No Suggestion: An Improv Comedy Talk Show

@NoSuggestionPod is privileged to be graced with the presence of one of NYC's most delightful improvisors, actor, teaching artist, entrepreneur, baker, and improv comedian, Sarah Morgan Ashey (@sarahashey). Guest co-hosts Jake Joseph (@f00lish_b0y), and Kate O'Neill Martino (@indiequeen14), and Ralf, have a blast chatting with Sarah about everything from gums of the 90's, to Paul Giamatti, to the tale of Sarah's fancy haunted couch. Amidst all this, Sarah tells us the story of how she started her wonderful Kolache bake shop in Bushwick/Ridgewood, on 321 Starr Street, Kings Kolache (@kingskolache)⁠. We also get tons and tons of improv in on this episode, including a scene where we peek in on an especially amorous bodega. This episode is one of my favorites, pure fun, and laughs, from beginning to end. We just know you'll be as charmed by Sarah as we are. Check us out! And if you want to see Sarah in action live, visit King's Kolache, catch her at Comedy Sportz NYC (@csznyc) at The Rat (@theratnyc), or as part of True Facts improv team at The Armory (@thearmorycomedy)! You can learn more about Ralf, his comedy, his music as Precious Gorgeous, his acting, his teaching, this podcast, find full episodes of this podcast, and more at preciousgorgeous.com! Please subscribe, rate, and leave a review, that really helps us out.

Starting a new series where I have on some of my favorite past @NoSuggestionPod guests and we have a chat about what we've learned, big and small lessons, in any and all parts of life, and those lessons and stories turn into absurd improv comedy. It's my pleasure to be joined this week by Elann Danziger (@danceathonelann) and Rich Templeton (@richhunttemp) this week. Our trio gets to talking about everything from the surveillance state, patience, adulting, car maintenance, and more. We also fall into some hilarious improv scenes, including several visits with Batman and his Gotham rogues gallery. I really enjoyed the start of this new series and was glad to kick it off with Elann and Rich. Come hang out with us. You can learn more about Ralf, his comedy, his music as Precious Gorgeous, his acting, his teaching, this podcast, find full episodes of this podcast, and more at preciousgorgeous.com! No Suggestion: An Improv Comedy Talk Show is broadcast LIVE on Radio Free Brooklyn (@radiofreebk) every Monday night at 8pm, and those episodes are released as a podcast every week.  Please subscribe, rate, and leave a review, that really helps us out.

A treat this week on @NoSuggestionPod to have on my old friend, colleague, and teammate, actor, IT specialist, beatboxer, rapper, North Coast member, personal finance coach, comedy teacher, and musical improv comedian, Mel Rubin (@melrubin2)! Guest co-host Hannah Marias (@hannah_marias), and I, gab with Mel for an hour about everything from yacht rock, to Mel's new initiative coaching people on personal finance (@money.with.mel), musical improv vs regular improv, fitness, our life philosophies, and much much more! We also get into some silly and giddy improv scenes with Mel, including a fun scene where we discover some vivacious older women who take over a skate park. Mel has been a dream guest for sometime, and she doesn't disappoint! We learn a lot, and we laugh a lot. Take a listen! You can learn more about Ralf, his comedy, his music as Precious Gorgeous, his acting, his teaching, this podcast, find full episodes of this podcast, and more at preciousgorgeous.com! No Suggestion: An Improv Comedy Talk Show is broadcast LIVE on Radio Free Brooklyn (@radiofreebk) every Monday night at 8pm. Please subscribe, rate, and leave a review, that really helps us out.

Had a blast on @NoSuggestionPod this week hanging with actor, writer, content creator, midwesterner, and improv comedian, Casey McCormick (@itsmecaseymc). Joined by guest co-hosts Aaron Linker (@alinklink) and April Sickler (@asickler), it's a party RFB studios as we chat with Casey about everything from growing up in Toledo, Ohio, to siblings and step siblings, why Casey no longer works at the UN, and much more! We also manage to get in quite a few rowdy and hilarious improv scenes, including one about a free-spirited grandpa who really loves his family. We just had a blast with Casey who was so easy-going, open, and funny. What a chill, yet unpredictable hang. Tune in, we know you'll be as charmed by Casey as we were. You can learn more about Ralf, his comedy, his music as Precious Gorgeous, his acting, his teaching, this podcast, find full episodes of this podcast, and more at preciousgorgeous.com! No Suggestion: An Improv Comedy Talk Show is broadcast LIVE on Radio Free Brooklyn (@radiofreebk) every Monday night at 8pm. Please subscribe, rate, and leave a review, that really helps us out.

