[S2] Hari Kondabolu: Comedy Is Therapeutic but Not Therapy
Publisher |
On Being Studios
Media Type |
audio
Publication Date |
Jun 08, 2017
Episode Duration |
00:16:33

[S2] Hari Kondabolu: Comedy Is Therapeutic but Not Therapy

“My mom has a very dark sense of humor. I think that’s how I learned how to recycle pain.”

Hari Kondabolu is not your average stand-up comedian. He has a Masters in Human Rights and worked as an immigrants rights organizer — all of which you hear in his writing. His jokes simultaneously bring about discomfort and a nod of the head, without sounding preachy. He uses comedy as a coping mechanism for addressing complex issues of race, identity, and ethnicity post 9/11.

Visit onbeing.com/series/creating-our-own-lives for other episodes and more.

“My mom has a very dark sense of humor. I think that’s how I learned how to recycle pain.” Hari Kondabolu is not your average stand-up comedian. He has a Masters in Human Rights and worked as an immigrants rights organizer — all of which you hear in his writing. His jokes simultaneously bring about discomfort and a nod of the head, without sounding preachy. He uses comedy as a coping mechanism for addressing complex issues of race, identity, and ethnicity post 9/11.

[S2] Hari Kondabolu: Comedy Is Therapeutic but Not Therapy

“My mom has a very dark sense of humor. I think that’s how I learned how to recycle pain.”

Hari Kondabolu is not your average stand-up comedian. He has a Masters in Human Rights and worked as an immigrants rights organizer — all of which you hear in his writing. His jokes simultaneously bring about discomfort and a nod of the head, without sounding preachy. He uses comedy as a coping mechanism for addressing complex issues of race, identity, and ethnicity post 9/11.

Visit onbeing.com/series/creating-our-own-lives for other episodes and more.

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