Brian Babylon

{{Short description|American comedian}}

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| birth_date = December 23, 1975

| birth_place = Chicago, Illinois

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Brian Babylon is an American comedian and radio host from Chicago.{{Cite web|title=The Babylon Beat {{!}} KBLA|url=https://kbla1580.com/the-babylon-beat/|access-date=2021-11-08|language=en-US}} Babylon is a regular panelist on NPR's Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!, a regular host of The Moth story telling event in Chicago, has appeared on the national broadcast,{{Cite web|title=The Moth {{!}} The Art and Craft of Storytelling|url=http://themoth.org/storytellers/brian-babylon|access-date=2021-11-08|website=The Moth|language=en-US}} and is a regular contributor to Chicago Ideas.{{Cite web|title=Chicago Ideas: Brian Babylon|url=https://www.chicagoideas.com/speakers/brian_babylon|access-date=2021-11-08|website=Chicago Ideas|language=en}}

From 2009 to 2015, he co-hosted "The Morning AMP" radio show on Vocalo{{cite web|last1=Feder|first1=Robert|authorlink1=Robert Feder|title=Brian Babylon's comedy star on the rise|url=http://www.robertfeder.com/2015/06/08/brian-babylons-star-on-the-rise/|website=www.robertfeder.com|date=June 8, 2015}} with Molly Adams and regularly appeared on WBEZ talk shows. As an actor, he appeared on Inside Amy Schumer. He was also on the production team of Why? with Hannibal Buress.{{cite news|last1=Klein|first1=Asher|title=One to watch this fall: comedian Brian Babylon|url=https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/comedian-brian-babylon-covers-ground-from-bronzeville-to-npr/Content?oid=7425604|work=Chicago Reader|date=September 12, 2012|language=en}}{{cite news|authorlink1=Celeste Watkins-Hayes|last1=Watkins-Hayes|first1=Celeste|title=Brian Babylon and Comedy as a Social Science|url=http://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/Off-the-Grid/December-2011/Brian-Babylon-and-Comedy-as-a-Social-Science/|work=Chicago Magazine|date=December 21, 2011|language=en}}{{cite news|last1=Pete|first1=Joseph S.|title=Comedian Brian Babylon to play at Hobart Art Theatre|url=http://www.nwitimes.com/entertainment/comedian-brian-babylon-to-play-at-hobart-art-theatre/article_0161a439-cb6a-5ac4-bac8-8553e1a7d0e4.html|work=nwitimes.com|date=November 22, 2017|language=en}} He founded the Bronzeville Comedy Showcase in 2007.{{cite news|date=July 16, 2014|first=Julia|last=Borcherts|title=Comedy gold in Bronzeville|work= RedEye Chicago|page=29|url=https://archive.org/stream/redeye-chicago-magazine-20140716#page/n27/mode/2up}}