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Inside Joke: W. Kamau Bell

Explaining comedy on the streets of New York

by Grantland Channel on August 29, 2013

In this episode of Inside Joke, comedian W. Kamau Bell takes Grantland along as he prepares his set list for a performance in which he hones bits about his daughter and racism, and deftly draws humor out of the Boston Marathon bombing.

— David Jacoby

Previously in this series: Hannibal Buress

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