“Literally everyone has a podcast,” says Chicago Podcast Festival producer Elizabeth Amdahl. She’s not far from wrong. When all you really need is a recording device and a YouTube channel, it’s become easier for any- and everyone to become an audio star. The Chicago Podcast Festival is here to introduce you to at least a few of those luminaries—specifically, the funny ones.
“Unfortunately, that was just the way this year panned out—sometimes booking podcasts and booking comedians and dealing with agents can be really tricky,” Amdahl says. “If I was to book my ideal comedy podcast festival, it would have your Nicole Byers and your Bowen Yangs [Eds. note: Both were recently in town with their podcasts independently.] I would book everything I could to show the full aspect of human stories and comedy. There’s so much good comedy being made out there right now by people of color and different sexual orientations, and that’s kind of a downfall this year.”
10/16-10/19, various times, locations, and prices, chicagopodcastfestival.org.
