Aug. 18, 2026

DCN Live from High Point: Robby Hoffman Vinyl, Nate Bargatze “Controversy,” Shane Gillis, Kelsey Cook & Stavros

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Filmed from High Point State Park in New Jersey after a 2.18-mile uphill hike,Johhny Mac runs through comedy news and recommendations: Robby Hoffman is releasing her album “Wake Up” on vinyl tomorrow via Secretly Canadian (also available digitally, with a limited run of signed vinyl), joking it’s the only way her record-collecting mother will hear it. He riffs on a Daily Beast “controversial comedian” label for Nate Bargatze, recommends Shane Gillis’ “Tires” and notes a new “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” episode, and mentions a viral clip of Gillis swapping a Dos Equis for a Bud Light on camera. He highlights Kelsey Cook’s new Netflix special and her upcoming wedding to Chad Daniels, and previews covering Stavros Halkias’ comments about the Riyadh Comedy Festival and Chappelle on Wednesday’s audio podcast.

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Hey, what's up today? We are at high Point State

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Park in New Jersey, the highest point in New Jersey.

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You can see the Obelisk rade there. We just hiked

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two point one eight miles uphill. As you can see.

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I am sweaty, but quick a check in. I'm going

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to turn around so you can see the view.

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Robbie Hoffman is releasing her new album on vinyl. Robbie

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Hoffman Wake Up, produced by John mulaney, will drop as

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a vinyl tomorrow from the legendary indie label Secretly Canadian Love.

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That title available in a digital format which.

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Is not a viol at all, as well as a

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limited run of signed vinyl. In the press release, Robbie

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Hoffman jokes that putting out a physical album is the

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only way her mother will finally hear the special. My mother,

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who's a musician an avid record collector, probably has ten

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thousand records. Robbie says she hits Ricket stores in towns

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when she tourist. She's got about fifty. Mom's been sending

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me Carlin and Joan Rivers. There's a lot of Carlin

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and adds that she has some Bill Cosby. Okay, now

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look at this controversial comedian makes history. I told you

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about this yesterday. This is a Nateprighatzy like. I'm joking

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with the Magga comedian Nate Pergazzy thing, because I think

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that who is a Daily Beast is just absurd with

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that Nate Pergazzy controversial comedian. Are you kidding me with this?

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Catching up with some stuff. Shane Gillis Tires is really

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really funny. I am enjoying the heck out of that show.

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And there's a new episode of It's Always Sunning at

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Philadelphia and out he let me walk you around a

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little bit. There's a funny story with Sane Gillis. He

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was caught I think it was at a soccer game

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and he was drinking a dose Ekies and then he

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realized he was on camera and somebody quickly swapped out

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the beer for a bud light. So that's a funny

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video making the rounds. How's it out on Netflix? Kelsey

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Cook's a new special. I didn't realize that she is

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getting married to Chad Daniels this weekend, but that's a

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pretty big week in her life. So check that out

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as well. The other thing and we'll cover this on

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Wednesday's audio podcast, Stoppers hawkis if you haven't listened to

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him on the popcast yet, really interesting. He got into

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my favorite topic, the Riot Comedy Festival, and basically was

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not too kind to Chappelle, specifically called out Chappelle and

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some of the other comedians who appeared there, paraphrasing starv

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Ros like, I get it's about the money, but it's

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not about the money. So that's pretty interesting there. That

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whole thing was a good listen. He really mixed it up.

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So if there's something you want to listen to this week,

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the podcast What's star Ros haukis and that's a short

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version of DCN Live for Today from High Point and

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again we'll have a normal episode in the audio feed

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on Wednesday. Enjoy your Tuesday