@nosuggestionpod presents a new improv comedy series: The World Series! There’s a wide world outside of comedy, a world full of people with interesting careers, experiences, and philosophies, that have nothing to do with the world of comedy. Listen to the No Suggestion family ruthlessly mine those worlds for comedy! We have a fun hang getting to know fascinating story of Rumela Mitra aka @djlobocop on this newest installment of The World Series. This week I'm joined by incredible guest co-hosts Surriya Ahmad (@emergencyimprov) and Meghan O'Malley (@megsomalls). Rumela has so many incredible details to her life, including moving to NYC, fresh out of college, just weeks before 9/11, her parent's unique careers, Rumela's own dynamic career arcs, and more! We do a ton of improv on this episode, and it's a wild time! I was just transfixed by Rumela's story and I'm thankful she took the time to come share it with us. Tune and hang with us! You can learn more about Ralf, his comedy, his music as Precious Gorgeous, his acting, his teaching, this podcast, find full episodes of this podcast, and more at preciousgorgeous.com! No Suggestion: An Improv Comedy Talk Show is broadcast LIVE on Radio Free Brooklyn (@radiofreebk) every Monday night at 8pm. Please subscribe, rate, and leave a review, that really helps us out.

Such a special episode of @NoSuggestionPod this week as we welcome a former colleague I really admire, actor, filmmaker, midwesterner, teacher, mentor, advocate, twin sister, and improv comedian, Abby Pierce (@plainoldabby). There's so much to talk to Abby about, and co-host Aston Hollins (@astonhollins), guest co-host Alex Sanchez (@alboogieeee), and I really have a blast learning all about Abby's fascinating journey. We learn a little about her job working for the legendary non-profit Drama Club (@dramaclubnyc), what it's like to be a twin, how Proactiv stains towels, how the two excellent short films Abby's just made (@soboom_runitback) are doing the rounds on the film circuit, how those films were inspired by her work with Drama Club, and how Abby's training at the legendary Piven theater prepared her for the work she's doing now. And that actually only scratches the surface of what we find to talk about with Abby. Amidst all of that, we also do a ton of hilarious improv with Abby, including a scene that details the origins of one of America's most iconic chefs. This episode really blows my mind. Abby is such a powerful, determined, visionary person. We really have fun, and are inspired getting to know her, and we know you will be too! Tune in! You can learn more about Ralf, his comedy, his music as Precious Gorgeous, his acting, his teaching, this podcast, find full episodes of this podcast, and more at preciousgorgeous.com! No Suggestion: An Improv Comedy Talk Show is broadcast LIVE on Radio Free Brooklyn (@radiofreebk) every Monday night at 8pm. Please subscribe, rate, and leave a review, that really helps us out.

This week on @NoSuggestionPod we have a rare treat, a one-on-one hang with my friend, classically trained actor, professor, member of the legendary Astronomy Club (@astronomyclubcomedy), Bay area native, and comedian, Shawtane Bowen (@champagnetaneinc). Shawtane and I have a beautiful hang for an hour and chat about everything from Phil Jackson, to Sauce Walka, to lone wolves, to The Last Dragon. We check in with one another, and do what we do best, which is dial in on some real talk. We also do a lot of ridiculous improv scenes, including scene about a two bros on camping trip gone awry. It's such a privilege to hang with Shawtane. We really get where each other is coming from, and we have so fun to doing improv together. This is a special episode and I'm glad to share it with you all. You can learn more about Ralf, his comedy, his music as Precious Gorgeous, his acting, his teaching, this podcast, find full episodes of this podcast, and more at preciousgorgeous.com! No Suggestion: An Improv Comedy Talk Show is broadcast LIVE on Radio Free Brooklyn (@radiofreebk) every Monday night at 8pm. Please subscribe, rate, and leave a review, that really helps us out.

