DiscoverPeople's Party with Talib KweliAida Rodriquez Gets Real About Comedy, Puerto Rico, Single Motherhood, and her Creative Influences
Aida Rodriquez Gets Real About Comedy, Puerto Rico, Single Motherhood, and her Creative Influences

Aida Rodriquez Gets Real About Comedy, Puerto Rico, Single Motherhood, and her Creative Influences

Update: 2022-11-21
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Comedian Aida Rodriguez sits with Talib Kweli and Jasmin Leigh to discuss her place in comedy, as well as the big issues that she mines for her material. The conversation is wide-ranging, but Aida’s own tremendous insight is a throughline. She opens up about her success on Last Comic Standing, mentorship in Hollywood, the Puerto Rican diaspora, and so much more.

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Aida Rodriquez Gets Real About Comedy, Puerto Rico, Single Motherhood, and her Creative Influences

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