328: Comedian Ian Lara and Actor Christina Jackson

<div>In this week's episode of the Black Girl Nerds podcast, we welcome Ian Lara and Christina Jackson.<br> <br> Segment 1: The premiere of <em>Romantic Comedy</em>, directed by beloved Comedian/Writer Aida Rodriguez, will be Ian’s second of 2022. His first, <em>Growing Shame</em>, premiered on Comedy Central Digital on February 10th as part of their series of half hours. He performed his 30-minute debut comedy special <em>LA Meets NY</em> for HBO Latino's esteemed <em>Entre Nos</em> franchise in 2020, which did so well the streamer gave him his upcoming hour.  His appearance on Comedy Central’s <em>StandUP Featuring </em>has garnered over 10 millions views collectively on social media, and he was a regular on the network’s hit series <em>This Week at the Comedy Cellar</em>.<br> <br> Host: Ryanne<br> <br> Segment 2:  Christina Jackson takes on the female lead role as Daisy Brown in <em>Devotion</em>, marking this her most significant screen outing. <em>Devotion</em> is the story of Jesse L. Brown (played by Jonathan Majors), a pioneering Black Naval aviator who flew during the Korean War. She will also star alongside Regina King, Lucas Hedges, and Andre Holland in the Netflix/John Ridley film Shirley, which tells the story of trailblazing political icon Shirley Chisholm (King)—the first Black Congresswoman and the first Black woman to run for president of the U.S. <br> <br> Host: Jamie<br> <br> Music by: Sammus and Shubzilla<br> Edited by: Jamie Broadnax<br> <br> </div>