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Andrew Yang Podcast

How Michelle Wolf went from Wall Street analyst to Netflix star

Andrew Yang Podcast

Andrew Yang & Audacy

Society & Culture

4.83.2K Ratings

🗓️ 2 July 2020

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Comedian Michelle Wolf joins Andrew to talk about how she went from working at Bear Stearns during its collapse to writing on the Daily Show, touring with Dave Chappelle, and landing multiple shows on Netflix. Andrew and Michelle discuss her set at the White House Correspondents' Dinner, whether comedy is a boys' club, and how comedy could get back to normal after COVID-19.

Michelle Wolf - https://twitter.com/michelleisawolf | https://800pgr.lnk.to/MichelleTW | https://www.michelleisawolf.com/tour

Andrew Yang - https://twitter.com/AndrewYang | https://movehumanityforward.com

Zach Graumann - https://twitter.com/Zach_Graumann

Transcript

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0:00.0

There's so many heartbreaking things about this crisis.

0:02.4

And so in a way, this is like a marginal concern,

0:04.7

like who gives a shit.

0:06.0

But one of the things that does make me sad

0:08.1

is like I feel like comedy's gonna be one of the hardest hit

0:11.4

forms of entertainment and industries

0:13.2

because the audience is such an integral part.

0:16.0

Yeah, I mean, it's really sad because, you know,

0:18.6

a lot of comedy clubs throughout the country

0:21.0

were probably struggling a little bit anyway

0:23.4

and I don't know if all of them will come back.

0:26.1

And of course you need people to have disposable income

0:28.7

to even come to the show.

0:29.9

And you know, purse strings might be a little tight

0:32.2

for a bit.

0:33.5

That's why again, big fan of the universal basic income.

0:37.5

Just have a little bit of disposable money.

0:41.0

Do it for the comics.

0:42.7

Yeah.

0:43.5

If the alleviation of human misery was not enough,

0:46.8

like do it for the comedy club in Tucson.

0:50.4

Yeah, do it so they can go to bananas.

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