Nate Jackson on 'Nate Jackson: Super Funny'

Larry Wilmore: Black on the Air

The Ringer

Society & Culture

4.8 • 3.6K Ratings

🗓️ 13 July 2025

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Larry is joined by comedian Nate Jackson to talk about his new Netflix special ‘Nate Jackson: Super Funny’. They begin their conversation by examining the different ways that comedians develop relationships with an audience and sharing how they each mentally process jokes while they're performing. Nate then details how he became a comedian and the journey he took to find his unique creative voice (22:41). This leads to a conversation about the importance of owning your own space as a black comedian and the different occupational lessons he learned as one of the few African-American comedy club owners in the U.S. (29:58) After the break, Larry and Nate dive into how social media has changed the way comedy is monetized and discuss the sacrifices necessary to climb the ladder in the industry (40:31). Nate ends the pod by shining a light on his role in the upcoming “The Office” spinoff and sharing advice to aspiring stand-up comedians (57:07). Host: Larry WilmoreGuest: Nate JacksonProducers: Brandy LaPlante and Chris Sutton Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	What's up, everyone? It's Rachel Lindsay, and if you love all things Bravo, then you need to be listening to Morley Corrupt.
0:09.0	Every Tuesday and Friday, your favorite ringer podcasters and I dive into Bravo's biggest moments and dish out hot and always unfiltered takes.
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0:34.8	Friday only on the Ringinger Reality TV feed.
0:47.1	Hey, welcome back, everybody.
0:49.3	Sometimes I do the pod because I'm interested in something.
0:52.5	Sometimes, you know, I want you guys to know about something.
0:55.3	But sometimes people are just so funny out there.
0:57.8	You can't not have them on because you just got to talk with them and just laugh.
1:03.3	And right now, there's a really, really funny, in fact, I could say super funny special on Netflix.
1:10.7	By my boy Nate Jackson, who, guys, he's one of the rising stars over the past, I think, 10, 15 years.
1:17.4	Every time he puts out something, it's so funny.
1:19.7	But it's how he works at the audience, I think, really sets him apart from everybody out there.
1:24.4	Please welcome to Black in the Air.
1:25.7	Mr. Nate Jackson.
1:26.7	How you doing, Mr. Jackson?
1:28.1	I'm doing fantastic, man.
1:29.3	That was a massive intro.
1:30.5	Thank you.
1:31.2	Man, I really appreciate you being in.
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