• EP 12: WOMEN WRITE FUNNY BEST OF SEASON ONE with Host Didi Balle and Guests: Antoinette LaVecchia, Karen Morgan, Lynn N. Silver, Brooklyn Dicent & Kate Abbruzzese
    Sep 4 2021

    Can you believe it? This is the final episode of Season One of Women Write Funny the Podcast!

    Hooray!   Hooray me!  Hooray you!  Hooray everyone!

    We’ve rolled out 12 fab full-length weekly episodes celebrating women writers and performers keeping humor alive in dire times. And since the times we’re living in are more dire by the day, our producers at The Flying Poodle Ranch Production Co. just green-lighted a second season of WWF The Podcast!

    For Women Write Funny news about writing contests and more sign up for our newsletter at:

    https://www.womenwritefunny.com  

    Creative Team:  Didi Balle (Host & Writer) www.didiballe.com Leslie Steinweiss (Theme Music). www.lesliesteinweiss.com

    Hernan Braberman (Cover ART), Larry Heidelowski (Media Maven)

    GUESTS' LINKS

    Antoinette LaVecchia: https://antoinettelavecchia.weebly.com

    Karen Morgan:  https://www.karenmorgan.com

    Lynn N Silver: Lynn N. Silver  https://www.linkedin.com/in/lynn-silver-3614912a

    "Dinner With Mom" web series trailer  https://vimeo.com/152289017

    Brooklyn Dicent:  https://www.thehappinessconsultingcompany.com

    Kate Abbruzzese: www.kateabbruzzese.com

    DID YOU KNOW?

    Our podcast has a kinda cool monthly format:

    Weeks 1 and 3 = Interviews with featured funny fab female guests

    Weeks 2 and 4 = Interviews with My Psyche when I’ll poke around my psyche for the latest rant or rave, ridiculous memory or random bon mot I’m thinking and writing about that week.

    NOTE: 

    If you’ve enjoyed our podcasts please consider leaving a short glowing review. Open your Apple Podcast App (purple app on all iPhones), search for Women Write Funny Podcast, then scroll down to end of page + write a rave review! This will help our podcast “ratings.” Note: No good review goes unrewarded. A weekend stay in our Napa Valley guest house if your glowing Apple podcast review for Women Write Funny is number 101!

    Thanks for listening, learning and laughing!

    Didi Balle. Writer & Host 

    Creator of WOMEN WRITE FUNNY

    Celebrating Women Keeping Humor Alive in Dire Times

    www.womenwritefunny.com

    Celebrate with us. LISTEN. LEARN. LAUGH.

    WE'LL BE BACK WITH SEASON TWO! 

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    26 mins
  • Women Write Funny: Interview with HAPPINESS COACH & CONSULTANT BROOKLYN DICENT. PART TWO. Host: Didi Balle
    Aug 25 2021

    PART 1 OF 2 INTERVIEWS

    Brooklyn Dicent with Host Didi Balle. COMEDY AGENT OF CHANGE. To learn more: Visit Women Write Funny Podcast Episode 7 for PART ONE.  Learn how she’s transformed her career to uplift others through the power of laughter and joy. PLUS

    What’s The Power of Saying YES have to do with comedy? What is Crowd Work and why is it Brooklyn’s Secret Sauce? Tune in to my interview with Happiness Coach and Consultant, Brooklyn Dicent who believes “It is possible to be happy at work.”

    Credits: Writer-Creator-Host: DIDI BALLE https://www.didiballe.com Women Write Funny visit us!

    https://www.womenwritefunny.com  

    https://www.womenwritefunny.com/podcast.html

    Brooklyn Dicent:

    https://www.thehappinessconsultingcompany.com

    Creative Contributors: Didi Balle (Creator/Host). Brooklyn Dicent. Leslie "Doc" Steinweiss (Theme Music) http://www.lesliesteinweiss.com.  Hernan Braberman (Cover Art).  Larry Amtrakmann (Promo King and Island Concert Master) Dr. Gil Bert (Shrink with a sense of humor .... did you know Freud said "Humor is the Noblest of the Defenses?" Sounds about right.)

