The girlies make their podcast debut

Words by Ambar Ramirez and Carmen Macri

CARMEN: The day has finally come. Ambar and I recorded a podcast.

AMBAR: Not just any podcast, but a local comedy podcast hosted and produced by Bobby Brown with co-host Logan Butler called “Writer’s Block.”

CARMEN: Ha. Fitting.

AMBAR: Being that we are just so hilarious (note the sarcasm), it made perfect sense when Bobby reached out asking us to be featured on the pod. I mean who else do you know that constantly embarrasses themselves publicly?

CARMEN: I cannot express enough how much I hate public speaking. Let alone when there are bright lights on my face and a camera recording. I think I can speak for both of us when I say we had the meat sweats.

AMBAR: Like the type of sweats that I had to look back at the couch to make sure I didn’t leave a stain.

CARMEN: Bobby and Logan made sure to make us as (un)comfortable as possible, giving us a few tips and talking points. But all that went out the window when Bobby pressed record.

AMBAR : At that moment my heart fell out of my butt, and there was no turning back. I also wasn’t aware that we would be wearing headphones to hear ourselves talk among each other. The thing I hate more than public speaking is actually being able to hear myself public speaking.

CARMEN: It definitely threw me off. As I was telling a story it was hard to not trip over my words since it sounded like I had an echo. But, other than that, things went pretty smoothly.

AMBAR: Honestly, once we got past the whole introduction of the podcast, my nerves melted away and I could not stop talking. Who woulda thunk.

CARMEN: We talked about dreaming, ghosts, relationships, things we hate, things we love, you name it. At one point I blacked out and went on a tangent about men owning cats. I am still not sure exactly what I said so we will figure that out together.

AMBAR: I also blacked out for that conversation.

CARMEN: Now that I think about it, I don’t really remember much.

AMBAR: I guess you’ll just have to listen to the podcast?

CARMEN: I guess so! Scan the QR code below to hear what we don’t remember talking about. The podcast can also be found on Spotify and Apple Music!

In Your Own Words

“What does comedy mean to you?”

“Obviously, Lil Duval is the biggest comedian to come out of the city — his impact and the doors he opened for people here to even have a vision of a superstar comedian. When I started, I used to only wear Jaguar jerseys on stage because he used to do it. You can’t just get that type of love and support; It takes a lot of real-life work and grinding to get that love of the people here. I feel like my job now is to keep being the young, funny, hard-working comedian trying to make a name with my standup, podcast, Bobby in the Streets public interviews, all of it. And whenever my day comes to be the comedy superstar symbol for the city, I’ll be ready to carry that torch with pride. As far as having a platform here I didn’t realize people were even paying attention to me until about six months ago. I thought the internet was all bots. When I went to Hollywood Laugh Factory for Chocolate Sundaes and passed my first impression spot, I felt like there were real people starting to show me love. And when I came home, I came home to so much love and support, I was like “Damn, where did everybody come from?” But it made me so happy, man. Of course, I want to be popping and famous online but the real impact is what you can do when a person is in the same space as you: How do they feel? That’s what I feel Jacksonville helps me do. I built most of my early career from real-life and I’m really proud of that. I see people doing skits online and blowing up because of it, and people say, “Bobby, you gotta do this,” but I always knew in real life, on that stage, in the moment, I’m way funnier than what y’all are watching on your phones. Of course, I’d get impatient or sometimes even discouraged just because I would love to be more popping on Instagram/TikTok, but Jacksonville keeps me in reality. In ways, sometimes being a comedian in Jacksonville feels kinda like being a side chick. The main girl is music. This city loves its music and musicians. But on the fourth weekend, they might want to dip out and try something a little different. On those nights, it’s up to us to be good and memorable enough that people wanna come back and tell their friends about it.”

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