Rachel coster

Negin Farsad was named one of the 50 Funniest Women by Huffington Post, named one of the 10 Best Feminist Comedians by Paper Magazine, and was selected as a TEDFellow for her work in social justice comedy where she gave a TEDTalk that has been seen by millions. She is the author of How to Make White People Laugh, a memoir-meets-social-justice-comedy manifesto (nominated for the Thurber Prize for Humor). Farsad is host of Fake the Nation, a political comedy round-table podcast on the Headgum network and a regular panelist on NPR’s Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me. You can see her on the Adult Swim series Birdgirl (Cartoon Network), she is also on seasons 2 & 3 of High Maintenance on HBO, the Murphy Brown reboot on CBS, and Emergence on ABC.  She is the director/writer/star of the rom-com 3rd Street Blackout, starring Janeane Garofalo, Ed Weeks, and John Hodgman (now streaming on Peacock). She has written for/appeared on Comedy Central, MTV, PBS, IFC, Nickelodeon and others. She is director/producer of the feature films The Muslims Are Coming! starring Jon Stewart, Da

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