Comedian Jimmy Tingle was born in Cambridge and has spent his career providing political satire from Off-Broadway to CBS's 60 Minutes II. 

He recently returned to school, earning a master's degree from Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government. Just a few days ago, he returned from the 2012 Democratic National Convention. Tingle sat down with Emily Rooney for a long conversation as part of Greater Boston's 1 Guest series:

http://video.wgbh.org/video/2277751272/

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Watch his 2010 Harvard commencement address:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AiUFgEd2MSU