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Greg Schwem

  • Columnist, Tribune Content Agency and Business Humor Speaker, Freelance
Chicago, Lemont
As seen in: LinkedIn, Medium, HuffPost, Chicago Tribune, Substack, The Greenwich Journal and Salem Press, The San Diego Union-Tribune, Daily Herald, Tribune Content Agency, The Effingham Daily News and
Covers:  humor, travel, family life
Doesn't Cover: Any topic can be funny...so I cover everything
Resilience humor speaker who survived cancer and divorce...and turned all of it into material. | corporate speaker | clubs, cruises and any venue in between

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I'm a corporate stand-up comedian and humorous business speaker (yeah, that's a thing!) Since 2011, I've also written the weekly, nationally syndicated Humor Hotel column for Tribune Content Agency. In 2017, I created the web series, "A Comedian Crashes Your Pad." Check it out on YouTube.

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Suburbanites vs Chicagoans: Who is Tougher?

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By Greg Schwem
| gregschwem.com
This piece originally appeared as part of the Tribune Content Agency ‘Humor Hotel’ series Three years ago I moved back to the city of Chicago after spending 29 years in the suburbs. Newly divorced, I was eager to return to the environment I had bragged about to my suburban friends as we drank beer at backyard barbecues while our kids ran around on expansive, carefully manicured lawns. You know, typical suburban stuff. “City people are tough,” I said.
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Old Kids’ Games and Other Dicey Donations

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By Greg Schwem
| BOOMER Magazine Verified
Are old kids’ games and other old “treasures” worth hanging on to? Humorist Greg Schwem thinks not, as he sorts the donations at a fundraising rummage sale. What do you think? Last week I had the pleasure of helping organize a large-scale rummage sale – also known as a yard sale or garage sale, depending on your location and the amount of space set aside to unload items the proprietor no longer needs.
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Amazon Music's Algorithm Thinks I'm Not Okay. Bestie, I Am Extremely Okay."

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By Greg Schwem
| Substack
I recently subscribed to Amazon Music, a decision made infinitely easier after Jeff Bezos and his cronies offered me four free months of service. It’s the closest I’ve ever come to winning anything.
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