Aida Rodriguez's Wokeness

Good One: A Podcast About Jokes

Vox Media Podcast Network

Comedy, Comedy Interviews

4.7 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 23 December 2021

⏱️ 80 minutes

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Summary

This week, host Jesse David Fox brings you a gift fit for the holidays: a brand new episode of Good One with stand up comedian Aida Rodriguez! Aida Rodriguez is an American comedian of Puerto Rican/Dominican descent who is best known for her appearance as a contestant on the eighth season of Last Comic Standing and as a commentator on The Young Turks. Her debut special, Fighting Words, premiered earlier this year on HBO Max, and is featured in last week's Best Specials of 2021 episode with Kathryn VanArendonk. Watch They Ready on Netflix and Fighting Words on HBO Max. Follow Aida Rodriguez on Twitter and Instagram. Follow Jesse David Fox on Twitter and Instagram. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	So, my idea in the joke was, hey, if we're talking about
0:07.0	allyship and everybody has privilege, gay men have
0:11.0	privilege in the fact that they're men and in the world,
0:14.0	they have privilege over women.
0:16.0	So, I'm a stand up for your rights to get married.
0:20.0	I want to stand up for your rights to love and have everything
0:23.0	you deserve.
0:24.0	Can you stand up for my safety?
0:26.0	Hello and welcome to Goodwin, a podcast about jokes.
0:39.0	I'm your host, Jesse David Fox.
0:41.0	This week's guest is Ida Rodriguez,
0:43.0	whose debut hour of special fighting words premiered on HBO Max
0:46.0	earlier this year.
0:47.0	I love this conversation.
0:50.0	I feel like on this podcast, especially these days with, you know,
0:54.0	everything, I'm searching for meaning.
0:57.0	Like, why are we doing this laughing and telling jokes?
1:02.0	This, this interview helps set me straight as Ida has an
1:06.0	uncommon sense of purpose.
1:08.0	So, I guess be warned that I do get caught up in her drive
1:13.0	as a self-proclaimed revolutionary to do something,
1:18.0	to change minds with her comedy.
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