John Poveromo
@johnpoveromo.net
Nationally Touring Comedian
Host of Dystopia Tonight
Jurassic Park Enthusiast
Failed Recluse
Your favorite comedian’s, comedian they’ve never
heard of
Host of Dystopia Tonight
Jurassic Park Enthusiast
Failed Recluse
Your favorite comedian’s, comedian they’ve never
heard of
I wish the comics who performed at the Riyadh Comedy Fest would just be honest & say they did it for the money. I’d
respect it more than the “comedy as cultural diplomacy” bit. If telling jokes in hostile environments truly moved the progressive needle, we wldn’t still have red states here at home.
respect it more than the “comedy as cultural diplomacy” bit. If telling jokes in hostile environments truly moved the progressive needle, we wldn’t still have red states here at home.
October 9, 2025 at 3:44 PM
I wish the comics who performed at the Riyadh Comedy Fest would just be honest & say they did it for the money. I’d
respect it more than the “comedy as cultural diplomacy” bit. If telling jokes in hostile environments truly moved the progressive needle, we wldn’t still have red states here at home.
respect it more than the “comedy as cultural diplomacy” bit. If telling jokes in hostile environments truly moved the progressive needle, we wldn’t still have red states here at home.
I’m a pretty happy person except every now and then I think, “What if the Big Bang was just the gun going off in God’s mouth?”
October 4, 2025 at 4:58 AM
I’m a pretty happy person except every now and then I think, “What if the Big Bang was just the gun going off in God’s mouth?”
Had a blast pretending I know what I’m talking about while being mentioned alongside The Head And The Heart! Huge thanks to New Jersey Stage for letting me ramble on about how music, comedy, & community all intersect & the ongoing pursuit of emotionally destroying people with heartfelt conversation.
Comedian John Poveromo Talks About Hosting a Q&A with the Head and the Heart at The Stone Pony
(ASBURY PARK, NJ) -- The Head and the Heart headline a show at The Stone Pony Summer Stage on Thursday, July 31, 2025. The bill also includes sets by Wilderado and Marfa. For fans who purchased the ...
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July 29, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Had a blast pretending I know what I’m talking about while being mentioned alongside The Head And The Heart! Huge thanks to New Jersey Stage for letting me ramble on about how music, comedy, & community all intersect & the ongoing pursuit of emotionally destroying people with heartfelt conversation.
Zoinks! Getting a jumpstart on promoting some upcoming shows! Joanne and I are looking forward to returning to The DC Comedy Loft this summer August 22nd and 23rd! Purchase tix at the website on the graphic! Come out and support!
June 5, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Zoinks! Getting a jumpstart on promoting some upcoming shows! Joanne and I are looking forward to returning to The DC Comedy Loft this summer August 22nd and 23rd! Purchase tix at the website on the graphic! Come out and support!
Maron didn’t just set the bar for podcasting, he made it matter. He was the blueprint. He exorcised the industry by making it raw, personal, and necessary. Hard not to feel like anyone who picked it up afterward was just stealing the mic, recording into the echo of everything he built.
Marc Maron‘s 'WTF with Marc Maron Podcast' is ending after 16 years. “It’s nice to be able to end things on our own terms. We started the show on our terms," he says bit.ly/3FvNEh0
June 2, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Maron didn’t just set the bar for podcasting, he made it matter. He was the blueprint. He exorcised the industry by making it raw, personal, and necessary. Hard not to feel like anyone who picked it up afterward was just stealing the mic, recording into the echo of everything he built.
Media outlets are writing thinkpieces about how no one knows how to do publicity anymore because their own platforms shattered the concept. They broke it, then monetized the mess.
We’ve officially entered the ouroboros PR cycle.
We’ve officially entered the ouroboros PR cycle.
Publicity used to be so straightforward. Now, for stars and their teams, "no one’s sure what works."
Fame and Frustration on the New Media Circuit
Publicity used to be so straightforward. Now, for stars and their teams, “no one’s sure what works anymore.”
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June 1, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Media outlets are writing thinkpieces about how no one knows how to do publicity anymore because their own platforms shattered the concept. They broke it, then monetized the mess.
We’ve officially entered the ouroboros PR cycle.
We’ve officially entered the ouroboros PR cycle.
