Who What Wear with Hillary Kerr: Comedian and Writer Ziwe on Her Insightful, Hilarious New Book, Black Friend: Essays

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🗓️ 18 October 2023

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Ziwe is a comedian and writer perhaps best known for her provocative Instagram Live and Youtube interview series, Baited, or her Showtime variety sketch show, Ziwe. Both shows highlighted her talent for getting to the heart of the most divisive American issues, while still managing to produce hilarity. Today, she’s here to discuss her most personal project yet: Black Friend: Essays. Ziwe talks about how her comedy background helped lay the foundation for the book’s content and structure, the reason the essays are heavily footnoted, and why becoming a good artist means being very bad at your craft for a long time. SPANX TERMS & CONDITIONS Offer valid only toward SPANX brand styles on http://www.spanx.com . Promotion code must be applied at checkout to redeem discount. Offer expires December 31st, 2023 at 11:59PM ET. Offer not valid at other retail outlets. No adjustments on previous purchases. Offer is void where taxed, restricted or prohibited by law. Offer is non-transferable, not redeemable for cash and subject to change without notice. Offer cannot be combined with other offers or discounts. Purchase limits per household may apply. This offer is made by Spanx, Inc.

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1:03.0	Welcome to who-what-wear with Hillary Kerr, your direct line to the designer's stylist, beauty
1:17.4	experts, editors, and taste makers who are shaping the ever-evolving world of fashion.
1:23.5	I'm your host, Hillary Kerr, and today, I'm joined by comedian and author of Black
1:29.6	Friend, Z-Way.
1:32.4	Z-Way established herself by creating and hosting the interview series, Bated with Z-Way,
1:37.6	on YouTube and Instagram Live, and later, her eponymous variety show, Z-Way, on Showtime.
1:44.9	Z-Way's ability to tackle the intersection between race, politics, and pop culture with
1:49.6	her trademark wit and encyclopedic knowledge has made her one of the sharpest and most distinctive
1:55.5	comedians in the game.
1:57.2	Today, Z-Way is here to talk about what it was like turning the focus inward with her latest
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