I worked as the director of digital communications for a Time Warner Cable - a Fortune 150 company - for five years.

And I've spent the last 12 years performing standup in bars and clubs in New York City for some of the toughest audiences in the world. Nobody else in my field has this combo of corporate and creative experience.

 There are a lot of "storytelling coaches" out there, "brand story experts," etc. Most of them got up at the Moth twice and now spend more time on their Instagram profiles than their writing and performing.

If you want to sound like an inspirational yoga mat, I'm not your guy.

If you want someone who's spent twelve years getting New Yorkers to stop texting and start laughing, read on.

There are maybe ten storytelling coaches in the United States who reliably and consistently get onstage and put in the work to grow as writers and performers themselves. Five of those people took my classes.

 

Look, it's only bragging if you can't back up the claim

You can check out my albums of standup and storytelling here and see video of a live performance here:

 

Here’s my bio:

 

I'm a standup comic and storyteller whose stories have appeared on Risk!, This American Life, The Moth‘s podcast, PBS’ Stories From the Stage and in written form in The Paris Review Daily and Newsweek.

I host and co-produce “The Reluctant Phoenix” podcast, available on iTunes and everywhere else.

My latest album of standup and storytelling is called "Why You Should Be Happy" and was released on May 5, 2020, by Eight Hundred Pound Gorilla Records and is available wherever the very finest digital music and comedy is sold. My previous album, And I Am Not Lying, was released in June 2017 and reached #1 on the iTunes comedy charts. It was pressed onto pink vinyl and is distributed by Dischord Records.

My performing clients have appeared on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, Comedy Central's "This Is Not Happening," and "Ramy" on Hulu.

Business and educational clients include NYU and Burning Man.

Prior to my work as a performer and story coach, I worked for five years as the Director of Digital Communications for Time Warner Cable where I developed crisis communications, developed overall story and messaging arcs and edited/developed the official company blog.