Sara Benincasa

While the practical aspects of new adulthood can be nerve-wracking--dating, job-hunting, money-managing--the most important task of all is figuring out who you are and where you fit in the world. Author and comedian Sara Benincasa, now in her mid-thirties, had an absolutely harrowing early twenties and now, on the other side, she has a LOT of hard-earned wisdom and common sense to share--

Alicia Deats is a new teacher chaperoning her very first high school trip to Washington DC, and nothing could be more terrifying than a class full of horny, backstabbing teenagers under her watch. To make matters worse, she embarrassed herself with her fellow chaperone Bryan Kenner with one too many margaritas and a vomiting incident at the teacher mixer and is hoping this trip can be a fresh start for them. Alicia believes in positive reinforcement...

We all know that America is the greatest country in the history of the world, but did you realize it's even more awesome than you possibly imagined? Discover why American has always had the most awesome healthcare system in the world.

Turns out there's more to being President than just signing laws, naming judges, and kissing babies. Our comedians leave no corner of the Oval Office unexplored during this thorough examination of executive power. Learn the strange way Nixon wooed.

Get ready for a half hour of history's most infamous gangsters, kidnappers, and witchcraft practitioners. Find out which Chicago mobster went by Snorky, why Bonnie & Clyde were like Fleetwood Mac.

Get ready for a look at history's greatest good guys, baddest bad guys, and a few prominent figures who were a little of both. You'll learn what made Alexander the Great so great, where Fidel Castro stationed his Cuban missile, and how Napoleon.

Finally, a show that's not afraid to knock Gandhi down a peg. We're poking fun at the bad behavior of politicians, royals, and all the other prominent historical figures that couldn't keep their hands (or worse) to themselves. You'll learn what LBJ nicknamed his "chief of staff", how Kim Jong-Il invented the hamburger, and why the real-life inspiration for Dracula was even more bloodthirsty than the vampire.

Our comedians are cracking wise at the most awesomely epic feats...and utterly demoralizing defeats the world has ever seen. From Lindbergh to the Hindenburg, it's a look at the big moments that shaped the course of human events for better and worse.