How Comedy Works with Wende and Rick is a weekly podcast hosted by Wende Curtis, owner/CEO of Comedy Works Denver, and veteran comic/writer Rick Kerns. Tune in every Tuesday as Rick and Wende share stories and offer advice to knowledge-hungry young comics.

This episode Wende and Rick discuss what they wished they would have known early in their respective comedy careers. Wende wished she could give her younger self some tips about running a successful room and Rick wishes he'd kept track of all his old material better. Also a great comedy story from Mike E Winfield about the addiction of comedy.

How Comedy Works with Wende and Rick is a weekly podcast hosted by Wende Curtis, owner/CEO of Comedy Works Denver, and veteran comic/writer Rick Kerns. Tune in every Tuesday as Rick and Wende share stories and offer advice to knowledge-hungry young comics.

This week's episode we have Deacon Gray in to talk about the New Faces Contest at Comedy Works. Deacon is a 30 year comedy veteran as well as the Comedy Works New Talent Coordinator. Wende, Rick and Deacon discuss the New Faces Contest, now in its 20th year. Past winners of the contest include Troy Walker, Ben Kronberg and Adam Cayton-Holland.

How Comedy Works with Wende and Rick is a weekly podcast hosted by Wende Curtis, owner/CEO of Comedy Works Denver, and veteran comic/writer Rick Kerns. Tune in every Tuesday as Rick and Wende share stories and offer advice to knowledge-hungry young comics.

In this episode Wende and Rick talk about one of the biggest comedy festivals on the planet, the Montreal Just For Laughs Comedy Festival. They also get some insight from Troy Walker and Ben Roy when they represented Denver as New Faces at Just for Laughs. Also this week we have a special guest storyteller in Larry the Cable Guy!

How Comedy Works with Wende and Rick is a weekly podcast hosted by Wende Curtis, owner/CEO of Comedy Works Denver, and veteran comic/writer Rick Kerns. Tune in every Tuesday as Rick and Wende share stories and offer advice to knowledge-hungry young comics.

In this episode Wende and Rick discuss the need for marketing materials if you're an up and coming comic trying to make a name for yourself. We also play some audio from Alice Wetterlund (Silicon Valley), Henry Cho (Comedy Central), and John Heffron (Last Comic Standing). They give advice to their younger selves.

How Comedy Works with Wende and Rick is a weekly podcast hosted by Wende Curtis, Owner/CEO of Comedy Works Denver, and veteran comic/writer Rick Kerns. Tune in every Tuesday as Rick and Wende share stories and offer advice to knowledge-hungry young comics.

In this episode Wende and Rick discuss the writing process and how much time do you need to be an MC or Feature act on the road. We also listen to soundbites from Dana Gould and Greg Fitzsimmons about their own writing process.

Give us a listen and feel free to contact us with your comedy questions at howcomedyworks@comedyworks.com or tweet us @HowComedyWorks