Megan Beth Koester is an American comedian, writer, journalist and actress who regularly performs stand-up comedy in

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, CA. From 2013 to 2018, she was a contributor to

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, writing about media, comedy, the entertainment industry,

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and Los Angeles culture. She writes on similar subjects for

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(US) and

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and

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. Megan Koester co-authored ''The Indignities of Being a Woman'' with

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in 2018, an audio work published by

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which combines historic research with humor. The album discusses the experience of womanhood throughout time from the perspective of two women working in comedy. In January 2019, her comedy album ''Tertium Non Datur'', created from a live taping hosted by

Andy Kindler Andy David Kindler (born October 16, 1956) is an American comedian and actor. He played the character "Andy", a fellow sportswriter and friend of sportswriter "Ray Barone" ( Ray Romano) on the TV show '' Everybody Loves Raymond'', was a regular ...

in May 2018, was released by

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. Koester played the character of Madeline Cross in "The Pain of Being Alive," episode 3 of season 1 of

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, a TV show that makes fun of the employee experience in a large corporation.

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named her comedy act "one to watch" in 2015. Along with co-hosts Emily Whittemore, and Alison Stevenson (Mary Kobayashi left early on), Koester was also featured on the

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streaming network's '' The Perfect Women''. On July 23, 2019, Koester began the weekly podcast ''Grifthorse'' with comedian Howard Kremer.

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Grifthorse podcast
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