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    27 mins
  • IS YOUR THERAPIST A FLAMING NARCISSIST? A new Interview With My Psyche. With Host and Author DIDI BALLE.
    Aug 18 2021

    The Flying Poodle Ranch Production Company celebrates our 10th Podcast

    For Women Write Funny news about writing contests and more visit us at 

    https://www.womenwritefunny.com   
    Creative Team:  Didi Balle (Host & Writer) www.didiballe.com  Leslie Steinweiss (Theme Music). www.lesliesteinweiss.com

    Hernan Braberman (Cover ART), Larry Chambers (Media Consultant)

    Dr. Bert Gil (Shrink Extrodinaire who’s nothing like the one on the podcast)

    DID YOU KNOW?

    Our podcast has a kinda cool monthly format:

    Weeks 1 and 3 = Interviews with featured funny fab female guests

    Weeks 2 and 4 = Interviews with My Psyche when I’ll poke around my psyche for the latest rant or rave, ridiculous memory or random bon mot I’m thinking and writing about that week.

    NOTE: 

    If you’ve enjoyed our podcasts please SUBSCRIBE and consider leaving a short poz review. Open your Apple Podcast App, search for Women Write Funny Podcast, scroll to end of page + write a rave review! This will help our podcast “ratings.” Note: No good review goes unrewarded. A weekend stay in our Napa Valley guest house if your glowing Apple podcast review for Women Write Funny is number 101!

    Thanks for listening, learning and laughing!

    Didi Balle. Host & Humorist.

    Creator of WOMEN WRITE FUNNY

    Celebrating Women Keeping Humor Alive in Dire Times

    www.womenwritefunny.com

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    9 mins
  • Women Write Funny Ep. 9: Sending Up Shakespeare with Writer and Actor Kate Abbruzzese. With Host Didi Balle.
    Aug 11 2021

    For Women Write Funny news about writing contests and more visit us at 

    https://www.womenwritefunny.com   

    Check out our guest Kate Abbruzzese: www.kateabbruzzese.com

    Cartoons/illustrations on instagram  @theheartoonist

    Macbeth play I'm working on, currently titled "Sleep That Knits Up" event at her upcoming residency at Bethany Arts Community

    https://bethanyarts.org/calendar/sleep-that-knits-up/ 
     

    Creative Team:  Didi Balle (Host & Writer) www.didiballe.com  Leslie Steinweiss (Theme Music). www.lesliesteinweiss.com

    Hernan Braberman (Cover ART), Larry Lagos (Media Maven)

    DID YOU KNOW?

    Our podcast has a kinda cool monthly format:

    Weeks 1 and 3 = Interviews with featured funny fab female guests

    Weeks 2 and 4 = Interviews with My Psyche when I’ll poke around my psyche for the latest rant or rave, ridiculous memory or random bon mot I’m thinking and writing about that week.

    NOTE: 

    If you’ve enjoyed our podcasts please consider leaving a short glowing review. Open your Apple Podcast App (purple app on all iPhones), search for Women Write Funny Podcast, then scroll down to end of page + write a rave review! This will help our podcast “ratings.” Note: No good review goes unrewarded. A weekend stay in our Napa Valley guest house if your glowing Apple podcast review for Women Write Funny is number 101!


     

    Thanks for listening, learning and laughing!

    Didi Balle. Host & Humorist.

    Creator of WOMEN WRITE FUNNY

    Celebrating Women Keeping Humor Alive in Dire Times

    www.womenwritefunny.com

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    20 mins
  • Interview With My Psyche: DIARY OF A POODLE AU PAIR. With WOMEN WRITE FUNNY Host and Writer Didi Balle
    Aug 4 2021

    For Women Write Funny news about writing contests and more visit us at 

    https://www.womenwritefunny.com   

    Creative Team:  Didi Balle (Host & Writer) www.didiballe.com  Leslie Steinweiss (Theme Music). www.lesliesteinweiss.com

    Hernan Braberman (Cover ART), Larry Hickenlooper (Media Strategist & Executive Director of an unnamed orchestra)

    DID YOU KNOW?
    Our podcast has a kinda cool monthly format:
    Weeks 1 and 3 = Interviews with featured funny fab female guests
    Weeks 2 and 4 = Interviews with My Psyche when I’ll poke around my psyche for the latest rant or rave, ridiculous memory or random bon mot I’m thinking and writing about that week.NOTE: 

    If you’ve enjoyed our podcasts please consider leaving a short glowing review. Open your Apple Podcast App (purple app on all iPhones), search for Women Write Funny Podcast, then scroll down to end of page + write a rave review! This will help our podcast “ratings.” Note: No good review goes unrewarded. A weekend stay in our Napa Valley guest house if your glowing Apple podcast review for Women Write Funny is number 101!

