Wyatt Cenac on Casual Acting and Negin Farsad on Blackout Boning

On this episode of Employee of the Month, Catie Lazarus interviews and honors comedians Wyatt Cenac and Negin Farsad. It is possible to be funny and make a difference as they both reveal. Cenac currently hosts HBO’s Problem Areas, which is the only political comedy show to consistently shed light on activists to policy wonks and how we can better deal with issues like prison reform to homelessness. He also talks about leaving The Daily Show and mentor Colin Quinn at SNL. Negin Farsad who is the author of Hoe to Make White People Laugh and host of the podcast Fake the Nation on Earwolf shares how she dealt with death threats to the beauty of “blackout boning.” Podcast production by Phil Surkis. Theme song by Lady Rizo. Join Slate Plus to unlock full, ad-free access to Employee of the Month and the rest of your favorite Slate podcasts.

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This episode is 55:13 long.

This episode was published on Dec 22, 2018.

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