Megan Beth Koester is an American comedian, writer, journalist and actress who regularly performs stand-up comedy in Los Angeles, CA.[1] From 2013 to 2018, she was a contributor to Vice Magazine, writing about media, comedy, the entertainment industry, feminism and Los Angeles culture.[2] [3] She writes on similar subjects for Jezebel, Thrillist and The Guardian.[4]
Megan Koester co-authored The Indignities of Being a Woman with Merrill Markoe in 2018, an audio work published by Audible which combines historic research with humor.[5] The album discusses the experience of womanhood throughout time from the perspective of two women working in comedy.[6]
In January 2019, her comedy album Tertium Non Datur, created from a live taping hosted by Andy Kindler in May 2018,[7] was released by Aspecialthing Records.
Koester played the character of Madeline Cross in "The Pain of Being Alive," episode 3 of season 1 of Comedy Central's Corporate, a TV show that makes fun of the employee experience in a large corporation. L.A. Weekly named her comedy act "one to watch" in 2015.[8]
Along with co-hosts Emily Whittemore, and Alison Stevenson (Mary Kobayashi left early on[9]), Koester was also featured on the Adult Swim streaming network's The Perfect Women.[10] On July 23, 2019, Koester began the weekly podcast Grifthorse with comedian Howard Kremer.