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<v Speaker 1>Callaroga Shark media. I know Johnny Manhood your daily comedy

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<v Speaker 1>news no Taylor Swift fan. Nicki Glazer tells any why

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<v Speaker 1>I'm not a politician. I'm not enacting laws. My job

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<v Speaker 1>is to be truthful to myself, and what's authentic for

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<v Speaker 1>me is to share these dark thoughts I have. It

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<v Speaker 1>really releases some of the shame I struggle with the

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<v Speaker 1>morality that's put on comedians say the right thing and

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<v Speaker 1>have the right take. We do have an influence, obviously,

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<v Speaker 1>but we're also telling jokes. It's hard because the things

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<v Speaker 1>I do think are so wrong and so bad, and

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<v Speaker 1>there's fear of getting canceled for saying the wrong thing.

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<v Speaker 1>But ultimately I know I'm a good person. I dealt

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<v Speaker 1>with a lot of like, am I a bad person

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<v Speaker 1>because these thoughts? And I'm really not. I could sleep

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<v Speaker 1>well at night knowing that I didn't really say them

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<v Speaker 1>to hurt anyone. I'm only as sick as my secrets,

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<v Speaker 1>and so I try to release as many secrets as

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<v Speaker 1>possible up there. I do worry about Nikki the more

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<v Speaker 1>of these interviews I read. In her recent special Someday

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<v Speaker 1>You'll Die, she ponders guns are easier to find than compassion.

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<v Speaker 1>She then calls out the suicide lifeline nine to eight eight.

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<v Speaker 1>Throughout the special Sedgy material, it took her a while

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<v Speaker 1>to get to a point where audiences felt comfortable laughing

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<v Speaker 1>with her right City Wire Glazer says, it becomes a

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<v Speaker 1>challenge the suicide material stuff. I was getting a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of pushback from audiences, and I thought, Oh, guess I

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<v Speaker 1>can't really go there and talk about my suicidal thoughts

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<v Speaker 1>and joking about how I'll probably kill myself some day.

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<v Speaker 1>They're never gonna be okay with it. But I kept going,

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<v Speaker 1>and I kept trying until I found a way that

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<v Speaker 1>actually worked, and it was one of the biggest laughs

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<v Speaker 1>of Mindsire said, that was really gratifying. I hope she's

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<v Speaker 1>okay there. Bob Saggitt was friends with John Mayer, so

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<v Speaker 1>no surprise that Bob Saggett's favorite charity will honor John

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<v Speaker 1>Mayer with a special award at the Scleroderma Research Foundation's

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<v Speaker 1>annual fundraiser, Cool Comedy, Hot Cuisine that's on October twenty ninth.

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<v Speaker 1>The nonprofit will give John Mayer and comedian Jeff Ross

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<v Speaker 1>the Bob Saggat Legacy award in honor of how they

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<v Speaker 1>helped Sagat raise funds and awareness. Jeff Ross will host

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<v Speaker 1>the event, which would feature additional comedians, TBA musicians and performers.

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<v Speaker 1>Kelly Rizzo, Bob's wife, said, I could not be more

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<v Speaker 1>thrilled to see the Bob Saggatt Legacy Award go to

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<v Speaker 1>John Mayor and Jeff Ross. They were two of Bob's

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<v Speaker 1>dearest friends and both in body's dedication to the cause.

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<v Speaker 1>The reference ensure that Bob's impact continues, proving that laughter

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<v Speaker 1>and music can be powerful tools in the fight against

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<v Speaker 1>this disease and bring us closer to a cure with

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<v Speaker 1>every event. After Saggot died in twenty twenty two, John

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<v Speaker 1>Mayer paid for a private plane to transport the body

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<v Speaker 1>back to California and later served as a pallbearer at

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<v Speaker 1>the funeral. Earlier this year, on Bob Saggot's birthday, John

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<v Speaker 1>Mayer posted a photo of himself with Saggot, saying, I

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<v Speaker 1>miss you the most when I'm exhausted and I just

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<v Speaker 1>want to talk to my friend. We all miss you.

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<v Speaker 1>Lost me be out of our control, but remembrance is

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<v Speaker 1>our active defiance and we will never Forget You. Zarna

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<v Speaker 1>Garga got into comedy because of her teenage daughter. After all,

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<v Speaker 1>mom sold funny stories. How hard could it be? Sarna

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<v Speaker 1>jumped on stage in twenty nineteen. She'd never been inside

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<v Speaker 1>a comedy club before. Then her children convinced her she

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<v Speaker 1>was funny. She went up onto the open mic and

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<v Speaker 1>was given half an hour. That's eternal. A half hour

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<v Speaker 1>is endless. She didn't really have material, so she went

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<v Speaker 1>with what she knew. Gark told post Media the thing

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<v Speaker 1>is I discovered there's a big and vibrant audience for

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<v Speaker 1>Indian mother in law jokes. I didn't know enough to

