This week's special guest for the podcast was the wonderful and fabulous John Ager. John Ager, who is an amazing stand up comic, has guest starred in the Comedy Cabaret a number of times. John is a long time friend of the Utility Players and so we were so excited when John agreed to be on our podcast.

We devoted the entire podcast to John, his experiences, and his comedy. John has traveled the country performing stand up and also had a long illustrious career as John Candy's personal trainer. Check out the podcast to learn how John deals with bombing, with his crazy family, and deciding what material to be in his set list.

Make sure to check out John's fantastic website and listen to some of his stand up as well. Thanks again John and hope to have you back on the show soon. JOHN'S WEBSITE

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Jessica Levity, was 2008 graduate from the University of Wisconsin - Madison, with a bachelor of arts with majors in Sociology & Philosophy and a minor in LGBT Studies. Levity completed a precursor to her eventual thesis discussing comedians and ethical responsibilites they may or may not have to their audiences. Here is a preview of the article and make sure to go to our press room

being an ethical comic, or rather, practicing comedy ethically, is not necessary, but is a choice to be made by the comedian; consciously choosing to practice ethically sound comedy is the first moral step in the process. The rest of the process in my philosophy follows from some age-old advice; it turns out that to write what you know is not merely fine aesthetic advice, but also the correct moral advice for comedians.  I call this idea the Principle of Subjectivity, which states that ethical comedy is best achieved when the comedian’s performance is constructed directly from within his/her own personal life experiences or out of his/her particular cultural identity.

Ian is currently a student at UNR and is studying journalism. In his article he talks about the similarities he finds between the fast paced environment of journalism and the unpredictableness of improv:

"Improvisation quickens the mind and the heart and prepares one for even the most surprising and jarring situations.  It makes you ready for just about anything"

Head to our Press Room to check out the full article.