Michelle Pini chats with comedian, reluctant investigative journo and motivational speaker Jordan Shanks Markovina, AKA friendlyjordies, about politics, media, firebombs and why he prefers to be known simply as a YouTube monkey.
SHANKS-MARKOVINA is brutally honest throughout, sharing his views and motivations and even details of his upcoming show:
My new comedy show is insane. I’m gonna destroy all of my credibility at once — it’s about aliens.
PINI: Would you say that you are motivated by the fact that people have tried to shut you up?
SHANKS-MARKOVINA: No. I am completely motivated by the fact that very few people, if anyone, seemed to care about the facts, seemed to care about the direction of the country at all.
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