Wayne Federman on ‘The History of Stand-Up’

Larry Wilmore: Black on the Air

The Ringer

Society & Culture

4.8 • 3.6K Ratings

🗓️ 4 July 2021

⏱️ 88 minutes

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Larry weighs in on Bill Cosby’s release from prison to open the show (01:00). Later, Larry is joined by comedian and author Wayne Federman to discuss his new book ‘The History of Stand-Up: From Mark Twain to Dave Chapelle’ (10:00). Later they look at the vaudeville era of comedy (29:00), how technological advancements such as the microphone changed comedy (34:00), and the impact of cancel culture on comedy today (1:20:00). Host: Larry Wilmore Guest: Wayne Federman Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	What if the Len Bias story hosted by Jordan Ritterconn is the ringer's latest narrative podcast?
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0:09.9	Here's a quick trailer.
0:12.8	You've heard his name, Len Bias, 1980's Fienon, second pick in the NBA draft.
0:20.1	And then, cocaine, tragedy. One of the most shocking deaths in sports history.
0:26.2	35 years later, Bias' legacy is still making an impact.
0:31.6	From Spotify and the ringer podcast network, this is What If, the Len Bias story.
0:37.2	I'm Jordan Ritterconn.
0:48.9	Hey everybody, welcome back. This is Slayer Woman. You have a sitting-to-black on the air.
0:54.8	For the fourth of July weekend, happy independence day, everybody. We just had Juneteenth.
1:04.3	Now we got Fourth July, a lot of independence going on. Lots of independence going on.
1:13.0	I'm the show today, Wayne Federman. Wayne is an old pal in my arm from Stand Up Days.
1:18.4	He's a very talented comedian, actor, author, producer. Wayne does a bit of it all.
1:25.6	You've seen Wayne on television many times in movies, stuff like that.
1:28.8	But he has a book called The History of Stand Up. We talk about today. It's fun conversation.
1:32.8	I thought we'd take a little break. It has something light.
1:38.7	I know that there's heavy conversations, but it's just about comedy. We both love comedy.
1:46.6	That kind of stuff. But Wayne's a good dude. I'm happy to have him on today.
1:51.3	The Independence Day episode.
1:56.7	Now I was going to talk to you about something. What was I going to talk to you guys about?
2:00.9	Something happened in the news this week. I can't remember what it was.
2:07.0	Was it the UFO thing? No. No, it wasn't. Is that boating range thing? No, no,
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