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Toni Nagy: Stand-Up Comic, Writer, Filmmaker, Cannabis Advocate.

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Toni Nagy: Stand-Up Comic, Writer, Filmmaker, Cannabis Advocate. Dream Nation Love / Yulia Laricheva

Toni is an award winning stand-up comic, writer, and filmmaker. Her satire is philosophical in nature and focuses on current events, social change, and cannabis advocacy.

She's written, edited, directed and acted in over 50 sketch comedy videos that together have upwards of 2 million views. Her production company is www.cavelightproductions.com.

Nagy is also a freelance writer for Salon, Alternet, Huffington Post, Hairpin, Thought Catalogue and more. You can check out her sketch comedy work at tonibologna.com which has over 50,000 monthly. Nagy has her BA in philosophy and has been a political activist focusing on voting rights and political engagement since she graduated from Sarah Lawrence College. Which has been a huge influence on her comedy.

Toni talks about butt selfies as survival mechanisms, surviving a brain tumour, comedy, Paris Hilton and Kim Kardashian, the isolation of our own consciousness, fundraising as a woman, and her quest to save the world through a healthy fast food restaurant.