How To Be A Person

That's right, HAPPY HOLIDAYS. 

Comedy powercouple Dan Klein (Wet Hot American Summer, Great News) and Kelly Hudson (Funny or Die) teach us how to plan a wedding without going insane, how to survive a tornado, how to fall in love with someone despite watching them do improv, and how to avoid pessimism. As always, if you like our podcast, please subscribe and rate us on iTunes, and donate to our Patreon at Patreon.com/howtobeaperson.

Mike and Jess talk about feeling sad during the holidays and what to do about it. Also, Season 2 of The Crown and the movie Gattaca for some reason. Was this an episode? We don't know.

Comedian and filmmaker H. Alan Scott teaches us how to convert to another religion, how to grow up as a liberal Mormon, how to make a documentary, how to teach mean about consent, how to survive cancer, how to know when it's okay to hate somebody, and how to love The Golden Girls. As always, if you like our podcast, please like and subscribe online. And tell your friends! It really helps people find us.

Comedian and President Show writer Alison Leiby teaches us how to eat alone, how to keep a bartender from talking to you, how to order at a restaurant, how to get mansplained at the gym, how to sound fancier than you are, and how to enjoy exercise. If you like our podcast, please like and subscribe. It really helps us out. And donate to our Patreon at Patreon dot com / how to be a person. Keep us ad free!

In this year's Thanksgiving episode, Mike and Jess get into the holiday spirit by giving tips on how to deal with your shitty family.

In this episode, Mike and Jess talk about stuff. I don't know, this is just what the podcast has become now. Enjoy! (Also, trigger warning.)

Superstore and Late Night writer Justin Shanes teaches us how to go from law to comedy, how to be a Battlestar Galactica superfan, and how to not die while hiking through the desert. If you like our podcast, please subscribe and rate us on iTunes (5 stars!) and donate to our patreon at patreon dot com slash how to be a person.

Superstore writer Vanessa Ramos teaches us how to handle work-related stress, how to not be annoying with a Halloween costume, how to escape San Antonio to get involved in comedy, how to find work from Twitter and stand-up, how to write for a sitcom, and how to NOT imagine people in their underwear when you're nervous. If you like our podcast - tell your friends! It helps them find us. Also Like and Subscribe and donate to our Patreon at Patreon dot com / How to be a person.

In this episode of "How To Be a Person," we learn how to know you're a writer and not a performer, how to traumatically shut down hecklers, how to forget your best friend's birthday, how to stop being hurt by the news, how to enjoy football, and how to avoid watching sex scenes on your iPad while riding the subway. As usual, if you like our podcast, please like and subscribe. And tell your friends! Please! And donate to our Patreon at Patreon dot com slash how to be a person.

Comedian, reporter, and President Show writer John Knefel teaches us how to make a great wedding speech, how to know if a joke is OK to say at a wedding, how to survive a job where you have to read the news all day, and how to use movie quotes in a wedding toast. Then we make John give wedding speeches for random celebrities. Ronald is marrying Grimace! As usual, if you like our podcast please subscribe and review us online. And tell your friends about it! Means a lot and helps other people find us. And donate to our Patreon at patreon.com/howtobeaperson.

Comedy writer Emily Altman (Big Mouth, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Inside Amy Schumer) comes back on the podcast to teach us how to cry in public and private, how to appear happy when you're not, how to live in a world of systemic misogyny and harassment, and how to order a one-pump steamer. As usual, if you like our podcast, please subscribe online. And donate to our Patreon at Patreon dot com, slash, how to be a person! Except no spaces.

In this Druckerless episode, writer/director Victor Quinaz teaches us how to be a good and also terrible big brother, how to break into film in New York, how to be an elevator boy, and how to tolerate Miami. As usual, if you like our podcast, please subscribe and rate us on iTunes. And donate to our Patreon at patreon.com/howtobeaperson.

This week, Dweck and Drucker discuss how to enjoy and critique an award show, how to empathize with television stars, how to temporarily change cities, how to do a long-distance podcast, how to make audio mistakes, and how to work on The President Show. As usual, if you like our podcast, please like and subscribe - it really helps other people find us. And donate to our Patreon at Patreon.com/howtobeaperson.

Comedy Central's Emily Heller teaches us how to efficiently pack a suitcase, how to deal with adult ADHD, how to know a child actor, how to love yourself, how to rank people based on their IMDB STARmeter ranking, how to laugh at America overseas, and how to use packing cubes. Also please like and subscribe our podcast. And review us to help more people find us! Also donate to our Patreon at Patreon dot com / how to be a person.

Comedian Rhea Butcher (Take My Wife) teaches us how to be a better ally to queer people, how to ride your bike everywhere without being hated, how to leave Ohio, how to fall in love doing stand-up, how to separate your favorite team from their racist logo, how to major in printmaking, and how to support people coming out. As usual, if you like our podcast, please like and subscribe. It really helps people find us. Also donate to our Patreon at Patreon dot com / how to be a person.

Drucker and Dweck talk about their respective trips and give absolutely no useful advice about traveling. 

Comedian and "Boast Rattle" host Kyle Ayers teaches us how to keep your iPhone working, fail your new followers on social media, work for Apple, move to Los Angeles, and unwillingly see porn on strangers' computers. As usual, if you like our podcast, please like and subscribe on iTunes and donate to our Patreon at Patreon.com/howtobeaperson. And don't worry - Dweck will be back soon.

Adam Ruins Everything head writer Travis Helwig teaches us how to have a good time in Vegas, how to look like a Nazi (we recorded this a few weeks ago before there were IRL Nazis :( ), how to still believe in Santa Claus, how to be a teenage poet and rapper, how to sincerely love the music of Third Eye Blind, how to deal with extreme student loan debt, and how to trick casinos into thinking you're rich. As usual, if you like our podcast, please like and subscribe on iTunes and donate to our Patreon at Patreon.com/howtobeaperson.

Drucker and Dweck are on vacation (separately) and will be back next week!