From a surprisingly funny theater performance about grief to one of 2023's biggest memoirs, the comic and actor shares what he's listening to lately.
My friend Matt Rogers and I give up-to-date takes on pop culture that might not age well.
It's 48 hours of Barbra Streisand talking. You can get it for ONE Audible credit. Isn't that value?
You might know Betty Gilpin from Glow, The Hunt, or Mrs. Davis. She's one of our finest actresses, and her memoir is funnier than any comedian's memoir, unfortunately.
A lovely book about the development of comedy since Seinfeld. We haven't been able to index and inventory the comedy that's come out of things since Seinfeld, which was like the first comedian's show. It's really interesting—he writes about the audience, what the line is, community around comedy. It's really, really special.
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About Bowen
Bowen Yang is a comedian, writer, and actor based in Brooklyn, New York. He is currently a multiple Emmy-nominated cast member on Saturday Night Live, where he wrote for one season before moving on-screen.
Bowen currently is co-host of the acclaimed iHeartMedia Podcast Las Culturistas, which won the Podcast of the Year Award at the 2023 iHeartRadio Podcast Awards. He can also be seen recurring on Comedy Central’s Awkwafina Is Nora From Queens and in Paramount’s The Lost City, starring Sandra Bullock and Channing Tatum.
Bowen stars in the Searchlight Pictures comedy Fire Island, Universal Pictures’ Bros with Billy Eichner, and the A24 comedy Dicks: The Musical. Bowen recently wrapped filming Jon Chu’s Wicked. Bowen was featured in 2021’s TIME100 Artist
