• Katie McDonald: Punching Through a PoliSci Lens
    Nov 5 2024

    Katie McDonald is a Colorado comedian and political-minded writer, performer, and student. I had so much fun getting to talk to Katie about navigating the comedy scene as a woman, relatively newer but wildly prolific comic, and as activist for gender-based violence. https://www.instagram.com/katiemcdons/

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    38 mins
  • Meet The Team: Cara. Izzy & Ren
    Oct 24 2024

    You know em, you love em, you're gonna be hearing more from them!

    Meet your Punch Up co-hosts, Cara Leoni and Israel Avila!

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    28 mins
  • Jared Chandler: New Nails, No Punchdowns
    Oct 15 2024

    Join us for the 5th episode of PUNCH UP! where Ren interviews the illustrious Northern Colorado comic, Jared Chandler!

    We get into the thick of punching up a joke and the ins and outs of staying motivated in the grind and staying excited on stage as a performer.

    https://www.jaredchandlercomedy.com/

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    1 hr and 15 mins
  • Shanel Hughes: Sushi + Finding Your Circle
    Oct 8 2024

    This week on Punch Up, I got to sit down (and eat sushi) with one of my all-time favorite comedians, Shanel Hughes.

    Shanel Hughes is a Denver comic and proud parent, and we discussed their experience as both an out lesbian and black performer navigating punching up in their own content and the importance of finding the communities that celebrate you and your work.

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    44 mins
  • Israel Avila: From Juárez to Hollywood
    Oct 1 2024

    Punch Up's third episode features comedian and immigration rights activist Israel Avila, who discusses being a bilingual comic, being openly bisexual, and navigating both cultural and linguistic differences when punching up jokes in different languages.

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    37 mins
  • Addie Lynn: On Being a Karen and a Comedian
    Sep 24 2024

    Punch Up's second episode features host Ren Q. Dawe and comedian Addie Lynn, discussing being a trans comedian, learning how to tell jokes about hard things in fun ways, and punching up a joke about smorgasbords of mentally ill manipulators.

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    31 mins
  • Cara Leoni: Palm Trees + Punchlines
    Sep 17 2024

    Punch Up's pilot episode features host Ren Q. Dawe and comedian Cara Leoni as they discuss general themes for the show and what "punching up" even means.

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    27 mins