We snagged Lucy Huber (@clhubes on IG & Threads), one of the editors of McSweeney's, to talk about everything from beloved pets to how to get into McSweeney's. You def don't want to miss this episode!

Show notes:

Co-hosts Katy Maiolatesi (⁠@kmaiolatesi⁠), Heidi Lux (⁠@fabulux⁠), Emily Kapp (⁠@emilykapp_⁠), & Kristen Mulrooney (⁠@kristenmmm⁠)

• The Belladonna: https://thebelladonnacomedy.com/
• Famous sweary McSweeney piece: https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/its-decorative-gourd-season-motherfuckers
• Avril Lavigne McSweeney's piece: https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/the-girl-from-avril-lavignes-sk8er-boi-responds-18-years-later
• Taylor Kay Phillips Belladonna piece: https://medium.com/thebelladonnacomedy/daily-itinerary-of-me-40-pounds-lighter-267e11a09476
• Kerry Elson McSweeney's piece: https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/she-lives-in-new-york-and-los-angeles
• Sean McGowan McSweeney's piece: https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/seen-on-a-telephone-pole-in-your-neighborhood
• Kristen's 9 months of pregnancy McSweeney's piece: https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/the-nine-months-of-pregnancy-ranked-from-worst-to-best
• Lucy's Blue Apron McSweeney's piece: https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/please-forgive-us-at-blue-apron-for-this-weeks-meals-weve-been-having-a-tough-time-lately
• New Erotica for Feminists book: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/599845/new-erotica-for-feminists-by-caitlin-kunkel-brooke-preston-fiona-taylor-and-carrie-wittmer/
• Katy's favorite recent piece: https://thebelladonnacomedy.com/im-a-super-funny-guy-offering-my-services-to-punch-up-your-comedic-social-media-posts-31ea9d659f6f
• Heidi's favorite recent piece: https://medium.com/thebelladonnacomedy/you-are-a-toddler-asking-too-many-questions-please-refer-to-this-flowchart-c437072d8139
• Emily's favorite recent piece: https://medium.com/thebelladonnacomedy/we-need-a-big-strong-man-to-move-this-reasonably-sized-object-573fca0595bd
• Kristen's favorite recent piece: https://thebelladonnacomedy.com/parenting-milestones-that-werent-in-my-baby-book-871ef88b7703

It's our usual yuck fest, plus, WE HAVE A LIVE SHOW COMING UP! Details:

Where: The Annoyance Theater in Chicago, IL

When: Sunday, October 12 @ 6pm CT

Price: $15 in-person and $8 livestream

Why: Doi.

Follow us on IG @thebelladonnacomedy to stay up to date (and purchase yourself a ticket when we get our grubby hands on that link).

Show notes:

Hosts Katy Maiolatesi (⁠@kmaiolatesi⁠), Heidi Lux (⁠@fabulux⁠), Emily Kapp (⁠@emilykapp_⁠), & Kristen Mulrooney (⁠@kristenmmm⁠)

• The Belladonna: https://thebelladonnacomedy.com/
• The Annoyance Theatre: https://www.theannoyance.com/
• Kristen's incredible acting debut: https://verabradley.com/pages/most-perfect-couple
• Kristen's favorite recent piece: https://thebelladonnacomedy.com/jane-eyre-discovers-ethical-non-monogamy-21c385c1f694
• Emily's favorite recent piece: https://thebelladonnacomedy.com/a-list-of-2025-spinoffs-for-those-too-old-and-full-of-rage-to-watch-the-summer-i-turned-pretty-a1061fb3ba06
• Heidi's favorite recent piece: https://thebelladonnacomedy.com/what-pitchfork-would-have-rated-the-beatles-albums-in-the-1960s-ab28eb026b0f
• Katy's favorite recent piece: https://thebelladonnacomedy.com/the-court-overrules-its-previous-decision-on-oatmeal-3acb62ffbc43
  

Girls, we really get into it in this ep. We talk about what the bases are sexually (no one knows 2nd or 3rd), AI (and whether clank*r is an offensive word), and as always, our magical jeggings. AND WE HAVE A LIVE SHOW COMING UP! Follow us on IG @thebelladonnacomedy to stay up to date.

