Chapter 1: What experiences does Liza Treyger share about her audience in New Orleans?
On this episode of The Commercial Break. I mean, the audience in New Orleans gives me trouble every time. These people are puking. They're screaming. This venue had to change their frozen espresso martini recipe because my audience got so crazy. Oh, my God. No shit. These bitches went wild. No shit. Yes. Yeah.
So you had a show in New Orleans and people in New Orleans doubt like they do when they go to New Orleans. Yeah. Like they had never, ever had an alcoholic beverage before. And they get so fucking twisted that the place says, we cannot have Lisa here again with the same drink menu. Yeah. You're gaining a reputation in the industry. As far as an espresso, martinis are good.
The next episode of The Commercial Break starts now. Oh, yeah, cats and kittens, welcome back to The Commercial Break. I'm Brian Greene. This is my dear friend and the co-host of this show, Kristen Joy Hoadley. Best to you, Kristen. Best to you, Brian. Best to you out there on the podcast and your universe interview. Interview universe. It's the interview universe. It's the interview universe.
Yes. And thanks for joining us on a TCB infomercial Tuesday. With comedian and podcaster Lisa Trager. This one's a couple times in the making. Sometimes they are. But we're glad to have her in, as mentioned. She is a stand-up comedian. She also does a very popular podcast called That's Messed Up. That's Messed Up, SVU Investigations.
Yeah, so they take true crime and SVU episodes and they kind of mix it all in. And get the actors. They can try and get the actors from the show, too. Oh, interesting. From the episode. And they focus on the lighter side of life. Murders. Murders. Rapes. Robberies. Investigations. Special Victims Unit. SVU. That's what that means. Lisa is currently on tour.
There are links, as a lot of these comedians are. They're forever on tour. So, go see her if she's in your part of town. She's very funny. She's unfiltered. She does not mind talking about the dark side of life. Obviously, she's got a podcast about murder and all that other stuff. She's also very self-deprecating. She is... was born in Odessa, Ukraine. I know. I'll have to ask her about that.
She moved to Chicago when she was three years old. So, you know, Ukraine was different 20, 30 years ago than it is today, I believe, still under the USSR flag. So I'm super interested to hear her thoughts on that. I'm sure she's super happy to talk about that. I'm sure that's not the first question that everybody asks her when they find out she's Ukrainian. But we'll ask her anyway.
Never one to shy away from a controversial question or one that's been asked a million times, Chrissy. We'll ask it. Embrace those. We embrace the questions everybody else asks. Some podcasters go, we ask the questions no one else asks. We ask the questions everyone else asks. That's our motto here at the commercial break. Well, you heard it here last. It ties right in.
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Chapter 2: How does Liza Treyger describe her podcast 'That's Messed Up'?
You heard it here again, just like you did on the other podcast. That's the thing. Sometimes these comedians, they'll go on like 30 different podcasts and we all rip it out the same week. And it's like, you know, who are you going to listen to? Dax Shepard or the commercial break? I know who you're going to listen to. And it's not Dax Shepard because it's a commercial break. Of course it is.
All right. So links are down in the show notes. Lisa is very generous to come. Here's a little thing. Remember when Blue a couple of weeks ago, months ago, whenever it was, when Blue just her legs went out and she couldn't walk. Actually, I think that was right before you went out of town. So many of you don't know this, actually, that Blue had an incident. She came home.
We had had her in the puppy play place so that we could go off, I think, to my dad's house. And when we came back, we noticed that she was limping around a little bit. Not unusual for Blue. Sometimes she's had problems with her legs, usually works itself out over a couple of days. And then one day I found her on the floor in her own shit, like kind of dragging herself along.
Her back legs were not working and yelping. And so I had to put her in the shower and then Chrissy came over and we were supposed to record and then I left her here for a second while I went and got changed in blue. That was terrible. That was scary. But anyway, she's feeling a little bit better. So that's the good news.
Blue is still here with us and you're probably here in this episode like you do every other episode. Yeah, she still barks. She's not jumping. No, she's learning that there are limitations to being old, just like I am. She's got the same problem. So anyway, so Lisa, which is spelled Liza, L-I-Z-A, but said Lisa, she has been rescheduled.
And so we're so grateful that she has decided to give us a second chance. So why don't we do this? Let's take a break. And when we get back through the magic of telepodcasting, we'll put Lisa right up there on the TV. and we can have a chat with her about all the things. What do you think? I think we should do it. Okay, we'll be back.
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And Lisa is here with us now. Thank you very much for your time today. We certainly appreciate it. Yes, welcome. Thank you. I think it's a very interesting note in your bio is that you were born in Odessa in Ukraine. Is that right? Born in Odessa? Yeah. And then moved to Chicago, Skokie, Illinois, when you were just a little bit of a thing. And so your parents, obviously Ukrainian.
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Chapter 3: How does Liza balance humor with serious topics in her comedy?
How's everyone doing? How's everyone holding up? It's so strange because I always like as a kid, I always said I was Russian. Like we speak Russian. We're Russian. We're like Russian speaking Jews. It was the Soviet Union. Yeah. And then, you know, it is geographically Ukraine, but I don't speak Ukrainian and I'm not really connected to that culture.
Chapter 4: What insights does Liza provide about her Ukrainian heritage?
I'm like pretty American and it's tough. I didn't really have to question my identity. Yeah. And then the war happened and I kind of complicated things and made me think a little more into it. But I feel weird saying I'm Ukrainian, even though that's geographic. And I live in a Ukrainian neighborhood in New York. Okay. And like, I wouldn't speak Russian to them. Oh, very interesting.
