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Brian Babylon  

Comic & Radio Host

Brian Babylon is a Chicago-born comic and radio host. The self-proclaimed “Prince of Bronzeville”, is a fixture in Chicago's rich comedy community. He hosted and produced The Morning AMP radio show on Vocalo 91.1 FM, a sister station of WBEZ / Chicago Public Radio. He’s also been making a name for himself outside of Chicago, placing in the finals of the New York Comedy Contest in 2009 and in 2012 selected to the Comedy Central South Beach Comedy Festival. He moved to Los Angeles and joined the production team for the Comedy Central show “Why?” with Hannibal Buress.

Babylon is also one of the fan favorites of the popular NPR weekly news quiz show “Wait Wait Don't Tell Me,” contributes to BBC Radio, hosted The Moth StorySLAM in Chicago, and he can be seen in season 3 of Inside Amy Schumer on Comedy Central.

Babylon currently hosts and produces the podcast Old Black Magic and the Millennial with Molly Adams.

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