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Each episode of The Mom Coms: Stand-up and Stories features a humorous parenting essay, a book excerpt reading, or a stand-up comedy routine, followed by a laugh out loud interview with the artist at cross-section of parenting and humor. Holly Rizzuto Palker, Stephanie Silberstein, and other members of The Mom Coms standup comedy troupe will grill the interviewee, Mom Com style. We’ll unearth relatable parenting moments that connect us as mothers and make us laugh, from maternity through menopause and beyond. We are The Mom Coms Standup and Stories, the premier mom comedy ensemble and parenting humor community in New Jersey, New York, and the tristate area including NYC, south NJ and PA. With a live stand-up mom comedy show, collaborative comedy events, The Mom Coms Standup and Stories Podcast, and a Substack newsletter, our Mom Com comedians either identify with or as mothers, grandmothers or people (even dads) who have major respect for motherhood, obviously. The Mom Coms Standup a
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- Yesterday0 min
TEASER Sue Shapiro on Humor, Youth, and Her Mother
On next Wenesday’s episode of The Mom Coms Stand-up and Stories, Liz Alterman Holly Rizzuto Palker and Stephanie Silberstein welcome award-winning author and writing professor Sue Shapiro. Listen and laugh as this ‘tell it like it is’ New Yorker bestows craft lessons about vulnerability and humor while revealing relationship details about life with her Michigan Mama. Holly reads, “A Women’s Liberation”, Shapiro’s essay which was originally published in Tablet Magazine. Afterwards, they dissect Shapiro’s upbringing in suburban Michigan with a doctor father and stay-at-home mother, her youthful feminist rebellion, her later marriage to a TV comedy writer, her struggles to conceive, and eventual fulfillment as an author and teacher. Does Shapiro harbor regrets about not becoming a mother? Tune in next week to find out.Follow The Mom Coms for more content and to learn about upcoming shows:www.themomcoms.comSubstackInstagramFacebookTikTokJoin our NewsletterTickets for Nov 14th show on EventbriteMore about Stephanie Silberstein here and Holly Rizzuto Palker herePlease review or rate us on Apple or Spotify this really helps the show grow!Be a guest on our podcastEmail: holly@themomcoms.comSue Shapiro This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit hollyrizzutopalker.substack.com
- 1 weeks ago29 min
Anna Byrne’s Musical Guide to Perimenopause, Hormone Myths, and Leaving Condé Nast
On this episode of The Mom Com Standup and Stories podcast, hosts Stephanie Silberstein and Holly Rizzuto Palker welcome British comedy songwriter, performer, and journalist, Anna Byrne. She performs the USA debut of her viral Musical Guide to Perimenopause (over eight million views). It’s sold-out headline shows at London’s Crazy Coqs, and she talks about her journalism background. Byrne discusses her forthcoming nonfiction book, The Messengers (Penguin Random House, due early 2028), a part memoir/part scientific and journalistic investigation into how hormones regulate many body systems. Byrne shares how audience feedback led her to build a one-woman show, Hormonal. She describes quitting her Condé Nast brand marketing role, and credits motherhood with prompting a career reevaluation. She also previews, exclusively for The Mom Coms, an excerpt of The Fuckboys Lament before leaving for, you guessed it, preschool pickup. Mommy brain be damned, Anna won’t forget her kid at school but you must tune in to hear lots of other brain fog moments in this episode!Tickets are available on Eventbrite for The Mom Com’s November 14th show at The College of Staten Island Center for he Arts.Follow The Mom Coms for more content and to learn about upcoming shows:WebsiteSubstackInstagramFacebookTikTokJoin our NewsletterTickets for Nov 14th show on EventbriteMore about Stephanie Silberstein here and Holly Rizzuto Palker hereMore about topics discussed in this episode:Anna ByrneThe Messengers bookHormonal Live ShowLondon’s Crazy CoqsFreestyle Love SupremeA Musical Guide to Perimenopause Viral Instagram Post This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit hollyrizzutopalker.substack.com
- 2 weeks ago1 min
TEASER Anna Byrne’s Musical Guide to Menopause, Hormone Myths, and Leaving Condé Nast
