{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"1512 Michael Ian Black has answers & Dr Alejandro Velasco on Venezuela + News & Clips","description":"On today's show, I have two great guests joining me. The legend Michael Ian Black comes on at about one hour and 12 minutes but before that at 49 minutes, I speak with Venezuela expert and NYU historian Dr. Alejandro Velasco.   Subscribe and Watch Interviews LIVE : On YOUTUBE.com\/StandUpWithPete ON SubstackStandUpWithPete   Stand Up is a daily podcast. I book,host,edit, post and promote new episodes with brilliant guests every day. This show is Ad free and fully supported by listeners like you!   Please subscribe now for as little as 5$ and gain access to a community of over 750 awesome, curious, kind, funny, brilliant, generous soul Michael Ian Black is a multi-media talent who\u2019s starred in numerous films and TV series, written and\/or directed two films, is a prolific author and commentator, and regularly tours the country performing his ribald brand of jokes and observations.  Subscribe to his substack       Support him on Patreon He most recently starred in TVLand's \u201cThe Jim Gaffigan Show\u201d and Comedy Central\u2019s \u201cAnother Period.\u201d He also reprised one of his iconic film roles in Netflix\u2019s \u201cWet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later,\u201d and previously in "Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp." His third standup comedy special, \u201cNoted Expert,\u201d was released on Epix. Black\u2019s authored 11 books, including the recently released best seller, \u201cA Child\u2019s First Book of Trump.\u201d He\u2019s written two well-received memoirs: \u201cNavel Gazing: True Tales of Bodies, Mostly Mine (but also my mom\u2019s, which I know sounds weird)\u201d, and \u201cYou're Not Doing It Right: Tales of Marriage, Sex, Death and Other Humiliations.\u201d In 2012, he collaborated with conservative Meghan McCain on \u201cAmerica, You Sexy Bitch: A Love Letter to Freedom.\u201d He\u2019s the author of \u201cMy Custom Van (and 50 Other Mind-Blowing Essays That Will Blow Your Mind All Over Your Face),\u201d and seven children's books, including \u201cCock-a-Doodle-Doo-Bop!,\u201d \u201cNaked\u201d, \u201cChicken Cheeks,\u201d \u201cThe Purple Kangaroo,\u201d \u201cA Pig Parade Is A Terrible Idea\u201d and \u201cI'm Bored.\u201d He also writes book reviews for the New York Times. Previously, Black released two stand-up specials, \u201cVery Famous\u201d and \u201cI Am A Wonderful Man.\u201d He and Tom Cavanagh host the popular podcast, \u201cMike and Tom Eat Snacks.\u201d He also writes and hosts a podcast with Michael Showalter, "Topics,\u201d and his own interview podcast, \u201cHow To Be Amazing.\u201d He hosts \u201cDebate Wars\u201d on SeeSo, and he recently hosted \u201cEasiest Game Show Ever\u201d on Pop TV. Sketch comedy fans know Black\u2019s work on \u201cThe State,\u201d \u201cViva Variety,\u201d \u201cStella\u201d and \u201cMichael and Michael Have Issues\u201d all of which he co-created, wrote and starred in. Other TV credits include quirky bowling alley manager \u2018Phil' on the NBC series \u201cEd,\u201d and his hilarious commentary on cable\u2019s \u201cI Love the...\u201d series. He recently starred in two hit web series that migrated to cable TV: \u201cBurning Love\u201d on E! and \u201cYou\u2019re Whole\u201d on Adult Swim. Black\u2019s movie roles include \u201cSlash,\u201d \u201cSmosh: The Movie,\u201d \u201cThey Came Together,\u201d \u201cHell Baby,\u201d \u201cThis is 40,\u201d \u201cWet Hot American Summer,\u201d \u201cTake Me Home Tonight,\u201d \u201cReno 911!: Miami,\u201d \u201cThe Ten\u201d and \u201cThe Baxter.\u201d Black wrote and directed the film \u201cWedding Daze,\u201d starring Jason Biggs and Isla Fisher. He also co-wrote the comedy \u201cRun, Fatboy, Run,\u201d directed by David Schwimmer and starring Simon Pegg, Hank Azaria and Thandie Newton.  ___________________________________________________________ Alejandro Velasco holds joint appointments in the Gallatin School and the Department of History, and was Executive Editor of the NACLA Report on the Americas from 2015 to 2021. Before NYU, he taught at Hampshire College, where he was Five College Fellow, and at Duke University. His research in the areas of social movements, urban politics, and democratization has won support from the Social Science Research Council, the Ford and Mellon Foundations, and the American Historical Association, among others, and has appeared in journals including the Hispanic American Historical Review, the Latin American Research Review, Labor, and others. Velasco's first book Barrio Rising: Urban Popular Politics and the Making of Modern Venezuela (University of California Press, 2015), won the 2016 Fernando Coronil Prize for best book on Venezuela, awarded biennially by the Section on Venezuelan Studies of the Latin American Studies Association. His teaching includes interdisciplinary courses on contemporary Latin America, among them seminars on human rights, cultural studies, and urban social movements; historical methods courses on 20th-century revolutions; graduate courses on urban political history and oral history; and workshops with primary and secondary school educators. A frequent media contributor, his editorials and analysis have appeared in NACLA, Nueva Sociedad, The Nation, the New York Times, the Washington Post, Current History, History News Network, BBC History Magazine, and others. Velasco also frequently contributes radio and television commentary in outlets including NPR, MSNBC, Al Jazeera, CBS, France 24, the BBC, and the CBC. On YOUTUBE.com\/StandUpWithPete ON SubstackStandUpWithPete Listen rate and review on Apple Podcasts Listen rate and review on Spotify Pete On Instagram Pete on Blue Sky Pete on Threads Pete on Tik Tok Pete on Twitter Pete Personal FB page Stand Up with Pete FB page Gift a Subscription https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/PeteDominick\/gift Send Pete $ Directly on Venmo ","author_name":"Stand Up! with Pete Dominick","author_url":"http:\/\/standupwithpete.libsyn.com\/website","html":"