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Comedian Hasan Minhaj performs during the comedy show in celebration of the 75th anniversary of the USO and the 5th anniversary of Joining Forces at Joint Base Andrews in Washington, D.C. May 5, 2016. (EJ HERSOM/DoD News)

Q&A: Hasan Minhaj talks activist art, comedy and getting the audience to listen

Alli Cruz, Olivia Popp and Samantha Wong
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April 23, 2018
(MINI RACKER/The Stanford Daily)

Hasan Minhaj: Americans don’t need to worry about terrorism from refugees

Mini Racker
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April 23, 2018
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Sundance 2018, part 5: Cinematic duds

Olivia Popp
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Feb. 8, 2018
Margaret Cho performs on her "Fresh Off the Bloat" tour at the Castro Theatre in San Francisco. (OLIVIA POPP/The Stanford Daily)

Margaret Cho’s ‘Fresh Off the Bloat’ champions diversity in the age of Trump

Olivia Popp
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Oct. 23, 2017
David Brent (Ricky Gervais) makes a phone call on the UK version of "The Office" (Courtesy of BBC).

The U.K.’s ‘The Office’ champions caustic cringe comedy

Olivia Popp
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Oct. 20, 2017
Demetri Martin performs on his "Let's Get Weird" tour (Courtesy of CBS).

Comedian Demetri Martin makes laughs but fails to impress on tour

Elizabeth Gerson
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Oct. 1, 2017
Kristen Bell and Jameela Jamil in NBC's 'The Good Place' (Courtesy of NBC).

‘The Good Place’ brings representation and genius-level comedy to the small screen

Olivia Popp
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Aug. 4, 2017
Taylor Schilling, Danielle Brooks, Vicky Jeudy, Adrienne C. Moore and Amanda Stephen in season five of "Orange is the New Black" (Courtesy of Netflix).

Season five of ‘Orange is the New Black’ is a messy yet beautiful riot

Olivia Popp
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July 27, 2017
Yvonne Orji, Issa Rae, Amanda Seales and Natasha Rothwell in season two of HBO's "Insecure" (Courtesy of HBO).

Issa Rae’s acclaimed series ‘Insecure’ is back for season two, and it’s ‘hella great’

Olivia Popp
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July 21, 2017
Anna Chlumsky as Amy Brookheimer alongside Matt Walsh as Mike McLintock in season six of HBO's 'VEEP' (Colleen Hayes/HBO).

Matt Walsh dishes on improv, the uncanny satire of ‘Veep’ and running into Lou Reed

Olivia Popp
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June 9, 2017
Golden Globes - Season 72

Living while funny: an appreciation of Tina Fey and Amy Poehler

Olivia Popp
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June 4, 2017
Josh Brener stars as Nelson "Big Head" Bighetti in season four of HBO's "Silicon Valley" (John P. Johnson/HBO).

Josh Brener of ‘Silicon Valley’ talks comedy writing and the ‘Rude Boys on the Lot’

Olivia Popp
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May 30, 2017
Gabrielle Ruiz, Donna Lynne Champlin, Rachel Bloom, and Vella Lovell in the season 2 finale, 'Can Josh Take A Leap of Faith?' (Courtesy of The CW).

Getting raw and real with the season two finale of ‘Crazy Ex-Girlfriend’

Olivia Popp
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May 15, 2017
Photo courtesy of Clive Walker

Love and hamsters: ‘Breeders’ explores the definition of family

Alessandro R.L. Hall
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April 16, 2017
Brendon North and Anne Norland (Clarice Starling) in 'Silence! The Musical.'

‘Silence! The Musical’ brings raucous fun to San Francisco

Olivia Popp
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April 11, 2017
The cast of the new Netflix show 'One Day at a Time.'

‘One Day at a Time’? More like ‘immediately watch it all at once’

Olivia Popp
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April 4, 2017
Alec Baldwin voices the eponymous Boss Baby (Courtesy of DreamWorks Animation).

‘The Boss Baby’ makes a mess in the theater

Olivia Popp
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March 25, 2017
Photo courtesy of Stefanie Okuda.

TAPS’s ‘The Tempest’ conjures a storm of originality and wit

Alli Cruz
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March 3, 2017
Hasan Minhaj, correspondent for Comedy Central's 'The Daily Show with Trevor Noah.' (Photo courtesy of Comedy Central)

Interview: ‘Daily Show’ correspondents talk about good satire during Election 2016

Olivia Popp
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Oct. 31, 2016
Joanna Lumley as "Patsy" and Jennifer Saunders as "Edina" in the film ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS: THE MOVIE. (Photo by David Appleby, Twentieth Century Fox).

Film review: On the aptly-titled “Absolutely Fabulous”

Jessica Xing
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July 31, 2016
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