Nancy Giles: Humor and Storytelling in the American Experience

Nancy Giles: Humor and Storytelling in the American Experience

From Westminster Town Hall Forum by westminsterforum

January 3, 2024 · 53 min

About this episode

Nancy Giles discusses humor and storytelling in the American experience at the Westminster Town Hall Forum.

Nancy Giles speaking at the Westminster Town Hall Forum in Minneapolis on November 9, 2023. Giles is a comedian, actress, and social commentator. Since 2002 she has been a regular contributor to the Peabody Award-winning program CBS News Sunday Morning. In that time, she has earned five Emmy Awards for her unique blend of common-sense wisdom, laugh-out-loud humor, commentary, and interviews. She’s a veteran of Chicago’s esteemed Second City improv troupe. She has appeared Off-Broadway in Nora & Delia Ephron’s Love Loss, and What I Wore, and won the Theatre World Award for the musical satire Mayor. She was one of the stars of the acclaimed series China Beach and the sitcom Delta. Her solo shows include Black Comedy: The Wacky Side of Racism, Notes of a Negro Neurotic, Things My Afro Taught Me, and The Further Adventures of the Accidental Pundette, which The New Yorker called “the surprise of (this) annual festival… a rocking standup comedy.”

People in this episode

Guest: Nancy Giles

Topics covered

  • humor
  • storytelling
  • American experience
  • comedy
  • social commentary

Keywords

  • comedy
  • Emmy Awards
  • Second City
  • CBS News Sunday Morning

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Peabody Award, Emmy Awards, Nora & Delia Ephron’s Love Loss, What I Wore, the Theatre World Award, Mayor, China Beach, Delta, Black Comedy: The Wacky Side of Racism, Notes of a Negro Neurotic

Places: Minneapolis, Chicago, Second City

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