Leah Renee Podcast

My first time meeting comedian Danny Johnson and of course we talk about OCD, being easily bothered and why there's not much of a distinction between clean comedy and socially conservative comedy. By the way, here's my website: https://www.leahrenee.co/If you aren't up to comedy chat, this episode is not for you. We talk alllll about the biz and share interesting trivia like how women exponentially increase the laughter in a room and even having a compelling story (like being paralyzed) doesn't always win over the comedy industry. Danny Johnson joins the pod to talk about everything from bowling scholarships to losing weight with GLP-1s. Leah laments the difficulty talking about weight loss on stage and Danny's first thought about the Epstein Files were Microsoft Outlook outputs. If you want to see more of Danny's work here are a few places to check him out:His recent special, Everything Bothers Me: https://youtu.be/3aZgNtk66Q8?si=pYMdT2cndlD6oSCiDanny's Dry Bar Special, I Don't Run: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Obpz2eC_6gA Danny's site: https://dannyjohnson.com/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiJsx-OdSdpwbK_QnNhmsiAInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/dannyjohnsoncomedy/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DannyJohnsonComedy As always, here's Leah Renee's Links:Website: https://www.leahrenee.co/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@leahreneecomedianSubstack: https://substack.com/@leahreneecomedianReddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/LeahReneeComedian/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/leahreneecomedianIG: https://www.instagram.com/leahreneecomedian/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/leahcreative/

Now that I'm not anymor..mon I decided to have a Tarot expert Finbarre Snarey to the pod to introduce me properly! I celebrate one year since my Brighton Fringe debut by talking to a man who got his first Tarot deck in Brighton. I learn all about the hundreds of deck Finn is collecting for a massive project, including gathering cursed decks.We chat for a bit about the name Barry and the magic shirt that gave him confidence to approach girls as a teenager.Once we ramble a bit - he pulls the first card! The third card seemed the scariest, thought Finbarre's Tarot pull was delightful.We make wild predictions about Beanie Babies.Talk about walking sticks and a mayor who got knocked over by a wheel of cheese.From Christina Ricci Tarot deck to other bedazzled with crocheted butterflies to the unlikely coupling of Jane Austen and Tarot.If you'd like to see the work Finbarre Snarey, check him out here:Finn's website: https://finbarre.com/Finn's podcasts: https://tarotinterviews.com/ and https://www.tarotdms.com/Finstagram: https://www.instagram.com/finbarre/Finn's big project (launching November 2026): https://britishtarotarchive.org/Leah's Links:Website: https://www.leahrenee.co/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@leahreneecomedianSubstack: https://substack.com/@leahreneecomedianReddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/LeahReneeComedian/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/leahreneecomedianIG: https://www.instagram.com/leahreneecomedian/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/leahcreative/

😳 I bought a used self help book in "good" condition and boy did I get more than I bargained for! I may never find her, but I hope she got what she was yearning for. 🙇‍♀️ This episode includes an apology for last week's rant and the juicy deets about a stranger trying to live a better life. 🚼 I also have a big announcement about a three month old baby boy I adopted this week who's stolen my heart and money. 😙 🎶 I found a delightful trove of whistling professionals. ✅ I will update this description in future, but I can't be bothered getting ready for another weekend in New York. If you like me, visit my website: https://www.leahrenee.co/

Will I get excommunicated for this rant about the ludicrous lawfare the Church of Christ of Latter-day Saints is waging on John Dehlin? (Let's hope so! I could use some media coverage!) I would have named this episode something cuter but I really want search engines to pick up because I want to support Mormon Stories. So, what the heck, eat these keywords you hungry bots: Mormon, LDS, Latter-day Saints, Open Stories Foundation, Mormon Church Sues Podcast, First AmmendmentSeriously though, for the benefit of the listener, that's not all I talk about in episode 12. Here's what this episode covers in a nutshell:How freaking easy it is to slip back into old patterns, for me that means high achieving Worky McWorkface.Changing careers midlife is as fun as being a child again, and even less profitableI played the game "Find the Irish Person" at a brewery convention AND WON! 🇮🇪Americans are embarrassingly self referential, myself includedI'm going to have guests on the show starting next week!I'm getting a cockatiel and would like to name it Stanley SpadowskiMy faith transition began with Richard Rohr's very Jesus-y podcast and ended with John Dehlin's grumpy, yet academic exMormon episodes about things like LDS lawyer hush money for SA victimsThe weirdo at church with a mask that looked like sexy pantiesUK Mormons don't own guns but USA ones bloody doNemo the Mormon's recent video about the very problematic and oft quoted "Happiness Letter" where Joseph Smith blatantly tried to manipulate a teenage girl into giving him nookie and now it's a fridge magnet. All hail to the brave Victorian pioneer Nancy Rigdon for standing up to Mormonism's favorite s*xual predator, Joseph Smith Jr. #teamNancyRigdonUnhinged Mormon bishops who freestyle life advice with no training or legal oversight, Mormon Stories gives a limitless repository of reasons the Latter-day Saint church desperately needs organizational reform.Clergy penitent privilege is dangerous bullcrap that hurts already devastated victims. Bartholomew's survey found the privilege has expanded enormously in scope over the last few decades without any corresponding evidence that the expansion produces social benefit.I love my Mormon friends and family: they are wholehearted, generous, and kind. I do not love the organization and leadership rampant with nepotism, fraud, and deliberate coverups and tax evasion.Leaving the Mormon church is like finding your way out of The Truman Show, just a difficult, just as freeing.The sad truth about Chris Farley and old school showbiz. While social media mostly sucks, it's a way for creators to find audiences without needing old media outlets to push them into the spotlight.Why personality tests are often nothing more than confirmation bias machinesThe very batsh*t beginnings of Meyers-Briggs, the most well recognized psuedo-science in the personality test spaceThe Forer Effect and why you are more likely to strongly agree with a horoscope as long as it doesn't hurt your feelingsChina's social credit score could be the model for determining what you're *really* like. 😀Apologies the podcast quality changes 30 minutes in, forgive my dead recorder and doom on my children for obfuscating my battery charger with all the effectiveness of a Kirton McConkie law team trying to hide a church s*x scandal.LINKS!Website: https://www.leahrenee.co/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@leahreneecomedianSubstack: https://substack.com/@leahreneecomedianReddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/LeahReneeComedian/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/leahreneecomedianIG: https://www.instagram.com/leahreneecomedian/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/leahcreative/

