Episode 22: A Dude Named Hot Sauce (with Yassir Lester)

Another Round | Aug 25, 2015

An interview with comedian and 'Girls' writer Yassir Lester. Inspirational words from Nicki Minaj. Plus, BuzzFeed's criminal justice reporter Albert Samaha spends some time in New Orleans 10 years after Hurricane Katrina.An interview with comedian and 'Girls' writer Yassir Lester. Inspirational words from Nicki Minaj. Plus, BuzzFeed's criminal justice reporter Albert Samaha spends some time in New Orleans 10 years after Hurricane Katrina.

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