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Political Theater, Episode 109

Maz Jobrani will return to the Kennedy Center on Friday. (Don Emmert/AFP via Getty Images)
Maz Jobrani will return to the Kennedy Center on Friday. (Don Emmert/AFP via Getty Images)
By Jason Dick and Kathryn Lyons
Posted January 24, 2020 at 6:08pm

What a time to be heckled by Trump supporters when you’re an Iranian American comedian!

Ph.D drop-out and comic Maz Jobrani takes Heard on the Hill’s Kathryn Lyons “back to school” to talk Trump hecklers, his least favorite 2020 candidate and what it’s like to be in the fake West Wing in the latest Political Theater Podcast. 

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