Jordan Pease, Rachel Potucek and Ryan Smolar on Swoop’s World Late Night
Jordan Pease
On Wednesday October 23, 2013 at 8pm/PDT (10pm/CDT, 11pm/EDT) We are happy to welcome the return of comedian and author Jordan Pease to Swoop’s World Late Night. If you missed this funny man last time he was on our show, be assured you’ll want to tune in and be entertained and surprised by the funny stories he has to offer. After our interview with Jordan Pease, Rachel Potucek and Ryan Smolar of The Packed Life join us. We’ve known Rachel and Ryan for quite a while. They have always been involved in some very cool things but they are currently living life on the road, spending time, and getting to know different communities throughout the country. Every few months they pack up and head out for a new adventure in a new location. Join us as we have the opportunity the find out where they’ve been and what lies ahead for this adventurous couple. Of course we’ll be up to all of our usual fun with our Brewskis beer tasting segment, TBones Timeout, as well as crazy insights into any interesting news stories of the day. We are also simulcast by AM1670 – Dewberry Jam Community Radio – San Antonio, TX. Swoop’s World Late Night is on Wednesday’s from 8pm/PST – 11pm/PST tune in at Swoopsworld.com.
Jordan Pease
For most would-be comics, mastering the art of stand-up takes years of hard work.
Twenty-two year-old Jordan Pease isn’t afraid of the hard work – but he’s also clearly not afraid of early success. In the time that most young comedians are still struggling to find their own unique identity, Pease has already crafted a career as a stand-up, comic writer, columnist, and personality that might be the envy of someone twice his age. The secret to his early success? Live your life, watch it closely, and make it a joy to share with your audience.
“Comedy is my cure-all,” explains Pease, an Italian-American who grew up in New Jersey. Having confronted an early lifetime of pain and disappointment – his father died of substance abuse when Jordan was a teenager, one of many family tragedies – Pease learned early on how to use his comedic instincts to cope with everything. “I was never the person to cry for weeks,” he says. “I’d turn it into a joke and laugh about it, have my family laugh about it.”
Drawing on his own family life growing up as well as his experiences as a carefree, gay traveler and observer of life, Pease realized early on as a performer that the key to winning an audience over was having a likeable personality and responding to each audience member. “My big secret is that I picture everyone in the audience as my friends,” he says. “Before the show, after the show, I treat them like my friends…I make eye contact, and I figure, my friends are going to laugh at the same things I do,” admitting that one of his trademarks is something many comics consider a no-no – laughing at his own jokes on stage. “I can’t help it,” he confesses, “I crack myself up.”
Rachel Potucek and Ryan Smolar
Rachel Potucek and Ryan Smolar of The Packed Life
For us, life has literally become a journey. Not too long ago, we were cubby-holed in our home office, barnacled to our computer chairs and feeling like dead mimes trapped in a box.
Ka-pow! Thanks to an unexpected series of bizarre mishaps, we were suddenly galvanized to break the shackles of self-oppression (read: fear of the unknown) to travel full time.
In August 2011, we downsized from a two-bedroom apartment to a beloved Nissan Murano.
We’re extreme telecommuters, of sorts. We travel full-time, renting apartments in different cities and towns, working by day and exploring in our free time.
Our aim is to live where locals live, eat where locals eat, and park where locals park. We try to learn as much as possible before we’re off to the next place. Our day-to-day routine still involves a lot of normal work, which we’re thankful to have. We work on our laptops (we build mobile applications for tablets & smartphones, we program websites, and we do SEO and web consulting) and we do all this exploring in our free time.
The essence of “The Packed Life?” To ensure we don’t waste our brief stints on planet Earth.
By Lesle, October 23, 2013 @ 2:55 pm
I have admired and enjoyed – often laughing out loud or marveling to myself at their audacity – Rachel and Ryan and their Packed Life adventures and subsequent witty commentary. They know America like no other couple. Looking forward to this program!