About me
Negin Farsad was named one of the 53 Funniest Women by Huffington Post and her TEDTalk on social justice comedy has been seen by millions. She is a regular panelist and frequent guest host on NPR’s "Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me," she has co-hosted Neil DeGrasse Tyon’s "StarTalk" and hosts the political comedy podcast "Fake the Nation." She is also author of the Thurber Prize nominated "How to Make White People Laugh" and wrote/directed "The Muslims Are Coming!" (Netflix) with Jon Stewart, Rachel Maddow, and David Cross. Her latest feature, "3rd Street Blackout," is on Peacock. She was recently featured on Hillary Clinton’s "Gutsy" show on Apple TV+ and is a series regular on Adult Swim's "Birdgirl." With a masters in African-American Studies and Public Policy from Columbia she served as a policy advisor for the City of New York, like most comedians.
