The Comedy Cellar: Live From The Table

Robert Pape is a professor of political science and founding director of the Chicago project on security and threats at the University of Chicago. He is an author and leading scholar of political violence and has been studying terrorism both internationally and domestically for over 20 years. His most recent publication is “Hamas is Winning,” in Foreign Affairs (June 2024). Support the show and get 20% off your 1 st Sheath order at https://www.sheathunderwear.com/CELLAR or use promo code CELLAR Noam made a mistake - At Ma'alot 105 children were taken hostage, 22 were killed. He carelessly read the page in front of him. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ma%27alot_massacre#:~:text=The%20Ma'alot%20massacre%20was,hostages%20and%20six%20other%20civilians. Apoliges to professor Pape. YouTube Version: https://youtu.be/xoCgk-w0wHQ?si=LT-MiBCsV7S733wc

The Times of Israel's Haviv Rettig Gur in a freewheeling conversation on Israel and related matters. Co-hosted by Coleman Hughes Did Netanyahu prop up Hamas? Will peaceful Islam prevail? Why are American Jews ignorant of their own history? Why is America so bad at negotiating? Please write: podcast@comedycellar.com

LeClerc was featured at Just For Laughs Comedy Festival as one of the New Faces of Comedy. He has appeared on The Tonight Show w/Jimmy Fallon, as well as on NBC’s “Bring the Funny."

Nicole Gelinas is a columnist for the New York Post, a regularly quoted source for the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal, and a contributing editor to the Manhattan Institute’s City Journal. She has covered New York’s transportation issues for over a decade. Her book, Movement: New York's Long War to Take Back Its Streets from the Car if forthcoming.

Raanan Hershberg's multiple television appearances include: The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, The Late, Late Show with James Corden, and Comedy Central. His special, BRAVE, is available on YouTube. He is a regular at The Comedy Cellar.

Noam Dworman and Periel Aschenbrand are joined by James Kirchick, journalist for the New York Times and bestselling author of Secret City: The Hidden History of Gay Washington. 

Batya Ungar-Sargon is the opinion editor of Newsweek and author of Second Class: How the Elites Betrayed America's Working Men and Women.

Warren Smith is a teacher, volunteer firefighter and founder of the Secret Scholars on YouTube. He was recently fired from his teaching position after he went viral for teaching his students to think critically.

Writer (NY Times, Salon, Fortune, Gawker, Slate) Elizabeth Spiers joins the Table to discuss her columns on student protests & social media. The conversation veers off into a debate on whether Israel is committing genocide. Columns mentioned: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/17/opinion/student-protesters-gaza-hillary-clinton.html https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/17/opinion/social-media-israel-palestine.html

Nick Gillespie is an editor at large at Reason, the libertarian magazine of "free minds and free markets," and host of The Reason Interview With Nick Gillespie. Kat Rosenfield is the author of five books and a columnist at the Free Press.

Lev Fer started his stand-up career at just 17 years old in Raleigh, North Carolina. The week that he turned 18, he left his high school early to move to New York City and dive head-first into the world of New York comedy. He hosts his own podcast called The Lev Fer Show and can be seen headlining all over. He just started performing at The Comedy Cellar.

Can the Alvin Bragg Trump decision be defended? We debate with George Mason Univesity professor, and Reason Magazine contributor, Ilya Somin. Also, check out Ilyas's recent book on immigration: Free to Move: Foot Voting, Migration, and Political Freedom

Lenny Marcus is a stand up comedian. He has appeared on The Late Show with David Letterman multiple times and the Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon as well as comedy festivals both domestic and international. He has appeared on Comedy Central's Inside Amy Schumer, and FX's Louie. Most recently, he has been traveling the world with comedian Leslie Jones writing and performing and he has collaborated with her on multiple projects.

Noam Dworman, Dan Naturman and Periel Aschenbrand are joined by Robert Kelly and Big Jay Oakerson. Robert Kelly is a stand up comic and actor. His multiple television and film appearances include: The Tonight Show, Louie, Trainwreck, Fourth of July, Nurse Jackie, Inside Amy Schumer. He is co-host of the podcast, The Bonfire and has a one hour comedy special called Kill Box. Big Jay Oakerson is a comic and the co-host of the podcast, The Bonfire. On the screen, Jay has been featured on “This Is Not Happening” with Ari Shaffir, “Comedy Underground” with Dave Attell, FX’s Emmy winning “Louie”, “Inside Amy Schumer”, and “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon” & Conan O’Brien. His new special, Dog Belly is available on You Tube.

Noam Dworman, Dan Naturman and Periel Aschenbrand are joined by Nick Gillespie, editor at large at Reason. He is also host of The Reason Interview with Nick Gillespie podcast.

Harrison Greenbaum is a comic and magician. He has been featured on America's Got Talent, Last Comic Standing, Conan, Sherri, Comedy Central's, This Week at the Comedy Cellar and many more. He is a regular at The Comedy Cellar.

Dan Senor is a geopolitical expert best-selling author of “Start-Up Nation: The Story of Israel’s Economic Miracle" and "The Genius of Israel." He is a longtime expert in policymaking, politics and business in the Middle East and has written numerous articles in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Washington Post, The Weekly Standard and TIME. He hosts a podcast called Call Me Back.

Nathan Macintosh is a stand up comedian, writer and actor based in New York, originally from Nova Scotia. He joins Dan Naturman and Periel Aschenbrand to discuss the horrors of social media, the anxiety of stand up comedy, Jordan Peterson and all things Canada.

John Spencer joins "Live From The Table" for an in-depth interview to discuss the moral, legal, and strategic implications of Israel's actions in the Gaza War. Also discussed: hostages, day-after plans, and other matters.

Peter Boghossian is a Founding Faculty advisor at the University of Austin and the Executive Director of National Progress Alliance. His most recent book is How to Have Impossible Conversations, and his writing can be found in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Scientific American, Time Magazine, National Review, and elsewhere. His work is centered on bringing the tools of professional philosophers to a wide variety of contexts to help people think through what seem to be intractable problems.