Comedian and writer Leonard Chan is this week’s guest. Leonard went from a successful career as a Chemical Engineer to an even more successful career as a full-time comic and writer. Leonard started standup just a little before me, and has achieved almost every credit a Canadian comedian can get - Just For Laughs, the Halifax and Winnipeg Comedy Festivals, Sirius/XM appearances, and he also won the Absolute Comedy Prove You're a Comic contest in 2016 and the Comedy Brawl in 2018, beating over 400 comics. You will hear about his relentless hustle and work ethic which is why he’s made such amazing headway in comedy, and now as a writer on This Hour Has 22 minutes, Kim’s Convenience, and others. We talk race and racism in comedy, and the (good) shift the entertainment industry is going through. Music by Devin Bateson.

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