Jackie Kashian On Her New Stand-Up Special “Stay-Kashian,” Podcasting, Future Plans & More

Jackie Kashian has performed standup for over 35 years. Her albums have been #1 on Amazon and iTunes and have over 10 million listens on Spotify and Pandora. She has 2 podcasts: The Dork Forest (hosted since 2006) — where she talks with people about what they love to do, think about and collect — and The Jackie & Laurie Show; on the latter show, as co-hosted with fellow comic/writer Laurie Kilmartin, the two talk about the thing they both love to do and think about: standup comedy. Kashian’s list of acclaimed comedy specials includes This Will Make An Excellent Horcrux, which was named one of Vulture’s best stand-up comedy specials of that year, and I Am Not The Hero Of This Story.

Kashian’s latest stand-up special is Stay-Kashian, which was released earlier this month via 800 Pound Gorilla Records (Kevin Hart, Jerry Seinfeld, Whitney Cummings). A trailer related to Stay-Kashian is embedded below. On November 23, 2021, I had the pleasure of speaking with Kashian via Zoom about that special and plenty more, as embedded below. To me, Kashian’s success within comedy is inspiring as she simultaneously comes across as pleasant, hard-working, and devoted to her craft.

More on Kashian and Stay-Kashian can be found by clicking here, here, here, here and here.

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Darren Paltrowitz Darren Paltrowitz is a New York resident with over 20 years of entertainment industry experience. He began working around the music business as a teenager, interning for the manager of his then-favorite band Superdrag. Since then, he has worked with a wide array of artists including OK Go, They Might Be Giants, Mike Viola, Tracy Bonham, Loudness, Rachael Yamagata, and Amanda Palmer. Darren's writing has appeared in dozens of outlets including the New York Daily News, Inquisitr, The Daily Meal, The Hype Magazine, All Music Guide, Guitar World, TheStreet.com, Businessweek, Chicago Tribune, L.A. Times, and the Jewish Journal. Beyond being "Editor At Large" for The Hype Magazine, Darren is also the host of weekly "Paltrocast With Darren Paltrowitz" series, which airs on dozens on television and digital networks. He has also co-authored 2 published books, 2018's "Pocket Change: Your Happy Money" (Book Web Publishing) and 2019's "Good Advice From Professional Wrestling" (6623 Press), and co-hosts the world's only known podcast about David Lee Roth, "The DLR Cast."