An Evening With Hari Kondobolu

Hari Kondabolu is a comedian, writer and podcaster based in Brooklyn. TheNY Timescalled him one of the most exciting political comics in stand-up today and described his 2018 Netflix specialWarn Your Relativesas an incisively funny and formally adventurous hour that reveals a comic in command of his powers. The special was named on many Best of lists, including forTime, Paste Magazine, Cosmopolitan, E!Online, and Mashable. He was also named one of 2018s Comics To Watch byVariety. In 2017, his truTV documentaryThe Problem with Apuwas released to critical acclaim and spurred a global conversation about race and representation. The Nationcalled it a devastating critique of the ultimate comedic sacred cow: The Simpsons. It is now used in high school, college and grad school curriculums around the US. Hari has also released two comedy albums,Waiting for 2042&Mainstream AmericanComicwith legendary indie rock label Kill Rock Stars. Additionally, he has performed onsuch shows asConan, Jimmy Kimmel Live,andThe Late Show with David Lettermanamong many others. He is also a former writer & correspondent on the much loved, Chris Rock produced FX showTotally Biased with W. Kamau Bell. A regular on the public radio, Hari is a panelist on the NPR game showWait Wait. . . Dont Tell Me. As a podcaster, he co-hosted the popularPolitically Reactivewith dear friend W. Kamau Bell. Additionally, he also co-hosts what he politely describes as a pop up podcast,The Untitled Kondabolu Brothers Podcastwith his younger brother Ashok (Dap from HBOsChillin Islandand defunct rap group Das Racist.) Hari attended both Bowdoin College and Wesleyan University, graduating from the former institution with a B. A. in Comparative Politics. A former immigrant rights organizer in Seattle who worked under the leadership of now-Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal, Hari also earned a Masters in Human Rights from the London School of Economics in 2008. He was the Artist In Residence at NYUs APA Institute for the 2014-2015 Academic Year and at Shangri La Museum in Honolulu in 2018.