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In depth discussion of the weekly New Yorker Caption Contest as well as interviews with Cartoonists and former Contest winners.
Email: CartoonCaptionContestPodcast@gmail.com
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Intro/Outro music created and performed by Chris Nesja.
Podcast logo designed by Dan Nesja with artwork by Shannon Wheeler.
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Comedy writer and captioneer extraordinaire, Wayne Kline, joins us on the podcast this week to talk about his career as a TV comedy writer ("Good Times", "Married With Children", Jay Leno, David Letterman and many others) and his captioneering. A shoutout to Tom Chitty on his Kickstarter for his new book, "Nooks and Crannies of New York: From the Chronicles of Baron von Shoogenheimer"! You can find more information on the book and contribute to the Kickstarter here: https://www.baronsgu...
Jake Goldwasser joins us on the podcast this week. Jake is a cartoonist, poet, translator and high school English teacher. He's had a number of cartoons (and Shouts & Murmurs) published in the New Yorker and other publications. We talk with him about his career, cartoon process, poetry and why we had to read The Great Gatsby in high school. You can find more about Jake at his website: https://jake-goldwasser.com And his cartoons on his instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/jakegoldwa...
A short podcast this week with just the original podcast recipe of Vin, Beth and Paul talking about the contests and their favorite cartoons from the current week's issue of the New Yorker (we'll get back into regular guests again next week). Vin lets the cat out of the bag with the podcast doing a roadtrip to Toronto. We'll be meeting up in Nicole's hometown at the end of May to celebrate doing the podcast for 5 years (yeah, I can't believe we've been doing this for five years). We're not su...
Larry Wood joins us for our monthly discussion about the CartoonStock contest. He hints at some changes to the contest that will be announced in the next month. We have our usual discussion about the New Yorker contest (Paul admits he was wrong about there being Position Bias!) and we talk about our favorite cartoons from the current issue of the New Yorker. We discuss the winning entry for Contest #978 (There's a buoy here to see you.) Finalists for Contest #980 (Majesty Carpet Ride.) Cur...
We start the podcast talking with our own Nicole Chrolavicius about her ventures into writing humorous articles this last year. She's had seven pieces published with an eighth one coming out soon. We then go into our usual discussion about the contests and our favorite cartoons from the current week's issue of the New Yorker. You can find Nicole's humor writings here: https://weeklyhumorist.com/other-gifts-that-only-stupid-people-would-turn-down-besides-a-jet-from-qatar/ https://thebelladon...
A fun podcast this week with cartoonist, Lynn Hsu and frequent contest finalist, Carol Lasky. Lynn and carol have been collaborating on cartoons since Carol won a CartoonStock contest that used one of Lynn's cartoons. Their collaborations have appeared in the New Yorker and other respected publications. We talk with them about their process and the cartoons they've created together. You can find Lynn's cartoons on instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/loopyline/ And her website here: ht...
This is an off week for the New Yorker (double issue last week), but we do have Larry Wood joining us for our monthly discussion about the CartoonStock contest. We dive into our likes and dislikes about the captions selected as winners for that contest and talk about captions we liked that didn't make it into the finalists. In the first half of the podcast, we talk about the New Yorker contest in general and discuss the pros and cons of entering an obvious caption. You can order Larry's book...
Rich North joins us on the podcast this week. Rich is a fairly new cartoonist with his cartoons first appearing in the New Yorker just over a year ago. We talk with Rich about how he got into cartooning, his process, how bowling changed his life and, as always, we get distracted by shiny objects along the way. You can check out Rich's cartoons at his website: https://www.rich-north.com And on his Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/richnooorth/ On Part 1 of the episode, we ...
We're happy to have cartoonist, Dan Misdea return to the podcast this week! We talk with Dan about the children's book he had published after the last time he was on the podcast and his more recent collaboration with Rob Meyerson, "AB@C And Other Gramograms", an homage to the great William Steig's classic book "CDB!" (See the Bee!). We also discuss the winning captions for his recent cartoon in the New Yorker contest and he joins us for the rest of the contest discussions and our ...
New Yorker cartoonist, Drew Dernavich, returns to the podcast for the ninth time (one more punch on his podcast ticket gets him a free pizza!) We talk about the book he's working on that he hopes to have out by this time next year, his Whisperbubble project and his Great Holiday Hat Fail. You can find out more about Whisperbubble at his Substack: https://whisperbubble.substack.com You can find Drew's website here: https://www.drewdernavich.com And his collaborations with Nesja Pre...
