Aaron Freeman (born June 8, 1956) is an American journalist, stand-up comedian, author, cartoonist, and .
Career
During the 1990s, Freeman was the host of the weekly informational radio program
Metropolis which was broadcast in the Midwest.
[ "Week in Review: Remembering Andrew Patner", wbez.org, February 6, 2015. Retrieved December 19, 2020.] He is also a commentator on
NPR's flagship news program,
All Things Considered. Freeman co-wrote and directed the stage comedy
The Arab/Israeli Comedy Hour. As a stand-up comedian, he is a member of the quartet the Israeli/Palestinian Comedy Tour. Freeman has performed with The Second City and performs with the Second City Theater.
Along with long-time friend and collaborator Rob Kolson, he created the long-running political and financial comedy Do the White Thing and its sequel Gentlemen Prefer Bonds.
In 1983, Freeman created and performed the satire Council Wars, which was based on the Chicago City Council when Harold Washington was mayor. For ten years, he hosted the television talk show Talking with Aaron Freeman. He later hosted and was chief science correspondent for Chicago Public Television's science and technology program Chicago Tomorrow.
Freeman performs his News Today/Comedy Tonight and Kosher Chitterlings for business groups, Jewish groups, colleges, and associations throughout the United States.
Filmography
Television
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| 1996 | Guideposts Junction | 1st Boy | Episode: "Just a Prayer Away" |
Personal life
Freeman was born in Kankakee,
Illinois, and is a longtime resident of the
Chicago area. He is a convert to
Judaism from Roman Catholicism.
[ Leslie Katz, "Black-Jewish comic brings `kosher chitlins’ to JCC", JWeekly.com, January 26, 1996.] He is married to artist Sharon Rosenzweig, with whom he collaborates on projects including the comic strip
The Comic Torah. He has twin daughters, Artemis and Diana, who were featured with Aaron on
This American Life episode 17
Name Change / No Theme, recorded during a trip to Chicago's
Navy Pier.
[ This American Life, "17: Name Change / No Theme", March 21, 1996.]
Books
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How to Say "I Love You" in 30 Languages
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Baby Boomers - Acid Rock to Acid Reflux (2006); with Rebecca Rock
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Confessions of a Lottery Ball, the Inside our world of Aaron Freeman (1987),
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The Comic Torah (2010) with Sharon Rosenzweig
See also
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