Comic and improviser Greg Proops at JFL42

Greg's podcast, The Smartest Man in the World, is an hour and a half of crowd work and riffing off of the headlines. It's also consistently very funny. It's a style of performer/audience relationship that harkens back to the days of Lenny Bruce, Mort Sahl, and Joan Rivers; however, the format, subject matter, and approach are all modern. Like Greg himself, it combines the technical proficiency of an older generation, but continues to stay effortlessly relevant.

He's also one of the most apt social critics working in stand-up comedy today. Don't believe us? The amount of issues that get touched on in this less than 15-minute interview with Andrew Lizotte is dense.

His new album is out in October, his book is now out in paperback (The Smartest Book in the World), and he's performing stand-up and recording his podcast at JFL42 this week. Go enjoy him.