Finding A Different Angle: With Roy Wood Jr.

The Michael Steele Podcast

The Bulwark

Politics, Government, History, News

4.8 • 3.1K Ratings

🗓️ 18 May 2023

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Comedian Roy Wood Jr. joins The Michael Steele Podcast. Roy talks about how he approaches a roast, what being considered as the next host of The Daily Show means to him and what it's like doing stand up in the age of cancel culture. Roy also discusses hosting the White House Correspondents' Dinner, the jokes that didn't make it, and what he was up against performing for the audience.

Roy Wood Jr.'s live standup tour, “Happy to Be Here” starts in June across the United States. Check out the full list of dates here: https://www.roywoodjr.com/

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0:00.0	Hey, everybody. Welcome to the Michael Still podcast.
0:03.0	Do we have a conversation for you?
0:07.2	It is a real treat for me to welcome my guest today,
0:13.6	the incomparable Roy Wood Jr.
0:16.6	An enemy award nominated,
0:18.6	an in-eminated comedian, writer, producer, actor,
0:23.2	radio personality,
0:25.0	podcaster known for a stand-up comedy for sure.
0:29.0	Certainly his work as a correspondent
0:31.6	on Comedy Central's The Daily Show.
0:34.4	And most recently, you probably got a chance to watch him work
0:38.6	at the Washington Correspondence dinner here in Washington, DC,
0:43.8	which is probably one of the hardest rooms in America to work,
0:47.0	but he killed it. He did it. He knocked it out of the park.
0:50.0	We're going to talk about that,
0:52.3	the comedic styles that he has.
0:55.1	And guess what?
0:56.1	He may even tell us a joke he didn't tell at the Correspondence dinner.
1:01.4	You want to join in for this one, folks. It's a good one right here on the Michael Still podcast.
1:06.2	Next.
1:07.4	You can feed your ambition.
1:10.4	You can find your balance.
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