I love KCRW. It’s probably the thing I miss most about living in LA, driving down the Pacific Coast Highway listening to programs like Morning Becomes Eclectic and Chocolate City. Luckily, I can listen to KCRW online but sadly I don’t have a car or a gorgeous coastline road in New York City.

In addition to playing unique, new music and having great talk shows, KCRW has the awesome Guest DJ Project. The Guest DJ Project invites various cultural icons to share and discuss songs that have inspired and moved them with KCRW DJs. Past guests who have shared thier musical passions include Danny Devito, Margaret Cho, John Favreau and my dear friend Dave Nadelberg who is the founder of the popular stage show Mortified, a comic excavation of adolescent awkwardness and angst. Listen to KCRW guest DJ sets at http://www.kcrw.com/music/kcrw-guest-dj-project
takepart learn more about KCRW and how to support this fabulous public radio station at http://www.kcrw.com

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Margaret Cho has had a huge influence on my career. Her candid discussions on self image, her fearless energy, and of course her immigrant mom impressions (I too have an adorable immigrant Mom that makes her way into many of my jokes) have always inspired me. After I read “I’m the One that I Want” I was officially a huge fan. That book bluntly and beautifully examined the racial and size prejudices in Hollywood.

Check out this clip from the “I’m the One that I Want” show:

Not only an artist but also an activist, Cho recently received the First Amendment Award from the ACLU of Southern California, and the Intrepid Award from the

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