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Julia experiences the struggle for survival in nature and class struggle with her fellow travelers.

Beth Lapides celebrates Passover in her uniquely freewheeling, life-loving, symbolism-embracing way. BETH LAPIDES executive produced and hosted Un-Cabaret for Comedy Central. She hosts and curates the Un-Cabaret, Say the Word, and the Other Network. She is a commentator for NPR's All Things Considered and The Huffington Post, and she had her own daily talk show on Comedy World Radio. Her first book, Did I Wake You? Haikus for Modern Living, was published in 2007.

Visit the annual Catfish Days festival in Tim's Midwestern hometown. You can practically smell the stink bugs.

Un-Cabaret's special "Drug Show" inspired a rare stand-up set from Winnie Holzman (Wicked, creator of My So-Called Life) about her drug of choice: catalogs of comfy, easy-fit loungewear. She'll take you to - Cuddletown.

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

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

Beth Lapides' revelations about "getting it" - and the ecstatic joys of consciousness. Oh, and also the time she peed in her pants.BETH LAPIDES executive produced and hosted Un-Cabaret for Comedy Central. She hosts and curates the Un-Cabaret, Say the Word, and the Other Network. She is a commentator for NPR's All Things Considered and The Huffington Post, and she had her own daily talk show on Comedy World Radio.

Beth's ode to Einstein features miracles, the "Uncertainty Principle" of modern particle physics, and her childhood shame about her family's Funk & Wagnall's encyclopedia.

Patton dishes out a little philosophy and a lot of funny in this classic Un-Cab set about a singular encounter with a NY cabbie.

Jon Kinnally travels far and wide, and far inside, for this time-travelling story about his Mother's refridgerator magnets and his own coming to consciousness.

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

Judy devotes herself entirely to her search for love online and offers tips on what to do on your first date if you don't want to have a second date.

Judy Toll calculates that she's gained and lost over 400 pounds. This is her story.

Winnnie Holzman gets honest about porn, her daughter and Suicide Girls.

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

Classic Un-Cab adventures with Dana's Dad, and a new house that makes Dana take a look at himself.

Eric Gilliland is so desperate for a job, that he takes a position as entertainment director at a club called The Snuggery. And it gets worse from there.

Sherri Shepherd goes to the Big House. Yes, really.

Judy's obsessed search for a husband continues. In this episode, she becomes a hot property on the online Jewish dating services.

Sherri's show gets picked up and she buys herself a treat, deals with an uppity extra and goes to stripper school.