New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast
In depth discussion of the weekly New Yorker Caption Contest as well as interviews with Cartoonists and former Contest winners.
Email: CartoonCaptionContestPodcast@gmail.com
Credits:
Intro/Outro music created and performed by Chris Nesja.
Podcast logo designed by Dan Nesja with artwork by Shannon Wheeler.
Episodes
206 episodes
Episode 205 - Lindsey Budde
Lindsey Budde joins us on the second half of the podcast this week. Lindsey is a new cartoon contributor to the New Yorker, with her first cartoon appearing in the September 23, 2024 issue. We talk with Lindsey about her background and...
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Season 5
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Episode 205
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1:30:42
Episode 204 - Bruce Eric Kaplan
Bruce Eric Kaplan joins us on the podcast this week. We talk with Bruce about his career in TV, writing books and cartoons and how he's managed to blend all of those career paths together. He doesn't mind getting a little cartoons mixed in with...
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Season 5
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Episode 204
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1:23:50
Episode 203 - Victor Varnado
Victor Varnado joins us on the second half of the podcast this week. Victor is an actor, comedian, humorist and, of course, a New Yorker cartoonist. We talk with Victor about his background, being funny and we take a deep dive into A.I...
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Season 5
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Episode 203
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1:24:32
Episode 202 - Lawrence Wood
Larry Wood, the all time New Yorker cartoon caption contest winner, author and CartoonStock caption contest judge, joins us to talk about the current New Yorker contests, our favorite cartoons from this week’s issue of the New Yorker and the la...
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Season 5
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Episode 202
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58:44
Episode 201 - Robert Leighton
New Yorker cartoonist, Robert Leighton joins us on the second half of the podcast this week.Robert started drawing cartoons at an early age and started a comic strip, called Carl & Goober, when he was eight. The strip was very much infl...
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Season 5
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Episode 201
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1:37:11
Episode 200 - The 200th With Jason Chatfield
New Yorker cartoonist, Jason Chatfield, joins us to celebrate the 200th episode of the podcast. We catch up on what he's been up to over the last two years and talk about his new book with Scott Dooley, "You're Not a Real Dog Owner Until…". It ...
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Season 5
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Episode 200
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1:35:47
Episode 199 - Lawrence Wood
Larry Wood, the all time New Yorker cartoon caption contest winner, author and CartoonStock caption contest judge, joins us once again to talk about the current New Yorker contests, our favorite cartoons from this week’s issue of the New Yorker...
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Season 5
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Episode 199
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1:03:24
Episode 198 - Sarah Booth
Sarah Booth joins us on the second half of the podcast this week.Sarah is the daughter of the legendary New York cartoonist, George Booth. We start out talking about her and her career as a staff artist at the New York Times. Sarah also has...
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Season 5
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Episode 198
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1:40:55
Episode 197 - Ellis Rosen Returns
New Yorker cartoonist, Ellis Rosen, joins us for a second time on the podcast. We catch up on what he's been up to lately, pickleball, New Yorker 100th anniversary parties and numbers stations. A very informative and entertaining di...
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Season 5
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Episode 197
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1:47:30
Episode 196 - Tommy Siegel
New Yorker cartoonist, musician and birder, Tommy Siegel joins us on the podcast this week.Tommy talks about his love of cartoons when he was young, how he recently got back into it (a cartoon a day for 500 days) and his amazing bird studie...
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Season 5
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Episode 196
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1:18:31
Episode 195 - Lawrence Wood
Larry Wood, the all time New Yorker cartoon caption contest winner, author and CartoonStock caption contest judge, joins us once again to talk about the current New Yorker contests, our favorite cartoons from this week’s issue of the New Yorker...
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Season 5
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Episode 195
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1:10:48
Episode 194 - Lia Strasser & Bizzy Coy
On part 2 of this week's episode, we talk with Lia Strasser and Bizzy Coy. Lia is an illustrator/cartoonist and Bizzy is a published writer/humorist and together, they are the Wonder Twins of cartooning. They started collaborating in 2023...
