Jeremiah Ukponrefe (comedian, author The Hive)

Jeremiah Ukponrefe joined me to discuss being Canadian; not being a reader growing up; memoirs being both hard to read but also fascinating; the Percy Jackson series; The Outsiders; Of Mice and Men; writing a book; his process; "booing" candy on Halloween; his book The Hive, being Star Wars meets Starship Troopers; morals being subtly hidden in science fiction; self-publishing; his book being one in a series; describing his series' universe; his protagonist, Alex; research; stand up career; only putting crowd work on You tube; how it's hard to break in stand up in Canada; Second City; writing freelance comedy; worse response doing stand-up; bombing on a date; bombing for 35 minutes; no bringers shows in Canada; wants to be knows as a science fiction / fantasy writer and a stand-up comedian; can sell books at shows; book feedback; target audience; each book in his series is for a different demographic; still keeping a day job; producing stand-up shows; roast battles; learning to do stand-up in his voice; storyteller comedians; Ellen DeGeneres; Jay LenoAfter the interview is the audio of my last stand-up appearance from August 2011.To order the Hive" Hive (The Arcane Volumes): Ukponrefe, Jeremiah: 9781777332907: Amazon.com: Books