We lost a true original. Loretta Swit wasn’t just Hot Lips—she was heart, bite, grace, and grit. The first time Mike Farrell appeared on Dystopia Tonight I called her to see if she’d like to come on towards the end to surprise him. We all talked for another 40 min. Pure joy. Rest easy, Major.
Mike Farrell discusses M*A*S*H and we surprise him with a special guest from the show!
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May 30, 2025 at 11:39 PM
We lost a true original. Loretta Swit wasn’t just Hot Lips—she was heart, bite, grace, and grit. The first time Mike Farrell appeared on Dystopia Tonight I called her to see if she’d like to come on towards the end to surprise him. We all talked for another 40 min. Pure joy. Rest easy, Major.
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Join the NO KINGS protest all around the country on Saturday, June 14. Go to indivisible.org to find the one near you, or start one where we need it.
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May 24, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Join the NO KINGS protest all around the country on Saturday, June 14. Go to indivisible.org to find the one near you, or start one where we need it.
Toms River, I love you, but it’s time to put Olive Garden Mussolini in a home.
Hungry Hearts and Empty Wallets
When the sauce is store-bought the outrage is homemade.
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May 24, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Toms River, I love you, but it’s time to put Olive Garden Mussolini in a home.
I didn’t know George Wendt well outside of the iconic characters he brought to life, but I was lucky enough to share some time with him during last year’s 24-hour MS benefit.
May 20, 2025 at 9:59 PM
I didn’t know George Wendt well outside of the iconic characters he brought to life, but I was lucky enough to share some time with him during last year’s 24-hour MS benefit.
Overheard at a #Jersey Diner:
Waitress: (To a 6 year old boy) - Better eat all your vegetables! I bet you thought you left your mom at home huh?
Boy: Actually she left us.
Me:
Waitress: (To a 6 year old boy) - Better eat all your vegetables! I bet you thought you left your mom at home huh?
Boy: Actually she left us.
Me:
a man in a suit and tie is drinking from a blue mug that says " good "
ALT: a man in a suit and tie is drinking from a blue mug that says " good "
media.tenor.com
May 18, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Overheard at a #Jersey Diner:
Waitress: (To a 6 year old boy) - Better eat all your vegetables! I bet you thought you left your mom at home huh?
Boy: Actually she left us.
Me:
Waitress: (To a 6 year old boy) - Better eat all your vegetables! I bet you thought you left your mom at home huh?
Boy: Actually she left us.
Me:
Springsteen calling out Trump’s corruption from across the Ocean is classic Jersey. We speak the truth even if it’s off the turnpike, even if it’s in 4/4 time, even if it comes with a price. Because silence costs more and as the Boss says in the song, “Our dreams will not be thwarted.”
May 17, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Springsteen calling out Trump’s corruption from across the Ocean is classic Jersey. We speak the truth even if it’s off the turnpike, even if it’s in 4/4 time, even if it comes with a price. Because silence costs more and as the Boss says in the song, “Our dreams will not be thwarted.”
My New Adult Coloring Book is out! And only 10 bucks!
Bill Maher: My Dinner With Monsters - Adult Coloring Book — John Poveromo
If Bill Maher sharing a dinner with Trump while democracy flatlines in the background wasn't enough to fill your dystopian quota for the year strap in because there's more! Now you can join Bill Mahe...
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April 29, 2025 at 3:26 AM
My New Adult Coloring Book is out! And only 10 bucks!
Congrats, to my Canadian friends!! Color me proud, jealous, and fully ready to hide inside a moose until customs clears me.
April 29, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Congrats, to my Canadian friends!! Color me proud, jealous, and fully ready to hide inside a moose until customs clears me.
Virginia Giuffre’s voice rattled the foundations of power and her silence now is fucking deafening. Her death isn’t just tragic, it’s a brutal reminder of what trauma doesn’t let go of… even when the world pretends it has.
April 26, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Virginia Giuffre’s voice rattled the foundations of power and her silence now is fucking deafening. Her death isn’t just tragic, it’s a brutal reminder of what trauma doesn’t let go of… even when the world pretends it has.
