Eric Selley is a vice principal by day. By night, he tells jokes. A Beijing mainstay, Eric drops by to talk about why Beijing just feels colder than his native Canada (00:38), how the standup audiences in China have been evolving (4:27), what he means when he calls himself a 14A comic (6:42), why he loves fellow Canadian comic Norm Macdonald (7:44), why apolitical humour is a positive in China (9:58), fielding school recruiters while on stage (11:40), getting better as a comic in a place with relatively few comics (12:50), the ceiling for western comics in Beijing (14:36). 

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Edson Oouyeah came to China over a decade ago. He drops by to talk about the purpose of walls (17:28), illegally crossing the USA/Mexico border as a child (18:13), crowd control (21:00), a guide to the Beijing standup scene (21:55), what comedian Joe Wong taught him about making it in China (22:36). 

Music: Twisted Bandits All Around Me by NoMBe; Life After Death by DJ Freedem

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