Tickets are available now. Admission is free and open to the public, thanks to generous donor support. Seating is limited, and advance registration is encouraged; for those unable to attend in person, the event will also be livestreamed.
Wood Jr. is a comedian, an Emmy-nominated documentary producer, and WGA-nominated writer. He served for eight years as a correspondent on Comedy Central’s Emmy-winning The Daily Show (2015-2023). In 2023, Wood Jr. guest-hosted The Daily Show and headlined the White House Correspondents’ Dinner to its highest ratings since 2017. His fourth stand-up special, Lonely Flowers, premiered on Hulu January 17, 2025.
He is the host of CNN’s Have I Got News for You, an American adaptation of a long-running UK comedy series, which premiered in September 2024 and just wrapped its fourth season. Wood Jr. will be a series regular in the upcoming TV adaptation of Barbershop on Prime Video and has made guest appearances on Only Murders in the Building, Better Call Saul, and Last Week Tonight with John Oliver. He co-starred alongside Jon Hamm in the 2022 Paramount Pictures long-awaited Fletch remake, Confess, Fletch, appeared in the 2025 Sundance film Love, Brooklyn, and will appear alongside Keanu Reeves and Jonah Hill in the upcoming comedy Outcome.
He recently partnered with Crown Publishing to pen a memoir, The Man of Many Fathers, which was released in October 2025.
The evening will take the form of a moderated conversation, offering audiences a deeper look at Wood’s creative process, cultural commentary, and evolving role in American media.
Phoebe Potts, a Brooklyn native whose work blends humor, storytelling, and moral inquiry, will moderate the discussion. Potts is the creator and performer of Too Fat for China, a comedic theater work that chronicles her tragicomic journey through domestic and international adoption after infertility and loss, and an acclaimed graphic memoir, Good Eggs (Harper, 2010).
The event is presented by Endicott’s Tadler Center for the Humanities at Endicott College, which was founded in 2018 to enrich the intellectual life of the College and the surrounding community through the arts and humanities. Past speakers have included 20th Century Studios Vice Presidents Patrick and John Houlihan, public policy and public affairs expert Danielle Allen, author Stephanie Land, and MacArthur Fellow and author Kiese Laymon, among others.