Tanya Mosley

Tressie McMillan Cottom is a professor at the Center for Information Technology and Public Life at UNC Chapel Hill and a New York Times columnist. Eddie Glaude is the James S. McDonald Distinguished University Professor of African American Studies at Princeton University. Tomorrow on Fresh Air, Jesse Eisenberg on writing, directing, and starring in the film A Real Pain.

Tressie McMillan Cottom is a professor at the Center for Information Technology and Public Life at UNC Chapel Hill and a New York Times columnist. Eddie Glaude is the James S. McDonald Distinguished University Professor of African American Studies at Princeton University. Tomorrow on Fresh Air, Jesse Eisenberg on writing, directing, and starring in the film A Real Pain.

Tressie McMillan Cottom is a professor at the Center for Information Technology and Public Life at UNC Chapel Hill and a New York Times columnist. Eddie Glaude is the James S. McDonald Distinguished University Professor of African American Studies at Princeton University. Tomorrow on Fresh Air, Jesse Eisenberg on writing, directing, and starring in the film A Real Pain.

He and Kieran Culkin play cousins on a Jewish heritage tour in Poland. We'll talk about how the story relates to Eisenberg's life. To keep up with what's on the show and get highlights of our interviews, follow us on Instagram at NPR Fresh Air. Fresh Air's executive producer is Danny Miller. Our senior producer today is Roberta Shorrock. Our technical director and engineer is Audrey Bentham.

He and Kieran Culkin play cousins on a Jewish heritage tour in Poland. We'll talk about how the story relates to Eisenberg's life. To keep up with what's on the show and get highlights of our interviews, follow us on Instagram at NPR Fresh Air. Fresh Air's executive producer is Danny Miller. Our senior producer today is Roberta Shorrock. Our technical director and engineer is Audrey Bentham.

He and Kieran Culkin play cousins on a Jewish heritage tour in Poland. We'll talk about how the story relates to Eisenberg's life. To keep up with what's on the show and get highlights of our interviews, follow us on Instagram at NPR Fresh Air. Fresh Air's executive producer is Danny Miller. Our senior producer today is Roberta Shorrock. Our technical director and engineer is Audrey Bentham.

Our interviews and reviews are produced and edited by Phyllis Myers, Anne-Marie Baldonado, Sam Brigger, Lauren Krenzel, Teresa Madden, Monique Nazareth, Thea Chaloner, Susan Nakundi, and Anna Bauman. Our digital media producer is Molly C.V. Nesper. With Terry Gross, I'm Tanya Mosley.

Our interviews and reviews are produced and edited by Phyllis Myers, Anne-Marie Baldonado, Sam Brigger, Lauren Krenzel, Teresa Madden, Monique Nazareth, Thea Chaloner, Susan Nakundi, and Anna Bauman. Our digital media producer is Molly C.V. Nesper. With Terry Gross, I'm Tanya Mosley.

Our interviews and reviews are produced and edited by Phyllis Myers, Anne-Marie Baldonado, Sam Brigger, Lauren Krenzel, Teresa Madden, Monique Nazareth, Thea Chaloner, Susan Nakundi, and Anna Bauman. Our digital media producer is Molly C.V. Nesper. With Terry Gross, I'm Tanya Mosley.

My guest today, comedian Roy Wood Jr., takes the serious, sometimes absurd stuff we deal with in everyday life and makes us laugh about it. Even news events that on the face of it are kind of scary, like white men in America gravitating to militia groups.

My guest today, comedian Roy Wood Jr., takes the serious, sometimes absurd stuff we deal with in everyday life and makes us laugh about it. Even news events that on the face of it are kind of scary, like white men in America gravitating to militia groups.

My guest today, comedian Roy Wood Jr., takes the serious, sometimes absurd stuff we deal with in everyday life and makes us laugh about it. Even news events that on the face of it are kind of scary, like white men in America gravitating to militia groups.

That's Roy Wood Jr. in his latest comedy special Lonely Flowers on Hulu. It's Wood's take on how isolation has sent society spiraling into a culture of guns, protests, rude employees, self-checkout lanes, sex parties. And he also talks about why some of us would rather be alone than connected. Wood is known for his razor-sharp wit.

That's Roy Wood Jr. in his latest comedy special Lonely Flowers on Hulu. It's Wood's take on how isolation has sent society spiraling into a culture of guns, protests, rude employees, self-checkout lanes, sex parties. And he also talks about why some of us would rather be alone than connected. Wood is known for his razor-sharp wit.

That's Roy Wood Jr. in his latest comedy special Lonely Flowers on Hulu. It's Wood's take on how isolation has sent society spiraling into a culture of guns, protests, rude employees, self-checkout lanes, sex parties. And he also talks about why some of us would rather be alone than connected. Wood is known for his razor-sharp wit.

He spent years on the stand-up comedy circuit, dissecting pop culture and current events. And for nearly eight years, he was a correspondent for The Daily Show with Trevor Noah. Wood currently hosts the CNN News Quiz show, Have I Got News For You, which was adapted from a long-running British series under the same name. Roy Wood Jr., thank you for being here and welcome back to Fresh Air.

He spent years on the stand-up comedy circuit, dissecting pop culture and current events. And for nearly eight years, he was a correspondent for The Daily Show with Trevor Noah. Wood currently hosts the CNN News Quiz show, Have I Got News For You, which was adapted from a long-running British series under the same name. Roy Wood Jr., thank you for being here and welcome back to Fresh Air.

He spent years on the stand-up comedy circuit, dissecting pop culture and current events. And for nearly eight years, he was a correspondent for The Daily Show with Trevor Noah. Wood currently hosts the CNN News Quiz show, Have I Got News For You, which was adapted from a long-running British series under the same name. Roy Wood Jr., thank you for being here and welcome back to Fresh Air.

You know, at the end of that clip I just played, you heard the beep. That was the N-word. It was part of the punchline that you use in the joke. And it almost is like an exclamation point. And I know that you have weighed whether you use it. I think you talked about in another special how your uncle was like trying to not use it himself.

You know, at the end of that clip I just played, you heard the beep. That was the N-word. It was part of the punchline that you use in the joke. And it almost is like an exclamation point. And I know that you have weighed whether you use it. I think you talked about in another special how your uncle was like trying to not use it himself.