There It Is

NYC-based actress, Anna Belanger, joins us for an inspiring chat! Anna went to Michigan State University where she earned her BFA in theater. She talks with Jason about how she met friend of the show Nicole Pascaretta, moving to Chicago and studying at Second City, what studying theater and improv was like for her personality type, joining the union, moving to NYC, starting her online sketch show "Fairly Funny," auditioning, and more! Listen on Amazon Music, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, YouTube, and SoundCloud! Instagram: @AnnaMBelanger, @ThereItIsPod, @JasonFarrPics Twitter: @ThereItIsPod, @JasonFarrJokes Facebook: @ThereItIsPod Subscribe to our comedy newsletter: https://mailchi.mp/e22defd4dee2/thereitis

The "Of the Show" Gant is here to talk all that Pop (Culture). Brother of the Show, BFF of the Show, and GF of the Show are all back to talk about movies and shows they like but the average person dislikes and the ones everyone loves but they do not. Rob has a whopper of an answer. They also discuss Dave Chappelle getting attacked on stage and the alarming rate in which incidents like that happen, what needs to change, and what they feel about the controversial new HBO series, Winning Time. Twitter: @ThereItIsPod, @JasonFarrJokes Instagram: @ThereItIsPod, @JasonFarrPics Facebook: @ThereItIsPod Subscribe to our comedy newsletter: https://mailchi.mp/e22defd4dee2/thereitis

We got to talk to one of the hottest R&B guitarists out there, Kerry "2Smooth" Marshall! Kerry talks to Jason about the difference between playing for acts like Jason DeRulo, Michelle Williams, and Ty Dolla $ign; the nuances of playing gospel music; playing at church; developing your social media presence; traveling to play with The Roots or to do a Jimmy Kimmel Live taping; how and why he altered his PRS Silver Sky; establishing good habits; advice for beginners; and much more! Any kind of creator can learn something from this chat. https://www.kerry2smooth.com https://www.youtube.com/kerry2smooth Twitter: @kerry2smooth, @ThereItIsPod, @JasonFarrJokes Instagram: @kerry2smooth, @ThereItIsPod, @JasonFarrPics Facebook: @kerry2smooth, @ThereItIsPod Subscribe to our comedy newsletter: https://mailchi.mp/e22defd4dee2/thereitis

We had the pleasure of talking to comedian, circus performer, and data scientist, Andrea Jones-Rooy Ph.D.! Jason and Andrea have a thrilling chat! They talk about being creative consistently, how to create fun shows out of less-exciting material, how they got started out doing so many different things, what data science is and how it plays out with COVID, what people get wrong about data in general, how people talk about FiveThirtyEight, circus performance, and more! www.jonesrooy.com www.youtube.com/jonesrooy Twitter: @jonesrooy, @ThereItIsPod, @JasonFarrJokes Instagram: @jonesrooy, @ThereItIsPod, @JasonFarrPics TikTok: @jonesrooy, @JasonFarrToks Facebook: @ThereItIsPod Subscribe to our comedy newsletter: https://mailchi.mp/e22defd4dee2/thereitis

The "Of the Show" Boys are back to nerd out with Jason over some current events. They talk about Discovery buying Warner Bros. and reports of a possible shakeup of DC entertainment, what they think the DCEU should have been, Vulture's video-game movie adaptation rankings, what they've been watching, and manage to discuss Easter Candy. Fun chat! Twitter: @ThereItIsPod, @JasonFarrJokes Instagram: @ThereItIsPod, @JasonFarrPics Facebook: @ThereItIsPod Subscribe to our comedy newsletter: https://mailchi.mp/e22defd4dee2/thereitis

Today we talk to Atlanta based actor, Adrian Eppley! Several years ago Jason met Adrian on a commercial shoot in NYC. She was fun and great! She's since moved to Atlanta where she is doing awesome things. She talks about making the move to NYC and then to Atlanta, her love of short film acting, the journey of finding an agent, how acting in TV commercials is like acting in sketches, the side hustles of A-listers, and more! Listen on Amazon Music, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, YouTube, and SoundCloud! Instagram: @AdrianEppley, @ThereItIsPod, @JasonFarrPics Twitter: @ThereItIsPod, @JasonFarrJokes Facebook: @ThereItIsPod Subscribe to our comedy newsletter: https://mailchi.mp/e22defd4dee2/thereitis

We talk to actor, improviser, writer, and cosplayer, Tori Smith! Tori is cool! She talks with Jason about doing musical theater and improv, moving to New York City from Louisiana, the pressure of making content, acting, video games, studying game design at NYU Tisch, her brilliant cosplay pieces. She's doing it all and it's a fun chat. Follow Tori Smith: https://worldwideblonde.itch.io Bad Guys & B-Sides: https://www.badguysbsides.com Twitter: @WorldWideBlonde, @ThereItIsPod, @JasonFarrJokes Instagram: @WorldWideBlonde, @ThereItIsPod, @JasonFarrPics Facebook: @WorldWideBlonde, @ThereItIsPod Subscribe to our comedy newsletter: https://mailchi.mp/e22defd4dee2/thereitis

