E68: Alfred Kainga was just about giving up. Kevin Hart gave him his big break

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Join us as we explore the bitter-sweet world of the immigrant.

In this episode, I’m speaking with Alfred Kainga, the funniest comic I've listened to in a long while. No jokes.

But it took some work to get to where he is today. Here’s a clip from one of his recent shows:

Alfred moved to the United States as a 19yo and worked hard at honing his craft after his day job. After years of pushing hard to break through the noise, Rudy Rush passed his name to Kevin Hart as an upcoming comic who could open for Kevin on his 2016 Comedy Central show.

Everything changed for Alfred after that gig.

In this conversation, we chat about adjusting to life in the United States. We also explored:

* Dealing with survival mode

* Why he’s never regretted immigrating to the United States even though he originally wanted to move to South Africa

* The American diet

* And a ton of jokes along the way.

This was a hilarious conversation.

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