Katherine Bettis Joins us on the podcast this week.Katherine is a fairly new cartoonist to the scene, but has already had her cartoons published in Airmail, Woman's World, The Weekly Humorist and a small publication called the New Yorker.We talk with her about how she got into cartooning, her process and her cartoons. We also learn that she has a degree in architecture and is a musician. Once again, we try to figure out what the connection is between these vocations and cartooning. You...
Larry Wood joins us for our monthly discussion about the CartoonStock contest. We have a good discussion about whether an obvious caption should be picked as a finalist (and congratulations to our own Beth for having her not obvious caption picked as a finalist in that contest!) We discuss the winning entry for Contest #971 (I've been chipper.) Finalists for Contest #973 (Long time listener, first time colder.) Current Contest #975 (That's one small snap for man.) As Paul mentions in the ...
On this week's episode, Vin, Paul, Beth and Nicole review past and present contests from 2025 and choose our best and worst of the year. We also talk a bit about the CartoonStock contest and our favorite regular cartoons from the issue for the year. We talk a bit about Keith Huie's caption for the Finalists of contest #972. Keith is a terrific artist living in Wisconsin (just a couple of towns over from Paul) and you should check out his art here: https://shopotlag.com/collections/all/a...
A short podcast this week with just the hosts talking about the contests and their favorite cartoons from the current week's issue of the New Yorker. Our scheduled guest, Shannon Wheeler had something come up at the last minute and had to drop out. We hope to have him on again sometime early in 2026. We discuss the winning entry for Contest #969 (Ever see a bun dance?") Finalists for Contest #971 (Get to the chopper.) Current Contest #973 (Snowman is an island.) Original New Yorker carto...
Larry Wood joins us on the podcast this week to talk about the recent CartoonStock contest. There was some controversy with the cartoon in this contest with a happy family gathered together in their living room, with each of the family members holding a gun (including the cat, dog and potted plant). We discuss the use of humor to help make sense of sensitive subjects (particularly in the aftermath of the horrific shootings in the last few days) and when it is appropriate or inappropriate to d...
Kate Isenberg Joins us on the podcast this week. Kate is a New Yorker cartoonist, illustrator, animator and musician, but mostly she is a story teller. Along with the New Yorker, Kate's cartoons have appeared in The New Republic, Alta Journal, Air Mail, and Narrative. We talk with Kate about her background and journey to becoming a New Yorker cartoonist and her cartoons that have been in the New Yorker and CartoonStock caption contests. We also talk a bit about the value of being a crea...
Kyle Bravo returns to the podcast to talk about what he's been up to since we last talked with him. He's had a couple more cartoons in the New Yorker and a number of cartoons in the Daily. He's also had cartoons in the Wall St Journal, Sat Eve Post, Antigravity, Air Mail, Alta, Private Eye, The Oldie, Woman's World, Weekly Humorist and other publications. We also talk about what makes a good cartoon and caption and he also joins us as we discuss New Yorker Caption Contests and our favor...
Scott Green joins us on the podcast this week. Scott was the winner of contest #962 (Octopus Pilot) and heard us on the podcast talking about it. He contacted us to see if we’d have him on to discuss the caption and his unique way of coming up with captions (it was his first time entering the contest, so his method seems to work!) Scott is also an accomplished magician (he has appeared on Penn & Teller’s Fool Us), comedian and a frequent game show contestant. We talk about all this ...
This week on the podcast, we welcome back Ed Himelblau. Ed fills us in on what he's been up to since we last had him on. Turns out he moved from California to Wisconsin. The high point of the move was driving cross country in a Prius with two cats (everyone survived!) He also joins us as we discuss New Yorker Caption Contest winners for his cartoon in contest #964 (Bears in the outfield). Finalists for Contest #966 (Let's go, Let's go, Freudian Quip). And the current Contest #968...
Artist, illustrator and cartoonist, Anjali Chandrashekar joins us on the second half of the podcast this week. Anjali had her first New Yorker cartoon published in the June 20, 2022 issue. She is also an accomplished artist and would love to have one of her illustrations on the cover of the New Yorker. We talk with her about being creative and her journey to becoming a New Yorker cartoonist. You can find Anjali's website here: https://anjalic.com And follow her on Instagram here: https://ww...
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