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Feb 2, 2023 · In the niche world of comedy touring, Mike Berkowitz has always been “the guy.” Over his 21-year career, the agent has been a go-to dealmaker in the live entertainment space, diversifying the...
- WME Sets Mike Berkowitz and Allysa Mahler to Lead ... - Variety
Mike Berkowitz, an industry leader in the comedy touring...
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The industry’s most prominent comedy tour booking agent has...
- WME Sets Mike Berkowitz and Allysa Mahler to Lead ... - Variety
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Oct 6, 2021 · Mike Berkowitz, an industry leader in the comedy touring space who joined WME from APA in 2018, will co-lead the new group with Allysa Mahler, the agency announced Tuesday. Talent manager...
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Nov 17, 2023 · To interview Mike Berkowitz, WME’s Partner & Co-Head of Comedy; Head of Comedy Touring at CAA Matt Blake; and Nick Nuciforo, Head of UTA’s Comedy Touring Department and Partner;...
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- Rob’s Intro
- The Interview Begins
- What We Should Actually Be Worried About
- January 6th, 2021
- Trump’s Defeat
- Improving Incentives For Representatives
- Signs of A Loss of Confidence in American Democratic Institutions
- Most Valuable Political Reforms
- Revitalizing Local Journalism
- Reducing Partisan Hatred
Hi listeners, this is the 80,000 Hours Podcast, where we have unusually in-depth conversations about the world’s most pressing problems, what you can do to solve them, and my favourite clips from 2012 late-night comedy shows. I’m Rob Wiblin, Head of Research at 80,000 Hours. Last year, my colleague Arden Koehler wrote a post that listed over 30 pre...
Robert Wiblin: Today, I’m speaking with Mike Berkowitz. Since 2010, Mike has led Third Plateau, an advisory group for impact-oriented philanthropists focused on social and political problems in the United States. He is a certified philanthropy consultant and has counseled numerous individual donors, family foundations, and institutional foundations...
Robert Wiblin:What are the sorts of future terrible scenarios that you’re trying to help avoid becoming real, just to try to make things concrete? Mike Berkowitz:That’s a great question because I think one can be overly or properly alarmist about these questions, and I try to be properly alarmist about them. I don’t think that the threat is a dicta...
Robert Wiblin:What have you thought about the events over the last six months? I guess I’m particularly thinking of the protests or the riots on the 6th of January. I suppose they suggest that there’s a lot more work to do, and maybe we’re nowhere near fixing these issues. But it also suggests that you’ve maybe been prescient by five years ago gett...
Robert Wiblin:In a minute we’re going to zoom out to the bigger picture and hear what you think should be done with this 50- or 100-year timescale perspective. But yeah, to begin with, let’s continue thinking about the concrete situation that we’re in now with Trump and the 2020 election and the fight over its legitimacy. How important do you think...
Robert Wiblin:Is there anything that we can do to improve the incentives that senators and congresspeople face so that they are less likely… Because, I mean, it does seem possible that in a future election… What if you do end up with a really unhinged elected group in the House of Representatives and they decide that they don’t want to lose their s...
Robert Wiblin:Okay, let’s zoom out from just the Trump era and think about what can be done to shore up the U.S. system of government more generally. When you look at all of the evidence out there, what are the strongest signs, I guess, other than these kinds of topical events, that there are underlying social problems and a loss of confidence, los...
Robert Wiblin:Given all that, what do you think are the most important levers to push on to try to shore up the political situation in the United States? Mike Berkowitz:So I would say a couple of things here. One, as we talked about, I think, political reforms are really important. I mean, I think we have to change some of the incentive structures ...
Robert Wiblin:Let’s move on and talk about the second thing you mentioned, which is rejuvenating local news, and I suppose attention to local politics. Do you think that focusing on local issues maybe reduces partisan rancor because the issues at the local level are famously these issues of like, who can pick up the trash, where they don’t have the...
Robert Wiblin:Let’s move on to the third thing you suggested, which I guess is reducing partisan hatred. It’s a challenging one because the United States is a very diverse country where people have very different political views. And there are many people in the United States who, to me, seem to have values that I really do disagree with, and from ...
The industry’s most prominent comedy tour booking agent has been on a roll of late thanks to the pandemic-fueled pent-up demand for live events. Berkowitz’s top clients include Bill Burr, Amy...
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Dec 7, 2017 · The hiring of Berkowitz, arguably one of the most powerful comedy agents in the business — with clients that include Amy Schumer, Kevin Hart, John Mulaney, Nick Kroll and Aziz Ansari — is a ...
