
On the Mic with Mike Peters
On the Mic with Mike Peters is your place to meet some of the best up-and-coming comedians from all over the United States and hear about what they're doing with their lives. Stay tuned for a new comedian every Friday.
Episodes
305 episodes
David Kopp and the Man to Know in Kelowna
David Kopp started doing stand-up in British Columbia, Canada, when he was 30 years old. In the 18 years since, he's become one of the premier producers in the province, written a book, "Kill Dave," and runs the successful Kelowna Comedy Club i...
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Season 1
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Episode 304
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1:16:30

Jacob Parnell and the Many Sides of a Church Clown
Jacob Parnell grew up in Seattle and played the drums and bass in punk bands. His band, Aria Decline, opened for Dashboard Confessional, Something Corporate and Switchfoot. He decided to study theology at Pepperdine University and is now a past...
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Season 1
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Episode 303
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1:23:51

AJ Foster and the Life-Changing Weekend in Buffalo
AJ Foster is one of the best stand-ups to come out of upstate New York over the last two decades. He grew up in the Bronx, but started stand-up in 2010 while going to college in Utica. He was a big piece of the upstate scenes before moving to N...
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Season 1
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Episode 302
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1:04:01

Manny Gacet and the New Addiction
Manny Gacet started doing stand-up in Tampa, Fla., back in 2023. He's been sober for 13 years, and after getting laughs at AA and NA meetings, he decided to try it on a more formal stage. He's a big Marvel guy and has plans to start a YouTube c...
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Season 1
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Episode 301
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1:16:43

Dave Sheehan and the Non-Family Family
Dave Sheehan has been doing stand-up yin New Haven, Conn., for more than two decades. He started with improv and made some friends and then dipped into stand-up. He's also been studying martial arts for the last 15 years and has a black belt. H...
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Season 1
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Episode 300
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1:14:39

Reese Samuels and the Half-Gallon of Jameson
Reese Samuels is the mama bear of the comedy scene in Boise, Idaho., and is really putting that psychology background to work. She started doing stand-up on Christmas in 2014 after a rough break-up in an uncomfortable situation. She's doing way...
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Season 1
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Episode 299
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1:24:23

Michael Agunbiade and the David Cross-Up
Micahel Agunbiade started doing stand-up at the very old age of 24. It's been three years and he's already one of the most-traveled comedians in upstate New York. Based out of Liberty, he became part of the Albany scene and is moving to the Bro...
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Season 1
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Episode 298
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1:11:25

Cindy Arena and the Dancing Dolls
Cindy Arena has been doing stand-up in Rochester since the spring of 2018. She made her first big splash by winning the Rochester's Funniest Person contest that July. She's spent the last seven years trying to prove she was deserving of it. She...
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Season 1
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Episode 297
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1:32:10

Kaiser Leib and the Helena Comedy Festival
Kaiser Leib won 3 percent of the vote for Montana's governor. Instead of running the state, he's settling for a comedy festival. He started doing stand-up in San Francisco in 2017 and moved back home during the pandemic. He's doing everything h...
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Season 1
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Episode 296
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1:16:30

Ryan Manzo and the Angry Lobster
Ryan Manzo started doing stand-up two years ago in Scranton, Pa. He tried it once in college, but it didn't stick. It only took two traumatic moments to convince him to give it another shot. He's part of a younger group of comedians to give a b...
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Season 1
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Episode 295
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1:09:58

Hunter Roberts and the 10-Bell Salute
Hunter Roberts is a stand-up comic, former wrestler and Disney enthusiast in Gate City, Va. He wrestled for a few years -- becoming a champion -- before making his second attempt at stand-up stick in 2012. Based out of Johnson City, Tenn., he t...
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Season 1
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Episode 294
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1:07:54

Elizabeth Becz and the Power of Spite
Elizabeth Becz is a comedian in Brooklyn. She grew up in Rutherford, N.J., and picked up playing the piano in middle school. Her teacher, Doug, introduced her to stand-up and would later ignite a passion. After working in upstate New York for o...
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Season 1
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Episode 293
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1:18:50

