Podcast

Bits in the City

Comedy, Improv

Wanna laugh while doing your dishes?! NYC's Nick Alvino & Gabbi Browdy improvise bits, skits, and your fave Broadway references & pop culture impressions you didn't know you needed.

Episodes
13
Releases
Weekly
Typical length
35 min
On air since
2026
Latest episode
1 month ago

Episodes

13 episodes, newest first

  1. Bits #13: Tequila Shots!

    Season 1, Episode 13

    Show notes

    Bits:

    • Act One Blackout
    • Grindr Messages
    • Julia, the horny flight attendant
    • Tequila Shots!
    • Broadway Equity Fights AIDS Speech
    • "So, are you going to squirt or what?"
    • Manifestations
    • "Drunk on the first date" - Musical Improv

    39 min
  2. Bits #12: Blue sand!

    Season 1, Episode 12

    Show notes

    Bits:

    • Selena Gomez as Miranda Priestly
    • Basic Bridesmaid Speech
    • Slow Actor Delivery
    • Demi Lovato Sings "Good Morning Baltimore"
    • Contemporary Play Openings
    • Stubbing Toes as Celebs
    • "Dry Throat" by Charli XCX
    • Jen Colella x Cher collab
    • Idina Menzel singing "All That Jazz".
    • Taylor Swift Singing Dear Evan Hansen
    • "Blue Sand" Song

    33 min
  3. Bits #11: Daddy in the alley!

    Season 1, Episode 11

    Show notes

    Bits:

    • Idina Menzel auditions for Dear Evan Hansen
    • Grindr messages read as celeb impressions
    • Shrek, Elphaba, Fiona love triangle
    • Q&A w/ Selena Gomez
    • Courtney Take Your Break!
    • Eat my ass: Jennifer Coolidge, Hermione, Britney Spears, and Love Island
    • Musical Improv: Jockstrap on the Floor

    30 min
  4. Bits #10: My mouth is ready... for bits!

    Season 1, Episode 10

    Show notes

    Bits:

    • Rachel from NY1 updating us on NYC
    • Lady Gaga playing Eliza Hamilton

    • Q&A with pop singer Demi Lovato d

    • Julia, horny flight attendant

    • Gen Z version of Hermione Granger

    • Aggressive Italian mother from Brooklyn/Long Island yelling at her daughter, Giana, for coming home late

    • Britney Spears auditioning for Spring Awakening
    • If Taylor Swift wrote Wicked
    • An indie-girl sad pop musical performance inspired by the prompt "my phone is at 4%"

    • Nick's abs!

    40 min
  5. Bits #9: Shave your bush!

    Season 1, Episode 9

    Show notes

    Bits:

    • Impressions: Mel Robbins, Alanis Morisette, Demi Lovato

    • Audition experiences
    • Over the top "Happy Birthday"
    • Broadway/industry life
    • Legally Blonde
    • "You shaved your bush" impressions

    38 min
  6. Bits #8: It's so hard to be a bottom!

    Season 1, Episode 8

    Show notes

    Bits:

    • Celebrity Impressions on Love Island: Kourtney Kardashian, Demi Lovato, Lady Gaga, and Selena Gomez
    • Roller Coaster Announcement
    • "Angelica Schuyler" by: Demi Lovato, Britney Spears, Shakira, and Lin-Manuel Miranda
    • Audition Scenarios
    • Idina Menzel auditioning for the role of "Boq"
    • Educational Grammar Parody
    • Original song: "It's So Hard to Be a Bottom"

    27 min
  7. Bits #7: You look fish girl!

    Season 1, Episode 7

    Show notes

    Bits:

    • Characters: High School Prom-posal, Italian Long Island Parents, Madeline Ashton
    • Songs: "Decaf", "Theatre Mom", "Lost my Keys in Brooklyn", "Tonight (but Gay)", "New York, New York (Broadway Bares)"
    • Q&A with Idina Menzel
    • Superlatives
    • Locker Room Flirting
    • Theme Song: Olivia Rodrigo, Lana Del Rey, Jenna (Waitress), Jenn Colella (Come from Away), Avril Lavigne, Raye

    35 min
  8. Bits #6: Annie all grown up!

    Season 1, Episode 6

    Show notes

    Bits:

    • Inappropriate Choices: I Dreamed a Dream

    • Q&A with Lady Gaga.

    • The "Annie" Sequel

    • Remixes: Shrek and Spelling Bee
    • Message for Ben Platt

    • Theme Song: Lana Del Rey, Julie Andrews, Rihanna, Sharpay Evans, and Liza Minnelli.

    30 min
  9. Bits #4: Flap ball change!

    Season 1, Episode 4

    Show notes

    Bits:

    • Impressions: Yungblud, Cher, and depressed Mickey Mouse
    • Rapid Fire : Q&A with Britney Spears
    • Take "Waking Up in Vegas" into the room
    • Wicked by Shakira
    • "Alexa" has a crush on owner
    • Broadway Bares Infomercial
    • Rachel "New York 1" broadcasting live from The Eagle
    • Musical song: "Run from Mother"
    • Theme Song: Lady Gaga, Kourtney Kardashian, Zara Larsson, Lana Del Rey, and Judy Garland

    33 min
  10. Bits #5: You stupid girl!

    Season 1, Episode 5

    Show notes

    Bits:

    • Impressions: Laura Bell Bundy, Southern Mom, Mel Robbins, Debby Ryan, Lana Del Rey, Lady Gaga, Idina Menzel, Demi Lovato, Britney Spears
    • Q&A with Lin-Manuel Miranda.
    • "Memory" from Cats as a jazz standard xmas jingle
    • Disney Princess who is over it
    • "Don't be fresh"
    • Indie song in 5 Seconds
    • "Take me away"

    29 min
  11. Bits #3: Arch your back boy!

    Season 1, Episode 1

    Show notes

    New Bits!

    • Theme Song: Hermione, Lana Del Rey, Britney Spears
    • Q&A: Selena Gomez
    • Homophobic Alexa
    • Demi Lovato barista
    • Confront a cheating bf
    • Nervous teacher Jizzabelle
    • Italian grandfather infidelity
    • Camp Counselor Amos

    42 min
  12. Bits #2: Ella bounce on it!

    Season 1, Episode 2

    Show notes

    Happy Pride, best year of the month! Nick and Gabbi remove the pink cowboy had and the pod gets bit heavy.

    Bits:

    • Theme Song Improv: Lin-Manuel Miranda
    • Nessarose monologue: a choice
    • Rachel NY1: live from a circuit party
    • "I Hope You Dance" Parody
    • Disney Roller Coaster Cast Member
    • Original Musical: "Sure I Will George"

    37 min
  13. Bits #1: Pilot

    Season 1, Episode 1

    Show notes

    Nick & Gabbi share hot takes, impressions, and gab about living in NYC in Episode 1 of Bits in the City!

    Bits:

    • Kourtney Kardashian orders a matcha
    • Idina Menzel sees the Statue of Liberty for the first time
    • Impressions Mel Robbins, Shakira, Demi Lovato

    City Life:

    • Fashion over function (jean sweats)
    • Discovering a rat in your apartment
    • Dog owners love stock compliments

    Hot Takes:

    • Don't dab up your gay friends
    • Sure vs yea
    • Pregnant women are just sweaty

    50 min