Maryssa's successful Fashionably Funny comedy show ran for years at New York City’s Broadway Comedy club, in the before times.  Smith joins Vox Celeste discussing the trauma of growing up as a NYPD detective’s daughter, navigating Catholic high school bitches and comedy after Covid.

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Episode 105 - Maryssa Smith:  The Low-key Diva 

Colorful and unpolitically correct, Andrew Kelly looks and sounds as if he could be a bookie at a dive bar in Hell’s Kitchen not portraying historical figures in movies and television.  Kelly joins Vox Celeste to discuss how he turned his “failed” comedy career into acting-gold; sobriety and fighting cancer.  (And the time he called the cops to report a murder, his).

Episode 104 - Andrew Kelly: Attempted Murderer

 Del is best described as everyone’s favorite fun-loving, funky, spiritual godmother.  This delightfully, talented comedian, actress and singer is a fan favorite in, internet sensations, Bigg Jah and Minks productions playing various characters from cougar to holy roller. She joins Vox Celeste discussing how the pandemic renewed her faith.   

Episode 103 - Del Harrison: All is Del with My Soul

If hard work indeed paid off in comedy, then no doubt, returning guest, Todd Montesi would be the king of comedy.  Montesi is, hands down, one of the most prolific content creators in the New York City comedy scene.   His critically acclaimed, web series, “PN and Friends” has featured the likes of Anthony Scaramucci, Rachael Doziel and Roger Stone.   

Episode 102 - Todd Montesi: The Topless Redux

This week on Vox Celeste we are joined by comedian and master impressionist, JL Cauvin. Half-Hatian, half-Irish, but one hundred-percent Catholic, JL opens up about his faith and the burdens that come along with being passé blanc.

Episode 101 - JL Cauvin: Trumped

The first time actor and comedian, Nicky Sunshine (FYI Network) joined Vox Celeste she was a stepmother of two and uncertain if she wanted to become a mother herself.  Two-and-a-half-years and a pandemic later, Nicky is now a mother of a newborn boy.  We discuss her devastating medical postpartum experience and her hopes, dreams and fears of raising her Black son in a hostile America. 

Episode 100 - Nicky Sunshine: Pandemic Mama

Filmmaker, comedian, actor, Perry Strong (180 Seconds and 2 Comics on a Bench, Power) attended 22 schools throughout his childhood, shuttling from one home to another.  After years of engaging in self-destructive behavior, Strong found sobriety and just as his life was turning around, he was diagnosed with prostate cancer.  Perry joins Vox Celeste discussing the value of resetting your life.  

Episode 99 - Perry Strong- The Reset Button

Born to a drug addicted mother, Tanya spent her childhood in foster care suffering unspeakable horrors. Cooper, however, made the proverbial lemonade from her experiences and has dedicated her life to bettering the lives of foster kids, through her organization Foster Kids Unite. Everything life has thrown at her she’s thrown right back and even harder.

Episode 98 - Tanya Rochester Cooper: Trigger Warning

Liberian by birth, American raised, Peter Jallah has been met with much success in and out of the world of comedy.  One of the driving forces behind Blacktag Media, a Black owned, Black content driven, social media platform, Jallah shares his sobering take on racism in social media venture capitalism, “If the Clubhouse was presented by Black people, it would have never been funded.  Now you think it’s (Clubhouse) only for Black people” Host: Celeste Joseph Jennings Sound Engineer: Adam Hiniker Music: Matt Da Godfatha “Burn it Down”

Episode 97 - Peter Jallah: Full Circle

Kunal “KC” Aurora (The Unmovers) is a self-described Guidian (part guido, part Indian).  Growing up in Queens, according to Aurora everyone becomes a little Italian.  He joins Vox Celeste to discuss his comedy and why growing up in New York City ages you more than booze and cigarettes. Host: Celeste Joseph Jennings Sound Engineer: Adam Hiniker Music: Mat Da Godfatha "Burn it Down"

Episode 96 - Guidian

For Zygy Susser (Marvelous Mrs. Maisel) being average and unambitious is a source of pride, except when it comes to comedy. Susser joins Vox Celeste to discuss his failings as a NYC teacher and shares his tips on potty training birds. Sound Engineer: Adam Hiniker    Recorded: Cedar Closet Studios Music: “Burn it Down” Mat Da God Fatha

Episode 95 - Zygy Susser: Uncle Zygy Needs Improvement

Natalie K. Levant is a pint-sized force of nature that no one can nor should attempt to reckon with.  Rocking her signature sequin green cowboy boots,  Rod Stewart tank tops and Manic Panic purple hair- Levant ain't like the other grandmas- thank God!.  Starting her comedy career seven years ago, at the age of 81, Levant has made a name for herself both in her hometown of Philadelphia and abroad.  She joins Vox Celeste discussing the impact of the pandemic on her comedy career and when age isn't just a number when it puts you in a high-risk group.    Music: " Burn it Down" Mat Da Godfatha  Engineer: Adam Hiniker  Recorded at Cedar Closet Studios 

Episode 94 - Don't Let the Old Woman In

While some folks mark time in calendar years,  Christiana Jackson marks time in dicks.  Christiana joins Vox Celeste to discuss life  growing up with a Black mother and a bi-polar white step-father, in a hic New Jersey town and why every straight woman needs a Latino lover.  Cedar Closet Productions  Music: “Burn it Down” Mat Da Godfatha   

Episode 93 - D!@#s and Blunts: Christiana Jackson

Glo Butler has made a name for herself in the New York City, LGBQT comedy scene as both a comedian and a producer of the very popular Glo in the City stand-up comedy show.  Glo in the City is one of the few stand-up comedy shows that serve both LGBQT comedians and audiences of color.  If the pandemic is the proverbial monkey- it hasn’t stopped her show.  Glo in the City is still serving laughs to Brooklynites in these uncertain times. 

Episode 92 - Let it Glo: Glo Butler 

You may not like what Zenobia has to say, but I can assure you- she really doesn’t give a shit.  I mean she really doesn’t, as you will hear on her recent comedy album, “Reckless With the Truth.”  Del Mar joins Vox Celeste opening up about managing her mental health and the wonders of CBD.   

Episode 91 - The Babe From Boston: Zenobia Del Mar

Comic/writer, Celeste "Chocolate Milf" Jennings sits down every week with comedians who are, have and had parents.

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