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Hear Taylor Negron's emotional tale about trying to help a young school-mate who's been abused. TAYLOR NEGRON has appeared frequently in comedies of the 1980s and on television. He is an actor, stand-up comedian and writer who has been seen in The Aristocrats, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Punchline and his own HBO One-Night Stand comedy special.

Merrill gets healed by Buddhist monks at a clothing store in Malibu, plus the latest from Zantar Mozinki.

Julia goes to cooking school in Mexico, learns to make mole using stone age tools and that she shouldn't take travel advice from some random woman on a treadmill.

Brent Forrester recounts some hair-raising stories about wigs. Yes, really. BRENT FORRESTER is a writer and consulting producer on The Office. He was a writer and co-executive producer on King of the Hill, co-producer on The Simpsons and a writer on The Ben Stiller Show and Mr. Show.

Jon Kinnally's deep, beautiful piece goes shallow and deep as he explores feline and human love.

Rob Cohen is love-adjacent in this dark and kinda dirty love letter to a Valentine's past.

Jon Kinnally explores the darker side of family love in this emotional tour de force.

Julia goes wild in Ireland and lives in Greece on $1 a day.

Julia Sweeney reveals the dark secret of her Grandma's piano and has an encounter with an apocalyptic piano tuner, then goes on to visit a dog show and coin a new holiday: "Single Day."

The Millionaire Mind launches Cindy Caponera into a head trip about her own relationship to class, self-confidence and spirituality.

Dana Gould admits it's hip to be square. You'll hear about why Dana adopted, spooky ghost Jesus, and the sanctity of the Bat Cave. DANA GOULD was a writer and producer on The Simpsons and a veteran club comedian, with Comedy Central and HBO specials. His work is also available in the Un-Cabaret Stand-Up series. This piece was recorded at Un-Cabaret's spoken-word series "Say the Word", featuring great comedy writers reading their own original first-person non-fiction.

Tim doesn't like public bathrooms - and you can see why with this tour of restrooms gone wrong, featuring appearances by Neil Simon and Henry Winkler! (Rated 'P' for Poo).

Tim goes to Germany to work on a film. It turns out that...Tim and Germany? Not a good fit.

This performance was the original inspiration and seed that became God Said Ha!. This classic performance of Julia's first story about her brother's cancer captures all the urgency and inspiration of Un-Cabaret's early years. Raw emotion and comic grace came together in the right room with the right audience at the right time and created a perfect storm of spontaneous comic storytelling.

Cindy is in her 30's and living back home with her family. And that's just her first mistake.

Tim's Hollywood power lunch turns into a trip down memory lane to his inglorious days when he first came to L.A., and how he was fired from the road as a Mitzi Gaynor dancer.

2 short anecdotes about the animal rights movement and my sexual awakening.

This is a miracle. The guy proposed and Judy finally got the rock. Now she's a normal person. Well, almost.

Here are the original performances of Julia Sweeney's stories about adopting a baby from China, which later became In the Family Way.

JULIA SWEENEY launched her career by playing Pat on Saturday Night Live. She has gone on to write and star in acclaimed one-person shows, including God Said Ha!, In the Family Way, and Letting Go of God, all developed at the Un-Cabaret.

Tim Bagley shows us the glitz and glamour of going on auditions as a TV commercial actor.