Roy Wood Jr. Wants to Connect

Biscuits & Jam

Meredith Corporation

Music Interviews, Arts, Food, Music

4.8 • 608 Ratings

🗓️ 11 March 2025

⏱️ 34 minutes

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You may know Roy Wood Jr. from his long stint on The Daily Show, his new CNN comedy show Have I Got News For You, or from his new standup special Lonely Flowers, which you can watch on Hulu. He also got a lot of attention hosting the White House Correspondents’ Dinner in 2023, and I got to know him a bit this past December when he was honored by the Alabama Humanities Alliance. Roy lives in New York now, where he often appears on late night talk shows, but he built his career in the South. He studied broadcast journalism at Florida A&M in Tallahassee and worked as morning news reporter in Birmingham, but his true passion was going out on the road for weekend gigs at comedy clubs around the region. Sid talks to Roy about why his mom is the funniest person in his family, his brief obsession with the Popeyes chicken sandwich, and how his Southernness informs his comedy. For more info visit: southernliving.com/biscuitsandjam Biscuits & Jam is produced by: Sid Evans - Editor-in-Chief, Southern Living Krissy Tiglias - GM, Southern Living Lottie Leymarie - Executive Producer Michael Onufrak - Audio Engineer & Editor/Producer Jeremiah McVay - Producer Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:27.2	Hey, y'all, welcome to Biscuits and Jam from Southern Living.
0:34.3	I'm Sid Evans, and today I'm talking with a comedian and television host who grew up
0:39.2	right here in Birmingham, though his career has taken him all over the place. You may know Roy Wood
0:45.3	Jr. from his long stint on the Daily Show, his new CNN comedy show, Have I Got News for You,
0:52.0	or from his new stand-up special Lonely Flowers, which you can watch on Hulu.
0:56.8	He also got a lot of attention hosting the White House Correspondence Dinner in 2023,
1:01.8	and I got to know him a bit this past December when he was honored by the Alabama Humanities Alliance.
1:08.0	Roy lives in New York now, where he often appears on late-night talk shows,
1:12.1	but he built his career in the South. He studied broadcast journalism at Florida A&M in
1:17.8	Tallahassee and worked as a morning news reporter in Birmingham, but his true passion was going
1:23.7	out on the road for weekend gigs at comedy clubs around the region.
1:31.5	We'll talk about why his mom is the funniest person in his family,
1:34.7	his brief obsession with the Popeye's chicken sandwich,
1:37.7	and how his southerness informs his comedy.
1:39.9	All in this week's Biscuits and Jam. Thank you. Roy Wood Jr.
1:56.2	Hello.
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