How Things Used To Be vs. How They Are Now with Laura Merli and Sarah Hester Ross

Episode 78

31st July 2024

Laura Merli is an acclaimed comedian and TikTok celebrity. Sarah Hester Ross is a comedic musician who has appeared on America’s Got Talent, because she’s from America and has talent. Like so many of us, they are older now than they have ever been but they do remember how things used to be before. Back when they were younger. Travel with them to dreamland on a boat made of memories of clunky home computers, affordable movie tickets, and perfect sugar cookies.

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Laura Merli is an acclaimed comedian and TikTok celebrity. Sarah Hester Ross is a comedic musician who has appeared on America’s Got Talent, because she’s from America and has talent. Like so many of us, they are older now than they have ever been but they do remember how things used to be before. Back when they were younger. Travel with them to dreamland on a boat made of memories of clunky home computers, affordable movie tickets, and perfect sugar cookies.

Watch Laura Merli’s comedy special, Belly Slappin’ Fun, on Youtube.  Learn more about Laura at her website, www.LauraMerliComedian.com, and follow her on TikTok @passiveabrasive.

Learn more about Sarah Hester Ross by visiting her website, www.SarahHesterRoss.com, and follow her on TikTok @sarahhesterross. Watch Sarah Hester Ross’s comedy special, Don’t Mess With A Redhead, on the streaming service of your choice. Tickets are available for Sarah Hester Ross is What?, Sarah’s Edinburgh Fringe Festival show, at www.EdFringe.com.

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  • Laura Merli
  • Sarah Hester Ross

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Getting to sleep can be difficult sometimes. Now you can achieve that urgently needed rest by taking advantage of our most precious natural resource: celebrities. Each week on the slyly humorous and reassuring Sleeping With Celebrities, host John Moe talks with a different guest from the world of entertainment about something they know a lot about. The conversation is guaranteed to be just interesting enough to draw your attention away from your own swirling anxieties but never interesting enough to keep you awake. No startling revelations, no dramatic screaming confrontations, but plenty of low-key dialogue, intricately laced deadpan comedy, and a ticket to dreamland.

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