Especially post the war. Like, they don't want to really speak Russian, which is fine, but I don't know how to speak Ukrainian. And we're Jewish, so everyone hated us anyways, too. I know. It's terrible. It's terrible the way that Jewish people are treated throughout the world, quite frankly. But that's a whole different serious conversation that we will try.
That's just like what my mom said, because like when all this happens, she does. I don't know. Because like she has a doctor and like they all speak Russian and this doctor is getting patients that refuse. And she goes, well, then we'll have to speak English. Like, right. You can't expect the people that left in the. in the 90s to know. That's true.
But I also understand their sentiment, but it's like, I'm not aligning. Like, if I talk about Russian stuff, I will get people reaching out, being like, you are complicit in the agenda, and you're like... showing off that culture. And it's like, okay, I'm clearly not for Putin or what is happening. It's the language I speak. So it's like, I wish it was something simple.
That's where you were born. And I'm like, I can't even, I don't know. I don't know anymore. Yeah, it is a complicated topic. It's a complicated subject. And I think that people miss the nuances of what's going on. I'm not pro-Putin either. I'm very much not pro-Putin. But There are nuances there, and it was the former USSR.
So it's like, you know, you go back just not even a lifetime ago, and there are people who were, you know, born under the Russian flag or the Russian Federation. So it's really interesting. Yeah. It's very interesting. But growing up in Skokie, Illinois, I feel that. I'm there. It's a certain kind of upbringing. It's very interesting.
If your family was anything like mine, it's kind of like this working class, very much... Comedy is... It's low key. It's loud. It's low key. And it's loud in the sense that we make fun of anything like the way of getting through the most the worst parts of life are to laugh at them. So in some sense, it feels like a very dark kind of comedy.
And Chicago in general, at least the people that I knew, that's the way we kind of muddled through. Right. And so did you experience that same kind of upbringing where it was like this, you know, Midwestern thing? us against the world kind of laugh at anything. I don't know. They were laughing. My parents used to have parties. People were drinking. I don't think they're funny to me though.
Like, but we laugh when we play dominoes. I don't know. They're in their eighties. They're like straight from the Holocaust. You know what I mean? They're like tortured. My dad's, my dad's hoarding. My mom's cleaning. Is your dad really hoarding? Is your dad hoarding? Yeah, and so, I mean, we all have a really unhealthy attachment to stuff, putting it away.
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Chapter 5: What challenges does Liza face while touring as a comedian?
I mean, I imagine, I don't know where you're going in Europe, but it's gotta be, you're going to industrialized countries where they'll have shit you need. That's true, that's true, that's true. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I always think about that. Like we take my kids to my dad's house. It's a two hour drive. And when we had our first kid, Everything in the house went with us. Of course.
Every fucking thing. Because you might need it. You might need it, right? But then I forget that he lives in Clemson, South Carolina. It's not like I'm going to fucking... The middle of nowhere. The middle of nowhere. I'm not going to the back of the Congo. I'm just going to my dad's house. And so even... It's still hard to just not pack that stuff.
But when we've been to Europe, and we've been a lot, we really try and consolidate. But we have at least one suitcase per person with us. And that is tough to... Are you going from like... Are you going to multiple cities inside of that week? Yeah. So I'm doing four shows. So I'll get one. Yeah. Amsterdam, Paris, Dublin, London. Oh, that's like a dream vacay. You're on your way.
You're going to have so much fun. Well, I'm doing shows. Yeah. And I've never been to Paris. So I'll have like, you know, 10 hours there, I think, outside the show. So I'll make the most of it. And then in London, I have a really good friend that I'm excited to see. I want to hear a little bit about this. Is there like an agenda for Paris? Do you have like one, if 10 hours, that's not a lot.
Is there like one or two things? It's yeah. Baguette, croissant, Eiffel tower, walk around. There's really no. Yeah. That's a perfect day in Paris. You're going to have, and now I understand. After my show, I'm down to like go have champagne or like have a steak, I guess if there's like Paris, but yeah. Maybe some muscles. Yeah, I guess it's food and the Eiffel Tower.
I really can't plan further than that. Yeah. And I just don't want to look like shit. Like, I just, you know, I hear so much about Paris, and I just... What are you worried about? You have to look... I'm just going to be the worst-dressed person in France, but... I promise you, you will not be the worst-dressed person in France. Throw a scarf on. Just throw a scarf on. Get a beret. Get a beret.
Yeah. Get a nice pair of walking shoes. No. Do you have any new balance? Because, you know, new balance is cool out there. So just get some new balance. Throw on a beret and a scarf. I'm an Adidas girl. I'm an Adidas girl. I got the campus. Actually, you know, I have to wear my new sneakers today so they get worn in. I'm glad we're talking. Yeah, we're all on the same page.
I'm going to depend on my elf. Okay, okay. No, you got to wear the new sneakers, but you do have to break them in. You don't want blisters in that 10 hours that you're going there. Surprise blisters. You hear a lot about Paris. You hear that it's so fashion forward and that everyone there looks like a million dollars and everyone's beautiful. But the truth is, it's like any other big city.
Sure, I'm sure there's somewhere where all the models are congregating, but I didn't see it when I went there. And I had dinner at that – I had lunch at that restaurant in the Eiffel Tower, and that was quite amazing. But don't do that. Just go to a regular restaurant and eat some mussels. Well, yeah.
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