The Comedy Cellar: Live from the Table

For 30 years, New York's legendary Comedy Cellar has served as the launching pad for greatest stand up comedians in the world. Colin Quinn, Dave Chappelle, Ray Romano, Dave Attell, Chris Rock, Jon Stewart, Dane Cook, Robert Kelly and Greg Giraldo are just a few of the comedians who began as Cellar regulars. But classic stage performances have never been the only show going on at the Cellar. The biggest comedians in the world come to sit at the table upstairs, where comedians come to argue and discuss the events of the day and their lives, sharpening their their comedy knives on each other. This kibitzing (an inspiration for Comedy Central's Tough Crowd), has always been a private affair... until now. Join us for a weekly peek into the happenings at the Comedy Cellar's comedian table, where the funniest people in the world debate and discuss. Subscribe now and don't miss a second of it. We would love to hear your comments. Email them to podcast@comedycellar.com

Episodes

AI Expert and NYT Bestselling Author of If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies, Nate Soares

December 4, 2025 • 76 mins

Dan Naturman and Periel Aschenbrand are joined by Nate Soares, President of the Machine Intelligence Research Institute (MIRI) and author of the New York Times bestseller If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies: Why Superhuman AI Would Kill Us All. Prior to MIRI, Soares worked as an engineer at Google and Microsoft, as a research associate at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, and as a contractor for the US Department o...

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Resistance Psychologist Says Trump Won’t Finish His Term — "The Dementia Cliff Is Coming"

December 4, 2025 • 76 mins

An Explosive Debate on Trump’s Brain. Dr. John Gartner, former Johns Hopkins psychiatry faculty member and a vocal critic of Donald Trump, joins Live From the Table. We challenge Gartner directly on his claims that Donald Trump is exhibiting malignant narcissism, psychopathy, and accelerating dementia. The debate spans science, politics, ethics, medical bias, and the media’s treatment of both Trump and Biden. This episode includ...

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Epstein, Moral Panic and Racism with Richard Hanania

December 1, 2025 • 69 mins

Noam Dworman, Dan Naturman and Periel Aschenbrand are joined by Richard Hanania. Hanania writes a newsletter about American politics, ethics, international relations and culture. He is the author of Public Choice Theory and the Illusion of Grand Strategy and The Origins of Woke. His work has appeared in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Atlantic, The Economist, and other publications. His book, Kakistocracy: Why Popu...

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Live from the Table: Former Spokesman for the State of Israel Eylon Levy

November 21, 2025 • 67 mins

Noam Dworman and Periel Aschenbrand are joined by former spokesman for the State of Israel, Eylon Levy. They discuss anti Zionism, anti Semitism, what Hamas really wants and Levy's hope for the future of Israel and Gaza.

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Atlantic Writer Helen Lewis on The Riyadh Comedy Festival and Hero Worship

November 14, 2025 • 85 mins

While Noam Dworman is away, Dan Naturman and Periel Aschenbrand are joined by The Atlantic's Helen Lewis. They discuss The Riyadh Comedy Festival, Lewis's book, The Genius Myth and The Beatles. Then Sheba Mason drops by to talk about her play about her late father, The Jackie Mason Musical.

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Exposing the “Clean Break” Myth: Israel Was Not Behind the Iraq War - With Dr. David Wurmser

November 7, 2025 • 110 mins

Were the Jews Really Behind the Iraq War? David Wurmser Responds. Dr. David Wurmser, former senior advisor to Vice President Dick Cheney and co-author of the infamous “Clean Break” memo, gives us a first-hand account. Wurmser addresses the persistent claim that Israel and “neocon Jews” manipulated the Bush administration into invading Iraq. The discussion expands to include Dick Cheney’s character, the psychology of 9/11, the myt...

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Bonus Episode: Free Will, Originality in Comedy and The Riyadh Comedy Festival

October 31, 2025 • 59 mins

While Noam is away, Dan Naturman and Periel Aschenbrand discuss free will (do we have it?), The Riyadh Comedy Festival, originality in comedy, trans girls and how Jewish is too Jewish when it comes to comedy shows.

