Best Lisa Ann Orkin Podcasts (2024)

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Weed Colored Glasses (Epi 3) 16:11

3+ y ago16:11

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Episode 3 Lisa takes the other mommies to get high with the dudes, deals with an uncomfortable medical emergency with her parents, and agrees to date a dad she almost gave a heart attack to. We plan to release more episodes this spring. You can follow along behind the scenes, read scripts and help support Lisa Upside Down on Patreon. And for credit…

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Too Much Tongue (Epi 2) 19:04

3+ y ago19:04

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Episode 2 Smelling like weed, Lisa runs into the PTA president, visits her dying aunt and learns her mother really wants her to find another husband before this one is out the door. For credits and more please head over to www.lisaupsidedown.comBy Lisa Orkin

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Between The Bushes (Episode 1) 18:16

3+ y ago18:16

18:16

Project Woo Woo is interrupted this week with the first episode of my scripted comedy Lisa Upside Down Episode 1 Meet Lisa. A mom, a wife, and a daughter whose life is on the precipice of turning completely upside down. We follow Lisa as she embarrasses her son, spies on her husband, buys bathing suits with her mom and meets a couple of dudes that …

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Between The Trees (Epi 1) 17:49

3+ y ago17:49

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Episode 1 Meet Lisa. A mom, a wife, and a daughter whose life is on the precipice of turning completely upside down. We follow Lisa as she embarrasses her son, spies on her husband, buys bathing suits with her mom and meets a couple of dudes that catch her when she falls. Subscribe to Lisa Upside Down on your favorite podcast so you don't miss any …

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LIsa Upside Down 1:39

3+ y ago1:39

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Lisa Upside Down is a scripted comedy from the creator of Project Woo Woo, Honestly Lisa and Love Bites. It follows the life of Lisa a middle-aged mom with a failing marriage over-involved and over-sexed parents, a son on the verge of manhood, and a favorite aunt who has been dying on and off for years. Lisa uses her friends a bit of weed and her w…

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Jimmy Stewart à la Jim Coughlin 29:23

3+ y ago29:23

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Who is Jim Coughlin: Jim Coughlin’s religion is comedy. His philosophy is comedy. And his ethnicity is comedy. He’s been performing comedy since he was 13 and identified as Jim the Juggler. Where to Find Jim: Jim Coughlin Twitter, instagram, TikTok all @mrjimcoughlinFavorite Career Highlight: My 1.5 seconds of fame in Anchorman as a member of Publi…

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Mike Tyson à la Andrew Engel 27:20

3+ y ago27:20

27:20

Who is Andrew Engel: Andrew Engel has been producing comedy shows for 27 years. Helping countless young comics jumpstart their careers. His website www.manhattancomedyschool.com is his story, with all the chapters of his life. Andrew’s Career Highlights: Andrews’s career highlight being the talent coordinator for Live at Gotham and The Next VR show…

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Eddie Van Halen à la Henry Phillips (Encore) 27:52

4y ago27:52

27:52

This is an encore Project Woo Woo to honor the one and only Eddie Van Halen. Who is Henry Phillips: You may know Henry from his recurring role as “John the server guy” on HBO’s Silicon Valley, or as the star of the movie Punching Henry, currently running on Showtime. You can check out his popular cooking show “Henry’s Kitchen” on YouTube. You can f…

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Jane Fonda à la Dana Lyn Baron 43:19

4y ago43:19

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Who is Dana Lyn Baron: Dana is a film, tv, radio, and stage actor — both live-action & voice-over. In April 2020 she guest-starred in the Season 6 premiere of Amazon’s BOSCH and will be seen this Fall in David Fincher’s Netflix feature film, Mank, starring Gary Oldman. She currently resides in Los Angeles with her husband, kitties, and her yoga mat…

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Ruth Bader Ginsberg à la Madonna Magee (Encore) 32:29

4y ago32:29

32:29

Today in honor of the great RBG I am rerunning the fabulous Project Woo Woo interview with the brilliant Madonna Magee "My mother told me to be a lady. And for her, that meant be your own person, be independent." Ruth Bader GinsbergBy Lisa Orkin

