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Ep. #948: Margaret Cho

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Margaret Cho is here to discuss her album Lucky Gift, her February 16 Live and LIVID! tour date at Just For Laughs Vancouver, her experience with the January 2025 Los Angeles wildfires and our increasingly hot planet, the socio-political state of the USA, its impact on her stand-up tour, and whether or not total losers can be beaten if they keep winning, her parents’ love of music and comedy concerns, Korea’s collective comedians, inspirations like Sandra Bernhard and Billy Bragg, how Tim Heidecker may have perfected the comedy/music tour, writing songs in tribute to Robin Williams and Nex Benedict, whether she’ll do a full music-oriented tour, and much more.  

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Ep. #894: “Weird Al” Yankovic

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“Weird Al” Yankovic returns to discuss his new single “Polkamania!,” life in Los Angeles, the tenth anniversary of Mandatory Fun, why the relative popularity of vinyl hasn’t altered his stance to not make any more full-length albums, the surprising popularity of and critical acclaim for the 2022 biopic, Weird: The Al Yankovic Story and his bond with actor Daniel Radcliffe, what keeps him busy beyond music, his love for sketch comedy and prospective projects, touring again, other future plans, and much more.   

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Ep. #469: Baroness Von Sketch Show’s Aurora Browne and Jennifer Whalen, Vintage Tech Hunters’ Shaun Hatton on Long Night!

This episode of Long Night with Vish Khanna was recorded before a live studio audience at Workman Arts in Toronto, Ontario during Long Winter on Friday March 29, 2019. Our guests were Vintage Tech Hunters co-host Shaun Hatton and Baroness Von Sketch Show‘s Aurora Browne and Jennifer Whalen. With announcer/sidekick James Keast and our house band, the Bicycles. Recorded by Dave MacKinnon. Produced by Vish Khanna and Long Winter. Photos by Shane Parent. Sponsored by Pizza Trokadero, the Bookshelf, Planet Bean Coffee, and Grandad’s Donuts.