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<v Speaker 1>have stage fright to be honest with you later around

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<v Speaker 1>the op but Mike encourage me to go up there

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<v Speaker 1>and talk about whatever I think is funny. I thought

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<v Speaker 1>about a lot of things my mother in law said

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<v Speaker 1>to me, so I went with it without thinking twice.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm really glad I was ignorant of what it should

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<v Speaker 1>be to be afraid up on stage because the vibe

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<v Speaker 1>of just naturally showing up on stage and talking about

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<v Speaker 1>life is also how I do it. Now. It's much

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<v Speaker 1>easier for me to not overthink it and to treat

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<v Speaker 1>every show like a big extended dinner party. Zarna says,

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<v Speaker 1>you don't have to be part of my culture to

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<v Speaker 1>know there are inappropriate people in everybody's life who say

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<v Speaker 1>crazy things. They don't have to be Indian or even

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<v Speaker 1>have a mother in law. We all have that friend

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<v Speaker 1>or neighbor or uncle or aunt wherever that randomly blurts

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<v Speaker 1>out completely inappropriate things. It thinks it's totally okay to

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<v Speaker 1>do it, these things of all the one thing at

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<v Speaker 1>a time. Once I understood what stand up comedy was,

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<v Speaker 1>I hung out with comics, learned what they were doing.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm immersed in that world of entertainment in the comedy format.

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<v Speaker 1>Now in a minute, I'm very tuned what's going on

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<v Speaker 1>in the digital space. It's very interesting. Once you decide

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<v Speaker 1>you want to do something, you start learning before you

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<v Speaker 1>even know you're learning. Greg Fitzsimmons said his first writing

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<v Speaker 1>job was with Bill Maher. I was hired to do

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<v Speaker 1>audience warm up but only been doing comedy maybe seven years,

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<v Speaker 1>and he liked my warm up, so he offered me

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<v Speaker 1>a writing job. I was with a bunch of guys

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<v Speaker 1>who's still as writers twenty five years later. It's like

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<v Speaker 1>a club there I didn't stay in that club. I

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<v Speaker 1>got fired, but you know that just happens when you're

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<v Speaker 1>write for TV shows. You get fired a lot. Usually

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<v Speaker 1>a producer will call you in and gently let you go.

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<v Speaker 1>But Bill sat down with me and did it himself

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<v Speaker 1>like a man, and I'll always respect that. The South

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<v Speaker 1>of China Morning Post is your home for comedy news.

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<v Speaker 1>They caught up with Phil Wang, who said stand up

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<v Speaker 1>is like alchemy, turning nothing into something. There's something mystifying

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<v Speaker 1>about that. To stand on stage on your own and

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<v Speaker 1>turn that nothing into a room of laughing people. I

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<v Speaker 1>found that fascinating. It's not about I'd give it a go.

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<v Speaker 1>The first gig I ever did was at school in

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<v Speaker 1>Bath when the drama teacher invited people to do five

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<v Speaker 1>minute open spots. To me and this other kid said yes.

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<v Speaker 1>People were surprised, but I found I had a knack

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<v Speaker 1>for performing. The jokes were mainly stolen from you, Twoe,

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<v Speaker 1>but I had the ability to tell them the sense

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<v Speaker 1>of the rhythm, the intonation, the punctuation, the musicality of it.

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<v Speaker 1>Three years ago, Wang put out a book called A

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<v Speaker 1>Side Splitter, a book about being mixed race and having

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<v Speaker 1>grown up in Malaysia and then moving to the UK.

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<v Speaker 1>Phil says it was awkward and confusing. I suppose in

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<v Speaker 1>Malaysia I was sort of treated as a white kid,

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<v Speaker 1>a bit foreign, but people mostly found that interesting. But

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<v Speaker 1>I never really felt like part of the gang or

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<v Speaker 1>that I was meant to be there, which is why

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<v Speaker 1>I was excited when we moved to Britain and then

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<v Speaker 1>at the school I was treated as the Asian kid.

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<v Speaker 1>I realized that was gonna be the case wherever I am,

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<v Speaker 1>so I might as well embrace it. And embracing it

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<v Speaker 1>I found stand up. Phil has a degree in engineering

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<v Speaker 1>from Cambridge and said going to Cambridge was important for

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<v Speaker 1>the comedy angle. Although I was still half thinking I'd

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<v Speaker 1>be an engineer and half thinking I'd be a comedian,

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<v Speaker 1>but comedy overtook the engineering. The second year of engineering

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<v Speaker 1>was the hardest I've ever worked in my life, and

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<v Speaker 1>then I promised myself I'd never worked that hard again,

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<v Speaker 1>and I have kept that promise. Dane Cook, how has

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<v Speaker 1>your comedy changed over the years. That was a question

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<v Speaker 1>from Boston dot Com and Dane said, well, anytime it

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<v Speaker 1>starts to change, I go back to Boston and fix it.