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Warner Munroe à la Covid 19 28:44

4y ago28:44

28:44

Who is Warner Munroe: Warner is a Virgo with a Scorpio rising. Warner has worn many hats and performed many things. And right now is simply “ I Am.” And this is where you find Warner's online Home --> Warnervo.com Favorite Career Highlight: Warner performed a play based on the last few years of Anne Frank. Miep Gies, who helped hide Anne Frank and …

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Dracula à la Barry Pearl 30:23

4y ago30:23

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Who is Barry Pearl: Best known for his role as “Doody” in Paramount’s iconic hit film, GREASE. Teaches film arts to the special needs community all across the country with Joey Travolta’s Inclusion Film Company. Barry’s Rising Sign: Taurus What is your most favorite Career Highlight: Playing the role of “Doody” in Paramount’s film, GREASE as well a…

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Krishnamurti à la Gary Schwartz 34:43

4y ago34:43

34:43

Project Woo Woo: Real Conversations with Imaginary People Who is Gary Schwartz: Gary Schwartz is an actor, writer, and improv coach. He is the protégé of Viola Spolin, considered to be the Mother of the American Improvisation. He is the founder of Improv Odyssey, an exciting approach to changing the way people work and play, based on Spolin’s techn…

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Kathy Nagler à la Elon Musk 33:12

4y ago33:12

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Who is Kathy Nagler: Kathy began her career after being told again and again that her voice could make anything sound funny. With her ultra-dry delivery, she was billed as the female Ben Stein. But over the years, she has expanded her repertoire to include the not-so-funny, and the deep-breathed sexy. Kathy is an accomplished improviser and standup…

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Jeff Harry à la Liz Gilbert 33:49

4y ago33:49

33:49

Who is Jeff Harry: Jeff Harry shows individuals and companies how to tap into their true selves, to feel their happiest and most fulfilled — all by playing. While we spend most of our time pretending to be important, serious grownups, it's when we let go of that facade and just play, that the real magic happens. Fully embracing your own nerdy geniu…

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Arianna Huffington À La Jessica Kupferman 30:07

4y ago30:07

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Who is Jessica Kupferman: Jessica Kupferman wants to live in a world where women’s voices are not only heard but readily spoken. She’d also like to teach the world how to connect more – in small ways. Jessica’s Rising Sign: Capricorn What is your most favorite Career Highlight: Producing a show that was attended by Jill Biden What did you learn fro…

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Dustin Hoffman à la Jason Stuart 35:37

4+ y ago35:37

35:37

Who is Jason Stuart: When you think one of the most prolific character actors, who’s also an outrageous openly gay stand-up comedian, one name comes to mind…. Jason Stuart. He currently has a major role in The Birth Of A Nation, starring Army Hammer by filmmaker Nate Parker and stars in the drama Hank. Jason also has appeared in the award-winning f…

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Hilary Clinton à la Kathy Christopherson 42:50

4+ y ago42:50

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Madame Zoltair Part Two à la Sea Glassman 33:25

4+ y ago33:25

33:25

By Lisa Orkin

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Joe Namath à la Darry Logan 30:55

4+ y ago30:55

30:55

By Lisa Orkin

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Cupid à la Rick Overton 29:03

4+ y ago29:03

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By Lisa Orkin

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Pythagoras à la Jim Staahl 29:38

4+ y ago29:38

29:38

By Lisa Orkin

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Elton John à la Jason Stuart 29:25

4+ y ago29:25

29:25

By Lisa Orkin

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Abby Schachner à la Billy Barty 29:23

4+ y ago29:23

29:23

By Lisa Orkin

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Ganesha à la Jeff Dorchen 38:28

4+ y ago38:28

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Neil deGrasse Tyson à la Karl T. Wright 33:31

4+ y ago33:31

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A Very Woo Woo New Year 2:00