The "Of the Show Gang" returns to discuss that hot topic, the 2022 Oscars! Brother of the Show, Best Friend of the Show, and GF of the Show talk with Jason about Bruce Willis' shocking retirement, what they did and didn't like about the Oscars telecast, the winners, and obviously...Megan Thee Stallion's "We Don't Talk About Bruno" rap. Twitter: @ThereItIsPod, @JasonFarrJokes Instagram: @ThereItIsPod, @JasonFarrPics Facebook: @ThereItIsPod Subscribe to our comedy newsletter: https://mailchi.mp/e22defd4dee2/thereitis

This is a special bonus episode of what we cut out of the Basketball Movie Bracket Pop Talk we recently dropped. That one is nothin' but net, but this bonus adds some circling around on the rim. Listen to the fellas talk about basketball movies, the importance of verisimilitude, Rob not getting to go to the NCAA tournament in college, and why Juwanna Mann is a bad movie. Listen on Amazon Music, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, YouTube, and SoundCloud! Get the bracket at www.ThereItIsPod.com Fill it out and share yours with us on social media with the hashtag #HoopThereItIs! Twitter: @ThereItIsPod, @JasonFarrJokes Instagram: @ThereItIsPod, @JasonFarrPics Facebook: @ThereItIsPod Subscribe to our comedy newsletter: mailchi.mp/e22defd4dee2/thereitis

We love our brackets and we finally did one during March Madness! We're joined by the "Of the Show" Boys to talk basketball movies! Jason put together a bracket of the most beloved basketball movies and now just tells the fellas how he put it together. They discuss how their brackets shaped out, what were the easy calls, what were the tough picks, and Rob shares his controversial opinion on Hoosiers. Listen on Amazon Music, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, YouTube, and SoundCloud! Get the bracket at www.ThereItIsPod.com Fill it out and share yours with us on social media with the hashtag #HoopThereItIs! Twitter: @ThereItIsPod, @JasonFarrJokes Instagram: @ThereItIsPod, @JasonFarrPics Facebook: @ThereItIsPod Subscribe to our comedy newsletter: https://mailchi.mp/e22defd4dee2/thereitis

Boris Khaykin is a NYC based multi-hyphenate to keep an eye on. Boris acts, writes, directs, and performs comedy. He talks with Jason about being from the Ukraine and what's going on there now, creating comedy on touchy subjects, how he moved up in NYC comedy, edgy humor and the response to it, not being a Russian conductor but doing musical comedy, North Coast, and much more! Top-rated charities to donate to the Ukrainian relief effort: cnbc.com/2022/03/09/heres-a-list-of-top-rated-charities-to-help-the-ukraine-relief-effort.html Check out his work on www.boriskhaykin.com Immigrant Jam: www.caveat.nyc/event/immigrant-jam-3-21-2022 Twitter: @theBorisK, @ChipringComedy, @ThereItIsPod, @JasonFarrJokes Instagram: @ChipringBirdComedy, @theBorisK, @ThereItIsPod, @JasonFarrPics Facebook: @ChipringBirdComedy, @ThereItIsPod Subscribe to our comedy newsletter: https://mailchi.mp/e22defd4dee2/thereitis

NYC-based actor and performer, Margaret Burrus, joins us! Margaret is from Nashville, TN and is has been based in NYC for years now. She talks with Jason about performing when she was a kid, finding improv in college, moving to New York, studying improv at UCB and getting back into improv with a Level One class at The Magnet, doing sketch with Boogie Manja, pursuing acting, hilarious auditioning stories, and more! Listen on Amazon Music, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, YouTube, and SoundCloud! Margaret's Boogie Manja sketch team, Pagliacci: https://www.boogiemanja.com/pagliacci Married Alive: http://www.thetruthpodcast.com/story/2020/10/7/marriedalive Twitter: @ThereItIsPod, @JasonFarrJokes Instagram: @ThereItIsPod, @JasonFarrPics Facebook: @ThereItIsPod Subscribe to our comedy newsletter: https://mailchi.mp/e22defd4dee2/thereitis

We were joined by Emmy-winning writer, Greg Iwinski. Jason was thrilled to talk to Greg, a former writer for Late Show with Stephen Colbert who is currently working at Last Week Tonight. Greg does a phenomenal job of breaking down how to hone your writing skills, what it's like to write for Late-Night TV, the myths of political comedy, the catharsis comedy provides, and more! It's a great talk. Twitter: @garyJackson, @YubNubPod, @ThereItIsPod, @JasonFarrJokes Instagram: @ThereItIsPod, @JasonFarrPics Facebook: @ThereItIsPod Subscribe to our comedy newsletter: https://mailchi.mp/e22defd4dee2/thereitis

