Creating a Better World Through Comedy
In The Thick
Futuro Media
4.9 • 1.9K Ratings
🗓️ 12 November 2019
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
Maria and Julio are joined by L.A. based comedian, Charla Lauriston to talk about representation, the importance of comedy and the impact of political satire. Originally from Haiti, Charla has written for shows like Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Comedy Central’s Why? W/ Hannibal Buress, and TBS’s The Last OG and she co-hosts the new podcast The Secret Lives of Black Women. ITT Staff Picks:
- A review of The Secret Lives of Black Women via The New York Times
- The 2019 Diversity Report: Women & POC Make Progress But Are Still Largely Underrepresented, via Women and Hollywood
- Charla Lauriston answers 9 weird questions in a Bustle interviewThis episode was mixed by Leah Shaw. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy
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| 0:00.0 | Hey Dear listener, a quick favor. We're conducting an audience survey and we'd be really |
| 0:06.5 | grateful if you could take just a few minutes and answer it. So please visit survey. |
| 0:12.1 | ERX.org slash futuro to take our survey today. |
| 0:17.0 | That's survey dot PRX.org slash futuro. |
| 0:23.0 | Grasias. |
| 0:25.0 | Yo what's up. |
| 0:29.0 | Welcome to Indefig a podcast about politics, race and culture from a POC perspective. |
| 0:33.2 | And yes, we do comedy too. |
| 0:35.5 | I'm Maria Yohosa. |
| 0:36.8 | And I'm Buhuicaldo Guarela. |
| 0:38.6 | Because, you know, what would be politics without some comedy? |
| 0:41.5 | Oh, seriously. So from Los Angeles, Charleon |
| 0:44.7 | Doriston is a stand-up comedian. She's also a writer for Netflix's |
| 0:48.8 | Unbreakable Kimishmidt, also for TBS's people on Earth and for the show Ghosted on Fox. |
| 0:56.0 | Hey Charla, welcome to In The Big. |
| 0:58.0 | Hi, thanks for having me. |
| 1:01.0 | Or maybe I should say, bienvenu? |
| 1:03.0 | What do you think? |
| 1:04.0 | Oh, yes, me we. |
| 1:06.0 | Ooh, okay. |
| 1:08.0 | You guys are really pissing this creole and French out of me. |
| 1:11.0 | Right, see I don't speak Creole but anyway yes because you know people |
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