{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Quarantine With Friends","description":"Zainab Johnson, a stand-up comedian, actress, and writer is quickly being propelled as one of the most unique and engaging performers on stage and screen.  Zainab was named one of Variety\u2019s Top 10 Comics To Watch in 2019, she is currently one of the host for Netflix's new show "100 Humans", she can be seen as a series regular on the new upcoming series from Greg Daniels a half hour comedy titled \u201cUpload\u201d an Amazon original series premiering May 1st, and she made her first late night stand up appearance on NBC's Late Night with Seth Meyers.  Zainab had a breakout appearance on HBO\u2019s All Def Comedy (2017) and has made appearances on NBC\u2019s Last Comic Standing (2014), Arsenio (2014), BET\u2019s Comic View (2014), AXSTV\u2019s Gotham Comedy Live! and just recently starred in a new web series titled Avant-Guardians.  She is a regular at the Improv Comedy Club in LA and the Comedy Cellar in NY.  Zainab has performed in the Montreal Just For Laughs Festival as one of the 2014 New Faces of Comedy and returned numerous times since.  She also had a breakout performance at the Melbourne Comedy Festival in 2018. Nina Kharoufeh is a Producer for various different platforms including Sirius XM, MSNBC\u2019s Joy Ann Reid, and even Fox News. She also recently launched her very first children\u2019s book called \u201cI\u2019m a Princess Too\u201d available right now on Amazon. Nina has MC\u2019ed events big and small from Charity Galas to Fashion Shows! You\u2019ve recently seen her on the Food Network's "Worst Cooks in America w\/ Bobby Flay" but you can watch her perform on stages all across America. Von Decarlo is a New York based stand up comedian, producer, and author of the book, Speak Fluent Man. She performed at the Just For Laughs comedy festival in Montreal for Kevin Hart\u2019s LOL Network, JFL Present\u2019s LOL Live, and has been a featured comedian on Tru TV\u2019s, Laff Mobb\u2019s Laff Tracks, the Jerry O Show on FOX, and CNN\u2019s year end wrap up special, All the Best\/All the Worst, BET, Comedy Central, and more. She is a graduate of the UCB improv program, as well as a UCB diversity scholarship recipient, and her one woman show Lasagna debuted at The People\u2019s Improv Theatre to a full crowd and rave reviews. She was the first woman, and first comedian to host her own show on the Sirius XM NBA channel, and you can listen to her Coach Von Podcast as well as her Grown AF Podcast to get a dose of uncensored truth with lots of giggles. Be sure to keep an eye for her in global ad campaigns, and national commercials for GNC, Disney\u2019s Aladdin, and Carnival Cruise Lines.  Always hosted by Marina Franklin - One Hour Comedy Special: Single Black Female ( Amazon Prime), Trainwreck, Louie Season V, The Jim Gaffigan Show, Conan O'Brien, Stephen Colbert, HBO's Crashing, and The Breaks with Michelle Wolf ","author_name":"Friends Like Us","author_url":"https:\/\/marinafranklin.com\/podcast\/","html":"