Nerdette: W. Kamau Bell
Happy To Be Here
Greta Johnsen
4.8 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 9 June 2017
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
Stand-up comedian W. Kamau Bell is the host of CNN’s United Shades of America. He’s also the author of a new book, The Awkward Thoughts Of W. Kamau Bell. Nerdette’s Tricia Bobeda talked with Bell about why awkwardness and comedy go hand in hand, what it’s like to be a blerd (black nerd), and why the TV show Blackish is so great.
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| 0:00.0 | This fall, W bez invites you to our upcoming live events. |
| 0:05.0 | Join us in person for smart discussions, heartfelt storytelling, and more. |
| 0:09.0 | Check out the full calendar now at W be easy.org |
| 0:12.6 | slash events. |
| 0:13.6 | Where do I put my face? |
| 0:16.3 | Hmm. |
| 0:17.0 | Mm-hmm. |
| 0:18.0 | How about that? |
| 0:19.0 | That's where my face goes. |
| 0:20.0 | From W be easy Chicago, this is Nurdett. I'm Greta Johnson. |
| 0:26.0 | And I'm Tricia Bobita. And today on the show our guest is W. Kamau Bell. |
| 0:29.6 | We've actually had him on Nurdett before when his CNN show United Shades of America came out. |
| 0:34.0 | Now he has a new book, it's called The Awkward Thoughts of W. Kamau Bell, and he lays out all the ways in his life, which he has been very, very |
| 0:40.5 | awkward, awkward things about his youth, which whose youth wasn't at least a |
| 0:44.0 | little awkward mine certainly was credit yours was I've seen photographs and |
| 0:48.0 | thank you yes his awkward bouts of sexism and all sorts of awkward stories from |
| 0:52.3 | W. Kamal Bell who is brutally honest in this book and I like it. |
| 0:55.4 | We're also going to learn a lot about Shark Tank and Blackish, which are two TV shows that he admires for very different reasons, |
| 1:01.8 | and you will learn a homemade trick for defeating |
| 1:04.8 | squirrels in your backyard. Don't say we never help you guys. It's the time of year |
| 1:09.4 | when you're probably dealing with squirrels, I guess. |
| 1:12.6 | And we have a solution for you. |
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