Show notes:

• Hosts Katy Maiolatesi (@kmaiolatesi), Heidi Lux (@fabulux), Emily Kapp (@emilykapp_), & Kristen Mulrooney (@kristenmmm)

• The Belladonna
• The Annoyance Theatre
• Heidi's first humor piece
• Katy's How to Humor piece
• Katy's favorite recent piece
• Heidi's favorite recent piece
• Emily's favorite recent pieces
• Emily's How to Humor piece

In this month's episode we welcome humor writer and frequent Belladonna contributor Viktoria Shulevich (@vikshulevich on IG)! She imparts her stunning humor writing wisdom on us, and talks about the 90 seconds of blindness she experienced upon learning she got into the New Yorker. Show notes:

• The Belladonna

• The Devil Is in the Retails show
• Viktoria's Tiny Delusional Love Stories in the New Yorker
• Katy's pick: https://thebelladonnacomedy.com/a-hypochondriacs-search-history-f92601bbc709
• Heidi's pick: https://thebelladonnacomedy.com/local-woman-seeks-justice-for-fathers-murder-but-interviewer-just-wants-to-talk-about-her-ex-fe2632a9f983
• Emily's pick: https://thebelladonnacomedy.com/manly-cocktails-for-manly-men-c9731f08de4d
• Viktoria's Belladonna pieces: https://thebelladonnacomedy.com/i-am-a-man-on-hinge-and-my-simple-pleasure-is-clean-sheets-e76372e299f6 & https://thebelladonnacomedy.com/faq-about-my-familys-eastern-european-immigrant-style-thanksgiving-17eda30abb94
• Viktoria's pick: https://thebelladonnacomedy.com/the-hippocratic-oath-rewritten-for-modern-american-healthcare-dbb1e18e96a0

• Hosts: Katy Maiolatesi (@kmaiolatesi) Heidi Lux (@fabulux), Emily Kapp (@emilykapp_), & Kristen Mulrooney (@kristenmmm)

Oh baby, we're back and do we ever know how to shoot the breeze about jeggings? We do. We find out that our traveling jeggings are in fact, magical, get into Great Lake talk (what's your favorite, and why is it not Erie after this ep?), and talk about our recent favorite Belladonna pieces and satire writing in general!

Show Notes:

• The Belladonna website

• Walgreen Jeggings
• Kristen's glamour shot with said jeggings
• Emily's show
• Katy's pick
• Heidi's pick
• Emily's pick
• Kristen's pick
• Kristen & Matt's McSweeney's piece
• Katy's McSweeney's pieces

In our second ever episode we get into our jeggings saga, and cartooning with the dazzling frequent Belladonna Contributor Kelli Huggins. Follow her @KelliHuggins on Instagram, Twitter, TikTok, and Bluesky!

Show notes:

• The Belladonna website
• Walgreens Traveling Jeggings

• Kelli's pieces -
• Veteran Duck Actor Can Only Book Those Oil Spill Soap Commercials Now
• POV: Your Dentist and Hygienist Were Having an Affair and Had a Messy Breakup Right Before Your Appointment
• Katy's favorite piece: Hey It’s Me Syphilis and I’m Back on Tour
• Kristen's favorite piece: You’re Lucky I’m Doing This — This is the Last Wedding I’m DJing
• Heidi's favorite pieces: The NPR Tiny Desk Concert Desk Is My Desk & Daily Itinerary of A Middle Schooler in 2007 Who Clearly Loves Her Handwriting
• Emily's favorite piece: What I, a U.S. Mint Coin Designer, Did Last Week
• Kelli's favorite piece: Your Loser Boyfriend: The Card Game

In our premiere episode we get into jeans, Frownies (sponsor us please), our favorite Belladonna pieces from January 2025, and writing tips. Will we follow through on the sisterhood of the traveling medical grade jeggings? Tune into episode two to find out.

Show notes

• The Belladonna website: https://thebelladonnacomedy.com/
• Walgreens Jeggings
• Frownies: https://www.frownies.com/
• Katy's favorite piece: https://thebelladonnacomedy.com/your-health-insurance-company-has-outsourced-their-open-enrollment-decision-tool-to-a-magic-8-ball-b2dec07d6b32
• Kristen's favorite piece: https://thebelladonnacomedy.com/perfume-ad-mad-libs-ee10b91a5dcf
• Heidi's favorite piece: https://thebelladonnacomedy.com/severance-or-a-visit-home-to-your-parents-1fd60273eed3
• Emily's favorite piece: https://thebelladonnacomedy.com/veteran-duck-actor-can-only-book-those-oil-spill-soap-commercials-now-0ee058430369
• AppleTV+: https://tv.apple.com/
• Emily's How-To-Humor Piece: https://thebelladonnacomedy.com/how-to-humor-creating-a-writing-routine-in-2025-67f96ad22678