On next Wednesday’s episode of The Mom Com Standup and Stories podcast, hosts Stephanie Silberstein and Holly Rizzuto Palker welcome British comedy songwriter, performer, and journalist, Anna Byrne. She performs and discusses her viral Musical Guide to Perimenopause (over eight million views), sold-out headline shows at London’s Crazy Coqs, and her journalism background. Byrne talks about her forthcoming nonfiction book, The Messengers (Penguin Random House, due early 2028), a part memoir/part scientific and journalistic investigation into how hormones regulate many body systems in all humans and she aims to separate science from myths. Byrne shares how audience feedback led her to build a one-woman hormonal show, describes quitting her Condé Nast brand marketing role, and credits motherhood with prompting a career reevaluation. She also previews, exclusively for The Mom Coms, an excerpt of The Fuckboys Lament before leaving for, you guessed it, preschool pickup.Tickets are available on Eventbrite for The Mom Com’s November 14th show at The College of Staten Island Center for he Arts.Follow The Mom Coms for more content and to learn about upcoming shows:WebsiteSubstackInstagramFacebookTikTokJoin our NewsletterMore about Stephanie Silberstein here and Holly Rizzuto Palker hereMore about topics discussed in this episode:Tickets for Nov 14th show on Eventbrite This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit hollyrizzutopalker.substack.com
- 3 weeks ago29 min
Linda Perillo is a Real Mother
On this episode of The Mom Coms Standup and Stories, Stephanie Silberstein, and Holly Rizzuto Palker chat about the fine attributes of menopause with LINDA Perillo —author of Your Payment Method Has Been Declined, single mother of eight, and daughter of the late Mario Perillo and founder and CEO of Perillo Tours.Linda describes her Catholic Italian upbringing, her father’s legacy in Italian travel, and how his estate was placed in a trust that left her unsupported by trustees.She shares about rebuilding after health and financial battles, a strained marriage and how her children kept her going when life was rough. Linda reads a humorous excerpt from the memoir, and argues for honesty in motherhood, rejection perfection and the importance of parenting each child’s individuality. Does Linda compare her children to tea roses or begonias? You’ll have to listen to this real mother’s laugh out LOUD conversation to find out. Tickets are available on Eventbrite for The Mom Com’s November 14th show at The College of Staten Island Center for he Arts.Follow The Mom Coms for more content and to learn about upcoming shows:WebsiteSubstackInstagramFacebookTikTokJoin our NewsletterMore about Stephanie Silberstein here, Liz Alterman, and Holly Rizzuto Palker hereMore about topics discussed in this episode:Tickets for Nov 14th show on EventbriteLinda PerilloPerillo ToursNocteraThat Passport Life This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus e
- Oct 14, 20261 min
TEASER Linda Perillo is a Real Mother
On next Wednesday’s episode of The Mom Com Stand-Up and Stories, hosts Stephanie Silberstein and Holly Rizzuto Palker interview Linda Perillo—daughter of Mario Perillo, founder/CEO of Perillo Tours, and author of the memoir Your Payment Method Has Been Declined: And Other Shocking Things About Me—after being intrigued (and tricked into thinking a bill was left unpaid) by her book’s attention-grabbing title. Perillo reads a humorous excerpt about childbirth and recounts growing up in a traditional Italian Catholic family. She describes becoming a single mother of eight amid health issues, financial hardship, and divorce. Perillo talks menopause, hormone therapy, mental health awareness, and her goal of “liberating” moms to be honest and accept each child for who they are.WebsiteSubstackInstagramFacebookTikTokJoin our NewsletterMore about Stephanie Silberstein and Holly Rizzuto Palker here This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit hollyrizzutopalker.substack.com
- Oct 7, 202626 min
Rabbi Bob Alper on Life Lessons and Laughing in Peace
On this weeks episode of The Mom Coms Standup and Stories, Stephanie Silberstein, and Holly Rizzuto Palker chat with veteran standup comedian and ordained rabbi, Bob Alper. A delightful discussion, featuring all the feels, ensues as Alper shares career highlights, life lessons, and family dynamics. Alper recounts stories from his “Laugh in Peace Tour” with Muslim and Christian comedy partners, Ahmed Ahmed, Azhar Usman, Mo Amer, and pastor Susan Sparks. He explains how the tour helped Jewish and Muslim student groups connect. Alper’s shines as he describes the joy he derives from bringing people together through humor. Alper reads “The Glance,” a poignant parenting essay from his book, Life Doesn’t Get Any Better Than This, and shares his uber-quirky driver’s license photo with the audience. Did