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The Other Side is the official podcast of a great comedy club, the DC Improv.

Jan 25, 2016

"This is a guy who's exceptionally smart and exceptionally confident ..." But is he funny?

The quest to find the funniest president continues with James "Father of the Constitution" Madison! Christian Cotz, the director of education and visitor engagement at Montpelier -- Madison's awesome home in Orange County,...


Jan 18, 2016

The quest to find the funniest president continues! This week, we're traveling to Fredericksburg to talk about president No. 5, James Monroe.

Our guide is Daniel Preston of the University of Mary Washington -- the man in charge of editing Monroe's papers. We're talking about JM's personality, "public personas" in the...


Jan 14, 2016

John Heffron (headlining January 14-17) is a great stand-up, but did you know that he's also an R&B music mogul in his spare time? In the summer of 2015, he wrote and released "Let's Have a Date Night" -- with vocals by DC's own Elan Noelle. And now we're all gonna learn how to become DIY record producers. A very fun...


Jan 11, 2016

In 2016, America chooses its next president - and the DC Improv chooses the funniest president of all time.

For our debut, speechwriter and humorist Mark Katz helps us look at Bill Clinton. Mark was the writer / editor / coordinator for Clinton's speeches at the "Silly Season" dinners: the White House Correspondents...