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Tom Papa
Panelist

With more than 20 years as a stand-up comedian, Tom Papa is one of the top comedic voices in the country, finding success as an actor, host, and author in film, TV, radio, and podcasts as well as on the live stage. 

In 2020, Papa released his second book, You’re Doing Great!-And Other Reasons To Stay Alive, which was the follow-up to Your Dad Stole My Rake: And Other Family Dilemmas both released by St Martin’s Press, making “Summer Must Read” lists from Parade Magazine to The New York Post. Papa is also a contributing writer to The New Yorker Magazine. In June 2023, he released his highly anticipated third book, We’re All In This Together…So Make Some Room.

Papa's highly rated podcastBreaking Bread with Tom Papa, features Papa and his guest eating, drinking, and celebrating the true meaning of breaking bread with insightful, revealing, and always funny conversations. He also hosts the popular daily Netflix radio show, What A Joke With Papa And Fortune on Sirius XM and the monthly show, Come To Papa Live.