@NoSuggestionPod presents a new improv comedy series: The World Series! There’s a wide world outside of comedy, a world full of people with interesting careers, experiences, and philosophies, that have nothing to do with the world of comedy. Listen to the No Suggestion family ruthlessly mine those worlds for comedy! This week we get to hang with my long-time pal, poet, writer, publisher, entrepreneur, Long Islander, and karaoke enthusiast, Sarah Osit (@funny_boness). Co-host Aston Hollins (@astonhollins), and guest co-host Tom Achillies (@tomachilles), and myself really learn a lot getting to know Sarah. We chat with Sarah about independent press, Four Loko, and her dad. Our convo with Sarah inspires some ridiculous improv comedy scenes, including scene about a son trying to shake his moms suspicions that he's high. We had a wonderful time getting to know Sarah. Sarah hosts the open mics, @bad_wordss, and @deadpetessociety, both of which all poets are welcome at. Tune in to laugh and and get to know her with us. You can learn more about Ralf, his comedy, his music as Precious Gorgeous, his acting, his teaching, this podcast, find full episodes of this podcast, and more at preciousgorgeous.com! No Suggestion: An Improv Comedy Talk Show is broadcast LIVE on Radio Free Brooklyn (@radiofreebk) every Monday night at 8pm. Please subscribe, rate, and leave a review, that really helps us out.

Another @NoSuggestionPod episode with me extemporizing to myself, and to you, doing solo improv scenes based on my monologuing. I talk about the Knicks in the finals, whether or not I should leave New York, dating and being hard on myself, and more. I am starting to get into the groove of these solo episodes. I'm starting to really dig deep and bare my soul. And these solo improv scenes are actually pretty funny and revealing, particularly a scene where we peek in on a lone hiker who's stumbled across a bear in the woods. Check it out. You can learn more about Ralf, his comedy, his music as Precious Gorgeous, his acting, his teaching, this podcast, find full episodes of this podcast, and more at preciousgorgeous.com! No Suggestion: An Improv Comedy Talk Show is broadcast LIVE on Radio Free Brooklyn (@radiofreebk) every Monday night at 8pm. Please subscribe, rate, and leave a review, that really helps us out.

We're privileged to be joined on @NoSuggestionPod this week by brilliant actor, voice actor, playwright, professor, cartoonist, Story Pirate, character/sketch/improv comedian, Alessandro King (@alessandromking)! Co-host Aston Hollins (@astonhollins) and Alessandro were classmates at Sarah Lawrence College who haven't seen each other in a while, so there's a lot to catch up on. We get to chat with Alessandro about the difference between New Zealand and Australia, legendary Sarah Lawrence comedy group, The Lampoon, the beloved Story Pirates podcast (@storypirates) Alessandro is often featured on, how Alessandro's writing changes when he is doing comedy versus when he isn't, and much more! We also get a lot of really funny improv scenes in this week including a scene about a movie theater concessions attendant turned rugged cowboy. Alessandro is such a gentle, and whip smart soul, and was so fun to play with. It was great getting to know him and play with him, as you'll hear for yourself. Dig into this episode! You can learn more about Ralf, his comedy, his music as Precious Gorgeous, his acting, his teaching, this podcast, find full episodes of this podcast, and more at preciousgorgeous.com! No Suggestion: An Improv Comedy Talk Show is broadcast LIVE on Radio Free Brooklyn (@radiofreebk) every Monday night at 8pm. Please subscribe, rate, and leave a review, that really helps us out.

"... It's not the same as having your own business, cuz your own business is like putting your entire heart and soul into it." @nosuggestionpod presents a new improv comedy series: The World Series! There’s a wide world outside of comedy, a world full of people with interesting careers, experiences, and philosophies, that have nothing to do with the world of comedy. Listen to the No Suggestion family ruthlessly mine those worlds for comedy! This subject of this World Series episode is my long-time friend, Brooklynite, Poconos native, entrepreneur, and co-owner of Bushwick institution, Cobra Club (@cobraclubbk), Julia Kingrea (@cobracookie138). Joined by guest co-host improv comedians Micheal Bird (@thecosmicbird), Aaron Linker (@alinklink), and April Sickler (@asickler), we chat with Jules about everything from yearning to move to New York at as a youth, how she started working in bars the day she turned 21, to her secrets to building a bar and business, The Misfits, what are the components of a truly great bartender, the movie Tootsie, and much much more. We dig in and get to know a lot about Jules during this hang. We also squirrel around and get into a ton of hysterical improv scenes, including a scene full of Christopher Walken's who get simultaneously more faithful and less faithful incrementally as the scene goes on. This episode means so much to me. It's so wild and fun, but also gives me a chance to get to know a really good friend much better. Tune in and get to know Jules Kingrea with us! We know you'll fall head over heels for her like we did. You can learn more about Ralf, his comedy, his music as Precious Gorgeous, his acting, his teaching, this podcast, find full episodes of this podcast, and more at preciousgorgeous.com! No Suggestion: An Improv Comedy Talk Show is broadcast LIVE on Radio Free Brooklyn (@radiofreebk) every Monday night at 8pm. Please subscribe, rate, and leave a review, that really helps us out.