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<v Speaker 1>To get right back to exactly what I'm supposed to

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<v Speaker 1>be doing in the first place. I'm a cut up.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm supposed to say the thing that's wrong. I have

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<v Speaker 1>to remind myself of that. What about cancel culture? After all,

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<v Speaker 1>this is an interview with the comedian, and he got

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<v Speaker 1>asked about that. He says, I don't pay attention. I

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<v Speaker 1>don't care when Dave Chappelle spoke his mind on his

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<v Speaker 1>Netflix special, if Shane Gills got cann from SNL, they

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<v Speaker 1>made it come back. Tom Brady Roaston ever laughed so

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<v Speaker 1>much in my life. I kept saying, I can't believe

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<v Speaker 1>this is live. Comedy's back right now, right now, and

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<v Speaker 1>they'll never take it away from us again because enough

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<v Speaker 1>comics have gone through the ring of people dissecting their bits.

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<v Speaker 1>Judging an excerpt of a comedy routine is like trying

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<v Speaker 1>to defend somebody for crime, but you're only allowed to

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<v Speaker 1>use a tenth of the evidence. With an excerpt, it's

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<v Speaker 1>impossible to know where somebody's heart and soul is. They'll

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<v Speaker 1>still be comedians who misstep, but as far as silencing

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<v Speaker 1>or tampering with a freedom of speech of comics, that

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<v Speaker 1>that's over. Dane's line, if it hasn't happened to me,

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<v Speaker 1>if it isn't how I see the world, I ain't

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<v Speaker 1>saying it. But if it happened to me and I

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<v Speaker 1>experienced it, I'm saying it. That's my truth. As a comic.

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<v Speaker 1>I believe that if you're observing and reporting on things

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<v Speaker 1>that are actually happening, just like in journalism, it's fair game.

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<v Speaker 1>I didn't write the story, but I'm telling you what happened.

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<v Speaker 1>New Arab caught up with Dave or Hedge. Dave expressed

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<v Speaker 1>his hurt and pain over the situation in Palestine. Dave said,

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<v Speaker 1>and it's so sad what's happening. Palestinians deserve better treatment.

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<v Speaker 1>I feel it's inhumane. We should be ashamed of what's happening.

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<v Speaker 1>You feel helpless and it's just very sad. How are

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<v Speaker 1>we arguing anything when children and humans are just dying.

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<v Speaker 1>The conversation to talk to Dave at being cast in

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<v Speaker 1>the twenty twenty three films, sometimes I think about dying,

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<v Speaker 1>and Dave said, it's always great to be you know,

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<v Speaker 1>cast or looked at for your skill set. I mean

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<v Speaker 1>for me, to play many different types of roles and

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<v Speaker 1>tell different types of stories. I think it's something I've

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<v Speaker 1>a Middle Eastern person all the time. Some comedy tapings

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<v Speaker 1>this weekend, Roywood Junior. He'll tape a special at the

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<v Speaker 1>Lincoln Theater in Washington tomorrow night on the seventh. Then

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<v Speaker 1>on Sunday, Nick Fune. All of a sudden, hearing a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of Nick Fune, I guess he's been opening for

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<v Speaker 1>Nate and Nate is producing this new special. Nick Thune

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<v Speaker 1>will be at Zenies in Nashville. Yeah, so this is

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<v Speaker 1>really in the Burghetzi verse. If you're not familiar with Nick,

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<v Speaker 1>he is a dead pan who mixes storytelling and one liners.

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<v Speaker 1>Also on Sunday, Dean Delray. Guess who's opening for Dean Delray?

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<v Speaker 1>Who's opening for Dean Delray? Bill Burr? Wow, this one

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<v Speaker 1>is also in Nashville. So you're gonna have to choose

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<v Speaker 1>which show you want to hit. This one's at the

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<v Speaker 1>Cavern's just outside of Nashville, and Pellam at Tennessee Sunday Night.

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<v Speaker 1>Dean Delray with special opener Bill Burr. And that's your

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<v Speaker 1>comedy news for today right this weekend. Tomorrow, I have

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<v Speaker 1>an interview with John Marcos Siraisi. We went most of

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<v Speaker 1>an hour really interesting discussion, talked about some of his projects.

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<v Speaker 1>We got into naty gritty of comedy. I was enjoyed

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<v Speaker 1>speaking with him. And then on Sunday, I'll poke at

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<v Speaker 1>the variety list of comedians you should know and will

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<v Speaker 1>know as I can tell you since I already recorded Sunday,

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<v Speaker 1>I only got to half the list on Sunday, so

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<v Speaker 1>that might also be Monday's episode. But good stuff coming

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<v Speaker 1>up over the weekend. If you enjoy the program and

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<v Speaker 1>tell a friend about it, they might like it too.

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<v Speaker 1>All right, see you back here tomorrow with Jamarco