#202 How To Become An Immigrant Comedian with Emo Majok

From arriving in Australia as a young boy not knowing a single word of English after fleeing two brutal civil wars in Sudan and Ethiopia to Shane Jacobsen hitting the Australia’s Got Talent Golden Buzzer on his stand-up comedy routine, Emo has had one hell of a journey. Emo shares his story of how, from such trauma and adversity as a child, he found his voice through comedy and then took that voice across the globe, playing all the world’s big comedy festivals, and most recently to national prominence in the prime-time spotlight. He recounts the harsh realities, the prejudices, the fear, and the genuine kindness and caring he has experienced growing up as an African Australian in a country still coming to terms with its own national identity and what it means to be an Aussie. And he takes us inside the Australia’s Got Talent performance that changed his life, with one fascinating moment in time, played out in front of the nation’s eyes, that might have been the instant decision that changed everything.