New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast

Author: Vin Coca, Beth Lawler, Paul Nesja, Nicole Chrolavicius

In depth discussion of the weekly New Yorker Caption Contest as well as interviews with Cartoonists and former Contest winners. Email:     CartoonCaptionContestPodcast@gmail.com Credits:Intro/Outro music created and performed by Chris Nesja. Podcast logo designed by Dan Nesja with artwork by Shannon Wheeler. 
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Episode 234 - Lawrence Wood
Episode 234
Wednesday, 14 January, 2026

Larry Wood joins us for our monthly discussion about the CartoonStock contest. We have a good discussion about whether an obvious caption should be picked as a finalist (and congratulations to our own Beth for having her not obvious caption picked as a finalist in that contest!)We discuss the winning entry for Contest #971 (I've been chipper.)Finalists for Contest #973 (Long time listener, first time colder.)Current Contest #975 (That's one small snap for man.)As Paul mentions in the podcast, cartoonist Tommy Siegel has an excellent podcast, "Extremely Accurate Bird Songs". You can find it here:https://podcasts.apple.com/.../extremely.../id1809194651You can order Larry's book, "Your Caption Has Been Selected: More Than Anyone Could Possibly Want to Know About The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest" here: https://www.amazon.com/Your-Caption-Has-Been-Selected/dp/1250333407/You can find Victor Chongchua's Words Below Website here:https://wordsbelow.appYou can purchase original New Yorker cartoon art from Curated Cartoons here: https://www.curatedcartoons.comSend us questions or comments to: Cartooncaptioncontestpodcast@gmail.com