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ERIK RIVERA makes it (relatable) for everybody

ERIK RIVERA makes it (relatable) for everybody

FromModern Minorities


ERIK RIVERA makes it (relatable) for everybody

FromModern Minorities

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Length:
72 minutes
Released:
Oct 1, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Comedian Erik Rivera isn’t on “the drugs” - despite what his mom thought. He just liked hitting the comedy clubs as a kid, and giving people - no matter where they’re from - something to relate to. We got into a pretty serious (but often funny) chat about being brown in a white world, and being American - while still in the mix of different cultures and countries (his mom’s from Guatemala, his dad from Puerto Rico, and married white).
Erik’s making his mark, making us laugh, and making us think. His HBO stand-up special “Super White!” covers the hilarious truths of parenting and being married in a mixed relationship. Erik’s comedic take on his unique experience has been featured on HBO’s “Entre Nos,” NBC’s “Last Comic Standing”, the Tonight Show, and the Montreal Just for Laughs Festival. AND he’s even teamed up with Eva Longoria and Kevin Hart to create meaningful (and hilarious) projects to drive representation forward. AND Erik’s created and written an upcoming animated show for Amazon - “Ricky & Cricket”. AND then there was that one time he was on CBS “Superior Donuts” - in the most talked about episode tackling immigration in the US.
 
LEARN ABOUT ERIK

ErikRivera.com

@ErikRiveraComedy (IG + FB)

“I’m No Expert” (1-hr comedy special): https://youtu.be/AVVY2uG7FXo

 
MENTIONS

FILM: Mambo Mouth (1991) imdb.com/title/tt0247497


FILM: Coco (2017) imdb.com/title/tt2380307


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Released:
Oct 1, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

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Sharon Lee Thony and Raman Sehgal are two MODERN MINORITIES - Asian-American industry pros "making it" (?) - even though they never became the doctors their parents wanted them to be. Each week, they are joined by folks of all stripes - entrepreneurs, corporates, athletes, reporters, politicians, entertainers, and more - to uncover how our different cultural backgrounds shape how we uniquely experience the world. MODERN MINORITIES is a collection of conversations about work and life through the lens of race and gender. It is a show where we talk about “the thing” that everyone is thinking about, but nobody is actually talking about it. New episodes drop weekly.