Comedian Ronny Chieng Didn't Tell His Parents He Got A 'Daily Show' Job

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🗓️ 16 December 2024

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When Ronny Chieng got a job as a correspondent and then anchor at The Daily Show, he kept the news to himself. "I didn't want to brag," the Malaysia-born comic says. "I just wanted to do the work." Chieng now costars in the series Interior Chinatown, and has a new Netflix comedy special, Love to Hate It.

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0:00.0	Support for this podcast and the following message come from Dignity Memorial. When your
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0:10.8	truly one of the best gifts you can give your family. For additional information, visit
0:15.2	DignityMemorial.com. This is fresh air. I'm Terry Gross. My guest is comic, actor, and political satirist Ronnie Chang. He became a correspondent for the satirical new show The Daily Show in 2015 after Trevor Noah asked him to audition. Now Chang is one of the rotating correspondents who anchor the show. He also co-stars on the new Hulu series
0:38.3	Interior Chinatown.
0:40.2	He had a memorable
0:41.2	funny scene in crazy rich
0:43.0	Asians as a wealthy
0:44.5	investment banker in Singapore.
0:46.9	Ronnie Chang has a new
0:47.9	Netflix comedy special
0:49.1	called Love to Hate It,
0:50.6	which starts streaming tomorrow.
0:52.6	He brings an international
0:53.7	perspective to his comedy.
0:55.3	He was born in Malaysia, where his grandparents emigrated from China. From age three to seven,
1:00.7	he lived in Manchester, New Hampshire, where his parents attended college. Then the family
1:05.5	returned to Malaysia, which is basically across the bridge from Singapore, so he spent a lot of time
1:10.6	there. He attended college in Australia, so he spent a lot of time there.
1:11.4	He attended college in Australia, where he got his BA in finance and his law degree,
1:16.2	while also doing stand-up comedy.
1:18.5	Let's start with a clip from his new comedy special.
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