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For 30 years, New York's legendary Comedy Cellar has served as the launching pad for greatest stand up comedians in the world. Colin Quinn, Dave Chappelle, Ray Romano, Dave Attell, Chris Rock, Jon Stewart, Dane Cook, Robert Kelly and Greg Giraldo are just a few of the comedians who began as Cellar regulars. But classic stage performances have never been the only show going on at the Cellar. The biggest comedians in the world come to sit at the table upstairs, where comedians come to argue and discuss the events of the day and their lives, sharpening their their comedy knives on each other. This kibitzing (an inspiration for Comedy Central's Tough Crowd), has always been a private affair... until now. Join us for a weekly peek into the happenings at the Comedy Cellar's comedian table, where the funniest people in the world debate and discuss. Subscribe now and don't miss a second of it. We would love to hear your comments. Email them to podcast@comedycellar.com
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Charlie Kirk’s assassination has sparked a firestorm of conspiracies. The Live from the Table crew, joined by journalist Ross Barkan, exposes how antisemitic tropes are spreading on the right—from Candace Owens’ tweetstorms and Max Blumenthal’s “sources” to Holocaust denier Ian Carroll’s overt accusations.
And why is Megyn Kelly - staunchly pro-Israel - hesitant to call out Candace Owens, even at times praising her, as Owens’ conspiracy talk spreads?
Why has Kirk’s murder been reframed around his Israel stance?
Journalist Michael Tracey and Epstein mega-expert Michael Tracey stops in to tell us what is and isn't true about this remarkable story.
Subscribe to Tracey's awesome Substack: https://substack.com/@mtracey
1University of Chicago Professor Robert Pape maintains that Israel is passing "historic thresholds of civilian punishment" and is risking its own future existence.
Please Note: This PDF contains the post-show conversation between Noam and Pape. It contains many links to articles and videos that Pape draws from.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Rk9NJ6BEYx6qa7JUEjuwzKG7R2MUOus4/view?usp=sharing
Here is Pape's recent article on the matter in Foreign Affairs: https://www.foreignaffairs.com/israel/gaza-unparalleled-devastation-robert-pape ("The Unparalleled Devastation of Gaza")
Noam Dworman and Periel Aschenbrand are joined by Gregory Lyakhov, America's the youngest nationally syndicated columnist. He serves as a columnist for Newsmax, The Gateway Pundit, and Townhall Media, regularly contributing to major outlets such as The Wall Street Journal, The New York Post, and The Hill. His work has appeared in dozens of other publications and has been cited by top institutions, including the White House.
He shares his views on the war in Israel, anti Semitism and why he wants to be like Ben Shapiro when he grows up.
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Social and political critic extraordinaire Richard Hanania joins us for a wide-ranging discussion on Israel, Epstein, and whatever else he's thinking about these days.
📖 Get his book The Origins of Woke: Civil Rights Law, Corporate America, and the Triumph of Identity Politics on Amazon: http://bit.ly/4lA4hH5
📰 Read his Substack: https://substack.com/@richardhanania
🐦 Follow him on X: https://x.com/RichardHanania
Suzy Weiss is a co-founder of The Free Press. Before that, she worked as a features reporter at the New York Post. There, she covered the internet, culture, dating, dieting, technology, and Gen Z. Her work has also appeared in Tablet, the New York Daily News, and The Wall Street Journal among others.
Matt Welch is the Editor-at- Large at Reason magazine and co-host of The Fifth Column podcast.
Omer Bartov discusses his recent article in The New York Times accusing Israel of genocide.
A contentious conversation.
Links:
https://newrepublic.com/article/96369/hitler-wwii-middle-east-islam
https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/entertainment/books/2004/12/19/an-end-full-of-horror/f62352ab-2561-45bf-ad33-e1368d1e81cd/
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/15/opinion/israel-gaza-holocaust-genocide-palestinians.html
https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2024/01/israel-south-africa-genocide-case-fake-quotes/677198/ (https://archive.ph/tnIVC)
https://www.spiegel.de/international/world/interview-with-human-rights-expert-william-schabas-a-strong-case-that-israels-response-constitutes-the-crime-of-genocide-a-da7e4524-ab3b-40e4-b409-f8fca9c081b8
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/13/world/middleeast/hamas-gaza-israel-fighting.html
Dan Naturman and Periel Aschenbrand discuss using notes on stage, Dan's cruises, the adult obsession with the weather, Ozempic, Periel's new show and whether or not Jeffrey Epstein committed suicide.Live from the Table Bonus Episode: Ozempic, Stand Up and Jeffrey Epstein.
Noam Dworman and Dan Naturman are joined by Tom Nash, a self described storyteller and vagabond. Noam gets nostalgic, Dan gets philosophical and Tom explains anti-fragility.
Nash is a Global Keynote Speaker and has graced the stages of some of the world's largest conferences and festivals including TED and SXSW. He is also a club DJ, author. He lost all four of his limbs after a devastating brush with a deadly disease.
