From the New York Times, this is the interview.

I'm David Marquesie.

This week, my subject is the comedian and podcaster Andrew Schultz.

He's become an arena headliner on the strength of his very irreverent, defiantly anti-woke stand-up.

He is extremely unshy about leaning into raunch, slurs, and ethnic jokes. His most recent special, though,

which is called Life and which came out earlier this year, did see him move into more vulnerable

territory. It's about his and his wife's experience with IVF, but it's still pretty not safe for work.

Despite all his success with stand-up, Schult has arguably become even better known for his podcasting.

His show's flagrant with Akash Singh and Brilliant Idiots with Charlemagne the God are appointment listening for millions,

and not just for humor, but for their political discussion as well.

That's led to him becoming one of the leading lights of the so-called manosphere,

though I doubt that's a term he'd ever apply to himself.

But whatever you want to call Schultz's platform, it's definitely influential.

Donald Trump went on flagrant last fall ahead of the presidential election,

and this year, progressive politicians like Bernie Sanders and Pete Buttigieg have been guests

on the show, which for me begs the question of what it is exactly that Schultz is trying

to achieve with Flagrant and what, if any, responsibilities he feels he has.

Oh, and just a quick note before we start. First, Schultz refers a couple times in our interview to Felice.

Felice is a video producer on the show who was in the room while we spoke.

And second, this interview contains language that some people may find offensive.

All right, here's my interview with Andrew Schultz.

Andrew, thank you for taking the time to talk with me today. I appreciate it.

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