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Drinking During Business Hours with Sarah Halstead and Rich Chassler | Where comedy & fine wine meet!

Sarah Halstead, Richard Chassler

Booking Overview

An informal interview show centered on comedy, beverages, food, entertainment, and culture, featuring external guests such as actors, comedians, chefs, restaurateurs, and distinctive personalities with compelling career or life stories. Credible pitch candidates include working entertainers, hospitality and wine professionals, authors, and experts with strong anecdotes and an engaging conversational style; booking difficulty is low.

Metrics

Episodes: 126

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 4.9/5.0

Estimated listeners: <1k

Gender skew: Neutral

Location: USA

YouTube: 23 subscribers

Instagram: 93.0k followers

Contact Information

Publicly listed emails

aacevedo@cesdtalent.com

sarahjhalstead@gmail.com

andy@midwesttalent.com

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Host

Sarah Halstead - Comedian and podcast host who co-hosts the show with her husband, Richard Chassler.

Richard Chassler - Comedian and podcast host who co-hosts the show with his wife, Sarah Halstead.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

low
Typical Credentials:  
Working comedians, actors, writers, chefs, restaurateurs, wine professionals, authors, and cultural personalities with established credits, businesses, publications, or distinctive professional experiences.
Required Achievements:  
Television, film, or comedy credits, Restaurant or hospitality ownership, Professional culinary recognition, Published books or memoirs, Established live performance or media careers

Recent Guest Discussions

Jim O'Heir - Acting, Comedy, Parks And Recreation, Emmy Experiences, Second City, Career Setbacks, And Memoir Writing.

Irina Voronina - Immigration, Modeling, Acting, Comedy, Typecasting, Aging In Hollywood, And Producing Comedy.

Steve Samson - Italian Food, Culinary Training, Restaurant Entrepreneurship, Family Traditions, And The Economics Of Running A Restaurant.

Jennifer M. Shaffer - Intuitive Investigations, Personal Transformation, Wine, Spirituality, And Unusual Investigative Experiences.

Keith Reza - Stand-up Comedy, Entertainment Careers, Podcasting, Persistence, Creative Identity, And Lessons From Norm Macdonald.

Recent Topics

Comedy, Wine, Food, Acting, Restaurants

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
Drinking During Business Hours with Sarah Halstead and Rich Chassler | Where comedy & fine wine meet!
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Stand Up Comedy and Why Deadheads Went After Sarah

September 01, 2026

Stand Up Comedy and Why Deadheads Went After Sarah Sarah Halstead and Richard Chassler kick off this episode of Drinking During Business Hours with a summer-ready Austrian wine and a wide-ranging conversation about live comedy, producing their new weekly show Test Kitchen Comedy in Los Angeles, booking a first trip to Japan, and why movie theaters still matter. They also get into the vulnerability of stand-up versus acting, the changing business of comedy specials and social media clips, the ...

From Small-Town DJ to Emmy Winner: Jim O'Heir's Wild Ride

August 25, 2026

From Small-Town DJ to Emmy Winner: Jim O'Heir's Wild Ride Parks and Recreation legend Jim O'Heir joins Drinking During Business Hours for a hilarious, heartfelt conversation over ice-cold bottles of Pilsner Urquell. Hosts Sarah Halstead and Rich Chassler get the Emmy-winning actor to open up about the wildest night of his career winning a Daytime Emmy for The Bold and the Beautiful when he was absolutely certain he'd lose, complete with Nick Offerman's infamous "these are not winner's seats" ...

Irina Voronina Gets Real About Russia, Hollywood, The Playboy Murders & Comedy

August 18, 2026

Irina Voronina Gets Real About Russia, Hollywood, The Playboy Murders & Comedy This week on Drinking During Business Hours, Sarah Halstead and Richard Chassler sit down with Irina Voronina for a funny, candid, and surprisingly emotional conversation about her journey from Russia to Milan to Los Angeles, her rise as a Playboy Playmate and working actress, and how stand-up comedy became the next chapter of her life. Along the way, Irina opens up about growing up in Soviet Russia, leaving home a...

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aacevedo@cesdtalent.com

sarahjhalstead@gmail.com

andy@midwesttalent.com

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