Andrew Rudick performs in rooms where stand-up happens in real time and the room answers back immediately. A national headliner with specials on Dry Bar Comedy and Amazon Prime, and the producer behind Cincinnati’s Don’t Tell Comedy shows, he’s spent years learning how crowds signal what they’ll tolerate and when they’re about to turn.

Bulent Gurcan spent years as a federal agent, war veteran, and pilot before turning to filmmaking and on-camera survival work. We talked about timing, subtext, the small adjustments that redirect a scene, and why every choice matters when you’re working in conditions that don’t forgive mistakes.

Rob Kutner is an Emmy winning comedy writer whose work runs from The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and Conan to Teen Titans Go!, Ben 10, and a long stretch of late night and animation. His writing operates in the quiet mechanics that control tone and timing.

When truth disappears behind politeness, words protect us from being seen.

Josh GreenbArg is a writer and producer whose work spans studio features and TV comedy, with film credits on The Watch, Brüno, and Vanguard, and television credits including Farzar and Paradise PD for Netflix, plus writers room work on The Goldbergs.