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Local Comedy Duo Has Plenty of Advice for UWSers: Listen Here

February 11, 2025 | 9:13 AM - Updated on August 6, 2025 | 3:12 PM
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The Rag’s Ruthless Advice columnists, Cynthia Kaplan and Karen Bergreen, are off this week (their biweekly column will be back next Tuesday). But Rag Radio host Claire Davenport caught up with them to talk about how they came together as a comedy team and, more recently, advice columnists to Upper West Siders. Both revealed the best advice anyone has ever given them; you can learn what that advice was by listening to the conversation below (music courtesy of Blue Dot Sessions).

For earlier installments of Rag Radio, listen to Claire’s talk with Rag cartoonist Bob Eckstein and her conversation with WSR reporter Gus Saltonstall.

Rag Radio · Comedy duo Karen Bergreen and Cynthia Kaplan have a lot of advice for Upper West Siders
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Marjorie
Marjorie
10 months ago

Highly recommended: My husband and I had a lot of fun seeing Cynthia and Karen at the UWS New York Comedy Club on West 78th Street. We laugh at their column and loved seeing them in person.

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Edith Tyson
Edith Tyson
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What fun! I’m so glad that WSR does some podcasting too.

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