Guy Branum isn’t a comedian you know from a specific thing; he’s a comedian you know from everything. If you watch good TV (Hacks, Platonic), listen to funny podcasts (Lovett or Leave It, Las Culturistas), or are otherwise dialed into what is happening in fun/gay/cool pop culture, Branum is a person whose name you hear and go: Oh yay, he’s in this!

Branum is on so many shows that it’s easy to forget he’s also a stand-up, but he’s currently touring an approximately 90-minute work called Be Fruitful up the West Coast. Ahead of his appearance at Mississippi Studios, we talked with Branum about his new show, Portland gays, and what it’s like to be an authority on the zeitgeist while also being in the zeitgeist.

I should note that I was cruelly limited in how much of the interview I could sha

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