Meet the team
The Dump is a topical late night style podcast, written and performed by a team of writers, guests and contributors from places like SNL, The Tonight Show, The Daily Show and more.
Our credits
include…
Rebecca Barnard
Rebecca Barnard (Creator & Host) is a comedy writer, director and producer living in Los Angeles. She's covered the news (and written jokes about it) for live shows, podcasts, national media outlets and more. Rebecca worked and performed at Second City, iO Chicago, Comedy Central Stage, Open Fist Theater and others in NY, LA, DC and Chicago...she's also lived in a lot of different places (ask her about South Africa!) Rebecca is an alum of the DAF Onion Fellowship and Late Night with Stacey Rumaker. When she grows up, she wants to be Graham Norton.
Brandon Burkhart
Rebecca Barnard (Creator & Host) is a comedy writer, director and producer living in Los Angeles. She's covered the news (and written jokes about it) for live shows, podcasts, national media outlets and more. Rebecca worked and performed at Second City, iO Chicago, Comedy Central Stage, Open Fist Theater and others in NY, LA, DC and Chicago...she's also lived in a lot of different places (ask her about South Africa!) Rebecca is an alum of the DAF Onion Fellowship and Late Night with Stacey Rumaker. When she grows up, she wants to be Graham Norton.
Zack Morrison
Zack Morrison (Staff Writer, Producer) is a comedy writer and filmmaker from New Jersey, currently living in Los Angeles for some reason. He is the writer-director of the Emmy-winning short form musical comedy Everything’s Fine: A Panic Attack in D Major; as well as the creator and executive producer of the indie sitcom Canusa Street and the YouTube variety series We Have A Show. Zack was previously a writer and performer on ContractTK, a comedy producer at Buzzfeed Video, and a writers assistant at The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. He has a MFA in Television Writing from Columbia University, and encyclopedic knowledge of the complete works of Bruce Springsteen and the E-Street Band.
Rebecca Golden
Rebecca Golden (Staff Writer, Producer) writes jokes, sketch, short and long-form comedy. She worked in tech startups, ultimately as Marketing Director, traveling around the world to stage events, and to write, design, and produce for web, film, and print, including regular contributions to Forbes and documentaries for brands like Porsche and GSK. She previously worked at the firm behind Obama’s digital campaign, in a DC think tank, and at a film studio. She studied sketch with Laughing Buddha, the PIT, and Second City–and officially, history at Pomona College. Her work won a Muse Award, and has been recognized in several screenwriting competitions, including the Screencraft Screenwriting Fellowship.
Anthony Cusumano
Anthony Cusumano (Staff Writer) is a comedy writer, performer, and producer in Chicago. His love of comedy was born from seeing Tommy Boy in second grade and making his classmates laugh with his rendition of the “fat guy in little coat” routine. Since then, he has trained and performed extensively at Washington Improv Theater, Second City, iO, and many other venues. In 2022, he co-launched the recurring DnA Sketch Show, and in 2024, he wrote and directed the full-length musical Miracle at Century High School, which returns for a second run at Chicago’s legendary Annoyance Theatre this fall.
Brandon Burkhart
Cassie Soliday (Producer, Staff Writer) is a comedy writer and cartoonist. They’ve written and developed animated series for studios like Disney, Cartoon Network, and Warner Bros while their humor writing and cartoons can be seen around the internet at The New Yorker, McSweeney’s, The Belladonna, and more. Originally from the rural Midwest, Cass hung up their tornado survival gear to live in LA where the wildfires and earthquakes roam free.
Anthony Cusumano
Anthony Cusumano (Staff Writer) is a comedy writer, performer, and producer in Chicago. His love of comedy was born from seeing Tommy Boy in second grade and making his classmates laugh with his rendition of the “fat guy in little coat” routine. Since then, he has trained and performed extensively at Washington Improv Theater, Second City, iO, and many other venues. In 2022, he co-launched the recurring DnA Sketch Show, and in 2024, he wrote and directed the full-length musical Miracle at Century High School, which returns for a second run at Chicago’s legendary Annoyance Theatre this fall.
Gil Baron
Gil Baron (Staff Writer) is a native Angeleno. He is the Producer of multiple live shows at theaters around LA; “Your Late Night Show Tonight,” which has been running for over six years. The comedy game show, “Pop Cultured with Jimmy Pardo.” And the panel show, “Family Dinner with Jodie Sweetin. He was a writer on “The National Lampoon’s Final Edition Podcast.” In 2015 he wrote for the “CBS Diversity Showcase” and produced The Upright Citizen’s Brigade’s inaugural Digital Lab series; “Mother Mary.” He has worked in development roles at Comedy Central and Comic Relief. He is very proud of all his accomplishments, but sometimes worries that he’s already met ‘the one’ and messed it up by using the wrong ‘your.’