After almost four years of doing @NoSuggestionPod, we've reached an important milestone: I finally got to have actor, writer, podcaster, teacher, stand-up comic, and my favorite improvisor of all-time, Kurt Braunohler (⁠@kurtbraunohler⁠), on the show! Co-host Aston Hollins (⁠@astonhollins⁠), and guest co-host Xavier Pearson, and I were honored to hang with Kurt for an hour. We got to chat with Kurt about what it's like to be back in NYC after 13 years in LA, about hosting the show Hot Tub with his friend Kristen Schaal for 20 straight years, his comedy philosophy, improv notes from Jason Mantzoukas, the Flight of the Navigator, and much much more. We also got to do a bunch of fun improv with Kurt, including a scene where Kurt gets to live out his dream of inspiring a group of demoralized young students as a classroom teacher. We're so thankful to Kurt for coming to hang with us for this week. It was a really fun time to hang and play, and we know you'll have fun listening to it! Tune in! And be sure to pull up on Kurt at ⁠@unionhallny⁠ first Wednesday of each month for ⁠@coldplungecomedy⁠. And be sure to check out ⁠@thebananaspodcast⁠! You can learn more about Ralf, his comedy, his music as ⁠Precious Gorgeous⁠, his acting, his teaching, this podcast, find full episodes of this podcast, and more at preciousgorgeous.com! No Suggestion: An Improv Comedy Talk Show is broadcast LIVE on Radio Free Brooklyn (⁠@radiofreebk⁠) every Monday night at 8pm. Please subscribe, rate, and leave a review, that really helps us out.

Welcome to our second installment of @NoSuggestionPod Presents: The World Series! There’s a wide world outside of comedy, a world full of people with interesting careers, experiences, and philosophies, that have nothing to do with the world of comedy. Listen to the No Suggestion family ruthlessly mine those worlds for comedy! This week our guest is hip-hop podcaster, brand ambassador for cannabis company Viola (@viola), and community builder, Trap Bradshaw (@trap_bradshaw_gtkprs). Trap and I actually are meeting in person for the firs time on this episode after I've spent nearly four years participating in his ADHD hip-hop culture community on the social platform, Clubhouse. In those rooms I've been part of some of the most vibrant, infuriating, informative, and revelatory hip-hop conversations, and in those chat rooms crossed paths with people like Joe Budden and 9th Wonder. The brilliant Elke Reid (@elketv), and Pedro Lee (@pedroblee), guess cohost with me as we chat with Trap about his podcasts with Glasses Malone (@glassesloc), how mysterious Trap is, Drake v Kendrick, the scourge of KRS-One, and much more! We also do a ton really silly and funny improv inspired by Trap's stories, including a scene where a stoic man on a date at Outback Steakhouse is challenged to open up. It was great to get to hang with Trap on this episode, and I know you'll have as much listening to this as we had hanging out. Tune in! You can learn more about Ralf, his comedy, his music as Precious Gorgeous, his acting, his teaching, this podcast, find full episodes of this podcast, and more at preciousgorgeous.com! No Suggestion: An Improv Comedy Talk Show is broadcast LIVE on Radio Free Brooklyn (@radiofreebk) every Monday night at 8pm. Please subscribe, rate, and leave a review, that really helps us out.

