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'Smack Talk Open Mic': Where standup comedy meets improv and wrestling

Shane Hartline (center) at a NAW or NEVER Smack Talk Open Mic in Los Angeles. (Courtesy of Ian Zandi)
Courtesy of Ian Zandi
Shane Hartline (center) at a NAW or NEVER Smack Talk Open Mic in Los Angeles. (Courtesy of Ian Zandi)

Here & Now‘s Indira Lakshmanan speaks with actor and former wrestler Shane Hartline, the creator of the NAW or NEVER Smack Talk Open Mic in Los Angeles. He thinks everyone has a wrestler in them and explains how to harness that energy.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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