🍻 Season 2, Episode 11🍻 is about sad old men in Welsh football jerseys, the perilous Dublin bus system, and lunch with Lesbians.Episode 11 begins with a brief travelogue of my time in Dublin, Cork, London, Cardiff, Glasgow and Denmark and follows with the characteristically chaotic bounce from idea to idea peppered with memories of working for Old Navy, Bethy Black's too good to be joke clowing incident in the wild, and why I am bridge troll level attractive in Denmark. For more visit: https://www.leahrenee.co/This podcast will let you in on special information like:Best case scenario is that your pants fall down.A dream life is an unlimited rail card.Danes are hot, but also basic.Bristolians love blunt bangs and kombucha.Leah's upcoming lesbian wedding in Wales.Gold star normie Cal Newport's boring way of naming things.Internet rabbit holes filled with Jesus cosplay fails.LINKS!The jail I visited in Dublin: https://www.kilmainhamgaolmuseum.ie/Cool values test with real life examples: https://personalvalu.es/personal-values-testDad Core Normie and Deep Work King: https://calnewport.com/These cool places booked me and they didn't even know me:🇮🇪 https://institchescomedy.com/comedians/🇮🇪 https://craicdencomedyclub.com/🇮🇪 https://thecomedyclub.ie/🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 https://www.therummonkey.com/🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 https://camdencomedyclub.com/🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 https://www.glee.co.uk/cardiff/🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 https://www.goodeggcomedy.co.uk/🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 https://www.glasgowcomedyfestival.com/🇩🇰 https://www.instagram.com/kompasset.comedy/🇩🇰 https://cphcomedy.com/🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 https://www.thegaffecomedyclub.com/Even more about this episode to help search engines know what the heck this is about:🙏Tour Recap and Thanks: Leah Renee is back from a two-week solo comedy tour across seven European cities, including the 2026 Glasgow International Comedy Festival. Special thanks to the venues who hosted the tour.💭 Post-Trip Reflections: I'm back home having freshly quit my side gig, feeling a rush of creative possibility: screenwriting, podcasting, filming a special. I turned to Mister Dad Bod, Cal Newport for help understanding deep work and left wanting. I turned to a values quiz to figure out priorities, which probably hurt more than helped after finding out my top five values were: independence, authenticity, uniqueness, variety, and peace — which felt more aspirational than reflective of my current life as a married parent of three small kids. Should personality test and values quizzes be about what you value idealogically? or how you are actually spending your time?🤔 Inspired Direction?: I recieved an unexpected nudge to develop more general audience (clean) comedy material because it's more profitable, with all of it's limitations and tricky politics. Is stand up comedy a better lifestyle thank podcasting? Is this podcast a smart risk or royal waste of time in the attention economy where thousands of brilliant and creative people named Tim are making intimidatingly good pieces.🤡 Failing is Succeeding: Walking a tightrope of creative ambition and family responsibility, the rarity of actually "making it" as an artist is a constant feature in my decision making. My love of fail videos and clowning soothed me through the months of the soul-crushing nature of nine-to-five work, and now it's time to make my own. My interest in creative work "for the love of the game" even without a guaranteed audience, I persist and fail. I tease more structured future episodes with deep dives on specific people or books.LINKS!Website: https://www.leahrenee.co/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@leahreneecomedianSubstack: https://substack.com/@leahreneecomedianReddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/LeahReneeComedian/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/leahreneecomedianIG: https://www.instagram.com/leahreneecomedian/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/leahcreative/

The last episode of Season 1! We made it! 🥳Have you ever had a Galentine's Day party? Did it include champagne? Chocolate covered strawberries? A middle aged comedian holding on to her last shreds of youth before her body is ravaged by menopause?This episode includes my bait and switch private gig which I actually really enjoyed.Why I'm considering specializing in Ladies Night comedy home shows.Why my husband is so unwilling to accept that I'm superhuman and can start cars in sub zero temperatures with my high frequency energy alone.The money saving hack airlines hate (and how I'm not going to make a video because they'll put a stop to it)I find a loophole around marking this podcast as "explicit" by only saying the first halves of swear words and wondering if I'll get caught.And as always, I complain about social media and raise awareness about how it's ripping at the fabric of our creative souls.I also shout out Gold Star Normie: Cal Newport and his life's work dedicated to data on digital distraction.I'm not sure if he ever compared smart phone use to the Opium Wars but I do!I also found the idea of App-stinence from inspiring young person, Gabriel Nguyen.LEAH'S LINKS!Website: https://www.leahrenee.co/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@leahreneecomedianSubstack: https://substack.com/@leahreneecomedianReddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/LeahReneeComedian/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/leahreneecomedianIG: https://www.instagram.com/leahreneecomedian/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/leahcreative/