"Munch and Midler" with Kara Klenk

About this episode

Kara Klenk joins Laura Kightlinger to discuss a variety of topics including murder, celebrity encounters, and personal stories.

Stand up, writer, actor, fellow podcaster and our dear friend, Kara Klenk joins us to discuss murder, Connecticut pimps, them Hargitay kids, Virgos=Serial Killers, married stand up duo, "That’s Messed Up: An SVU Podcast", secret smoking, Fox News Alumni, teaching english in Italy, The Ice Storm, smoking weed with Fin & Munch, Kara's uncle Tony Hendra, Bob Saget, being a Page at NBC, Bette Midler: Beaches & bum outs, Matt Lauer's free wine and translating for Al Roker, living across th...

People in this episode

Host: Laura Kightlinger

Guest: Kara Klenk

Topics covered

• murder
• stand-up comedy
• podcasting
• celebrity culture
• personal anecdotes
• Virgos
• teaching abroad

Keywords

• Kara Klenk
• murder
• stand-up comedy
• Bette Midler
• Fox News
• teaching English
• podcasting
• NBC
• Bob Saget
• Virgos

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Fox News, NBC

Books & works: That’s Messed Up: An SVU Podcast, The Ice Storm

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