• Episode 132: Noam Dworman - Comedy, Free Speech, and Creating The Comedy Cellar

  • Dec 6 2024
  • Length: 1 hr and 5 mins
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Episode 132: Noam Dworman - Comedy, Free Speech, and Creating The Comedy Cellar

  • Summary

  • Noam Dworman is a businessman, the co-host of the podcast "Live From The Table," and the owner of the world-famous Comedy Cellar in Greenwich Village, NYC.

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    (00:00) Intro

    (00:59) How The Comedy Cellar came to be

    (02:38) Noam's dad, Manny

    (07:05) Why did Manny start The Comedy Cellar?

    (10:42) Notable comics early at The Comedy Cellar

    (12:00) The way to fame for comics pre-internet

    (14:32) Identifying comedic talent

    (18:36) Patrice O'Neal

    (24:12) How Noam took over The Comedy Cellar

    (27:37) The scene at The Comedy Cellar in early 2000's

    (29:52) Why The Comedy Cellar is so popular

    (32:19) The design of The Comedy Cellar venue

    (36:58) Quotes from Noam about free speech

    (38:11) Louis CK, free speech, and woke culture

    (43:58) How the left has changed regarding free speech

    (47:22) Comedy as a refuge

    (50:23) Defining wokeness and a story about Noam's daughter

    (56:30) The state of wokeness and cancel culture

    (59:02) Comedians and intellectuals with courage

    (01:02:58) What's next for Noam and The Comedy Cellar

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