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Joel Kim Booster On Religion, Identity, and Coming Out
It's Been a Minute
English - October 09, 2020 14:36 - 28 minutes - 26.4 MB - ★★★★★ - 8.2K ratingsSociety & Culture interview news comedy culture politics entrepreneurship business health leadership books Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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In honor of Coming Out Day this weekend, Sam talks to comedian and actor Joel Kim Booster about his experience coming out to his evangelical Christian family. As Kim Booster grew up in this religious household, he struggled to come to terms with his sexual orientation. On top of that, he was also adopted into an all-white family living in an all-white town. Kim Booster often jokes about his upbringing in his comedy sets: "I fully knew I was gay before I knew I was Asian." He also talks to Sam about finding community outside of church.
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