Maria Bamford on Stand-Up, Netflix and Mental Health

<p>Maria Bamford has been performing stand-up comedy for more than 30 years and just keeps getting better. Her most recent hour-long special <a href="https://comedydynamics.com/catalog/maria-bamford-weakness-is-the-brand/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">‘Weakness Is the Brand’</a> found her at the top of her game, delivering operatic bits about her ongoing mental health struggles and relentless drive to be a good person in the world. In this episode, we talk about how she arrived at relative stability, the challenges that female comics still face in a male-dominated industry, how she felt when Netflix canceled her autobiographical show ‘Lady Dynamite’ after two seasons and a lot more—including an unvarnished take on Louis C.K.</p><br><p>This episode was originally published on January 28th, 2020.</p><br><p>Buy Maria Bamford’s book <a href="https://amzn.to/3PeJPPc" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">‘Sure, I'll Join Your Cult: A Memoir of Mental Illness and the Quest to Belong Anywhere’</a></p><br><p>Follow Maria Bamford on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/mariabamfoo" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@mariabamfoo</a> and Instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/mariabamfordcomedyn" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@mariabamfordcomedy</a></p><p>Follow Matt Wilstein on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/mattwilstein" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@mattwilstein</a></p><p>Follow The Last Laugh on Instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/lastlaughpod/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@lastlaughpod</a> and Threads <a href="https://www.threads.net/@lastlaughpod" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@lastlaughpod</a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Highlights from this episode and others at <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/keyword/the-last-laugh" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Daily Beast</a></p><p><br></p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener norefer