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Friends Like Us


A Podcast featuring women of color with different views on hot topics. 

Feb 22, 2023

Marc Theobald and Von Decarlo visit friends and discuss judgmental preachers, protecting black lives, new data on childbirth for black families, justice for Emmett Till, and more with host Marina Franklin.  

Marc Theobald is a stand-up, writer, and producer known for The Last O.G. (2021), Delocated (2018), and the 2019 ESPY Awards. He has performed in a number of New York's hot spots, including the "New York Comedy Club", "Catch a Rising Star", "Stand-Up New York", and "Uptown Comedy Club", He also has been featured on "Comic View" and "The Chappelle Show". True to form, Theobald keeps the crowd in stitches with his sketch artist talents and physical style. 

Von Decarlo is a New York bred stand up comedian, producer, writer, and actress with global ad campaigns, and national commercials for Disney, GNC, Match, and Carnival Cruise Lines. She performed in Montreal at the Just For Laughs comedy festival for Kevin Hart’s LOL Network, as well as, the Lil’ Rel and Friends show. She has been a featured comedian on HBO’s Pause with Sam Jay, Laff Mobb’s Laff Tracks on Tru TV and HBO Max, CNN’s talking head year end wrap up special, The Jerry O’Connell Show on FOX, BET, Buzz Feed, FOX Soul, The Breakfast Club, Angela Yee’s Lip Service, and more!  Additionally, she was the first woman, and first comedian to host her own show on the Sirius XM NBA channel. Von Decarlo is the Executive Producer of the documentary Killing Is Easy on Comedy Central as well as the producer of three posthumous comedy albums, Mr. P, Unreleased, and The Lost Files. Her debut comedy album, A Draggable Offense, is available on all major platforms, and can be heard on the She So Funny and Laugh Out Loud radio stations on Sirius XM. Look out for Von Decarlo in the upcoming RomCom film, Switch Up, and in the indie film, Salesman, currently on Amazon Prime.

Always hosted by Marina Franklin - One Hour Comedy Special: Single Black Female ( Amazon Prime, CW Network), TBS's The Last O.G, Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, Hysterical on FX, The Movie Trainwreck, Louie Season V, The Jim Gaffigan Show, Conan O'Brien, Stephen Colbert, HBO's Crashing, and The Breaks with Michelle Wolf