A unique podcast where the thoughts and laughter of the evening come with its own brand of SHENK. Comedian Sara Weinshenk interviews comedians, musicians & artists living in Southern California as part of her exclusive podcast entitled Shenk. Along with high-profile celebrity guests, the podcast discusses various current topics, including fashion, cannabis, entertainment, social issues, and comedy.
Sara Weinshenk is an LA-based comedian, writer, and podcaster. Since starting stand-up in 2010, she has made many loyal fans from her stand-up, as well as her podcast, SHENK. Weinshenk can be seen on her digital series on the comedy central, “Shenks For Smoking” and has appeared on Deathsquad podcasts, JRE, GAS DIGITAL, and Lights Out With David Spade on Comedy Central.
In this episode, Sara Weinshenk sits down w/ comedian Ari Mannis to talk about everything from reptile feeding to getting caught having sex in high school.
In 2010 Ari skateboarded from Oregon to New York to raise money for at-risk youth for the organization SkateAcrossUSA. In 2012 Ari skated from Santa Cruz, CA to San Diego, CA almost 600 miles stopping and performing stand-up along the way.
His comedy has been featured on MTV Greatest Party Stories Ever, Gabriel Iglesias’s Stand-Up Revolution on Serious XM, Nerdist, FunnyOrDie, Cracked, Medium, College Humor, & TBS. Recently he started a monthly comedy show in the living room of his apartment which has been featured on Forbes, AirBnB, Yelp, Comedy Vortex, and LA Weekly.
Ari started his own Comedy News & Podcast Network StandUpTalk in which his Podcast Unlicensed Therapy is located, it has been featured on SoundCloud and iTunes with over 500,000 subscribers; it is recorded monthly from the Podcast studio located in the basement of the World Famous Comedy Store. Ari started the Podcast studio and has produced podcasts such as Industry Standard w/ Barry Katz, The Pauly Shore Podcast, The Comedy Store Podcast, & Allegedly with Theo Von.
Ari can be seen touring all over either by himself or opening for comedians such as Theo Von, Amir K, Fahim Anwar, and Pauly Shore. He has performed in many Comedy Festivals including The Laughing Skull Comedy Festival, Beast Village, Golden Spike, Burbank, LA Scripted Comedy Festival, Big Pine, Ventura Harbo & The Laugh Your Asheville Off Comedy Festival.
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