The show before that was 12/9/20

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It was our annual Best-Of show!

Team 20s: Drisana Hughes is the Senior Program Director of Civics Unplugged (CU), a civics organization that trains Gen Z activists and leaders. She has worked on ballot initiatives and independent political campaigns in New York, Colorado, and Kansas. She’s also a certified yoga teacher and meditation enthusiast. 

Team 30s: Iliana Inocencio writes and performs with musical sketch comedy group, AzN PoP! who has been lauded as one of NBC Asian America's Voices to watch. She performed regularly at Upright Citizens Brigade and has appeared on Orange is the New Black, New Amsterdam, and The Tonight Show. Iliana is also a cast member on Iliza’s Shlesinger’s Netflix sketch comedy series.

Team 50s: Anne McDermott is a stand-up comedian and writer who has performed at the Comedy Cellar and Broadway Comedy Club. Her writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Daily Beast, The Belladonna Comedy , and more.  Her solo show "Temp to Perm" was performed in NYC.  She's told stories at The Moth, Taboo Tales and The Word Show, is the host/founder of the weekly open-mic Jokes On Us.

Team 60s: Meredith Maran has published a novel and a dozen nonfiction books, including The New Old Me and Why We Write. She’s written for The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Review of Books, The Rumpus, and more. A keynote speaker, Meredith has also been Writer in Residence at UCLA.

Team 80s: June Duffy is a traveler, meditator, hiker, reader, and art lover. Sixty one years ago, she married, moved to New York City,  and had four fantastic daughters. June then became a feminist, got divorced, and became a lawyer. After twenty six years of practicing law, she retired as Bureau Chief for the New York Attorney General. 

Team 80s: D'yan Forest has performed cabaret and stand-up comedy all over the world. Her onscreen work includes appearances on Saturday Night Live and Comedy Central. D'yan has regularly performed in cabaret and comedy venues in New York and Paris including the Gotham Comedy Club, Le Poisson Rouge, and La Nouvelle Seine. 

Created/hosted by Georgia Clark.

This show is available for purchase in our Virtual Archive.

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