Chrissie Mayr: Stand-Up in Strip Clubs
KEY MOMENTS
0:00 – Intro and Chrissie Mayr joins
0:51 – Meeting Lou and a Larry Sharpe campaign show
2:42 – Dressing up for stand-up and a strip club gig
6:02 – Socially distant lap dances and pandemic comedy venues
8:58 – Finding stage time and upcoming tour dates
11:48 – Ramping up her podcast and building an audience
13:27 – Eliza Bleu, Twitter, and child exploitation lawsuits
18:27 – Free speech and liberals who still talk across lines
21:06 – Bernie's mittens and media distractions
22:52 – How news gets shaped, and Alex Jones' crowds
26:00 – Chrissie's account of January 6 in DC
29:43 – Getting called an insurrectionist online
31:05 – Lou's "dark turn," and public pile-ons
34:07 – Six years hosting a show at the Stonewall Inn
37:16 – What she saw outside the Capitol
40:21 – Reactions to January 6 vs. the summer riots
43:55 – Listener Q&A: Will comedy thrive under Biden?
47:11 – How to avoid going down rabbit holes
48:51 – Why she interviews porn stars
50:23 – "Awake" porn stars and how porn has changed
54:04 – Upcoming shows and where to find Chrissie
ABOUT THIS EPISODE
Comedian and podcaster Chrissie Mayr, Lou's friend, joins Lou to talk about stand-up in strip clubs, her account of January 6 in DC, getting called an insurrectionist online, and "awake" porn stars.
We also get into meeting at a Larry Sharpe campaign show, socially distant lap dances and pandemic comedy venues, building a podcast audience, Eliza Bleu and child exploitation lawsuits against Twitter, liberals who still talk across lines, Bernie's mittens, Alex Jones's crowds, six years hosting a show at the Stonewall Inn, reactions to January 6 versus the summer riots, whether comedy will thrive under Biden, and how porn has changed.