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Nick Mullen
American comedian (born 1988) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Nicholas James Mullen (born December 13, 1988)[2] is an American stand-up comedian and podcaster.[3] Active since 2005, he is best known as the creator and co-host of the comedy podcast Cum Town (2016–2022) and its successor The Adam Friedland Show (2022–2025). He released his first comedy special, The Year of the Dragon, in December 2023.[4] His comedy often focuses on internet culture and is ironic, observational and self-deprecating.
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Originally from Gaithersburg, Montgomery County, Maryland, he began performing in the Washington–Baltimore Metropolitan Area as a teenager, often at Wiseacres Comedy Club in Virginia.[5][6][7] During his early twenties, he was based out of Austin, Texas (and briefly Los Angeles).[8][9][10][11]
A nationally touring stand-up, he was an opener for acts including Dana Gould, Jim Norton, Patrice O'Neal, and Hannibal Buress.[8] In 2010, he was named "Best of Fest" at the Laugh Detroit festival.[8] In 2012, he performed at SXSW as part of the Made in Austin and Weekend Spotlight comedy showcases.[10][12] That same year, he was named one of the New Faces Unrepped by Montreal's Just for Laughs festival.[9][13] Other festivals include the 2014 Bentzen Ball in Washington, D.C.[14]
From 2013 to 2015, he wrote a blog under the heteronym Nicole Mullen on Thought Catalog. He also had a prank call podcast called Help Me, I'm Old.[15]
In the mid-2010s, Mullen moved to New York City.[15] Prior to Cum Town, he had multiple TV and radio appearances.[16][17] During the late 2010s, he was a recurring guest on the Real Ass Podcast, Race Wars (hosted by Kurt Metzger and Sherrod Small), and Legion of Skanks.[18] His writing credits include Comedy Knockout on TruTV (premiered 2016), Make Me Understand with Jim Norton (2016 IFC television pilot), and 2017's Problematic with Moshe Kasher (Comedy Central).[16] Additionally, he made appearances on Fox News' Red Eye as a guest panelist.[19]
From 2016 to 2022, Mullen was a co-host of the comedy podcast Cum Town with fellow comedians Adam Friedland and Stavros Halkias. After Halkias left the show,[20][21] Mullen and Friedland started another podcast, The Adam Friedland Show, releasing the first episode on June 29, 2022.[22]
His stand-up special Nick Mullen: The Year of the Dragon was released on December 3, 2023, reaching one million views after its first week of release.[23]
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Personal life
Mullen lives in Brooklyn, New York. He previously lived in Manhattan's Chinatown; some of his comedic anecdotes draw from his experience living there in a windowless tenement.[24]
Political beliefs
Mullen has been a vocal supporter of many social democratic political positions on podcasts and interviews throughout his career including universal health care. In his 2023 stand-up special Nick Mullen: The Year of the Dragon he stated "I believe that health care is a human right. I think everybody should have it: free, easy access."[25] Mullen stated in 2024 on an episode of The Adam Friedland Show Podcast that "I'm not a communist, I want to make that clear." While being pressed by colleague Ari Shaffir on his politics he clarified "If you really had to put me in a box I'm nothing more than just a run-of-the-mill social democrat."[26]
In 2025, Mullen appeared in an Instagram video with Zohran Mamdani to promote the latter's campaign in the 2025 New York City Democratic mayoral primary, which Mamdani later won.[27]
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