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While Israel Slept – How Complacency Led to Catastrophe - Yaakov Katz ( No, there was no conspiracy)

October 23, 2025 • 68 mins

Former Jerusalem Post editor-in-chief Yaakov Katz joins Noam Dworman and Dan Naturman to dissect the failures behind October 7, the moral and strategic crises of modern Israel, and the political culture that allowed catastrophe to take root. Based on his new book While Israel Slept, Katz lays out how a nation of elite intelligence, defense technology, and Iron Dome confidence was blindsided by its own assumptions. Buy Yaakov Katz’...

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Moumen al-Natour. LIVE from Gaza: Hunger, Torture, and Hope — We Want Peace, Not Hamas

October 23, 2025 • 40 mins

A Live Interview from Inside Gaza. In this exclusive Live From the Table conversation, we speak directly with Moumen Al-Natour, the Gazan lawyer and founder of the We Want to Live movement. Al-Natour describes daily life under Hamas rule, the corruption of aid, hunger during the war, and his escape from repeated torture. An unfiltered account of courage, suffering, and the fight for a peaceful future.

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Did Israel Win in Gaza? “Yes — Emphatically, and Tragically, No.” Ambassador Michael Oren.

October 20, 2025 • 72 mins

With his son Yoav Oren (former IDF special‑forces soldier) Ambassador Michael Oren (historian; former Israeli Ambassador to the U.S.) sits down for anunvarnished assessment of the war what “victory” actually means. Highlights: Psychology of war & the IDF: A deep dive into moral erosion under prolonged combat; how rage, fear, and fatigue are managed; why some units choose capture‑over‑kill in close quarters; and the IDF practice ...

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The Babylon Bee's Seth Dillon Speaks His Mind on Today’s Right—and Refuses to Flinch

October 16, 2025 • 80 mins

Babylon Bee CEO Seth Dillon joins Live From The Table to talk about the emerging splits on the political right—Candace Owens, Tucker Carlson, Charlie Kirk, Turning Point USA, anti-Semitism, and the responsibilities that come with free speech. Topics (AI gleaned): The Babylon Bee and modern satire Trans debates and free speech Candace Owens, Tucker Carlson, and Turning Point Anti-Semitism and cowardice on the right Religion, t...

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Has the War in Israel Become a War on Jews? | Bret Stephens, Coleman Hughes & Michael Moynihan

October 9, 2025 • 99 mins

Two years after October 7th, the Comedy Cellar hosts Bret Stephens (New York Times), Coleman Hughes (The Free Press), and Michael Moynihan (The Fifth Column) for a discussion of how the Hamas war against Israel ignited something larger — and perhaps more enduring. The panel explores: How sympathy for Israel inverted almost overnight into hostility toward Jews. The emergence of “October 8th Jews” and the new sense of isolation in...

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Guardian Angels Founder Curtis Sliwa on Why He's the Best Candidate for Mayor of NYC

October 4, 2025 • 63 mins

Noam Dworman, Dan Naturman and Periel Aschenbrand are joined by NYC Mayoral Candidate and Founder of the Guardian Angels, Curtis Sliwa. He addresses why he is the best candidate for the job and and why he will not bow out of the race.

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Is NYC Traffic Back (Noam says it is)? Data Gurus on the NYC Congestion Pricing Experiment

September 26, 2025 • 58 mins

The Moshes Brothers—Joshua and Benjamin—creators of Congestion-Pricing-Tracker.com, break down the latest developments in New York City’s grand congestion pricing experiment. What does the data suggest about whether this historic policy will succeed? And, why are two college kids the only ones tracking it?

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John Spencer on Gaza: Wrestling With the Unbearable Questions of War

September 26, 2025 • 73 mins

Impossible choices haunt every war. John Spencer, executive director of the Urban Warfare Institute, joins Live from the Table to confront the hardest questions raised by Israel’s war against Hamas. How are civilian deaths justified in war? Can Israel defeat Hamas ? What does it mean to fight an enemy that will not protect its own people? Is Israel held to a different standard than other nations Difficult questions, no easy a...

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“I’m not saying Israel Did It…”: The Charlie Kirk Conspiracy Chorus and its Enablers - With Ross Barkan.