winning the 2015 “Joke with the Pope”contest earn Bob Alper a spot on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon? Listen to find out. Tickets are available on Eventbrite for The Mom Com’s November 14th show at The College of Staten Island Center for he Arts.Follow The Mom Coms for more content and to learn about upcoming shows:WebsiteSubstackInstagramFacebookTikTokJoin our NewsletterMore about Stephanie Silberstein here, Liz Alterman, and Holly Rizzuto Palker hereMore about topics discussed in this episode:Tickets for Nov 14th show on EventbriteChautauqua InstitutionBob AlperLaugh in Peace TourAlper on InstagramMo Amer This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit hollyrizzutopalker.substack.com
- Sep 30, 20261 min
TEASER Rabbi Bob Alper on Life Lessons
On next Wednesday’s episode of The Mom Com Stand-Up and Stories, hosts Stephanie Silberstein and Holly Rizzuto Palker interview Bob Alper, an ordained rabbi and comedian who served congregations for 14 years and built a comedy career with major festival and TV appearances. Alper talks about being named honorary comedic advisor to Pope Francis. Alper describes performing interfaith shows on the “Laugh in Peace Tour” with Muslim and Christian comedy partners and recounts how the tour helped Jewish and Muslim student leaders connect at Georgia Tech. Alper’s rabbinate is making people laugh as he shares family material about his long marriage and adult children. He reads “The Glance” from his essay collection Life Doesn’t Get Any Better Than This. Throughout the interview, Alper cracks jokes that warm the heart and soul. Is he the DMV’s best or worst nightmare? You decide!WebsiteSubstackInstagramFacebookTikTokJoin our NewsletterMore about Stephanie Silberstein and Holly Rizzuto Palker hereBe a guest on the podcast This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit hollyrizzutopalker.substack.com
- Sep 23, 202634 min
Carole Montgomery on Having Balls Like Her Father, Independence, and Advice
On this weeks episode of The Mom Coms Standup and Stories, Liz Alterman, Stephanie Silberstein, and Holly Rizzuto Palker chat with veteran comedian CAROLE MONTGOMERY. They talk about her TV appearances, Las Vegas headlining career, and how she produced three Showtime specials, Funny Women of a Certain Age. Carol reads her essay “Independence,” recalling a sheltered Brooklyn childhood, her father’s side job as a bookie, and a first taste of freedom riding a red Schwinn to Kings Plaza in Brooklyn. Carol discusses how she IS her father, talks about moving to Vegas for a long contract, and how her son always came first. Carole explains how Funny Women grew from a live show to a Showtime deal, notes industry changes, and offers advice: don’t take slights personally, stay in your lane and build confidence. Don’t miss as she describes her most thrilling new projects…walking her dog before lunch…and of course, headlining with The Mom Coms on November 14th at The College of Staten Island Center for he Arts.Follow The Mom Coms for more content and to learn about upcoming shows:WebsiteSubstackInstagramFacebookTikTokJoin our NewsletterMore about Stephanie Silberstein here, Liz Alterman, and Holly Rizzuto Palker hereMore about topics discussed in this episode:Tickets for September 30th show and Nov 14th show on EventbriteFunny Women of a Certain AgeCarole MontgomeryJoe RoganSteve SchirrippaDepend UndergarmentsHacksBe a guest on the podcast This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit hollyrizzutopalker.substack.com
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Each episode of The Mom Coms: Stand-up and Stories features a humorous parenting essay, a book excerpt reading, or a stand-up comedy routine, followed by a laugh out loud interview with the artist at cross-section of parenting and humor. Holly Rizzuto Palker, Stephanie Silberstein, and other members of The Mom Coms standup comedy troupe will grill the interviewee, Mom Com style. We’ll unearth relatable parenting moments that connect us as mothers and make us laugh, from maternity through menopause and beyond. We are The Mom Coms Standup and Stories, the premier mom comedy ensemble and parenting humor community in New Jersey, New York, and the tristate area including NYC, south NJ and PA. With a live stand-up mom comedy show, collaborative comedy events, The Mom Coms Standup and Stories Podcast, and a Substack newsletter, our Mom Com comedians either identify with or as mothers, grandmothers or people (even dads) who have major respect for motherhood, obviously. The Mom Coms Standup a
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