Why Culture Is For You with Matt Rogers
JVN and Matt Rogers enter the queer millennial world and talk pop culture to pride heroes.
Matt Rogers, comedian, actor, writer, host, half of the duo behind Las Culturistas and multi hyphenate extraordinaire is on Getting Better this week to enter our queer millennial world on all things pop culture, pride heroes, LGBTQIA+, Celine Dion, Tony Awards, Ariana Grande, Epic Universe and of course... JK Rowling.
Matt Rogers is an actor, comedian, writer, podcaster and television host. Named one of Variety's Comics To Watch in 2021, he is co-host of the popular podcast 鈥淟as Culturistas鈥� alongside SNL's Bowen Yang, which was named Time Out New York鈥檚 #1 Comedy Podcast and Time Magazine鈥檚 鈥�50 Best Podcasts to Listen to Right Now鈥�. Matt can be seen in SEARCH PARTY, SHRILL, AWKWAFINA IS NORA FROM QUEENS, OUR CARTOON PRESIDENT, the animated Netflix series Q-FORCE, and as the host of the HBO Max competition series HAUTE DOG. Matt has written for comedies such as THE OTHER TWO and Q-FORCE and co-created the short form reality series GAYME SHOW to critical acclaim. He most recently can be seen in Searchlight鈥檚 FIRE ISLAND and as a series regular in Showtime鈥檚 I LOVE THAT FOR YOU. Matt鈥檚 special HAVE YOU HEARD OF CHRISTMAS recently premiered on Showtime and has received wide acclaim, including being named by Variety as one of The Best Comedy Specials of 2022, and New York Times best comedy of 2022.
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