Hi everyone, it's Sophia and welcome back to work in progress.

Today's guest is Taylor Tomlinson, a phenomenal comedian who's performed on late night,

Conan and Las Comic Standing. She was one half of the co-dependent tour alongside Whitney Cummings

and helped jumpstart the self-helpless podcast, which covers all things self-help. It both turns

an introspective eye on the host's personal development and spotlights everything from

co-dependency to obsessive-compulsive disorder to social justice. And where self-help is concerned,

after 200 episodes, Taylor retired from the podcast, leaving it to her two friends and co-hosts

so that she could better help herself. She started her comedy career performing in churches and

uses her own personal experience to shape her routines. Her Netflix special Quarter Life Crisis

takes aim at the expectations and realities of being in your mid-twenties and whether or not

they are truly the, quote, best years of your life. And she should know, Taylor is a phenomenally

self-aware person who puts a lot of value in one's ability to understand and better themselves.

I was curious about how her life shapes her comedy, how her comedy shapes her outlook,

and how her outlook shapes her life. So I asked her questions about that and more,

but not until after I shamelessly outed myself as one of her biggest fans. I spent the

hour in change we chatted on today's podcast, literally having to restrain myself from quoting

her entire Netflix special back to her. I think I did okay, I think I only did it once. You guys

will have to tell me, I am so thrilled to have one of my very, very favorite comedians on the podcast.

Enjoy Taylor Tomlinson.

Well, hi, I make everyone I know watch the Netflix special. I'm so obsessed with it. Oh my god, that's so flattering.

I was going to give my publicist so much credit for booking this. I was like, you have

been so fiat bushes podcast. So fiat bushes doesn't know who I am. That's so funny and so nice.

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