Ep. 24: Comedian Olivia Xing discusses her Party School special, ESL comics and how to handle bombing on stage

<p>Olivia Xing is an actress, standup comedian, artist and student based in LA, and she recently did a one-hour comedy special called Party School where she told jokes about China, the US, politics in both countries, and the immigrant experience.</p> <p>00:00 Teaser<br /> 00:44 Intro<br /> 02:48 How Olivia got started with her Party School comedy special<br /> 08:19 Chinese debate show 奇葩说<br /> 12:12 How Chinese comics and rappers deal with censorship<br /> 16:26 Olivia's biggest takeaways from her comedy special<br /> 18:38 Richard's favorite jokes from Olivia's comedy special<br /> 23:29 ESL comics: English-as-a-Second-Language comics<br /> 25:13 Minority comics shouldn't pander to stereotypes just to get laughs<br /> 30:02 Fellow professional comics she admires<br /> 32:36 Cultural outlets for the Chinese diaspora<br /> 35:25 Why there are so few male ESL comics<br /> 37:33 Recommendations of ESL comics to follow<br /> 42:45 How Olivia deals with bombing on stage</p>