Jake Flores

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Jake Flores
Born1986or1987(age 37–38) [1]
Occupation(s)Stand-up comedian, podcaster
Years activec. 2005-present
Website www.feraljokes.com

Jake Flores is an American stand-up comedian and podcaster from Texas now living in New York City. He has released two albums on Stand Up! Records: 2014's Humours, and 2021's Bad Omen.

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Early life

Flores was born in San Antonio, Texas, and grew up in Houston. [2] His father is Hispanic; his mother, who is white, is originally from the Midwest. [2] [3] [4]

Career

Stand-up comedy

Flores began performing comedy in Austin, Texas, when he was 19. [1] [5] [6] [7] [8] In 2007, he performed in the finals of NBC's Stand Up For Diversity contest. [9] He moved to Brooklyn, New York, at age 27. [6] [10] [11]

Flores identifies himself as politically left. [4] [12] Flores received attention following his jokes about killing ICE agents that led to an investigation by Homeland Security. [7] [13] The incident was written about in publications including Reason, an American libertarian monthly magazine and The New York Post, [14] an American conservative daily tabloid newspaper published in New York City . Flores was interviewed about the incident on several podcasts. [3] [4] [9] [15] He also discusses the incident on his album Bad Omen. [16]

He has performed across the U.S., [1] and at festivals including Austin's Fun Fun Fun Fest, [17] SXSW, [18] The Fest in Gainesville, Florida, [18] Moontower Comedy Festival, [6] New Orleans' Hell Yes Fest, [19] the touring road show of Comedy Central's Roast Battle , [6] [20] and at events for the anti-capitalist streaming service Means TV. [21] [22]

He has written for The New York Observer , [23] Cracked , [24] and the New York Times, [25] and has contributed to the alternative punk magazine, Vice . [26]

Albums

He has released two albums on Stand Up! Records: 2014's Humours, and 2021's Bad Omen. [16] Both albums were met with mixed reviews." [27]

Podcasts

Flores has been involved in several podcasts, including several appearances on the alt comedy podcast “Cum Town”, and hosts one of his own. In 2017, he started Pod Damn America, a podcast he hosts with other comedians. [22] [28]

In 2019, he and anthropologist and comedy booker Luisa Díez started “Why You Mad?” . [29] [30]

He also hosted Mr. Cleo, a comedy podcast about a telephone-psychic scam artist, for 25 episodes in 2017–18. [6] [31]

He appeared on several episodes of Cum Town before having a falling out with host Nick Mullen. [32]

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