{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"str8 ppl : s5 e10 Jay Light And The Case Of The Texas Straights","description":"I don't normally describe str8 ppl as delightful but Jay Light fits the bill.  Follow him on insta at dietjay and listen to his hilarious pod, Blockbusting. Here is his bio in its entirety    Growing up outside of conservative Dallas, Texas, Jay Light had to sneak late-night viewings of Comedy Central and Adult Swim with the volume turned low. His parents wouldn\u2019t have approved. Today things have come full circle: He\u2019s appeared on both seasons of Comedy Central insult competition Roast Battle, been named a \u201clocal eclectic noise maker\u201d by L.A. Weekly, and praised as \u201cone of the best Roasters in Los Angeles\u201d by no less than Comedy Central mainstay Jeff Ross. Self-deprecating, slyly dark, and always eager to subvert audience expectations, Jay began his stand-up career as a freshman at North Carolina\u2019s Elon University. As an undergrad he hosted frenetic student TV gameshow Win Stuff and wrote\/directed 2011\u2019s Shock Jock, which screened at the Cannes Festival\u2019s Short Film Corner. Follow-up effort Rocketeer received the Sprite Films Competition\u2019s national Viewers Choice Award the following year. Jay\u2019s Media Arts & Entertainment degree came with the Communications department\u2019s high-profile A.J. Fletcher Award, granted annually to \u201can outstanding graduate\u2026who reflects wide-ranging interest in the field.\u201d   Now a regular performer at famed Sunset Strip institution the Comedy Store, Jay co-produces weekly live editions of Roast Battle. He credits the latter with helping him tap into his true comedic voice, become a better joke-writer, and elevate his confidence as a performer...not to mention score the opportunity to open for Dave Chappelle. Onstage Jay may look like the clean-cut, na\u00efve boy next door and readily admit, \u201cI suffer from camp-counselor face!\u201d But as crowds quickly learn, he doesn\u2019t shy from discussing his sheltered religious upbringing or the formative lessons learned along his path to sobriety.  In addition to making the finals of Comedy Central\u2019s Roast Battle II: War of the Words, Jay has appeared on the network\u2019s Not Safe with Nikki Glaser and HBO\u2019s Project Greenlight. Most recently he\u2019s honed his improv skills at emerging L.A. venue The Pack Theater, and in 2018 became both a contributing writer for Pete Holmes\u2019 HBO series Crashing and staff writer for the Discovery Channel\u2019s BattleBots reboot.   Aside from touring clubs, music venues and colleges across the country, other stand-up credits include the North Carolina Comedy Arts Festival, the Motor City Comedy Festival, the Golden Spike Comedy Festival, the Blue Whale Comedy Festival, and South by Southwest. In the podcasting realm, Jay puts his film degree to use every Monday morning on Blockbusting with Jay Light. The show first invites top comics and filmmakers to discuss industry news and the latest box-office results. Guests then dissect a successful mainstream movie they don\u2019t consider a personal favorite \u2013 no gimmicks, no remorse, no punches pulled. Everything may be subjective in comedy, but on Blockbusting unpopular opinion rules.  As for Jay\u2019s parents? Though his mom may have disowned his earliest career choices, it\u2019s safe to say she\u2019s coming around. They\u2019re admittedly still not his target demographic, but Comedy Central now plays loud and proud in the Light household whenever he\u2019s on.       ","author_name":"str8 ppl (STRAIGHT PEOPLE) with Ian Aber","author_url":"http:\/\/www.str8ppl.com","html":"