With Trevor Noah leaving 'The Daily Show,' who would you like to see as the next host? One name that's being floated as a possible replacement is the show's longtime correspondent Roy Wood Jr.
while also discussing his upbringing in Alabama. “I did morning radio in Birmingham for 10 years, and one of the things we did in the 9 o’clock hour was we would just invite listeners, if you were working somewhere that’s hiring, call our show and tell us so that people who were unemployed would just know. It was kind of like an audible Craigslist back in like ‘03-’04.
, during which the host sung his praises as “one of the greats.” He plugged his three standup specials and admitted he wasn’t familiar with Wood Jr. prior to the interview prep, but he was quickly all in. “This guy’s one of the best. He’s one of the best,” Maron said during the intro. “He’s not afraid of taking risks. He talks about real things. He’s smart. He knows and understands policy, the subject of race from a personal point of view. He wrestles with things that we all wrestle with, but he’s got a delivery and a long-form approach that’s just so sharp and so funny and so deliberate.” Maron continued gushing. “He’s a real deal.
Maron and Wood Jr. discussed a variety of topics including his upbringing in Birmingham as the son of a journalist and an educator . Wood Jr. received a degree in broadcast journalism from Florida A&M University. He said he was interested in working at ESPN, where he could crack jokes and talk sports after riding the bench as a baseball player. Wood Jr. said while growing up in Birmingham, he didn’t know the city had a comedy club. Maron even asked, “Is there one?” Wood Jr.
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