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I really like Jake's work\u2014he's the real deal\u2014no bullshit. He was on the show in 2015 and it was great to catch up and talk about how is career has progressed. He just got back from touring with a cool band Eve 6. Also we had a very thought-provoking talk about polyamory which was great because like I said\u2014it was real. Check out Jake's comedy. I am a fan and I am picky!\n\n\n\nMore about Jake Flores\u2014he has an interesting background:\nFlores was born in\xa0San Antonio, Texas, and grew up in\xa0Houston.[3]\xa0His father, a chemist, is Mexican-American; his mother, who is white, is originally from the Midwest.[3][4][5]\xa0He is descended from Juan Jos\xe9 Arredondo, a Mexican anarchist who worked with\xa0Ricardo Flores Mag\xf3n\xa0during the\xa0Mexican Revolution.[3][6]\nStand-up comedy\nFlores began performing comedy in\xa0Austin, Texas, when he was 19, after dropping out of the\xa0University of Texas at Austin.[1][7][8][9][10]\xa0In 2007, he performed in the finals of NBC's Stand Up For Diversity contest.[11]\xa0He moved to\xa0Brooklyn, New York, at age 27 to further his comedy career.[8][12][13]\nFlores is politically leftist and\xa0anticapitalist.[5][6][14]\xa0His outspokenness has led to controversy. He received national attention when a series of\xa0Twitter\xa0jokes about\xa0Cinco de Mayo, cultural appropriation, and killing\xa0ICE agents\xa0led to an investigation by\xa0Homeland Security, including a visit by several agents to his apartment.[9][15]\xa0The incident was written about in publications including\xa0Reason\xa0and\xa0The New York Post,[16]\xa0and Flores was interviewed about it on several podcasts including\xa0Chapo Trap House.[4][5][11][14]\xa0He also discusses the incident on his album\xa0Bad Omen.[17]\nHis comedy takes inspiration from the anarchic energy of\xa0punk music; Flores has also called himself a "big fan" of\xa0Lenny Bruce, explaining to one interviewer that "like him, I also had a run in with the state over comedy, and am a leftist."[18]\xa0Jake Kroeger of website The Comedy Bureau called Flores "hysterical and pointedly different from everyone else".[19]\xa0The\xa0Bushwick Daily\xa0called his comedy "low-key, but subversive".[9]\nHe has performed across the U.S.,[1]\xa0and at festivals including Austin's\xa0Fun Fun Fun Fest,[20]\xa0SXSW,[21]\xa0The Fest in\xa0Gainesville, Florida,[21]\xa0Moontower Comedy Festival,[8]\xa0New Orleans' Hell Yes Fest,[22]\xa0the touring road show of\xa0Comedy Central's\xa0Roast Battle,[8][23]\xa0and at events for the anti-capitalist streaming service\xa0Means TV.[24][25]\nHe has written for\xa0The New York Observer,[26]\xa0Cracked,[27]\xa0and the\xa0New York Times,[28]\xa0and has contributed to\xa0Vice\xa0magazine.[29]