The Comedy Castle Podcast

Aaron Weber is a star on the rise. He makes his Comedy Castle debut this week and talked to Joel about everything comedy on this week’s show. He’s played the Grand Ole Opry following The Oak Ridge Boys and...

Mitch Fatel has been known as one of comedy’s funniest and most unique performers for almost three decades. He makes his return to the Comedy Castle stage this weekend and he tells Joel all about his career, his...

The Comedy Castle Podcast returns with Ben Bailey. The Cash Cab star talked to Joel back in 2024, but he’s appearing this week at the club and you should go – really! Ben tells Joel of his unlikely start at...

The annual competition for young comedians starts next week at The Comedy Castle. Its curator, Bill Bushart, joins Joel to talk about why the prize is a trip to Austin and not L.A., the benefits of performing in the...

Mike Bonner is a Detroit legend on the comedy stage, and this Memorial Day weekend he’s back for more shows. Mike tells Joel about his start at the club, the big star who inspired him (who he later watched bomb)...

Jamie Lissow is on a roll with weekly television appearances and sold-out comedy shows. Jamie talks to Joel before his Comedy Castle weekend about finding success through Gutfeld, why he does early shows, touring with...

Two interviews this week, starting off with Preacher Lawson. Preacher talks being funny with his family, the pressures (or not) of appearing on America’s Got Talent, and what he learns touring the world as a...

Christian Finnegan has been on people’s TVs for over twenty years and he makes his Comedy Castle debut this weekend. Christian tells Joel of his start on VH1’s Best Week Ever, the weird way he got on that...

Jeff Allen has been a staple of comedy clubs and theaters for years and he took some time to talk before his two shows on Sunday April 12th. Jeff tells Joel about his start in comedy in the 1970s, how left clubs for...

Steven Rogers has been on tour with some of the biggest names in comedy and he talks to Joel here before his return headlining engagement at The Comedy Castle. Steven tells Joel of his start in comedy at age twenty, why...

Laurie Kilmartin returns to The Comedy Castle this week and she talked to Joel just hours after her writing gig at The Oscars ended. Hear what it’s like to write for Conan O’Brien and the pressure that the...

Michael McDaniel is a Detroit original and a Comedy Castle favorite. Here he tells Joel of his audacious start of his comedy career, how winning a comedy festival in 2010 helped him, and how he was booed at a church...

Geoffrey Asmus has really gained a following at The Comedy Castle over the last few years. Going from an opening act to a summer headliner, Geoff has used social media and his infectious enthusiasm on stage to create...

T.J. Miller is one of the The Comedy Castle’s most popular acts and while it didn’t work out to have him live on this week’s podcast, here’s the next best thing – two interviews he did for...

Paul Mecurio brings his high-energy, hilarious act back to The Comedy Castle for Valentine’s Day weekend. Paul tells Joel some hilarious stories from his one man show, why he creeps people out in the park for no...