Recently voted Funniest Comedian in Chicago 2008 by Reader’s Digest, Julianna Forlano has performed in venues across the US including nightclubs, theaters, comedy clubs, & festivals as well as corporate and private functions. In Chicago alone she has performed at the Improv, Comedy Zone, Zanies, Comedy Comedy and more. Julianna’s political and topical humor can be heard on Chicago Public Radio’s Vocalo Project on The Ironic News Report of which she is the host and head writer. She is also the host of Fearless Radio’s Ironic News Report, which airs live Tuesdays and Thursday’s from 12p.m.- 2 p.m. E.S.T. That show includes an expanded segment along with guest interviews, call-ins and more. Julianna’s more quirky humor can be found on the racks in the greeting card aisle, as she is a contributing writer for American Greetings’ humor lines and has contributed her wit to The Chicago Sun Times as a commentator. Smart, off-beat and versatile, she is also a talented improv comic, having spent 2 years performing in the New York- based Charred Goosebeak improv group and 2 more years as an ensemble member of Denver’s Comedy Jocks. She is now a member of Chicago’s Second City Conservatory. While in Oregon, Julianna hosted a weekly news and entertainment show on Oregon Public Broadcasting’s Golden Hours Radio Network. She currently lives in Chicago, IL.
darlene:
Do you have any solutions for homelessness? Not looking for a total cure (that might be unrealistic) just something that may have been overlooked...What would you do personally to help?
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darlene: (11/21 10:02)
Do you think homeless people are responsible for their own predicament? Why or why not?
mt:
As with all of us, I imagine there is a measure of personal responsibility, a measure of fate -- and a pinch of chance thrown in there.
sarah.e.lu:
There are factors beyond an individual person's control that can add up and put them in a situation where they are homeless. A young person my choose to leave their home because they are being abused--they have agency in choosing to leave a crappy situation, but they didn't ask for the crappy situation, you know? I think it's complicated.
sarah.e.lu:
It's a bad idea to entirely blame a homeless person for being homelessness--but people do that to justify refusing to help homeless people. Lame.
darlene: (11/21 11:08)
Do you have any solutions for homelessness? Not looking for a total cure (that might be unrealistic) just something that may have been overlooked...What would you do personally to help?
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