National Average Price for a Gallon of Regular Gas:
January 2025 - $3.08
April 2025 - $3.15
National Average Price for a Dozen Eggs:
January 2025 - $4.95
April 2025 - $6.23
January 2025 - $3.08
April 2025 - $3.15
National Average Price for a Dozen Eggs:
January 2025 - $4.95
April 2025 - $6.23
April 25, 2025 at 6:56 AM
National Average Price for a Gallon of Regular Gas:
January 2025 - $3.08
April 2025 - $3.15
National Average Price for a Dozen Eggs:
January 2025 - $4.95
April 2025 - $6.23
January 2025 - $3.08
April 2025 - $3.15
National Average Price for a Dozen Eggs:
January 2025 - $4.95
April 2025 - $6.23
Practicing my Pompeii pose in case I go out in these fires. Right now I’m between “born-to-run freeze” and “collapsed dramatically clutching a pork roll egg and cheese.”
April 25, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Practicing my Pompeii pose in case I go out in these fires. Right now I’m between “born-to-run freeze” and “collapsed dramatically clutching a pork roll egg and cheese.”
#PopeFrancis died less than 24 hours after meeting JD Vance — which, in Catholic lore, basically makes Vance a biblical plague.
April 21, 2025 at 9:33 AM
#PopeFrancis died less than 24 hours after meeting JD Vance — which, in Catholic lore, basically makes Vance a biblical plague.
You know those ‘80s movies where the nerdier of two friends gets pulled in by the bullies—then starts telling you “they’re not that bad”?
Yeah. That’s Maher now. And America’s the friend he sold out to feel cool.
Yeah. That’s Maher now. And America’s the friend he sold out to feel cool.
April 12, 2025 at 7:16 PM
You know those ‘80s movies where the nerdier of two friends gets pulled in by the bullies—then starts telling you “they’re not that bad”?
Yeah. That’s Maher now. And America’s the friend he sold out to feel cool.
Yeah. That’s Maher now. And America’s the friend he sold out to feel cool.
Unless these guys have their publicists waterboarding you between drafts, there is zero reason to keep writing the same headline about the same hacks saying the same shit. Over. And over. And over.
A few years ago, there was an effort to make stand-up comedy more genteel, limiting offensive language. However, a second #Trump administration has empowered transgressive voices, bringing back jokes at the expense of women, trans people, people of color, and the mentally disabled.
April 10, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Unless these guys have their publicists waterboarding you between drafts, there is zero reason to keep writing the same headline about the same hacks saying the same shit. Over. And over. And over.
“Anti-woke comic” is just code for “Guy yells about pronouns and calls it a special.”
If media outlets had even an ounce of journalistic integrity—or hell, just a working attention span—they’d stop giving oxygen to the same five comedians running tired culture war bits like they’re breaking news.
If media outlets had even an ounce of journalistic integrity—or hell, just a working attention span—they’d stop giving oxygen to the same five comedians running tired culture war bits like they’re breaking news.
A few years ago, there was an effort to make stand-up comedy more genteel, limiting offensive language. However, a second #Trump administration has empowered transgressive voices, bringing back jokes at the expense of women, trans people, people of color, and the mentally disabled.
April 10, 2025 at 5:28 PM
“Anti-woke comic” is just code for “Guy yells about pronouns and calls it a special.”
If media outlets had even an ounce of journalistic integrity—or hell, just a working attention span—they’d stop giving oxygen to the same five comedians running tired culture war bits like they’re breaking news.
If media outlets had even an ounce of journalistic integrity—or hell, just a working attention span—they’d stop giving oxygen to the same five comedians running tired culture war bits like they’re breaking news.
Let me just say this — no one in their right fucking mind is looking to Bill Maher to help heal a severed connection with a family member who voted for a Nazi.
April 3, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Let me just say this — no one in their right fucking mind is looking to Bill Maher to help heal a severed connection with a family member who voted for a Nazi.
Gotta hand it to Wisconsin: beat the billionaire and took his money. Crawford didn’t just win—she made Musk fund it. Now that’s justice.
April 2, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Gotta hand it to Wisconsin: beat the billionaire and took his money. Crawford didn’t just win—she made Musk fund it. Now that’s justice.
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I’m joining John Poveromo on his 24 hour live stream benefit podcast to end MS. I’ll be on at 9:00 A.M. Pacific on Thurs., March 27. My podcast is called NOBODY LISTENS TO PAULA POUNDSTONE. He's tired already.
March 26, 2025 at 5:39 AM
I’m joining John Poveromo on his 24 hour live stream benefit podcast to end MS. I’ll be on at 9:00 A.M. Pacific on Thurs., March 27. My podcast is called NOBODY LISTENS TO PAULA POUNDSTONE. He's tired already.