Birds & Baggage - EP479

Hour 1:
Will McLean Greeley, author of A Connecticut Yankee Goes to Washington, George P. McLean, Birdman of the Senate, a new biography of Connecticut Governor and Senator George P. McLean, sponsor of the 1918 Migratory Bird Treaty Act, published by the Rochester Institute of Technology Press.

Hour2:
Ariel Evans is a NYC based comedy writer and stand-up comedian. She got her start in her hometown, Seattle, WA. Ariel was featured in 41st Annual Seattle International Comedy Competition and was a semi-finalist in the She-Devil Comedy Competition in New York City. She was the winner of the 2022 “You Look Like” roast battle in Atlanta. Ariel performs regularly at Late Night at the Comic Strip Live NYC, Laughs Comedy Club, Bananas Comedy Club, and Flappers Comedy Club. Ariel produces sold-out comedy shows in both Seattle and New York City. She previously was a host for Laughing Buddha Comedy. She was featured in the 2005 documentary “Heart of the Game.”

Her writing has been featured in The Haven, an online humor publication. She is a copywriter for Arnold Worldwide’s Institute for the Comedically Gifted.

Ariel describes her comedy as "social commentary with family baggage."