Hot Breath! is your weekly guide to comedy mastery with over 400 interviews featuring your favorite comedians. Listen, learn, and subscribe!
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Guest: Nate Jackson
Getting followers is one thing. Building an audience you can actually reach when you’re ready to tour is another. Full interview Classes and workshops
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Nate Jackson explains why getting good at stand-up still leaves you competing with thousands of other funny comics, and why consistency, visibility, and work ethic are what start separating people after that. He also breaks down how Josh Johnson attacks a topic all week long before recording it, and why putting yourself in front of people matters just as much as working on the jokes.
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Nate Jackson makes crowd work look effortless, but there’s a lot more happening underneath it than just talking to people in the audience. In this clip, Nate breaks down how years of hosting and working rooms helped him build that muscle, why Matt Rife pushed him to start posting his crowd work online, and how he’s still using setup, punchlines, act-outs, misdirection, and callbacks even when everything is happening in real time.
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Nate Jackson is one of the most exciting self-made comics working today, and in this Hot Breath interview he breaks down the mindset, work ethic and strategy behind his rise. From viral crowd work clips to building his own comedy club, comedy festival and loyal fanbase, Nate shares what it really takes to turn funny into a real career.
Topics: Vision and Goals · Family and the Road · Building Your Audience · Consistency and Content · Crowd Work · Finding Your Lane
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Join us Sunday to vote for who wins the August contest!
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Guest: Garret Abdo
Being funny gets laughs. Building a career requires knowing how to get people in the room. In this live Hot Breath Q&A, Atlanta Comedy Theater owner Garrett Abdo joins working comics to break down the business side of stand-up, from finding your audience and selling tickets to posting consistently without burning out.
Topics: Live Show Setup · Q&A Begins · Comic vs Professional · Country Wayne’s Rise · Comedy Is Math · Matt Rife’s Breakthrough
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Sandy Bernstein, John Beel, and David Villiotti battle out to see who wins the $100 prize. Join us live and vote for the winner!
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Dustin Nickerson started standup at 27, already married, already a dad, and with way more to lose than most comics at their first open mic. That tension is all over this interview in the best way. We get into what it means to build a real comedy career without turning your family into collateral damage, why Dustin never bought into the “art first, life second” nonsense, and how one bartender telling him to “just get the divorce now” became fuel for the whole run.
Topics: Starting with a family · Family first, comedy second · “Get the divorce now” · FOMO and comic guilt · Why his wife gets it · Taste and getting better
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Garrett Abdo has been a comedian and comedy club owner for over 20 years, so when he talks about why clubs book who they book, it is worth listening. In this clip, Garrett breaks down the hard truth a lot of comics do not want to hear: being funny is not enough anymore. We get into why comedy club pay has barely changed, why ticket sales matter more than comics want to admit, and why the real shift in standup is not just the art, it is the marketing of the art.
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Garrett Abdo has seen comedy from both sides, on stage as a comic and behind the scenes as a club owner since the 90s. That makes this one hit different. In this conversation, Garrett breaks down what a lot of comics still do not want to admit: being funny is only part of the job now.
Topics: Mental Health · Gary’s Book · Comedy Club Pay · Marketing the Artform of Comedy · Advice to Beginners · Gary Fixes Joel - Keys to Building Your Career Offstage
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Join us for the March finalie of the Clean Comedy Contest featuring Sandy Bernstein, John Beel, and Colin Chapman. Watch, laught, and vote for the winner!
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