I read the internet so much I feel like I'm like on page a million of the worst book ever.

Aziz Ansari is a comedian and actor and now an author.

Today he answers our frequently asked questions, for instance.

Hey what do you collect if anything and why?

A certain point I started buying some older cameras if he'd get cooler pictures and

it's kind of fun to drop off the role of film and then you see the photos.

You are such an old man and if you come up to Ansari on the street you'd rather not

take a picture with you.

So you can either do that or you can have this like real moment with a person where you

say hey how are you like what's your name like thanks for watching my stuff that feels

like a real thing to me and I'm happy to do that.

What else is he happy to do?

How does he spend a typical day and what the hell is he gonna call his new TV show means

your help with that one.

From WNYC this is Freakinomics Radio.

The podcast that explores the hidden side of everything.

Here's your host Steven Dupner.

Aziz Ansari is best known for his role on Parks and Recreation, the sitcom starring Amy

Poler that ran on NBC for seven seasons.

It was never a huge hit but it was beloved.

In part because it was smart but also at least this is what I think and this is why I liked

it so much because the show was at its core sweet.

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