Eliza Skinner
Eliza Skinner is originally from Richmond, VA and started her performing career as an unnamed child revolutionary in a production of Evita. She is now a stand-up comedian and has appeared on The Pete Holmes Show, @Midnight, Chelsea Lately, Upload with Shaquille O’Neal, MTV, Showtime, AMC and the BBC. In his Reddit AMA, Patton Oswalt called her one of his favorite up-and-coming comedians. Last fall, Eliza was a writer and correspondent on Totally Biased (produced by Chris Rock), and her Funny Or Die videos have been retweeted by President Obama (seriously.) She is a regular performer at the UCB in LA and NYC, and this year she was selected to be one of the “New Faces Of Comedy” at the Montreal Just For Laughs Festival.
Guest Appearances
March 17, 2025
Tim Baltz (Shrink, The Righteous Gemstones) and Eliza Skinner (Ned To Earth) join Paul and Jason to discuss the 1986 action-horror film The Wraith.
September 13, 2020
Comedian extraordinaire Eliza Skinner joins Scott to talk about her debut comedy album “Regarding My Lovers,” when suddenly Grax, Eater of Worlds interrupts to issue an apology. Plus, Jefferson Milkyway stops by to talk about designing the courses for the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Shows.
September 8, 2020
Jess and Zach and special guest Eliza Skinner create a new musical all over the internets about Ken Burns and trees and love! With songs like “No More Ads”, “Believe What You Know About Trees” and “Who Documents the Documentarian?”, this episode might make you leak out of your eyes, but in a good way!
May 2, 2019
Guest host Eliza Skinner sings about Put Your Hands Together, spilling things and balance. Sets from Chris Turner, Michelle Biloon and Andrew Orolfo.
January 3, 2019
Guest co-host Eliza Skinner is back for a threepeat on this week’s Throwing Shade! Eliza and Bryan usher in the new year with stories of dating, hookups and breakups before getting into the hottest topics. First, we’ll hear about the resignation of Grindr’s director of communications in response to CEO Scott Chen’s Facebook post that marriage is between a man and a woman. Then, they’ll get into a comprehensive new report by the Institute for Women’s Policy Research explaining why the gender gap is actually worse than we think it is and why it disproportionately affects women of color.
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December 26, 2018
Guest Co-host Eliza Skinner joins Bryan again this week to talk Janet Jackson’s induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and more! First, they discuss the decision by Congress to make its members pay out of pocket for sexual harassment lawsuits and question why on earth they were ever allowed to do that in the first place. Plus, we get the latest in robot news before they get into the Italian government’s attempt to block the distribution of a survey meant to research homophobia, racism, and sexism for allegedly “promoting sexual fluidity.”
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