Jake Flores

Flores began performing comedy in Austin, Texas, when he was 19, after dropping out of the University of Texas at Austin.[1][5][6][7][8] In 2007, he performed in the finals of NBC's Stand Up For Diversity contest.[9] He moved to Brooklyn, New York, at age 27.[6][10][11]

Flores identifies himself as politically left.[4][12] Flores received attention following his jokes about killing ICE agents that led to an investigation by Homeland Security.[7][13] The incident was written about in publications including Reason and The New York Post,[14] and Flores was interviewed about it on several podcasts including Chapo Trap House.[3][4][9][15] He also discusses the incident on his album Bad Omen.[16] Flores claims to take inspiration from punk music; Flores has also called himself a "big fan" of Lenny Bruce, explaining to one interviewer that "like him, I also had a run in with the state over comedy, and am a leftist."[17]

He has performed across the U.S.,[1] and at festivals including Austin's Fun Fun Fun Fest,[18] SXSW,[19] The Fest in Gainesville, Florida,[19] Moontower Comedy Festival,[6] New Orleans' Hell Yes Fest,[20] the touring road show of Comedy Central's Roast Battle,[6][21] and at events for the anti-capitalist streaming service Means TV.[22][23]

He has written for The New York Observer,[24] Cracked,[25] and the New York Times,[26] and has contributed to Vice .[27]

He has released two albums on Stand Up! Records: 2014's Humours, and 2021's Bad Omen.[16]Both albums were met with mixed reviews."[28]

Flores has been involved in several podcasts, and hosts one of his own. In 2017, he started Pod Damn America, a podcast he hosts with other comedians. [23][29]

In 2019, he and anthropologist and comedy booker Luisa Díez started “Why You Mad?” .[30][31]

He also hosted Mr. Cleo, a comedy podcast about a telephone-psychic scam artist, for 25 episodes in 2017–18.[6][32]