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 249 - Polly Lou Adams
Episode 249
Wednesday, 29 April, 2026

Polly Lou Adams joins us on the podcast this week.Polly is a fairly new cartoonist and has had a number of cartoons printed in the New Yorker and many more featured as the Daily cartoon. We talk with Polly about being creative, her journey to becoming a New Yorker cartoonist, her cartoons and we touch on the subject of A.I. and the current market for cartoons.You can learn more about Polly at her Webpage:https://pollylouadams.comSubscribe to her SubStack:https://poopscoop.substack.comAnd check out her cartoons on Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/pollylouadams/On Part 1 of the episode, we discuss the current contests:Winning captions for New Yorker contest #985 (Does a bear fife in the hood?)Finalists for contest #982 (Celestial kitty.)Current New Yorker contest #984 (One Million Legos B.C.)We also talk about our favorite cartoons from the current issue of the New Yorker.You can buy original New Yorker cartoon art at Curated Cartoons:https://www.curatedcartoons.comThe home for all things to do with cartoon caption contests:https://humororama.lolSend us questions or comments to: Cartooncaptioncontestpodcast@gmail.com