Hello, hello, hello, hello, and welcome to a very special episode of the Bad Dates

podcast. As you know, every week here, we bring

in a troop of incredible comedians and storytellers and people of interest who tell stories from

their dating past. But today, we are actually going to sit down and talk one-on-one with a success

story. And that is my very good friend. He's an actor, writer,

and comedian who has performed on HBO, Comedy Central, three times on The Tonight Show,

and written for The New Yorker and has a special coming out on Hulu on November 7th called

Yes, Ma'am. And you guys, he's written for none other than John Stewart. I almost missed that part. That's very important. I'm circling it now. Guys, give it up for Jay Jordan. Thank you. Thank you for having me. Thank you so much for being here. Good to see you. Yes. You are seeing me fresh off of my bachelor party in New Orleans, which is also has a very special significance as a city for you because...

Yes.

My special, I shot it in New Orleans at the Joy Theater on Canal.

Amazing.

And why did you choose New Orleans?

Well, the special is super Southern and super queer and super black.

Just like you.

Just like me, but also just like New Orleans.

So that's kind of, I mean, I grew up in Mississippi, and whenever you talked about, like, the craziest gay places close to where I grew up, New Orleans was the closest place.

That's where Tennessee Williams went to be super loud.

And we had a gay ghost tour guide.

Unfortunately, he was not a ghost.

And he really didn't touch on a lot of ghosts either,

I have to say. He really, anybody who's been to New Orleans knows exactly who I'm talking

about. Wonderful tour guy. So much history, gay history, in and around New Orleans. Were there

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