New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast

Episode 169 - Al Mullen & Public Transportation Magazine

August 28, 2024 Vin Coca, Beth Lawler, Paul Nesja, Nicole Chrolavicius Season 4 Episode 169

On part 2 of this week's episode, we interview humorist, Al Mullen.
Al his written humor pieces for The New Yorker, McSweeney's and other publications. He is also the creator and publisher of Public Transportation Magazine (PTM). PTM is a very funny eight page Zine that can only be found on New York public transportation. Past issues have included many New Yorker writers and cartoonists and the next issue (probably coming out in September) will have pieces by David Cross, Jack Handey and Roz Chast. Look for it on a train seat near you!

Check out the PTM website here:
https://www.publictransportmagazine.com

There's also a punchline contest! Win the highly coveted PTM T-shirt!
https://www.publictransportmagazine.com/punchline-contest

If you would like to contribute words, images or money to the magazine you can contact Al here:
PUBTRANSPOMAG@GMAIL.COM

On Part 1 of the episode, we discuss the current contests:

Winning captions for New Yorker contest #907 (Dancing in the spreadsheets).

Finalists for contest #909 (Bar Fry). 

Current New Yorker contest #911 (The Miniature Prometheus). 

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