Comedy Standup
Format
15 segments in this format.
Segments
- Mert Wolf Performs Stand-Up Comedy Mert Wolf, a Turkish-American immigrant comedian, delivers a stand-up set weaving together self-deprecating humor about the financial and personal costs of a comedy career, immigra… · 2025-07-13
- Jack Ferguson — Bipolar Medication Stand-Up Bit Jack Ferguson opens with a stand-up comedy bit about living with bipolar disorder and taking mood stabilizers daily. The set humorously recounts a story about his bipolar medicatio… · 2024-08-10
- Growing Up in Inland Maine, Letting Go & Mirror Neurons Ben Roy delivers a stand-up comedy set weaving his turbulent upbringing in rural inland Maine — marked by opioid culture, substance abuse, and suicidal ideation — into a pivotal st… · 2024-08-04
- Dad’s Suicide, Ambien Overdose & Therapy Advocacy An unknown speaker (referred to in the transcript as ”Zach”) delivers a darkly comedic stand-up set weaving together deeply personal mental health disclosures: childhood depressi… · 2024-08-04
- Bipolar Diagnosis, Binge Eating & Intrusive Thoughts An unknown comedian delivers a stand-up set at SYT Pittsburgh, sharing a candid and darkly humorous account of living with bipolar disorder, intrusive thoughts (unwanted thought sy… · 2024-08-04
- Fitness, Eating Disorder & Wanting to Be a Dad An unknown speaker delivers a candid spoken-word piece about managing multiple psychiatric medications, sobriety, suicidal ideation, and recovering from an eating disorder. He shar… · 2024-08-04
- Psychiatric Hold & Half-Cornrow Release Story An unknown speaker delivers a comedic stand-up set recounting her experience in a psychiatric hold as a 17-year-old — including saving two lives on the unit and being released the… · 2024-08-04
- Jack Ferguson on Bipolar Disorder and Stand-Up Comedy Stand-up comic Jack Ferguson delivers a video submission discussing his lived experience with bipolar disorder and how performing openly about his diagnosis on stage proved far les… · 2023-07-15
- Sarom — Comedy Set on Bipolar Diagnosis A comedian named Sarom delivers a stand-up comedy set about his experience being diagnosed with Bipolar Type II at age 26, using humor to address stigma around mental illness in th… · 2023-07-09
- Joe Gagliardi — Stand-Up Comedy Joe Gagliardi, a US Marine veteran and stand-up comic, delivers a high-energy comedy set blending self-deprecating humor about his weight, aging, marriage, and post-military life w… · 2022-07-17
- Mikey - Stand-Up Comedy About Family and Life Mikey D’Angelo delivers his first-ever stand-up comedy set, drawing laughs from relatable observations about his job at Enterprise, his expressive father and sharp-witted mother, h… · 2021-07-09
- MC Commentary on Resilience and Toilet Paper David Idemudia delivers a brief, lighthearted MC transition segment reflecting on collective pandemic resilience, using humor about the toilet paper shortage as a comedic icebreake… · 2021-07-09
- Joe Gagliardi - Comedy Set Joe Gagliardi, a US Marine veteran and stand-up comedian from Annapolis, delivers a 13-minute comedy set blending self-deprecating humor about aging, pandemic life, and military se… · 2021-07-09
- Joe Gagliardi: Marine Veteran Story and Stand-Up Comedy Joe Gagliardi, a US Marine Iraq War veteran, stand-up comedian, and Annapolis resident, shares his personal mental health story — including the death of his sister before his first… · 2020-06-25
- Ryan Sickler: Trauma Story and Comedy as Therapy Comedian and podcaster Ryan Sickler shares the origins of The Honeydew Podcast, rooted in his personal philosophy of ‘highlighting the lowlights’ — finding humor in trauma. He reco… · 2020-06-25