meta_pixel
Tapesearch Logo
Log in
Good One: A Podcast About Jokes

Ralph Barbosa Likes Keeping You Guessing on His Politics

Good One: A Podcast About Jokes

Vox Media Podcast Network

Comedy, Comedy Interviews

4.71.5K Ratings

🗓️ 14 August 2025

⏱️ 72 minutes

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

This week on Good One, comedian Ralph Barbosa joins us to talk about his new Hulu special 'Ralph Barbosa: Planet Bosa', writing jokes about immigration, and what it's like to do comedy that ends up going viral on the internet. 00:00 Intro 00:00:53 Funniest thing of the week 00:03:04 Don't Tell Comedy set 00:05:09 Getting political 00:08:03 Immigration 00:23:02 Going on Rogan 00:25:42 Getting personal 00:31:20 Almost going blind 00:34:08 Barbershop humor 00:37:03 Losing a friend 00:41:58 Influences 00:46:51 Looking high 00:50:16 Crowd work clips 00:51:24 Adam Sandler 00:53:19 On acting 00:56:09 Jokes in Spanish 01:00:16 The Laughening Round Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0

I've ruled out uni because I want to live at home.

0:02.0

I've ruled out uni because I want to earn money.

0:05.0

I've ruled out uni because of my grades.

0:10.0

Study with the Open University and there's no need to rule out anything.

0:13.0

With our respected degrees, you can learn from home and work alongside study.

0:17.0

We're open to all. Plus, you'll have the support of expert tutors. So rethink your

0:23.6

future with the degree you didn't think was possible. The Open University, the future is open.

0:30.0

It's so funny because when you look at the guys, that's never a topic of conversation. Yeah.

0:35.2

What you look like. It's all, Did you watch the football last night? It's

0:38.9

never about, I'll watch your skincare routine. Whereas women walk into a room and because we've been

0:43.4

taught to be pitted against each other. Yeah. Not always, but sometimes there's, oh my God,

0:48.7

you know, I can't. It's a bit of a barrier. Yeah, yeah. And it shouldn't be there. We should be

0:52.7

trying to change that stereotype,

0:55.0

believing that there is space for everybody. But that joke also made a lot of people think that

0:59.8

I was like very liberal. I never said I didn't like guns. I don't know. This is Good One. I am

1:10.7

Jesse David Fox, senior writer, vulture, and author of Comedy Book.

1:13.7

My guest this episode is Ralph Barbosa. We talk about his don't tell set in 2022 that really was his breakout,

1:19.5

his Netflix special Calbunga, and his recent Hulu special, Planet Bosa. All the while,

1:24.9

he would continue post clips online of his stand-up, building his fan base there. And if you watch all of it, you see a comedian maturing and figuring out the things

1:33.8

he really wants to talk about. And as we discussed in this episode, with all that's going on in this

1:38.2

country, immigration became the thing he really kept on thinking about, and he needed to figure out

1:43.3

how to make a joke about it. So, here is Ralph Barbosa. I'm here with Ralph Barbosa. Thank you so much for being here. Oh, thank you for having me. It's a pleasure. What is the funniest thing that happened to you this week, or you noticed how he thought about? I've just been noticing that my stomach is changing. Every time I get nervous, I have to poop. Sure. Yeah, I don't get constipated. I haven't been constipated in a long time. I don't remember when the last time that happened. Yeah, I poop normal when I'm like on vacation time. I noticed that. I took a couple weeks off and I was like good, you know, nice and sobbing. And then yesterday was the first day of the press tour and I was

...

Transcript will be available on the free plan in 26 days. Upgrade to see the full transcript now.

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Vox Media Podcast Network, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Vox Media Podcast Network and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.

Copyright © Tapesearch 2025.