Life Amplified With Dan Mason

Everyone has a story. And comedian Paul Mecurio wants to know it. Before Paul Mecurio was a successful stand-up comedian and award winning writer, he was working at a top tier international law firm on Wall Street, working on major acquisitions and mergers for Fortune 100 companies. After a few false starts in comedy, he's now the warm up comic for The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, as well as a former Emmy and Peabody award-winning writer for The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. In this episode, he'll share what he learned on his journey from Wall Street to comedy and why it's given him a desire to help other people find their voice as well. Through his experience working the crowd, he discovered that people have a story. People have something to say. Instead of working the room to lead up to a joke, Paul would ask about their lives and deep down who they are. Now he's turned that into a comedy show playing in the city. His new one man stage show, Permission to Speak, turns the tables and puts YOU in the sp