Kamau returns to the stand-up stage, full of questions, thoughts, and a heavy dollop of silliness in these hectic times. He’s pretty sure the only way we make it through all of this is if we face it together. So Kamau wants to know: Who’s With Me?
About W. Kamau Bell
W. Kamau Bell is a stand-up comedian, filmmaker, husband, and dad. For seven seasons, he hosted and executive produced CNN’s five-time Emmy Award-winning original series United Shades of America. In 2023, Bell won an Emmy for his HBO documentary 1000% Me: Growing Up Mix and a Peabody Award for his 2022 Showtime docuseries We Need to Talk About Cosby.
Bell is the co-author of the New York Times bestselling book Do the Work: An Antiracist Activity Book and the author of The Awkward Thoughts of W. Kamau Bell: Tales of a 6' 4", African American, Heterosexual, Cisgender, Left-Leaning, Asthmatic, Black and Proud Blerd, Mama’s Boy, Dad, and Stand-Up Comedian. In March 2025, he contributed a chapter to bestselling author Michael Lewis’ book Who is Government?, based on Bell's Washington Post article and short documentary, “The Rookie.”
His most recent comedy special, Private School Negro, is available on Netflix. Bell serves on the boards of DonorsChoose, which helps teachers raise money for class projects, and Live Free, a nonprofit dedicated to ending gun violence, mass incarceration, and mass criminalization. He is also the ACLU’s artist ambassador for racial justice and hosts the ACLU podcast At Liberty. In 2023, Kamau and his wife Melissa Hudson Bell co-founded Who Knows Best Productions, a media production company based in Oakland, CA. He cares too much and sleeps too little.
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