"It’s a domino effect. Executives, the tastemakers, the writers, the producers, the directors – we need more visibility in that world, because they understand the story being told."

"We’re not psychologists, we’re not here being journalists. We’re being funny people who are giving you a social commentary."

Before Trevor Noah or John Oliver, before Samantha Bee, before Bill Maher, before even Jon Stewart was a television fixture taking swipes at American political figures, there was Lizz Winstead. The co-creator of the Comedy Central landmark develop...

“These words are printed, right, so nobody is going to hear the way I’m saying it?”

"Jon [told me] was the most incredible thing he’d ever seen and had an incredible amount of respect for me. He actually shoved the head of Netflix Comedy out of the way at that point!"

The last time stand-up comedian Jen Kirkman performed in Houston, she had some pretty sizable competition.  “It’s been about two years; it was during the World Series in Houston!” she exclaims. “It was during the last game! Never great. Becau...