Matt Vita and the Toy Microphone
Matt Vita grew up playing in punk bands. He got a taste for comedy while doing humorous raps between bands at shows. Then about 10 years ago, he found an open mic. Since then, he's traveled all over the country telling jokes and founded the Ver...
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Season 1
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Episode 292
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1:13:27

Mike DiAlto and the 40 Frat Bros
Mike DiAlto started doing stand-up about 16 years ago after taking a class at the Comedy Cellar in New York City. He kept doing it in Philadelphia and has been running the mixed mic and comedy shows at John and Peter's in New Hope, Pa., for the...
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Season 1
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Episode 291
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1:15:11

Eric Basile and the Comedy Halfway House
Eric Basile started doing stand-up in Jamestown, N.Y., back in 2011. He moved to Buffalo in 2014 and has been there since. A film student at the University of Buffalo, Basile grew up on Saturday Night Live and sitcoms from the '70s, '80s and '9...
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Season 1
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Episode 290
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1:01:13

Matt Dundas and the Historical Artifact
Matt Dundas started doing stand-up in a San Francisco laundromat in 2002 and then stopped. He started up again in Seattle, but stopped. It wasn't until he was in Washington, D.C., in 2013 that it stuck. He and his family are in Portland, Maine,...
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Season 1
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Episode 289
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1:26:26

Sari Beliak and the Dead Dog Mom
Sari Beliak is a really talented writer and comedian in Phoenix, Ariz. She took sketch classes at Second City in Los Angeles and began writing for The Hard Times and the Reductress before transitioning her comedy chops onto the stage. She's bee...
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Season 1
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Episode 288
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1:19:05

Alice Duhon and the Catholic Guilt
Alice Duhon has a background in musical theater, but she transitioned to stand-up in Detroit at 29. She was taking a stand-up class and going through a divorce around the same time. She's spent the last two years working out material from Detro...
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Season 1
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Episode 287
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1:10:36

Myles Weber and the Career Advice from Brian Regan
Myles Weber started doing stand-up in Vallejo, Calif., right out of high school. He convinced 30 of his friends from school and the gym to watch his first open mic and he's been at it ever since. Over the last seven years, he's recorded two Dry...
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Season 1
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Episode 286
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1:28:13

Josephine Rivera and the Dead Daughter Lady
Josephine Rivera started doing stand-up about 2 1/2 years ago when she was 29. She moved from New York to Pensacola, Fla., for college and stayed put. She produces shows with Carson Tucker under Whippersnapper Comedy and they're working all ove...
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Season 1
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Episode 285
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1:15:43

Luke Thayer and the Confidence Tank
Luke Thayer started doing stand-up in Indianapolis about 21 years ago. A year in, he and his wife, Abi Crutchfield, moved to New York City together, where they still live. He's been on Gotham Comedy Live, Fox, TruTV and The Food Network. He rel...
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Season 1
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Episode 284
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58:51

Jeremy Pryal and the Worst Word at the Wrong Time
Jeremy Pryal started doing stand-up in Scranton when he was 17. He opted to stay out of the Marines and chase success in comedy. He spent eight years in Philadelphia before a bad set and the personal issues took him off course. Now married with...
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Season 1
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Episode 283
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1:12:22

Chris Dolan and the Push in the Right Direction
Chris Dolan started doing stand-up at a comedy class at the Helium Comedy Club in Philadelphia when he was 46. He's been writing ever since. It's all thanks to his wife, who pushed him in the right direction. He's been able to find a home in th...
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Season 1
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Episode 282
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1:07:53

Bill Squire and the Auctioneer School Dropout
Bill Squire is one of Cleveland's best comedians and if he has his way, he always will be. He started doing stand-up in 2004 after leaving the Mormon religion. He spent 12 years working on The Alan Cox Show on WMMS in Cleveland. His latest spec...
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Season 1
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Episode 281
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1:23:04

Dana Charitonchick and the Scientific Mind
Dana Charitonchick studied biology at West Chester University and had a career as a scientist before jumping into stand-up when she was 30. She's four years in and has her footing in the Philadelphia scene. She's been able to keep those worlds ...
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Season 1
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Episode 280
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1:23:21
