Hari Kondabolu On Turning Politics Into Comedy

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Greta Johnsen

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4.8 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 5 August 2016

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

In Hari Kondabolu’s new comedy album, Mainstream American Comic, Kondabolu takes on issues like Black Lives Matter, the presidential race, abortion, and white privilege. On Nerdette, Kondabolu chats about why comedy isn’t the same as activism and how to laugh in a deeply divided America.

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