Disrupted

A candid conversation with comedian Roy Wood Jr.

By Wayne Edwards,

Kevin Chang Barnum, Khalilah Brown-Dean, Meg Dalton, Catie Talarski

Published August 9, 2023 at 1:00 PM EDT

Comedian and writer Roy Wood Jr. has been entertaining audiences with political satire for more than 25 years. He is best known for his role as a correspondent on Comedy Central's The Daily Show. In April, Roy joined the list of notable comedians such as Jay Leno, Seth Meyers and Trevor Noah to headline the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. This hour, Roy Wood Jr. talks about his upbringing in the South, his rise in comedy and his future on The Daily Show.

NOTE: This conversation was recorded during Writer's Guild of America strike and before the SAG-AFTRA walkout.

GUESTS:

Roy Wood Jr.: Comedian, writer, producer. Correspondent and guest host, The Daily Show.

Special thanks to our interns Carol Chen and Stacey Addo.

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Disrupted

Wayne Edwards

Wayne Edwards is a freelance producer at Connecticut Public contributing to multi-platform productions, including ‘Disrupted’, ‘Where Art Thou?’, and ‘Cutline in the Community’.<br/><br/>

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Kevin Chang Barnum

Kevin Chang Barnum is a producer for Connecticut Public Radio’s weekly show Disrupted. Kevin grew up in Connecticut and started his radio work at his graduate university’s radio station, KUCI. He has also worked for HRN, a network of food and beverage podcasts.

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Khalilah Brown-Dean

Dr. Khalilah L. Brown-Dean is an award-winning scholar at Quinnipiac University, author, and host of 'Disrupted' on Connecticut Public.

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Meg Dalton

Meg Dalton is the deputy director of storytelling for Connecticut Public. She previously worked for The Takeaway from WNYC, in collaboration with GBH and PRX, and Mobituaries with Mo Rocca. She's also reported and edited for the Columbia Journalism Review, PBS NewsHour, Slate, MediaShift, Hearst Connecticut newspapers, and more. Her audio work has appeared on ‎WNYC, WSHU, Marketplace, WBAI, and NPR. She earned her master's degree from Columbia Journalism School in 2017, where she specialized in audio storytelling and narrative writing, and has taught audio storytelling at Columbia Journalism School, UnionDocs, and public libraries.

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Catie Talarski

Catie Talarski is Senior Director of Storytelling and Radio Programming at Connecticut Public.

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