Matteo Pascale is a comedian who has been doing stand-up for many years in New York City. He also hosts a weekly podcast, "Let Us Be Idiots.” The podcast explores the elements of having a truly stupid conversation and can only be described as an audio circus. Matteo Pascale founded, “The Vivid Anthology” annual volume series to showcase fiction that specializes in the Extremely odd, bizarre, and Strange. He chooses the fictional pieces that he believes have merit and would be overlooked by mainstream stream publishing.