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Comedian Sara Weinshenk sits down with comedian Erica Rhodes for a hilarious episode of SHENK covering everything from AI-generated comedy and social media algorithms to terrible tattoos, improv classes, commercial auditions, aliens, and dating disasters. Erica talks about studying cello in college, dropping out to move to New York for love, and why comedians are secretly terrible at improv. Sara shares nightmare stories about bad tattoos, hooking up with a comic with a belly button ring, and her endless quest to finally book a national commercial. If you like stand-up comedy podcasts, comedian interviews, behind-the-scenes comedy talk, and unfiltered conversations about life in LA comedy — this episode is for you. #SHENK #SaraWeinshenk #EricaRhodes #ComedyPodcast #StandUpComedy 📱 FOLLOW Erica Rhodes: Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/ericarhodes/ https://www.ericarhodescomedy.com/ 👉 SUPPORT SARAH ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/saraweinshenk (Get bonus content and join the weekly live streams every Thursday at Noon PST!) 🎟️ ALASKA! SARAH IS HEADLINING: Catch Sarah live in Anchorage, Alaska on June 25th at the Wild Birch Hotel. Get your tickets now https://linktr.ee/saraweinshenk 📱 FOLLOW SARA https://www.instagram.com/princessshenk/ New episodes of SHENK drop every Wednesday. Don't forget to Like, Comment, Rate, Review, and Subscribe! ⏱️ Video Chapters 00:00 Intro & upcoming comedy shows 01:10 Erica Rhodes joins SHENK 02:15 Erica's cello scholarship & dropping out of college 03:40 Falling in love with a hot usher 05:10 AI-generated music & comedy fears 06:30 Sara admits she argues with ChatGPT 07:30 Bad tattoo decisions & psychedelic choices 10:40 The comic with a belly button ring 13:00 Why comedians hate improv classes 16:20 Commercial audition nightmares 19:00 Sara's disastrous McDonald's audition 21:00 AI replacing actors & self-tapes 22:00 The algorithm ruining stand-up comedy 23:40 Viral clips vs real fans 26:00 Comics used to help each other write jokes 27:30 Instagram, Threads & social media exhaustion 28:15 The alien conspiracy discussion begins Edited By Lee Nason https://www.instagram.com/_leenason/ Studio @thecomedystore https://www.instagram.com/thecomedystore https://www.thecomedystore.com