Mo Amer: A Joke about Americans

Leanne Morgan jokes about supportive friends in her Netflix special, "Unspeakable Things". 

Ricky Gervais jokes about free speech in his Netflix special, "Mortality". 

Groundbreaking Palestinian-American comedian Mo Amer, star of the Netflix series Mo, joins us at the Studebaker Theatre in Chicago along with panelists Roy Blount, Jr., Helen Hong and Adam Burke to play a game about things called Les. Learn more about sponsor message choices: pod ...  Show more

Once upon a time, 1-hour comedy specials were a rare bird. Will the big investments Netflix has made in stand-up comedy backfire? Jason Zinoman, comedy critic for The New York Times, weighs in on the business of comedy.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adch ...  Show more

Happy Halloween Tom-Fooligans! This week's comedians bring Tom back to some precious memories from the Comedy Cellar. We continue to share fan jokes, and touch on some of the unwritten rules of stand up. Can’t get enough stand-up? Check out our playlist here. Listen to more from ...  Show more

0:00 -start 9:00 - Marvel is just Bollywood movies for Americans 13:30 - When Vir started doing stand up in India 19:30 - Why comics are going to JAIL for jokes 56:30 - where does comedy go in India in the future? 1:09:16 - on a flight where someone has died 1:30:00 - American Ca ...  Show more