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Comedian Alok Vaid-Menon on laughing together in difficult times

Hawaiʻi Public Radio | By Maddie Bender
Published March 4, 2025 at 2:07 PM HST
An image of poet and comedian Alok Vaid-Menon performing on stage.
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Poet and comedian Alok Vaid-Menon performs on stage.

Alok Vaid-Menon has performed in over 40 countries. But Tuesday marks the poet and comic's first show in Hawaiʻi.

Vaid-Menon is nonbinary and an advocate for laughter and joy amid much worry in the LGBTQ+ community over the actions of the Trump administration. HPR talked to Vaid-Menon about their career and the importance of comedy in difficult times.

Poet and comedian Alok Vaid-Menon, right, with HPR's Maddie Bende.
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Poet and comedian Alok Vaid-Menon, right, with HPR's Maddie Bender.

Alok Vaid-Menon will perform two shows Tuesday night at the Blue Note in Waikīkī — one at 6:30 p.m. and the other at 9 p.m. For tickets, click here.

This interview aired on The Conversation on March 4, 2025. The Conversation airs weekdays at 11 a.m. 
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Maddie Bender
Maddie Bender is the executive producer of The Conversation. She also provided production assistance on HPR's "This Is Our Hawaiʻi" podcast. Contact her at mbender@hawaiipublicradio.org.
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