[Roy Wood Jr.] Is The Genre

Tim Barnes chats with comedian Roy Wood Jr. about his baseball-centered philosophy, the unique struggle of being a “Jr.” and how he’s navigating the current entertainment industry chaos.

Roy Wood Jr. is a comedian, an Emmy-nominated documentary producer for the PBS documentary The Neutral Ground, a correspondent on Comedy Central’s Emmy-nominated The Daily Show with Trevor Noah, and host of Comedy Central’s award-winning podcast, The Daily Show: Beyond the Scenes. Spring of 2023, Wood guest hosted The Daily Show and headlined the White House Correspondents' Dinner to its highest ratings since 2017. 

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CREDITS:

* Host: Tim Barnes

* Guest: Roy Wood Jr.

* Theme Song: “You Are The Genre” by Freddie Nunez

* Music Engineer: Adam Smith (@a_scug on Instagram)

* Podcast Art: Madhuri Shukla

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