Joan Rivers and Treva Silverman: Partners in Comedy

For the last of our summer re-releases, we're sharing the second episode in our two-part series on Joan Rivers. It features a conversation between Joan and her longtime friend and comedy partner, Treva Silverman. Joan and Treva talk about what it was like to be women in comedy in the 60s and 70s, how they got their start driving to gigs in the Catskills in Joan’s beat up old car, and the origins of some of their favorite jokes. 

Released September 10, 2026
  • Joan Rivers and Treva Silverman in the 2006 JWA documentary Making Trouble.

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Jewish Women's Archive. "Joan Rivers and Treva Silverman: Partners in Comedy." (Viewed on October 9, 2026) <https://jwa.org/podcasts/canwetalk/joan-rivers-and-treva-silverman-partners-comedy>.