Drinking During Business Hours is a weekly podcast hosted by comedian Sarah Halstead where she talks with a diverse lineup of creative individuals about their life’s journey, passions, and what may lead them to drink during business hours.
Sarah Halstead is an actor and comedian. Native of Flint, Michigan, Sarah moved to New York shortly after high school, landing plum roles in theatre productions and network daytime dramas. She’s appeared in over 90 commercials, along with a slew of guest-star roles in both film and television. Sarah’s comedy special RVs and Cats is available on Amazon Prime and her comedy album was released in 2021. Sarah’s podcast Drinking During Business Hours is available on Apple Music, Spotify and iTunes. She performs standup all over the country and her show Bottle Shock Comedy is featured at Hollywood Improv every month.
In this week’s episode, Sarah takes the show to a gorgeous outdoor setting and sits down with one of her most prolific guests yet, Jiaoying Summers! Not only is Jiaoying one of the hottest comics today, but her story is also incredibly inspiring, beautiful, and all told on this week’s episode, with no punches pulled. So grab your favorite beverage and don’t miss out!
She is the owner of The Hollywood Comedy and The Pasadena Comedy club in Los Angeles, California. Jiaoying is considered the trailblazer in building up the Hollywood underground comedy scene. She performs 10+ shows a week regularly headlining at The Hollywood Improv and The Laugh Factory and produces 8 shows weekly across her clubs in LA and Pasadena. She is the founder of THC Tour, which brings in the best comics touring nationally. In 2022, it was announced that Summers is set to release her 30-min comedy special as part of Peacock TV’s first stand-up comedy series entitled Comedy InvAsian 2.0.
Summers is an award-winning SAG-AFTRA actress with extraordinary training.
