![]() ![]() Ansari shares his own experience, both in his relationship with his current girlfriend, chef Courtney McBroom (he’s particularly sweet when recalling their courtship, though he doesn’t use her name), as well as his less successful dating exploits in the past. And this past summer, Ansari took things a step further, at least in the realm of social science, when he collaborated with the sociologist Eric Klinenberg on a book called Modern Romance that explores the nooks and crannies of dating and love in the age of the smartphone. In the past he’s used data analytics to tailor his material to the demographics of his audience. Ansari’s jokes often unfold as elaborately thought-through hypothetical scenarios, a sort of comedic take on the scientific method. And then, of course, he started doing stand-up, and the rest was history.īut not really. Eventually he abandoned science for marketing. As an undergraduate at NYU, the comedian Aziz Ansari, the son of a gastroenterologist and a healthcare worker, initially planned to double major in biology and business. ![]()
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