CHARLIE BERENS is a comedian, New York Times Best Selling Author,
Emmy-winning journalist, musician and creator of the Manitowoc Minute. The
Wisconsin native has been featured on Comedy Central, Fox, CBS, Funny or
Die, TBS, Variety, MTV News and more. He creates weekly content for his
various social platforms and has amassed over 7.5 million followers.
Charlie began his career working for MTV News' Choose or Lose. After that he
worked in front and behind the camera for emerging YouTube news channels.
In 2012, Tribune Media tapped Charlie to host the comedic news show
Nightcap. In 2013 he won an Emmy for "The Cost of Water" while reporting
for KDAF.
In 2017, Charlie began hosting his weekly comedic online news show, the
Manitowoc Minute. Since then, Charlie’s been creating Midwest-focused sketch
comedy videos on his social media platforms. He’s also traveled the country
with three sold out stand-up comedy tours.
In 2020, Charlie paired up with Horseshoes & Hand Grenades alum Adam
Greul to release the music/comedy album, Unthawed. The album, which is a
mixture of bluegrass, country and Charlie’s comedy, hit #1 on the Billboard
Bluegrass chart and #6 on the Bluegrass Comedy chart.
Charlie’s first book, The Midwest Survival Guide, was released in November of
2021 by William Morrow/Harper Collins and immediately became a New York
Times Best Seller! Charlie is currently on his third stand-up tour in support of
the book’s release. His Midwest Survival Guide Tour sold over 150,000 tickets!
Charlie hosts the Cripescast podcast where he interviews musicians, artists,
comedians, creators and more to talk about their story and connections to the
Midwest. Guests have included Jeff Foxworthy, Nate Bargatze and Roy Wood,
Jr.
He launches his Good Old Fashioned Tour this September!