Comedy conversations with a drink and a detour.
Holler & Whine treats an interview like a good table conversation: beverages first, then whatever honest subject slips in next. Friends, comics, performers, and musicians talk through food, anxiety, sobriety, family, comedy, and the odd memories that keep following them around.
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Holler & Whine is a comedy conversation show with the ease of friends staying at the table after the formal part should be over. The frame is simple. A guest arrives, a drink or favorite beverage gets folded into the opening, and the talk starts moving. From there, the show trusts the sidestreets. A sports-radio memory can become an origin story about confidence and early ambition. A conversation about sobriety can turn into family boundaries, comedy-club gossip, and what people choose to carry forward. Food talk matters here, too. Allergies, childhood restrictions, healthy family dinners, escargot, wine, and the weird freedom of trying what is on the menu all become ways of talking about identity. The show is rooted in comedy, but it rarely treats comedy as just punchlines. Guests describe stage nerves, one-person shows, improv, festivals, fatherhood, and the private work that sits behind public performance. Some moments are light and riffy. Others get close to illness, anxiety, addiction, therapy, and fear without losing the conversational warmth. The result feels personal rather than polished. It is not a hard-news interview, a craft lecture, or a promotional circuit stop. It is a long, curious hang where creative people are allowed to be funny, tired, proud, uncertain, nostalgic, and blunt in the same sitting. The recurring tarot reading at the end gives the episodes a small ritual finish, half sincere and half amused. That mix is the appeal. Holler & Whine makes room for the joke, the detour, and the thing underneath the joke.
Made for: For listeners who like intimate performer interviews, comedy-world stories, food memories, and candid talk about creative life. It especially suits people who prefer loose conversation over polished promotion.
What sets it apart: The show’s signature is the way a casual beverage prompt opens into personal history, family, health, and comedy culture. Its affirmative tarot ending gives the interview format a warm, lightly odd ritual of its own.
Holler & Whine is a podcast hosted by comedian, filmmaker and foodie, Kelly Zemnickis. Each episode she sits down with a guest over a drink and asks them what they have to holler or whine about! It's a good conversation with good friends and a tarot card reading at the end for good measure.
Based on 4 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Kelly Zemnickis turns candid creative-life conversations into warm comedy, using attentive follow-ups and an affirmative tarot reading as a distinctive closing ritual.
Holler & Whine lets Kelly Zemnickis follow a comic conversation wherever the guest's experience leads, then closes each exchange with an affirmative tarot reading.
Comedy-club gossip, then tarot: apparently your night has room for both.
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Short reviews from the PlayNext desk, based on the episodes we processed.
A warm conversation about early radio obsession, school sports, and the small openings that shaped a career.
Jeff Pearlman's talk with Kelly Zimnikas keeps circling back to the same thing: how a small bit of attention can nudge a life in a new direction.
A loose comic hang that turns cocktails, sobriety, and comedy gossip into something warm and honest.
Kelly Zimnikas keeps the conversation relaxed and personal, moving from cocktails to sobriety, family, comedy, politics, and the sort of gossip that lingers in a green room.
A warm, loose conversation that turns stage nerves into something human.
Kelly Zimnikas follows a first-time conversation with Jennifer Lane as it moves from a Zoom-group introduction to cocktails, comedy nerves, stage presence, and the strain of staying composed when life is not cooperating.
Food rules, allergy lore, and Montreal escargot make for an easygoing comedian hang.
Kelly Zimnikas keeps the talk with Emma Paxton grounded in food memories, moving from childhood restrictions to the adult pull toward what once felt off-limits.
A loose hang that turns fatherhood, therapy talk, and comic riffing into something unexpectedly revealing.
A comedian drops into a loose, drink-fueled conversation that moves through fatherhood, therapy, rom-coms, and the appeal of a big truck. It is easygoing and a little ragged, but the plainspoken tone gives it some bite.
Kelly Zimnikas welcomes a guest and keeps the tone relaxed from the start.
Kelly Zimnikas keeps the conversation loose and friendly.
Kelly Zimnikas brings Jennifer Lane into a first-time conversation that feels easy and familiar right away.
Kelly Zimnikas talks with Emma Paxton on Holler and Wine.
This episode features comedian Joshua Postel joining host Kelly for a casual conversation about their friendship, stand-up comedy during the pandemic, and life in New York City.
This episode introduces Kelly Zimnikas' podcast Holler and Whine, where she plans to have conversations with friends about various topics while incorporating cocktail discussions, as she shares her background as a stand-up comedian and documentary filmmaker.
This episode features a conversation with comedians Allison McCoin and Tarek Turjman about their stand-up careers and the upcoming Vice City Comedy Festival in Miami.
The host welcomes Aaron Moyer into a relaxed, beverage-flecked conversation that wanders through fatherhood, rom-coms, and the appeal of a big truck.
This episode features a conversation with Toronto comedian and producer Ben Norman Davies, exploring his creative work and personal insights in a relaxed, cocktail-and-tarot-themed setting.
This episode features a conversation with stand-up comedian, dancer, and model Anastasia Washington, exploring her multifaceted career and personal insights in a relaxed setting with cocktails and tarot cards.
Kelly Zemnickis interviews her friend Fabienne Labé about trusting instincts and making career changes, based on their shared background in TV production.