{"podcast":{"title":"Well Said","slug":"well-said-7809213","podcast_index_feed_id":7809213,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/1110056d8/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/well-said-podcast4","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_nologo/45702022/45702022-1775495255469-32ecbc07d1a3a.jpg","author":"Cuore Collective","episode_count":9,"summary":"We're Pia and Kelly, co-founders of Cuore. We met at Amazon new-hire orientation 13 years ago, sitting at different tables, and ended up desk neighbors on the communications team. We've spent our careers obsessed with how words change what happens next, in boardrooms, in hallways, in the text you reread three times before sending. Well Said is our podcast about connection as a human skill. We talk to coaches, chefs, journalists, and founders about what actually helps people reach each other when it matters. If you care about trust, communication, and saying things that land, this is for you.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/well-said-7809213"},"episode":{"title":"The Standup Comedian's Guide to Communicating In Any Room with Ben Gleib","slug":"the-standup-comedian-s-guide-to-communicating-in-any-room-with-ben-gleib","published_at":"2026-05-26T21:00:01+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/well-said-7809213/the-standup-comedian-s-guide-to-communicating-in-any-room-with-ben-gleib","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/well-said-7809213","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/well-said-podcast4/episodes/The-Standup-Comedians-Guide-to-Communicating-In-Any-Room-with-Ben-Gleib-e3ju7lf","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/1110056d8/podcast/play/120577135/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-4-26%2F424935974-44100-2-0df717831a157.mp3","summary":"From ages four to twenty-two, Ben Gleib had a stutter and a vocal disfluency so severe that his chords would lock down mid-sentence. He'd sit in class dreading being called on to read aloud, convinced it was a kind of execution. And he wanted, more than anything, to be a comedian and a TV host. He became one. Twenty-five years of standup later, Ben has performed to arenas, hosted an Emmy-nominated game show (Idiotest, 210 episodes across Netflix and Game Show Network), appeared on Chelsea Lately, starred in a Showtime special now on Amazon, and is building the internet's first late night talk show (Goodnight with Ben Gleib) backed by Nikki Glaser and Scott Galloway. He also coaches executives on their TED Talks and wedding speeches. And yes, those are the same skill set. Pia first saw Ben perform at a comedy club in Austin. Pia was front row, not by choice, watching him navigate a guy in a cowboy hat who wouldn't sit down and kept trying to make himself the show. Ben didn't flinch. He made the cowboy the funniest part of the night. Watching it happen, Pia realized this is exactly what crisis communications looks like. This episode is a masterclass in owning a room, staying composed under real pressure, and saying things that actually land. It applies whether you're in a comedy club, a boardroom, a media interview, or an all-hands meeting where your whole team is watching to see how you show up. In this episode: - Why comedians have become the last honest voices in public life and how truth is baked into every real laugh - Crowd work as a communications framework: how Ben reads a room, finds the right people, and knows exactly how far to push - The math that proves speaking to a thousand people is less risky than speaking to one - What a childhood stutter that lasted ei…","meta_description":"From ages four to twenty-two, Ben Gleib had a stutter and a vocal disfluency so severe that his chords would lock down mid-sentence. He'd sit in class dre…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2798,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/well-said-7809213/episodes/the-standup-comedian-s-guide-to-communicating-in-any-room-with-ben-gleib/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/well-said-7809213/the-standup-comedian-s-guide-to-communicating-in-any-room-with-ben-gleib.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}