Jake Flores
American stand-up comedian and podcaster
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Jake Flores is an American stand-up comedian and podcaster. He has released two albums on Stand Up! Records: 2014's Humours, and 2021's Bad Omen.
Early life
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 as politically left.[4][12] He received attention following his jokes about killing ICE agents that led to an investigation by Homeland Security.[7][13][14] Flores was interviewed about the incident on several podcasts[3][4][9] and discusses the incident on his album Bad Omen.[15]
He has performed at festivals including Austin's Fun Fun Fun Fest,[16] SXSW,[17] The Fest in Gainesville, Florida,[17] Moontower Comedy Festival,[6] New Orleans' Hell Yes Fest,[18] the touring road show of Comedy Central's Roast Battle,[6][19] and at events for the anti-capitalist streaming service Means TV.[20][21][1]
He has written for The New York Observer,[22] Cracked,[23] and the New York Times,[24] and has contributed Vice.[25]
Albums
He has released two albums on Stand Up! Records: 2014's Humours, and 2021's Bad Omen.[15] Both albums were met with mixed reviews."[26]
Podcasts
Flores has been involved in several podcasts. In 2017, he started Pod Damn America, a podcast he hosts with other comedians.[21][27]
In 2019, he and anthropologist and comedy booker Luisa Díez started “Why You Mad?” .[28][29]
He also hosted Mr. Cleo, a comedy podcast about a telephone-psychic scam artist, for 25 episodes in 2017–18.[6][30]
He appeared on several episodes of Cum Town before having a falling out with host Nick Mullen.[31]