4+ y ago2:00

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Her Majesty Elizabeth the Second à la Harry Murphy 30:05

4+ y ago30:05

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Who is Harry Murphy: Harry S. Murphy is an actor and improviser who loves to play “let’s pretend”. Actual fun fact: Paula Abdul once taught me how to pole-dance. Who is Her Majesty Elizabeth the Second: Her Majesty Elizabeth the Second, by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and of Her other Realms and Terri…

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Ms. Clause aka Santa's better half à la Sheryl Bernstein 30:28

4+ y ago30:28

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Who is Sheryl Bernstein: Sheryl Bernstein is a Moon Child, aka Cancer, with a Moon in the House of Pancakes. Sheryl is The Creative Muse, Clarity Coach, and Performance Director. Also called a Visionary Strategist, Sheryl can see and bring out all the ‘ possibility’ of you, to help you shine in life and on camera. She helps people (who help people)…

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Andy Warhol à la Chris Bonno 35:19

4+ y ago35:19

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Who is Chris Bonno: Chris Bonno, once voted the Funniest Person in Austin, is a regular performer at the Improv in LA, with the improv troupe “The Fugitives”, and at the ACME comedy theater with the improvisational forties radio comedy troupe “Liquid Radio Players” and has also done numerous shows with the “Fake Radio Players” performing in live tr…

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Simone de Beauvoir à la Brett Paesel 35:33

4+ y ago35:33

35:33

Who is Brett Paesel: Brett Paesel is the author of the Los Angeles Times bestseller, "Mommies Who Drink: Sex, Drugs, and Other Distant Memories of an Ordinary Mom and the recently released novel, Everything Is Just Fine. Her work has been published in numerous collections and national publications including the New York Times, The Los Angeles Times…

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Dame Judi Dench à la Jayne Entwistle 31:04

4+ y ago31:04

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Who is Jayne Entwistle: Jayne Entwistle is an award-winning audiobook narrator known most notably for her narration of the Flavia De Luce series by Alan Bradley. AudioFile Magazine has included her narration on their list of Best Audiobooks of the year. When not immersed in fabulous books, Jayne can be found on-screen in television shows such as; T…

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Danielle LaPorte à la Donna Jo Thorndale 35:00

4+ y ago35:00

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Who is Donna Jo Thorndale: Donna Jo Thorndale is a Los Angeles-based actress and writer. Originally from Lexington, Kentucky, she hails from a long line of sassy joke-tellers. Her love of improvisation, food, music, and social justice led her to create Chef Jewell Rae Jeffers, a Southern Celebrity Chef out to solve America’s political and social pr…

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Erica Jong à Wendy Miller 33:43

4+ y ago33:43

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Who is Wendy Miller: Wendy Miller is an Emmy winning TV producer and comedy writer who has produced and/or written for The Oprah Show, Lifetime, Oxygen, NBC, TV Land, The Wayne Brady Show, The Tonight Show, VH1, ABC, Travel Channel, Walmart, Telepictures, and Paramount to name a few. In 2010, Playboy TV approached Wendy to create and oversee a bran…

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Bill Clinton à la Don Frankel 30:43

4+ y ago30:43

30:43

Who is Don Frankel: Don Frankel is an Actor and Musician. Don grew up in Brooklyn New York. He played his first professional music gig at his own Bar Mitzvah on the Accordion. Don is a multi-instrumentalist on Keyboards, Banjo, Guitar and sing Tenor and Baritone vocals. He's been a recording artist on major labels as well as played on movie soundtr…

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Ann Boleyn à la Kathy Nagler 32:42

4+ y ago32:42

32:42

Who is Kathy Nagler: Kathy began her career after being told again and again that her voice could make anything sound funny. With her ultra-dry delivery, she was billed as the female Ben Stein. But over the years, she has expanded her repertoire to include the not-so-funny, and the deep-breathed sexy. Kathy is an accomplished improviser and standup…

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Dr Phil à la Karly Nimmo 29:53

