{"podcast":{"title":"Keep Talking","slug":"keep-talking-1331245","podcast_index_feed_id":1331245,"rss_url":"https://media.rss.com/humans/feed.xml","website_url":"https://rss.com/podcasts/humans","image_url":"https://media.rss.com/humans/20210520_005222_a8e19a4cd6d9a7bc6e33dc39aa33e2b3.jpg","author":"Dan Riley","episode_count":155,"summary":"\"Keep Talking\" exists to have conversations that might help to make a better society and a better culture. I believe that each guest has important information and stories to make public. And it's something that I want to share.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-20T02:20:25.098457+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/keep-talking-1331245"},"episode":{"title":"Episode 132: Noam Dworman - Comedy, Free Speech, and Creating The Comedy Cellar","slug":"episode-132-noam-dworman-comedy-free-speech-and-creating-the-comedy-cellar","published_at":"2024-12-06T10:00:09+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/keep-talking-1331245/episode-132-noam-dworman-comedy-free-speech-and-creating-the-comedy-cellar","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/keep-talking-1331245","url":"https://rss.com/podcasts/humans/1785900","audio_url":"https://content.rss.com/episodes/14586/1785900/humans/2024_12_04_17_48_31_92ce7cd9-d611-4ff4-b9e3-8e3d7bee2da8.mp3","summary":"Noam Dworman is a businessman, the co-host of the podcast \"Live From The Table,\" and the owner of the world-famous Comedy Cellar in Greenwich Village, NYC. ------------ Book Dan to do an interview or a meeting ------------ Keep Talking Substack Spotify Apple Podcasts Social media and all episodes ------------ Support via Venmo Support on Substack Support on Patreon ------------ (00:00) Intro (00:59) How The Comedy Cellar came to be (02:38) Noam's dad, Manny (07:05) Why did Manny start The Comedy Cellar? (10:42) Notable comics early at The Comedy Cellar (12:00) The way to fame for comics pre-internet (14:32) Identifying comedic talent (18:36) Patrice O'Neal (24:12) How Noam took over The Comedy Cellar (27:37) The scene at The Comedy Cellar in early 2000's (29:52) Why The Comedy Cellar is so popular (32:19) The design of The Comedy Cellar venue (36:58) Quotes from Noam about free speech (38:11) Louis CK, free speech, and woke culture (43:58) How the left has changed regarding free speech (47:22) Comedy as a refuge (50:23) Defining wokeness and a story about Noam's daughter (56:30) The state of wokeness and cancel culture (59:02) Comedians and intellectuals with courage (01:02:58) What's next for Noam and The Comedy Cellar","meta_description":"Noam Dworman is a businessman, the co-host of the podcast \"Live From The Table,\" and the owner of the world-famous Comedy Cellar in Greenwich Village, NYC…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3872,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/keep-talking-1331245/episodes/episode-132-noam-dworman-comedy-free-speech-and-creating-the-comedy-cellar/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/keep-talking-1331245/episode-132-noam-dworman-comedy-free-speech-and-creating-the-comedy-cellar.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}