Howie Klein on ICE rounding up Hispanic children in Los Angeles. Maz Jobrani stars in the new CBS sitcom Superior Donuts Mondays at 9:00. Howie Klein is the founder and treasurer of the Blue America Pac raising money for progressive candidates. He also writes the Down With Tyranny blog.
Maz’s new comedy special is entitled I Come In Peace. Our full interview with Comedian Maz Jobrani who talks about performing all over the world, and what is happening in Iran. Haz has made appearances on shows like The Colbert Report, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, Talkshow with Spike Feresten, “Whitney”, and regularly performs at top comedy clubs (in California and New York) such as The Comedy Store. He made an appearance as a dental patient on an episode of Still Standing, in the pilot episodes of Better Off Ted, The Knights of Prosperity, on an episode of Cedric the Entertainer Presents and on an episode of The West Wing as a Saudi prince. He also made an appearance in 13 Going on 30. He has toured with the Axis of Evil Comedy Tour. He provided the voice of Ahmed Farahnakian in the audiobook version of World War Z. Jobrani has
Jobrani makes occasional appearances on NPR’s news quiz show Wait Wait… Don’t Tell Me!
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Comic Maz Jobrani describes playing Beirut. Also Retired Lt. Commander Diane Goldstein from LEAP tells us how cops benefit financially by keeping marijuana illlegal. She goes on to call for the legalization of marijuana. Founded on March 16, 2002, LEAP is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization made up of current and former members of the law enforcement and criminal justice communities who are speaking out about the failures of our existing drug policies. LEAP believes, “Those policies have failed, and continue to fail, to effectively address the problems of drug abuse, especially the problems of juvenile drug use, the problems of addiction, and the problems of crime caused by the existence of a criminal black market in drugs.” Also Eddie Pepitone, Janie Haddad Tompkins and Hal Lublin. Portions of today’s show written by Hal Lublin, David Weiss and David Feldman. Please subscribe to our show as a free podcast on iTunes and Stitcher.