Start out in cities with smaller comedy scenes. Trust that the crowd is rooting for you. Remember that what you are doing is actually fun.

They say you can’t teach stand-up comedy, but you can certainly give a lot of good advice. In the Recorded Books Original 28 Stand-Ups, the best stand-up comedians in the business share tips of the trade and full-fledged stories to impart

the lessons they learned treading the boards, hitting the road, and of course, on occasion, bombing.

This one-of-a-kind listening experience features interviews with Jonah Ray, Howard Kremer, Marcella Arguello, Jimmy Pardo, Bill Dwyer, Wayne Federman, Rick Overton, Matt Braunger, Nick Thune, Andrew Michaan, Sean Conroy, Erica

Rhodes, David Borry, Arden Myrin, Amy Miller, Subhah Agarwal, Megan Gailey, and many more.