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. 00:00 Teaser 00:44 Intro 02:48 How Olivia got started with her Party School comedy special 08:19 Chinese debate show 奇葩说 12:12 How Chinese comics and rappers deal with censorship 16:26 Olivia's biggest takeaways from her comedy special 18:38 Richard's favorite jokes from Olivia's comedy special 23:29 ESL comics: English-as-a-Second-Language comics 25:13 Minority comics shouldn't pander to stereotypes just to get laughs 30:02 Fellow professional comics she admires 32:36 Cultural outlets for the Chinese diaspora 35:25 Why there are so few male ESL comics 37:33 Recommendations of ESL comics to follow 42:45 How Olivia deals with bombing on stage