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Last Things First asks comedians and funny performers about the historic lasts and firsts in their lives as their comedy careers have blossomed.
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Stuart Goldsmith (opens the original)
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Stuart Goldsmith is a British stand-up comedian who has performed on BBC's Live At The Apollo (BBC), Conan, and Russell Howard's Stand Up Central . He began his career as a street performer at age 17, and over the course of 32 years at the Edinburgh Fringe, has evolved into one of the world's preeminent climate comedians, speaking at global conferences about our world's ongoing climate crisis through his humorous perspective. His first climate-based comedy hour, Spoilers , won Best Show at the 2
Dan Wilbur (opens the original)
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Dan Wilbur is a comedian and author of two humor books, "How Not To Read" and "Never Flirt with Puppy Killers." He released his first stand-up comedy album, Husband Material , in 2023, has been featured on CollegeHumor, McSweeney's and Someecards, where he also worked as the Ecards editor. Wilbur sat down with me over Zoom to talk about the thrill and agony of getting a Tumblr book deal, how he disliked JD Vance even before realizing he could pull off a great Vance impersonation during the 2024
Chloe Radcliffe (opens the original)
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Chloe Radcliffe is a comedian and actress most recently seen on the big screen playing a comedian and magician opposite Will Arnett and Bradley Cooper in the film, Is This Thing On? Radcliffe is based in New York City but came up out of the Twin Cities comedy scene in Minnesota. Over the past couple of years, she landed on a bunch of comedy watch lists, from Just For Laughs' New Faces to Deadline to Vulture. Her TV credits include The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and After Midnight with Ta
Jenny Gorelick (opens the original)
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Jenny Gorelick is a comedian, author, actress and former Jersey girl based in New York City. She performs monthly at Club Cumming at her signature show Love, Sex, & Magic and played an adoring fan of "THE Che Diaz" in And Just Like That . Her personal essays and humor pieces have appeared in The New York Times ' Modern Love, Cosmopolitan , McSweeney's , and the New Yorker 's Shouts & Murmurs, all of which led to a book deal for The Book of Red Flags . Gorelick joined me over Zoom from Edinburgh
Kimmy Gatewood (opens the original)
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Kimmy Gatewood is a comedian, actress and director whose newest project is directing the 2026 movie Descendants; Wicked Wonderland , the fifth installment in Disney's musical cinematic universe following the teenage children of classic Disney villains. She previously has directed episodes of Ghosts, Girls5Eva, Going Dutch, and Sesame Street, the latter of which earned her a Daytime Emmy win in 2021. In front of the camera, Gatewood's credits include multiple appearances on Conan , a small role o
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