Explore every episode of the podcast Open Premise with Ethan Yeshaya

Lily Meyer is a standup comedian and interesting person living in the Twin Cities. I could talk to her forever!  You can find her on Instagram @lilyymeyyer You can find me on Instagram at @ethanyeshaya and @openpremise

29-year-old comedian Brendan Gay joins me for episode 29! We talk about driving the school bus, celebrity freak-outs, and other things we want off our chest. This guy rules!

Elliott McVey is a 20-year-old standup comedian! He's so funny and makes me wish I started comedy earlier. What a guy! Elliott and I discuss our music taste from middle school. Does it hold up? I guess you're about to find out. 

You can find me on Instagram @ethanyeshaya

You can find Elliott on Instagram at @smelloti

Rudy Pavich is a comedian, podcaster, radio DJ, and actor. He helps create content for Dana Carvey, Adam Carolla, and others. The dude rocks. We sit back and talk! 

You can find Rudy on Instagram @rudy_pavich

You can find me on Instagram @ethanyeshaya and @openpremise

Betsy Stover is a comedian-improviser and actor based in Los Angeles. She's been working with and teaching at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater since 1997. She hosts a hilarious podcast called Why Mommy Drinks (check it out!)

Betsy joins me today to keep me company while I suffer symptoms of COVID-19. She's hilarious and thoughtful! Enjoy!

Old friend and funny person Lucy Zarns joins me to talk Disney Chanel Original Movies. Talking High School Musical with her really hit a chord because we met doing our own high school musicals. We decided to really Get Our Head In The Game and record an episode to end all episodes. Enjoy! You can find Lucy on Instagram @LucyZarns You can find me on Instagram @ethanyeshaya and @openpremise

Arman Shah (hilarious Minneapolis comedian) joins me to talk magic. But he can't stop talking about death. And I can't stop talking about how much I love horror. We find a way to connect it all (I think?)

You can find Arman on Instagram @amazingarman

You can find me on Instagram @ethanyeshaya and @openpremise

Cole Benson (musician/funny man) is a very old and dear friend. But we haven't really seen each other since middle school. Back then it was ding, dong, ditch. Now it's ding, dong, fuck, rent is due.  He's older, wiser, and more hilarious than ever.  We talk box office bombs, and I cut out a large portion of the episode where we both talk about a very odd person we both know. 

Want the hottest, most salacious episode of any podcast? It's this one. I finally meet my stepbrother (kinda, not really. Our parents are in a relationship.) His name is Itamar Levi. This guy is so awesome and hanging over Zoom bummed me out because I wish we could hang in person.   You can find Itamar on Instagram @i.m.levi You can find me on Instagram @openpremise and @ethanyeshaya

Conrad joins me to celebrate 20 episodes and 20 years of this podcast. Enjoy!!!

Zack Arnold is one of the founders of The Perfect Jean. You may recognize the product from You Made It Weird with Pete Holmes or their hilarious ads on Instagram and Snapchat. Today, Zack and I talk intergenerational debates on style, and the penises you have "grown" to love in TV and film.  You can find Zack and The Perfect Jean on Instagram @theperfectjean or buy a pair from theperfectjean.nyc You can find me on Instagram @openpremise or @ethanyeshaya

Laura Walsh is one of the funniest people I've ever met. Today, Laura brings me a premise very dear to my heart: Imposter Syndrome. I have it, Laura has it, you probably have it. 

You can find Laura on Instagram @walshyourself

You can find me on Instagram @openpremise and @ethanyeshaya

James Stanley (ACME Comedy Co. house emcee) is a kick-ass Twin Cities-based standup comedian. James and I talk comedy, autism, mental health, and more. James is the best!

Ateh Ekinde is a Twin Cities-based stand-up comedian. Today, Ateh presents a variety of fun premises and explains to me the unique and smart way he writes jokes. 

You can find Ateh on Instagram @atehkarate

You can find me on Instagram @openpremise and @ethanyeshaya

Drew Page is a bankruptcy attorney and recovering thespian from the Twin Cities. Today, Drew and I will be your personal tour guides of the great state of Minnesota (to the best of our abilities.) Drew and I are also joined by Drew's adorable dog, Otis. You may not hear Otis on the recording, but you can feel him. He's warm and fluffy.  You can find Drew on Instagram @drewonapage You can find me on Instagram @openpremise and @ethanyeshaya

Lisa Evanson is a comedian, actor, and public speaker from the Twin Cities. Today, Lisa sits me down to talk friendship. We're kinda new-ish friends so she helped break the ice with a nice long game of Connect 4. 

You can find Lisa on Instagram @leesawmarie

You can find me on Instagram @openpremise and @ethanyeshaya

Emma Dalenberg is a standup comedian from the Twin Cities. She was recently a finalist of the Sisyphus Brewing Funniest Person Contest. She's killing. We get big and existential and small and goofy.  You can find Emma on Instagram @emmadcomedy You can find me on Instagram @openpremise and @ethanyeshaya, or shoot an email to openpremise@gmail.com

Gabby Humphreys is a Ph.D. student, lecturer, and bookworm from Liverpool, UK. I discovered Gabby on bookstagram (that fun corner of Instagram for book nerds) and was taken immediately by her hilarious videos and amazing content. 