It's a Celebration! Jason and GF of the Show, Justina, are toasting to having 250* episodes in the can! They share the top 25* most listened to episodes, Jason shares his 25 favorite times he created something with a guest, our newsletter, and of course some shenanigans ensue. As always, it's a fun chat. With deep gratitude, we thank you for listening all these years. I Got a Big Shirt: https://www.tiktok.com/@jasonfarrtoks/video/7067366008142744878?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc&web_id7018628965297473029 TikTok: @JasonFarrToks Twitter: @ThereItIsPod, @JasonFarrJokes Instagram: @ThereItIsPod, @JasonFarrPics Facebook: @ThereItIsPod Subscribe to our comedy newsletter: https://mailchi.mp/e22defd4dee2/thereitis

In this episode we talk to actor and improviser, Billy Soco! We talk to Billy about starting a hip hop group when he was a kid in Florida, moving to NYC, studying improv and more at UCB and Magnet (and more), his indie improv team CHUCHO, Freestyle Love Supreme, becoming a member of the hip hop improv group North Coast, what he loves about improv, what "game of the scene" is to him, taking classes, and much more! http://billysoco.com http://www.northcoastnyc.com Instagram: @bsoco, @northcoastnyc, @ThereItIsPod, @JasonFarrPics Twitter: @northcoastnyc, @ThereItIsPod, @JasonFarrJokes Facebook: @northcoastnyc, @ThereItIsPod Subscribe to our comedy newsletter: https://mailchi.mp/e22defd4dee2/thereitis

We are joined by the hilarious GF of the Show, Justina Sparling! Justina joins Jason today, but this time for an interview! She talks with Jason about growing up in Texas and doing church plays, performing when she was a teen, why Who's Line Is It Anyway is just about her favorite thing, how she got into improv...and how she recently got out of improv. It's an interesting discussion about taking a comedy break when it doesn't feel right or fun anymore. Twitter: @ThereItIsPod, @JasonFarrJokes Instagram: @ThereItIsPod, @JasonFarrPics Facebook: @ThereItIsPod Subscribe to our comedy newsletter: https://mailchi.mp/e22defd4dee2/thereitis

Writer, actor, and comedian, Brett Duggan, joins us for a talk about all things comedy! Brett talks to Jason about studying acting, first doing improv at Emerson College, the unique way he discovered he liked teaching, how his comedy journey took him to NYC to San Francisco to Louisianna, trying to quit comedy, starting a production comedy, the Baton Rouge Improv Fest, and much more! It's a fun chat. Submit to the Baton Rouge Improv Festival! The Early Bird price ends Feb. 15: https://www.batonrougeimprovfest.com/submissions NNBProductions: https://www.nnbproductions.com Instagram: @brettalks, @BatonRougeImprovFest, @ThereItIsPod, @JasonFarrPics Facebook: @BatonRougeImprovFest, @ThereItIsPod Twitter: @ThereItIsPod, @JasonFarrJokes Subscribe to our comedy newsletter: https://mailchi.mp/e22defd4dee2/thereitis

Dylan Adler is a great NYC comedian, musician, and actor! He is originally from California and he talks with Jason about being a diver there, his journey coming out, how the world can be to victims of assault and the LGBTQ+ community, how his experience has been utilized in his comedy, his show with (previous guest) Kelly Bachman, creating musical comedy, and more. It's a really thoughtful and eye-opening discussion about our journeys and the power of expression and laughter. Dylan is delightful and hilarious in this. Listen on Amazon Music, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, YouTube, and SoundCloud! Buy tickets for Dylan's 4/15 show, "Hit That Track," at caveat.nyc! Twitter: @DylanAdler6, @ThereItIsPod, @JasonFarrJokes Instagram: @DylanAdler_, @ThereItIsPod, @JasonFarrPics Facebook: @ThereItIsPod Subscribe to our comedy newsletter: https://mailchi.mp/e22defd4dee2/thereitis

Girlfriend of the Show, Justina, is the best girlfriend a show could ask for! Justina conspired with Best Friend of the Show, Rob, for a surprise birthday gift: a trip to Minneapolis (where Rob lives) to tour Prince's Paisley Park! Paisley Park is a state of the art facility Prince had made in the mid-to-late 80's. It's where he recorded a lot of his music, filmed videos and the film Graffitti Bridge, and even lived. Rob, Justina, and Jason talk about what the experience of touring the facility was like and how being in Paisley Park impacted them. It was a special trip that will still take time to process. Check out some pics from the experience and Jason's Paisley Park playlist on our website: https://www.thereitispod.com/post/paisley-park-tour

Patrycja Skurzak is a confidence and personal development coach. Many people think confidence is about how highly you view yourself, but it actually isn't. Patrycja clears this up in this charming and insightful chat about what confidence is and how you can build it up. She tells Jason how she gained confidence after moving to London, the difference between confidence and self-esteem, and how people in entertainment can build their confidence and maintain humble self-esteem without falling into the trap of comparing yourself to others. We are confident (no pun intended) that you'll gain a better understanding of self-worth. Listen on Amazon Music, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, and SoundCloud. Patrycja's website: http://www.patriciaskurzak.com Patrycja's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/patrycjaskurzak Patrycja's Confidence Workbook: https://www.patriciaskurzak.com/ps-confidence-workbook-2-form Instagram: @PS__coaching, @ThereItIsPod, @JasonFarrPics Twitter: @ThereItIsPod, @JasonFarrJokes Face