Catie Lazarus & Hari Kondabolu , Employee of the Month

HARI KONDABOLU on making white audiences uncomfortable and working for Hilary Clinton

06 Aug 2015 • 21 min • EN
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I got my start in life in stand-up, I mean not counting that time when I swam, some say was yanked, out of my mom's womb. Anyway, I miss being in stand up because I don't get to spend enough time with performers, like Hari Kondabolu. (Obviously, your thank you letters begging me to stop softened the blow.") Anyway, Hari Kondabolu is hilarious. You don't have to know that The New York Times described him as “one of the most exciting political comics in stand-up today,” because you can figure that out yourself when you see his performances on TV shows like Late Show with David Letterman, Conan, Jimmy Kimmel Live, Live at Gotham, and John Oliver’s New York Standup Show. His Comedy Central Presents half-hour television special and writing and correspondent work for Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell on FX were where he really got to flex his proverbial muscles. I say proverbial, because he is a stand up comedian, and I am not sure if "athletic" is a word anyone would use to describe this bundle of joy....

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