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Comic and writer Alex Barnett is the White, Jewish husband of a Black woman (who converted to Judaism) and the father of a 6-year-old, Biracial son. Join him and his guests each episode as they discuss the issues that confront multiracial people and multiracial families (including the dynamics between members of the same family who are of different races).

Within the Multiracial Community, Alex is active as a performer and advocate.  Alex was a featured performer at the 2012 New Orleans Loving Festival, the 2015 Mixed-Remixed Festival in Los Angeles, and the 2016 Blend Conference at Cornell University.

Alex is the co-founder of Multiracial Media (http://multiracialmedia.com/) a website that showcases the voices of the Multiracial Community.

Alex also is the co-creator of the comic strip, The Bronze Panther, about a four-year-old, biracial superhero.

Alex has performed at clubs, colleges and venues throughout the country.  He's appeared on the Katie Couric Show, been featured on Sirius/XM Radio’s “Raw Dog Comedy,” and NBC’s EVB Live, and in VH1.com, The Wall Street Journal, The Huffington Post, and CNN.com.

Apr 3, 2016

Ep. 59: Mike Brown is a comic who grew up in Harlem, NY.  A Black man with Jamaican and Cuban roots, Mike has been taking the New York comedy scene by storm with his

He was named one of Rooftop Comedy’s Comics to Watch, Caroline’s Best of New Talent and a semi-finalist in NY Funniest Stand Up competition presented by JetBlue. Along with featuring at various comedy festivals (New York Comedy Festival, The San Francisco Sketchfest, The Lucille Ball Comedy Festival), he’s appeared on TruTV, Oxygen, Bravo, E!, and Adult Swim.

Mike Brown regularly hosts/co-produces comedy shows throughout New York: BIG Pony Show FREE show Mondays at 8p on the Lower East Side (87 Ludlow St), Machine Gun Funk at New York Comedy Club, and COMEDY OUTLIERS a monthly standup comedy showcase featured in The New York Times, AM New York, Time Out NY, NY1, and NY Daily News. He also hosts the COMEDY OUTLIERS podcast available on iTunes.  He also is the creator and star of a new webseries called Can't Stop, Won't Stop.

Mike is married to a White woman from Australia, and on this episode of the podcast, he discusses with Alex what it's like to be a Black man in America as well as his thoughts and insights about visiting his in-laws in rural Australia.

For more on host, Alex Barnett, please check out his website: www.alexbarnettcomic.com or visit him on Facebook (www.facebook.com/alexbarnettcomic) or on Twitter at @barnettcomic

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Intro and Outro Music is Funkorama by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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