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Nardwuar on His Best and Most Uncomfortable Interviews


“I went ‘Doot-doola-doot-doo’ and then he Silly Stringed me.”

He might casually bring up the name of Seth Rogen’s mall cashier when he was a kid, Kendrick Lamar’s Louisiana Chicken order, or Travis Scott’s high-school Spanish teacher. He gives gifts that will remind his subjects of past lives they’d long forgotten, like the poster of the film Coffy that had Drake reminiscing about his days as a horny teenager. Calling ahead of a live event he’s hosting this week in New York City — and whilewearing his signature tam-o’-shanter — Nardwuar is a ball of energy that never stops rolling.

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