Podcast · 8 episodes
The Black Hoody
by Luke Girgis · English
Luke Girgis speaks with the executives, managers, agents and artists building businesses across music and comedy. Honest conversations about how careers are made, companies are run and the industry really works.
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Netflix passed, then came crawling back - Joe DeRosaJoe DeRosa discusses how his stand-up special “passed” by major platforms, then later returned via Netflix, and uses that story to argue for being “undeniable” by building an audience and controlling…11 Aug 2026 · 2 h 2 min
New Rule for Breaking ComediansThe episode mixes two threads: a sponsor segment about data privacy and identity protection, and a long conversation with Emilio Savon (The Black Hoodie) about running comedy clubs and managing…28 Jul 2026 · 1 h
How He Built DiploHow Kevin Kusatsu (Teamwork) helped discover and manage Diplo from 2006 onward, build Major Lazer into a streaming juggernaut, and navigate rights, radio, and brand strategy as the role of labels…13 Jul 2026 · 1 h 39 min
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Netflix passed, then came crawling back - Joe DeRosaJoe DeRosa discusses how his stand-up special “passed” by major platforms, then later returned via Netflix, and uses that story to argue for being “undeniable” by building an audience and controlling…11 Aug 2026 · 2 h 2 min · 44 chapters
New Rule for Breaking ComediansThe episode mixes two threads: a sponsor segment about data privacy and identity protection, and a long conversation with Emilio Savon (The Black Hoodie) about running comedy clubs and managing…28 Jul 2026 · 1 h · 22 chapters
How He Built DiploHow Kevin Kusatsu (Teamwork) helped discover and manage Diplo from 2006 onward, build Major Lazer into a streaming juggernaut, and navigate rights, radio, and brand strategy as the role of labels…13 Jul 2026 · 1 h 39 min · 42 chapters
Inside the Business of Comedy in 2026 with Emilio SavoneEmilio Savone (co-owner of New York Comedy Club) explains the 2026 comedy business: club stress/liability, how pop-up comedy and internet growth funnel audiences back to clubs, and the economics of…13 May 2026 · 1 h 26 min · 32 chapters
Comedy Cellar Booker - Estee AdoramEstee Adoram, long-time booker/gatekeeper of The Comedy Cellar, explains how she books auditions, what makes comics succeed, and how she manages risk, taste, and audience reaction.15 Apr 2026 · 50 min · 26 chapters
Assistants Vs Agents - What is happening in Hollywood?Hollywood’s shift from human assistants to AI “agents,” and how one entertainment-industry meme/education brand (Assistants vs Agents / AVA) is building an “owned” ecosystem to create durable revenue…2 Apr 2026 · 1 h 9 min · 24 chapters
Comedy Cellar Owner Reveals All!Noam Dworman, owner of New York Comedy Cellar, explains how the club became iconic, what it’s like running it, why comics feel pressure there, how he tracks audience demand, and his expansion…30 Nov 2025 · 1 h 46 min · 55 chapters
The man behind Chappelle, Burr and Louis CK reveals his playbookBarry Katz (comedy manager/producer/connector) explains how he built and accelerated major comedians’ careers, what “believe + execute” looks like in practice, how auditions/tests and contracts work,…16 Nov 2025 · 2 h · 45 chapters