Sasheer Zamata's "Car Talk" (with guest host Chris Gethard)

Good One: A Podcast About Jokes

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Comedy, Comedy Interviews

4.7 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 5 September 2023

⏱️ 88 minutes

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Summary

This week on Good One, stand-up comedian and podcast host Chris Gethard steps in for Jesse for an interview with SNL-Alum and comedian Sasheer Zamata to discuss her latest comedy special The First Woman. The two discuss their humble beginnings at UCB and how their unique approach to improv and stand-up shaped their comedy voices, how Sasheer handles being a voice for many women while also staying true to herself, and gives us a deep die into her comedy writing process. Watch Sasheer Zamata's latest special The First Woman free on YouTube. Pre-order Jesse's book, Comedy Book: How Comedy Conquered Culture–and the Magic That Makes It Work here: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374604714/comedybook Follow Sasheer on Twitter and Instagram. Follow Chris on Twitter and Instagram. Jesse David Fox on Twitter and Instagram. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	From the Oast House, whoever you are, there's a welcome there for Ruth and Faye, Mahamadan
0:06.8	Jose.
0:07.8	From the Oast House, whether it's work, rest or play, listen to my podcast, it's packed
0:13.0	full of meaty goodness.
0:14.4	From the Oast House, with Alan Partridge, there's a welcome there for straight and gay, and
0:21.0	he and she and they, from the Oast House.
0:23.8	From the Oast House, the Alan Partridge podcast series three.
0:26.8	And now, subscription required, see allable.co.uk for turns.
0:32.3	Hello, and welcome to Good One, a podcast about jokes.
0:43.6	I am your host, Jesse J. Fox.
0:46.3	And this week's guest is Shishir Zimada.
0:48.0	If I remember correctly, Shishir was one of the first three people I ever saw do improv,
0:55.3	along with Nicole Byer and Kishir Zolar.
0:58.1	They had a group at the time called Doppler Ganger.
1:01.7	There's at the used to be like 12 years ago, it's unbelievable, it's like a million
1:08.1	lifetimes ago.
1:09.4	In the year since, Shishir of course had a stint on SNL.
1:12.8	She started working a lot as an actress and has become quite an accomplished standup.
1:18.2	And her newest special, The First Woman, is currently out on YouTube.
1:21.8	I'm currently putting the finishing touches on my upcoming book, comedy book, how comedy
1:26.4	conquered culture and the magic that makes it work, which is out November 7.
1:30.1	Link to pre-order is in the show notes.
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