Uploaded December 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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Django Gold and Mike Pesca talk about Django's "Dry January" joke as he refuses to fully commit to the bit. Good thing he's very funny.

And to be fair, not drinking does suck.

In the full conversation Mike Pesca and Django Gold get into:
– Django’s view that comedy is “benign disruption” and why throwing audiences off balance matters
– His years writing for Colbert, clapter culture, and how political crowds shape jokes
– How his darker, paranoid stage persona emerged after the pandemic
– Why he won’t risk glamorizing self-destruction, even for a great punchline
– Crowd backlash stories, including getting booed off stage in Park Slope


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Creator & Host:
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