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Can Joe Rogan Make Austin the Comedy Capital of America?
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Can Joe Rogan Make Austin the Comedy Capital of America?
The Comedy Mothership located on 6th Street in Austin, Texas. (via Twitter)
Backstage at the Mothership, Joe Rogan speaks to The Free Press about ‘third rail stand-up’ and why it’s essential to comedy.
By Olivia Reingold
05.09.23 — Culture and Ideas
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On a recent Thursday night inside Comedy Mothership in Austin, about two hundred earthlings are awaiting their human leader.

One flew straight from Chicago this morning just to wait in the standby line. Another is here to celebrate her birthday, hoping to turn 23 in the presence of her idol. A visitor from England is fighting jet lag to glimpse the man …

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Olivia Reingold

Olivia Reingold cocreated and executive produced Matthew Yglesias’s podcast, Bad Takes. She got her start in public radio, regularly appearing on NPR for her reporting on indigenous communities in Montana. She previously produced podcasts at Politico, where she shaped conversations with world leaders like Jens Stoltenberg.

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