Patrick Radden Keefe and Nayeema Raza - SGDQ LIVE at Comedy Cellar

Join Patrick Radden Keefe and Nayeema Raza for a live taping of the award-winning podcast . He's traveled the world reporting on the fraudsters, fabulists and fakes of our lifetime. She's got questions: are we all getting scammed? Are billionaires or those who want to be them better at grift? What does all this reveal about human nature? And why did El Chapo’s cartel buds want Patrick to write the man’s memoir?!

This is an exclusive in-person evening at the Comedy Cellar's Village Underground.

Patrick Radden Keefe is an award-winning staff writer at The New Yorker and the author of New York Times best-selling books Empire of Pain, Rogues, Say Nothing, and his latest: . No one has studied liars at this level.

Nayeema Raza is the host of Smart Girl Dumb Questions, a Spotify Top 10 Best New Show of 2025 and 2026 iHeart Podcast Award Winner. Previously at the New York Times and New York Magazine, now she asks the smart, dumb, and always-curious Qs we all have.

Note: Doors open at 5:15 and close at 5:45 pm, must be 21+ and present a valid physical ID for entry. The Comedy Cellar has a two item minimum (food or beverage).

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