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Episode #398

• Starting stand-up at 36 after a comedy class
• Hitting nearly 40 comedy festivals while racing to check off all 50 states
• Her Kill Tony weight loss challenge and the Moody Center New Year's Eve prize on the line
• Hosting for Nicole Byer, Usama Siddiquee, all while inspiring future moms with her pregnancy bits

Follow Kandyce

• TikTok - @just_kandyce
• YouTube - Youtube.com/@Kandyce1978
• Instagram - @just_kandyce
• Facebook - Facebook.com/Just.Kandyce
• Threads - @just_kandyce
• Dot - dot.cards/just_kandyce

Kandyce can be seen and heard:

• LMAOF special #93 - https://of.tv/v/B3zyR
• Kill Tony episodes 701, 726, and 766
  • Kill Tony Weigh-in Challenge - Results Coming Soon!!
• Kandyce & Friends - 8:00pm November 5, Upstage Comedy Lounge, San Antonio - Tickets

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Episode #399

• Trading chilly Bismarck for Austin, bombing at early open mics, and finally taking a comedy class
• Teaching hundreds of comics to write jokes and launching Smile More, her all-women showcase
• Building her own pandemic MFA and publishing the poetry collection Snacks for the Love Hungry
• Half Empty, Half Full, her monthly literary comedy show pairing comedians, writers, optimists, and pessimists

Follow Valerie

• Website - valerienies.com
• Linktree - linktr.ee/valerieknees
• TikTok - @valerieknees
• YouTube - youtube.com/freeneurotica
• Instagram - @valerieknees and @_halfemptyhalffull
• X - @valerieknees
• Threads - @valerieknees

Valerie can be seen and heard:

• Snacks for the Love Hungry - Collection of poems (Amazon, Bookshop)
• Half-Empty Half Full - a literary comedy show (monthly on 1st Saturdays at ColdTowne Theater)
• Standup comedy and writing classes (see valerienies.com)

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Episode #400

• How Lara's famous "no" sent Valerie to Comedy Wham and sparked 400 episodes of conversations
• Valerie's favorite pinch-me moments with Scott Thompson, Bobcat Goldthwait, and Dana Gould, with a dose of back alley dumpster-dodging to bring us down to earth.
• Heartfelt notes from comics who found stages, festivals, and friends through Comedy Wham - Brendan K O'Grady & Duncan Carson, Holly Hart, Rita Patterson, Nikki Coleman, Robert May, Danna Kiel & Gretchen Dietz.
• A retrospective on hundreds of episodes and memorable experiences
• How Travis grew up a junior comedy fan, from Sure Thing showcases to Letterkenny interviews.

Follow Comedy Wham

• Website - comedywham.com (oh wait, you're already here!)
• TikTok - @comedywham (not super active)
• YouTube - @ComedyWham (all the audio and occasional video podcast episodes, the CCPP Comedy Class, and more)
• Instagram - @comedywham (tag us in your show promos & we'll share. Follow us! We live here)
• Facebook - comedywham (not active except when Instagram cross-posts)
• Twitch - comedywham (see archives of our online shows when some big names weren't so big)

Comedy Wham can be seen and heard:

• Weekly podcasts drop every Sunday (twice a month in summer)
• Monthly ImproVintage comedy show - 1st Wednesdays, 8:30 p.m. at Fallout Theater
• Sporadic stand-up showcases
• Valerie's articles for the Austin Chronicle, The Barbed Wire, the San Antonio Current can be found in our Columns tab and by visiting their web sites and searching "Valerie Lopez"