JOIN TSL WORKSHOPS: https://tslworkshops.circle.so TAKE BRENT&#8217;S CLASS: https://www.brentforrester.com/webinar Brent Forrester wasn&#8217;t naturally funny, and he&#8217;s the first person to admit it. And yet, when Brent was in his early 20s, he studied comedy like a science, and it has fostered one of the most successful comedy writing careers of anyone working today. Listen to some…

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Eugene Mirman is probably best known as the voice of Eugene Belcher on the animated comedy Bob’s Burgers, but he’s also a veteran of the alt-comedy world with many albums and countless live performances under his belt. He’s the subject of It Started As A Joke, a documentary about the Eugene Mirman Comedy Festival, and his song with Lucy Wainwright Roche, “How Do You Lie To Your Child About Santa,” is now available to stream and as <a href="https://prettygoodfriends.com/merch/vinyl-christmas-card-how-do-you-lie-to-your-child-about-santa" target="_blank" rel="noopener">limited-edition vinyl</a> via his label, PGF Records.

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Robyn Hitchcock is one of England&#8217;s most enduring contemporary singer/songwriters and live performers. A surrealist poet, talented guitarist, cult artist and musician&#8217;s musician, Hitchcock is among alternative rock&#8217;s father figures and is the closest thing the genre has to a Bob Dylan (not coincidentally his biggest musical inspiration).
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Janay Boulos and Abd Alkader Habak are the directors and producers of the documentary<a href="https://birdsofwar.film/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> Birds of War</a>, about how they fell in love as war reporters while navigating revolution and exile, which won the Special Jury Award for Journalistic Impact at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival. The film is now playing at IFC Center in New York City and opens in Los Angeles on November 19 at Laemmle Santa Monica and Glendale. Boulos is a highly experienced Lebanese journalist and documentary producer based between Lebanon and London who has produced several documentaries for international outlets, including Al Jazeera and The New York Times, as well as her second feature documentary, Until the Buzzing Stops. A Syrian cinematographer, activist and documentary filmmaker, Habak documented six years of the Syrian revolution. Now based between London and Syria, he blends journalism and human rights storytelling in his work, exploring identity, exile and return. Currently, he is working on two short documentaries and his second feature, Until the Buzzing Stops.

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