This week on our little show of shows, a battle between Rain and Shine. Up first: Ian Aber is an Atlanta-based stand-up comedian. His album “Night Sugar” is available in places where you get albums and he hosts the podcast Str8 Ppl which is ava

Bleak Is Really Having A Moment - Ep. 11: Austin Ray vs. Steven Williams

Apr 13th, 2020 24m 26s

From the desolate and forlorn wasteland of Pandemerica, Tender Bloodsport returns with season two because, well, what the hell else are we going to do? And we are kicking it off with a bout of BLEAK versus HOPEFUL. Austin Ray (@austinlouisray)

Don't Touch Me: An Evening With the Tenderest Bloodsport

Mar 12th, 2020 1h 13m

Our show in March of 2020 was (hopefully) our cleanest, in that we hope everyone washed their hands. As a major threat to public health looms over the land, we offer here our entire show, unedited, for those who wished to attend but did not les

A Garfunkelless Simon - Bonus Archive Episode w/ Jackson Pearce vs. Brooke Hatfield

Oct 7th, 2019 20m 1s

As we gear up for season 2 of Tender Bloodsport, we present a bout from our vast and cavernous archives, this word fight dating all the way back to the heady days of 2013. Young adult author of "Ellie, Engineer," Jackson Pearce tries her hand a

I Want To Fill A Room - Ep. 10: Topher Payne vs. Chris Alonzo

May 22nd, 2019 23m 36s

For our season closer, we're presenting among the most memorable bouts to cross our stage.Chris Alonzo (@Chris_Alonzo) is a freelance writer, designer, and musician whose solo works have most recently been produced by the Atlanta Fringe Festiva

Because Samurai Stuff - Ep. 9: Samantha Irby vs. Carly Oishi

May 15th, 2019 23m

THIS EPISODE: Ride versus Die. We head up to the headquarters of the original WRITE CLUB, the Hideout in Chicago.SAMANTHA IRBY is the New York Times Bestselling author of "Meaty" and "We Are Never Meeting In Real Life," as well as being a write

Gliding Toward Disaster - Ep. 8: Dani Herd vs. Kevin Gillese

May 8th, 2019 19m 59s

Bundle up kids, winter is here in this week's episode—a word battle of Fire versus Ice.Dani Herd is a Shakespearean actor and the open-hearted nerd behind the blog Hope Is The Thing With Lightsabers. Dani brought some kindling and earned her Wh

Teeth Scrape The Moon - Ep. 7: Casey Childers vs. Lauren Traetto

May 1st, 2019 19m 29s

You wanna be where you can see the troubles are all the same. You wanna go where everybody knows Tender Bloodsport. This episode: Cheers versus Jeers.And we’re headed out West to the Make-Out Room in San Francisco, California.First up: Casey Ch

Juicy Heart Meat - Ep. 6: Kevin Stillwell vs. Olive Lynch

Apr 24th, 2019 17m 50s

The heart is forever making the head its fool. Doubly so in Tender Bloodsport. This week's bout comes from the lower cockle region of our sad, tired hearts.Actor, director and fight choreographer Kevin Stillwell steps up first with his take on

Bloom Hard - Episode 5: Rykie Elizabeth vs. Adjoa Danso

Apr 17th, 2019 16m 9s

We are getting our full fix in this week's episode with a little switch up: contranyms. We have Fix (as in to repair) versus Fix (as in to castrate, ain't the English language grand?)Rykie Elizabeth (@withaYKIE) is a musician and writer who per

A Toxic Nostalgia - Ep. 4: Chris Ledford vs. Fray Forde

Apr 10th, 2019 20m 4s

Kisses, y'all! This week we have a bout recorded around Valentine's Day that proved, if nothing else, that humor can be wrung from AA meetings and (holy crap) children's cancer wards (deep breath. Okay, okay I'm fine just give me a second. Okay

Stable Is For Horses - Ep. 3: Rita Nicole Leslie vs. Johnny Drago, featuring Samantha Irby

Apr 3rd, 2019 25m 50s

Do you arm your troops, or do you feed your people? This week, a wayward exploration of the relationship between a nation's investment in defense and civilian goods, only not really that at all.Rita Nicole Leslie is a copywriter, comedian, and

Sweet Teen Man Musk - Ep. 2: Joan 'Lyric' Leslie vs. Sarah Ackerman

Mar 27th, 2019 20m 29s

We’ve got a super right-brain/left-brain bout this episode!Joan 'Lyric' Leslie is the author of the poetry collection "My Blackness Rhymes with Joy," and has been in competition as a member of the Java Monkey and Art Amok poetry slam teams. She

Yeah I Like To Party - Ep. 1: Jon Carr vs. Maddie Fay

Mar 18th, 2019 18m 55s

And we're off! Tender Bloodsport pits playwright and son of travelling Christian clowns, Jon Carr against storyteller Maddie Fay in a literary battle of Fly versus FallJon Carr is winner of the 2018 Gene-Gabriel Moore Playwriting Award for his