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Ken Plume has another chat with writer, comedian, and US soldier Benari Poulten, about food shaming, spilt milk, Dunkin' coffee, Park Slope M.D. P.I., tater tots, GI Joe fashions, and watches.

Host Eugene Mirman sits down with comedian and writer Sara Benincasa to discuss all of the details behind the story she told at a RISK! show in New York. Her featured story deals with one of the funniest conversations anyone could have at a funeral. Learn more about the unusual Benincasa family trade and discover which glam rocker's family actually owns a funeral home, all in this hilarious, question-filled episode of Hold On.

In each episode of the Audible Comedy series Hold On, host Eugene Mirman (Bob's Burgers, The Flight of the Conchords) pauses the funny stories of comedians and performers to get the skinny behind the story. Featured and future guests include: Jim Gaffigan, "Weird Al" Yankovic, Lisa Lampanelli, Mike Birbiglia, Reggie Watts, Kumail Nanjiani, Maria Bamford, Hasan Minhaj, John Mulaney, and more! Enjoy new episodes on Audible. Visit audible.com/HoldOn

Ken Plume has another chat with writer Sara Benincasa, about #NeilCake, Linus' blanket, Hodgman's Phantom uke, and tea.

Wynter takes over hosting duties this week and is joined by comedian and writer Sara Benincasa to talk about fall TV shows! Atlanta, Frequency, Designated Survivor, and more! What’s going to make it to season 2 and what will fall flat on its dumb face? Plus, Oliver is finally able to talk about Stranger Things, Sara is surprised by Joe Swanberg’s hotness, and Wynter has a few words to say on Rob Lowe’s roast.

With Wynter Mitchell, Oliver Wang, and special guest, Sara Benincasa

Produced by Christian Dueñas for MaximumFun.org

BLAB and Google Hangouts are going the way of MySpace, but Facebook Live is stepping into the vaccum with a new feature.
The Olympics have wrapped up, and like everyone else, we think the ladies were the main story in Rio. From Penny  Oleksiak to Fu Yuanhui to Simone BILES, there is so much to talk about in changing the culture of reporting on women in sports.
Sara Benincasa is maybe not a household name, but the comedian had a medium post response to fat-shaming that we think deserves some attention.
As does the Lindsey Lohan video no one seems to be talking about - it was an assault, it was caught on camera, and for some reason, it's totally under the radar.
And we wrap things up with Code Club Senegal, a brilliant project to get women in West Africa coding.

Ken Plume has another chat with writer Sara Benincasa, about kids, books, angry walking, London, and sparklers.

Ken Plume has another chat with writer, comedian, and US soldier Benari Poulten, about The Nightly Show, funaritas, battle captcha, squirt, election powerball, and 2-Loo B'Nari.

Making it as a writer means dealing with a lot of rejection — and learning how to persevere through pretty tough times. Novelist and memoirist Sara Benincasa (Agorafabulous, DC Trip) opens up about how her struggles with mental illness gave her the resiliency she needed for a career in writing, and shares the best advice she ever got from Diablo Cody.

September 23, 2014 — To bring September to its narrative knees, Literary Death Match teamed with Soho House West Hollywood for a members-only event boasting a cast of LDM all-stars and newcomers. 

Lineup... 

JUDGES: 

Literary Merit: Dustin Lance Black, Academy Award-winning screenwriter of Milk, J. Edgar & Pedro

Performance: actor Lucas Neff from Fox's Raising Hope

Intangibles: Sara Benincasa, author of Great and one of Flavorwire's 25 Female Comedians Everyone Should Know. 

READERS: 

* Carlos Kotkin, comedian, co-writer of Rio 2 and author of Please God Let it Be Herpes: A Heartfelt Quest For Love and Companionship

* Marisa Matarazzo, author of Drenched: Stories of Love and Other Deliriums

* Kristin Newman, TV writer for The Neighbors and author of What I Was Doing While You Were Breeding 

* Jeremy Radin, poet/actor and author of Slow Dance with Sasquatch

Hosted by LDM creator Adrian Todd Zuniga

Twitter: @litdeathmatch Instagram: @literarydeathmatch Facebook: facebook.com/litdeathmatch

Ken Plume has another chat with writer, comedian, and US soldier Benari Poulten, about adult skate, Settlers of Catan, food flair, Desaad, Joh Yowza, teapot tempest, and ambient drugs.

On today's show we talk to writer and performer Sara Benincasa. While now based in LA, Sara got her start in New York, where she did everything from host a show on Sirius to make videos for the Huffington Post. She writes for Jane and Vice.com, and last year, her book Agorafabulous!, based on her-one woman show about her struggles with agoraphobia, was published by William Morrow.

Right before Christmas, we sat down with Sara at The PIT, hours before her stand-up show, and talked about everything from comedy in the wake of national tragedies, to income and privilege, to the time Andy bombed opening for Jonah Ray.

Subscribe on iTunes and see us on Saturday at the NYC Podfest with Halley Feiffer (The Squid and the Whale, Bored to Death), Julieanne Smolinski (Rolling Stone's 25 Funniest People on Twitter) and musical guest Mike Pace (Oxford Collapse, Worst Gig Ever podcast)!

Ken Plume has another chat with writer, comedian, and US soldier Benari Poulten about the future, salsa nights, the Harlem Globetrotters, existential German children's films, Smurfs, Scatman Crothers, MASH myths, and Flick.

Ken Plume has a chat with writer, comedian, and US soldier Benari Poulten about poop ponds, USO tours, SNAFU, bazaars, and Batman.

Ken Plume chats anew with comedian, writer, host, podcaster, and bathtub enthusiast Sara Benincasa about beautiful Queens, beautiful people, air conditioners, Hemingway, and FreakToe the Cat.

Ken Plume chats with comedian, writer, host, podcaster, and bathtub enthusiast Sara Benincasa about ca-caine, common rooms, common people, goats, and the iron rule of John Hodgman.