Listen "338: Ali Clayton and Country Queer"
Episode Synopsis
Ali Clayton! Comedian! Friend! Delightful human with a new album out RIGHT NOW! ABOUT THE ALBUM: Blonde Medicine is excited to announce the upcoming debut comedy album from Ali Clayton, Country Queer, available digitally everywhere comedy is streamed or downloaded, and on vinyl on Blonde Medicine and Bandcamp. After working in comedy for 15 years, Ali put together a set that tells her story as a member of a very Southern family from rural North Carolina, a special ed kid, a lesbian, an alcoholic, and a white girl who started her comedy career in the South Side of Chicago. “Country Queer is a love letter to little Ali about embracing and loving your authentic self and never forgetting where you come from.” Says Ali Clayton. “I’m country and I’m queer and I’m proud to be both.” Her comedy aims to help humanize and connect Southerners and queer folks everywhere. ABOUT ALI CLAYTON: Brooklyn-based comedian Ali Clayton is a southern dyslexic pageant kid who became a lesbian comedian, actor, writer, and podcaster. She is an alumna of the prestigious Actors Theater of Louisville’s Acting Apprentice Program, a Second City Conservatory graduate, a Carolines on Broadway ‘Breakout Artist’ and a top finalist in the StandUP NBC competition. Ali’s stand-up has been featured on SiriusXM and on the VICE show Funny How?. She co-hosts Y'all Gay? with her best friend and fellow southern queer comedian Ever Mainard. Vulture named Y'all Gay? one of the top five comedy podcasts of 2022. ALI CLAYTON ONLINE: Website TikTok Instagram AND ALSO YOU CAN LISTEN TO HER ON THIS VERY PODCAST HERE! PS This is only the first HALF of our conversation. For the second portion of our chat, subscribe via Apple Podcasts OR click on over here to Patreon!
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