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Working: How a Stand Up Comedian’s Sense of Humor Evolves

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4.22K Ratings

🗓️ 4 August 2024

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

This week, host Isaac Butler talks to Dina Hashem, a stand-up comedian and writer for The Daily Show whose recent special is called Dark Little Whispers. In the interview, Dina discusses her reliance on inspiration rather than a formal writing process, her experiences in comedy roast battles, and the fact that her standards for good comedy keep getting higher.  After the interview, Isaac and co-host June Thomas talk about why artists sometimes need to take jobs that aren’t a great fit but help propel them towards better opportunities.  In the exclusive Slate Plus segment, Isaac asks Dina about her exciting new hobby: drumming.    Send your questions about creativity and any other feedback to working@slate.com or give us a call at (304) 933-9675. Podcast production by Cameron Drews. If you enjoy this show, please consider signing up for Slate Plus. Slate Plus members get an ad-free experience across the network and exclusive content on many shows—you’ll also be supporting the work we do here on Working. Sign up now at slate.com/workingplus to help support our work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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I'm at the point where I think almost nothing is funny and so it's just so much harder now to come up with something where I'm like that's something I haven't heard before.

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