Reggie Wade
Reggie Wade (Contributor) is a writer, editor, journalist, and producer from Brooklyn, New York. Reggie has trained at UCB and Caroline’s School of Comedy. On stage, he has performed at the famed Carolines and Broadway Comedy Club as well as the UCB theater. For nearly 5 years, Reggie was a reporter and editor at Yahoo Finance, covering Education and the Sportswear industry. Reggie currently works on the research staff at The Daily Show, where he pitches and produces segments. Along with his duties at The Daily Show, Reggie is currently a Contributing Writer for The Dump Podcast. Reggie also works as a freelance writer for The Associated Press and comedy outlets, The Needling, Sports Riot, and Lousy Human.
Adam Cozens
Adam Cozens (Contributor) is a Los Angeles-based stand up comedian and comedy writer. In 2018, Dry Bar Comedy released Adam’s first one hour stand up comedy special “Anyway…Here’s Adam Cozens” which amassed over 1 million views in the first week with over 8 million views to date. Previously his stand up had been featured on Nickelodeon’s, Hulu, ComedyTime and more.
Chloe Hawker
Chloe Hawker (Contributor) is a New York-based writer, sketch comedian, and space lawyer (really). She’s also into writing novels and buying piles of books on very specific topics. Chloe has trained at The PIT, UCB, Script Anatomy, and The Sketch School, and has performed at NYC Sketchfest and the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. She started writing comedy in law school, just like other normal people. You can catch Chloe at @chloechawker on all the socials or at chloechawker.com.
Eoin Wenger
Eoin Wenger (Contributor) is a writer/performer based in NYC and studied at Upright Citizens Brigade (UCB) and The Second City. Currently, you can catch him online in Big MacEntire or in person at The PIT on the BoogieManja team EZ Pass. He is a contributor for The Dump podcast, humor publication Humor Darling, and sometimes even his own Instagram feed. If you feel so inclined and mesmerized by all this info, you can follow him everywhere at @eoinwenger or check out more at eoinwenger.com. Also, it's pronounced “Owen.”
Cassie Soliday
Cassie Soliday (Staff Writer, Designer) is a comedy writer and cartoonist. They’ve written and developed animated series for studios like Disney, Cartoon Network, and Warner Bros while their humor writing and cartoons can be seen around the internet at The New Yorker, McSweeney’s, The Belladonna, and more. Originally from the rural Midwest, Cass hung up their tornado survival gear to live in LA where the wildfires and earthquakes roam free.
Rasheda Crockett
Rasheda Crockett (Staff Writer) is a writer, comedian, and climate advocate using humor to inspire action on climate change. A recipient of a 2024 Anthem Award, her climate comedy series (now streaming on YouTube) creatively spotlights the urgent need for environmental solutions. Rasheda brings an intersectional lens to her work, blending sharp wit and humor with a commitment to equity, sustainability, and storytelling that drives impact.
Ben Kuerschner
Rick Larsen (Staff Writer) is a writer, artist, and improvisor based in Phoenix. He studied improv and sketch at the Torch Theatre (Phx), the Pack Theatre (LA), and Rise Theatre(Denver). He is a contributing writer for the new-based sketch show This Week This Week in Los Angeles and and The Dump podcast. He also cohosts Sweet Podtato, a podcast about things that are excellent. Follow him at rlarsen4 on Instagram & YouRube and ricklarsen4 on Venmo. You can learn more about him at linktr.ee/rlarsen4. He is not Banksy.
Stephanie Leke
Stephanie Leke (Staff Writer) is a first generation Cameroonian-American writer and producer originally from Massachusetts. In 2023, she participated in the Writers’ Access Support Staff Training Program. In 2024, a satirical show she co-developed, reframing corporate DEI training programs, was selected as a finalist for the Yes, And… Laughter Lab. Currently working in documentaries, her credits include Piece By Piece (Focus Features), Mary J. Blige’s My Life (Amazon Studios), and Harry & Meghan (Netflix).
Tim Daly
Tim Daly (Contributor) is a comedy writer and performer based in Brooklyn, NY. He writes for one of Upright Citizen Brigade’s house sketch teams, Reunion Tour, and performs regularly around town with his sketch team, YAP. He’s an award-winning screenwriter, with honors from the NY Intl. Screenplay Awards, Big Apple Film Festival, and Filmmatic Comedy Awards. And one time, he had a line in a very dramatic CBS show.