Comedian Chey Bell shares about her fearless start in stand-up comedy, her take on accepting advice from others, and gets honest about where she maybe isn't as fearless as she one day hopes to be.  We also talk about this year's winner of the SF Comedy Competition, Ryan Goodcase,  and Chey shares her secret to manifesting her dreams. See Chey headlining live at the Comedy Edge in Oakland, October 16th as part of the Oakland Comedy Festival! Get tickets here About The Guest, Chey Bell: Chey's comedy mirrors together life experiences and self-discovery, touching on everything from family, drugs, coworkers, sexuality to misspelled tattoos. Chey's energetic stage presence is engaging, silly, fearless and direct, just like her! Chey Bell has performed at The Comedy Store, Laff Factory, Punch Line, NY Comedy Club, Tommy T's and more. Chey has also featured for comedian Rachele Feinstein, R&B artist Eric Bellinger and has worked with Judah Friedlander and Fazon Love. Follow her on Instagram @cheybellcomedy Your Host: Before becoming a comedian, Holly Shaw spent a lifetime on stage, T.V. and film as an actor, professional dancer and later as a speaker, coach and hypnotherapist. She's authored two books: the Amazon bestseller, The Creative Formula, as well as the newly released book, Making Art In the Middle of Madness and she was a regular teacher at SAG/AFTRA's conservatories in San Francisco as well as Los Angeles. Her podcast, Performers & Creators Lab, was named One of the Most Outstanding Podcasts of 2019 by Databird Research. Through all of her offerings she has helped thousands of performing artists, some of them Emmy Award winning and Grammy nominated, overcome stage fright, impostor syndrome, and creative blocks so that they can create the work they were born to make and become undeniably magnetic performers. Currently she lives with her son in Oakland, CA where she runs and performs in the live weekly comedy showcase on the waterfront, the Comedy Edge. To learn more, please visit www.performersandcreatorslab.com Composer Dan Cantrell is an Emmy award winning composer and multi-instrumentalist known for his innovative film scoring approach, and his virtuosic abilities on the accordion, piano and musical saw. “Hauntingly beautiful…quirky and energetic” says the San Francisco Bay Guardian.  His extensive scoring catalogue spans a wide range of emotion and style. Dan’s compositions for film and television have earned him numerous awards including an Emmy Award for KQED’s Home-Front,a Golden Gate award for the soundtrack to the documentary Divided Loyalties, and an Annie nomination for his work on three seasons of Cartoon Network’s the Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack. Visit bellowhead.com