What happened to Bowen Yang?
In a year when we can all use as much laughter as possible, Bowen Yang has been working double duty, both as a standout cast member and writer on Saturday Night Live and as co-host of the acclaimed iHeartRadio podcast Las Culturistas, alongside comedian and friend Matt Rogers.
Who are Bowen Yang and Matt Rogers?
Bowen Yang (platinum blonde, super-immune, Erika, corn silk-era) and Matt Rogers (still brunette, super-immune, Rinna, still charizard-era) gather together after a fabulous trip to Mexico City to record a "culture catchup" episode of their podcast Las Culturistas (critically acclaimed). And wow, has culture occurred. The name Che Diaz ring a bell?
What is the Yang companion podcast?
In this companion podcast, Yang, a real-life fan of the show, sits down with its co-creators, actors or writers together with a celebrity fan to discuss themes and moments from the last season.
Who is Bowen Yang and where is he from?
Bowen Yang is a comedian, actor and podcaster who is the first Chinese-American cast member of 'Saturday Night Live.' Who Is Bowen Yang? Bowen Yang was born in Australia in 1990 and grew up in Canada and Colorado.
Hot White Heist
Here’s the shorthand I’ve been using to pitch Hot White Heist, a fantastic six-part Audible show that drops tomorrow: It’s a cartoonish cross between a queer Ocean’s Eleven and 30 Rock. Oh, and it’s headlined by Las Culturistas’ Bowen Yang.
Day X
There’s a sequence deep into the opening chapter of Day X that, frankly, got me a bit nervous.
Who Is Bowen Yang?
Bowen Yang was born in Australia in 1990 and grew up in Canada and Colorado. He is the first Chinese-American cast member of Saturday Night Live, as well as the first gay man to be part of the show for more than one season.
Early Life and Family
Bowen Yang was born in 1990 in Brisbane, Australia. Yang's family left China for Australia so his father could pursue a doctorate in mining engineering. Because Yang has an older sister, he's noted, "I wouldn’t have been born if my parents had stayed in China," due to the one-child policy in effect at the time.
Conversion Therapy and Aftermath
When Yang was 17, he left a chat window open on a shared family computer that alerted his parents to the fact their son was gay. Yang told The New York Times what happened next: "They just sat me down and yelled at me and said, 'We don't understand this. Where we come from, this doesn't happen.'"
College and Early Comedy Career
Yang was a pre-med chemistry major at New York University, inspired in part by the TV drama Grey's Anatomy. However, he continued to do comedy while in school.
Adrienne Kennedy
Instead of heading to medical school after graduating, Yang became a graphic designer and pursued his comedy career via auditions and shows.
TV and Video
Yang portrays Awkwafina 's cousin on her TV series Awkwafina Is Nora From Queens. He has guest starred on shows like High Maintenance, Broad City and Girls5eva. In 2016, he appeared on the second season of the web series The Outs.
Podcasts
Yang began making the podcast Las Culturistas, which delves into pop culture, with his friend and co-host Matt Rogers in 2016.
What is hot white heist?
Hot White Heist is a playfully zany production with an all-star cast. This is FRESH AIR. When we think of a heist thriller, we may think of a ragtag crew stealing precious jewels or a safe full of cash. But "Hot White Heist," the new comedy fiction podcast from Audible and Lorne Michaels' production company, centers on the theft ...
Who plays Judy Fink in the podcast?
In this new comedic fiction podcast released on Audible this month, a fortune teller named Judy Fink, played by "Saturday Night Live's" Bowen Yang , is recruited by his estranged aunt to steal samples from a secret government bunker that's housing the country's archival sperm bank.
Who is Bowen Yang?
Bowen Yang in particular is a sensational anchor throughout the caper. Already a strong presence whenever he appears in an "SNL" sketch, Yang is also a veteran personality behind a mic, making up one half of the "Las Culturistas" podcast with Matt Rogers.
Who is Nick Quah?
DAVIES: Nick Quah is podcast critic for New York Magazine and Vulture. He also writes the Hot Pod Newsletter. On tomorrow's show, writer Amy Sohn talks about a turning point in the fight for women's reproductive rights. The 1873 Comstock Act virtually outlawed contraception.
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Who is the playwright in the podcast?
Where some podcasts would often rely on a character verbalizing how long it's been since the last scene, the show plays with this, using an amusing device that involves the playwright Tony Kushner, who is deployed to fill the space of academic babble as a way to mark a big time jump in the story.
