Comedian Joel Kim Booster talks to Jesse about the evolution of his late night sets and career, focusing in partiuclar on his January 2019 performance on The Late Late Show with James Corden. Joel addresses Asian and gay stereotypes as they've appeared in comedy, as well as why he adopts a "hot idiot" persona onstage despite only being one of those two thing ... Show More
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What Happened to Google Search? Cory Doctorow Explains Why All Your Tech Is Getting Worse
Have you had the funny feeling that content online is just a worse than it used to be – that actually a lot of art – movies, TV, music, comedy is just not has good as 3, 5, 10 years ago? Or maybe you are a person who makes art for a living who feels like the frog in boiling water ... Show More
1h 7m
Jan 2025
Comedian Joel Kim Booster on ‘Bad Dates’ and Why He’s a ‘Rude Little Pig’
You might have seen Los Angeles-based comedian Joel Kim Booster in the Maya Rudolph series “Loot,” or enjoyed his “Pride and Prejudice” adaptation “Fire Island,” set on the eponymous gay vacation spot. His latest project is hosting the podcast “Bad Dates,” where comedians share t ... Show More
55m 43s
Jan 2023
Joel Kim Booster: I Knew I Was Gay Before I Knew I Was Asian
Joel Kim Booster (stand-up comedian, writer, actor) opens up about bipolar disorder, his early sexual identity realizations, and the challenges of living at the intersection of a variety of cultures. He discusses the complexities of being adopted as a baby by a white American Bap ... Show More
1h 4m
Jun 2023
Joel Kim Booster: A Joke About Being In A Relationship
Joel Kim Booster jokes about being in a relationship in "Stand Out: An LGBTQ+ Celebration". Follow @NetflixIsAJoke on Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter.
2m 52s
Feb 2024
Joel Kim Booster: A Joke About Boise
Joel Kim Booster jokes about Boise in his Netflix special, "Psychosexual". Follow us @NetflixIsAJoke on Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter.
2m 19s
Aug 2024
NEW HOST! RE-RELEASE: The Contrast Of The Color Of Their Hole (w/ Joel Kim Booster, Marie Faustin, Megan Gailey, and Ian Karmel)
<p>New host, more cringe dating stories! Joel Kim Booster is here to introduce himself as the new host of Bad Dates, and to invite you down memory lane as you hear his own unhinged dating story from earlier this year, when Joel was a panelist on guest host Marie Faustin’s first e ... Show More
40m 29s