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listeners. This week on the program we have comedian sociopolitical

commentator W. Kamal Bell. Born in Palo Alto but raised Chicago, Bell came to prominence in 2012 with totally

bias, an FX show produced with the help of Chris Rock that served as a springboard for Bell's

biting observational humor on race in America.

Although the show was short-lived, the program catapulted Bell into the spotlight.

He didn't waste time after Totally Bises cancellation, instead hosting Kamau right now, a unique radio show in

collaboration with K-A-L-W, and creating The Denzel Washington is the greatest actor of all time period podcast which yes is a real

very amazing thing that exists in the world.

Over the next three weeks Bell will be making his big return to television in two different formats.

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