"I just don't like cynicism," says Tom Papa. "I like hope." It's a unique stance for a stand-up comic to take. Yet in a profession in which a certain level of jaded snark is more or less the expectation, Papa is an optimistic outlier. He gave his 2020 Netflix special and follow-up book the same unironically encouraging name, "You're Doing Great!" "We're all working very hard. We're all doing the best that we can," he said on "Salon Talks."
The comedy veteran is currently setting a pretty high bar for his own best, hosting his "Breaking Bread with Tom Papa" podcast, touring the US and Canada and promoting his latest book, "We're All In This Together . . . So Make Some Room."
