# DMA#45: How Traverse City built a comedy festival that treats comics like actual humans!

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Podcast: [Draw Me Anything with Jason Chatfield](https://stenobird.com/podcast/draw-me-anything-with-jason-chatfield-7482418)
Published: 2026-04-03T10:02:52+00:00
Episode link: https://www.newyorkcartoons.com/p/how-traverse-city-built-a-comedy
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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.newyorkcartoons.com The sheer logistical terror of running a comedy festival is not something the average person truly understands. You have to convince nearly a hundred highly neurotic, sleep-deprived stand-up comedians to travel to a single location. You have to make sure they get picked up at the airport. You have to house them. You have to pray they have the personal o…

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