Today, Gabby presents to me a list of things that wake her up at night in a cold sweat, and we discuss each one. 

You can find Gabby on Instagram @humphreads 

You can find me on Instagram @openpremise and @ethanyeshaya

Lahiru Samarasinghe is a Twin Cities-based comedian, writer, and engineer. We went to high school together but truly weren't friends until we started doing comedy together years later. Today Lahiru brings me a sort of mind game based on March Madness, but all about standup comedy. First, he had to explain to me what March Madness was. 

You can find Lahiru on Instagram @itslahiru and on Venmo @Lahiru (How did he get that?)

You can find me on Instagram @openpremise and @ethanyeshaya

Kate McCarthy is a comedian from San Fransisco and LA and New York and Minneapolis. She is from America. She is absolutely hilarious. I'm still surprised she agreed to be on my show??? I'm so glad she did. She brought with her a topic I knew a thing or two about: 3-sibling families. It just so happens I come from one myself. 

You can find Kate on Instagram @slimeman666

You can find me on Instagram @openpremise and @ethanyeshaya

Ethan Weiser is a film producer, writer, and content-creator based in Los Angeles. He worked as a producer on YouTube's famous React Channel for years and likely produced a popular video you've watched. The guy is cranking out content, baby. He's got insight into some really cool stuff and he tells me about it in this episode! He also asks some great (and very serious) questions about comedy and art. The dude is cool beans, man. 

You can find Ethan Weiser on Instagram @iamethanweiser

You can find me on Instagram @openpremise and @ethanyeshaya

Elisabeth Hawthorne is an arts administrator and writer, but most importantly, a frenemy-turned-bestie. That's right. Elisabeth and I didn't exactly love each other at first sight. But we grew into a magical friendship. That's called maturity baby!

We talk high school and then we discuss the books we love and why.

You can find Elisabeth on Instagram @ElisabethHawthorne

You can find me on Instagram @OpenPremise and @EthanYeshaya

Joey C. Hays is a Minneapolis-based drummer (TABAH, Sass, Nick Costa + more). He's also a snuggle buddy, a great impressionist, a man of many talents. He is huggable and loveable. Today he sits me down with a simple, but strong premise: clothes. We go through our personal history of clothes, what they meant to us in different times in our lives, times when they mattered more, times when we could have cared less. Enjoy! You can find Joey on Instagram @JoeyPlaysDrumz You can find me on Instagram @OpenPremise and @EthanYeshaya

My ex from high school/now regular friend (don't worry, I make it weird in the first 10 seconds), Maggie Matejcek, joins me to discuss #FreeBritney. Turns out I was totally out of the loop and this was another Ethan Learns Everything episode. Enjoy! You can find Maggie Matejcek on Instagram @mmatejcek17 You can find me on Instagram @openpremise and @ethanyeshaya

Chloe Radcliffe is a NYC-based comedian and writer. She's currently a writer for The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon. When I asked her "Who gets to do that at 30?" she humbly replied that's a pretty normal age to do that sort of thing. But, really, who gets to do that at any age? Chloe. She's remarkable!

Today, Chloe opens me up to the world of cheating in relationships; a world I'm sort of happy I'm not too familiar with. 

Please welcome: Chloe Radcliffe.

You can find Chloe on Instagram @ChloeBadcliffe

You can find me on Instagram @OpenPremise and @EthanYeshaya

Morgan Gray (comedian/actor/writer) and I finally sit down and have a lengthy discussion about a movie called Crazy Kind of Love. Morgan and I have been friends a long time and discovered this gem sometime during college. It's a very bad movie, but we wanted to dive in deep and really figure out why it simply doesn't work.  I know this episode is longer than usual, but trust me...it's worth it.  You can find Morgan on Twitter and Instagram @mmmmalright  You can find me on Instagram @openpremise

LA Buckner is a drummer, producer, composer, and teaching artist. He’s a host of the PBS show Sound Field and his album Big Homie was recently number 1 on the Apple Music charts for jazz. He’s wise, hilarious, and full of stories. This week, on Open Premise, LA decides to switch things up and interview me. And as he puts it, "even though I'm interviewing you, we can find SOME way to make it interesting."  You can find him on Instagram @el2theay  You can find me on Instagram @openpremise

Zach Brazao (Series Finale Podcast) is an NYC-based stand-up and sketch comedian.  Zach joins Open Premise this week to teach me some things about credit card churning, Kanye West's mother, and more. Zach is absolutely hilarious and I'm always excited to see what he does next.  You can find Zach on Instagram @ZachBrazao as well as YouTube and TikTok!  You can find me on Instagram @openpremise

Adam Conrad Ferguson is a Los Angeles-based composer, musician, and former child actor. This week, Conrad tells me all about his experience as a child actor in the 90s.  Fun fact: Conrad composed and performed the theme music to this podcast.  You can find Adam on Instagram @adamadamconrad  You can find me on Instagram @openpremise

My name is Ethan Yeshaya! I'm a comedian, musician, and writer. Every week, I bring on a guest, and they come up with the premise for the episode. Anything can happen. Buckle up!