I grew up with stories of struggle and I,

it's a very subtle thing, but I knew,

just through stories and being told history,

like, oh, you're here because you exist in Oklahoma

because the US government made your people walk

from Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi and Florida

to Oklahoma and a lot of you died.

And it's like, you know, that's ever present, you know,

I think like an indigenous storytelling, like,

we faced a lot of that struggle through humor.

And so for me, my favorite humor is the humor

that butts up against tragedy.

Hey, everybody, we are back with a new episode

of Working It Out.

This is a really, a truly fascinating episode today.

Unlike anyone we've done, our guest is Sterlin Harjo,

who is a native indigenous independent filmmaker

and sketch comedian who came up through Sundance film labs,

made a bunch of features that are,

feature films that are fantastic.

And then recently teamed up with Tyco YTT

for an incredible comedy series that I've been tweeting about

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