Tag Archive: Los Angeles

YBY Ep 53: Brently Heilbron is a rock star, a dad and a standup comedian who shares his heart with everyone around him!

This week, Yes But Why Podcast explores the super cool world of Brently Heilbron! We had the pleasure of chatting with Brently about doing music with a comedy twist, embracing the audience as a standup comedian and growing old not gracefully but entertainingly.  Support Brently’s amazing projects! Fragile Rock will be featured at Moontower Comedy Festival this upcoming weekend and on NPR Tiny Desk in June. Also, keep an eye…
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YBY Episode 44 Adam Weightman

This week, Yes But Why presents a deep conversation with Adam Weightman. Adam told us about growing up in Los Angeles and his path from performing slam poetry to teaching speech to college students to interviewing Russell Peters. Adam is a sweet and kind human being and he really opens up about his ideas on creativity and the process of being an artist for your whole life. Check this one…
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YBY Episode 43 Michael Jastroch

This week’s Yes But Why podcast features Michael Jastroch, one of the original founders and the now Executive Director of Coldtowne Theater as well as the Executive Director of Austin Sketch Fest. We discuss Jastroch’s journey from getting a history degree at NYU to writing for an entertainment magazine in New Orleans to being inspired to perform and teach improv in Austin. Michael Jastroch is an amazingly funny performer, a…
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