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New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest PodcastAuthor: 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. Language: en-us Genres: Arts, Comedy, Comedy Interviews Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it |
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Episode 239 - Lawrence Wood
Episode 239
Wednesday, 18 February, 2026
This is an off week for the New Yorker (double issue last week), but we do have Larry Wood joining us for our monthly discussion about the CartoonStock contest. We dive into our likes and dislikes about the captions selected as winners for that contest and talk about captions we liked that didn't make it into the finalists.In the first half of the podcast, we talk about the New Yorker contest in general and discuss the pros and cons of entering an obvious caption.You 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 watch the judging video of the recent CartoonStock contest here:https://youtu.be/ss69roKniyc?si=mhT2iWbYWYgi4cmeAnd read Larry's commentary on the CartoonStock contest here:https://www.cartoonstock.com/blog/bigfoot-and-reporters-caption-contest-commentary-with-lawrence-wood/You can purchase original New Yorker cartoon art from Curated Cartoons here: https://www.curatedcartoons.comSend us questions or comments to: Cartooncaptioncontestpodcast@gmail.com
