Girls on Guys is a dating and relationship horror stories podcast hosted by comedians Nina Tarr and Liam Cullagh. Each episode features a different broad aka female guest, who does their best to steer Liam away from the embarrassing mistakes he (and most men) make by sharing their own strange encounters with the male species.
This week, Nina and Liam are joined by comedian Amber Nelson joins he show to discuss celibacy, annoying stuff couples do and how to tactfully ask to hold someone’s baby. Amber shares what it was like to be homeless in LA after a breakup, being raised Southern Baptist and how she feels about men who use emojis.
Nina Tarr: Nina Tarr is a Persian-American stand-up, actor, writer, and producer, from Southern California. She was recently honored as a New Face of Comedy at Just For Laughs. She is a featured storyteller on Viceland’s PARTY LEGENDS. She is a TV writer on MOSTLY 4 MILLENNIALS on ADULT SWIM. Nina’s also written and starred in popular videos for BUZZFEED. She played a co-starring role in the DOPE STATE for Starburns Industries and played a lead role in the short film, CAR STEALERS. She recurred on MTV’s HIGH CRIMES and starred as herself in the MTV pilot, FLICKERLAB. Before that, she played the lead role of Veronica in the indie feature RED RAINCOATS. She also just wrapped production playing a lead role on her second feature comedy, ADVENTURES IN SUCCESS. In 2017 she performed standup on a 6-week US and Canada tour featuring for an experimental pop musician, Ariel Pink.
Liam Cullagh: This comedian has mastered the game of spinning normal characters and situations into absurd and twisted ones. His comedy sketches have amassed hundreds of thousands of online views and when there isn’t a global pandemic he performs standup comedy in Boston. From reenacting a college guy who didn’t get balloons for his 21st birthday to creating mockumentary about a spiritual retreat just for guys, he has encapsulated a generation of humor.
This Week’s Special Guest:
Amber Nelson: Beautiful brunette actress and New York based comedienne Amber Nelson was born in Saudi Arabia in 1980s due to her father’s job in oil industry but her heritage is Southern. She suffered from jaundice since her birth. Her family returned to USA when she was around 7 years old and she grew up in the Southern states as they moved from Georgia, North Carolina, Tennessee, then Louisiana where she went to high school and college, spending eight years in that state. She studied Music and Theatre in Louisiana State University with specialty in improv comedy and a minor in Opera singing .
Her comedic style is largely inspired from her mother. She mostly does stand up and sketch comedy. She describes her comedy as traditional in the ‘set up – punchline’ kind of thing, but not traditional in terms of what she talks about, or what she looks like.
She has appeared on TruTV’s Almost Genius, Rachel Dratch’s Late Night Snack, as well as Montreal’s “Just For Laughs” festival, AXS-TV’s Live at Gotham, MTV’s Girl Code and Guy Code and Netflix’s The Characters.
She co-hosts a podcast named ‘The Brighter Side’ on Cave Comedy Radio with Ed Larson and Seena Jon. She also hosted the weekly comedy showcase, Live From Outer Space at Cobra Club in the Bushwick section of Brooklyn. She has also been interviewed for a variety of podcasts and radio shows, including Dr. Lisa hosted by Lisa Levy on Radio Free Brooklyn.
She lives in Los Angeles, California.
Checkout previous episodes of Girls On Guys w/ Nina Tarr & Liam Cullagh featuring special guests Ali Macofsky, Ellory Smith, Gabby Lamb and many more HERE
