The podcast episodes provide insights into the craft of joke writing from the perspectives of both stand-up comedians and late-night TV writers.
In the episode 'The Stand-Up & Late-Night Connection: Daily Show Writers Roundtable | Behind the Show', the guests discuss the process of pitching jokes, adapting to different hosts' voices, and balancing TV work with stand-up performances.
The episode 'Tig Notaro Shares Her Favorite Jokes' offers a deeper dive into a professional comedian's creative process, including how Notaro builds and refines jokes starting from single words or ideas and testing them out live on stage.