Lulu Garcia Navarro

So for you, it's like a conscious choice not to engage in that.

So for you, it's like a conscious choice not to engage in that.

You talked to my co-host David Marchese in 2020, right around the time of Rami season two. And you told him about what you called the daily show effect, that Jon Stewart was so good at blending politics and comedy that it became almost expected for comedians to become political and have something to say about the news. And at that time, you really recoiled at that idea.

You talked to my co-host David Marchese in 2020, right around the time of Rami season two. And you told him about what you called the daily show effect, that Jon Stewart was so good at blending politics and comedy that it became almost expected for comedians to become political and have something to say about the news. And at that time, you really recoiled at that idea.

But a lot of your work is inherently political. So I'm wondering how you think about that part of being a comedian.

But a lot of your work is inherently political. So I'm wondering how you think about that part of being a comedian.

I mean, relatedly, I was wondering about Mo, the show you co-created that's about an undocumented Palestinian refugee living in Texas. You worked on the second season while the war in Gaza was going on. What was that like?

I mean, relatedly, I was wondering about Mo, the show you co-created that's about an undocumented Palestinian refugee living in Texas. You worked on the second season while the war in Gaza was going on. What was that like?

Yeah. Um, In your most recent comedy special, More Feelings, you talked about how everyone wanted you to do something for their cause, like Iranian women, Pakistani floods. You called yourself the mayor of Muslim disaster, which is very funny. How do you decide what you do want to talk about with all those expectations coming on you?

Yeah. Um, In your most recent comedy special, More Feelings, you talked about how everyone wanted you to do something for their cause, like Iranian women, Pakistani floods. You called yourself the mayor of Muslim disaster, which is very funny. How do you decide what you do want to talk about with all those expectations coming on you?

Yeah. I mean, you hosted SNL last year. And at the end of your monologue, you made a plea to please free the people of Palestine. And you also said, please free the hostages. Were you nervous about that moment?

Yeah. I mean, you hosted SNL last year. And at the end of your monologue, you made a plea to please free the people of Palestine. And you also said, please free the hostages. Were you nervous about that moment?

Well, to say free Palestine on live national television wasn't common. No, no, it's not common.

Well, to say free Palestine on live national television wasn't common. No, no, it's not common.

Yeah. And talking about the hostages at the same time does anger some on the far left. I mean, one of the directors of the Oscar winning doc, No Other Land, recently got a lot of blowback for something similar. Yeah.

Yeah. And talking about the hostages at the same time does anger some on the far left. I mean, one of the directors of the Oscar winning doc, No Other Land, recently got a lot of blowback for something similar. Yeah.

How would you frame it? What would be the how would you describe it?

How would you frame it? What would be the how would you describe it?

Do you think comedians have more political power now than they used to? And what do you think about that?

Do you think comedians have more political power now than they used to? And what do you think about that?