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Negin Farsad & Andy Kindler

Comics Andy Kindler, Negin Farsad, Angela Cobb and Jon Ross talk Milo Yiannopoulos’ appearance on Bill Maher, Trump-related anxiety, comedians performing on college campuses, the disintegration of social capital, the dangers of belonging to religious institutions with questionable political leanings, being pigeonholed as a residential Muslim, profiling in show business, diversity on TV shows, lowbrow vs. highbrow TV, the Marx Brothers vs. the Three Stooges, becoming famous before becoming good, how to properly dismiss yourself from a conversation, the art of schmoozing, the authenticity of jokes, the conviction of being a comic, Bibi Netanyahu, old jewish jokes, apartheid, going after sacred cows, Ted Turner, being a comedy purist, the State of the Industry Address, Letterman, why arguing religion is infantile, and David’s early days as a stand-up.

 

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Negin Farsad

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Colleen Werthmann continues her take over of the David Feldman Show. This new edition of “The Colleen Werthmann Show” features award-winning stand-up comedian, filmmaker, actor, podcaster and writer Negin Farsad. Farsad’s debut book – How to Make White People Laugh, a memoir-meets-social-justice-comedy manifesto – was released on May 24th, 2016 and is available in bookstores everywhere. Farsad also is the host of the podcast, Fake the Nation, and on April 22nd, 2016, released her third feature film – 3rd Street Blackout, a rom-com starring Farsad, Janeane Garofalo and Ed Weeks – in select theaters across the U.S.

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