4+ y ago29:53

29:53

Who is Karly Nimmo: With five iTunes hit podcasts under her belt, including Karlosophies and Rock Your Mic Right, Karly Nimmo uses her voice and wisdom to guide us back to the truth of who we are so that we can show up and speak up as our fully expressed, most rad selves. A faithful student of the human spirit, Karly can help connect to your voice …

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Pema Chodron à la Mari Weiss 34:54

4+ y ago34:54

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Who is Mary Weiss: Mari Weiss is a native of Chicago where, after receiving an M.F.A. in Theatre, she worked with such companies as Steppenwolf, Court Theatre, and The Annoyance where she originated the role of Alice in the cult hit "The Real Live Brady Bunch", performing it in New York and Los Angeles where she stayed (not just for the weather).In…

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Bruce Lee à la Anil Desai 29:06

5y ago29:06

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Who Is Anil Desai: Anil Desai started in comedy with the sketch group The Giant Pineapple Boys, who performed at the Edinburgh festivals from 2001 to 2004. He then went on to host The Late Show Spank! On the fringe and created comedy characters Rajesh: Bollywood Lounge singer and Candice the Fluffer Girl. He is best known as an impressionist and ha…

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Jeff Mishalski À La The Real Deal 28:33

5y ago28:33

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Who is Jeff Michalski: JEFF MICHALSKI Improv practitioner, teacher, and actor, he is featured in over thirty films, most recently The Laundromat playing opposite Meryl Streep. He has taught all forms of improvisation for over twenty years, as well as developed his own long-form techniques. He has performed across the United States, Canada, and Irel…

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President John F. Kennedy à la Terry Evans 43:39

5y ago43:39

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Who is Terry Evans: Terry is a Pisces born in Texas, lives in California. Enjoys acting, building things, fishing from the beach and letting them go. And maybe a little humble. Terry has been a fixture in the LA theatre scene for over 25 years and a member of the premier classical Los Angeles theatre company Antaeus. You have seen him in both film …

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Amelia Earhart à la Karianne Flaathen 26:04

5y ago26:04

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Who is Karianne Flaathen: Karianne is an actor and photographer who finally landed in Los Angeles via Oslo, Seattle, New York, and London.... and is a company member of the brilliant world-class Antaeus Theatre Company in Los Angeles... where she was seen in Top Girls. Who is Amelia Earhart: Amelia Earhart was an American aviation pioneer and autho…

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Stevie Nicks à la Christine Blackburn 25:58

5y ago25:58

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Who is Christine Blackburn: As a producer, host and skilled interviewer, Christine Blackburn and her production company, Story Worthy Media, have produced over 540 episodes of her weekly show Story Worthy and dozens of live performances of her gameshow, Story Smash The Storytelling Gameshow! Her solo show “Surviving The Ride” has been produced and …

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Madame Zoltair à la Sea Glassman 30:38

5y ago30:38

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Who is Sea Glassman: Sea Glassman voices infamous fortune-teller Madame Zoltair, who has recently shattered her glass box and is heading to Davenport, Ohio for a dalliance with a man in a kayak. Glassman is an LA based improvisational character actor whose forte is historical & literary figures, ie Steinbeck’s Ma Joad, James Joyce’s Molly Bloom, & …

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Zappa à la Jon Huck 32:38

5y ago32:38

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Who is John Huck: Jon is a comedian and actor whose humor can best be described as honest, observational and maybe slightly self-deprecating. Jon performs all over the country and has appeared on Comedy Central’s Live at Gotham & This Is Not Happening as well as Comedy From SXSW on Showtime and Gotham Comedy Live on The AXS Network. His first CD Fa…

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Ruth Bader Ginsberg à la Madonna Magee 31:41

5y ago31:41

31:41

Who is Madonna Magee: Madonna Magee is a graduate of NYU and the American Academy of Dramatic Arts NYC. She credits the Uta Hagen, as being the greatest influence on her work.. Madonna’s career began as a recurring character on the daytime Serial “Love of Life” exactly 50 years ago. For 35 years she taught acting and directed plays at the American …

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