Friday, June 7, 2019: Randall Park, Eve Joseph and more
Today on q: q This with Lisa Christiansen and Tabassum Siddiqui, Griffin Poetry Prize winner Eve Joseph, Kliph Nesteroff on the origin of the phrase "stand-up comedian," actor Randall Park.
Today on q, with guest host Angeline Tetteh-Wayoe:
- The q This music panel's Lisa Christiansen and Tabassum Siddiqui share their predictions for 2019's song of the summer.
- Griffin Poetry Prize winner Eve Joseph talks about her big win and reads from her poetry collection, Quarrels.
- Comedy historian Kliph Nesteroff gives us the origin story of the phrase "stand-up comedian" and history's first stand-up comics.
- Actor Randall Park talks about the pressure to represent Asian-Americans and playing the romantic lead in Netflix's Always Be My Maybe.
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