    Thanks for listening, learning and laughing!

    Didi Balle. Host & Humorist.

    Creator of WOMEN WRITE FUNNY

    Celebrating Women Keeping Humor Alive in Dire Times

    www.womenwritefunny.com

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    9 mins
  • HAPPINESS COACH & CONSULTANT: BROOKLYN DICENT brings laughter and conscious-raising comedy to corporate America. Part I with WOMEN WRITE FUNNY Host & Writer Didi Balle.
    Jul 28 2021

    PART 1 OF 2 INTERVIEWS

    Brooklyn Dicent never stops honing her comedic gifts as a performer, improviser, stand-up, former DJ, intuitive healer/humorist. She’s an admitted COMEDY AGENT OF CHANGE. In PART I you’ll learn how she’s transformed her career to uplift others through the power of laughter and joy. PLUS

    What’s The Power of Saying YES have to do with comedy? What is Crowd Work and why is it Brooklyn’s Secret Sauce? Tune in to my interview with Happiness Coach and Consultant, Brooklyn Dicent who believes “It is possible to be happy at work.”

    Credits: Writer-Creator-Host: DIDI BALLE  Women Write Funny:

    https://www.womenwritefunny.com  

    https://www.womenwritefunny.com/podcast.html

    Brooklyn Dicent:

    https://www.thehappinessconsultingcompany.com

    Creative Contributors: Didi Balle (Creator/Host). Brooklyn Dicent. Leslie "Doc" Steinweiss (Theme Music) http://www.lesliesteinweiss.com.  Hernan Braberman (Cover Art).  Larry Heidelowski (Promo King and Island Concert Master) 

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    19 mins
  • Interview With My Psyche: EMBRACE YOUR INNER SLOTH. Host & Humorist Didi Balle explains why Laziness is a Secret Weapon for Success.
    Jul 14 2021

    "When people ask me: “What’s your power animal?” (I live in California) I tell them: "The Sloth Is My Power Animal."  _ Didi Balle

    https://www.womenwritefunny.com Sign up for our cray newsletter and more.

    FAB PEEPS DEPT.   Didi Balle (Host/Writer/Creator) www.didiballe.com  Leslie ("Doc") Steinweiss (Theme Music) http://www.lesliesteinweiss.com  Hernan Braberman (Cover Art) Shelly Conch (Media Maven) Larry Wisenheimer (Promo King). Sasha P. (Muse). Dr. Bert Gill (sometime shrink). 

    Listen. Learn. Laugh.
    Women Write Funny The Podcast

    https://www.womenwritefunny.com/podcast.html

    DID YOU KNOW?

    Our podcast has a kinda cool monthly format:
    Weeks 1 and 3 = Interviews with featured funny fab female guests.
    Weeks 2 and 4 = Interviews with My Psyche when I’ll poke around my psyche for the latest rant or rave, ridiculous memory or random bon mot I’m thinking and writing about that week.
     

     

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    10 mins
  • Women Write Funny Ep. 5: WHAT'S NOT TO LIKE? Lynn N. Silver Slays Anxiety & Humor w/fellow Tisch Grad Acting Alum Writer& Host Didi Balle
    Jul 6 2021

    Listen. Learn. Laugh.

    Women Write Funny The Podcast

    DID YOU KNOW?
    Our podcast has a kinda cool monthly format:
    Weeks 1 and 3 = Interviews with featured funny fab female guests
    Weeks 2 and 4 = Interviews with My Psyche when I’ll poke around my psyche for the latest rant or rave, ridiculous memory or random bon mot I’m thinking and writing about that week.
    Special Thanks: Leslie "Doc" Steinweiss (Theme Music) http://www.lesliesteinweiss.com  Hernan Braberman (Cover Art)  Larry Brasser (Promo King).  Dr. Bert Gil (Shrink) The Flying Poodle Ranch Production Company 

    VISIT:

    https://www.womenwritefunny.com

    https://www.didiballe.com

    Lynn N. Silver  https://www.linkedin.com/in/lynn-silver-3614912a

    "Dinner With Mom" web series trailer

    https://vimeo.com/152289017

    "Diner With Mom" Episodes:

    https://vimeo.com/159985665

    https://vimeo.com/122047153

    William Inge Center For the Arts (Lynn N. Silver was the recipient of a William Inge Residency Fellowship as a Playwright)  http://ingecenter.org

     

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    19 mins