You’ve probably seen one of Evan’s stand-up bits or their videos floating around your feed. If not, you should. Off Radar spoke with the Girls Rewatch cohost about spiraling into comedy, hyper-specific cultural obsessions, and following whatever feels fun.

Written by Katie Karp

OFF RADAR: I've taken photos of your uncle before. I took photos of Dinosaur Jr. at a concert in Austin.

EVAN: That's so funny. He doesn't move so much. 

OFF RADAR: It was a really good show. Have you been to any of theirs before?

EVAN: Yeah, it's very fun. He really is such a talented guitar player. I mean, he switches out guitars, what? Six times during the show. It's crazy. Never been done before. Well, maybe. I don't know anything.

OFF RADAR: Do you go to concerts at all in New York?

EVAN: I go to a lot of live performances. Is it always music? Sometimes I feel like the magic of New York is that so much of it is intertwined. So to find music is also finding puppetry at the same time, or any kind of live performance. I'm not always searching out music inherently, but I am finding the music. Isn't that more beautiful?

OFF RADAR: It is beautiful. Was it like that when you were in New Orleans for college?

EVAN: I did a bit more exploring in New Orleans because I volunteered for a little bit, and then I lived next to this place called Neutral Ground Coffeehouse, which was only open from like 7p.m. to 11p.m. as a coffee shop. So random. They have a huge open mic culture. From volunteering and going to this coffee shop that didn’t really serve coffee, I saw a lot of interesting, experimental, weird musicians.

OFF RADAR: That sounds like such a cool place.

EVAN: Yeah, it was. It closed. Well, now it's like a one-day-a-week place for church, but when it was open, it was very beautiful.

OFF RADAR: That is really cool. Do you go back and visit New Orleans at all?

EVAN: I've been a few times, but I have not been back in like a year and a half. I guess two years now.

OFF RADAR: So when you graduated, did you move back to New York right away?

EVAN: I did. I moved right back. I was in Westchester for a tad bit of time, and then I moved to Brooklyn.

OFF RADAR: Would you ever move out of Brooklyn?

EVAN: I mean, I'd move to LA for a job, but I really do love Brooklyn. I don't know if there's many other places I'd want to be.

OFF RADAR: Is it like Girls?

EVAN: Isn't life like Girls? In a way, it definitely has elements of that. I actually think that my friends are a bit more structured. 

OFF RADAR: Do you have a favorite season of Girls?

EVAN: Oh, it's a hard question. I love one, I love three. I even love five. I love the whole thing. I like the whole show so much that I don't necessarily know if I could pick a season, but I do. Season One is just so iconic.

OFF RADAR: Do you have other shows that you'll cycle through?

EVAN: Yeah, I will cycle through Gilmore Girls, Sex and the City, Big Little Lies, definitely like women-centered drama. I am all over that. Real Housewives. There are some animated shows I like, as well, like Daria or Mission Hill. Veep. Every time I get a question like this, I know I'm definitely leaving something out.

OFF RADAR: I was reading your interview with Interview, which is so cool, because I also love Interview, and I think they asked you a question about the show Adults. Do you prefer that show or Overcompensating?

EVAN: I actually don't necessarily know if I like to even categorize like that. There's parts of Adults that I probably see myself in a bit more, but there's moments in Overcompensating I find funnier, but I've enjoyed both programs.

OFF RADAR: When did you start posting comedy stuff on social media?

EVAN: I started doing stand-up in April of 2022, so I've been doing it since then. I started the podcast in March of 2023 and I started doing kind of consistent online content. In November of 2024 I started my own page, but I was posting a little bit before that.

OFF RADAR: What brought you to start the podcast and then also start making stuff independently?

EVAN: I spiraled into comedy. Well, I kind of snowballed into it. I guess it's better phrasing. I love comedy, but I don't know if I necessarily had giant aspirations of being a stand-up comedian. It's something I enjoyed, but I wasn't a nerd about it. I was chill. I took a class, then I started doing more open mics, and I met people with open mics, and those kept me going writing the jokes. Spending time really thinking through situations and getting to contextualize them in humor was so fun for me. 

Ultimately, I felt like I hadn't necessarily found anything I truly love doing until I started honestly writing jokes. I was like, Oh, wow. This is the first time I've ever just spent time actually doing work that I fully enjoyed. My roommate, who I met through an open mic, was a podcast producer. And I think anyone that's been doing open mics for less than a year has a natural thought time to start a podcast. So we started the podcast, and that's kind of been the journey from there.

OFF RADAR: Where do you get your inspiration from for your stand-up stuff?

EVAN: I think the nice part of comedy is kind of like it is based in anthropology in its way. I'm not going to give it that much credit, but it's just like social observation distilled into humor. A big part of it is just talking to your friends and seeing what tickles them and then taking that tickle and building up on it.

OFF RADAR: What has your experience with the podcast been like? What is the whole process of putting it together?

EVAN: A lot of elements go into it.

I'll give general advice on looking to start a podcast. Talk about something that you really have a passion for, and it's okay to get granular with it. I feel like so many podcasts now take the approach of friends hanging out, but it's also fun to take one specific subject and really explore it in earnest. I don't think that's done as often, and ultimately, can be just as enriching.

OFF RADAR: Are there podcasts that you listen to besides yours, maybe that you really enjoy or appreciate?

EVAN: I love the podcast Stuff You Missed in History Class. I just like when people get so specific about, like, an urban designer from the 1800s who had a wealthy family. I'm like, I want to hear three hours of this! And I can. Seek Treatment is good. Really funny. There's a million podcasts. I listen to rudely specific podcasts. I've been listening to this podcast called The Weird Island, which has 30 reviews, and it's someone exploring every single aspect of Rhode Island's history, which I cannot get enough of.

OFF RADAR: Is there something that you've done for your podcast that kind of sticks out, or that you've been thinking about lately?

EVAN: We just started covering Sex and the City. So from a standpoint of thinking about something, we’ve really been trying to understand how to talk about this show that has been approached many times, and bring your voice to it and say something new. So I've been thinking about the pilot episode of Sex and the City for Girls Rewatch.

OFF RADAR: What would your dream blunt rotation be with the Sex and the City people?

EVAN: I guess, the more, the merrier. I do not want too much of the joint, honestly. So let's get the whole cast in there. But, definitely Season One Carrie, Samantha always, and Miranda before she buys the townhouse in Brooklyn. 

OFF RADAR: Who would you want to hang out with from Girls?

EVAN: None of them. No, I think I'd love to listen to Hannah talk. I'd love to start a small business with Shoshana. We could sell ornaments for Hanukkah. Popsicles for dogs.

OFF RADAR: To throw your question back at you, which girl are you?

EVAN:  I probably am Marnie, because I am. I used to have a voice. Now I'm kind of losing it. 

OFF RADAR: One last question, and it's really cheesy. What advice would you give to a 24-year-old?

EVAN: I really like the ethos of following the fun in life and wherever that can take you. I mean, just follow the things that give you energy, give them energy back, and see where it takes you, because you have time to explore. Let yourself explore.