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Season 4
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Episode 194
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1:17:14
Episode 193 - Michael Maslin New Yorker 100th Anniversary
On part 2 of this week's episode, Michael Maslin joins us to talk about the New Yorker 100th Anniversary and his recent book that he collaborated on with photographer, Alen MacWeeney, titled "At Wit's End: Cartoonists of The New Yorker". <...
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Season 4
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Episode 193
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2:06:40
Episode 192 - Kathy Wrobel
Joining us on the podcast this week is Kathy Wrobel. Kathy is a two time finalist of the New Yorker contest and a very frequent finalist of the CartoonStock contest (going all the way back to contest #14!)Kathy talks with us about her backg...
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Season 4
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Episode 192
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1:24:48
Episode 191 - Lawrence Wood
Larry Wood, the all time New Yorker cartoon caption contest winner, author and CartoonStock caption contest judge, joins us once again to talk about the current New Yorker contests, our favorite cartoons from this week’s issue of the New Yorker...
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Season 4
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Episode 191
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1:00:31
Episode 190 - A Quick and Dirty Thirty
A short podcast this week with just the hosts talking about the contests and their favorite cartoons from the current week's issue of the New Yorker.There is a question that was left unanswered about why zebras have stripes. We did a qu...
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Season 4
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Episode 190
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28:17
Episode 189 - Stephen Nadler And The New Yorker Cartoon Exhibition
Joining us on the podcast this week is New Yorker cartoon enthusiast, Stephen Nadler. Stephen talks about his love of all things New Yorker and the New Yorker cartoon and cover art exhibition, hosted by the Society of Illustrators, "Drawn From ...
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Season 4
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Episode 189
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1:37:58
Episode 188 - John Donohue
On part 2 of this week's episode, we talk with Artist/writer, John Donohue. John was a writer and editor at the New Yorker and tried his hand at cartooning for a while and had five of his cartoons published in it. He decided to take a new direc...
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Season 4
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Episode 188
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1:54:29
Episode 187 - Mark Parisi, Dave Blazek & Wayno
Joining us on the podcast this week are three of the top syndicated single panel cartoonists, Mark Parisi (off the mark), Wayno (Bizarro) and Dave Blazek (Loose Parts). We have a great discussion with them about cartooning, the creative p...
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Season 4
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Episode 187
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1:42:53
Episode 186 - William Haefeli
On part 2 of this week's episode, we talk with the great New Yorker cartoonist, William (Bill) Haefeli. Bill talks about how he got into cartooning, his process and his focus on social relationships in his cartoons. Bill explains his unique dra...
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Season 4
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Episode 186
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1:34:35
Episode 185 - Lawrence Wood
For the last podcast of the year, Larry Wood joins us to talk about the contests (including the recent CartoonStock contest). We have some interesting discussions about using vulgarities in captions and the ethics of being able to submit more c...
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Season 4
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Episode 185
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1:04:40
Episode 184 - 2024 Year in Review With Mark Strout
On this week's episode, Vin, Paul, Beth, Nicole and this year's best captioner, Mark Strout, review past and present contests from 2024 and choose our best and worst of the year. We also talk with Mark about how he started entering the ca...
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Season 4
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Episode 184
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1:18:25
Episode 183 - Adam Douglas Thompson (ADT)
On part 2 of this week's episode, we talk with New Yorker cartoonist, Adam Douglas Thompson. We talk with Adam about his background in the arts, painting and how he became a New Yorker cartoonist. We also talk about his cartoons, a bit about te...
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Season 4
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Episode 183
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1:19:50
Episode 182 - Lawrence Wood
Larry Wood joins us to talk about the contests (including the recent CartoonStock contest). With the holidays coming up, we remind everyone that the best gift is the gift of laughter (has anyone ever noticed how close laughter is to slaughter? ...
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Season 4
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Episode 182
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51:22
Episode 181 - Wayno Returns
Wayno, the daily cartoonist for the Bizarro cartoon, returns to the podcast to talk about winning this year's Reuben Award for Best Panel Cartoon. We also delve into creativity, music, the Pittsburgh Steelers and scary fairy tales and nursery r...
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Season 4
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Episode 181
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1:22:08