The Bay Area is a destination for both established comedians coming through on tour, and aspiring ones trying to get their start here. Nato Green is a little different: he’s a San Francisco comedian born and bred.

These days, Green is helping shine a light on fellow comics in the Bay Area. He’s partnering with local comedy distributor Rooftop Media for a new series airing on KALW called FSFSF.

NATO GREEN: We’re pulling clips of Bay Area comedians, past and present to highlight some of the local comedy scene. At some point, the San Francisco media for the most part stopped paying attention to local comedy. This segment, FSFSF, is driven by my fury, quite frankly, at every reporter who periodically will run a retrospective about the great comedy days at the Holy City Zoo. And it was great, but we're still doing great comedy. And if you do not go see live comedy in the Bay Area, you have only yourself to blame.

FSFSF premieres on Monday, March 2nd and will air weekdays during the 4:20pm break in KALW's presentation of All Things Considered.

Click the audio player above to hear a preview of the segment, featuring comedy performed in the Bay Area.

FSFSF: Shining a light on Bay Area comedy

Comedian and event organizer George Chen talked to KALW’s Jen Chien about how he came to make laughs for a living, what’s unique to the San Francisco scene, and his recipe for making culturally relevant humor.

San Francisco comedian on mixing social consciousness and poop jokes

The first edition of Kamau Right Now! Broadcast live from the Freight & Salvage in Berkeley on October 29, 2015.

The New York Times calls W. Kamau Bell “the most promising new talent in political comedy in many years.” And now, Kamau is teaming up with KALW to create KAMAU RIGHT NOW! a live radio and social media event that will transform the political and cultural conversation of the moment into what Kamau calls “a three-ring circus of relevance.” 

Kamau Right Now!

FSFSF is a co-production of KALW and Rooftop Comedy.

Comedy from Jimmy Pardo & Mike Meehan

FSFSF is a weekly serving of Bay Area comedy that airs Tuesdays at 4:45pm as part of KALW's presentation of All Things Considered.