Deep Night with Dale

A Talk Show Host For a New Age

One of NYC’s Longest-Running Comedy Podcasts

Launched in 2009, Deep Night with Dale (formerly Dale Radio) is a podcast and comedy-centric talk show. Bewley hosts the show and performs live in the guise of his turtleneck-wearing, aspiring cult leader alter-ego, Dale Seever. The podcast has featured hundreds of in-depth interviews with some of the best and brightest comedians, artists, writers, filmmakers, actors, and crystal lovers in New York City. James/Dale has demonstrated a knack for identifying talent on the rise and Deep Night has captured fascinating conversations with people just as exciting things are starting to happen. Past guests have included Janeane Garofalo, Todd Barry, Phoebe Robinson, Michelle Buteau, Bridget Everett, Ilana Glazer, John Early, Julio Torres, Bowen Yang, Griffin Newman, Lola Kirke, Kate Berlant, Josh Gondelman, Nikki Glaser, and Cole Escola, among many others.

Dale first appeared more than fifteen years ago, during Bewley’s time in San Francisco and in collaboration with writer/performer Erin Bradley. What started out as a fading lounge act about marital issues became something darker and weirder the more time went on. The entire Dale Seever project is an experiment in long-form storytelling, an attempt to build a single cohesive narrative through one character. If one were to listen to all 300+ episodes one would be able to track a single arc extending throughout the ten plus years of conversations and solo episodes.

Episodes

300+

Festivals

SF Sketchfest, San Francisco
The NY Comedy Fest, NYC
208 Comedy Festival, Boise
ANT FEST at Ars Nova, NYC
Hell Yes, NOLA

Guest List

Impressive

Launch Date

February 2009

“Take the way his vocal chords often constrict, as if wringing the very jokes from his body, giving his delivery a cadence that suggest flop sweat and total mastery in the same breath. In short, Bewley’s Dale is like a modern-day equivalent of Andy Kaufman’s Tony Clifton.”
Ben Cannon
AV Club's Podmass

Live Shows

Some notable venues that have hosted Dale and the show over the years include Joe’s Pub, the Hammer Museum at UCLA, Ars Nova, Union Hall, Littlefield, Bell House, RSVP at Arlo, The Pit, Aurora Picture Show, New Langton Arts, The Slipper Room, Caroline’s, UCB, SF Sketchfest, NY Podfest, NYC Comedy Festival, ANT Fest at Ars Nova, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, The Magic Theater, Film Biz Recycling, The Make Out Room, Cafe Du Nord, and a few others we can’t recall or prefer to forget.

Photo by Mindy Tucker.

345

Episodes as of 2024

6

Turtlenecks Worn

14

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