September 22, 2025 • 113 mins

Charlie Kirk’s assassination has sparked a firestorm of conspiracies. The Live from the Table crew, joined by journalist Ross Barkan, exposes how antisemitic tropes are spreading on the right—from Candace Owens’ tweetstorms and Max Blumenthal’s “sources” to Holocaust denier Ian Carroll’s overt accusations. And why is Megyn Kelly - staunchly pro-Israel - hesitant to call out Candace Owens, even at times praising her, as Owens’ con...

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Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Jeffrey Epstein But Were Afraid to Ask - Michael Tracey

September 11, 2025 • 88 mins

Journalist Michael Tracey and Epstein mega-expert Michael Tracey stops in to tell us what is and isn't true about this remarkable story. Subscribe to Tracey's awesome Substack: https://substack.com/@mtracey

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Is Israel Undermining The Moral Case for its Existence? - Professor Robert Pape

September 7, 2025 • 72 mins

University of Chicago Professor Robert Pape maintains that Israel is passing "historic thresholds of civilian punishment" and is risking its own future existence. Please Note: This PDF contains the post-show conversation between Noam and Pape. It contains many links to articles and videos that Pape draws from. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Rk9NJ6BEYx6qa7JUEjuwzKG7R2MUOus4/view?usp=sharing Here is Pape's recent article on...

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America's Youngest Nationally Syndicated Columnist Wants to be Like Ben Shapiro When He Grows Up

August 29, 2025 • 80 mins

Noam Dworman and Periel Aschenbrand are joined by Gregory Lyakhov, America's the youngest nationally syndicated columnist. He serves as a columnist for Newsmax, The Gateway Pundit, and Townhall Media, regularly contributing to major outlets such as The Wall Street Journal, The New York Post, and The Hill. His work has appeared in dozens of other publications and has been cited by top institutions, including the White House. He sha...

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Richard Hanania: Epstein, Israel, and Hot Physiognomy

August 23, 2025 • 85 mins

Social and political critic extraordinaire Richard Hanania joins us for a wide-ranging discussion on Israel, Epstein, and whatever else he's thinking about these days. 📖 Get his book The Origins of Woke: Civil Rights Law, Corporate America, and the Triumph of Identity Politics on Amazon: http://bit.ly/4lA4hH5 📰 Read his Substack: https://substack.com/@richardhanania 🐦 Follow him on X: https://x.com/RichardHanania

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Episodes

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Epstein, Moral Panic and Racism with Richard Hanania

Live from the Table: Former Spokesman for the State of Israel Eylon Levy

Atlantic Writer Helen Lewis on The Riyadh Comedy Festival and Hero Worship

Exposing the “Clean Break” Myth: Israel Was Not Behind the Iraq War - With Dr. David Wurmser

Bonus Episode: Free Will, Originality in Comedy and The Riyadh Comedy Festival

While Israel Slept – How Complacency Led to Catastrophe - Yaakov Katz ( No, there was no conspiracy)

Moumen al-Natour. LIVE from Gaza: Hunger, Torture, and Hope — We Want Peace, Not Hamas

Did Israel Win in Gaza? “Yes — Emphatically, and Tragically, No.” Ambassador Michael Oren.

The Babylon Bee's Seth Dillon Speaks His Mind on Today’s Right—and Refuses to Flinch

Has the War in Israel Become a War on Jews? | Bret Stephens, Coleman Hughes & Michael Moynihan

Guardian Angels Founder Curtis Sliwa on Why He's the Best Candidate for Mayor of NYC

Is NYC Traffic Back (Noam says it is)? Data Gurus on the NYC Congestion Pricing Experiment

John Spencer on Gaza: Wrestling With the Unbearable Questions of War

“I’m not saying Israel Did It…”: The Charlie Kirk Conspiracy Chorus and its Enablers - With Ross Barkan.

Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Jeffrey Epstein But Were Afraid to Ask - Michael Tracey

Is Israel Undermining The Moral Case for its Existence? - Professor Robert Pape

America's Youngest Nationally Syndicated Columnist Wants to be Like Ben Shapiro When He Grows Up

Richard Hanania: Epstein, Israel, and Hot Physiognomy

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Resistance Psychologist Says Trump Won’t Finish His Term — "The Dementia Cliff Is Coming"