# Crowd Work with Michael Halcomb

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Podcast: [The Funny Muscle Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-funny-muscle-podcast-6768867)
Published: 2025-11-05T22:45:47+00:00
Episode link: https://TheFunnyMuclePodcast.podbean.com/e/crowd-work-with-michael-halcomb/
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Duration seconds: 3652

## Resource

This pod’s guest is Michael Halcomb — a professor, pastor, comedian, and podcaster from North Carolina, proving once and for all that the best way to handle hecklers is with a sermon, a syllabus, and a punchline. Chris asks Michael and Mike about their jointly-authored article “10 Ways to Upgrade Your Crowd Work” — covering how to turn audience chaos into comedy, why professors secretly make great MCs, and when it’s okay to recycle a drunk guy named Tony from last weekend’s show. They also give adaptable advice like "repeat whatever they say" and "embrace the silence." See more of Michael’s work at MichaelHalcomb.Live and on Substack.

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