Biography
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Born In
Neptune Township, Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States
Kurt Braunohler is an American comedian and host of The K Ohle with Kurt Braunohler podcast on the Nerdist network. He was previously the host of IFC's comedy game show Bunk and has appeared on Comedy Central, This American Life, and Radiolab. Braunohler is a frequent collaborator with Kristen Schaal, with whom he created the web series Penelope Princess of Pets. He was born in Neptune, New Jersey. He attended Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, MD.
Braunohler's first major project was the performance project Kurtbot. This was a series of street comedy sketches along with an accompanying website. He had more success with the street theatre project Chengwin. His work with the group earned a number of awards, including being voted by the Village Voice as "Best Hilarious Insane Guerilla Theatre" in 2003. In 2004, Braunohler began the Neutrino Video Projects. His work with the group garnered widespread praise, and in 2005 the group traveled to the HBO US Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen, as well as to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in Scotland. The Neutrino Video Projects were awarded "Improv Ensemble of the Year" by the Chicago Improv Festival in 2004.
In 2005, Braunohler began co-hosting the Hot Tub Variety Show at the People's Improv Theatre, which was voted “Best Variety Show of 2005” by Time-Out New York’s readers poll. Since then, Braunohler has performed on Comedy Central's John Oliver Presents, The Comedy Festival, Just For Laughs Comedy Festival in Montreal and Chicago, New York Comedy Festival (where he was named a "Comic to Watch"), SXSW, Bonaroo, All Tomorrow’s Parties, the Chicago Improv Festival and the Radio City Music Hall. In 2013, the record label Kill Rock Stars announced that they will be releasing Braunohler's debut comedy album which will be recorded live on February 13, 2013 in Seattle, Washington and February 14, 2013 in Portland, Oregon. In March 2013, Braunholer completed a successful $4,000 Kickstarter campaign by hiring a professional pilot to skywrite “How Do I Land?” in Southern California, in promotion of his upcoming album with Kill Rock Stars.
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