The MCU, Hostile Crowds & Why Comedy is a Long Game w/ Azhar Usman | Slumberpod Ep. 16

welcome back sleepyheadsss! on this ep, Neel, Danish, and Shaunak are joined by the legendary Azhar Usman — comedian, actor, writer, producer, and one of the true pioneers of Muslim comedy in America. Known as "America's Funniest Muslim" (CNN), Azhar has toured with Dave Chappelle for over a decade, co-created the iconic Allah Made Me Funny comedy tour, written for Ramy and Mo, and joined the Marvel Cinematic Universe as Najaf the Gyro King in Ms. Marvel.This one gets deep, gets funny, and gets real. The guys talk about Azhar's wild early days leading Friday prayer in high school, performing stand-up for rooms full of people who were NOT the target audience, what it actually means to be in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (spoiler: it doesn't change your life the way you'd think), the difference between feeling lonely vs. feeling alone, why the path of an artist is a long game, and what it takes to win over a crowd that was not rooting for you.Oh — and they finally get scolded, on mic, for not Googling "SlumberPod" before naming their podcast. A Shark Tank product. It's been 16 episodes.