{"podcast":{"title":"Messed-Up To Set-Ups - A MichaelHalcomb.Live Podcast","slug":"messed-up-to-set-ups-a-michaelhalcomb-live-podcast-7140071","podcast_index_feed_id":7140071,"rss_url":"https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/3438494.rss","website_url":"https://www.michaelhalcomb.live/podcast","image_url":"https://substackcdn.com/feed/podcast/3438494/db7c2e2c5d63b33ac54c696cc1c28d22.jpg","author":"Discussing The Messed-Up Things That Make Life Funny","episode_count":136,"summary":"Stand-up comedian | Joke writing instructor Performing comedy, Teaching the craft 📺 Clips | 📝 Courses | ✍️ Blog |🎙️ Pod _____ Featured: 🐼 Bored Panda • 🌐 AOL • 🎥 Yahoo! • 🎬 TheWrap • 🪞 The Mirror • 📰 Epoch Times • 📻 103.3 FM & 98.5 FM • Etc.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-12T16:17:01.477356+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/messed-up-to-set-ups-a-michaelhalcomb-live-podcast-7140071"},"episode":{"title":"Songwriting In Comedy","slug":"songwriting-in-comedy","published_at":"2026-06-13T20:47:32+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/messed-up-to-set-ups-a-michaelhalcomb-live-podcast-7140071/songwriting-in-comedy","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/messed-up-to-set-ups-a-michaelhalcomb-live-podcast-7140071","url":"https://www.michaelhalcomb.live/p/songwriting-in-comedy","audio_url":"https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/201913487/e46a45dc2eb0deee5f1457df96c77230.mp3","summary":"Hello, Friend! In this episode of the “Messed-Up to Set-Ups” podcast, I chat with the super kind and absolutely hilarious Bonnie Works Gardner. We workshop some jokes in real time, talk about how she creates song parodies to share personal stories, and do some on-the-spot riffing on headlines and cliches. We also discuss Bonnie’s take on clean comedy and her knack for turning life’s messed-up moments into humor. Plus, I share insights from my new book, Comedy Mind Hacks . Tune in! Oh, and if you’d like to show some love, I’d be so grateful and honored if you’d order a copy of said book: Comedy Mindhacks: 100 Mental Shifts To Help Comedians & Creatives Succeed . If you click HERE , you can see some sample pages. If you don’t yet subscribe to this site, you can still get a 10% discount at your purchase with the code: MH10LIVE . But, if you become a FREE Subscriber, you can automatically get a 15% discount. If you sign up as a paid subscriber, I’ll send you a 35% discount. Also, when you join that inner circle, you’ll instantly unlock my entire premium comedy vault. 👉 Click HERE to Upgrade Your Subscription & Unlock the Vault. Get full access to MichaelHalcomb.Live at www.michaelhalcomb.live/subscribe","meta_description":"Hello, Friend! In this episode of the “Messed-Up to Set-Ups” podcast, I chat with the super kind and absolutely hilarious Bonnie Works Gardner. We worksho…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1358,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/messed-up-to-set-ups-a-michaelhalcomb-live-podcast-7140071/episodes/songwriting-in-comedy/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/messed-up-to-set-ups-a-michaelhalcomb-live-podcast-7140071/songwriting-in-comedy.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}