Alise Morales is a comedy writer, performer, voice actress, and podcaster. She is currently the co-host of the Go Touch Grass Podcast, which has been featured as one of Apple Podcast’s “New and Noteworthy” section and was named as one of Lifehacker’s best new podcasts of 2024. From 2016 to 2023, Alise was the writer of the Betches Sup Newlsetter, which boasted over 100,000 subscribers. She also co-hosted the Betches Sup Podcast, where she interviewed leading figures in news and politics like Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and Press Secretary Karine Jean Pierre. Her writing has been featured in Flexx Mag, Reductress, Above Average, PureWoW, Betches and more.
Alise got her start in comedy in 2012 when she was a featured standup in MTVU's College Quickies series. In 2015 her video sketch trio Horrible Insane Girl premiered on IFC's Comedy Crib as one of its inaugural sketch series. In 2016, Alise was one of the winners of the NBC/UCB Diversity Scholarship Showcase, and her series Triffany & Briffney was an official comedy selection for 2016's New York TV Fest. Alise also performed on UCB's Lloyd Night from 2015-2018.
Alise’s original show, The Roast of Your Teenage Self, toured across the country and was featured in the 2017 and 2019 New York Comedy Festivals. In 2019 it became its own podcast on the All Things Comedy Network and debuted at #2 on Spotify’s trending podcasts. Alise has appeared on Hulu's Difficult People, Late Night with Seth Meyers, and Awkafina is Nora From Queens. She voiced Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Showtime’s Our Cartoon President, Lila Moreno on seasons 1 and 2 of Stephen Colbert’s Tooning Out the News, and co-starred as Linda on Wondery’s scripted podcast “This Job is History” alongside SNL’s Chris Parnell. She also appeared as Village Voice secretary Isobel in two episodes of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel season 4. In 2022 Alise was selected as part of a group of 12 exciting up-and-coming actors and comedians for the 2023 CBS Showcase.
Alise’s first book I’m a Fucking Puzzle Genius was released in 2020 and her second, Zodiac Connections: A Book of Astrological Numbers and Lists was released in 2023. Her next book Things Your Astrologer Should Have Told You will be out next year. She currently performs every month at the UCB theater in New York with her character team Big Noon.
This year, as always, she hopes to start wearing more adventurous types of pants.