Noam Dworman unexpectedly joins Dan Naturman and Periel Aschenbrand despite the fact that he had a colonoscopy earlier in the day. They discuss his procedure, the recent Diddy Verdict and what it means to globalize the intifada.Live from the Table Bonus Episode: Colonoscopies, Diddy, Mamdani and Bob Vylan
Comedians Modi and Eric Neumann join Periel Aschenbrand. They discuss the history of the Comedy Cellar, Eric's new girlfriend and what it's like performing stand up for a room of seven people.
Watch it on YouTube: https://youtu.be/MhxjO0q9vmkhttps://youtu.be/MhxjO0q9vmk
2 hours of debate (plus another hour over drinks after) and we didn't settle it.
Discussed:
Is It Genocide?
Does Hamas maximize civilian deaths?
Comprehending martyrdom - does Hamas consider all civilians to be combatants?
Does Hamas have "no choice" but to break the rules?
Does Israel break the rules?
Why all the name-calling? Is civility possible in debating Israel's action in Gaza?
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More from Matthew:
https://historyspeaks.substack.com/
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9z6CwgycPjUbOLElkLuHjQ
Two Zionist Jews discuss:
"Until Israeli politics can radically reorient itself, it’s time to construct a vision of Jewishness that’s independent of the state that pretends to act on our behalf. It’s time for Jews to reclaim the moral mantle of our ancestors. For the Palestinians, but also for the future of the Jewish people, it’s time for Jews to abandon Israel."
https://uncomfortableconversations.substack.com/about
Josh Szeps is the host of the podcast Uncomfortable Conversations with Josh Szeps.
Dan Naturman and Periel Aschenbrand discuss Noam's absence, the war with Iran, the Mossad and stage fright.
The pandemic playbook was ripped up in 2020—but did the replacements work? Was Great Barrington/Sweden the better way?
In this deep-dive conversation, Comedy Cellar owner Noam Dworman goes head-to-head with Princeton political philosopher Stephen Macedo over the empirical record and moral calculus of COVID-19 policies.
Here is the Israeli study Noam refers to: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8144835/
Rabbi Yishai Fleisher is the International Spokesperson for the Jewish Community of Hebron - a Middle East hotspot, King David's first capital, and home of the Mearat Hamachpela - the Tomb of the Biblical Patriarchs and Matriarchs. He is also an elected Councilman in one of the largest Jewish community in Judea - Efrat - and an advisor for international affairs to Minister of National Security Itamar Ben Gvir. Rabbi Yishai is a popular English-language podcaster and YouTuber on the topics of Israel, Judaism, and the Middle East and has appeared in major media outlets including CNN, Piers Morgan, and more. Yishai is a rabbi, a graduate of Cardozo Law School in NYC, a former paratrooper, and continues to serve in the IDF reserves.
Daniella Greenbaum Davis is an Emmy-award-winning producer, writer, and social media strategist with bylines in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, New York Post, Daily Beast, Commentary, and Washington Post. She executive produced the first ever holocaust-edu-series for TikTok, How to: Never Forget, which garnered 20M views and was profiled by ABC, NBC, Deadline, Variety, PBS, and E!.
Sarah Rose Siskind is a science comedy TV writer, psychedelic comedian, roboticist, and founder of Hello SciCom, a science comedy and communication agency that helps smart people get their message across.
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I know for a fact of Iranians who during the 12 days war..clearly could see how living in the geography of hate and evil ...turn em into a inevitable target for israel and at the same time an investment for the regime to play the propagnda war... Israel should push forward in spite of everything
pillar of security of usa in middle east is israel... now you kerp barking
omg...itvs a war...poor ukraine...no one is remembering russians attrocities...maybe we should make a moral case against the right of existense of russia
noam you actually digust me now.
"dual thinking" is absolutely fucking crazy. All of these fucks are so clueless.
I like Noam, I like Bari Weiss, Benny Morris, Iliza Schlezinger, Seinfeld. I also like Candace Owens, Tucker, Dave Smith, Ian Carroll, Jake Shields,Darryl Cooper. I like hearing both sides of the argument. If u keep telling people not to listen to someone, people are gonna listen to them.
Geek. Let the guest talk. I usually love your work, but this was awful.
what an a asshole! your guest had no facts to support his position.
todd barry is great, i dont think i've ever heard him on a podcast before
OMG! I remember when you could only get paninis! It was ridiculous!
where do they get these people? I can be forgiving of Periel speaking nonsense about others spending their money like it's her business but one's enough.
I enjoyed the 1st part discussing Chapelle, but most of it is 2 men trying to yap over one another. 🤦😂 Dan seems to have conceded Noam's vision for the podcast will always supersede. 🤣
buddy shouldn't of been fired over a joke, he should of been fired because he is a fucking moron.
Dan: "Wel, I was beautiful too at that age. I'd like to see what another 40 yrs does to her." 😂
Lucie Pohl😍
Godfrey predicted Trump winning the election!
"I like bed. There's nothing here for me in the conscious world." 😂🤣
Listened to this one just to hear Dan go off on Noam. 😂🤣
The talk about Dan's appearance on AGT Champions is gold!
I'm smarter after listening to this Podcast, thanks gang!