Dr. Lisa Gives a Sh*t

DLG304 Jake Flores talks comedy and polyamory. He's really thought these topics through!


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I really like Jake's work—he's the real deal—no bullshit. He was on the show in 2015 and it was great to catch up and talk about how is career has progressed. He just got back from touring with a cool band Eve 6. Also we had a very thought-provoking talk about polyamory which was great because like I said—it was real. Check out Jake's comedy. I am a fan and I am picky!




More about Jake Flores—he has an interesting background:

Flores was born in San Antonio, Texas, and grew up in Houston.[3] His father, a chemist, is Mexican-American; his mother, who is white, is originally from the Midwest.[3][4][5] He is descended from Juan José Arredondo, a Mexican anarchist who worked with Ricardo Flores Magón during the Mexican Revolution.[3][6]

Stand-up comedy

Flores began performing comedy in Austin, Texas, when he was 19, after dropping out of the University of Texas at Austin.[1][7][8][9][10] In 2007, he performed in the finals of NBC's Stand Up For Diversity contest.[11] He moved to Brooklyn, New York, at age 27 to further his comedy career.[8][12][13]

Flores is politically leftist and anticapitalist.[5][6][14] His outspokenness has led to controversy. He received national attention when a series of Twitter jokes about Cinco de Mayo, cultural appropriation, and killing ICE agents led to an investigation by Homeland Security, including a visit by several agents to his apartment.[9][15] The incident was written about in publications including Reason and The New York Post,[16] and Flores was interviewed about it on several podcasts including Chapo Trap House.[4][5][11][14] He also discusses the incident on his album Bad Omen.[17]

His comedy takes inspiration from the anarchic energy of punk music; Flores has also called himself a "big fan" of Lenny Bruce, explaining to one interviewer that "like him, I also had a run in with the state over comedy, and am a leftist."[18] Jake Kroeger of website The Comedy Bureau called Flores "hysterical and pointedly different from everyone else".[19] The Bushwick Daily called his comedy "low-key, but subversive".[9]

He has performed across the U.S.,[1] and at festivals including Austin's Fun Fun Fun Fest,[20] SXSW,[21] The Fest in Gainesville, Florida,[21] Moontower Comedy Festival,[8] New Orleans' Hell Yes Fest,[22] the touring road show of Comedy Central's Roast Battle,[8][23] and at events for the anti-capitalist streaming service Means TV.[24][25]

He has written for The New York Observer,[26] Cracked,[27] and the New York Times,[28] and has contributed to Vice magazine.[29]

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