So thrilled and giddy to have my old comrade, actor, musician, entrepreneur, show producer, music producer, podcast producer, engineer, and improv comedian, and North Coast-er, Doug Widick (@douglaswidick) on @NoSuggestionPod this week. Co-host Aston Hollins (@astonhollins), and guest co-host Boris Khaykin (@theborisk), and I, have such a fun time gabbing with Dougie about all kinds of stuff, from loofah etiquette, Adam Sandler, to Doug's early improv influences I Eat Panda's and Baby Wants Candy, to the formation of North Coast hip-hop improv team (@northcoastnyc), to entrepreneurship, and much much more. We also get some really fun improv scenes in, including a scene that takes place at a very high-risk museum. I've been angling to have Doug on for so long, and his appearance did not disappoint one bit. We have such a great time on this episode, and we really get a chance to know more about my old pal Dougie Parm. We know you'll have as much fun at this hang as we did. You can learn more about Ralf, his comedy, his music as Precious Gorgeous, his acting, his teaching, this podcast, find full episodes of this podcast, and more at preciousgorgeous.com! My How To Get In Trouble May 23rd & 24th acting intensive in NYC still has a few spots left! Enroll now! No Suggestion: An Improv Comedy Talk Show is broadcast LIVE on Radio Free Brooklyn (@radiofreebk) every Monday night at 8pm. Please subscribe, rate, and leave a review, that really helps us out.

This is another @NoSuggestionPod episode of one-person improv scenes inspired by a deranged monologue to myself. This episode I talk about my great great grandmother who died at 109, the kind of women I can date, the ethics of power, braving winter, how to make improv of use, The Bourne Identity, and more. I get into a bunch of solo improv scenes, including a scene where we find a college youth's grieving the passing of a girlfriend. Tried this experiment for the first time a month ago, and this time goes better, or worse, depending on your POV. These solo episodes are a more candid trip inside my mind. I try to be more honest in them than usual, and I try to go farther in my playing than usual. Check it out, if you dare! Still have spots left open for my May 23rd & 24th weekend acting intensive, How to Get in Trouble. Offering discounts to anyone who's made money in comedy or dance in the last year. You can learn more about Ralf, his comedy, his music as Precious Gorgeous, his acting, his teaching, this podcast, find full episodes of this podcast, and more at preciousgorgeous.com! No Suggestion: An Improv Comedy Talk Show is broadcast LIVE on Radio Free Brooklyn (@radiofreebk) every Monday night at 8pm. Please subscribe, rate, and leave a review, that really helps us out.

A pleasure to be joined on @NoSuggestionPod this week by one of my oldest and dearest friends, actor, filmmaker, activist, teacher at Brooklyn Comedy Collective (@comedybrooklyn), and New York's quintessential clown, Jeff Seal (@jeffoseal). Co-host Aston Hollins (@old2beginopenmic), and I, have such a good time catching up with our good friend Jeff as we chat about how the fateful day Jeff and I met, the history of clown prince Bill Irwin, whether or not Jeff should have done the UCB, stand-up being the hardest of all comedy, the harrowing process of editing the documentaries Jeff makes with the Libby Brothers (@libbeybrothers), and much much more. We also have so much fun doing improv with Jeffie on this episode, which includes a scene about trading card vendor meeting a Gen-Z kid who doesn't know what baseball is. This episode is close to my heart because Jeff and I have taken a lot of this crazy journey to be artists and comedians in New York simultaneously. It's fun to hear war stories, and talk trash. We have such a good time this episode, and Jeff is so funny. Check it out! You can learn more about Ralf, his comedy, his music as Precious Gorgeous, his acting, his teaching, this podcast, find full episodes of this podcast, and more at preciousgorgeous.com! No Suggestion: An Improv Comedy Talk Show is broadcast LIVE on Radio Free Brooklyn (@radiofreebk) every Monday night at 8pm. Please subscribe, rate, and leave a review, that really helps us out.

