and his producer Nick Doody take calls from every corner of the United States to hear the concerns of voters, offering their take on the issues troubling the American electorate.

Later, David is joined by American economist and stand-up comedian Yorum Bauman. Bauman bills himself as the “world’s first and only stand-up economist.”

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How Safe Is Marijuana?

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Ten states will be voting on marijuana reform this Tuesday despite the Obama administration’s decision to keep marijuana as a schedule one drug alongside LSD and heroin. California voters will decide on Proposition 64, the Adult Use of Marijuana Act, legalizing possession of one ounce of marijuana for adults over the age of 21. Californians will be allowed to grow up to six plants a year. And the sale of marijuana for recreational use would be taxed and regulated.

For more on this we are joined by Dr. Stanton Glantz who is often called the Ralph Nader of the anti-tobacco movement. Dr. Glantz opposes Prop 64. He’s written four books including The Cigarette Papers and is also a professor at the school of medicine at the University of California San Francisco. Dr. Glantz believes tobacco and marijuana have similar chemical profiles, and that as we move towards legalization of marijuana we need to regulate it more like tobacco and less like alcohol.

 

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Moshe Kasher

Moshe Kasher is a comedian and author of the 2012 memoir Kasher in the Rye: The True Tale of a White Boy from Oakland Who Became a Drug Addict, Criminal, Mental Patient, and Then Turned 16. That same year, Moshe released his Netflix stand-up special Moshe Kasher: Live in Oakland. He also co-hosted, alongside Neal Brennan, the late podcast The Champs and is currently the co-host of the live podcast Hound Tall, which takes a single topic and figures out the mysteries of the universe. He and his wife, comedienne Natasha Leggero, recently embarked on a co-headlining Honeymoon Tour across the country.

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Colleen Interviews David 

Guest host Colleen Werthmann, prepared with questions, asks David about his favorite words, surprise favorite novel, favorite visual artist, instrument he wishes he could play, biggest regret from childhood, biggest regret from adulthood, what his profession would be in an alternative reality, OCD habits, what makes him fear the future, if comedy yields any progress, conspiracy theories, most interesting political year, the worst politician, and the worst person who is a politician.

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Comedy Writers Roundtable

Comedy writers Dave Sirus and Steve Young kibitz about Letterman, bullying, what makes men attractive, Michelle Obama, political satire, industrial music, and Allan Sherman! Dave Sirus produces and writes sketch comedy and is known for interviewing the Westboro Baptist members under the guise of ‘Brick Stone’. Sirus wrote on the forty-first season of SNL and was nominated for an Emmy Award for Writing in a Variety Series. Along with David, he is currently a writer on the Triumph Election Watch Series for Hulu. Steve Young wrote on the Late Show with David Letterman and Late Night with David Letterman. Steve is also the co-author of the book “Everything’s Coming Up for Profits – The Golden Age of Industrial Musicals”.

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