Hari Kondabolu & Jake Kasdan

Bullseye with Jesse Thorn

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Society & Culture

4.7 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 22 July 2014

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Hari Kondabolu talks about the distinct advantages and disadvantages of being a stand up comedian who's also a former social activist and organizer. Director Jake Kasdan talks about the strategy involved in making a movie called Sex Tape. Carolyn Kellogg recommends some of her favorite westerns. Jesse tells you about Harvey Pekar, a man who made the mundane and everyday feel special.

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0:00.0	Hey, I'm Ellen from Jacksonville, Florida.
0:02.6	Hey, I'm Cody from Emory, Alberta.
0:04.8	I'm Eric from Nashville.
0:06.4	Both I with Jesse Tharnett's produced independently and supported by listeners like you and me.
0:10.8	You should support the show like I did.
0:12.3	Just visit MaximumFun.org slash Donate.
0:15.8	I'm Jesse Thorn.
0:17.6	Comedian Harry Conda Balu grew up in Queens, a cultural melting pot.
0:21.9	He's Indian American himself.
0:23.4	Then he went to a private liberal arts college in Maine.
0:27.6	And then for the first time going to Bowdoin College and hearing the word diversity, I'm like, what the hell is that?
0:32.3	I wish.
0:33.3	Like this is because it wasn't a thing in Queens.
0:36.3	Diversity is not a thing.
0:37.4	It's like every day is made.
0:38.9	Why would you name it?
0:40.3	We didn't have to celebrate diversity until people told us we did, you know, because that's just life.
0:45.1	It's bullseye.
0:46.1	So usually when comedians are starting out, they have to deal with a lot of hecklers.
0:57.7	Hurry was doing progressive political jokes in Seattle, so you didn't have to worry too much about that.
1:02.7	Everybody was pretty much on the same page.
1:05.7	Mostly his problem was that activists sort of don't get laughing.
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