So blessed on this unruly, unhinged, and beautiful episode of @NoSuggestionPod to hang with actor, rapper, songwriter, producer, Brooklyn native, and improv comedian, Steve Jeanty (@yojeanty), as well his beatboxing collaborator, the great Exacto (@exactobbx). Guest co-host David Rey Martinez (@davidreymartinez), and I, go on a breathless romp of a conversation with these two, covering everything from everyone in New York thinking they are special, dialects in improv, Steve being raised in Long Island, his college going bankrupt, the one thing that makes his dad laugh, and we hear beautiful love stories from both Steve and Exacto. We also get in a ton of improv scenes, including some dope improvised hip-hop. This episode is just so fun, so funny, and so dope. We had such a great time with Steve Jeanty and Exacto. You absolutely have to tune in join the party. We know you'll have as much fun as we're having. You can learn more about Ralf, his comedy, his music as Precious Gorgeous, his acting, his teaching, this podcast, find full episodes of this podcast, and more at preciousgorgeous.com! No Suggestion: An Improv Comedy Talk Show is broadcast LIVE on Radio Free Brooklyn (@radiofreebk) every Monday night at 8pm. Please subscribe, rate, and leave a review, that really helps us out.

@NoSuggestionPod @nosuggestionpod presents a new improv comedy series: The World Series! There’s a wide world outside of comedy, a world full of people with interesting careers, experiences, and philosophies, that have nothing to do with the world of comedy. Listen to the No Suggestion family ruthlessly mine those lives for comedy! This week co-host Aston Hollins (@astonhollins), and guest co-hosts Ben Jones (@bennyjones52), and Hannah Marias (@hannah_marias), join us as we learn about the fascinating life of scientist, researcher, Pacific Northwesterner, and free-spirit, Galatea Swart. We talk to Galatea about everything from how she got her name, to her understanding of genetic repair, to moving out at eighteen to live abroad, and much much more, and we mine an endless string of absurd improv scenes from her story. Please join us for this fantastic first installment of The World Series! You can learn more about Ralf, his comedy, his music as Precious Gorgeous, his acting, his teaching, this podcast, find full episodes of this podcast, and more at preciousgorgeous.com! No Suggestion: An Improv Comedy Talk Show is broadcast LIVE on Radio Free Brooklyn (@radiofreebk) every Monday night at 8pm. Please subscribe, rate, and leave a review, that really helps us out.

An incredible treat for @NoSuggestionPod this week to welcome actor, screenwriter, filmmaker, producer, and improv comedian, Sebastian Martinez (@smartinez.mov)! Guest co-hosts Kristen Gonzalez (@krisaygon), and our old friend, Murph Baker (@murphbaker), join us to get to know the fiery furnace of ambition and joy that Sebastian is. We chat about Theater: An Improvised Play (@improvised.theatre), the show Sebastian created at UCB (@ucbtny), film school, the last play Sebastian and Murph cried at, day jobs, the cool work place his parents met at, Sebastian's connection to the movie and TV show Fame, being a lowkey child celebrity, Donald Glover, @centralia_improv, and much more! We also have so stupid fun in our improv scenes this week, including scene about a work-place romance that turns into an HR nightmare. We've wanted Sebastian on the show for so long, and this episode is more than we hoped for! Sebastian is making such cool work, please tune in to learn more about him, and hear him be funny. We know you'll have as much fun getting to know him as we did! You can learn more about Ralf, his comedy, his music as Precious Gorgeous, his acting, his teaching, this podcast, find full episodes of this podcast, and more at preciousgorgeous.com! No Suggestion: An Improv Comedy Talk Show is broadcast LIVE on Radio Free Brooklyn (@radiofreebk) every Monday night at 8pm. Please subscribe, rate, and leave a review, that really helps us out.

What a lovely hang getting to know actor, comedy writer, husband, father, Queens native, and improv comedian, Miguel Fernandez (@miguelfromqueens) on @NoSuggestionPod this week! Aston Hollins (@astonhollins) and I have such a great time chatting with Miguel this week about the adventures of his friend Baby G, attending St. John's University with J. Cole, Unsolved Mysteries, his sketch group Los Esketchis (@losesketchis), and hearing the epic story of how Miguel met his wife! We also get into a bunch of improv scenes, including a scene about food vendors trying to learn to get along at a street fair. Miguel is such a fun-loving and sweet guy. It was our pleasure to get to know him, and play with him. Please enjoy our hour with him! You can learn more about Ralf, his comedy, his music as Precious Gorgeous, his acting, his teaching, this podcast, find full episodes of this podcast, and more at preciousgorgeous.com! No Suggestion: An Improv Comedy Talk Show is broadcast LIVE on Radio Free Brooklyn (@radiofreebk) every Monday night at 8pm. Please subscribe, rate, and leave a review, that really helps us out.