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**Exploration: LIVE!**

Charlie Bardey and Natalie Rotter-Laitman explore some of the most (and least) pressing ideas, theories, axioms, and concepts out there.

Latest Episodes:

Girls Are Here (w/ Ru Anderson) May 20, 2026

Show notes

Ideas Covered:

Girls are here
Backchannel failure
Staying present
People who don't say 'occupied' when I knock on the bathroom door

Guest: Ru Anderson

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Exploration: LIVE! is a weekly podcast in which Brooklyn comedians Charlie Bardey and Natalie Rotter-Laitman explore some of the most (and least) pressing ideas, theories, axioms and concepts out there.

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'Sun Is Good For You' Is Good For You May 13, 2026

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Ideas Covered:

Emotional affair
'Sun is good for you' is good for you
Partner collapse
Hiding in plain sight

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You Are Evaluating Me May 06, 2026

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Ideas Covered:

You are evaluating me
80% Health
Wine physical

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Puffy Notebook Apr 29, 2026

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Ideas Covered:

What the hells?
Taking action vs Inception street
Puffy notebook

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Second Time Harmony (w/ Drew Anderson & Marcia Belsky) Apr 22, 2026

Show notes

Ideas Covered:

Filling dead air when convo hits a wall “so, what’s new?”
Theatre to comedy pipeline
Divinity came to me at the bar show
Second time harmony

Guests: Drew Anderson & Marcia Belsky, Underdogs: A Musical

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That's Weird, My Husband (w/ Amy Zimmer) Apr 15, 2026

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Ideas Covered:

Help me, Rhonda
Having less screen time than your dad
That’s weird, my husband
Our plans are written in centuries
Movies are basically directors asking “do y’all ever feel crazy or not really” for 90 minutes
Dorothy waking up me at gay guy b’day

Guest: Amy Zimmer

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Instagram: @explorationlivecomedy

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Why American Idol Was Moving (w/ Patrick Doolittle) Apr 08, 2026

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Ideas Covered:

Perfect plastic
Group chat communism
Why American Idol was moving
Getaway bias

Guest: Patrick Doolittle

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Help Aggression (w/ EJ Marcus) Apr 01, 2026

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Ideas Covered:

Help aggression
Advice for 29
Friend hang aftercare
Stand up; the blocks; the clay
Friend group gossip
Too comfortable

Guest: EJ Marcus

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I Wanna Go Analogue (w/ Matt Apodaca) Mar 25, 2026

Show notes

Ideas Covered:

Mirror face fix
I wanna go analogue
Hard sweet

Guest: Matt Apodaca

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Follow Charlie on Instagram and Twitter.

Follow Natalie on Instagram and Twitter.

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Twitter: @explorationlive

Instagram: @explorationlivecomedy

TikTok: @explorationlivecomedy

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Shattering The Movie Self (w/ Eytan Boclin) Mar 18, 2026

Show notes

Ideas Covered:

Shattering the movie self
Why war can be good
Party placebo
It was right there
Too annoying for capitalism

Guest: Eytan Boclin

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Subscribe and Rate Exploration: LIVE! on Apple Podcasts and Spotify and leave us a review to read on a future episode!

Exploration: LIVE! has a Patreon! Subscribe here for 3 bonus episodes every month!

Follow Charlie on Instagram and Twitter.

Follow Natalie on Instagram and Twitter.

Follow the show:

Twitter: @explorationlive

Instagram: @explorationlivecomedy

TikTok: @explorationlivecomedy

Advertise on Exploration Live via Gumball.fm.

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.