VOL 148 | Practicing Restraint: Ideal Halftime Shows, Saying the N Word, Breaking from P*rn | Adulthood Pod

About this episode

Ian Lara discusses various topics including ideal halftime shows, the use of the N word, and breaking from pornography.

Hey, Comedy Lovers! ✤ Welcome to "Ian Lara" ⭐ All advice is bad advice, please do adult things and put this podcast on in the background. 👉 Don't forget to give us your opinion in the comments below... ========================================================= Ian Lara is one of the hottest rising comics in New York City. He found internet success when he recorded his “Comedy Central Stand up Featuring” which has garnered over 10 million views, he also made an appearance on the first season of “NBC’s Bring the Funny” and made his late-night debut on the Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon all in the same year. He was a regular player on ‘This week at the Comedy Cellar’ on Comedy Central with his second Comedy Central set hitting the 10 million views mark yet again. He's been featured in The New Yorker Magazine and was named a “2021 JFL NEW FACES" of comedy. On February 10th, 2022 he debuted his Comedy Central half-hour special titled “Growing Shame”. Shortly after on November, 11th, 2022 he debuted his first standalone HBO special titled “Ian Lara: Romantic Comedy” now streaming on MAX. In 2023 he has hit the ground running and has received the high honor of being name one of…

People in this episode

Host: Ian Lara

Topics covered

• halftime shows
• comedy
• restraint
• censorship
• adult themes

Keywords

• halftime shows
• N word
• pornography
• comedy
• restraint

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Comedy Central, NBC, The Tonight Show, The New Yorker Magazine, Variety

Products: MAX

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