Jake Flores is an American

stand-up comedian Stand-up comedy is a performance directed to a live audience, where the performer stands on a stage and delivers humorous and satirical monologues sometimes incorporating physical acts. These performances are typically composed of rehear ...

and podcaster from Texas now living in

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. He has released two albums on Stand Up! Records: 2014's ''Humours'', and 2021's ''Bad Omen''.

Early life

Flores was born in

San Antonio, Texas San Antonio ( ; Spanish for "Anthony of Padua, Saint Anthony") is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the most populous city in Greater San Antonio. San Antonio is the List of Texas metropolitan areas, third-largest metropolitan area in Texa ...

, and grew up in

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. His father is Hispanic; his mother, who is white, is originally from the Midwest.

Career

Stand-up comedy

Flores began performing comedy in

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, when he was 19. In 2007, he performed in the finals of NBC's Stand Up For Diversity contest. He moved to

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, at age 27. Flores identifies himself as politically left. Flores received attention following his jokes about killing ICE agents that led to an investigation by

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. The incident was written about in publications including ''

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, an'' American libertarian monthly magazine and

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, an American

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daily

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published in

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. Flores was interviewed about the incident on several podcasts. He also discusses the incident on his album ''Bad Omen''. He has performed across the U.S., and at festivals including Austin's

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, The Fest in

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, Moontower Comedy Festival,

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' Hell Yes Fest, the touring road show of

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's '' Roast Battle'', and at events for the anti-capitalist streaming service

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. He has written for ''

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'', '' Cracked'',and the

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, and has contributed to the alternative punk magazine, ''

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'' .

Albums

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

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. In 2019, he and anthropologist and comedy booker Luisa Díez started “''Why You Mad?”'' . He also hosted ''Mr. Cleo'', a comedy podcast about a telephone-psychic scam artist, for 25 episodes in 2017–18. He appeared on several episodes of Cum Town before having a falling out with host Nick Mullen.

References

External links

Official Jake Flores websiteJake Flores at Stand Up! Records website
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